BALURGHAT
Assembly seat no. 39 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BALURGHAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2021
Ashok Kumar Lahiri
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2021
13,436
8.83% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
AITCSekhar Dasgupta
- Votes
- 58,693
- Vote share
- 38.59%
- Behind by
- 13,436
Electors
1,83,908
Total votes polled
1,52,092
Valid votes
1,52,092
NOTA votes
1,830
1.20% of votes polled
Turnout
82.7%
Full result, 2021
8 candidates · 1,52,092 valid votes
Ashok Kumar LahiriBJPwon
72,129
47.4%
Sekhar DasguptaAITC
58,693
38.6%
Sucheta BiswasRSP
16,153
10.6%
Jogesh Chandra MurmuBSP
1,141
0.8%
Narottam SahaAMRABANGALEE
810
0.5%
BIRENDRA NATH MAHANTASUCI
604
0.4%
Dulal BarmanBAHUJANMUKTIPARTY
379
0.3%
Anup BarmanKAMATAPURPEOPLESPARTYUNITED
353
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bidyut Kumar Roy | BJP | 95,697 | 60.45% | Arpita Ghosh | 47,576 |
| 2021 | Ashok Kumar Lahiri | BJP | 72,129 | 47.42% | Sekhar Dasgupta | 13,436 |
| 2016 | BISWANATH CHOUDHURY | RSP | 60,590 | 42.82% | CHAKRAVORTI SHANKAR | 1,450 |
| 2011 | CHAKRABORTY SHANKAR | AITC | 67,495 | 54.27% | BISWANATH CHOUDHURY | 18,291 |
| 2006 | BISWANATH CHOUDHURY | RSP | 57,150 | 46.17% | CHOUDHURI DEBASREE | 8,255 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
