In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Balurghat Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sukanta Majumdar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 537577 | 0 | 1740 | 539317 | 45.02 | Winner |
| Arpita Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress | 505463 | 0 | 561 | 506024 | 42.24 | 1st Runner-up |
| Ranen Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 72917 | 0 | 73 | 72990 | 6.09 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Abdus Sadek Sarkar | Indian National Congress | 36698 | 0 | 85 | 36783 | 3.07 | 3rd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 13403 | 0 | 11 | 13414 | 1.12 | 4th Runner-up |
| Naran Tudu | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 6383 | 0 | 4 | 6387 | 0.53 | 5th Runner-up |
| Muslima Khatun | Independent | 4949 | 0 | 1 | 4950 | 0.41 | 6th Runner-up |
| Bibhuti Tudu | Independent | 4714 | 0 | 5 | 4719 | 0.39 | 7th Runner-up |
| Nalin Chandra Murmu | Bahujan Samaj Party | 3302 | 0 | 18 | 3320 | 0.28 | 8th Runner-up |
| Ranjit Kumar Mohanta | Shivsena | 3297 | 0 | 3 | 3300 | 0.28 | 9th Runner-up |
| Ranendra Nath Mali | Bahujan Mukti Party | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2007 | 0.17 | 10th Runner-up |
| Nubash Chandra Barman | Kamatapur People'S Party (United) | 1762 | 0 | 1 | 1763 | 0.15 | 11th Runner-up |
| Biren Mahanta | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 1525 | 0 | 1 | 1526 | 0.13 | 12th Runner-up |
| Manas Chakraborty | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star | 1345 | 0 | 4 | 1349 | 0.11 | 13th Runner-up |
One of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of the state of West Bengal, Balurghat city represents Dakshin Dinajpur district of the State. 1,010,224 is the total electorate count in the Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 6). Out of these 530,001 number of electorates are males and the remaining 480,223 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. It was formed before the 1962 elections and has a total number of 1,010,000 voters. This constituency comprises of seven assembly segments of which six lie in Dakshin Dinajpur District and one is in Uttar Dinajpur District. Out of these segments, one is reserved for ST and one for SC categories. Prior to 2009 elections, this seat was reserved for SC category.
The city of Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur District and it is located on the banks of River Atreyee which runs through the city. It is very near to the Bangladesh border and is at a distance of 80 km from Eklakhi and around 430 km away from the Kolkata. It stands at an average elevation of 25 m and covers an area of over 363 sq km. The total population is over 164,000 with a child population of about 10,500. The sex ratio is around 990 females for every 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Balurghat is around 91% and it is home to various colleges and schools. Balurghat is considered to be the trading hub of North West Bengal and it deals in rice, jute, oil seeds and sugarcane trade.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Balurghat Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Balurghat parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Balurghat constituency is Shri Arpita Ghosh of AITC.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | Balurghat | GEN | Arpita Ghosh | F | AITC | 409641 | Bimalendu Sarkar (Bimal) | M | RSP | 302677 |
| 2009 | 6 | Balurghat | GEN | Majumdar,Shri Prasanta Kumar | M | RSP | 388444 | Biplab Mitra | M | AITC | 383339 |
| 2004 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Ranen Barman | M | RSP | 415298 | Manomohan Ray | M | BJP | 344152 |
| 1999 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Barman Ranen | M | RSP | 375669 | Subhash Ch. Barman | M | BJP | 312748 |
| 1998 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Ranen Barman | M | RSP | 428710 | Nani Gopal Roy | M | WBTC | 256535 |
| 1996 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Barman Ranen | M | RSP | 440283 | Satyendra Nath Roy | M | INC | 296576 |
| 1991 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Palas Barman | M | RSP | 353159 | Rasendra Nath Barman | M | INC | 267078 |
| 1989 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Palas Barman | M | RSP | 388103 | Satyendra Nath Roy | M | INC | 354577 |
| 1984 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Palas Barman | M | RSP | 317141 | Satyendra Nath Ray | M | INC | 294924 |
| 1980 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Barman Palas | M | RSP | 284766 | Ranajit Sarkar | M | INC(I) | 204438 |
| 1977 | 6 | Balurghat | (SC) | Palas Barman | M | RSP | 206112 | Rasendra Nath Burman | M | INC | 151549 |
| 1971 | 5 | Balurghat | (SC) | Rasendra Nath Barman | M | INC | 159896 | Pijush Kanti Das | M | CPM | 74618 |
| 1967 | 5 | Balurghat | (SC) | J.N.Pramanik | M | INC | 130379 | D. P. Kanti | M | CPM | 106930 |
| 1962 | 5 | Balurghat | (ST) | Sarkar Murmu | M | CPI | 137290 | Shelku Mardi | M | INC | 127470 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Balurghat Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Balurghat parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Itahar | Kushmandi (SC) | Kumarganj |
| Balurghat | Tapan (ST) | Gangarampur (SC) |
| Harirampur | ||
Last Updated on June 26, 2019