West Bengal · AC 39

Balurghat

Name: Balurghat
Address: Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, IN

West Bengal Vidhan Sabha Election 1969 · Dakshin Dinajpur

66,239

Electors

48,272

Votes polled

72.88%

Turnout

9,911

Margin

Winner

Mukal Basu

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Mukal Basu Won Male	RSP	27,389	56.74%
2	Ranajit Basu Male	INC	17,478	36.21%
3	Das Laha Bholanath Male	BJS	2,256	4.67%
4	Das Sailendra Male	PSP	691	1.43%
5	Birendra Lal Dey Sircar Male	NDF	320	0.66%
6	Taraphdar Susanta Male	PBI	138	0.29%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2026	Bidyut Kumar Roy Male BJP	60.45%	Arpita Ghosh Female AITC	30.40%
2021	Ashok Kumar Lahiri Male BJP	47.42%	Sekhar Dasgupta Male AITC	38.59%
2016	Biswanath Choudhury Male RSP	42.82%	Chakravorti Shankar Male AITC	41.79%
2011	Chakraborty Shankar Male AITC	54.27%	Biswanath Choudhury Male RSP	39.56%
2006	Biswanath Choudhury Male RSP	—	Choudhuri Debasree Female BJP	—
2001	Choudhury Biswanath Male RSP	47.40%	Shankar Chakravorti Male AITC	45.01%
1996	Choudhury Biswanath Male RSP	47.93%	Khan Biplab Male INC	40.45%
1991	Biswanath Chowdhury Male RSP	44.60%	Khan Biplab Male INC	37.22%
1987	Biswanath Choudhury Male RSP	55.41%	Madhab Chandra Roy Male INC	43.42%
1982	Biswanath Choudhury Male RSP	54.58%	Ashish Roy Male ICS	42.83%
1977	Biswanath Choudhauri Male RSP	53.21%	Jyotiswar Sarkar Male INC	23.98%
1972	Bireswar Roy Male INC	54.09%	Basu Mukul Male RSP	44.04%
1971	Bireswar Roy Male INC	46.09%	Jatin Chakraborty Male RSP	42.11%
1969	Mukal Basu Male RSP	56.74%	Ranajit Basu Male INC	36.21%