West Bengal · AC 39

Balurghat

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

West Bengal Vidhan Sabha Election 1996 · Dakshin Dinajpur

133,532

Electors

115,121

Votes polled

86.21%

Turnout

8,621

Margin

Winner

Choudhury Biswanath

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Choudhury Biswanath Won Male	RSP	55,183	47.93%
2	Khan Biplab Male	INC	46,562	40.45%
3	Mahabir Prosad Saraogi Male	BJP	11,964	10.39%
4	Sachin Mardi Male	IND	530	0.46%
5	Narayan Chandra Barman Male	IND	289	0.25%
6	Probodh Kumar Barman Male	IND	261	0.23%
7	Dhirendra Nath Singh Male	IND	238	0.21%
8	Ashwini Kumar Majumder Male	IND	94	0.08%

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%