Balurghat is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 39 Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Balurghat

Balurghat

Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili (Bangladesh...

 municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Balurghat

Balurghat (Community development block)

Balurghat is an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Balurghat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Beltola Park...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 and Hilli

Hili (Community development block)

Hili is an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hili police station serves this block...

 community development block.

Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Balurghat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Balurghat in West Bengal...

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2011

In the 2011 election , Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Chowdhury of RSP.

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

Biswanath Choudhury of RSP

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...

 has made it seven in a row winning the Balurghat assembly seat in all years from 1977 to 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. He defeated Debasree Choudhury of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

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 in 2006, Sankar Chakrabarti of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

 in 2001, Biplab Khan of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996 and 1991, Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987, Asish Roy of ICS in 1982 and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.

1951–1972

Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in West Bengal state assembly election, 1962|1962]]. In 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

 and 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

, Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957 Mardi Hakai of Congress and Dhirendra Nath Banerjee, Independent, won. In independent India’s first election, Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay and Lakshman Chandra Handa, both of Congress, won.