Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Balurghat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Balurghat in West Bengal. While six of the assembly segments of No. 6 Balurghat are in Dakshin Dinajpur district one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district. The seat was earlier reserved for scheduled castes but from 2009 it is an open seat.
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 6 Balurghat is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:- Itahar
- Kushmandi
- Kumarganj
- Balurghat
- Tapan
- Gangarampur
- Harirampur
Members of Parliament
Election results
General election 2019
General election 2014
General election 2009
General elections 1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:| Year | Winner | Runner-up | - | |
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
| 1951 | Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress | Narendra Mohan Sen | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Selku Mardi | Indian National Congress | ||
| Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress | Narendra Mohan Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Sarkar Murmu | Communist Party of India | Selku Mardi | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | J.N.Pramanick | Indian National Congress | D.P.Kanti | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Rasendranath Barman | Indian National Congress | Pijush Kanti Das | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Palas Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Rasendra Nath Burman | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Palas Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Ranajit Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Palas Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Satyendra Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Palas Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Satyendra Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Palas Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Rasendra Nath Burman | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Ranen Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Satyendra Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Ranen Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Nani Gopal Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | Ranen Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Subhash Chandra Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Ranen Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Manomohan Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Note: In 1951 and 1957 the contest was in the West Dinajpur constituency. From 1962, it was Balurghat constituency.