Balurghat Vidhan Sabha election result 2026
All candidates and votes
Winner
Bidyut Kumar Roy
votes
95,697
Margin
47,576(30.1%)
Winner vs Runner-up
- 1Bidyut Kumar Roy✓ WinnerBJP95,69760.45%
- 2Arpita GhoshAITC48,12130.4%
- 3Arnab ChowdhuryRSPDeposit lost8,5935.43%
- 4Pradip Kumar MitraINCDeposit lost1,6481.04%
- 5NOTA1,4440.91%
- 6Jogesh Chandra MurmuBSPDeposit lost6290.4%
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- 7Mithun BarmanINDDeposit lost5120.32%
- 8Sushil MardiINDDeposit lost4600.29%
- 9Namita Mahanta (Poli)Socialist Unity Centre Of India (communist)Deposit lost2990.19%
- 10Pradyut Kumar SahaINDDeposit lost2900.18%
- 11Dipankar BarmanINDDeposit lost1940.12%
- 12Dulal BarmanINDDeposit lost1750.11%
- 13Masuma KhatunAam Janata Unnayan PartyDeposit lost1220.08%
- 14Narottam SahaAmra BangaleeDeposit lost1120.07%
Deposit lost: 11 of 13 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).
Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2026
From the Election Commission of India's statistical report
- Electors
- 1,67,310
- Votes cast
- 1,58,752
- Turnout
- 94.88%
- Polling stations
- 205
incl. service voters
incl. 3,020 postal
Turnout of men and women
Women94.6%
78,225 of 82,694 voted on EVMs
Men91.6%
77,495 of 84,602 voted on EVMs
Third-gender electors: 14; 12 voted.
- Candidates13 (3 women)
- Lost deposit11
- NOTA1,444
- Valid votes1,56,852
Women candidates: Arpita Ghosh, Namita Mahanta (Poli), Masuma Khatun
Frequently asked questions
Who won Balurghat in 2026?
Bidyut Kumar Roy (BJP) won with 95,697 votes, defeating Arpita Ghosh (AITC) by 47,576 votes.
How many votes were cast in Balurghat in 2026?
Candidates (incl. NOTA) received 1,58,296 votes in total.
What was the turnout in Balurghat in 2026?
94.88% — 1,58,752 of 1,67,310 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 94.6%, men's 91.6%.
How many voters does Balurghat have?
1,67,310 electors at the 2026 election — 84,602 men, 82,694 women, 14 third gender (service voters included), and 205 polling stations.
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