GEN · West Bengal
Balurghat
Rasendra Nath Barman (INC) won by 85,278 votes (25.4%).
- Electors
- 4,96,362
- Votes polled
- 3,49,541
- Valid votes
- 3,36,050
- Turnout
- 70.4%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 25.4% (median 21.5%). Back to West Bengal · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 0.8%(-2.0%)
- Turnout
- 79.2%(+1.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.6%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.7%
Winning margin over time · Balurghat
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasendra Nath BarmanWinner | INC | 1,59,896 | 47.6% |
| 2 | Pijush Kanti Das | CPM | 74,618 | 22.2% |
| 3 | Palash Barman | RSP | 54,612 | 16.3% |
| 4 | Biswas Jiabin Krishna | CPI | 35,140 | 10.5% |
| 5 | Jatindra Nath Pramanik | NCO | 11,784 | 3.5% |
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