Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Balurghat

Prasanta Kumar Majumdar (RSP) won by 5,105 votes (0.6%).

Electors
10,10,224
Votes polled
8,76,355
Valid votes
8,74,764
Turnout
86.7%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 0.6% (median 7.0%). Back to West Bengal · 2009 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

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Candidates

Candidates · Balurghat 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prasanta Kumar MajumdarWinnerRSP3,88,44444.4%
2Biplab MitraAITC3,83,33943.8%
3Subhash Chandra BarmanBJP59,7416.8%
4Gobinda HansdaBSP13,9771.6%
5Ghosh MridulAUDF10,4601.2%
6Samu SorenIND8,1820.9%
7Chamru OramJMM5,7220.7%
8Prahallad BarmanIND5,4950.6%

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