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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prasanta Kumar MajumdarWinner | RSP | 3,88,444 | 44.4% |
| 2 | Biplab Mitra | AITC | 3,83,339 | 43.8% |
| 3 | Subhash Chandra Barman | BJP | 59,741 | 6.8% |
| 4 | Gobinda Hansda | BSP | 13,977 | 1.6% |
| 5 | Ghosh Mridul | AUDF | 10,460 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Samu Soren | IND | 8,182 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Chamru Oram | JMM | 5,722 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Prahallad Barman | IND | 5,495 | 0.6% |
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