Balurghat Assembly Constituency is set to vote in Phase 1 of 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, with the Election Commission of India announcing the following candidates in the fray.
- Arpita Ghosh (TMC)
- Bidyut Kumar Roy (BJP)
- Pradip Kumar Mitra (INC)
- Narottam Saha (AB)
- Masuma Khatun (AJUN)
- Jogesh Chandra Murmu (BSP)
- Arnab Chowdhury (RSP)
- Namita Mahanta (poli) (SUCIC)
- Dulal Barman (IND)
- Dipankar Barman (IND)
- Sushil Mardi (IND)
- Mithun Barman (IND)
- Pradyut Kumar Saha (IND)
Balurghat is one of the 294 constituencies in the West Bengal Assembly and falls under Dakshin Dinajpur district of North Bengal region. The seat is reserved for the General category with 22.48% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Caste community and 11.88% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community. The constituency has 1,69,941 voters, including 85,779 men and 84,148 women. The overall literacy rate of Balurghat is 73.86% according to the Census of India 2011.
Voting in Balurghat will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2026, as part of Phase
1 polling, while counting is scheduled for Monday, May 4, 2026.
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress won 215 of the state’s 294 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 77. In the same election, Mekliganj was won by Adhikary Paresh Chandra of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who defeated Dadhiram Ray of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 14,685 votes.
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