Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of the state of West Bengal.

Balurghat registered 83.61 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 1.02 per cent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1429782 while the total voter turnout is 1195381. While in 2014, the constituency registered 84.63 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1253543 while the total voter's turnout was 1060890.

Arpita Ghosh of All India Trinamool Congress, Abdus Sadek Sarkar of Indian National Congress, Nalin Chandra Murmu of Bahujan Samaj Party, Sukanta Majumdar of Bharatiya Janata Party, Manas Chakraborty of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star and Ranjit Kumar Mohanta of Shivsena are few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal. 

It was formed before the 1962 elections and has a total number of 1,010,000 voters.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Arpita Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress
2	Abdus Sadek Sarkar	Indian National Congress
3	Nalin Chandra Murmu	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party
5	Sukanta Majumdar	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Naran Tudu	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7	Nubash Chandra Barman	Kamatapur People’s Party (United)
8	Biren Mahanta	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
9	Manas Chakraborty	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
10	Ranjit Kumar Mohanta	Shivsena
11	Ranendra Nath Mali	Bahujan Mukti Party
12	Bibhuti Tudu	Independent
13	Muslima Khatun	Independent

Arpita Ghosh of the AIITC is the incumbent MP from the Balurghat Lok Sabha seat.

The election here was conducted on April 23, 2019, as per the Phase III schedule. The results would be declared on May 23.

Arpita Ghosh of the AIITC is the incumbent MP from the Balurghat Lok Sabha seat.