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Balurghat

Parliamentary constituency 6 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2014

[01]Result · 2014

#6 · GEN
Poll date24 Apr 2014
Contestants12Candidate lines
Electors12,54,497
Votes polled10,63,053
Turnout84.7%
NOTA11,6910.9% of votes
WinnerArpita GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress4,09,64138.5% of votes
MARGIN1,06,964 votes · 10.1 pp4,09,641 − 3,02,677
Runner-upBimalendu Sarkar (BIMAL) Revolutionary Socialist Party3,02,67728.5% of votes
AITC 57.5% of top-two votesRSP 42.5%

All candidates 12

  1. 01 Arpita GhoshAITC4,09,641 38.5%
  2. 02 Bimalendu Sarkar (BIMAL)RSP3,02,677 28.5%
  3. 03 Biswapriya Roy ChoudhuryBJP2,23,014 21.0%
  4. 04 Om Prakas MishraINC80,715 7.6%
  5. 05 Abdus Sadek SarkarAIUDF10,547 1.0%
  6. 06 Siben SarkarIND5,647 0.5%
  7. 07 Som HemramJDP4,774 0.4%
  8. 08 Rajen HansdaBSP4,581 0.4%
  9. 09 Sasti Chandra SarkarRJSP3,969 0.4%
  10. 10 Islam NuralSUCI(C)2,644 0.2%
  11. 11 Ranendranath MaliBMP1,687 0.2%
  12. 12 Manas Chakraborty (GANESH)CPIML1,466 0.1%

Turnout 84.7%

025507510084.7%TURNOUT◦ state median 83.0%
Male 6.54 lakh52.1% Female 6.01 lakh47.9%

Share of 12,54,497 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males919
  • NOTAcounted within the total11,691 · 0.9%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 201483.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 10,51,362Verified

Seat history 2024–1977

  1. 2024
    0.8 pp
    Sukanta MajumdarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2019
    2.8 pp
    Sukanta MajumdarBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    10.1 pp
    Arpita GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2009
    0.6 pp
    Prasanta Kumar MajumdarRevolutionary Socialist Party
  5. 2004
    7.7 pp
    Ranen BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party
  6. 1999
    7.4 pp
    Barman RanenRevolutionary Socialist Party
  7. 1998
    19.3 pp
    Ranen BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party
  8. 1996
    15.5 pp
    Barman RanenRevolutionary Socialist Party
  9. 1991
    10.8 pp
    Palas BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party
  10. 1989
    4.2 pp
    Palas BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party
  11. 1984
    3.5 pp
    Palas BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party
  12. 1980
    15.4 pp
    Barman PalasRevolutionary Socialist Party
  13. 1977
    14.8 pp
    Palas BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 2,23,014 votes, 2.1× the 1,06,964-vote margin.

    2,23,014 ÷ 1,06,964 = 2.1

  2. The top two polled 67.0% of votes; the other 10 candidates 31.9% between them.

    (4,09,641 + 3,02,677) ÷ 10,63,053 = 67.0% · 3,39,044 ÷ 10,63,053 = 31.9%

  3. Turnout of 84.7% was 1.7 pp above the state's median seat (83.0%).

    84.7 − 83.0 = +1.7

  4. The margin widened from 0.6 pp in 2009 to 10.1 pp.

    10.1 − 0.6 = +9.5 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: RSP in 2009, AITC in 2014.

    2009 RSP · 2014 AITC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines10,51,362
  • NOTAcounted within the total11,691
  • Published totalVotes polled10,63,053
  • Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2014 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates12 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 2014 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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