Balarampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Balarampur
Constituency No. 239 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Balarampur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
LS constituency	Purulia
Established	1957
Total electors	175,023
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Baneswar Mahato
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Balarampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 239 Balarampur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Balarampur community development block; Chakaltore, Dimdiha, Durku, Garafusra, Lagda and Sonaijuri gram panchayats of Purulia I community development block; and 3. Chatu Hansa, Hensla and Puara gram panchayats of Arsa community development block.^[1]

Balarampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 35 Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1957	Bhim Chandra Mahato	Independent (Lok Sewak Sangh)^[2]
1962	Padak Mahata	Lok Sewak Sangh^[3]
1967	Gobardhan Majhi	Independent (Lok Sewak Sangh)^[4]
1969	Gobardhan Majhi	Lok Sewak Sangh^[5]
1971	Bikram Tudu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[6]
1972	Rup Singh Majhi	Indian National Congress^[7]
1977	Bikram Tudu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
1982	Bikram Tudu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[9]
1987	Bikram Tudu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[10]
1991	Bhandu Majhi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[11]
1996	Bhandu Majhi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[12]
2001	Bhandu Majhi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[13]
2006	Bhandu Majhi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[14]
2011	Santiram Mahato	All India Trinamool Congress^[15]
2016	Santiram Mahato	All India Trinamool Congress^[16]^[17]
2021	Baneswar Mahato	Bharatiya Janata Party^[18]^[19]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balarampur ^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Baneswar Mahato	89,521	45.22
	AITC	Santiram Mahato	89,098	45.01
	INC	Uttam Kumar Bandopadhyay	16,783	7.72
	API	Sitaram Hansda	2,153	1.09
	SUCI(C)	Dipak Kumar	1,793	0.91
	Independent	Aswini Singh Sardar	1,478	0.75
	BSP	Anadi Tudu	1,416	0.72
	Bharateeya Manabadhikar Party	Subhas Mahato	1,170	0.59
	NOTA	None of the above	2,441	1.23
Turnout			197,965
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balarampur ^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Santiram Mahato	82,086	47.02
	INC	Jagadish Mahato	71,882	41.17
	BJP	Subhas Das	8,940	5.12
	Independent	Bimal Kanta Mahanty	2,870	1.64
	BSP	Bharati Mudi	1,860	1.07
	JDP	Anil Chandra Mandi	1,449	0.89
	Independent	Monbodh Mahato	930	0.53
	AJSU	Lal Mohan Mahato	894	0.51
	SUCI(C)	Dipak Kumar	805	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	2,868	1.65
Majority
Turnout			174,594	83.46
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Balarampur ^[20]^[21]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Santiram Mahato	65,244	45.79	+7.84#
	CPI(M)	Manindra Gope	54,716	38.40	-17.13
	Independent	Uttam Banerjee	9,529	6.69
	BJP	Batulal Mahato	3,528	2.48
	JDP	Shambhu Nath Hembram	2,897
	JMM	Pradipta Mahato	1,721
	AJSU	Sukanta Mahato	1,605
	JVM(P)	Nandalal Mahato	1,519
	Independent	Tahir Hussen Ansary	932
	IPFB	Mrityunjoy Mahato	793
Turnout			142,484	81.41
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	24.97#

Uttam Banerjee, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.^[23]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections Bhandu Majhi of CPI(M) won the Balarampur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Barjuram Ram Singh Sardar of Trinamool Congress, Lambodar Mandi of Trinamool Congress, Dulali Mandi of Congress, and Subhas Mudi of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bikram Tudu of CPI(M) defeated Rasik Chandra Majhi of Congress in 1987, and Rup Singh Majhi of Congress in 1982 and 1977.^[24]

1957-1972

Rup Singh Majhi of Congress won in 1972. Bikram Tudu of CPI(M) won in 1971. Gobardhan Majhi of Lok Sewak Sangh/ Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Padak Mahata of LSS won in 1962. Bhim Chandra Mahato, Independent, won in 1957. Prior to that the Balarampur seat was not there.^[25]

References

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Purulia district topics

General

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Community development blocks

Purulia Sadar subdivision	Arsha Balarampur Hura Purulia I Purulia II
Manbazar subdivision	Barabazar Bandwan Manbazar I Manbazar II Puncha
Jhalda subdivision	Baghmundi Jhalda I Jhalda II Joypur
Raghunathpur subdivision	Para Raghunathpur I Raghunathpur II Neturia Santuri Kashipur

Education

Schools	Purulia Zilla School Sainik School, Purulia
General degree colleges	Achhruram Memorial College Ananda Marga College Arsha College Balarampur College Bandwan Mahavidyalaya Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College Bikramjit Goswami Memorial College Chitta Mahato Memorial College Government General Degree College, Manbazar II J. K. College Kashipur Michael Madhusudhan Mahavidyalaya Kotshila Mahavidyalaya Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia Manbhum Mahavidyalaya Netaji Subhash Ashram Mahavidyalaya Nistarini Women's College Panchakot Mahavidyalaya Raghunathpur College Ramananda Centenary College Santaldih College Sitaram Mahato Memorial College
Engineering & medical colleges	Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College Purulia Government Medical College and Hospital Purulia Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
Universities	Sidho Kanho Birsha University