Indian National Congress (I) on Balurghat

State 19 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 1 contested

INCI runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share39.20%in 1980

Worst vote share39.20%in 1980

Average vote share39.20% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested1980

Votes polled here2.04 Lacross all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress (I) vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

1 candidature · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1980	Ranajit Sarkar	2,04,438	39.20%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Revolutionary Socialist Party Bharatiya Janta Party All India Trinamool Congress Indian National Congress West Bengal Trinamool Congress Independent Janta Party Bahujan Samaj Party Amara Bengali Indian National Congress (U)Jharkhand Mukti Morcha All India United Democratic Front Assam United Democratic Front Jharkhand Party Jharkhand Disom Party Ambedkarite Party Of India All India Secular Front Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party Shiv Sena Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Bahujan Mukti Party Kamatapur People’s Party (United)Bhumiputra United Party Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star