Elections 98

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Balurghat (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	892146
Winner: RSP	Ranen Barman	428710
Runner Up: WBTC	Nani Gopal Roy	256535
Margin: 172175 (40%)

Elections 96

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Balurghat (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	926427
Winner: RSP	Barman Ranen	440283
Runner Up: INC	Satyendra Nath Roy	296576
Margin: 143707 (16.00%)

The RSP's Palas Burman won this seat for the first time in 1977, and held on to it till 1991. In 1996 his party nominated Ranen Burman, who defeated old Congress foe Satyendra Nath Roy by 144,000 votes. The interesting aspect about the last elections was that the BJP's Manmohan Roy bagged 16.17 % of the vote.