Assembly Constituencies
The district is divided into 5 assembly constituencies:
- Kushmandi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 33),
- Gangarampur (assembly constituency no. 35),
- Tapan (ST) (assembly constituency no. 36),
- Kumarganj (assembly constituency no. 37),
- Balurghat (assembly constituency no. 38) and
Tapan constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. Kushmandi constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Along with one assembly constituency from North Dinajpur district, the six assembly constituencies of this district form the Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), which is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.
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