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2026 Assembly Elections Results of Raniganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Andal Railway Station One of the 9 assembly constituencies located in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, Raniganj assembly is composed of the geographical areas covered by Ward nos. 33–37, 88-93 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Andal community development block. Asansol Uttar, Asansol Dakshin, Barabani, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Jamuria, Kulti, Pandabeswar are the other eight assembly seats in the district. The constituency is one of the seven assembly segments that fall under the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency. Electoral History Raniganj assembly seat is currently held by Tapas Banerjee of Trinamool Congress. In 2021 he had defeated his nearest BJP rival Bijan Mukherjee by a close margin of 3,556 votes in a bipolar contest. In 2016, Runu Dutta had won the seat on the ticket of CPI (M). In the previous assembly elections in 2011, he was defeated by Sohrab Ali of Trinamool Congress. Earlier Raniganj had been a pocket borough o...

2026 Assembly Elections Results of Bhatpara Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Panch Mandir premises at Bhatpara / Image Credit Located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Bhatpara assembly constituency is formed by the areas covered by Ward Nos.1 to 17 in Bhatpara municipality. Bhatpara is one of the seven assembly segments falling under the parliamentary seat of Barrackpore. Barrackpore Lok Sabha is currently represented by TMC MP Partha Bhowmick. Other six assembly segments in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat are Barrackpore, Bijpur, Noapara, Jagatdal, Naihati and Amdanga. Electoral History: Bhatpara is currently held by Pawan Singh who won it in 2021 as a candidate of BJP. Earlier Arjun Singh had won the seat four times in a row (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016.) Earlier Arjun Singh had won the seat in 2001 and 2006. Bidyut Ganguly of CPI(M) emerged victorious from the seat 1991 and 1996. CPM(I)’s Sitaram Gupta was elected in 1957, 1969, 1977 and 1982.

2026 Assembly Elections Results of Bhagabanpur South Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Shyama Sundara at Bhagabanpur / Image Credit One of the sixteen assembly constituencies in the Purbi Medinipur district of West Bengal, Bhagabanpur covers Bhagabanpur, Kotbarh, Kajlagarh and Shimulia gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur- 1 block, Basudevberia, Arjunnagar, Baroj, Jukhia, Itaberia, Mugberia and Radhapur gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur-2 block, and Mathura and Argoyal gram panchayats of Patashpur- 2 block. Bhagabanpur is one of the seven assembly constituency falling under Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency. Electoral History Rabindranath Maity is the sitting BJP MLA of Bhagabanpur which was won by him in 2021 by defeating his nearest TMC candidate and incumbent MLA Ardhendu Maity. In that election while Rabindranath Maity polled 121,480 votes, the TMC nominee 93,931 received votes and was distantly followed by Congress’s Shiu Maiti who secured 5,274 votes. Earlier Ardhendu Maity was elected from Bhagabanpur seat for the fourth time in a row in 2016. CPM had won the ...

2026 Assembly Elections Results of Basirhat South Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Ichamati River_View_from_Basirhat_Bridge/ Image Credit Polling Date: 29th April, 2026 Located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Basirhat South constituency came into being on the recommendations of delimitation commission in 2008. Basirhat South, one of the seven assembly segments in the Basirhat parliamentary constituency, is home to Basirhat and Taki municipalities, in addition to the block of Basirhat. Saptarshi Banerjee is the sitting TMC MLA of Basirhat South Assembly which he won in 2021 by defeating his nearest rival of the BJP by 24,468 votes. In that election, Saptarshi Banerjee polled 115,873 votes, Footballer Dipendu Biswas of the TMC had won the seat in 2016 by defeating Samik Bhattacharya, now West bengal BJP President. Dipendu Biswas had lost to Samik Bhattacharya in 2014 in a by-poll, necessitated by the death of sitting CPM legislator Niranjan Mu...

2026 Assembly Elections Results of Baruipur Purba Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes, Baruipur Purba is located in the South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal. The constituency is formed by the areas covered by Bamangachhi, Dhosa Chandaneswar, Chaltaberia, Jangalia, Narayanitala and Khakurdaha gram panchayats of Jaynagar block and Belegachhi, Begumpur, Brindakhali, Hardhah, Champahati, Nabagram, Ramnagar I, Ramnagar II and South Garia gram panchayats of Baruipur block. Baruipur Purba, which came into being before 2011, is one of the seven assembly segments falling under the parliamentary constituency of Jadavpur. Electoral History Currently, Baruipur Purba is held TMC’s Bivas Sardar who won the seat in 2021 by defeating his nearest BJP rival Chandan Mondal by an impressive margin votes 49,641 in a bipolar contest. In that election while Bivas Sardar secured 123,243 votes, the BJP candidate polled 73,602 ...

2026 Assembly Elections Results of Barrackpore Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Barrackpore Railway Station / Image Credit TMC’s Raj Chakraborty is the sitting legislator of Barrackpore assembly constituency which was won by him in 2021 by virtue of his victory over Chandramani Shukla of BJP. TMC’s Silbhadra Dutta had won the seat in 2016 and 2011. Barrackpore assembly constituency, which came into being in 2011 in place of erstwhile Titagarh, is located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Barrackpore assembly constituency is formed by the areas covered by the municipalities of Titagarh and Barrackpore. Barrackpore is one of the seven assembly segments falling under the parliamentary seat of the same name.