2026 Assembly Elections Results of Mekliganj Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Contesting Candidates for Mekliganj Assembly constituency Assembly Elections 2026

Party

Candidates

Votes

BJP

Dadhiram Ray

54690

TMC

Paresh Chandra Adhikary

45180

Electoral History

Mekliganj is currently represented in the West Bengal legislative assembly by Paresh Chandra Adhikary who won the seat in 2021 on the ticket of Trinamool Congress. In that election while 99,338 votes were polled in favour Paresh Chandra Adhikary, his nearest rival was the BJP nominee Dadhiram Ray who secured 84,653 votes and was distantly followed by Gobindo Ray of AIFB with 6,853 votes.

Earlier Paresh Chandra Adhikary had won the seat third time in a row in 2011 on the ticket of Forward Block. Once a stronghold of Forward Block, Mekliganj had been sending Forward Block MLAS to the state legislative assembly on all occasions since 1962 to 2011 except in 1972.

Background

One of nine assembly constituencies located in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, Mekliganj contains in its jurisdiction the blocks of Mekliganj and Haldibari as well as the municipalities of Mekliganj and Haldibari.

Reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes, Mekliganj is one of the seven assembly segments falling under the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency. The remaining six segments are located in the Jalpaiguri district.

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