Barasat Vidhan Sabha — MLA & election results
MLA · 2026
Sankar Chatterjee
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 — results
Winner
Sankar Chatterjee
votes
1,22,171
Margin
34,558(14.6%)
Winner vs Runner-up
- 1Sankar Chatterjee✓ WinnerBJP1,22,17151.64%
- 2Sabyasachi DuttaAITC87,61337.03%
- 3Hemanta DasAll India Forward BlocDeposit lost18,7007.9%
- 4Tarak MukherjeeINCDeposit lost2,2520.95%
- 5NOTA1,5430.65%
- 6Pradip GayenBSPDeposit lost9010.38%
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- 7Md. Jahangir AliINDDeposit lost8760.37%
- 8Shankar ChatterjeeINDDeposit lost6790.29%
- 9Omar FaruqueAIMIMDeposit lost6130.26%
- 10Avik Basu ThakurINDDeposit lost3580.15%
- 11Avhijit MukherjeeSocialist Unity Centre Of India (communist)Deposit lost3290.14%
- 12Hemanta DasINDDeposit lost3260.14%
- 13Debashish BiswasAmra BangaleeDeposit lost2420.1%
Deposit lost: 10 of 12 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).
Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2026
From the Election Commission of India's statistical report
- Electors
- 2,52,684
- Votes cast
- 2,37,380
- Turnout
- 93.94%
- Polling stations
- 301
incl. service voters
incl. 3,100 postal
Turnout of men and women
Women93.2%
1,17,847 of 1,26,417 voted on EVMs
Men92.2%
1,16,421 of 1,26,251 voted on EVMs
Third-gender electors: 16; 12 voted.
- Candidates12
- Lost deposit10
- NOTA1,543
- Valid votes2,35,060
Frequently asked questions
Who is the MLA of Barasat?
Sankar Chatterjee (BJP) won Barasat in the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 with 1,22,171 votes.
What was the winning margin in Barasat?
Sankar Chatterjee defeated Sabyasachi Dutta (AITC) by 34,558 votes.
What was the turnout in Barasat in 2026?
93.94% — 2,37,380 of 2,52,684 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 93.2%, men's 92.2%.
How many voters does Barasat have?
2,52,684 electors at the 2026 election — 1,26,251 men, 1,26,417 women, 16 third gender (service voters included), and 301 polling stations.
When is the next assembly election in Barasat?
The last general election was completed in May 2026. An assembly's term is five years, so the next general election is due in 2031; the Election Commission of India announces the dates.
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