Chowrangee
Assembly constituency 162 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#162 · GENAll candidates 11
- 01 Bandyopadhyay NaynaAITC62,938 57.2%
- 02 Santosh Kumar PathakBJP40,936 37.2%
- 03 Sanjay BasuCPI(M)2,602 2.4%
- 04 Manash SarkarINC2,117 1.9%
- 05 Prabir SealSUCI(C)178 0.2%
- 06 Sayantan PatraIND118 0.1%
- 07 Tejash BoleIND115 0.1%
- 08 Debasish BhadraRRP111 0.1%
- 09 Sumanta BhowmickIND76 0.1%
- 10 Md Ehsan ElahiIND65 0.1%
- 11 Johar IqbalIND34 0.0%
Turnout 86.5%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total832
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 11 candidates = 1,09,290Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
20.0 ppBandyopadhyay NaynaAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2021
41.1 ppBandyopadhyay NaynaAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
11.6 ppNayna BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2014
15.0 ppNayna BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
52.2 ppSikha Chowdhury(MITRA)All India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
31.7 ppLagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2001
49.2 ppLagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1996
16.2 ppLagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1991
21.1 ppLagan Deo SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1987
3.5 ppAsok GhoshIndian National Congress
- 1982
5.6 ppAshoke GhoshIndian National Congress
- 1977
16.2 ppChitabrata MazumdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1972
1.2 ppSisir Kumar SenIndian National Congress
- 1971
3.8 ppSisir Kumar SenIndian National Congress
- 1969
2.2 ppSasabindu BoraAll India Forward Bloc
- 1967
14.7 ppS . BeraAll India Forward Bloc
- 1962
8.1 ppParbati Charan HazraIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 52.2 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 94.3% of votes; the other 9 candidates 4.9% between them.
(62,938 + 40,936) ÷ 1,10,122 = 94.3% · 5,416 ÷ 1,10,122 = 4.9% -
Turnout of 86.5% was 6.9 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
86.5 − 93.4 = −6.9 -
The margin narrowed from 41.1 pp in 2021 to 20.0 pp.
20.0 − 41.1 = −21.1 pp -
Bandyopadhyay Nayna also won in 2021.
2021 winner name = 2026 winner name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 11 candidate lines1,09,290
- NOTAcounted within the total832
- Published totalVotes polled1,10,122
- Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds
Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates11 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified
State median turnoutComputed from 292 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database