Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Bolpur

Assembly constituency 286 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#286 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants10

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled2,46,339

Turnout93.3%

NOTA3,554

WinnerChandranath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress1,14,91546.7% of votes

MARGIN13,188 votes · 5.4 pp1,14,915 − 1,01,727

Runner-upDilip Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party1,01,72741.3% of votes

AITC 53.0% of top-two votesBJP 47.0%

All candidates 10

01 Chandranath SinhaAITC1,14,915 46.7%
02 Dilip GhoshBJP1,01,727 41.3%
03 Bapi SorenAISF18,390 7.5%
04 Rathin SenINC2,411 1.0%
05 Das SamiranBSP1,525 0.6%
06 Arun DasIND1,185 0.5%
07 Saurav MudiIND936 0.4%
08 Samarjit BarmanSUCI(C)618 0.3%
09 Mihir Kumar BanerjeeRAJSP560 0.2%
10 Syed Sarwardi (Bapon)AJUP518 0.2%

Turnout 93.3%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total3,554
State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,42,785Verified

Seat history 2026–1977

2026
5.4 pp
Chandranath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
2021
9.8 pp
Sinha ChandranathAll India Trinamool Congress
2016
24.8 pp
Chandranath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
2011
9.4 pp
Chandra Nath SinhaAll India Trinamool Congress
2006
41.8 pp
Ghosh Bhakti PadaAll India Forward Bloc
2001
27.6 pp
Bhakti Pada GhoshAll India Forward Bloc
1996
24.3 pp
Bhakti Bhusan MondalAll India Forward Bloc
1991
22.1 pp
Bhakti Bhusan MondalAll India Forward Bloc
1987
18.0 pp
Bhakti Bhusan MandalAll India Forward Bloc
1982
13.2 pp
Bhakti Bhusan MandalAll India Forward Bloc
1977
30.8 pp
Bhakti Bhusan MandalAll India Forward Bloc

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed AISF polled 18,390 votes, 1.4× the 13,188-vote margin.
18,390 ÷ 13,188 = 1.4
The top two polled 87.9% of votes; the other 8 candidates 10.6% between them.
(1,14,915 + 1,01,727) ÷ 2,46,339 = 87.9% · 26,143 ÷ 2,46,339 = 10.6%
Turnout of 93.3% was 0.1 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
93.3 − 93.4 = −0.1
The margin narrowed from 9.8 pp in 2021 to 5.4 pp.
5.4 − 9.8 = −4.4 pp
AITC held the seat it won in 2021.
2021 AITC · 2026 AITC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines2,42,785
NOTAcounted within the total3,554
Published totalVotes polled2,46,339
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

Candidates10 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