ASANSOL DAKSHIN
Assembly seat no. 280 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Agnimitra Paul
BJP
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
BJP
won 2 of 4
Margin, 2026
40,839
18.93% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCTapas Banerjee
- Votes
- 78,743
- Vote share
- 36.49%
- Behind by
- 40,839
Electors
2,39,405
Total votes polled
2,15,792
Valid votes
2,15,792
NOTA votes
2,857
1.32% of votes polled
Turnout
90.1%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,15,792 valid votes
Agnimitra PaulBJPwon
1,19,582
55.4%
Tapas BanerjeeAITC
78,743
36.5%
Silpi ChakrabortyCPM
10,390
4.8%
Souvik MukherjeeINC
1,367
0.6%
Dipika BauriIND
1,304
0.6%
Asgar AliIND
789
0.4%
Anup BhattacharyaSUCI
391
0.2%
Bibekananda SadhuAMB
369
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Agnimitra Paul | BJP | 1,19,582 | 55.41% | Tapas Banerjee | 40,839 |
| 2021 | AGNIMITRA PAUL | BJP | 87,881 | 45.13% | SAYANI GHOSH | 4,487 |
| 2016 | TAPAS BANERJEE | AITC | 71,515 | 38.54% | HEMANT PRABHAKAR | 14,283 |
| 2011 | TAPAS BANERJEE | AITC | 89,645 | 55.75% | ASHOK KUMAR MUKHERJEE | 28,541 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
