BALAGARH
Assembly seat no. 191 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Sumana Sarkar
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2026
41,914
18.54% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCRanjan Dhara
- Votes
- 83,710
- Vote share
- 37.03%
- Behind by
- 41,914
Electors
2,40,491
Total votes polled
2,26,031
Valid votes
2,26,031
NOTA votes
1,347
0.60% of votes polled
Turnout
94.0%
Full result, 2026
7 candidates · 2,26,031 valid votes
Sumana SarkarBJPwon
1,25,624
55.6%
Ranjan DharaAITC
83,710
37.0%
Bikash GolderCPM
10,175
4.5%
Harichand MajumdarBSP
1,803
0.8%
Ashok BiswasINC
1,487
0.7%
Sukdeb BiswasSUCI
1,372
0.6%
Soma BiswasIND
513
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sumana Sarkar | BJP | 1,25,624 | 55.58% | Ranjan Dhara | 41,914 |
| 2021 | MANORANJAN BAPARI | AITC | 1,00,364 | 45.63% | SUBHAS CHANDRA HALDAR | 5,784 |
| 2016 | ASHIM KUMAR MAJHI | AITC | 96,472 | 47.36% | PANCHU GOPAL MONDAL | 17,837 |
| 2011 | ASIM KUMAR MAJHI | AITC | 96,254 | 52.35% | BHUBAN PRAMANICK | 21,583 |
| 2006 | DIBAKANTA ROUTH | CPM | 69,627 | 51.85% | ASIMA PATRA | 17,965 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above