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BARASAT

Assembly seat no. 119 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.

West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BARASAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.

Winner, 2026
Sankar Chatterjee
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
FBL
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2026
34,558
14.61% of valid votes

Result, 2026

Winner
Votes
1,22,171
Vote share
51.63%
Margin
34,558
Runner-up
AITCSabyasachi Dutta
Votes
87,613
Vote share
37.03%
Behind by
34,558
Electors
2,52,684
Total votes polled
2,36,603
Valid votes
2,36,603
NOTA votes
1,543
0.65% of votes polled
Turnout
93.6%

Full result, 2026

12 candidates · 2,36,603 valid votes

2026 election →
Sankar ChatterjeeBJPwon
1,22,171
51.6%
Sabyasachi DuttaAITC
87,613
37.0%
Hemanta DasAIFB
18,700
7.9%
Tarak MukherjeeINC
2,252
1.0%
Pradip GayenBSP
901
0.4%
Md. Jahangir AliIND
876
0.4%
Shankar ChatterjeeIND
679
0.3%
Omar FaruqueAIMIM
613
0.3%
Avik Basu ThakurIND
358
0.2%
Avhijit MukherjeeSUCI
329
0.1%
Hemanta DasIND
326
0.1%
Debashish BiswasAMB
242
0.1%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 16 elections

View all 16
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026Sankar ChatterjeeBJP1,22,17151.63%Sabyasachi Dutta34,558
2021CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTIAITC1,04,43146.27%SANKAR CHATTERJEE23,783
2016CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTIAITC99,66748.44%CHATTOPADHYAY SANJIB24,999
2011CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTIAITC1,03,95458.28%SANJIB CHATTOPADHAYA40,211
2006DR. BITHIKA MONDALAIFB1,24,66446.76%ASHOKE MUKHERJEE(GOPAL)6,587

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%26%52%79%105%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%10%20%30%40%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Margin

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