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, 2021
CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
FBL
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2021
23,783
10.54% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
BJPSANKAR CHATTERJEE
- Votes
- 80,648
- Vote share
- 35.73%
- Behind by
- 23,783
Electors
2,80,799
Total votes polled
2,25,707
Valid votes
2,25,707
NOTA votes
2,688
1.19% of votes polled
Turnout
80.4%
Full result, 2021
9 candidates · 2,25,707 valid votes
CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTIAITCwon
1,04,431
46.3%
SANKAR CHATTERJEEBJP
80,648
35.7%
SANJIB CHATTOPADHYAYAIFB
34,171
15.1%
SUNIL CHANDRA ROYBSP
940
0.4%
TARUN DHARIND
767
0.3%
MOHAN LAL ADHIKARIAMRABANGALEE
576
0.3%
AMIT KUMAR CHAKRABORTYIND
572
0.3%
SUDARSHAN DASJANSANGHPARTY
496
0.2%
KSHAMA DEBNATH (PANDA)SUCI
418
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sankar Chatterjee | BJP | 1,22,171 | 51.63% | Sabyasachi Dutta | 34,558 |
| 2021 | CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI | AITC | 1,04,431 | 46.27% | SANKAR CHATTERJEE | 23,783 |
| 2016 | CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI | AITC | 99,667 | 48.44% | CHATTOPADHYAY SANJIB | 24,999 |
| 2011 | CHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI | AITC | 1,03,954 | 58.28% | SANJIB CHATTOPADHAYA | 40,211 |
| 2006 | DR. BITHIKA MONDAL | AIFB | 1,24,664 | 46.76% | ASHOKE MUKHERJEE(GOPAL) | 6,587 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BARASAT assembly constituency in 2026?
Sankar Chatterjee (BJP) won BARASAT in 2026, by a margin of 34,558 votes.
Which party has won BARASAT the most times?
FBL, with 7 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BARASAT gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won BARASAT the most times?
SARAL DEB, with 5 wins between 1969 and 1991.
