BEHALA PURBA
Assembly seat no. 153 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Sankar Sikder
BJP
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 3 of 4
Margin, 2026
25,137
10.71% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCSubhasish Chakraborty
- Votes
- 90,365
- Vote share
- 38.50%
- Behind by
- 25,137
Electors
2,59,876
Total votes polled
2,34,687
Valid votes
2,34,687
NOTA votes
1,635
0.70% of votes polled
Turnout
90.3%
Full result, 2026
12 candidates · 2,34,687 valid votes
Sankar SikderBJPwon
1,15,502
49.2%
Subhasish ChakrabortyAITC
90,365
38.5%
Dr Nilay MajumdarCPM
21,991
9.4%
Abhijit RahaINC
1,883
0.8%
Pushpa DhaliBSP
690
0.3%
Asish SamantaSUCI
683
0.3%
Bholanath PatraIND
610
0.3%
Subhashis KarIND
397
0.2%
Krishnasish GangopadhyayIND
330
0.1%
Pintu BayenIND
235
0.1%
Atanu DasIND
219
0.1%
Ashim ChakrabortyIND
147
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sankar Sikder | BJP | 1,15,502 | 49.22% | Subhasish Chakraborty | 25,137 |
| 2021 | Ratna Chatterjee | AITC | 1,10,968 | 50.01% | Payel Sarkar | 37,428 |
| 2016 | SOVAN CHATTERJEE | AITC | 96,621 | 47.33% | PROFESSOR AMBIKESH MAHAPATRA | 24,294 |
| 2011 | SOVAN CHATTERJEE | AITC | 1,16,709 | 60.28% | KUMKUM CHAKRABORTI | 48,173 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
