BEHALA PURBA
Assembly seat no. 153 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2021
Ratna Chatterjee
AITC
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 3 of 4
Margin, 2021
37,428
16.87% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
BJPPayel Sarkar
- Votes
- 73,540
- Vote share
- 33.15%
- Behind by
- 37,428
Electors
3,10,267
Total votes polled
2,21,872
Valid votes
2,21,872
NOTA votes
2,835
1.28% of votes polled
Turnout
71.5%
Full result, 2021
11 candidates · 2,21,872 valid votes
Ratna ChatterjeeAITCwon
1,10,968
50.0%
Payel SarkarBJP
73,540
33.1%
Samita Har ChowdhuryCPM
30,172
13.6%
Rina RoyBSP
1,175
0.5%
Tulsi Rani PramanikIND
1,167
0.5%
Ashis Kumar DandaSUCI
663
0.3%
Subrata RoyIND
403
0.2%
Dr. Arun Kumar GiriIND
271
0.1%
Nikhilesh GhoshIND
270
0.1%
Bholanath PatraIND
265
0.1%
Dhiman DebnathIND
143
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BEHALA PURBA assembly constituency in 2026?
Sankar Sikder (BJP) won BEHALA PURBA in 2026, by a margin of 25,137 votes.
Which party has won BEHALA PURBA the most times?
AITC, with 3 of the 4 wins recorded since 2011.
How many times has BEHALA PURBA gone to the polls?
4 times, from 2011 to 2026.
Who has won BEHALA PURBA the most times?
SOVAN CHATTERJEE, with 2 wins between 2011 and 2016.
