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BISHNUPUR

Assembly seat no. 255 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.

Winner, 2016
TUSHAR KANTI BHATTACHARYA
INC
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
BJP
won 2 of 4
Margin, 2016
891
0.51% of valid votes

Result, 2016

Winner
Votes
76,641
Vote share
44.22%
Margin
891
Runner-up
AITCSHYAMAPRASAD MUKHERJEE
Votes
75,750
Vote share
43.71%
Behind by
891
Electors
1,95,374
Total votes polled
1,73,305
Valid votes
1,73,305
NOTA votes
3,336
1.92% of votes polled
Turnout
88.7%

Full result, 2016

6 candidates · 1,73,305 valid votes

2016 election →
TUSHAR KANTI BHATTACHARYAINCwon
76,641
44.2%
SHYAMAPRASAD MUKHERJEEAITC
75,750
43.7%
NANDA DULAL BANERJEEBJP
11,254
6.5%
SHIBAPADA GIRICPM
2,433
1.4%
SHASHI BHUSAN BANERJEESUCI
2,254
1.3%
SUNIL BESRABMUP
1,637
0.9%

Past results

Most recent 4 of 4 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026Shukla ChatterjeeBJP1,11,08253.54%Tanmay Ghosh (bumba)30,605
2021TANMAY GHOSH (BUMBA)BJP89,68946.84%ARCHITA BID11,420
2016TUSHAR KANTI BHATTACHARYAINC76,64144.22%SHYAMAPRASAD MUKHERJEE891
2011SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEEAITC77,66250.30%GHOSH SWAPAN9,857

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%26%53%79%105%2011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%4%8%12%17%2011201620212026Margin

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