BOLPUR
Assembly seat no. 286 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BOLPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2026
Chandranath Sinha
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2026
13,188
5.35% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
BJPDilip Ghosh
- Votes
- 1,01,727
- Vote share
- 41.30%
- Behind by
- 13,188
Electors
2,60,376
Total votes polled
2,46,339
Valid votes
2,46,339
NOTA votes
3,554
1.44% of votes polled
Turnout
94.6%
Full result, 2026
10 candidates · 2,46,339 valid votes
Chandranath SinhaAITCwon
1,14,915
46.6%
Dilip GhoshBJP
1,01,727
41.3%
Bapi SorenAISF
18,390
7.5%
Rathin SenINC
2,411
1.0%
Das SamiranBSP
1,525
0.6%
Arun DasIND
1,185
0.5%
Saurav MudiIND
936
0.4%
Samarjit BarmanSUCI
618
0.3%
Mihir Kumar BanerjeeRAJSPTY
560
0.2%
Syed Sarwardi (bapon)AJUP
518
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chandranath Sinha | AITC | 1,14,915 | 46.65% | Dilip Ghosh | 13,188 |
| 2021 | SINHA CHANDRANATH | AITC | 1,16,443 | 50.57% | ANIRBAN GANGULY | 22,280 |
| 2016 | CHANDRANATH SINHA | AITC | 1,13,258 | 54.80% | TAPAN HORE | 50,027 |
| 2011 | CHANDRA NATH SINHA | AITC | 89,394 | 50.51% | TAPAN HORE | 16,627 |
| 2006 | TAPAN HORE | RSP | 73,493 | 58.50% | RAKSHIT CHITTA RANJAN | 42,866 |
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 BOLPUR assembly constituency in 2026?
Chandranath Sinha (AITC) won BOLPUR in 2026, by a margin of 13,188 votes.
Which party has won BOLPUR the most times?
RSP, with 8 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BOLPUR gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won BOLPUR the most times?
TAPAN HORE, with 4 wins between 1991 and 2006.
