BUDGE BUDGE
Assembly seat no. 156 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Ashok Kumar Deb
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2026
46,850
21.48% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
BJPDr Tarun Kumar Adak
- Votes
- 80,241
- Vote share
- 36.79%
- Behind by
- 46,850
Electors
2,30,052
Total votes polled
2,18,093
Valid votes
2,18,093
NOTA votes
1,993
0.91% of votes polled
Turnout
94.8%
Full result, 2026
7 candidates · 2,18,093 valid votes
Ashok Kumar DebAITCwon
1,27,091
58.3%
Dr Tarun Kumar AdakBJP
80,241
36.8%
Mujibar Rahman KayalINC
5,323
2.4%
Kajal DuttaCPI(ML)(L)
2,037
0.9%
Mainur KhanIND
648
0.3%
Basudeb KabriSUCI
452
0.2%
Tanmoy SardarIND
308
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ashok Kumar Deb | AITC | 1,27,091 | 58.27% | Dr Tarun Kumar Adak | 46,850 |
| 2021 | ASHOK KUMAR DEB | AITC | 1,22,357 | 56.41% | DR. TARUN KUMAR ADAK | 44,714 |
| 2016 | ASHOK KUMAR DEB | AITC | 84,058 | 44.13% | SK. MUJIBAR RAHAMAN | 7,159 |
| 2011 | ASHOK KUMAR DEB | AITC | 99,915 | 60.04% | HRISHIKESH PODDER | 46,489 |
| 2006 | ASHOK KUMAR DEB | AITC | 72,889 | 57.10% | RATAN BAGCHI | 25,109 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above