FARAKKA
Assembly seat no. 55 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Motab Shaikh
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2026
8,193
4.69% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
BJPSunil Chowdhuri
- Votes
- 54,857
- Vote share
- 31.38%
- Behind by
- 8,193
Electors
1,81,811
Total votes polled
1,74,841
Valid votes
1,74,841
NOTA votes
1,783
1.02% of votes polled
Turnout
96.2%
Full result, 2026
12 candidates · 1,74,841 valid votes
Motab ShaikhINCwon
63,050
36.1%
Sunil ChowdhuriBJP
54,857
31.4%
Amirul IslamAITC
47,256
27.0%
Mozaffar HossainCPM
4,177
2.4%
Shashanka DasIND
800
0.5%
Imtiaz Ahmed MollahAJUP
781
0.4%
Nandalal GhoshIND
695
0.4%
Azmerul SkRSSCMJP
484
0.3%
Sulaiman ShaikhIND
427
0.2%
Alok Kumar MandalIND
217
0.1%
Abdul KaderIND
186
0.1%
Tilottama HaldarBNARP
128
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Motab Shaikh | INC | 63,050 | 36.06% | Sunil Chowdhuri | 8,193 |
| 2021 | MANIRUL ISLAM | AITC | 1,02,319 | 54.89% | GHOSH HEMANTA | 59,945 |
| 2016 | MAINUL HAQUE | INC | 83,314 | 51.05% | MD. MUSTAFA | 28,167 |
| 2011 | MAINUL HAQUE | INC | 52,780 | 38.77% | ABDUS SALAM | 4,739 |
| 2006 | MAINUL HAQUE | INC | 59,682 | 49.05% | ABDUS SALAM | 6,540 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above