GAIGHATA
Assembly seat no. 97 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1967.
Winner, 2026
Subrata Thakur
BJP
Elections held
15
1967–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 4 of 15
Margin, 2026
47,683
22.79% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCNarottam Biswas
- Votes
- 73,639
- Vote share
- 35.20%
- Behind by
- 47,683
Electors
2,23,535
Total votes polled
2,09,201
Valid votes
2,09,201
NOTA votes
994
0.48% of votes polled
Turnout
93.6%
Full result, 2026
11 candidates · 2,09,201 valid votes
Subrata ThakurBJPwon
1,21,322
58.0%
Narottam BiswasAITC
73,639
35.2%
Sajal BiswasCPI
9,003
4.3%
Anil Kumar PandeyINC
1,097
0.5%
Sabyasachi BiswasBSP
923
0.4%
Subrata AdhikaryIND
753
0.4%
Shibani MajumdarSUCI
531
0.3%
Shiddhartha SamadderIND
415
0.2%
Sudhir MondalIND
203
0.1%
Chandan RoyIND
166
0.1%
Tapan BiswasIND
155
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Subrata Thakur | BJP | 1,21,322 | 57.99% | Narottam Biswas | 47,683 |
| 2021 | SUBRATA THAKUR | BJP | 1,00,808 | 47.27% | NAROTTAM BISWAS | 9,578 |
| 2016 | PULIN BIHARI RAY | AITC | 93,812 | 48.62% | KAPIL KRISHNA THAKUR | 29,572 |
| 2011 | MANJUL KRISHNA THAKUR | AITC | 91,487 | 55.58% | MANOJ KANTI BISWAS | 25,447 |
| 2006 | JYOTI PRIYA MALLICK | AITC | 93,811 | 48.27% | MONMATHA ROY | 4,819 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above