GHATAL
Assembly seat no. 231 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called GHATAL. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 7 results.
Winner, 2026
Sital Kapat
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 10 of 16
Margin, 2026
37,657
15.56% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCShyamali Sardar
- Votes
- 93,893
- Vote share
- 38.79%
- Behind by
- 37,657
Electors
2,76,794
Total votes polled
2,42,025
Valid votes
2,42,025
NOTA votes
1,308
0.54% of votes polled
Turnout
87.4%
Full result, 2026
9 candidates · 2,42,025 valid votes
Sital KapatBJPwon
1,31,550
54.4%
Shyamali SardarAITC
93,893
38.8%
Santi Nath SatickCPM
9,352
3.9%
Kaberi DoluiINC
1,867
0.8%
Ruma PatraIND
1,374
0.6%
Sujay DolaiBSP
991
0.4%
Khagendra DolaiIND
744
0.3%
Bivash SinghaIND
484
0.2%
Narugopal DoluiSUCI
462
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sital Kapat | BJP | 1,31,550 | 54.35% | Shyamali Sardar | 37,657 |
| 2021 | SITAL KAPAT | BJP | 1,05,812 | 46.95% | SHANKAR DOLAI | 966 |
| 2016 | SHANKAR DOLAI | AITC | 1,07,682 | 49.77% | KAMAL CHANDRA DOLUI | 19,479 |
| 2011 | SHANKAR DOLAI | AITC | 1,01,355 | 52.24% | CHHABI PAKHIRA | 16,277 |
| 2006 | RATAN PAKHIRA | CPM | 80,349 | 59.31% | AYAN DOLUI | 50,887 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above