INDUS
Assembly seat no. 257 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Nirmal Kumar Dhara
BJP
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
BJP
won 2 of 4
Margin, 2026
900
0.39% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCShyamali Roy Bagdi
- Votes
- 1,07,833
- Vote share
- 46.40%
- Behind by
- 900
Electors
2,45,791
Total votes polled
2,32,394
Valid votes
2,32,394
NOTA votes
1,582
0.68% of votes polled
Turnout
94.5%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,32,394 valid votes
Nirmal Kumar DharaBJPwon
1,08,733
46.8%
Shyamali Roy BagdiAITC
1,07,833
46.4%
Jharna MallikCPM
7,027
3.0%
Mou Mandal SamantaINC
2,201
0.9%
Anupam BagdiIND
1,479
0.6%
Nanda MondalIND
1,400
0.6%
Anirban DakuaIND
1,400
0.6%
Tapas MalikIND
739
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nirmal Kumar Dhara | BJP | 1,08,733 | 46.79% | Shyamali Roy Bagdi | 900 |
| 2021 | NIRMAL KUMAR DHARA | BJP | 1,04,936 | 48.04% | RUNU METE | 7,220 |
| 2016 | GURUPADA METE | AITC | 94,940 | 48.14% | DILIP KUMAR MALIK | 18,837 |
| 2011 | GURUPADA METE | AITC | 85,589 | 49.05% | SANTANU KUMAR BORA | 4,005 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
