MAGRAHAT PURBA
Assembly seat no. 141 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Sarmistha Purkait
AITC
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 4 of 4
Margin, 2026
31,607
14.23% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
BJPUttam Kumar Banik
- Votes
- 76,805
- Vote share
- 34.57%
- Behind by
- 31,607
Electors
2,32,718
Total votes polled
2,22,178
Valid votes
2,22,178
NOTA votes
858
0.39% of votes polled
Turnout
95.5%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,22,178 valid votes
Sarmistha PurkaitAITCwon
1,08,412
48.8%
Uttam Kumar BanikBJP
76,805
34.6%
Chandan SahaCPM
29,188
13.1%
Atanu HalderINC
4,733
2.1%
Somnath NaskarSUCI
737
0.3%
Gobinda Kumar SardarBSP
678
0.3%
Soumendra Nath SardarIND
427
0.2%
Bhaskar Chandra NaskarIND
340
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sarmistha Purkait | AITC | 1,08,412 | 48.80% | Uttam Kumar Banik | 31,607 |
| 2021 | NAMITA SAHA | AITC | 1,10,945 | 53.82% | CHANDAN KUMAR NASKAR | 54,079 |
| 2016 | NAMITA SAHA . | AITC | 89,486 | 48.70% | CHANDAN SAHA | 9,560 |
| 2011 | NAMITA SAHA | AITC | 75,217 | 49.68% | CHANDAN SAHA | 8,803 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
- AITC4 wins