MALDAHA
Assembly seat no. 50 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Gopal Chandra Saha
BJP
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
BJP
won 2 of 4
Margin, 2026
50,128
22.70% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCLipika Barman Ghosh
- Votes
- 73,528
- Vote share
- 33.30%
- Behind by
- 50,128
Electors
2,31,841
Total votes polled
2,20,797
Valid votes
2,20,797
NOTA votes
2,201
1.00% of votes polled
Turnout
95.2%
Full result, 2026
12 candidates · 2,20,797 valid votes
Gopal Chandra SahaBJPwon
1,23,656
56.0%
Lipika Barman GhoshAITC
73,528
33.3%
Bhupendra Nath Halder (arjun)INC
12,977
5.9%
Dipak BarmanCPI
2,332
1.1%
Nitai MandalIND
1,955
0.9%
Santanu RoyIND
1,464
0.7%
Haridas KarmakarBSP
852
0.4%
Sumitra SarkarIND
659
0.3%
Matindra Nath RajbanshiIND
459
0.2%
Kalyan RajbanshiAJUP
295
0.1%
Basudeb SarkarSUCI
219
0.1%
Surajit HalderKPPU
200
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Gopal Chandra Saha | BJP | 1,23,656 | 56.00% | Lipika Barman Ghosh | 50,128 |
| 2021 | Gopal Chandra Saha | BJP | 93,398 | 45.23% | Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury | 15,456 |
| 2016 | BHUPENDRA NATH HALDER | INC | 88,243 | 48.36% | DULAL SARKAR (BABLA) | 33,309 |
| 2011 | BHUPENDRA NATH HALDER (ARJUN) | INC | 68,155 | 46.55% | RAHUL RANJAN DAS | 10,755 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the MALDAHA assembly constituency in 2026?
Gopal Chandra Saha (BJP) won MALDAHA in 2026, by a margin of 50,128 votes.
Which party has won MALDAHA the most times?
BJP, with 2 of the 4 wins recorded since 2011.
How many times has MALDAHA gone to the polls?
4 times, from 2011 to 2026.
Who has won MALDAHA the most times?
Gopal Chandra Saha, with 2 wins between 2021 and 2026.
