MANGALKOT
Assembly seat no. 272 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Shishir Ghosh
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 10 of 16
Margin, 2026
12,723
5.80% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCApurba Chowdhury (achal)
- Votes
- 91,297
- Vote share
- 41.64%
- Behind by
- 12,723
Electors
2,32,205
Total votes polled
2,19,247
Valid votes
2,19,247
NOTA votes
3,423
1.56% of votes polled
Turnout
94.4%
Full result, 2026
9 candidates · 2,19,247 valid votes
Shishir GhoshBJPwon
1,04,020
47.4%
Apurba Chowdhury (achal)AITC
91,297
41.6%
Miraj Alam SekhCPM
12,698
5.8%
Jagadish DuttaINC
3,117
1.4%
Mandal AzizulAJUP
1,733
0.8%
Ramkrishna Malik (dev)BSP
991
0.5%
Uday DasIND
803
0.4%
Sk Mozammel SamadRSSCMJP
620
0.3%
Sekh Mojammel Haque (moni)SUCI
545
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Shishir Ghosh | BJP | 1,04,020 | 47.44% | Apurba Chowdhury (achal) | 12,723 |
| 2021 | Apurba Chowdhury (Achal) | AITC | 1,07,596 | 49.51% | Rana Protap Goswami | 22,337 |
| 2016 | CHOWDHURY SIDDIQULLAH | AITC | 89,812 | 45.87% | CHOUDHURY SAHAJAHAN | 11,874 |
| 2011 | SAHAJAHAN CHOUDHURY | CPM | 81,316 | 46.22% | APURBA CHAUDHURI | 126 |
| 2006 | SADHANA MALLIK | CPM | 72,664 | 59.24% | ABDUL BASED SEKH | 40,614 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above