MEDINIPUR
Assembly seat no. 236 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called MEDINIPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 4 results.
Winner, 2026
Sankar Kumar Guchhait
BJP
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 3 of 4
Margin, 2026
38,747
15.87% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCSujoy Hazra
- Votes
- 94,294
- Vote share
- 38.63%
- Behind by
- 38,747
Electors
2,60,610
Total votes polled
2,44,086
Valid votes
2,44,086
NOTA votes
1,628
0.67% of votes polled
Turnout
93.7%
Full result, 2026
10 candidates · 2,44,086 valid votes
Sankar Kumar GuchhaitBJPwon
1,33,041
54.5%
Sujoy HazraAITC
94,294
38.6%
Manikuntal KhamraiCPI
7,649
3.1%
Sambhunath ChattopadhyayINC
2,193
0.9%
Sushrita SarenSUCI
1,386
0.6%
Sk. Mafizul HaqueIND
1,105
0.5%
Pronab Kumar BiswasBSP
1,017
0.4%
Shankar ChakrabortyIND
815
0.3%
Saleha BegumRASLJP
621
0.3%
Shashanka PatraAMB
337
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sankar Kumar Guchhait | BJP | 1,33,041 | 54.51% | Sujoy Hazra | 38,747 |
| 2021 | June Maliah | AITC | 1,21,175 | 50.72% | Samit Kumar Dash | 24,397 |
| 2016 | MRIGENDRA NATH MAITI | AITC | 1,06,774 | 50.11% | SANTOSH RANA | 32,987 |
| 2011 | MRIGENDRA NATH MAITI | AITC | 1,03,060 | 54.43% | SANTOSH RANA | 28,220 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above