NATABARI
Assembly seat no. 8 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1977.
Winner, 2026
Girija Shankar Ray
BJP
Elections held
11
1977–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 11
Margin, 2026
34,613
14.87% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCSailendra Nath Barma
- Votes
- 92,298
- Vote share
- 39.66%
- Behind by
- 34,613
Electors
2,40,383
Total votes polled
2,32,716
Valid votes
2,32,716
NOTA votes
1,113
0.48% of votes polled
Turnout
96.8%
Full result, 2026
9 candidates · 2,32,716 valid votes
Girija Shankar RayBJPwon
1,26,911
54.5%
Sailendra Nath BarmaAITC
92,298
39.7%
Akik HassanCPM
6,606
2.8%
Biswajit SarkarINC
2,516
1.1%
Abdus SalamSUCI
976
0.4%
Sahidul HossainIND
814
0.3%
Mrinal Kanti SahaIND
677
0.3%
Md. Sakowat AliAJUP
431
0.2%
Raghunath BiswasIND
374
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Girija Shankar Ray | BJP | 1,26,911 | 54.53% | Sailendra Nath Barma | 34,613 |
| 2021 | Mihir Goswami | BJP | 1,11,743 | 51.45% | Rabindra Nath Ghosh | 23,440 |
| 2016 | RABINDRA NATH GHOSH | AITC | 93,257 | 46.72% | TAMSER ALI | 16,157 |
| 2011 | RABINDRA NATH GHOSH | AITC | 81,951 | 47.56% | TAMSER ALI | 7,565 |
| 2006 | TAMSER ALI | CPM | 67,845 | 48.84% | RABINDRA NATH GHOSH | 4,836 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above