PURBASTHALI DAKSHIN
Assembly seat no. 268 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Pran Krishna Tapadar
BJP
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 3 of 4
Margin, 2026
16,662
7.57% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCSwapan Debnath
- Votes
- 94,342
- Vote share
- 42.87%
- Behind by
- 16,662
Electors
2,32,857
Total votes polled
2,20,056
Valid votes
2,20,056
NOTA votes
1,923
0.87% of votes polled
Turnout
94.5%
Full result, 2026
7 candidates · 2,20,056 valid votes
Pran Krishna TapadarBJPwon
1,11,004
50.4%
Swapan DebnathAITC
94,342
42.9%
Jiyadul SekhCPI(ML)(L)
7,282
3.3%
Rabindranath MondalINC
2,843
1.3%
Fajar Ali SeikhAJUP
1,288
0.6%
Manotosh MondalBSP
893
0.4%
Pravat MajhiSUCI
481
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pran Krishna Tapadar | BJP | 1,11,004 | 50.44% | Swapan Debnath | 16,662 |
| 2021 | SWAPAN DEBNATH | AITC | 1,05,698 | 49.08% | RAJIB KUMAR BHOWMICK | 17,410 |
| 2016 | SWAPAN DEBNATH | AITC | 1,04,398 | 52.85% | ABHIJIT BHATTACHARYYA | 37,666 |
| 2011 | SWAPAN DEBNATH | AITC | 86,039 | 49.72% | ALEYA BEGAM SEKH | 15,858 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above