RAINA
Assembly seat no. 261 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Subhash Patra
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 10 of 16
Margin, 2026
834
0.36% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCMandira Dalui
- Votes
- 1,02,653
- Vote share
- 44.01%
- Behind by
- 834
Electors
2,46,255
Total votes polled
2,33,245
Valid votes
2,33,245
NOTA votes
1,442
0.62% of votes polled
Turnout
94.7%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,33,245 valid votes
Subhash PatraBJPwon
1,03,487
44.4%
Mandira DaluiAITC
1,02,653
44.0%
Somnath MajiCPM
19,674
8.4%
Pampa MalikINC
1,980
0.8%
Sanju PorelIND
1,354
0.6%
Shiuli SinghIND
1,267
0.5%
Jaba MalikIND
783
0.3%
Paresh Chandra BagAJUP
605
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Subhash Patra | BJP | 1,03,487 | 44.37% | Mandira Dalui | 834 |
| 2021 | Shampa Dhara | AITC | 1,08,752 | 47.46% | Manik Roy | 18,205 |
| 2016 | NEPAL GHORUI | AITC | 94,323 | 45.77% | KHAN BASUDEB | 448 |
| 2011 | KHAN BASUDEB | CPM | 98,897 | 51.12% | NEPAL GHORUI | 12,221 |
| 2006 | SWAPAN SAMANTA | CPM | 91,990 | 66.43% | NITYANANDA TAH | 57,656 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above