RAJGANJ
Assembly seat no. 18 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1967.
Winner, 2026
Dinesh Sarkar
BJP
Elections held
14
1967–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 6 of 14
Margin, 2026
21,477
9.57% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCSwapna Barman
- Votes
- 93,180
- Vote share
- 41.53%
- Behind by
- 21,477
Electors
2,31,186
Total votes polled
2,24,379
Valid votes
2,24,379
NOTA votes
1,322
0.59% of votes polled
Turnout
97.1%
Full result, 2026
13 candidates · 2,24,379 valid votes
Dinesh SarkarBJPwon
1,14,657
51.1%
Swapna BarmanAITC
93,180
41.5%
Kharendra Nath RoyCPM
6,371
2.8%
Sanjib RoyIND
1,594
0.7%
Tushar Kanti RoyINC
1,460
0.7%
Radhu MandalBSP
1,232
0.5%
Ananta Kumar RoySUCI
1,054
0.5%
Prakash Chandra RoyIND
999
0.4%
Swapna BarmanIND
932
0.4%
Bapi RoyIND
625
0.3%
Kunal RoyIND
338
0.2%
Harendranath RoyAMB
308
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dinesh Sarkar | BJP | 1,14,657 | 51.10% | Swapna Barman | 21,477 |
| 2021 | KHAGESWAR ROY | AITC | 1,04,641 | 48.50% | SUPEN ROY | 15,773 |
| 2016 | KHAGESWAR ROY | AITC | 89,785 | 46.15% | SATYENDRA NATH MONDAL | 14,677 |
| 2011 | KHAGESWAR ROY | AITC | 74,546 | 46.64% | AMULYA KUMAR ROY | 7,020 |
| 2006 | MAHENDRA KUMAR ROY | CPM | 1,09,548 | 51.67% | KHAGESWAR ROY | 49,472 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above