RANIBANDH
Assembly seat no. 249 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Kshudiram Tudu
BJP
Elections held
13
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 13
Margin, 2026
52,269
22.07% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCTanushree Hansda
- Votes
- 78,876
- Vote share
- 33.31%
- Behind by
- 52,269
Electors
2,55,198
Total votes polled
2,36,828
Valid votes
2,36,828
NOTA votes
3,884
1.64% of votes polled
Turnout
92.8%
Full result, 2026
13 candidates · 2,36,828 valid votes
Kshudiram TuduBJPwon
1,31,145
55.4%
Tanushree HansdaAITC
78,876
33.3%
Deblina HembramCPM
13,200
5.6%
Gurupada SardarINC
1,809
0.8%
Saraswati SardarIND
1,746
0.7%
Monoranjan BesraAPOI
1,295
0.5%
Baburam KiskuIND
1,125
0.5%
Surajit BaskeyIND
1,108
0.5%
Ranjan Lal TuduSUCI
899
0.4%
Fulchand HansdaIND
672
0.3%
Maheswar BesraAJUP
410
0.2%
Gopal Chandra KiskuIND
376
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kshudiram Tudu | BJP | 1,31,145 | 55.38% | Tanushree Hansda | 52,269 |
| 2006 | DEBLINA HEMBRAM | CPM | 52,827 | 45.35% | ADITYA KISKU | 10,890 |
| 2001 | MAKAR TUDU | CPM | 54,186 | 57.77% | GOPINATH SAREN | 34,741 |
| 1996 | DEBLINA HEMBRAM | CPM | 58,474 | 55.86% | ANIL HANSDA | 32,409 |
| 1991 | ARATI BEMBRAM | CPM | 48,089 | 55.37% | SUDARSAN BASKEY | 26,924 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above