RANIGANJ
Assembly seat no. 278 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Partha Ghosh
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 12 of 16
Margin, 2026
17,786
9.05% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCKalobaran Mondal
- Votes
- 79,630
- Vote share
- 40.53%
- Behind by
- 17,786
Electors
2,16,243
Total votes polled
1,96,484
Valid votes
1,96,484
NOTA votes
2,452
1.25% of votes polled
Turnout
90.9%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 1,96,484 valid votes
Partha GhoshBJPwon
97,416
49.6%
Kalobaran MondalAITC
79,630
40.5%
Naran BauriCPM
13,030
6.6%
Faiz AhmadINC
1,543
0.8%
Ajay Kumar PaswanIND
1,030
0.5%
Ashish Chandra GaraiIND
649
0.3%
Sagar SenINL
397
0.2%
Rahul GhoshAJUP
337
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Partha Ghosh | BJP | 97,416 | 49.58% | Kalobaran Mondal | 17,786 |
| 2021 | TAPAS BANERJEE | AITC | 78,164 | 42.90% | DR. BIJAN MUKHERJEE | 3,556 |
| 2016 | RUNU DUTTA | CPM | 74,995 | 42.32% | BANO NARGIS | 12,385 |
| 2011 | ALI SOHRAB | AITC | 73,810 | 47.83% | RUNU DUTTA | 1,751 |
| 2006 | HARADHAN JHA | CPM | 71,981 | 68.29% | JITENDRA TIWARI | 50,171 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above