RASHBEHARI
Assembly seat no. 160 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 1971.
Winner, 2026
Dasgupta Swapan
BJP
Elections held
5
1971–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 3 of 5
Margin, 2026
20,865
15.03% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCDebasish Kumar (deba)
- Votes
- 53,258
- Vote share
- 38.37%
- Behind by
- 20,865
Electors
1,58,586
Total votes polled
1,38,814
Valid votes
1,38,814
NOTA votes
1,296
0.93% of votes polled
Turnout
87.5%
Full result, 2026
9 candidates · 1,38,814 valid votes
Dasgupta SwapanBJPwon
74,123
53.4%
Debasish Kumar (deba)AITC
53,258
38.4%
Manas GhoshCPI(ML)(L)
5,618
4.0%
Ashutosh ChatterjeeINC
2,427
1.7%
Dilip Chandra HalderSUCI
845
0.6%
Gopal GhoshIND
513
0.4%
Debashis NathIND
321
0.2%
Pankaj ThakkarIND
210
0.2%
Sk AlamgirIND
203
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dasgupta Swapan | BJP | 74,123 | 53.40% | Debasish Kumar (deba) | 20,865 |
| 2021 | DEBASISH KUMAR | AITC | 65,704 | 52.79% | LT. GEN. (DR.) SUBRATA SAHA | 21,414 |
| 2016 | SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY | AITC | 60,857 | 44.15% | ASHUTOSH CHATTERJEE | 14,553 |
| 2011 | SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY | AITC | 88,892 | 65.55% | SHANTANU BASU | 49,894 |
| 1971 | LAKSHMI KANTA BASU | INC | 23,420 | 63.38% | SACHIN SEN | 11,891 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
