RASHBEHARI
Assembly seat no. 160 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 1971.
Winner, 2016
SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY
AITC
Elections held
5
1971–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 3 of 5
Margin, 2016
14,553
10.56% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
INCASHUTOSH CHATTERJEE
- Votes
- 46,304
- Vote share
- 33.59%
- Behind by
- 14,553
Electors
2,05,943
Total votes polled
1,37,857
Valid votes
1,37,857
NOTA votes
3,872
2.81% of votes polled
Turnout
66.9%
Full result, 2016
7 candidates · 1,37,857 valid votes
SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAYAITCwon
60,857
44.1%
ASHUTOSH CHATTERJEEINC
46,304
33.6%
SAMIR BANERJEEBJP
23,381
17.0%
SWATI GHOSHSUCI
1,335
1.0%
OMPRAKASH PRAJAPATIBSP
968
0.7%
UTTAM KUMAR DASIND
587
0.4%
TARULATA DUTTAIND
553
0.4%
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
