SANDESHKHALI
Assembly seat no. 123 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Sanat Sardar
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 10 of 16
Margin, 2026
17,510
8.10% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCJharna Sardar
- Votes
- 89,679
- Vote share
- 41.48%
- Behind by
- 17,510
Electors
2,23,320
Total votes polled
2,16,180
Valid votes
2,16,180
NOTA votes
2,192
1.01% of votes polled
Turnout
96.8%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,16,180 valid votes
Sanat SardarBJPwon
1,07,189
49.6%
Jharna SardarAITC
89,679
41.5%
Rabindra Nath MahataCPM
12,921
6.0%
Sajal Kumar SardarIND
1,221
0.6%
Yudhisthir BhumijINC
1,162
0.5%
Sanat MundaIND
827
0.4%
Harish Chandra SardarIND
531
0.2%
Subal Chandra SardarIND
458
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sanat Sardar | BJP | 1,07,189 | 49.58% | Jharna Sardar | 17,510 |
| 2021 | SUKUMAR MAHATA | AITC | 1,12,450 | 54.64% | DR. BHASKAR SARDAR | 39,685 |
| 2016 | SUKUMAR MAHATA | AITC | 96,556 | 51.49% | NIRAPADA SARDAR | 38,190 |
| 2011 | NIRAPADA SARDAR | CPM | 66,815 | 43.21% | SRIMATI PADMA MAHATO | 4,232 |
| 2006 | ABANI ROY | CPM | 69,859 | 53.97% | GITA MONDAL | 19,992 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above