SANKRAIL
Assembly seat no. 174 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2001
SITAL KUMAR SARDAR
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2001
7,682
5.60% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
CPMBIKASH MONDAL (VILL RAGHUDEVBATI)
- Votes
- 59,622
- Vote share
- 43.45%
- Behind by
- 7,682
Electors
1,97,206
Total votes polled
1,37,234
Valid votes
1,37,234
NOTA votes
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Turnout
69.6%
Full result, 2001
7 candidates · 1,37,234 valid votes
SITAL KUMAR SARDARAITCwon
67,304
49.0%
BIKASH MONDAL (VILL RAGHUDEVBATI)CPM
59,622
43.5%
RAMESH CHANDRA SARDARBJP
5,295
3.9%
GOPAL MONDALNCP
2,116
1.5%
SUKUMAR MALICKIND
1,002
0.7%
BABLU RUIDASIND
997
0.7%
BIKASH MONDAL (VILL. CHANDRABATI)IND
898
0.7%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Priya Paul | AITC | 1,05,412 | 45.99% | Barnali Dhali Naskar | 16,740 |
| 2021 | PRIYA PAUL | AITC | 1,11,888 | 50.37% | PROBHAKAR PANDIT | 40,427 |
| 2016 | SITAL KUMAR SARDAR | AITC | 86,212 | 44.70% | SAMIR MALICK | 14,757 |
| 2011 | SITAL KUMAR SARDAR | AITC | 88,029 | 51.21% | DR. ANIRBAN HAZRA | 17,857 |
| 2006 | SITAL KUMAR SARDAR | AITC | 66,551 | 44.76% | ANIRBAN HAZRA | 113 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the SANKRAIL assembly constituency in 2026?
Priya Paul (AITC) won SANKRAIL in 2026, by a margin of 16,740 votes.
Which party has won SANKRAIL the most times?
CPM, with 7 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has SANKRAIL gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won SANKRAIL the most times?
SITAL KUMAR SARDAR, with 5 wins between 1996 and 2016.
