SANTIPUR
Assembly seat no. 86 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Swapan Kumar Das
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2026
45,376
21.11% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCBrajakishore Goswami
- Votes
- 72,565
- Vote share
- 33.76%
- Behind by
- 45,376
Electors
2,27,916
Total votes polled
2,14,973
Valid votes
2,14,973
NOTA votes
930
0.43% of votes polled
Turnout
94.3%
Full result, 2026
10 candidates · 2,14,973 valid votes
Swapan Kumar DasBJPwon
1,17,941
54.9%
Brajakishore GoswamiAITC
72,565
33.8%
Soumen MahatoCPM
11,533
5.4%
Arindam BhattacharyaIND
7,216
3.4%
Alok ChatterjeeINC
1,365
0.6%
Shyamal DasIND
989
0.5%
Sourav BiswasIND
634
0.3%
Tuhin IndraIND
624
0.3%
Abu Hena Mostafa KamalAJUP
610
0.3%
Profulla Kumar RoyBSP
566
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Swapan Kumar Das | BJP | 1,17,941 | 54.86% | Brajakishore Goswami | 45,376 |
| 2021 | JAGANNATH SARKAR | BJP | 1,09,722 | 49.94% | AJOY DEY | 15,878 |
| 2016 | ARINDAM BHATTACHARYA | INC | 1,03,566 | 51.76% | AJOY DEY | 19,488 |
| 2011 | AJOY DEY | INC | 98,902 | 57.77% | IYAR MALLIK | 38,158 |
| 2006 | AJOY DEY | INC | 89,834 | 47.78% | SANTANU CHAKRABARTI | 2,113 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above