SANTIPUR
Assembly seat no. 86 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2016
ARINDAM BHATTACHARYA
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2016
19,488
9.74% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
AITCAJOY DEY
- Votes
- 84,078
- Vote share
- 42.02%
- Behind by
- 19,488
Electors
2,25,358
Total votes polled
2,00,080
Valid votes
2,00,080
NOTA votes
1,901
0.95% of votes polled
Turnout
88.8%
Full result, 2016
6 candidates · 2,00,080 valid votes
ARINDAM BHATTACHARYAINCwon
1,03,566
51.8%
AJOY DEYAITC
84,078
42.0%
SWAPAN KUMAR DAMBJP
7,495
3.8%
SAOKAT ALIGMM
1,639
0.8%
DINESH RAYSHS
882
0.4%
NAJIMA BIBI KAYALSDPI
519
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
