SEALDAH
Assembly seat no. 156 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Winner, 2006
SOMENDRA NATH MITRA
INC
Elections held
11
1967–2006
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 11
Margin, 2006
12,759
32.45% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
CPIPRABIR DEB
- Votes
- 10,252
- Vote share
- 26.08%
- Behind by
- 12,759
Electors
65,157
Total votes polled
39,313
Valid votes
39,313
NOTA votes
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Turnout
60.3%
Full result, 2006
8 candidates · 39,313 valid votes
SOMENDRA NATH MITRAINCwon
23,011
58.5%
PRABIR DEBCPI
10,252
26.1%
DULALESWAR ROYAITC
5,091
12.9%
TARUN KUMAR KARIND
267
0.7%
DAYANAND PRASADIND
219
0.6%
SWARAJ RANJAN BHATTACHARYYAIND
215
0.6%
PRADYUT KUMAR GHOSHIND
159
0.4%
DILIP TRIPATHIIND
99
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SOMENDRA NATH MITRA | INC | 23,011 | 58.53% | PRABIR DEB | 12,759 |
| 2001 | SOMENDRA NATH MITRA | INC | 27,877 | 64.29% | CHANCHAL GHOSH | 15,691 |
| 1996 | SOMENDRA NATH MITRA | INC | 33,950 | 66.16% | ARUN PRAKASH CHATTERJEE | 20,965 |
| 1991 | SOMENDRA NATH MISRA | INC | 28,485 | 62.20% | ILA MITRA | 16,464 |
| 1987 | SOMENDRA NATH MITRA | INC | 31,897 | 65.68% | NANDA GOPAL BHATTACHARJEE | 15,689 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above