SHIBPUR
Assembly seat no. 172 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1967.
Winner, 2026
Rudranil Ghosh
BJP
Elections held
14
1967–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2026
16,058
8.86% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCDr. Rana Chatterjee
- Votes
- 73,557
- Vote share
- 40.57%
- Behind by
- 16,058
Electors
1,95,103
Total votes polled
1,81,323
Valid votes
1,81,323
NOTA votes
1,300
0.72% of votes polled
Turnout
92.9%
Full result, 2026
10 candidates · 1,81,323 valid votes
Rudranil GhoshBJPwon
89,615
49.4%
Dr. Rana ChatterjeeAITC
73,557
40.6%
Dr. Jagannath BhattacharyyaAIFB
12,542
6.9%
Shrabanti SinghINC
1,993
1.1%
Bimalesh Kumar HelaBSP
671
0.4%
Sanjay KarmakarIND
571
0.3%
Raj RoyIND
360
0.2%
Kartick ShilSUCI
318
0.2%
Surojit DasIND
219
0.1%
Abhisek MondalIND
177
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rudranil Ghosh | BJP | 89,615 | 49.42% | Dr. Rana Chatterjee | 16,058 |
| 2021 | Manoj Tiwary | AITC | 92,372 | 50.69% | Rathin Chakrabarty | 32,603 |
| 2016 | JATU LAHIRI | AITC | 88,076 | 51.86% | JAGANNATH BHATTACHARYYA | 27,014 |
| 2011 | JATU LAHIRI | AITC | 1,00,739 | 61.83% | JAGANNATH BHATTACHARYYA | 46,404 |
| 2006 | DR. JAGANNATH BHATTACHARYYA | AIFB | 92,894 | 46.39% | JATU LAHIRI | 9,559 |
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 SHIBPUR assembly constituency in 2026?
Rudranil Ghosh (BJP) won SHIBPUR in 2026, by a margin of 16,058 votes.
Which party has won SHIBPUR the most times?
AITC, with 4 of the 14 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has SHIBPUR gone to the polls?
14 times, from 1967 to 2026.
Who has won SHIBPUR the most times?
JATU LAHIRI, with 5 wins between 1991 and 2016.
