SHIBPUR
Assembly seat no. 172 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1967.
Winner, 2001
JATU LAHIRI
AITC
Elections held
14
1967–2026
Most successful party
AITC
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2001
13,218
6.37% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
FBLNEPAL KANTI BHATTACHARJEE
- Votes
- 92,703
- Vote share
- 44.68%
- Behind by
- 13,218
Electors
2,92,352
Total votes polled
2,07,470
Valid votes
2,07,470
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.0%
Full result, 2001
9 candidates · 2,07,470 valid votes
JATU LAHIRIAITCwon
1,05,921
51.0%
NEPAL KANTI BHATTACHARJEEFBL
92,703
44.7%
PRABIR ROYBJP
4,999
2.4%
SWAPAN RUIDASIND
1,471
0.7%
SUBRATA PAULPDS
793
0.4%
JITEN KUMAR PAULIND
695
0.3%
UTTAM DALUIIND
363
0.2%
SANKAR DHARAIND
293
0.1%
UDAY BARIND
232
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.
