SILIGURI
Assembly seat no. 26 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Shankar Ghosh
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2026
73,192
39.87% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCGoutam Deb
- Votes
- 47,568
- Vote share
- 25.91%
- Behind by
- 73,192
Electors
2,01,008
Total votes polled
1,83,573
Valid votes
1,83,573
NOTA votes
1,224
0.67% of votes polled
Turnout
91.3%
Full result, 2026
11 candidates · 1,83,573 valid votes
Shankar GhoshBJPwon
1,20,760
65.8%
Goutam DebAITC
47,568
25.9%
Saradindu Chakraborty (joy)CPM
9,168
5.0%
Alok DharaINC
2,275
1.2%
Tarun TalapatraIND
567
0.3%
Priyanka BoseBSP
561
0.3%
Suraj BishwakarmaIND
457
0.2%
Krishna Nand SinghIND
271
0.1%
Mamata DasAMB
251
0.1%
Dr. Shahriar AlamSUCI
245
0.1%
Sunil PanditIND
226
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Shankar Ghosh | BJP | 1,20,760 | 65.78% | Goutam Deb | 73,192 |
| 2021 | Sankar Ghosh | BJP | 89,370 | 50.03% | Dr. Omprakash Mishra | 35,586 |
| 2016 | ASOK BHATTACHARYA | CPM | 78,054 | 46.36% | BHAICHUNG BHUTIA | 14,072 |
| 2011 | RUDRA NATH BHATTACHARYA | AITC | 72,019 | 48.08% | ASOK NARAYAN BHATTACHARYA | 5,006 |
| 2006 | ASOK BHATTACHARYA | CPM | 1,17,943 | 55.44% | NANTU PAUL | 74,971 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above