SILIGURI
Assembly seat no. 26 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2021
Sankar Ghosh
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2021
35,586
19.92% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
AITCDr. Omprakash Mishra
- Votes
- 53,784
- Vote share
- 30.11%
- Behind by
- 35,586
Electors
2,30,903
Total votes polled
1,78,650
Valid votes
1,78,650
NOTA votes
2,074
1.16% of votes polled
Turnout
77.4%
Full result, 2021
10 candidates · 1,78,650 valid votes
Sankar GhoshBJPwon
89,370
50.0%
Dr. Omprakash MishraAITC
53,784
30.1%
Asok BhattacharyaCPM
28,835
16.1%
Kakali Majumdar (Roy)BSP
1,255
0.7%
Habul GhoshIND
957
0.5%
Nintu DuttaREPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIAA
649
0.4%
Chayan GuhaAMRABANGALEE
594
0.3%
Bhushan Kumar SoniJD(U)
447
0.3%
Dipti RoySUCI
379
0.2%
Chhotan SahaRPIA
306
0.2%
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
