SONAMUKHI
Assembly seat no. 258 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1967.
Winner, 2026
Dibakar Gharami
BJP
Elections held
15
1967–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 10 of 15
Margin, 2026
29,410
13.26% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCKallol Saha
- Votes
- 86,139
- Vote share
- 38.83%
- Behind by
- 29,410
Electors
2,36,292
Total votes polled
2,21,852
Valid votes
2,21,852
NOTA votes
2,061
0.93% of votes polled
Turnout
93.9%
Full result, 2026
9 candidates · 2,21,852 valid votes
Dibakar GharamiBJPwon
1,15,549
52.1%
Kallol SahaAITC
86,139
38.8%
Ajit RayCPM
10,537
4.8%
Sujoy SarkarIND
2,302
1.0%
Sudhan RajakIND
1,926
0.9%
Rahul BauriINC
1,837
0.8%
Santu BauriIND
609
0.3%
Dilip Kumar SahaSUCI
480
0.2%
Ananda AnkureIND
412
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dibakar Gharami | BJP | 1,15,549 | 52.08% | Kallol Saha | 29,410 |
| 2021 | DIBAKAR GHARAMI | BJP | 98,161 | 47.25% | DR. SHYAMAL SANTRA | 10,888 |
| 2016 | AJIT RAY | CPM | 86,125 | 46.05% | DIPALI SAHA | 8,719 |
| 2011 | DIPALI SAHA | AITC | 82,199 | 49.80% | CHONGRE MANORANJAN | 7,289 |
| 2006 | NIRESH BAGDI | CPM | 69,455 | 56.39% | DIPALI SAHA | 31,704 |
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 SONAMUKHI assembly constituency in 2026?
Dibakar Gharami (BJP) won SONAMUKHI in 2026, by a margin of 29,410 votes.
Which party has won SONAMUKHI the most times?
CPM, with 10 of the 15 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has SONAMUKHI gone to the polls?
15 times, from 1967 to 2026.
Who has won SONAMUKHI the most times?
SUKHENDU KHAN, with 5 wins between 1969 and 1987.
