TALDANGRA
Assembly seat no. 251 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1967.
Winner, 2026
Souvik Patra
BJP
Elections held
15
1967–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 10 of 15
Margin, 2026
50,073
22.77% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCFalguni Singhababu
- Votes
- 74,464
- Vote share
- 33.86%
- Behind by
- 50,073
Electors
2,36,732
Total votes polled
2,19,936
Valid votes
2,19,936
NOTA votes
1,699
0.77% of votes polled
Turnout
92.9%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 2,19,936 valid votes
Souvik PatraBJPwon
1,24,537
56.6%
Falguni SinghababuAITC
74,464
33.9%
Debkanti MahantiCPM
13,586
6.2%
Nayan Das ChakrabortyINC
1,532
0.7%
Prasenjit SinghaIND
1,480
0.7%
Subhendu MahataSUCI
1,128
0.5%
Sk Salam HossainGGP
950
0.4%
Raju KarmakarIND
560
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Souvik Patra | BJP | 1,24,537 | 56.62% | Falguni Singhababu | 50,073 |
| 2021 | ARUP CHAKRABORTY | AITC | 92,026 | 45.29% | SHYAMAL KUMAR SARKAR (BENU) | 12,377 |
| 2016 | SAMIR CHAKRABORTY | AITC | 87,236 | 47.56% | AMIYA PATRA | 13,669 |
| 2011 | MANORANJAN PATRA | CPM | 74,779 | 47.59% | ARUN KUMAR PATHAK | 7,165 |
| 2006 | MANORANJAN PATRA | CPM | 82,991 | 61.26% | MANIK MITRA | 50,359 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above