TAPAN
Assembly seat no. 40 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Budhrai Tudu
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2026
36,987
19.81% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCChintamani Biha
- Votes
- 68,793
- Vote share
- 36.85%
- Behind by
- 36,987
Electors
1,95,260
Total votes polled
1,86,702
Valid votes
1,86,702
NOTA votes
1,441
0.77% of votes polled
Turnout
95.6%
Full result, 2026
11 candidates · 1,86,702 valid votes
Budhrai TuduBJPwon
1,05,780
56.7%
Chintamani BihaAITC
68,793
36.8%
Bappai HoroRSP
5,940
3.2%
Bankim Chandra ToppoINC
1,616
0.9%
Jyoti KujurBSP
922
0.5%
Arjun MardiIND
453
0.2%
Sukanta KiskuIND
428
0.2%
Avijit BaskeyIND
400
0.2%
Bikash NonaSUCI
336
0.2%
Brijesh HembramIND
328
0.2%
Manuel HansadaAJUP
265
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Budhrai Tudu | BJP | 1,05,780 | 56.66% | Chintamani Biha | 36,987 |
| 2021 | BUDHRAI TUDU | BJP | 84,381 | 45.29% | KALPANA KISKU | 1,650 |
| 2016 | BACHCHU HANSDA | AITC | 72,511 | 42.78% | UROW RAGHU | 4,401 |
| 2011 | BACHCHU HANSDA | AITC | 72,643 | 51.61% | KHARA SOREN | 18,657 |
| 2006 | KHARA SOREN | RSP | 74,414 | 56.77% | COLUMBUS TIRKI | 44,822 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above