TAPAN
Assembly seat no. 40 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2016
BACHCHU HANSDA
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2016
4,401
2.60% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
RSPUROW RAGHU
- Votes
- 68,110
- Vote share
- 40.19%
- Behind by
- 4,401
Electors
1,90,782
Total votes polled
1,69,488
Valid votes
1,69,488
NOTA votes
4,101
2.42% of votes polled
Turnout
88.8%
Full result, 2016
6 candidates · 1,69,488 valid votes
BACHCHU HANSDAAITCwon
72,511
42.8%
UROW RAGHURSP
68,110
40.2%
KRISHNA KUJURBJP
20,510
12.1%
BABLU KISKUBSP
1,913
1.1%
EKKA KALICHARANSUCI
1,298
0.8%
RAM KISKUCPI(ML)(L)
1,045
0.6%
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
