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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Kashipur-Belgachhia

Assembly constituency 168 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#168 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants14
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled1,50,542
Turnout88.9%
NOTA1,250
WinnerRitesh TiwariBharatiya Janata Party68,36845.4% of votes
MARGIN1,651 votes · 1.1 pp68,368 − 66,717
Runner-upAtin Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress66,71744.3% of votes
BJP 50.6% of top-two votesAITC 49.4%

All candidates 14

  1. 01 Ritesh TiwariBJP68,368 45.4%
  2. 02 Atin GhoshAITC66,717 44.3%
  3. 03 Rajendra GuptaCPI(M)11,151 7.4%
  4. 04 Tarak PalINC1,340 0.9%
  5. 05 Daya Ram JaiswaraBSP370 0.3%
  6. 06 Soumya ChattopadhyayIND289 0.2%
  7. 07 Nilratan NaiyaSUCI(C)215 0.1%
  8. 08 Surajit GuptaIND186 0.1%
  9. 09 Tapas SardarIND154 0.1%
  10. 10 Phooltushy DuttaJANSAN149 0.1%
  11. 11 Bivash DasIND124 0.1%
  12. 12 Harsh GuptaNRPI95 0.1%
  13. 13 Binay SinghIND69 0.1%
  14. 14 Arafat SekhIND65 0.0%

Turnout 88.9%

025507510088.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 93.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,250
  • State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 14 candidates = 1,49,292Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    1.1 pp
    Ritesh TiwariBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    26.6 pp
    Atin GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    18.3 pp
    Mala SahaAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    28.4 pp
    Mala SahaAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    19.0 pp
    Doli RoyAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 2001
    22.3 pp
    Sri Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc
  7. 1996
    6.1 pp
    Gulsan MullickIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    7.6 pp
    Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1987
    6.1 pp
    Sailendra Nath MondolAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1982
    4.7 pp
    Anwar Ali Sk.Indian National Congress
  11. 1977
    2.3 pp
    Santosh Kumar DasAll India Forward Bloc
  12. 1972
    8.4 pp
    SafiullaIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    29.1 pp
    Kaji SafiullaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  14. 1969
    36.5 pp
    Mohamed Abdul LatifIndependent
  15. 1967
    11.2 pp
    M . A . LatifIndependent
  16. 1962
    13.1 pp
    Mrigendra BhattachariyyaCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed CPI(M) polled 11,151 votes, 6.8× the 1,651-vote margin.

    11,151 ÷ 1,651 = 6.8

  2. The top two polled 89.7% of votes; the other 12 candidates 9.4% between them.

    (68,368 + 66,717) ÷ 1,50,542 = 89.7% · 14,207 ÷ 1,50,542 = 9.4%

  3. Turnout of 88.9% was 4.5 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).

    88.9 − 93.4 = −4.5

  4. The margin narrowed from 26.6 pp in 2021 to 1.1 pp.

    1.1 − 26.6 = −25.5 pp

  5. Atin Ghosh, the 2021 winner, finished second in 2026.

    2021 winner name = 2026 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 14 candidate lines1,49,292
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,250
  • Published totalVotes polled1,50,542
  • Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates14 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 292 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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