Jorasanko
Assembly constituency 165 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#165 · GENAll candidates 12
- 01 Vijay OjhaBJP52,868 49.5%
- 02 Vijay UpadhyayAITC47,071 44.1%
- 03 Bharatram TewariCPI(M)4,108 3.8%
- 04 Deepak SinghINC1,111 1.0%
- 05 Ansuman MitraSUCI(C)288 0.3%
- 06 Pawan Kumar SharmaIND248 0.2%
- 07 Pradeep Kumar SaraffIND125 0.1%
- 08 Bijoy OjhaIND94 0.1%
- 09 Lakshmi PrasadIND94 0.1%
- 10 Bijoy GhoraiIND65 0.1%
- 11 Pritam SinghIND62 0.1%
- 12 Hariram SinghIND41 0.0%
Turnout 86.5%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total672
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,06,175Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
5.4 ppVijay OjhaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
13.0 ppVivek GuptaAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
6.2 ppSmita BakshiAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
27.8 ppSmita BakshiAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
4.8 ppDr. Jagannath BhattacharyyaAll India Forward Bloc
- 2001
6.4 ppJatu LahiriAll India Trinamool Congress
- 1996
7.1 ppJatu LahiriIndian National Congress
- 1991
2.4 ppJatu LahiriIndian National Congress
- 1987
5.1 ppSatyendra Nath GhoseAll India Forward Bloc
- 1984
4.9 ppS.N.GhoseAll India Forward Bloc
- 1982
18.4 ppKanailal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc
- 1977
39.2 ppKanai Lal BhattacharyyaAll India Forward Bloc
- 1972
3.1 ppAfiabuddin MondalIndian National Congress
- 1971
37.8 ppBapindra KoleyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
16.2 ppNitai BhandariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1967
19.5 ppN . BhandariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1962
27.7 ppRadha Krishna PalIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.2 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 93.5% of votes; the other 10 candidates 5.8% between them.
(52,868 + 47,071) ÷ 1,06,847 = 93.5% · 6,236 ÷ 1,06,847 = 5.8% -
Turnout of 86.5% was 6.9 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
86.5 − 93.4 = −6.9 -
The margin narrowed from 13.0 pp in 2021 to 5.4 pp.
5.4 − 13.0 = −7.6 pp -
The seat changed hands: AITC in 2021, BJP in 2026.
2021 AITC · 2026 BJP
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,06,175
- NOTAcounted within the total672
- Published totalVotes polled1,06,847
- 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
Candidates12 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