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English Bazar

Assembly constituency 51 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#51 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants12
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled2,34,560
Turnout93.5%
NOTA1,727
WinnerAmlan Bhaduri (Buro)Bharatiya Janata Party1,54,09665.7% of votes
MARGIN93,784 votes · 40.0 pp1,54,096 − 60,312
Runner-upAsis Kundu (Pata) All India Trinamool Congress60,31225.7% of votes
BJP 71.9% of top-two votesAITC 28.1%

All candidates 12

  1. 01 Amlan Bhaduri (Buro)BJP1,54,096 65.7%
  2. 02 Asis Kundu (Pata)AITC60,312 25.7%
  3. 03 Ambar MitraCPI(M)7,122 3.0%
  4. 04 Alam MasudINC6,929 3.0%
  5. 05 Safiul HoqueIND1,402 0.6%
  6. 06 Nitish Kumar MandalBSP749 0.3%
  7. 07 Firoj RahamanIND727 0.3%
  8. 08 Sanat DuttaIND495 0.2%
  9. 09 Naresh PalIND312 0.1%
  10. 10 Md Unush AliAJUP262 0.1%
  11. 11 Gautam SarkarSUCI(C)218 0.1%
  12. 12 Asamay MandalIND209 0.1%

Turnout 93.5%

025507510093.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 93.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,727
  • State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,32,833Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    40.0 pp
    Amlan Bhaduri (Buro)Bharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    9.5 pp
    Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury(NIRBHOY DIDI)Bharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    19.6 pp
    Nihar Ranjan GhoshIndependent
  4. 2013
    11.4 pp
    Krishnendu Narayan ChoudharyIndian National Congress
  5. 2011
    12.6 pp
    Krishnendu Narayan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
  6. 2011
    Margin not recorded
    Krishnendu Narayan ChowdhuryAll India Trinamool Congress
  7. 2006
    1.7 pp
    Touab AliCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 2001
    5.1 pp
    Humayun RezaIndian National Congress
  9. 1996
    3.6 pp
    Humayun RejaIndian National Congress
  10. 1991
    2.4 pp
    Touab AliCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1987
    6.6 pp
    Touab AliCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1985
    1.4 pp
    H.RezaIndian National Congress
  13. 1982
    3.0 pp
    Lutfal HaqueIndian National Congress
  14. 1977
    10.5 pp
    Lutfal HaqueIndian National Congress
  15. 1972
    47.9 pp
    Mohammad Dedar BakshIndian National Congress
  16. 1971
    13.1 pp
    Md. Samaun BiswasIndependent
  17. 1969
    1.3 pp
    Sailendra Nath AdhicarySikkim Sangram Parishad
  18. 1967
    6.8 pp
    S. BhattacharyyaIndian National Congress
  19. 1962
    17.9 pp
    Shambhu Gopal DasRevolutionary Socialist Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 47.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 91.4% of votes; the other 10 candidates 7.9% between them.

    (1,54,096 + 60,312) ÷ 2,34,560 = 91.4% · 18,425 ÷ 2,34,560 = 7.9%

  2. Turnout of 93.5% was 0.1 pp above the state's median seat (93.4%).

    93.5 − 93.4 = +0.1

  3. The margin widened from 9.5 pp in 2021 to 40.0 pp.

    40.0 − 9.5 = +30.5 pp

  4. BJP held the seat it won in 2021.

    2021 BJP · 2026 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines2,32,833
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,727
  • Published totalVotes polled2,34,560
  • 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

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