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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Farakka

Assembly constituency 55 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#55 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants12
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled1,74,841
Turnout95.3%
NOTA1,783
WinnerMotab ShaikhIndian National Congress63,05036.1% of votes
MARGIN8,193 votes · 4.7 pp63,050 − 54,857
Runner-upSunil Chowdhuri Bharatiya Janata Party54,85731.4% of votes
INC 53.5% of top-two votesBJP 46.5%

All candidates 12

  1. 01 Motab ShaikhINC63,050 36.1%
  2. 02 Sunil ChowdhuriBJP54,857 31.4%
  3. 03 Amirul IslamAITC47,256 27.0%
  4. 04 Mozaffar HossainCPI(M)4,177 2.4%
  5. 05 Shashanka DasIND800 0.5%
  6. 06 Imtiaz Ahmed MollahAJUP781 0.5%
  7. 07 Nandalal GhoshIND695 0.4%
  8. 08 Azmerul SkRSMP484 0.3%
  9. 09 Sulaiman ShaikhIND427 0.2%
  10. 10 Alok Kumar MandalIND217 0.1%
  11. 11 Abdul KaderIND186 0.1%
  12. 12 Tilottama HaldarBNARP128 0.1%

Turnout 95.3%

025507510095.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 93.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,783
  • State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,73,058Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    4.7 pp
    Motab ShaikhIndian National Congress
  2. 2021
    32.4 pp
    Manirul IslamAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    17.5 pp
    Mainul HaqueIndian National Congress
  4. 2011
    3.5 pp
    Mainul HaqueIndian National Congress
  5. 2006
    4.5 pp
    Abu HenaIndian National Congress
  6. 2001
    7.6 pp
    Abu HenaIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    6.7 pp
    Abu HenaIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    8.0 pp
    Abu HenaIndian National Congress
  9. 1987
    1.7 pp
    Abdus SattarIndian National Congress
  10. 1982
    13.3 pp
    Abdus SattarIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    39.3 pp
    Abdus SattarIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    1.4 pp
    Biswas Ekramul HaqueIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    12.5 pp
    Md. Abdul BariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  14. 1969
    0.5 pp
    Biswas Ekram-Ul - HaqueIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    21.2 pp
    M.A.BariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  16. 1962
    11.6 pp
    Abdul LatifIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed AITC polled 47,256 votes, 5.8× the 8,193-vote margin.

    47,256 ÷ 8,193 = 5.8

  2. The top two polled 67.4% of votes; the other 10 candidates 31.5% between them.

    (63,050 + 54,857) ÷ 1,74,841 = 67.4% · 55,151 ÷ 1,74,841 = 31.5%

  3. Turnout of 95.3% was 1.9 pp above the state's median seat (93.4%).

    95.3 − 93.4 = +1.9

  4. The margin narrowed from 32.4 pp in 2021 to 4.7 pp.

    4.7 − 32.4 = −27.7 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: AITC in 2021, INC in 2026.

    2021 AITC · 2026 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,73,058
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,783
  • Published totalVotes polled1,74,841
  • 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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