Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 153 of West Bengal

Behala Purba

GeneralWest BengalAC 153Lok Sabha: Kolkata Dakshin

—Electors · 2026

—Turnout

12Candidates

0Villages placed

MLA · elected 2026

Sankar Sikder

BJP · Bharatiya Janata Party

1.16L

Votes

49.2%

Vote share

25,137

Margin

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity).

Election history

Assembly results for Behala Purba

Contests since the 2008 delimitation, including by-elections where we have them.

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2026

Sankar Sikder BJP

def. Subhasish Chakraborty (AITC)

49.2%

25,137

2021

Ratna Chatterjee AITC

def. Payel Sarkar (BJP)

50.0%

37,428

2016

Sovan Chatterjee AITC

def. Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra (IND)

47.3%

24,294

2011

Sovan Chatterjee AITC

def. Kumkum Chakraborti (CPI(M))

60.3%

48,173

2026 vote share

BJP Sankar Sikder49.2%

AITC Subhasish Chakraborty38.5%

CPI(M) Dr Nilay Majumdar9.4%

Others (9 candidates)2.2%

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity). NOTA excluded.

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

12 candidates

Every candidate, 2026

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Sankar Sikder	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,15,502	49.22%
2	Subhasish Chakraborty	All India Trinamool Congress	90,365	38.50%
3	Dr Nilay Majumdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	21,991	9.37%
4	Abhijit Raha	Indian National Congress	1,883	0.80%
5	Pushpa Dhali	Bahujan Samaj Party	690	0.29%
6	Asish Samanta	Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)	683	0.29%
7	Bholanath Patra	Independent	610	0.26%
8	Subhashis Kar	Independent	397	0.17%
9	Krishnasish Gangopadhyay	Independent	330	0.14%
10	Pintu Bayen	Independent	235	0.10%
11	Atanu Das	Independent	219	0.09%
12	Ashim Chakraborty	Independent	147	0.06%

Source: Election Commission of India, West Bengal Assembly 2026 (via OpenCity). NOTA votes are not listed.

0 villages

Villages in Behala Purba

Placed by map location where we have it (✓), otherwise estimated from their mandal (≈). Boundaries are approximate — the voter list is the final word.

We haven't been able to place any villages in this constituency yet.

Boundaries: Assembly constituency boundaries, DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 IN).