Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 198 of West Bengal

Tarakeswar

GeneralWest BengalAC 198Lok Sabha: Arambagh

—Electors · 2026

—Turnout

12Candidates

0Villages placed

MLA · elected 2026

Santu Pan

BJP · Bharatiya Janata Party

1.17L

Votes

52.8%

Vote share

30,999

Margin

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

Election history

Assembly results for Tarakeswar

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

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2026

Santu Pan BJP

def. Ramendu Sinharay (AITC)

52.8%

30,999

2021

Ramendu Sinharay AITC

def. Dr. Swapan Dasgupta (BJP)

47.0%

7,484

2016

Rachhpal Singh E AITC

def. Surajit Ghosh (NCP)

50.8%

27,690

2011

Rachhpal Singh AITC

def. Pratim Chatterjee (CPI(M))

55.1%

25,472

2026 vote share

BJP Santu Pan52.8%

AITC Ramendu Sinharay38.8%

CPI(M) Adesh Khamrui4.3%

Others (9 candidates)3.5%

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	Santu Pan	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,16,901	52.76%
2	Ramendu Sinharay	All India Trinamool Congress	85,902	38.77%
3	Adesh Khamrui	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9,616	4.34%
4	Diti Bhattacharjee	Independent	1,878	0.85%
5	Jaydeb Santra	Independent	1,449	0.65%
6	Bhabani Prasad Mondal	Indian National Congress	1,077	0.49%
7	Imamul Hasan Mullik	Independent	845	0.38%
8	Madan Chandra Ghosh	Independent	666	0.30%
9	Ahamed Alamgir Middya	Aam Janata Unnayan party	583	0.26%
10	Tapan Tudu	Bahujan Samaj Party	475	0.21%
11	Nirmal Kumar Dhara	Independent	467	0.21%
12	Astikmoni Malick	Independent	234	0.11%

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

0 villages

Villages in Tarakeswar

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).