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Monteswar Assembly Election Results 2026
Bardhaman Dakshin (GEN), Assembly Constituency No. 261 (officially "Burdwan Dakshin"), is centred on the southern portion of Bardhaman town, the district headquarters of Purba Bardhaman in South Bengal. The Damodar river runs to the north, and the constituency covers southern Bardhaman municipal wards alongside adjacent agricultural blocks. With 248,000+ electors from a mixed urban-rural composition—government employees, traders, teachers, professionals, and surrounding agrarian communities—Bardhaman Dakshin has a politically articulate middle-class urban character. Key voter issues include urban infrastructure, municipal governance, healthcare at Bardhaman Medical College, employment, communal harmony (there is a significant Muslim minority), and anti-corruption sentiment. The minority vote bloc is a key TMC coalition anchor. Historically a Left stronghold (Bardhaman was a CPI(M) citadel), this seat has been in TMC hands since 2011. TMC-BJP bipolar contest with relatively moderate turnout (81.1per cent) under Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha. In 2021, TMC's Khokan Das won by 8,105 votes (~4.0per cent of 201,638 total votes), a moderate margin. A comfortably marginal TMC seat underpinned by urban and minority voter consolidation. As the district headquarters constituency, Bardhaman Dakshin carries symbolic political weight and sets the tone for the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha narrative.
2026 Monteswar Assembly Election Results
Saikat Panja
BJP - WonVotes96,559
Vote %47.29
Chowdhuri Siddiqullah
AITC - 1st Runner Up Votes81,761
Vote %40.05
Anupam Ghosh
CPI(M)Votes18,192
Vote %8.91
Jyotirmay Mondal
CONGVotes2,674
Vote %1.31
Samsul Hoque Seikh
AJUPVotes2,114
Vote %1.04
Nota
NOTAVotes1,360
Vote %0.67
Khokan Das
BSPVotes681
Vote %0.33
Somnath Malik
INDVotes442
Vote %0.22
Saikat Dhani
INDVotes382
Vote %0.19
Source: PValue
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2021 Monteswar Assembly Election Results
CHOWDHURY SIDDIQULLAH
AITC - WonVotes105,460
Vote %50.45
SAIKAT PANJA
BJP - 1st Runner Up Votes73,655
Vote %35.24
ANUPAM GHOSH
CPI(M)Votes24,740
Vote %11.84
ANSARUL AMAN MONDAL (BABU)
CPI(ML)(L)Votes1,877
Vote %0.90
NASIMUL GANI SAYED
PDSVotes1,693
Vote %0.81
NOTA
NOTAVotes1,611
Vote %0.77
2016 Monteswar Assembly Election Results
Sajal Panja
AITC - WonVotes84,134
Vote %44.11
Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah
CPM - 1st Runner Up Votes83,428
Vote %43.74
Biswajit Poddar
BJPVotes15,452
Vote %8.10
Khokan Das
BSPVotes2,644
Vote %1.39
None Of The Above
NOTAVotes2,445
Vote %1.28
Jagabandhu Malik
MPOIVotes1,437
Vote %0.75
Premchand Soren
JDPVotes1,190
Vote %0.62
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