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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 05, 2026, 20:19:11 IST
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Gaighata Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Subrata Thakur leads with a 26,088-vote margin
Anil Kumar Pandey (Congress), Narottam Biswas (Trinamool Congress), Sabyasachi Biswas (Bahujan Samaj Party), Subrata Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party), Shibani Majumdar (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Sajal Biswas (Communist Party of India), Chandan Roy (Independent), Tapan Biswas (Independent), Shiddhartha Samadder (Independent), Sudhir Mondal (Independent), and Subrata Adhikary (Independent) — 11 candidates contesting from Gaighata in West Bengal's 2026 Assembly Election. Votes cast across this constituency are now being counted, and early trends from each round will be closely watched as the day unfolds. Gaighata is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved constituency, with 252,053 voters on its electoral rolls. In 2021, Subrata Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party won by a margin of 9,578 votes. The 2016 winner was Pulin Bihari Ray of the TMC. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Gaighata in 2026.
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Gaighata Election Result 2026: A SC-reserved seat in the 2026 count
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Gaighata Election Results: At the counting centre: how Gaighata's ballots are processed
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Disclaimer: This Data is provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) | MyNeta and sourced from election affidavits available in the public domain of the Election Commission of India.
Gaighata is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved constituency in West Bengal. The constituency has 252,053 voters on its electoral rolls. 11 candidates are contesting in 2026: Anil Kumar Pandey (Congress), Narottam Biswas (Trinamool Congress), Sabyasachi Biswas (Bahujan Samaj Party), Subrata Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party), Shibani Majumdar (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Sajal Biswas (Communist Party of India), Chandan Roy (Independent), Tapan Biswas (Independent), Shiddhartha Samadder (Independent), Sudhir Mondal (Independent), and Subrata Adhikary (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, Subrata Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party won Gaighata with a margin of 9,578 votes. The runner-up was Narottam Biswas of the TMC. In 2016, Pulin Bihari Ray of the TMC had won the seat with a margin of 29,572 votes. round-by-round trends from Gaighata will be closely tracked. The constituency's result will add to West Bengal's state-wide tally across its 294 Assembly segments.
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