Khardaha Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Kalyan Chakraborti wins seat by 24,486 votes
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 04, 2026, 19:03:05 IST
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Khardaha Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Kalyan Chakraborti wins seat by 24,486 votes

Kalyan Chakraborti (Bharatiya Janata Party), Jaydeb Ghosh (Congress), Tapas Bar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Debajyoti Das (Subho) (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Devadeep Purohit (Trinamool Congress), Dev Kumar Biswas (Hindu Samaj Party), Nasim Khan (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Nirmalya Sing (Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party), Amit Dutta (Independent), Kalyanbrata Majumdar (Independent), Palash Dutta (Independent), and Sanjib Biswas (Independent) — 12 candidates contesting from Khardaha 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. Khardaha is a General constituency under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha segment, with 240,672 voters on its electoral rolls. In 2021, Kajal Sinha of the Trinamool Congress won by a margin of 28,140 votes. The 2021 turnout was 78.76%. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Khardaha in 2026.
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Khardaha Assembly Election Results 2026: Counting day focus: Kalyan Chakraborti of Bharatiya Janata Party
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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.
Khardaha is a General constituency in West Bengal, falling under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha segment. The constituency has 240,672 voters on its electoral rolls. A turnout of 78.76% was recorded in the 2021 election. 12 candidates are contesting in 2026: Kalyan Chakraborti (Bharatiya Janata Party), Jaydeb Ghosh (Congress), Tapas Bar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Debajyoti Das (Subho) (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Devadeep Purohit (Trinamool Congress), Dev Kumar Biswas (Hindu Samaj Party), Nasim Khan (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Nirmalya Sing (Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party), Amit Dutta (Independent), Kalyanbrata Majumdar (Independent), Palash Dutta (Independent), and Sanjib Biswas (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, Kajal Sinha of the Trinamool Congress won Khardaha with a margin of 28,140 votes. The runner-up was Shilbhadra Dutta of the BJP. round-by-round trends from Khardaha will be closely tracked. The constituency's result will add to West Bengal's state-wide tally across its 294 Assembly segments. This Live Blog is AI-assisted using data from Pvalue.