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May 06, 2026 , 17:48:41 IST
Rajarhat Newtown Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP’s Piyush Kanodia defeats TMC’s Tapash Chatterjee by 316 votes
Piyush Kanodia (Bharatiya Janata Party), Saptarshi Deb (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Sk Nizamuddin (Congress), Tapash Chatterjee (Trinamool Congress), Ashutosh Paul (National Republic Party Of India), Firdaus Ali Molla (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Shubhankar Mondal (Samata Party), Sunil Naskar (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Abhimanyu Shandilya (Independent), Ashit Dhali (Independent), Narayan Mandal (Independent), Rajib Sarkar (Independent), and Sujan Sardar (Independent) — 13 candidates contesting from Rajarhat New Town 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. Rajarhat New Town is a General constituency under the Barasat Lok Sabha segment, with 257,447 voters on its electoral rolls. In 2021, Tapash Chatterjee of the Trinamool Congress won by a margin of 25,296 votes. The 2016 winner was Purnendu Basu of the TMC. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Rajarhat New Town in 2026.
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