Chowringhee election result 2026: TMC's Bandyopadhyay Nayna wins against BJP's Santosh Kumar Pathak

NEW DELHI: Nayna Bandyopadhyay of the All India Trinamool Congress won the Chowrangee constituency with 62,938 votes, defeating BJP candidate Santosh Kumar Pathak by a margin of 22,002 votes. Pathak secured 40,936 votes. CPI(M)'s Sanjay Basu finished third with 2,602 votes, followed by Congress's Manash Sarkar with 2,117 votes.

Eleven candidates contested from Chowrangee in West Bengal's 2026 Assembly Election: Nayna Bandyopadhyay (TMC), Santosh Kumar Pathak (BJP), Sanjay Basu (CPI(M)), Manash Sarkar (Congress), Prabir Seal (SUCI(C)), Sayantan Patra (Independent), Tejash Bole (Independent), Debasish Bhadra (Right to Recall Party), Sumanta Bhowmick (Independent), Md Ehsan Elahi (Independent), and Johar Iqbal (Independent). NOTA recorded 832 votes.

Chowringhee is a Kolkata district constituency falling under the Kolkata Uttar (North) Lok Sabha seat. The constituency is located at the heart of Kolkata, near the iconic Chowringhee Road and surrounding areas, encompassing the central business district. It has one of the lowest voter turnouts in the state — approximately 54 per cent in 2021 — reflecting its transient and floating population.

In 2021, TMC's Nayana Bandyopadhyay won the seat, polling close to 63 per cent of the vote and defeating her BJP rival by a wide margin. The Congress came third with about 13 per cent.

In 2016, TMC also held Chowringhee comfortably. The seat has been in the TMC column throughout the party's tenure in power. Given its location in central Kolkata — with its mix of commercial establishments, hotels, markets, and upper-class residential pockets — the constituency's concerns revolve around traffic management, commercial regulation, and civic upkeep.
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