Jorasanko election results 2026: BJP’s Vijay Ojha defeats TMC’s Vijay Upadhyay in close West Bengal contest

In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for Jorasanko (165), Vijay Ojha of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a narrow victory with 52,868 votes, defeating All India Trinamool Congress candidate Vijay Upadhyay, who polled 47,071 votes. The BJP won by a margin of 5,797 votes in a tightly fought contest. CPI(M)’s Bharatram Tewari finished third with 4,108 votes, while Congress and other independent candidates remained well behind. NOTA recorded 672 votes.Jorasanko, constituency number 165, is one of the most historically significant seats in Kolkata, home to the ancestral mansion of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It falls in the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency. In 2026, TMC has nominated Vijay Upadhyay, while BJP fields Vijay Ojha.In 2021, Vivek Gupta of the TMC won the seat, defeating BJP's Mina Devi Purohit by approximately 12,743 votes, with TMC polling around 53 per cent. It was a narrower margin than in many other Kolkata North seats, reflecting the constituency's more competitive nature. Gupta is not fielded again in 2026. In 2016, Smita Bakshi of the TMC won the seat, defeating BJP's Rahul Sinha in a closely fought contest, with the TMC holding on by a slim margin.Jorasanko has an entirely urban electorate with a significant Hindi-speaking and Marwari business community, reflecting Kolkata's trading heritage. Its voter turnout is relatively low compared to other city constituencies, and it recorded just around 50 per cent turnout in 2021. The seat had a notable flip in the 2024 Lok Sabha polling, when the BJP out-polled the TMC here.