Krishnaganj election results 2026: BJP’s Sukanta Biswas defeats TMC’s Samir Kumar Poddar in West Bengal

In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for Krishnaganj (88), Sukanta Biswas of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a decisive victory with 1,39,838 votes, defeating All India Trinamool Congress candidate Samir Kumar Poddar, who polled 78,939 votes. The BJP won by a large margin of 60,899 votes in the constituency. CPI(M)’s Archana Biswas finished third with 6,833 votes, while other candidates and independents remained far behind. NOTA recorded 923 votes.Krishnaganj is a Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency in Nadia district, part of the Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat. In 2026, TMC has nominated Samir Kumar Poddar, while the BJP fields Sukanta Biswas. The constituency comprises Krishnaganj community development block along with several gram panchayats from Hanskhali block.In 2021, the BJP's Ashis Kumar Biswas won the seat from the TMC, defeating the ruling party's Dr Tapas Mandal by approximately 21,277 votes — a notable result that underlined BJP's strength in Nadia. The BJP polled over 50 per cent of votes in what had been a TMC stronghold. In 2016, TMC's Satyajit Biswas had held the seat convincingly, defeating CPI(M)'s Mrinal Biswas by nearly 43,928 votes. However, Biswas was subsequently murdered in 2019, triggering a by-election which the TMC won.Krishnaganj has a long history of Left dominance before the TMC's rise in 2011. The constituency saw several tragedies in recent years, with the deaths of two consecutive TMC MLAs. The BJP's 2021 win makes this a genuinely marginal seat in 2026, and the TMC's choice of a fresh face in Samir Kumar Poddar reflects an attempt to reset its position in a constituency that has slipped from its grasp.