Krishnanagar Dakshin election results 2026: BJP's Sadhan Ghosh wins against TMC's Ujjwal Biswas

NEW DELHI: BJP's Sadhan Ghosh won against TMC's Ujjwal Biswas for the constituency of Krishnanagar Dakshin in the 2026 assembly elections.There were a total of 2,09,781 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2026 Assembly election in Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency, of whom 1,09,405 were male, 1,00,374 female and 2 belonged to the third gender.West Bengal voted across 294 seats in two phases on April 23 and April 29, recording a combined turnout of nearly 93 per cent — the highest since Independence and one of the largest in Indian electoral history. Notably, the surge was not limited to rural strongholds but saw a dramatic rise in urban centres, with women voters outpacing men to drive the record participation.Krishnanagar Dakshin is a key legislative assembly constituency in West Bengal's Nadia district. In the 2021 Assembly elections, the seat was won by the All India Trinamool Congress.TMC candidate Ujjal Biswas defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's Mahadev Sarkar by a margin of 9,305 votes. The Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of the Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar won the Ranaghat parliamentary seat, defeating the All India Trinamool Congress's Mukut Mani Adhikari by a margin of 186,899 votes.The constituency had 225,118 registered voters in 2021, up from 216,429 in 2019 and 201,791 in 2016. Muslims make up 27.50 per cent of the electorate, while Scheduled Castes account for 24.22 per cent. The seat is predominantly rural, with only 10.91 per cent of voters residing in urban areas.Voter turnout in the constituency has remained consistently high over the years, recording 88.39 per cent in 2011, 87.80 per cent in 2016, 85.49 per cent in 2019 and 86.93 per cent in 2021.With the 2026 Assembly elections approaching, the Trinamool Congress faces a competitive contest and cannot assume a fourth consecutive victory in the constituency.