Nayagram (ST) assembly election results 2026: BJP's Amiya Kisku defeats sitting Trinamool MLA Dular Murmu

NEW DELHI: BJP's Amiya Kisku will be the new MLA of Nayagram seat in Jhargram district as he defeated the sitting MLA, Trinamool Congress' Dular Murmu, by 6,424 votes.Kisku and Murmu, who was seeking a fourth successive term, polled 100,857 and 94,433 votes, according to the Election Commission.In the 2021 election, Dulal Murmu secured 1,00,903 votes (about 52%), defeating BJP’s Bakul Murmu, who polled 78,149 votes (around 41%), giving him a comfortable winning margin of 22,754 votes. A Scheduled Tribe–reserved seat carved out of the forested “Junglemahal” belt, Nayagram’s key issues centre on Adivasi livelihoods and basic services: secure land and forest rights, minor irrigation for paddy and vegetables, and better prices and storage for small farmers and forest‑produce gatherers. Road connectivity from remote villages to Block HQ Nayagram and to Jhargram/Medinipur, expansion of government health centres, and residential schooling and hostels for ST students remain persistent demands. Historically a CPI(M) stronghold under leaders like Bhutnath Saren and Ananta Saren, Nayagram shifted decisively to TMC with Dulal Murmu’s wins in 2011, 2016 and 2021, signalling a durable realignment of tribal support. The constituency falls under the Jhargram Lok Sabha seat, now held by TMC MP Kalipada Soren, who won the 2024 general election by over 1.7 lakh votes, aligning assembly and parliamentary representation in this sensitive border‑forest region.