Raipur (ST) election results 2026: BJP’s Kshetramohan Hansda wins Raipur by 28,742 votes, defeats TMC’s Thakurmani Saren

In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Kshetramohan Hansda of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a comfortable win in Raipur (Assembly Constituency 250), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Thakurmani Saren by a margin of 28,742 votes.Hansda polled 1,11,443 votes after all 14 rounds of counting, while Saren secured 82,701 votes.Raipur (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 251, is located in Bankura district's southwestern Jangalmahal belt in South Bengal, bordering Paschim Medinipur and close to the Jharkhand frontier. Covering Raipur community development block, the constituency features forested laterite hills, scattered tribal hamlets, and the Kumari river basin. With 216,000+ electors, the population is predominantly ST (Santhal, Munda, Lodha) communities engaged in forest-based livelihoods, rainfed paddy, and MGNREGA. Key issues include FRA implementation, Lodha community welfare (a particularly marginalized group in this area), MGNREGA wages, forest village regularization, healthcare access, and rural road building.A Jangalmahal-sensitive constituency with a legacy of Maoist disturbance. High turnout (88.6per cent) in polarized ST-community contest under Bishnupur Lok Sabha. In 2021, TMC's Mrityunjoy Murmu won by 19,398 votes (~10.1per cent of 191,490 votes), a comfortable majority reflecting TMC's deep tribal welfare consolidation. A safely TMC seat with a strong margin; TMC's welfare-scheme-focused politics has significantly eroded former Left support and resisted BJP penetration in this reserved constituency. Strategically important as a tribal anchor seat in the Bankura portion of Bishnupur Lok Sabha.