Ghatal
Assembly constituency 231 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#231 · GENAll candidates 9
Turnout 87.0%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total1,308
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 2,40,717Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
15.6 ppSital KapatBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
0.4 ppSital KapatBharatiya Janata Party
- 2016
9.1 ppShankar DolaiAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
8.4 ppShankar DolaiAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
29.5 ppAmar BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2001
22.0 ppMina SanataniCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1996
50.1 ppBuddhadev BhakatCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1991
32.4 ppBuddha Deb BhakatCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1987
11.9 ppAbani Bhusan SatpathiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1982
19.2 ppAbani Bhusan SatpatiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1977
16.8 ppRam Chandra SatpathyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1972
13.8 ppPhani Bhusan Singha BabuIndian National Congress
- 1971
4.7 ppPanda Mohini MohanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
5.6 ppMohini Mohan PandaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1967
14.7 ppP . MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress
- 1962
9.9 ppKanai Lal DasIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 50.1 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 93.1% of votes; the other 7 candidates 6.3% between them.
(1,31,550 + 93,893) ÷ 2,42,025 = 93.1% · 15,274 ÷ 2,42,025 = 6.3% -
Turnout of 87.0% was 6.4 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
87.0 − 93.4 = −6.4 -
The margin widened from 0.4 pp in 2021 to 15.6 pp.
15.6 − 0.4 = +15.2 pp -
Sital Kapat also won in 2021.
2021 winner name = 2026 winner name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines2,40,717
- NOTAcounted within the total1,308
- Published totalVotes polled2,42,025
- Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds
Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates9 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified
State median turnoutComputed from 292 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database