Saltora
Assembly constituency 247 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#247 · GENAll candidates 6
Turnout 92.5%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total2,771
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 2,15,720Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
14.7 ppChandana BauriBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
2.1 ppBauri ChandanaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2016
7.0 ppSwapan BouriAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
7.8 ppSwapan BouriAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
29.9 ppIndrajit TangiCommunist Party of India
- 2001
33.2 ppKiriti BagdiCommunist Party of India
- 1996
41.4 ppKirity BagdiCommunist Party of India
- 1991
35.5 ppMadan BawriCommunist Party of India
- 1987
20.1 ppMadan BauriCommunist Party of India
- 1982
9.8 ppBauri MadanCommunist Party of India
- 1977
12.9 ppBinode Behari MajiJanata Party
- 1972
19.8 ppNiranjan DihidarCommunist Party of India
- 1971
1.8 ppLokesh GhoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
14.8 ppLokes GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1967
11.1 ppG . R . MitraIndian National Congress
- 1962
30.3 ppBaidyanath BanerjeeIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.4 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 90.7% of votes; the other 4 candidates 8.0% between them.
(1,15,180 + 83,045) ÷ 2,18,491 = 90.7% · 17,495 ÷ 2,18,491 = 8.0% -
Turnout of 92.5% was 0.9 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
92.5 − 93.4 = −0.9 -
The margin widened from 2.1 pp in 2021 to 14.7 pp.
14.7 − 2.1 = +12.6 pp -
BJP held the seat it won in 2021.
2021 BJP · 2026 BJP
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines2,15,720
- NOTAcounted within the total2,771
- Published totalVotes polled2,18,491
- 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
Candidates6 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