Barjora
Assembly constituency 253 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#253 · GENAll candidates 9
- 01 Billeswar SinhaBJP1,25,419 53.3%
- 02 Goutam Mishra (Shyam)AITC84,109 35.7%
- 03 Sujit ChakrabortyCPI(M)14,868 6.3%
- 04 Keora VivekanandaINC2,199 0.9%
- 05 Saileswar PalIND2,159 0.9%
- 06 Bholanath MondalIND1,922 0.8%
- 07 Pradip BauriSUCI(C)823 0.4%
- 08 Taraknath KarmakarIND763 0.3%
- 09 Gobinda SarkarIND414 0.2%
Turnout 92.6%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total2,686
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 2,32,676Verified
Seat history 2026–1967
- 2026
17.6 ppBilleswar SinhaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
1.5 ppAlok MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
0.3 ppSujit ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2011
4.8 ppAsutosh MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
37.6 ppSwapan GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2001
22.5 ppJayanta ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1996
19.8 ppJayanta ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1991
23.3 ppAchintya Krishna RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1987
14.2 ppAchintya Krishna RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1982
11.3 ppAchintya Krishna RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1977
25.9 ppAchintya Krishna RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1972
0.7 ppSridhar MalikCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1971
20.9 ppSridhar MalikCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
24.5 ppKrishna Chandra HalderCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1967
13.1 ppK . C . HalderCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.6 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 89.0% of votes; the other 7 candidates 9.8% between them.
(1,25,419 + 84,109) ÷ 2,35,362 = 89.0% · 23,148 ÷ 2,35,362 = 9.8% -
Turnout of 92.6% was 0.8 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
92.6 − 93.4 = −0.8 -
The margin widened from 1.5 pp in 2021 to 17.6 pp.
17.6 − 1.5 = +16.1 pp -
The seat changed hands: AITC in 2021, BJP in 2026.
2021 AITC · 2026 BJP
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 9 candidate lines2,32,676
- NOTAcounted within the total2,686
- Published totalVotes polled2,35,362
- 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