Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Medinipur

Assembly constituency 236 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#236 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants10

ElectorsNot recorded

Votes polled2,44,086

Turnout93.1%

NOTA1,628

WinnerSankar Kumar GuchhaitBharatiya Janata Party1,33,04154.5% of votes

MARGIN38,747 votes · 15.9 pp1,33,041 − 94,294

Runner-upSujoy Hazra All India Trinamool Congress94,29438.6% of votes

BJP 58.5% of top-two votesAITC 41.5%

All candidates 10

01 Sankar Kumar GuchhaitBJP1,33,041 54.5%
02 Sujoy HazraAITC94,294 38.6%
03 Manikuntal KhamraiCPI7,649 3.1%
04 Sambhunath ChattopadhyayINC2,193 0.9%
05 Sushrita SarenSUCI(C)1,386 0.6%
06 Sk. Mafizul HaqueIND1,105 0.5%
07 Pronab Kumar BiswasBSP1,017 0.4%
08 Shankar ChakrabortyIND815 0.3%
09 Saleha BegumRLJP621 0.3%
10 Shashanka PatraAB337 0.1%

Turnout 93.1%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAcounted within the total1,628
State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
ReconciliationΣ 10 candidates = 2,42,458Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
15.9 pp
Sankar Kumar GuchhaitBharatiya Janata Party
2024
Margin not recorded
Sujoy HazraAll India Trinamool Congress
2021
10.4 pp
June MaliahAll India Trinamool Congress
2016
15.8 pp
Mrigendra Nath MaitiAll India Trinamool Congress
2011
14.9 pp
Mrigendra Nath MaitiAll India Trinamool Congress
2006
28.4 pp
Prabhat MahatoAll India Forward Bloc
2001
15.5 pp
Nishikanta MehtaAll India Forward Bloc
1996
8.3 pp
Nishi Kanta MehtaAll India Forward Bloc
1991
26.1 pp
Nishi Kanta MehtaAll India Forward Bloc
1987
10.4 pp
Kumar PandabAll India Forward Bloc
1982
1.5 pp
Dhrubeswar ChttopadhayaAll India Forward Bloc
1977
29.1 pp
Daman Chandra KuiryAll India Forward Bloc
1972
18.1 pp
Shakti Pada MajiIndian National Congress
1971
18.6 pp
Bausi KalipadaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
13.2 pp
Mandal NabadurgaBangal Congress
1967
13.1 pp
G . MajiBangal Congress
1962
0.4 pp
Suchand SorenCommunist Party of India

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 93.1% of votes; the other 8 candidates 6.2% between them.
(1,33,041 + 94,294) ÷ 2,44,086 = 93.1% · 15,123 ÷ 2,44,086 = 6.2%
Turnout of 93.1% was 0.3 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
93.1 − 93.4 = −0.3
Sujoy Hazra, the 2024 winner, finished second in 2026.
2024 winner name = 2026 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 10 candidate lines2,42,458
NOTAcounted within the total1,628
Published totalVotes polled2,44,086
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

Candidates10 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