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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Kurseong

Assembly constituency 24 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#24 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled1,81,833
Turnout83.3%
NOTA1,768
WinnerSonam LamaBharatiya Janata Party74,87841.2% of votes
MARGIN17,007 votes · 9.4 pp74,878 − 57,871
Runner-upAmar Lama Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha57,87131.8% of votes
BJP 56.4% of top-two votesBGPM 43.6%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Sonam LamaBJP74,878 41.2%
  2. 02 Amar LamaBGPM57,871 31.8%
  3. 03 Bandana RaiIND41,088 22.6%
  4. 04 Uttam BrahmanCPI(M)1,690 0.9%
  5. 05 Saroj Kumar KhattriINC1,651 0.9%
  6. 06 Sumendra TamangIND1,488 0.8%
  7. 07 Mohan SharmaIND1,399 0.8%

Turnout 83.3%

025507510083.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 93.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,768
  • State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,80,065Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    9.4 pp
    Sonam LamaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    9.0 pp
    Bishnu Prasad Sharma (alias B.P. Bajgain)Bharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    21.5 pp
    Rohit SharmaGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  4. 2011
    60.3 pp
    Rohit SharmaGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  5. 2006
    27.9 pp
    Shanta ChhetriGorkha National Liberation Front
  6. 2001
    29.6 pp
    Shanta ChettriGorkha National Liberation Front
  7. 1996
    16.4 pp
    Shanta ChhetriGorkha National Liberation Front
  8. 1991
    13.3 pp
    Nar Bahadur ChettriIndependent
  9. 1987
    52.2 pp
    Harka Bahadur RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    0.5 pp
    H. B. RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    3.5 pp
    Dawa NorbulaIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    24.5 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    10.4 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  14. 1969
    24.8 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    16.1 pp
    T.WangoiIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    6.8 pp
    Phanis Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 60.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed IND polled 41,088 votes, 2.4× the 17,007-vote margin.

    41,088 ÷ 17,007 = 2.4

  2. The top two polled 73.0% of votes; the other 5 candidates 26.0% between them.

    (74,878 + 57,871) ÷ 1,81,833 = 73.0% · 47,316 ÷ 1,81,833 = 26.0%

  3. Turnout of 83.3% was 10.1 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).

    83.3 − 93.4 = −10.1

  4. The margin widened from 9.0 pp in 2021 to 9.4 pp.

    9.4 − 9.0 = +0.4 pp

  5. 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 7 candidate lines1,80,065
  • NOTAcounted within the total1,768
  • Published totalVotes polled1,81,833
  • 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

Candidates7 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

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