Narayangarh assembly election results 2026: BJP's Ramprasad Giri defeats Trinamool's Pratibha Maiti by 20,367 votes

BJP's Ramprasad Giri is set to be the new MLA of Narayangarh seat, having defeated Trinamool Congress' Pratibha Maiti by 20,367 votes.According to the Election Commission, Giri and Maiti polled 116,050 and 95,683 votes, respectively.Narayangarh in Paschim Medinipur district was previously represented by Surya Kanta Atta of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the 2021 election, he secured 1,00,894 votes, narrowly defeating BJP’s Rama Prasad Giri, who polled 98,478 votes; the winning margin was just 2,416 votes, making it one of the tighter contests in this belt. Key issues are agrarian: irrigation support for paddy and potato, rising input costs, and better price realisation for small and marginal farmers across Narayangarh and adjoining blocks. Rural roads, bridges and connectivity to Medinipur town, along with demand for more robust government health and school infrastructure, are recurring local concerns highlighted in electoral and district‑level profiles. Narayangarh is a general (non‑reserved) seat under the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency, now represented by TMC MP June Malia, who won the 2024 general election with a margin of 27,191 votes, further consolidating Trinamool’s hold from Assembly to Parliament. Historically, the seat was a CPI(M) stronghold under senior leader Surjya Kanta Mishra, who represented it multiple times until 2011, before a gradual but decisive shift to TMC in 2016 and 2021.