Baharampur election results 2026: BJP’s Subrata Maitra defeats INC’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by 17,584 votes

NEW DELHI: In West Bengal’s Baharampur, BJP’s Subrata Maitra received 91,088 votes, defeating INC’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by 17,548 votes. INC’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury received 73,540 votes. There were a total of 2,40,830 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2026 Assembly election in Baharampur Assembly constituency, of whom 1,18,741 were male, 1,22,079 female and 10 belonged to the third gender.West Bengal voted across 294 seats in two phases on April 23 and April 29, recording a combined turnout of nearly 93 per cent — the highest since Independence and one of the largest in Indian electoral history. Notably, the surge was not limited to rural strongholds but saw a dramatic rise in urban centres, with women voters outpacing men to drive the record participation.Baharampur is one of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, located in Murshidabad district and forming part of the Baharampur Lok Sabha seat. A general category constituency, it has witnessed a notable shift in political control across recent elections.In the 2021 Assembly elections, Baharampur had 260,667 registered electors, of whom 197,607 cast valid votes. The seat was won by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Subrata Maitra, popularly known as "Kanchan," who secured 89,340 votes. Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Naru Gopal Mukherjee finished second with 62,488 votes, trailing by a margin of 26,852 votes.In the 2016 Assembly elections, the constituency had an electorate of 236,629, with 188,187 valid votes recorded, reflecting a turnout of 79.72 per cent. Indian National Congress candidate Manoj Chakraborty won the seat with 127,762 votes. TMC candidate Dr Sujata Banerjee came second with 35,489 votes, losing by a substantial margin of 92,273 votes.