Kharagpur Sadar
Assembly constituency 224 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#224 · GENAll candidates 9
Turnout 88.8%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total1,290
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 9 candidates = 1,60,371Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
18.9 ppDilip GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
2.2 ppHiranmoy ChattopadhyayaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2019
13.6 ppPradip SarkarAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
4.1 ppDilip Kumar GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
- 2011
23.6 ppGyan Singh SohanpalIndian National Congress
- 2006
11.4 ppGyan Singh SohanpalIndian National Congress
- 2001
15.3 ppGyan Singh SohanpalIndian National Congress
- 1996
15.0 ppGyan Singh SohanpalIndian National Congress
- 1991
14.1 ppGyan Msingh SohanpalIndian National Congress
- 1987
15.5 ppGyan Singh SohanpalIndian National Congress
- 1982
11.5 ppGyan Singh SohanpalIndian Congress (SOCIALIST)
- 1977
10.6 ppSudhir DassharmaJanata Party
- 1972
3.9 ppKinkar MahatoIndian National Congress
- 1971
15.6 ppKinkar MahatoIndian National Congress
- 1969
3.1 ppDebendra Nath MahataIndian National Congress
- 1967
5.4 ppC . MahatoAll India Forward Bloc
- 1962
9.9 ppJaynarayan SharmaIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.6 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 92.3% of votes; the other 7 candidates 6.9% between them.
(89,885 + 59,379) ÷ 1,61,661 = 92.3% · 11,107 ÷ 1,61,661 = 6.9% -
Turnout of 88.8% was 4.6 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).
88.8 − 93.4 = −4.6 -
The margin widened from 2.2 pp in 2021 to 18.9 pp.
18.9 − 2.2 = +16.7 pp -
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 9 candidate lines1,60,371
- NOTAcounted within the total1,290
- Published totalVotes polled1,61,661
- 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