Indus
Assembly constituency 257 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#257 · GENAll candidates 8
Turnout 94.1%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total1,582
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 2,30,812Verified
Seat history 2026–1967
- 2026
0.4 ppNirmal Kumar DharaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
3.4 ppNirmal Kumar DharaBharatiya Janata Party
- 2016
9.7 ppGurupada MeteAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
2.3 ppGurupada MeteAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
16.1 ppUjjal ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2001
2.6 ppAcharya ManiklalAll India Forward Bloc
- 1996
1.6 ppAcharyya ManiklalAll India Forward Bloc
- 1991
20.4 ppAcharje Manik LalAll India Forward Bloc
- 1987
11.8 ppTuhin SamantaIndian National Congress
- 1982
11.5 ppMadhu BenerjeeAll India Forward Bloc
- 1977
1.0 ppMadhu BanerjeeMarxist Forward Bloc
- 1972
43.5 ppPradip BhattacharyyaIndian National Congress
- 1971
2.3 ppBenoy Krishna ChodhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
10.9 ppBenoy Krishna ChoudhuriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1967
3.9 ppS . B . ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 43.5 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Third-placed CPI(M) polled 7,027 votes, 7.8× the 900-vote margin.
7,027 ÷ 900 = 7.8 -
NOTA polled 1,582 votes, 1.8× the winning margin of 900.
1,582 ÷ 900 = 1.8 -
The top two polled 93.2% of votes; the other 6 candidates 6.1% between them.
(1,08,733 + 1,07,833) ÷ 2,32,394 = 93.2% · 14,246 ÷ 2,32,394 = 6.1% -
Turnout of 94.1% was 0.7 pp above the state's median seat (93.4%).
94.1 − 93.4 = +0.7 -
The margin narrowed from 3.4 pp in 2021 to 0.4 pp.
0.4 − 3.4 = −3.0 pp -
Nirmal Kumar Dhara also won in 2021.
2021 winner name = 2026 winner name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 8 candidate lines2,30,812
- NOTAcounted within the total1,582
- Published totalVotes polled2,32,394
- 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
Candidates8 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