Shyampur
Assembly constituency 179 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 2026
#179 · GENAll candidates 12
- 01 Dr. Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya (Hiraan)BJP1,25,651 51.4%
- 02 Nadebasi JanaAITC1,03,391 42.3%
- 03 Asit Baran SauAIFB8,713 3.6%
- 04 Sk. Manjur AlamINC1,988 0.8%
- 05 Snehashish SashmolIND810 0.3%
- 06 Manohar DenraIND745 0.3%
- 07 Sk MahbubIND646 0.3%
- 08 Alok DalapatiSUCI(C)528 0.2%
- 09 Dipak Kumar MondalIND469 0.2%
- 10 Pranab SamantaIND269 0.1%
- 11 Sk Noor AminAJUP227 0.1%
- 12 Debasri SahuIND139 0.1%
Turnout 93.9%
Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
- NOTAcounted within the total1,093
- State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 2,43,576Verified
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
9.1 ppDr. Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya (Hiraan)Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
14.3 ppKalipada MandalAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2016
13.2 ppKalipada MandalAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
19.7 ppKalipada MandalAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
0.6 ppProf. Dr. Srutinath PraharajCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2003
11.9 ppJ.Krishna ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2001
1.2 ppProf. Swaraj MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
- 1996
3.6 ppJyoti Krishna ChattapadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1991
3.7 ppSantasir ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1987
6.7 ppSantashri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1982
25.6 ppSantasri ChattapadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1977
44.3 ppSantashree ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1972
12.0 ppKashi Nath PatraIndian National Congress
- 1971
7.0 ppKasinath RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
12.4 ppKripa Sindhu SahaAll India Forward Bloc
- 1967
7.0 ppK . SahaAll India Forward Bloc
- 1962
27.1 ppBejoy Krishna MaityIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 44.3 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 93.6% of votes; the other 10 candidates 5.9% between them.
(1,25,651 + 1,03,391) ÷ 2,44,669 = 93.6% · 14,534 ÷ 2,44,669 = 5.9% -
Turnout of 93.9% was 0.5 pp above the state's median seat (93.4%).
93.9 − 93.4 = +0.5 -
The margin narrowed from 14.3 pp in 2021 to 9.1 pp.
9.1 − 14.3 = −5.2 pp -
The seat changed hands: AITC in 2021, BJP in 2026.
2021 AITC · 2026 BJP
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Verified- Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines2,43,576
- NOTAcounted within the total1,093
- Published totalVotes polled2,44,669
- 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
Candidates12 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