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Assembly constituency 144 · West Bengal

Falta is assembly constituency number 144 in West Bengal, in South 24 Parganas district, and one of the segments of the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Debangshu Panda of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 71.2% of the vote, 1,09,021 votes ahead of Sambhu Nath Kurmi (CPI(M)).

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Falta · 2026AC 144
  1. 01
    Debangshu Panda
    BJP
    1,49,666
    71.20%
  2. 02
    Sambhu Nath Kurmi
    CPI(M)
    40,645
    19.34%
  3. 03
    Abdur Razzak Molla
    INC
    10,084
    4.80%
  4. 04
    Jahangir Khan
    TMC
    7,783
    3.70%
  5. 05
    Chandrakanta Roy
    Independent
    983
    0.47%
  6. 1 other candidate · 247 votesNOTA · 784 (0.37%)

Margin 1,09,021 votes · 51.87% of valid votes

2,36,537
Registered electors
2026 election
89.1%
Turnout
+1.2 pts vs 2021
1,09,021
Victory margin
51.9% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,10,192 valid votes, NOTA included.

Falta 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Debangshu PandaMale · 46 yrsBJP1,49,666
71.20%
2Sambhu Nath KurmiMale · 61 yrsCPI(M)40,645
19.34%
3Abdur Razzak MollaMale · 65 yrsINC10,084
4.80%
4Jahangir KhanMale · 41 yrsTMC7,783
3.70%
5Chandrakanta RoyMale · 26 yrsIndependent983
0.47%
—NOTANOTA784
0.37%
6Dip HatiMale · 25 yrsIndependent247
0.12%
Past results

The seat changed hands: AITC won in 2021, BJP in 2026.

0%20%40%60%80%2011201620212026BJP 71.2%CPI(M) 19.3%INC 4.8%TMC 3.7%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Debangshu PandaBJP · 71.2% · margin 1,09,021Turnout89.1%
2021Sankar Kumar NaskarTMC · 56.4% · margin 40,774Turnout87.9%
2016Tamonash GhoshTMC · 50.1% · margin 23,580Turnout88.6%
2011Tamonash GhoshTMC · 55.6% · margin 27,671Turnout85.7%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Falta result 2021

Falta 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sankar Kumar NaskarTMC1,17,179
56.35%
2Bidhan ParuiBJP76,405
36.75%
3Abdur Razzak MollaINC7,452
3.58%
4M. Raquibul Hasan MallickIndependent1,677
0.81%
—NOTANOTA1,185
0.57%
5Julfikar ShaikIndependent1,183
0.57%
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6Santosh SamantaIndependent1,026
0.49%
7Atal Kumar PurkaitBSP776
0.37%
8Somnath MondalIndependent411
0.20%
9Milan DhumIndependent365
0.18%
10Deepak RamIndependent273
0.13%

Falta result 2016

Falta 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tamonash GhoshTMC94,381
50.15%
2Bidhan ParuiCPI(M)70,801
37.62%
3Amarendra Nath MukherjeeBJP15,763
8.38%
—NOTANOTA1,813
0.96%
4Mamata LaskarSUCI1,798
0.96%
5Atal Kumar PurkaitBSP1,518
0.81%
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6Jayashri ChakrabortyLJP1,328
0.71%
7Haran Chandra BiswasPDS781
0.42%

Falta result 2011

Falta 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tamonash GhoshTMC86,966
55.61%
2Ardhendu Sekhar BinduCPI(M)59,295
37.92%
3Ajit Kumar HaldarBJP5,389
3.45%
4Gautam DaluiIndependent2,886
1.85%
5Chittaranjan MalikBSP1,839
1.18%
Map

Falta outlined in orange among the other West Bengal seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in South 24 Parganas district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Falta is one of the assembly segments of Diamond Harbour. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Diamond Harbour candidates.

  • Abhishek BanerjeeTMC1,83,635 89.4%
  • Abhijit Das (bobby)BJP15,263 7.4%
  • Pratik Ur RahamanCPI(M)2,315 1.1%
  • Majnu LaskarAISF1,611 0.8%
  • Subrata BoseIndependent900 0.4%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, AITC led here by 1,68,372 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Falta.

Who won the Falta assembly seat in 2026?

Debangshu Panda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Falta in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 1,49,666 votes, which was 71.20% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Falta?

The margin was 1,09,021 votes (51.87% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sambhu Nath Kurmi of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with 40,645 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Falta in 2026?

Turnout was 89.09%: 2,10,733 of 2,36,537 registered electors voted, across 285 polling stations. That is 1.2 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Falta part of?

Falta is an assembly segment of the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Abhishek Banerjee got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Falta a reserved constituency?

No. Falta is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Falta?

The West Bengal assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the West Bengal assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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