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Assembly constituency 272 · West Bengal

Mangalkot is assembly constituency number 272 in West Bengal, in Barddhaman district, and one of the segments of the Bolpur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Shishir Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 47.4% of the vote, 12,723 votes ahead of Apurba Chowdhury (achal) (AITC).

Mangalkot · 2026AC 272
  1. 01
    Shishir Ghosh
    BJP
    1,04,020
    47.44%
  2. 02
    Apurba Chowdhury (achal)
    TMC
    91,297
    41.64%
  3. 03
    Miraj Alam Sekh
    CPI(M)
    12,698
    5.79%
  4. 04
    Jagadish Dutta
    INC
    3,117
    1.42%
  5. 05
    Mandal Azizul
    AJUP
    1,733
    0.79%
  6. 4 other candidates · 2,959 votesNOTA · 3,423 (1.56%)

Margin 12,723 votes · 5.80% of valid votes

2,32,205
Registered electors
2026 election
94.5%
Turnout
+7.8 pts vs 2021
12,723
Victory margin
5.8% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,19,247 valid votes, NOTA included.

Mangalkot 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shishir GhoshMale · 48 yrsBJP1,04,020
47.44%
2Apurba Chowdhury (achal)Male · 60 yrsTMC91,297
41.64%
3Miraj Alam SekhMale · 58 yrsCPI(M)12,698
5.79%
—NOTANOTA3,423
1.56%
4Jagadish DuttaMale · 79 yrsINC3,117
1.42%
5Mandal AzizulMale · 72 yrsAJUP1,733
0.79%
6Ramkrishna Malik (dev)Male · 37 yrs · SCBSP991
0.45%
7Uday DasMale · 55 yrsIndependent803
0.37%
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8Sk Mozammel SamadMale · 31 yrsRSSCMJP620
0.28%
9Sekh Mojammel Haque (moni)Male · 60 yrsSUCI545
0.25%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026BJP 47.4%TMC 41.6%CPI(M) 5.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Shishir GhoshBJP · 47.4% · margin 12,723Turnout94.5%
2021Apurba Chowdhury (achal)TMC · 49.5% · margin 22,337Turnout86.7%
2016Chowdhury SiddiqullahTMC · 45.9% · margin 11,874Turnout85.8%
2011Sahajahan ChoudhuryCPI(M) · 46.2% · margin 126Turnout86.9%

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

Mangalkot result 2021

Mangalkot 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Apurba Chowdhury (achal)TMC1,07,596
49.51%
2Rana Protap GoswamiBJP85,259
39.23%
3Choudhury SahajahanCPI(M)16,783
7.72%
—NOTANOTA3,826
1.76%
4Abdus Sabur SkBSP2,476
1.14%
5Rasik SarenSUCI1,389
0.64%

Mangalkot result 2016

Mangalkot 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chowdhury SiddiqullahTMC89,812
45.87%
2Choudhury SahajahanCPI(M)77,938
39.81%
3Gopal ChattopadhyayBJP20,780
10.61%
4Ramkrishna MalikBSP3,315
1.69%
—NOTANOTA2,210
1.13%
5Rasik SarenSUCI1,731
0.88%

Mangalkot result 2011

Mangalkot 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sahajahan ChoudhuryCPI(M)81,316
46.22%
2Apurba ChaudhuriTMC81,190
46.15%
3Aloke Taranga GoswamiBJP7,224
4.11%
4Anil Kumar MardiJDP3,567
2.03%
5Sukumar MalikBSP2,630
1.49%
Map

Mangalkot 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 Barddhaman 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

Mangalkot is one of the assembly segments of Bolpur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bolpur candidates.

  • Asit Kumar MalTMC1,17,318 56.0%
  • Piya SahaBJP70,811 33.8%
  • Shyamali PradhanCPI(M)17,834 8.5%
  • Atul Chandra BauriIndependent1,269 0.6%
  • Dr Manik Chandra ProdhanBSP1,080 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, AITC led here by 46,507 EVM votes.

Open Bolpur Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Mangalkot assembly seat in 2026?

Shishir Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Mangalkot in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 1,04,020 votes, which was 47.44% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Mangalkot?

The margin was 12,723 votes (5.80% of valid votes). The runner-up was Apurba Chowdhury (achal) of the All India Trinamool Congress with 91,297 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Mangalkot in 2026?

Turnout was 94.47%: 2,19,365 of 2,32,205 registered electors voted, across 297 polling stations. That is 7.8 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Mangalkot part of?

Mangalkot is an assembly segment of the Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Asit Kumar Mal got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Mangalkot a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Mangalkot?

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.