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Assembly constituency 40 · West Bengal · ST

Tapan is assembly constituency number 40 in West Bengal, in Dakshin Dinajpur * district, and one of the segments of the Balurghat Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Budhrai Tudu of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 56.7% of the vote, 36,987 votes ahead of Chintamani Biha (AITC).

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Tapan · 2026AC 40
  1. 01
    Budhrai Tudu
    BJP
    1,05,780
    56.66%
  2. 02
    Chintamani Biha
    TMC
    68,793
    36.85%
  3. 03
    Bappai Horo
    RSP
    5,940
    3.18%
  4. 04
    Bankim Chandra Toppo
    INC
    1,616
    0.87%
  5. 05
    Jyoti Kujur
    BSP
    922
    0.49%
  6. 6 other candidates · 2,210 votesNOTA · 1,441 (0.77%)

Margin 36,987 votes · 19.81% of valid votes

1,95,260
Registered electors
2026 election
96.1%
Turnout
+11.4 pts vs 2021
36,987
Victory margin
19.8% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,86,702 valid votes, NOTA included.

Tapan 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Budhrai TuduMale · 52 yrs · STBJP1,05,780
56.66%
2Chintamani BihaFemale · 37 yrs · STTMC68,793
36.85%
3Bappai HoroMale · 41 yrs · STRSP5,940
3.18%
4Bankim Chandra ToppoMale · 55 yrs · STINC1,616
0.87%
—NOTANOTA1,441
0.77%
5Jyoti KujurMale · 33 yrs · STBSP922
0.49%
6Arjun MardiMale · 31 yrs · STIndependent453
0.24%
7Sukanta KiskuMale · 32 yrs · STIndependent428
0.23%
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8Avijit BaskeyMale · 35 yrs · STIndependent400
0.21%
9Bikash NonaMale · 31 yrs · STSUCI336
0.18%
10Brijesh HembramMale · 31 yrs · STIndependent328
0.18%
11Manuel HansadaMale · 40 yrs · STAJUP265
0.14%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026BJP 56.7%TMC 36.9%RSP 3.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Budhrai TuduBJP · 56.7% · margin 36,987Turnout96.1%
2021Budhrai TuduBJP · 45.3% · margin 1,650Turnout84.7%
2016Bachchu HansdaTMC · 42.8% · margin 4,401Turnout88.9%
2011Bachchu HansdaTMC · 51.6% · margin 18,657Turnout89.7%

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

Tapan result 2021

Tapan 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Budhrai TuduBJP84,381
45.29%
2Kalpana KiskuTMC82,731
44.41%
3Raghu UrowRSP12,088
6.49%
4Bablu KiskuBSP2,146
1.15%
—NOTANOTA1,703
0.91%
5Albinus HasdaBMUP1,315
0.71%
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6Nipesh TirkiKPPU1,125
0.60%
7Kalicharan EkkaSUCI820
0.44%

Tapan result 2016

Tapan 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bachchu HansdaTMC72,511
42.78%
2Urow RaghuRSP68,110
40.19%
3Krishna KujurBJP20,510
12.10%
—NOTANOTA4,101
2.42%
4Bablu KiskuBSP1,913
1.13%
5Ekka KalicharanSUCI1,298
0.77%
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6Ram KiskuCPI(ML)(L)1,045
0.62%

Tapan result 2011

Tapan 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Bachchu HansdaTMC72,643
51.61%
2Khara SorenRSP53,986
38.36%
3Colombas TirkeyBJP6,518
4.63%
4Nitai KiskuBSP1,931
1.37%
5Bajal SorenJMM1,686
1.20%
6Sobindra Nath MahatoIndependent1,670
1.19%
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7Ukil KujurIndependent1,238
0.88%
8Rayman KiskuCPI(ML)(L)1,081
0.77%
Map

Tapan 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 Dakshin Dinajpur * 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

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

  • Sukanta MajumdarBJP95,548 52.3%
  • Biplab MitraTMC76,447 41.8%
  • Joydev Kumar SiddhantaRSP5,744 3.1%
  • Bakhtiar Mujahit SahaniIndependent1,015 0.6%
  • Hakim MurmuIndependent853 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 19,101 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Tapan assembly seat in 2026?

Budhrai Tudu of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Tapan in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 1,05,780 votes, which was 56.66% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Tapan?

The margin was 36,987 votes (19.81% of valid votes). The runner-up was Chintamani Biha of the All India Trinamool Congress with 68,793 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Tapan in 2026?

Turnout was 96.06%: 1,87,562 of 1,95,260 registered electors voted, across 238 polling stations. That is 11.4 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Tapan part of?

Tapan is an assembly segment of the Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sukanta Majumdar got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Tapan a reserved constituency?

Yes. Tapan is reserved for scheduled tribes (st), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Tapan?

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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