In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for the Krishnaganj constituency (seat number 88), Sukanta Biswas of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a decisive victory. He received 1,39,838 votes, defeating the All India Trinamool Congress candidate Samir Kumar Poddar, who polled 78,939 votes. The BJP won by a substantial margin of 60,899 votes.
Key Candidates and Vote Share
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Archana Biswas finished third with only 6,833 votes. Other candidates and independents remained far behind. The None of the Above (NOTA) option recorded 923 votes in this constituency.
Constituency Details
Krishnaganj is a Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency located in the Nadia district. It is part of the Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat. The constituency comprises the Krishnaganj community development block along with several gram panchayats from the Hanskhali block.
Previous Election Results
In the 2021 assembly election, the BJP's Ashis Kumar Biswas won the seat from the TMC, defeating the ruling party's Dr Tapas Mandal by approximately 21,277 votes. That result was notable as it underlined the BJP's growing strength in Nadia. The BJP polled over 50 per cent of votes in what had traditionally been a TMC stronghold.
In 2016, the TMC's Satyajit Biswas had held the seat convincingly, defeating CPI(M)'s Mrinal Biswas by nearly 43,928 votes. However, Biswas was subsequently murdered in 2019, triggering a by-election which the TMC won. Krishnaganj has a long history of Left dominance before the TMC's rise in 2011.
Recent Tragedies and Political Shift
The constituency witnessed several tragedies in recent years, with the deaths of two consecutive TMC MLAs. The BJP's 2021 win made this a genuinely marginal seat in 2026. The TMC's choice of a fresh face in Samir Kumar Poddar reflects an attempt to reset its position in a constituency that has slipped from its grasp.
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