Rudranil Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in the Shibpur assembly constituency, defeating Dr Rana Chatterjee of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) by a margin of 16,058 votes after all 20 rounds of counting were completed. The Shibpur seat, numbered 172 in Howrah district, West Bengal, is part of the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency and covers the Shibpur locality within the Howrah Municipal Corporation wards. This historic urban neighborhood is known for housing the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology.
Constituency Profile
Shibpur is a fully urban constituency with dense residential and educational areas situated opposite Kolkata across the Hooghly River. It has approximately 200,000 electors, with low Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations. Voter turnout in the constituency typically ranges between 70 and 75 percent.
Previous Election Results
In the 2021 West Bengal assembly election, TMC's Manoj Tiwary won the Shibpur seat with 92,372 votes, securing a 50.69 percent vote share. He defeated BJP's Rathin Chakrabarty, who received 59,769 votes (32.80 percent), by a margin of 32,603 votes. The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) candidate Jagannath Bhattacharyya garnered 24,970 votes (13.70 percent), while NOTA accounted for 1,912 votes (1.05 percent). Other candidates each received less than 1 percent of the vote.
2026 Election Context
The 2026 assembly elections in West Bengal have witnessed intense competition between the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP, with several constituencies seeing close contests. The victory of Rudranil Ghosh in Shibpur marks a significant gain for the BJP in the Howrah district. Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, Vijay's TVK party has emerged as a formidable force, pushing the DMK and AIADMK to the margins. In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing behind Suvendu Adhikari in the Bhabanipur constituency after the second round of counting. The BJP is also expected to retain Assam, while the party may oust Mamata from power in Bengal.
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