Subhash Patra of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Raina (SC) Assembly Constituency No. 262, defeating Mandira Dalui of the All India Trinamool Congress. The constituency is located in Purba Bardhaman district of South Bengal, in the fertile alluvial region south of Bardhaman town, close to the Damodar floodplain.
Constituency Profile
Raina (SC), Assembly Constituency No. 262, covers Raina I and II community development blocks. It is a classic rural SC-reserved agrarian seat with paddy, mustard, and vegetable cultivation. With over 248,000 electors, the predominantly Scheduled Caste population (Bagdi, Bauri communities) is engaged in agricultural labour and small-scale cultivation.
Voter Priorities
Voter priorities centre on agricultural support, irrigation, MGNREGA, housing (PMAY), food security, and rural road and healthcare access. The Damodar river's seasonal flooding is a recurring infrastructure concern that shapes voter expectations of the state government.
Historical Context
A historically Left-leaning SC reserved seat, Raina is now solidly in TMC's column against BJP. Very high turnout (91.7 per cent) was recorded under Bardhaman-Purba Lok Sabha. In 2021, TMC's Shampa Dhara won by 18,205 votes (~8.0 per cent of 227,603 total votes), a comfortable margin reflecting TMC's strong rural SC outreach.
2026 Contest
In the 2026 contest, other candidates included Pampa Malik of the Indian National Congress and Somnath Maji of the CPI(M). The result marks a shift from TMC to BJP in this safely marginal seat. The consistent margin and high-turnout SC mobilization demonstrate the organizational depth in rural Bardhaman. This seat is one of TMC's reliable rural SC-bloc seats that provides cushion in the district's overall tally, but this time BJP managed to flip it.
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