Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Election Results 2026: Live Updates
The counting of votes for the Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency in West Bengal is underway on May 4, 2026. This seat is part of the Medinipur Lok Sabha segment and has seen a multi-cornered contest among nine candidates. The key contenders include Pradip Sarkar from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Dilip Ghosh from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Papiya Chakraborty from the Congress. Other candidates in the fray are Gokul Khatick (Bahujan Samaj Party), Madhusudan Roy (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), T. Anil Singh (Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party), Suranjan Mahapatra (Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)), Azfar Ali Khan (Independent), and Bishnu Kumar Sahu (Independent).
Historical Context
In the 2021 Assembly election, Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya of the BJP won the Kharagpur Sadar seat with a margin of 3,771 votes. The runner-up was Pradip Sarkar of the TMC. Earlier, in 2016, Dilip Ghosh of the BJP had emerged victorious. The 2026 results will indicate how the political dynamics have shifted in this constituency.
Counting and Trends
The vote counting process is being conducted round by round, and early trends are being closely monitored. The final result will determine which candidate secures the most votes and wins the seat. The outcome will also contribute to the overall tally of the 294 Assembly segments in West Bengal.
This live blog is AI-assisted using data from Pvalue and sources such as the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and MyNeta, based on election affidavits in the public domain of the Election Commission of India.
