In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for the Uluberia Purba constituency (176), Ritabrata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerged victorious, securing 95,633 votes. He defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rudra Prosad Banerjee, who polled 83,795 votes. The TMC won by a margin of 11,838 votes. Other candidates, including those from the All India Secular Front and the Congress, trailed far behind. Notably, NOTA recorded 1,251 votes.
Constituency Background
Uluberia Purba is a constituency located in the Howrah district and falls under the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat. In 2026, the TMC fielded Ritabrata Banerjee against the BJP's Rudra Prasad Banerjee, marking a change in candidature from the party that won the seat in 2021.
Previous Election Results
In 2021, Bidesh Bose, a former professional footballer, won the seat for the TMC, defeating the BJP's Pratyush Mandal by approximately 17,126 votes. The TMC polled around 45% of the total votes, with the BJP at approximately 36%, a competitive result in a seat that the TMC had previously held more comfortably. In 2016, the seat was held by Haider Aziz Safwi, a distinguished IPS officer-turned-politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Safwi defeated the CPI(M)'s Sabiruddin Molla by a margin of 16,269 votes. Safwi passed away in December 2018, prompting a by-election in 2019.
Electoral Significance
The constituency is part of the broader Uluberia industrial belt and includes semi-urban and suburban areas. The 2021 result showed that the TMC's margin had narrowed compared to the comfortable leads of the Safwi era, making the 2026 election a significant electoral test. The change in the TMC's candidate from the 2021 victor adds an element of unpredictability to this contest.
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