Sandeshkhali Constituency Analysis: Voters, Candidates and Results
The Sandeshkhali Constituency is one of the rural seats of 294 assembly seats of West Bengal . The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe and it falls under Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency. The RG Kar rape and murder case and 2024 women led protest has emerged to be one of the significant factors deciding the political landscape of this constituency. The opposition, BJP is using the protest of 2024 against the ruling party, TMC and the opposition is raising questions and concerns against women safety and governance issues.
History
The constituency was set up in 1951 as a general seat and has been active in all the elections after independence. In 2008 after The Delimitation Commission's order this seat was reserved for Scheduled tribes. The order was passed in 2008, but it became effective from 2011.Since then it is one of the 16 ST reserved seats in the territory.
Demographic profile
As of 2026 the registered voters are 2,31,094. There are 1,16, 312 female voters and 1,22,255 male voters. Only 5 belong to the third gender.
Voter turnout in the previous, 2021 election was 85.88% and in 2016 it was 87.2%. In 2021 TMC candidate Sukumar Mahata defeated BJP candidate Dr Bhaskar Sardar with 39,685 votes and that was 19.52% of all the votes.
Poll date
The Sandeshkhali constituency voted on April 23. The result of the election will be out on May 4 and the exit polls will come out after the second phase of election will be held on April 29. In the 2021 state Assembly elections , this seat voted on April 17, 2021 in phase 5 and the results were declared on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Political History
The constituency has an interesting history. While TMC is currently ruling the constituency, there are other parties who have ruled this constituency for a long period. The Communist Party of India has won 10 times here between 1977 to 2011. The Congress has won on four occasions. The Communist party had a major dominance here but in 2016 TMC broke their dominance and won the seat.
There also has been a slow growth in voting percentage of BJP over the years. The vote share has risen from 11.27% in 2011, 12.72% in 2016 to 35.36 percent in 2021.
Candidates
The various candidates from various parties are as follows:
Sanat Sardar - BJP
Jharna Sardar- AITC
Rabindranath Mahata - CPI ( M)
Yudhishtir Bhumij- CONG
The result of the election will be declared on May 4.
Conclusion
After the RG Khar Case, Sandeshkhali has become a sensitive constituency. Although it is said that the BJP and TMC have now evenly placed, the January violence has affected TMC’s image. TMC workers in January attacked ED and media while their leader was found to be involved in a scam. The stakes of this seat are quite high and it would be interesting to watch if BJP will be able to take the advantage of this. The results are yet to be declared.
History
The constituency was set up in 1951 as a general seat and has been active in all the elections after independence. In 2008 after The Delimitation Commission's order this seat was reserved for Scheduled tribes. The order was passed in 2008, but it became effective from 2011.Since then it is one of the 16 ST reserved seats in the territory.
Demographic profile
As of 2026 the registered voters are 2,31,094. There are 1,16, 312 female voters and 1,22,255 male voters. Only 5 belong to the third gender.
Voter turnout in the previous, 2021 election was 85.88% and in 2016 it was 87.2%. In 2021 TMC candidate Sukumar Mahata defeated BJP candidate Dr Bhaskar Sardar with 39,685 votes and that was 19.52% of all the votes.
Poll date
The Sandeshkhali constituency voted on April 23. The result of the election will be out on May 4 and the exit polls will come out after the second phase of election will be held on April 29. In the 2021 state Assembly elections , this seat voted on April 17, 2021 in phase 5 and the results were declared on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Political History
The constituency has an interesting history. While TMC is currently ruling the constituency, there are other parties who have ruled this constituency for a long period. The Communist Party of India has won 10 times here between 1977 to 2011. The Congress has won on four occasions. The Communist party had a major dominance here but in 2016 TMC broke their dominance and won the seat.
There also has been a slow growth in voting percentage of BJP over the years. The vote share has risen from 11.27% in 2011, 12.72% in 2016 to 35.36 percent in 2021.
Candidates
The various candidates from various parties are as follows:
Sanat Sardar - BJP
Jharna Sardar- AITC
Rabindranath Mahata - CPI ( M)
Yudhishtir Bhumij- CONG
The result of the election will be declared on May 4.
Conclusion
After the RG Khar Case, Sandeshkhali has become a sensitive constituency. Although it is said that the BJP and TMC have now evenly placed, the January violence has affected TMC’s image. TMC workers in January attacked ED and media while their leader was found to be involved in a scam. The stakes of this seat are quite high and it would be interesting to watch if BJP will be able to take the advantage of this. The results are yet to be declared.
More from our partners
Loving Newspoint? Download the app now
