Balagarh
Part of the Hooghly Lok Sabha seat.
Sumana Sarkar (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Balagarh in 2026, 41,914 votes ahead of Ranjan Dhara.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,25,624 votes · 55.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RDAll India Trinamool Congress
83,710 votes · 37.0%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BGCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
10,175 votes · 4.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- HMBahujan Samaj Party
1,803 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ABIndian National Congress
1,487 votes · 0.7%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SBSocialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
1,372 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SBIndependent
513 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
191 · Balagarh
Scheduled Caste2,40,491 registered voters · 7 candidates · 41,914 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Sumana Sarkar
BJP · Female · 1,25,624 votes (55.58%) · 41,914 ahead of Ranjan Dhara
- 94.08%
- Turnout
- 2,26,242
- Votes cast
- 2,24,684
- Valid votes
- 1,347
- None of the above
- 1,18,003
- Women electors
1,13,498 men and 1,11,180 women voted in person, plus 1,559 postal ballots. 211 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 403.
- BJP1,25,624774 postal55.58%
- Ranjan DharaMale
AITC83,710406 postal37.03% - Bikash GolderMale
CPI(M)10,175120 postal4.50% 
BSP1,8038 postal0.80%- Ashok BiswasMale
INC1,48718 postal0.66% - Sukdeb BiswasMaleSUCIBattery Torch1,3727 postal0.61%
- None of the aboveNOTA1,3470.60%
- Soma BiswasFemaleINDBat5131 postal0.23%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.