Bankura
Part of the Bankura Lok Sabha seat.
Niladri Sekhar Dana (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Bankura in 2026, 54,177 votes ahead of Dr. Anup Mandal.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,36,992 votes · 57.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DMAll India Trinamool Congress
82,815 votes · 34.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
9,702 votes · 4.0%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ABIndian National Congress
2,213 votes · 0.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- LGSocialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
1,553 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ACRashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
1,200 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RNIndependent
873 votes · 0.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AKIndependent
450 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
252 · Bankura
General2,61,565 registered voters · 8 candidates · 54,177 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Niladri Sekhar Dana
BJP · Male · 1,36,992 votes (57.24%) · 54,177 ahead of Dr. Anup Mandal
- 91.79%
- Turnout
- 2,40,086
- Votes cast
- 2,35,798
- Valid votes
- 3,533
- None of the above
- 1,30,194
- Women electors
1,17,151 men and 1,18,482 women voted in person, plus 4,453 postal ballots. 755 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 679.
- BJP1,36,9922,363 postal57.24%
- Dr. Anup MandalMale
AITC82,815992 postal34.60% 
CPI(M)9,702248 postal4.05%- None of the aboveNOTA3,5331.48%
- Arup BanerjeeMale
INC2,21343 postal0.92% - Lina GhoshFemaleSUCIBattery Torch1,5534 postal0.65%
- Arun ChandMaleRASLJPSewing machine1,2006 postal0.50%
- Rinku NandiFemaleINDBatsman8732 postal0.36%
- INDFlute4504 postal0.19%
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.