Farakka
Part of the Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha seat.
Motab Shaikh (Indian National Congress) won Farakka in 2026, 8,193 votes ahead of Sunil Chowdhuri.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
63,050 votes · 36.0%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SCBharatiya Janta Party
54,857 votes · 31.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AIAll India Trinamool Congress
47,256 votes · 27.0%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- MHCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4,177 votes · 2.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SDIndependent
800 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- IMAam Janata Unnayan Party
781 votes · 0.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- NGIndependent
695 votes · 0.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ASRashtriya Secular Majlis Party
484 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SSIndependent
427 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AMIndependent
217 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AKIndependent
186 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- THBharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party
128 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
55 · Farakka
General1,81,811 registered voters · 12 candidates · 8,193 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Motab Shaikh
INC · Male · 63,050 votes (36.06%) · 8,193 ahead of Sunil Chowdhuri
- 96.23%
- Turnout
- 1,74,951
- Votes cast
- 1,73,058
- Valid votes
- 1,783
- None of the above
- 88,487
- Women electors
88,950 men and 85,452 women voted in person, plus 547 postal ballots. 110 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 153.
- INC63,050108 postal36.06%
- Sunil ChowdhuriMale
BJP54,857217 postal31.38% - Amirul IslamMale
AITC47,25687 postal27.03% - Mozaffar HossainMale
CPI(M)4,17718 postal2.39% - None of the aboveNOTA1,7831.02%
- Shashanka DasMaleINDComputer8001 postal0.46%
AJUP7811 postal0.45%- Nandalal GhoshMaleINDGas cylinder6950.40%
- Azmerul SkMaleRSSCMJPScissors4840.28%
- Sulaiman ShaikhMaleINDBat4270.24%
- INDCauliflower2170.12%
- Abdul KaderMaleINDChimney1860.11%
- Tilottama HaldarFemaleBNARPBricks1280.07%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is each count's share of all the votes in this list, including None of the above.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.