Kashipur
Part of the Purulia Lok Sabha seat.
Kamalakanta Hansda (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Kashipur in 2026, 21,276 votes ahead of Soumen Beltharia.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,06,571 votes · 50.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SBAll India Trinamool Congress
85,295 votes · 40.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BSCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
10,818 votes · 5.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SMIndian National Congress
2,304 votes · 1.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DMSocialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
1,476 votes · 0.7%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SPIndependent
1,148 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- MBIndependent
1,022 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SSIndependent
543 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
244 · Kashipur
General2,29,972 registered voters · 8 candidates · 21,276 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Kamalakanta Hansda
BJP · Male · 1,06,571 votes (50.28%) · 21,276 ahead of Soumen Beltharia
- 92.27%
- Turnout
- 2,12,197
- Votes cast
- 2,09,177
- Valid votes
- 2,797
- None of the above
- 1,13,029
- Women electors
1,06,121 men and 1,03,741 women voted in person, plus 2,335 postal ballots. 223 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 420.
- BJP1,06,5711,222 postal50.28%
- Soumen BelthariaMale
AITC85,295672 postal40.24% - Bauri SulekhaFemale
CPI(M)10,818141 postal5.10% - None of the aboveNOTA2,7971.32%
INC2,30427 postal1.09%- Dipak MahatoMaleSUCIBattery Torch1,47616 postal0.70%
- INDDiamond1,14810 postal0.54%
- INDApple1,0224 postal0.48%
- INDCot5437 postal0.26%
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.