Matigara-Naxalbari
Part of the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat.
Anandamoy Barman (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Matigara-Naxalbari in 2026, 1,04,265 votes ahead of Shankar Malakar.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,66,905 votes · 66.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SMAll India Trinamool Congress
62,640 votes · 24.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- JRCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
8,585 votes · 3.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ASIndian National Congress
5,498 votes · 2.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- NSIndependent
1,559 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PRIndependent
1,510 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- LDSocialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
983 votes · 0.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BMIndependent
980 votes · 0.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- KSIndependent
514 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
25 · Matigara-Naxalbari
Scheduled Caste2,70,154 registered voters · 9 candidates · 1,04,265 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Anandamoy Barman
BJP · Male · 1,66,905 votes (66.50%) · 1,04,265 ahead of Shankar Malakar
- 92.94%
- Turnout
- 2,51,083
- Votes cast
- 2,49,174
- Valid votes
- 1,811
- None of the above
- 1,34,973
- Women electors
1,22,997 men and 1,25,869 women voted in person, plus 2,216 postal ballots. 98 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 1,674.
- BJP1,66,9051,455 postal66.50%
- Shankar MalakarMale
AITC62,640417 postal24.96% - Jharen RoyMale
CPI(M)8,585103 postal3.42% - Amitava SarkarMale
INC5,49872 postal2.19% - None of the aboveNOTA1,8110.72%
- Nimesh SundasMaleINDBread1,55921 postal0.62%
- Pappu RoyMaleINDHarmonium1,51012 postal0.60%
- Laxmi DasFemaleSUCIBattery Torch9838 postal0.39%
- Bikash MandalMaleINDBat9803 postal0.39%
- INDViolin5144 postal0.20%
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.