Siliguri
Part of the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat.
Shankar Ghosh (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Siliguri in 2026, 73,192 votes ahead of Goutam Deb.
Who stood in 2026
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,20,760 votes · 65.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- GDAll India Trinamool Congress
47,568 votes · 25.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SCCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
9,168 votes · 5.0%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ADIndian National Congress
2,275 votes · 1.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- TTIndependent
567 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PBBahujan Samaj Party
561 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SBIndependent
457 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- KSIndependent
271 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- MDAmra Bangalee
251 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DASocialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)
245 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SPIndependent
226 votes · 0.1%
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26 · Siliguri
General2,01,008 registered voters · 11 candidates · 73,192 votes between the first two
Elected 2026
Shankar Ghosh
BJP · Male · 1,20,760 votes (65.78%) · 73,192 ahead of Goutam Deb
- 91.53%
- Turnout
- 1,83,991
- Votes cast
- 1,82,349
- Valid votes
- 1,224
- None of the above
- 1,00,860
- Women electors
91,128 men and 90,830 women voted in person, plus 2,021 postal ballots. 418 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 229.
- BJP1,20,7601,008 postal65.78%
- Goutam DebMale
AITC47,568374 postal25.91% 
CPI(M)9,168153 postal4.99%- Alok DharaMale
INC2,27518 postal1.24% - None of the aboveNOTA1,2240.67%
- Tarun TalapatraMaleINDPen nib with seven rays5674 postal0.31%
- Priyanka BoseFemale
BSP5615 postal0.31% - INDChain4572 postal0.25%
- INDBread2715 postal0.15%
- Mamata DasFemaleAMBBoat with man and sail2511 postal0.14%
- SUCIBattery Torch2453 postal0.13%
- Sunil PanditMaleINDTable2261 postal0.12%
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.