Balagarh Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Sumana Sarkar leads by over 41,000 votes
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 06, 2026, 14:07:51 IST
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Balagarh Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Sumana Sarkar leads by over 41,000 votes

Ashok Biswas (Congress), Bikash Golder (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Ranjan Dhara (Trinamool Congress), Sumana Sarkar (Bharatiya Janata Party), Harichand Majumdar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Sukdeb Biswas (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), and Soma Biswas (Independent) — 7 candidates contesting from Balagarh in West Bengal's 2026 Assembly Election. Votes cast across this constituency are now being counted, and early trends from each round will be closely watched as the day unfolds. Balagarh is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved constituency. In 2021, MANORANJAN BAPARI of the Trinamool Congress won the seat. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Balagarh in 2026.
10:14 (IST) May 04
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09:55 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results 2026: Balagarh in focus on West Bengal's counting day
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09:45 (IST) May 04
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09:35 (IST) May 04
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09:25 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Result 2026: SC-reserved constituency: how Balagarh fits into the broader picture
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09:22 (IST) May 04
BJP takes an early lead in West Bengal as vote counting begins
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09:15 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Elections 2026: Harichand Majumdar (BSP) awaits the round-wise verdict
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09:11 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Result: Counting underway in West Bengal SC seat
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09:05 (IST) May 04
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09:01 (IST) May 04
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08:55 (IST) May 04
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08:45 (IST) May 04
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08:35 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Result 2026: Tracking the count: round-wise updates from Balagarh
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08:25 (IST) May 04
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08:15 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results: What a lead in May 4 count will mean
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08:05 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results 2026: Balagarh's final tally — what it will reveal
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07:55 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Result 2026: Sumana Sarkar's BJP tally being counted in Balagarh
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07:45 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results: Congress' stake in May 4 Balagarh count
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07:35 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results: Independents in the fray: Balagarh's non-party contestants
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07:25 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Assembly Election Results 2026: All candidates and parties watching the count
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07:15 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Assembly Election Results 2026: Ashok Biswas (CONG) awaits the round-wise verdict
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07:05 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results 2026: Making sense of the count as it progresses in Balagarh
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06:55 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results: How Bharatiya Janata Party is positioned in Balagarh
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06:45 (IST) May 04
Balagarh Election Results 2026: State-wide trends and what Balagarh adds to the picture
As West Bengal's counting day unfolds, results from all 294 Assembly constituencies will build the overall picture. Balagarh's result will be one of those data points contributing to the state tally.
Disclaimer: This Data is provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) | MyNeta and sourced from election affidavits available in the public domain of the Election Commission of India.
Balagarh is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved constituency in West Bengal. 7 candidates are contesting in 2026: Ashok Biswas (Congress), Bikash Golder (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Ranjan Dhara (Trinamool Congress), Sumana Sarkar (Bharatiya Janata Party), Harichand Majumdar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Sukdeb Biswas (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), and Soma Biswas (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, MANORANJAN BAPARI of the Trinamool Congress won Balagarh. round-by-round trends from Balagarh will be closely tracked. The constituency's result will add to West Bengal's state-wide tally across its 294 Assembly segments. This Live Blog is AI-assisted using data from Pvalue.