Panihati Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Ratna Debnath leads by over 20,000 votes
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Panihati Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: BJP's Ratna Debnath leads by over 20,000 votes

Kalatan Dasgupta (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Tirthankar Ghosh (Trinamool Congress), Ratna Debnath (Bharatiya Janata Party), Subhashish Bhattacharya (Tata) (Congress), Swaminath Kori (Bahujan Samaj Party), Afsana Khatoon (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Chandra Shekhar Chowdhuri (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Biswanath Dey (Independent), Shekh Imanur Rahman (Independent), Sanjib Kumar Ghosh (Independent), and Sadhana Chakraborty (Independent) — 11 candidates contesting from Panihati 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. Panihati is a General constituency under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha segment. In 2021, Nirmal Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress won the seat. The 2021 turnout was 73.6%. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Panihati in 2026.
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Debnath bagged 13784 votes while the TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh secured 8717 votes.

Her daughter, a doctor on duty, was raped and murdered in Kolkata's state-run RG Medical College and Hospital in August 2024.
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13:55 (IST) May 04
Panihati Election Result: BJP's Ratna Debnath leads with a 10,813-vote margin
In the Panihati constituency of West Bengal, BJP candidate Ratna Debnath is currently leading the count with 28,973 votes, holding a margin of 10,813 over TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh, who has accumulated 18,160 votes so far. Counting is still underway, and no result has been declared yet for this seat.
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13:11 (IST) May 04
Panihati Election Result: BJP's Ratna Debnath leads with 8,067-vote margin
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12:29 (IST) May 04
Panihati Election Result: BJP leads as counting continues in West Bengal
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11:46 (IST) May 04
Panihati Election Result: BJP's Ratna Debnath leads with 2763-vote margin
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11:36 (IST) May 04
Panihati Election Results 2026: BJP's Ratna Debnath leads with a margin of 2763 votes
In Panihati, West Bengal, BJP candidate Ratna Debnath is currently leading with 6,892 votes, holding a margin of 2,763 over TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh, who has gathered 4,129 votes so far. The seat is currently held by TMC's Nirmal Ghosh, who does not appear among the top 3 candidates presently reflected in the leading positions. Counting is still underway.
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07:23 (IST) May 04
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07:13 (IST) May 04
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07:03 (IST) May 04
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06:53 (IST) May 04
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06:43 (IST) May 04
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06:33 (IST) May 04
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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.
Panihati is a General constituency in West Bengal, falling under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha segment. A turnout of 73.6% was recorded in the 2021 election. 11 candidates are contesting in 2026: Kalatan Dasgupta (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Tirthankar Ghosh (Trinamool Congress), Ratna Debnath (Bharatiya Janata Party), Subhashish Bhattacharya (Tata) (Congress), Swaminath Kori (Bahujan Samaj Party), Afsana Khatoon (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Chandra Shekhar Chowdhuri (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Biswanath Dey (Independent), Shekh Imanur Rahman (Independent), Sanjib Kumar Ghosh (Independent), and Sadhana Chakraborty (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, Nirmal Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress won Panihati. round-by-round trends from Panihati 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.