The Bharatiya Janata Party's Chinmoy Deb emerged victorious in the Gazole constituency of West Bengal, securing a total of 1,31,541 votes in the 2026 state elections. He defeated his nearest rival, Prasenjit Das of the Trinamool Congress, by a margin of 38,192 votes. Das managed to garner 93,349 votes.
Contestants in 2026
In the 2026 elections, the Gazole (Scheduled Caste) constituency witnessed a three-cornered contest among TMC's Prasenjit Das, BJP's sitting MLA Chinmoy Deb Burman, and Congress's Sanjay Sarkar.
Constituency Profile
Gazole is a Scheduled Caste-reserved constituency located in the Malda district of West Bengal. It is part of the Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency covers the entire Gazole community development block, which is predominantly rural with over 37 percent of the population belonging to Scheduled Castes.
Historical Background
Historically, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dominated this seat during the Left Front years, winning it multiple times before 2011. In the 2016 elections, CPI(M)'s Dipali Biswas, backed by the Congress-Left alliance, defeated TMC's Sushil Chandra Roy by over 20,000 votes.
The 2021 election was dramatically different. BJP's Chinmoy Deb Barman wrested the seat from TMC's Basanti Barman by the slimmest of margins — just 1,798 votes out of over 221,000 cast. This remains one of the closest results in Malda in recent memory.
2026 Election Significance
BJP successfully defended this knife-edge seat with the same candidate in 2026, while TMC fielded Prasenjit Das in an attempt to recapture the constituency. The result underscores the competitive nature of politics in this region.
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