In the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election for the Budge Budge constituency (number 156), Ashok Kumar Deb of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) secured a decisive victory. He polled 1,27,091 votes, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dr Tarun Kumar Adak, who received 80,241 votes. The winning margin stood at 46,850 votes.
Constituency Profile and Historical Context
Budge Budge is a semi-urban constituency located in the South 24 Parganas district, falling under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency. It encompasses the Budge Budge municipality and adjacent areas along the Hooghly River. Historically, the region is significant as an industrial corridor, hosting petroleum installations, jute mills, and other manufacturing units. The area has a strong labour movement tradition rooted in its industrial character.
In the 2021 assembly election, the TMC held the Budge Budge seat. The party also won the constituency in 2016. Ashok Kumar Deb, the TMC candidate in 2026, is a veteran politician with a long history in this constituency. He has won Budge Budge multiple times since the 2001 and 2006 elections, initially as a candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC) and later as a TMC leader. His deep familiarity with the constituency is considered a significant asset.
Opposition and Vote Distribution
The BJP's Dr Tarun Kumar Adak and the Congress candidate Mujibar Rahaman Kayal provided the primary opposition challenge. Other smaller party candidates finished far behind. The None of the Above (NOTA) option recorded 1,993 votes. The industrial worker community remains a critical vote bank in this constituency, and the TMC's welfare programmes for workers have been a key campaigning tool. Ashok Kumar Deb's personal popularity makes him one of the stronger TMC candidates in South 24 Parganas.
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