The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Ahmed Javed Khan emerged victorious in the Kasba Assembly constituency in West Bengal's 2026 elections, securing 1,17,893 votes. He defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Banerjee Sandip, who garnered 96,919 votes, by a margin of 20,974 votes.
Detailed Vote Count
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Dipu Das finished third with 20,042 votes, while Congress candidate Md. Hasim Zeshan Ahmad secured 2,019 votes. A total of thirteen candidates contested from Kasba, along with the None of the Above (NOTA) option.
Constituency Profile
Kasba is a fully urban assembly constituency located in the South 24 Parganas district. It comprises wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and falls under the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency. The electorate is predominantly well-educated and middle-class, reflecting the cosmopolitan nature of southern Kolkata.
Historical Performance
In the 2021 Assembly election, incumbent TMC MLA Javed Ahmed Khan retained the seat with over 54% of the vote, defeating BJP's Dr. Indranil Khan by a margin of nearly 64,000 votes. Khan has held the seat continuously since 2011, also winning in 2016. A senior TMC leader and former state minister, he has been instrumental in maintaining the party's stronghold in the constituency.
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