Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury election result: BJP's Sabrata Maitra wins by a margin of 17,485 votes

Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who contested from Baharampur seat lost by a margin of 17,485 votes to Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Sabrata Maitra. Elections to this assembly constituency seat were held in the first phase of West Bengal polls on 23 April.

Baharampur voter turnout

In the 2026 polls, Baharampur recorded 91.72% voter turnout much higher than the previous 74.88%. In 2016, voter turnout of 79.53% was recorded. The Baharampur assembly seat is notable as it falls within the Muslim -dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

With counting of votes underway on May 4, the fate of this seat and of INC candidate will be clear by today evening. A titan of Murshidabad politics, Chowdhury lost his parliamentary seat to cricketer-turned-politician Yusuf Pathan by a margin of over 85,000 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The 70-year-old politician is returning to the state legislative arena to reclaim his political ground following the significant setback in the national elections two years ago.

A party needed to secure 148 magic figure in the 294-member Bengal Assembly to come to power in the state.

To find out who's leading and who's trailing, follow latest updates here:

4:47 PM

BJP's Subrata Maitra is leading with 75,865 votes and INC's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is trailing by 23,675 votes in Baharampur assembly seat.

4:00 PM

BJP's Subrata Maitra is leading with 65,740 votes and INC's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is trailing by 16,878 votes. Of the trends of 293 of the 294 constituencies, the BJP crossed majority mark and is leading in 196 seats, while the TMC is ahead in 91 constituencies.

2:48 PM

BJP's Subrata Maitra is leading with 48,552 votes and INC's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is trailing by 7,498 votes.

Of the trends of 293 of the 294 constituencies, the BJP crossed majority mark and is leading in 193 seats, while the TMC is ahead in 95 constituencies.

1:58 PM

How many rounds of vote counting are over so far?

Till now 6 rounds of vote counting are over in the Baharampur seat, as per ECI data. In all, 15 rounds of counting will take place before the final results are declared.

1:37 PM

BJP's Subrata Maitra is leading and INC's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is trailing by 5,266 votes

1:00 PM

BJP's Subrata Maitra is leading and INC's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is trailing by 4,323 votes.

What happened in the 2021 assembly elections?

In the 2021 Assembly elections, BJP won the Baharampur seat, but the broader Murshidabad district saw a massive swing toward the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).

More about Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Chowdhury served as the Minister of State for Railways (2012) prior to his loss in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He served as a key leader in the of the Congress from 2019 to 2024. In the past days, he confronted officials over EVM malfunction.

Chowdhury said that the Election Commission “deserves applause for the way it conducted the polls especially when you consider the relatively violence-free environment during the polling," in an interview with The Statesman.

Over SIR issue, he added, ““But what should have been considered is that India is a country where there are poor people who often don’t have the types of documents that were mandated by the SIR. If the process intended to ensure a foolproof electoral roll, it ought to have taken into consideration the realities of our own country. We cannot compare ourselves to countries in Europe and America. Also, the onus of proving citizenship fell on the people of the country themselves, when it should have been the other way around.”