As the Election Commission of India (ECI) counts the votes on Monday for the 2026 assembly elections in West Bengal that were held in two phases, all eyes have turned to the Baharampur assembly constituency, which witnessed political parties fielding their top leaders and heavyweights.
The Baharampur assembly constituency saw a triangular contest this year between veteran Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Subrata Maitra and Naru Gopal Mukherjee of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Chowdhury’s entry in the West Bengal assembly elections has made the contest in Baharampur interesting. He earlier represented the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency, but lost to TMC’s Yusuf Pathan in the 2024 parliamentary elections.