Deganga Assembly Constituency is set to vote in Phase 2 of 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, with the Election Commission of India announcing the following candidates in the fray.
- Anisur Rahaman Bidesh (TMC)
- Tarun Kanti Ghosh (BJP)
- Miaraj Baidya (INC)
- Md Mofidul Hoque Sahaji Mintu (AISF)
- Abdul Arif (AJUN)
- Md Mafuzuddin Mondal (BRFB)
- Chhadek Mondal (SUCIC)
- Abdul Nayeem Mollick (WPI)
- Izaz Ahamed (IND)
- Anisur Rahaman (IND)
- Samim Tarafder (IND)
- Sattar Ali (IND)
- Masidul Sahaji (IND)
- Mofizul Mondal (IND)
Deganga is one of the 294 constituencies in the West Bengal Assembly and falls under North 24 Parganas district of South East Bengal region. The seat is reserved for the General category with 11.29% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Caste community and 0.64% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community. The constituency has 2,43,548 voters, including 1,26,487 men and 1,17,057 women. The overall literacy rate of Deganga is 84.95% according to the Census of India 2011.
Voting in Deganga will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, as part of
Phase 2 polling, while counting is scheduled for Monday, May 4, 2026.
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress won 215 of the state’s 294 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 77. In the same election, Mekliganj was won by Adhikary Paresh Chandra of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who defeated Dadhiram Ray of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 14,685 votes.
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