India, May 4 -- BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari appears set to win the Nandigram seat in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, with trends clearly in his favour.

By the end of 11 rounds of counting, Adhikari had polled over 80,000 votes. TMC's Pabitra Kar trailed in second place with 64,954 votes, while CPI's Santi Gopal Giri was a distant third with 2,286 votes.

Nandigram remains a crucial political battleground, currently represented by two-time BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, who is also seen as one of the party's key faces in West Bengal and a potential chief ministerial contender.

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Adhikari has maintained a firm grip on the constituency. In the 2021 Assembly elections, he secured nearly 49% of the v...