2021–2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections

Last updated April 12, 2024

By-elections for 10 constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were held after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

Results

Background

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Bannerjee to contest the Legislative Assembly by-elections.^[1]

On 30 September 2021, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a by-election for the Bhabanipur seat. Later, the ECI announced remaining vacant seats for elections on 30 October 2021.

Summary

Party		Popular vote		Seats
Party		Votes	%	Contested	Won	+/−
	All India Trinamool Congress	713,684	71.95	6	6	2
	Indian National Congress	8,095	0.82	2	1	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	91,265	9.20	4	0	0
	Bharatiya Janata Party	151,223	15.25	6	0	2
	Total/Turnout	991,911

Constituency-wise results

Constituency No.	Election Date	Date (M.L.A. elected)	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Source
159	30 September 2021	3 October 2021	Bhabanipur	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee		All India Trinamool Congress	^[2]^[3]
7	30 October 2021	2 November 2021	Dinhata	Nisith Pramanik ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Bharatiya Janata Party	Udayan Guha			^[4]^[5]^[6]
86			Santipur	Jagannath Sarkar ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Bharatiya Janata Party	Braja Kishor Goswami
109			Khardaha	Kajal Sinha ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	All India Trinamool Congress	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
127			Gosaba	Jayanta Naskar ^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Subrata Mondal
161	12 April 2022	16 April 2022	Ballygunge	Subrata Mukherjee ^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Babul Supriyo
60	27 February 2023	2 March 2023	Sagardighi	Subrata Saha ^{[lower-alpha 6]}		Bayron Biswas		Indian National Congress
15	5 September 2023	8 September 2023	Dhupguri	Bishnu Pada Ray ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Bharatiya Janata Party	Nirmal Chandra Roy		All India Trinamool Congress
62	7 May 2024	4 June 2024	Bhagabangola	Idris Ali ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	All India Trinamool Congress	TBD	TBD
113	1 June 2024	4 June 2024	Baranagar	Tapas Roy	All India Trinamool Congress	TBD	TBD
167	TBD	TBD	Maniktala	Sadhan Pande ^{[lower-alpha 9]}^{[lower-alpha 10]}	TBD	TBD

Reason for vacancy of their seats:

↑ Resigned.
1 2 Members were elected, but didn't take the official oath, as they chose to continue serving as Members of Parliament (as per parliamentary rules).
↑ Died before declaration of election results on 2 May 2021.
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↑ The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20 February 2022. However, by-elections couldn't be held within 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey, who came second in the 2021 Assembly election had filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court, alleging irregularities in polling. The case is currently pending, before a division bench of the court. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 forbids holding any polls to the seat until any election petition concerning that seat has been resolved.^[7]

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References

↑ "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
↑ "Election Commission declares bypolls, ends Bengal suspense". The Hindu. 2021-09-04. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2021-10-02.
↑ "WB bypolls: Polling 'peaceful' in Bengal's Bhabanipur, moderate turnout recorded". Deccan Herald. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
↑ "Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States - reg". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
↑ "Bypolls in 4 Bengal assembly seats on October 30". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
↑ Konar, Debashis (September 29, 2021). "Bhabanipur Byelection 2021: October 30 bypoll in 4 Bengal seats, counting on November 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
↑ "HC rejects PIL demanding bypoll in Maniktala Assembly constituency". 18 April 2023.

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[2] Resigned.

[MPcont-5] 1 2 Members were elected, but didn't take the official oath, as they chose to continue serving as Members of Parliament (as per parliamentary rules).

[9] Died before declaration of election results on 2 May 2021.

[10] Died.

[11] Died.

[12] Died.

[13] Died.

[14] Died.

[15] Died.

[17] The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20 February 2022. However, by-elections couldn't be held within 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey, who came second in the 2021 Assembly election had filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court, alleging irregularities in polling. The case is currently pending, before a division bench of the court. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 forbids holding any polls to the seat until any election petition concerning that seat has been resolved.^[7]

[1] "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[3] "Election Commission declares bypolls, ends Bengal suspense". The Hindu. 2021-09-04. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2021-10-02.

[4] "WB bypolls: Polling 'peaceful' in Bengal's Bhabanipur, moderate turnout recorded". Deccan Herald. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

[6] "Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States - reg". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

[7] "Bypolls in 4 Bengal assembly seats on October 30". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

[8] Konar, Debashis (September 29, 2021). "Bhabanipur Byelection 2021: October 30 bypoll in 4 Bengal seats, counting on November 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

[16] "HC rejects PIL demanding bypoll in Maniktala Assembly constituency". 18 April 2023.

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