2022 West Bengal local elections

2022 West Bengal municipal elections

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All 108 municipalities in West Bengal
Turnout	76.5%
First party Second party   Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Party AITC BJP Alliance AITC+ NDA Leader since 1 January 1998 20 September 2021 Seats won 1,977 [a] 63 Percentage 63% 13%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Mohammed Salim Party INC CPI(M) Alliance UPA LF Leader since 9 September 2020 16 March 2022 Seats won 59 56 Percentage 5% 14%

Municipal elections was held in West Bengal on 27 February 2022 to elect members of all 108 municipalities in the state. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The election to four remaining wards were held in 26 June. ^[5]

The Trinamool Congress had won overwhelming majority of 103 municipalities out of 108. The CPI(M) had won 1 municipal body. The BJP which was the last largest opposition party in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election failed to win a single municipality. ^[6]

Schedule

Poll event	Schedule
Notification date	3 February 2022
Last Date for filing nomination	9 February 2022
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	12 February 2022
Date of poll	27 February 2022
Date of counting of votes	2 March 2022

Parties and alliances

Alliance		Party		Symbol
	AITC+		Trinamool Congress (AITC)
			Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
	LF		Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
			All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
			Communist Party of India (CPI)
			Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
	UPA		Indian National Congress (INC)
	Others		Hamro Party (HP)
			Independents (IND)

Results

Partywise result

Vote share by Party

1. AITC (63.0%)
2. LF (14.0%)
3. BJP (13.0%)
4. INC (5.00%)
5. Others (5.00%)

The ruling party in the state, Trinamool Congress, had a landslide victory by winning 102 out of 108 municipalities. The CPI(M) and newly formed Hamro Party were successful to win Taherpur and Darjeeling Municipality respectively. The results of the remaining four bodies were found hung which were later won by AITC with the support of independent candidates. ^[7]

Following is a list of performances of the contested political parties and alliances:

Alliance		Party		Symbol	Municipalities won	Wards won		% of votes
	AITC+		Trinamool Congress (AITC)		102	1977 [b]	1980	63
			Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)		0	3
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		0	63		13
	UPA		Indian National Congress (INC)		0	59		5
	LF		Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		1 [c]	48	56	14
			All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)			4
			Communist Party of India (CPI)			3
			Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)			1
	Others		Hamro Party (HP)		1 [d]	18		1
			Independents (IND)		0	100		4
Total					108 (4 Hung)	2,276		100

Corporation wise result

Municipal Corporation election data published by State Election Commission of West Bengal ^[8]

No.	District	Municipal Corporation	Total Wards						Winner
				AITC	BJP	LF	INC	Others
1	Paschim Bardhaman	Asansol Municipal Corporation	106	91	7	2	3	3	AITC
2	North 24 Parganas	Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation	41	39	0	0	1	1
3	Hooghly	Chandannagar Municipal Corporation	33	31	0	2	0	0
4	Darjeeling	Siliguri Municipal Corporation	47	37	5	4	1	0
Total			227	198	12	8	5	4

Municipality wise result

Municipality election data published by State Election Commission of West Bengal ^[8]

Division	No.	District	Municipality	Total Wards						Winner
					AITC	BJP	LF	INC	Others
North Bengal	1	Alipurduar	Alipurduar Municipality	20	16	0	0	1	3	AITC
	2		Falakata Municipality	18	18	0	0	0	0
	Total of Alipurduar district			38	34	0	0	1	3
	3	Cooch Behar	Cooch Behar Municipality	20	15	0	3	0	2	AITC
	4		Dinhata Municipality	16	16 [e]	0	0	0	0
	5		Haldibari Municipality	11	11 [f]	0	0	0	0
	6		Mekliganj Municipality	9	9	0	0	0	0
	7		Mathabhanga Municipality	12	12	0	0	0	0
	8		Tufanganj Municipality	12	12	0	0	0	0
	Total of Cooch Behar district			80	75	0	3	0	2
	9	Jalpaiguri	Jalpaiguri Municipality	25	22	0	1	2	0	AITC
	10		Mal Municipality	15	14	1	0	0	0
	11		Maynaguri Municipality	17	16	0	0	0	1
	Total of Jalpaiguri district			57	52	1	1	2	1
	12	Darjeeling	Darjeeling Municipality	32	2	0	0	0	30 [g] [9]	HP
	Total of Darjeeling district			32	2	0	0	0	30
	13	Uttar Dinajpur	Islampur Municipality	17	11 [h]	2	1	0	3	AITC
	14		Dalkhola Municipality	16	12	0	0	0	4
	15		Kaliaganj Municipality	17	10	6	0	0	1
	Total of Uttar Dinajpur district			50	33	8	1	0	8
	16	Dakshin Dinajpur	Gangarampur Municipality	18	18	0	0	0	0	AITC
	17		Balurghat Municipality	25	23	0	2 [i]	0	0
	Total of Dakshin Dinajpur district			43	41	0	2	0	0
	18	Malda	English Bazar Municipality	29	25	3	0	0	1	AITC
	19		Old Malda Municipality	20	17	2	0	0	1
	Total of Malda district			49	42	5	0	0	2
Total of North Bengal division				349	279	14	7	3	46
Presidency	20	Murshidabad	Jangipur Municipality	21	15	1	3	2	0	AITC
	21		Dhulian Municipality	21	11	0	0	7	3
	22		Kandi Municipality	18	16	0	0	0	2
	23		Murshidbad Sadar Municipality	16	9	6	0	0	1
	24		Jiaganj–Azimganj Municipality	17	15	0	0	0	2
	25		Baharampur Municipality	28	22	0	0	6	0
	26		Beldanga Municipality	14	7	3	0	0	4	HUNG
	Total of Murshidabad district			135	95	10	3	15	12
	27	Nadia	Nabadwip Municipality	24	24	0	0	0	0	AITC
	28		Krishnanagar Municipality	25	16	1	0	4	4
	29		Ranaghat Municipality	20	19	1	0	0	0
	30		Taherpur Notified Area Authority	13	5	0	8	0	0	CPI(M)
	31		Santipur Municipality	24	22	2	0	0	0	AITC
	32		Birnagar Municipality	14	11	1	0	0	2
	33		Kalyani Municipality	21	21	0	0	0	0
	34		Haringhata Municipality	17	17	0	0	0	0
	35		Chakdaha Municipality	21	21	0	0	0	0
	36		Gayespur Municipality	18	18	0	0	0	0
	Total of Nadia district			197	174	5	8	4	6
	37	North 24 Parganas	Barasat Municipality	35	30	0	3 [j]	0	2	AITC
	38		Ashoknagar–Kalyangarh Municipality	23	20	0	2	1	0
	39		Gobardanga Municipality	17	15	0	1	0	1
	40		Habra Municipality	24	24	0	0	0	0
	41		Madhyamgram Municipality	28	24	0	4 [k]	0	0
	42		Barrackpore Municipality	24	24	0	0	0	0
	43		Bhatpara Municipality	35	35 [l]	0	0	0	0
	44		North Dum Dum Municipality	34	33	0	1	0	0
	45		South Dum Dum Municipality	34	32	0	0	0	2
	46		Khardaha Municipality	22	21	0	0	0	1
	47		New Barrackpore Municipality	20	19	0	1	0	0
	48		Titagarh Municipality	23	23 [m]	0	0	0	0
	49		Halisahar Municipality	23	23 [n]	0	0	0	0
	50		Garulia Municipality	21	19	0	1 [o]	0	1
	51		Dum Dum Municipality	22	22 [p]	0	0	0	0
	52		Kanchrapara Municipality	24	24	0	0	0	0
	53		Baranagar Municipality	34	32 [q]	0	2	0	0
	54		Kamarhati Municipality	35	31	0	1	0	3
	55		Naihati Municipality	31	31	0	0	0	0
	56		Panihati Municipality	35	33	0	1	1	0
	57		North Barrackpore Municipality	23	23	0	0	0	0
	58		Baduria Municipality	17	15 [r]	0	0	0	2
	59		Taki Municipality	16	14 [s]	2	0	0	4
	60		Basirhat Municipality	23	21	1	0	1	0
	61	Bongaon Municipality	22	19	1	0	1	1
	Total of North 24 Parganas district			645	607	4	17	4	13
	62	South 24 Parganas	Baruipur Municipality	17	17	0	0	0	0	AITC
	63		Rajpur–Sonarpur Municipality	35	33	0	1	0	1
	64		Joynagar–Majilpur Municipality	14	12	0	0	1	1
	65		Diamond Harbour Municipality	16	16	0	0	0	0
	66		Maheshtala Municipality	35	34	0	0	1	0
	67		Budge Budge Municipality	20	20 [t]	0	0	0	0
	Total of South 24 Parganas district			137	132	0	1	2	2
	68	Howrah	Uluberia Municipality	32	28	1	1	1	1	AITC
Total of Howrah district			32	28	1	1	1	1
Total of Presidency division				1,146	1,036	20	30	26	34
Bardhaman	69	Hooghly	Arambagh Municipality	19	18	1	0	0	0	AITC
	70		Hooghly–Chunchura Municipality	30	29	0	1	0	0
	71		Bansberia Municipality	22	21	0	1	0	0
	72		Uttarpara Municipality	24	19	0	3	1	1
	73		Konnagar Municipality	20	17	0	1	1	1
	74		Sreerampur Municipality	29	25	0	1	1	2
	75		Baidyabati Municipality	23	16	0	2 [u]	2	3
	76		Rishra Municipality	23	19	2	0	1	1
	77		Dankuni Municipality	21	19	0	0	1	1
	78		Tarakeswar Municipality	15	15	0	0	0	0
	79		Bhadreswar Municipality	22	20	1	0	0	1
	80		Champdani Municipality	22	11	0	0	1	10	HUNG
	Total of Hooghly district			270	229	4	9	8	20
	81	Purba Bardhaman	Memari Municipality	16	15	0	0	1	0	AITC
	82		Katwa Municipality	20	15	0	0	4	1
	83		Dainhat Municipality	14	14	0	0	0	0
	84		Bardhaman Municipality	35	35	0	0	0	0
	85		Guskhara Municipality	16	16	0	0	0	0
	86		Kalna Municipality	18	17	0	1	0	0
	Total of Purba Bardhaman district			119	112	0	1	5	1
	87	Birbhum	Bolpur Municipality	22	22 [v]	0	0	0	0	AITC
	88		Suri Municipality	21	21 [w]	0	0	0	0
	89		Sainthia Municipality	16	16 [x]	0	0	0	0
	90		Dubrajpur Municipality	16	16 [y]	0	0	0	0
	91		Rampurhat Municipality	18	17 [z]	0	1	0	0
	Total of Birbhum district			93	92	0	1	0	0
Total of Bardhaman division				482	433	4	11	13	21
Junglemahal	92	Purulia	Purulia Municipality	23	17	3	0	1	2	AITC
	93		Raghunathpur Municipality	13	9	2	0	2	0
	94		Jhalda Municipality	12	5	0	0	5	2	HUNG
	Total of Purulia district			48	31	5	0	8	4
	95	Jhargram	Jhargram Municipality	18	16	0	1 [aa]	0	1	AITC
	Total of Jhargram district			18	16	0	1	0	1
	96	Bankura	Bankura Municipality	24	21	0	0	0	3	AITC
	97		Bishnupur Municipality	19	13	2	0	1	3
	98		Sonamukhi Municipality	15	9	0	2	0	4
	Total of Bankura district			58	43	2	2	1	10
	99	Paschim Medinipur	Medinipur Municipality	25	20	0	3	1	1	AITC
	100		Ramjibanpur Municipality	11	11	0	0	0	0
	101		Chandrakona Municipality	12	12	0	0	0	0
	102		Khirpai Municipality	10	9	0	0	0	1
	103		Ghatal Municipality	17	17	0	0	0	0
	104		Kharar Municipality	10	8	2	0	0	0
	105		Kharagpur Municipality	35	20	6	2 [ab]	6	1
	Total of Paschim Medinipur district			120	97	8	5	7	3
	106	Purba Medinipur	Tamralipta Municipality	20	18	2	0	0	0	AITC
	107		Kanthi Municipality	21	17	3	0	0	1
	108		Egra Municipality	14	7	5	0	1	1	HUNG
	Total of Purba Medinipur district			55	42	10	0	1	2
Total of Junglemahal division				299	229	25	8	17	20
Grand Total				2,276	1,977 [ac]	63	56	59	121 [ad]

2022–2027 bypolls

Source: ^[10]

The results of the by election six ward is :

Date	District	Body	Ward	Won Party		Runner Up Party		Margin
June 26	North 24 Pargana	Bhatpara Munucipality	3		AITC		CPI(M)	1171
		South Dum Dum Municipality	29		AITC		BJP	9532
		Dumdum municipality	4		AITC		CPI(M)	2747
		Panihati Municipality	8		AITC		CPI(M)	2273
	Purulia	Jhalda Municipality	2		INC		AITC	778
Aug 21 [11]	North 24 Pargana	Bongaon Municipality	14		AITC		BJP	2118

Notes

1. AITC won 105 wards uncontested
2. AITC won 105 wards uncontested
3. The CPI(M) won the Taherpur Notified Area Authority under Nadia district with a simple majority.
4. The Hamro Party won the Darjeeling Municipality under Darjeeling district with a simple majority.
5. AITC won all wards uncontested
6. AITC won two wards uncontested
7. This figure includes 27 Independents & 3 Others
8. AITC won one ward uncontested
9. CPI(M) and RSP won one ward each
10. 2 wards were won by CPI(M) and one was won by CPI
11. 2 wards each were won by AIFB & CPI(M)
12. AITC won 3 wards uncontested
13. AITC won 1 ward uncontested
14. AITC won 1 ward uncontested
15. AIFB won 1 ward
16. AITC won 1 ward uncontested
17. AITC won 1 ward uncontested
18. AITC won 1 ward uncontested
19. AITC won 6 wards uncontested
20. AITC won 18 wards uncontested
21. One ward each won by AIFB and CPI(M)
22. AITC won 10 wards uncontested
23. AITC won 16 wards uncontested
24. AITC won 14 wards uncontested
25. AITC won 5 wards uncontested
26. AITC won 5 wards uncontested
27. One ward won by CPI
28. One ward won each by CPI & CPI(M)
29. This includes 105 wards AITC won uncontested
30. This includes 3 wards won by AITC ally GJM and 18 wards won by the Hamro Party.

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