2022 West Bengal municipal elections

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2022 West Bengal municipal elections
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All 108 municipalities in West Bengal
Turnout76.5%
 First partySecond party
  Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG
Leader Mamata Banerjee Mohammed Salim
Party AITC CPI(M)
Alliance LF
Leader since1 January 199816 March 2022
Seats won1,87268
Percentage63%14%
 Third partyFourth party
 
Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sukanta Majumder
Party INC BJP
Leader since20 September 20219 September 2020
Seats won6563
Percentage5%13%

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]

Contents

The All India Trinamool Congress had won overwhelming majority of 102 municipalities out of 108. CPI(M) had won 1 municipal body. BJP which was the last largest opposition party in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election failed to win a single municipality. [6]

Schedule

Poll eventSchedule
Notification date3 February 2022
Last Date for filing nomination9 February 2022
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination12 February 2022
Date of poll27 February 2022
Date of counting of votes2 March 2022

Contested parties

Other small parties contested in this election like CPI(ML)LIB, GJM etc. They had not made any important result, so we make them out of our report.

PartySymbolAlliance
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg
AITC+
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)As IND
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg Left Front
Communist Party of India (CPI) Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Indian Election Symbol Lion.png
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) BJP election symbol.png NDA
Indian National Congress (INC) Hand INC.svg UPA
Hamro Party As INDNone
Independents (IND)None

Results

Vote share by Party

   TMC (63%)
   LF (14%)
   BJP (13%)
   INC (5%)
  Others (5%)

The ruling party in the state, Trinamool Congress, had a landslide victory by winning 102 out of 108 municipalities. CPI(M) and newly formed Humro 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 TMC with the support of independent candidates. [7]

Following is a list of performances of the contested political parties and alliances (on 27 February,2022) :

PartySymbolAllianceMunicipal bodies wonTotal No. of wards won% votes secured
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg AITC+ 102

(30 with no opposition)

1872

(131 without any contest)

187563
Independents (AITC Removed candidates) AIADMK Two Leaves.png 0no idea
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)As IND03
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Indian Election Symbol Lion.png LF 1

(Taherpur)

68414
Communist Party of India (CPI) Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png 3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg 59
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png 2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) BJP election symbol.png 6513
Indian National Congress (INC) Hand INC.svg UPA 1 (Jhaldah)635
Hamro Party As IND UPA 1

(Darjeeling) [Later not able to form board]

181.1
IndependentsAs INDNone0894.6
Total4 Hung

108 Total

2276 Total

105 Undeclared

100

By-election

Source: [8]

The results of the by election six ward is :

DateDistrictBodyWardWon PartyRunner Up PartyMargin
June 26North 24 ParganaBhatpara Munucipality3 AITC CPI(M) 1171
South Dum Dum Municipality29 AITC BJP 9532
Dumdum municipality4 AITC CPI(M) 2747
Panihati Municipality8 AITC CPI(M) 2273
PuruliaJhalda Municipality2 INC AITC 778
Aug 21 [9] North 24 ParganaBongaon Municipality14 AITC BJP 2118

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