Elections in West Bengal

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Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of West Bengal creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed. [1]

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Lok Sabha elections

General election results in West Bengal (Loksabha)
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2004 election
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2009 election
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2014 election
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2019 election
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2024 election
Lok SabhaElection Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th PartyOthersTotal Seats
1st Lok Sabha 1951-52 INC 24 CPI 5 RSP 2 BJS 2 HMS 134
2nd Lok Sabha 1957 INC 23 CPI 6 MFB 2 PSP 2 Ind 336
3rd Lok Sabha 1962 INC 22 CPI 9 AIFB 1 RSP 1 LSS 1, Ind 236
4th Lok Sabha 1967 INC 14 CPI(M) 5 CPI 5 BAC 5 AIFB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1, Ind 740
5th Lok Sabha 1971 CPI(M) 20 INC 13 CPI 3 RSP 1 BAC 1, PSP 1, Ind 140
6th Lok Sabha 1977 CPI(M) 17 BLD 15 INC 3 RSP 3 AIFB 3, Ind 142
7th Lok Sabha 1980 CPI(M) 28 RSP 4 INC 4 CPI 3 AIFB 342
8th Lok Sabha 1984 CPI(M) 18 INC 16 RSP 3 CPI 3 AIFB 242
9th Lok Sabha 1989 CPI(M) 27 RSP 4 INC 4 CPI 3 AIFB 3, GNLF 142
10th Lok Sabha 1991 CPI(M) 27 INC 5 RSP 4 CPI 3 AIFB 342
11th Lok Sabha 1996 CPI(M) 23 INC 9 RSP 4 CPI 3 AIFB 342
12th Lok Sabha 1998 CPI(M) 24 AITC 7 RSP 4 CPI 3 AIFB 2, INC 1, BJP 142
13th Lok Sabha 1999 CPI(M) 21 AITC 8 CPI 3 INC 3 RSP 3, AIFB 2, BJP 242
14th Lok Sabha 2004 CPI(M) 26 INC 6 CPI 3 AIFB 3 RSP 3, AITC 142
15th Lok Sabha 2009 AITC 19 CPI(M) 9 INC 6 CPI 2 AIFB 2, RSP 2, BJP 1, SUCI (C) 142
16th Lok Sabha 2014 AITC 34 INC 4 CPI(M) 2 BJP 242
17th Lok Sabha 2019 AITC 22 BJP 18 INC 242
18th Lok Sabha 2024 AITC 29 BJP 12 INC 142

Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly election results
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2006 election
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2011 election
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2016 election
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2021 election
Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th PartyOthersTotal Seats
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
1952 INC 150 CPI 28 KMPP 15 AIFB 1134238
1957 INC 152 CPI 46 PSP 21 AIFB 825252
1962 INC 157 CPI 50 AIFB 13 RSP 923252
1967 INC 127 CPI(M) 43 BC 34 CPI 1660280
1969 CPI(M) 80 INC 55 BC 33 CPI 3082280
1971 CPI(M) 113 INC(R) 105 CPI 13 SUCI 756294
1972 INC(R) 216 CPI 35 CPI(M) 14 RSP 326294
1977 CPI(M) 178 JP 29 AIFB 25 INC(R) 2042294
1982 CPI(M) 174 INC(I) 49 AIFB 28 RSP 1924294
1987 CPI(M) 187 INC(I) 40 AIFB 26 RSP 1823294
1991 CPI(M) 182 INC 43 AIFB 29 RSP 1822294
1996 CPI(M) 153 INC 82 AIFB 21 RSP 1820294
2001 CPI(M) 143 AITC 60 INC 26 AIFB 2540294
2006 CPI(M) 176 AITC 30 AIFB 23 INC 2144294
2011 AITC 184 INC 42 CPI(M) 40 AIFB 1117294
2016 AITC 211 INC 44 CPI(M) 26 BJP 310294
2021 AITC 215 BJP 77 ISF 1 GJM 10294
YearElectionChief MinisterWinning Party/Coalition
1952 1st Assembly Bidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
1957 2nd Assembly
1962 3rd Assembly Prafulla Chandra Sen
1967 4th Assembly Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee [lower-alpha 1] Bangla Congress
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh [lower-alpha 2] Independent
1969 5th Assembly Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress
1971 6th Assembly Indian National Congress
1972 7th Assembly Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1977 8th Assembly Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 9th Assembly
1987 10th Assembly
1991 11th Assembly
1996 12th Assembly
2001 13th Assembly Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
2006 14th Assembly
2011 15th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 16th Assembly
2021 17th Assembly
202618th Assembly
  1. Part of the United Front till November 1967.
  2. Part of the Progressive Democratic Front led by INC from November 1967.

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References

  1. "West Bengal Election Results". Election Commission India. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-03.