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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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| Election Year | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | 4th Party | Others | Total Seats | ||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||||||
| 1952 | INC | 150 | CPI | 28 | KMPP | 15 | AIFB | 11 | 34 | 238 | ||||
| 1957 | INC | 152 | CPI | 46 | PSP | 21 | AIFB | 8 | 25 | 252 | ||||
| 1962 | INC | 157 | CPI | 50 | AIFB | 13 | RSP | 9 | 23 | 252 | ||||
| 1967 | INC | 127 | CPI(M) | 43 | BC | 34 | CPI | 16 | 60 | 280 | ||||
| 1969 | CPI(M) | 80 | INC | 55 | BC | 33 | CPI | 30 | 82 | 280 | ||||
| 1971 | CPI(M) | 113 | INC(R) | 105 | CPI | 13 | SUCI | 7 | 56 | 294 | ||||
| 1972 | INC(R) | 216 | CPI | 35 | CPI(M) | 14 | RSP | 3 | 26 | 294 | ||||
| 1977 | CPI(M) | 178 | JP | 29 | AIFB | 25 | INC(R) | 20 | 42 | 294 | ||||
| 1982 | CPI(M) | 174 | INC(I) | 49 | AIFB | 28 | RSP | 19 | 24 | 294 | ||||
| 1987 | CPI(M) | 187 | INC(I) | 40 | AIFB | 26 | RSP | 18 | 23 | 294 | ||||
| 1991 | CPI(M) | 182 | INC | 43 | AIFB | 29 | RSP | 18 | 22 | 294 | ||||
| 1996 | CPI(M) | 153 | INC | 82 | AIFB | 21 | RSP | 18 | 20 | 294 | ||||
| 2001 | CPI(M) | 143 | AITC | 60 | INC | 26 | AIFB | 25 | 40 | 294 | ||||
| 2006 | CPI(M) | 176 | AITC | 30 | AIFB | 23 | INC | 21 | 44 | 294 | ||||
| 2011 | AITC | 184 | INC | 42 | CPI(M) | 40 | AIFB | 11 | 17 | 294 | ||||
| 2016 | AITC | 211 | INC | 44 | CPI(M) | 26 | BJP | 3 | 10 | 294 | ||||
| 2021 | AITC | 215 | BJP | 77 | ISF | 1 | GJM | 1 | 0 | 294 | ||||
| Year | Election | Chief Minister | Winning Party/Coalition | |
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| 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 | |||
| 2026 | 18th Assembly | |||
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