Electoral history of Mamata Banerjee

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Mamata Banerjee , who is currently serving as the 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal, since May 2011.

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Summary

Lok Sabha elections

YearConstituencyPartyVotes%Result
1984 Jadavpur INC 331,61850.87Won
1989 410,28846.67Lost
1991 Kolkata Dakshin 367,89652.46Won
1996 438,25252.50Won
1998 AITC 503,55159.37Won
1999 469,10358.26Won
2004 393,56151.10Won
2009 576,04557.19Won

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections

YearConstituencyPartyVotes%Result
2011^ Bhabanipur AITC 73,63577.46Won
2016 65,52047.67Won
2021 Nandigram 108,80847.64Lost
2021^ Bhabanipur 85,26371.90Won

^By poll

Detailed results

Lok Sabha elections

Lok Sabha Election 1984

1984 Indian general election : Jadavpur [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 331,618 50.87%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 311,95847.85%
IC(S) Sakti Sarkar59930.92%
Independent Rajanath Prasad23360.36%
Majority19,660
Turnout 651905
INC gain from CPIM Swing {{{swing}}}

Lok Sabha Election 1989

1989 Indian general election : Jadavpur [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Malini Bhattacharya 441,188 50.19% +4.00%
INC Mamata Banerjee 410,28846.67%
BJP Uttam Basu98741.12%
IUML Laskar Jabed Ali79940.91%
Majority30,900
Turnout 879040
CPIM gain from INC Swing {{{swing}}}

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Calcutta South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 367,896 52.46
CPI(M) Biplab Dasgupta2,74,23339.10
BJP Somraj Dutta50,5417.21
Independent Ashok kumar Roy Chowdhury1,9580.28
Independent Sushil Chandra Majumdar1,7790.25
BSP Parimal Kanti Ray1,1210.16
Independent Priti Mazumder8770.13
Independent Bandana Biswas8370.12
Doordarshi PartyHari Shankar Shah7920.11
Independent Hajranchhor Chand Bhandari5480.08
Independent Bhagwan Das Nathany4130.06
Independent Arun Ghosh2950.04
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh7980.10
Majority93,663
Turnout 7,01,29068.50
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Calcutta South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 438,252 52.50
CPI(M) Bharati Mukherjee3,34,99140.10
BJP Santi Roy45,0665.30
Independent Bulu Chatterjee3,4390.40
Independent Sushil Chandra Majumdar1,8690.20
Independent D. Guha1,7550.20
Independent Tripti Das1,5890.20
Independent Bandana Biswas1,5720.20
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)Yasmeen Sen Gupta1,5270.20
Independent Lalita Seth1,4820.20
Independent Ramagardi Yadav1,2850.20
Independent Bablu Dutta9580.10
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh7980.10
Majority1,03,26112.1
Turnout 8,52,45873.0
INC hold Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Calcutta South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 503,551 59.37
CPI(M) Prasanta Kumar Sur 279,47032.95
INC Sougata Roy 56,7256.69
Independent Partha Sarathi Ghosh1,9370.23
RJD Salik Ram Shaw1,4980.18
Independent G.Joseph1.4970.18
Independent Rina Sutradhar1,4470.17
Independent Adrish Bhattacharya1,2360.15
Independent Addy Samir Kumar4930.06
Independent Paresh Nath Bandyopadhyay3400.04
Majority2,24,08127.7
Turnout 8,05,12166.96%
AITC gain from INC Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Calcutta South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 469,103 58.26
CPI(M) Subhankar Chakraborty2,55,09531.68
INC Partha Roy Chowdhury51,7356.43
CPI(ML) Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh6,186
BSP Mohammed Sahabuddun6,0910.76
Independent Ranjan Kumar Das5.841
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh4,512
Independent Priya Nath Banerjee2,740
Independent Kabita Mukherjee2,160
Independent Bandana Biswas1,658
Majority2,14,00826.6
Turnout 8,05,12166.96
AITC hold Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Calcutta South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 393,561 51.10 −7.26
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 295,13238.30+6.62
INC Nafisa Ali 60,3777.80
Independent Sujit Kumar Roy4,7820.60
BSP Kusha Ram4,4310.60
Independent Bandana Das4,1300.50
Independent Mukul Paul2,5240.30
Independent Ranjit Banerjee2,3060.30
Independent Barnali Mukherjee2,2580.30
Independent Santu Mukherjee1,7080.20
Independent Bhushan Mondal1,5330.20
Majority98,42912.8%
Turnout 7,70,82870.3%
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kolkata Dakshin [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 576,045 57.19 +6.09
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 3,56,47435.39−2.91
BJP Jyotsna Banerjee39,7443.95
BSP Paresh Chandra Roy6,7450.67
IND Yusuf Jamal Siddique6,0420.60
IUML Asif Md5,8960.59
Majority2,19,57121.80
Turnout 10,07,22566.89
AITC hold Swing

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections

Bye-election, 2011

The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest. She had not contested the state assembly elections earlier. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister as per the rules of the Constitution of India. [9]

Bye-election, 2011: Bhabanipur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate)73,63577.46+12.69
CPI(M) Nandini Mukherjee 19,42220.43−7.55
Independent Sujay Krishna Bhadra8090.85
Majority54,21357.03+20.24
Turnout 95,06444.73−19.04
AITC hold Swing +12.69

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 65,520 47.67 Decrease2.svg29.79
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 40,21929.26New
BJP Chandra Kumar Bose26,29919.13New
NOTA None of the Above2,4611.79New
BSP Nirmal Kanti Samaddar [10] 6690.27
Majority25,30118.41Decrease2.svg38.62
Turnout 1,37,47566.83Increase2.svg22.11
AITC hold Swing Decrease2.svg29.79

2021

In the 2021 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival and incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Suvendu Adhikari 110,764 48.49 Increase2.svg43.09
AITC Mamata Banerjee 1,08,80847.64Decrease2.svg19.56
CPI(M) Minakshi Mukherjee 6,2672.74Decrease2.svg23.96
NOTA None of the Above1,0900.48Decrease2.svg0.15
Majority1,9560.85
Turnout 2,28,46788.55Increase2.svg1.58
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2021 by-election

Bye-election, 2021: Bhabanipur [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 85,263 71.90 Increase2.svg14.19
BJP Priyanka Tibrewal26,42822.29Decrease2.svg12.87
CPI(M) Shrijeeb Biswas4,2263.56
NOTA None of the Above1,4531.23
Majority58,83549.61
Turnout
AITC hold Swing Increase2.svg14.19

References

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  2. ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  10. ↑ "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nandigram: After Hours of Confusion, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Emerges Winner". The Wire. 2021-05-02.
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  14. ↑ "Nandigram Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE - Nandigram Vidhan Sabha Election Results". Times Now.
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