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Elections in West Bengal

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]

Lok Sabha elections

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General election results in West Bengal (Loksabha)
2004 election
2009 election
2014 election
2019 election
2024 election
Lok SabhaElection Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th PartyOthersTotal Seats
1st Lok Sabha1951-52INC 24CPI 5RSP 2BJS 2HMS 134
2nd Lok Sabha1957INC 23CPI 6MFB 2PSP 2Ind 336
3rd Lok Sabha1962INC 22CPI 9AIFB 1RSP 1LSS 1, Ind 236
4th Lok Sabha1967INC 14CPI(M) 5CPI 5BAC 5AIFB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1, Ind 740
5th Lok Sabha1971CPI(M) 20INC 13CPI 3RSP 1BAC 1, PSP 1, Ind 140
6th Lok Sabha1977CPI(M) 17BLD 15INC 3RSP 3AIFB 3, Ind 142
7th Lok Sabha1980CPI(M) 28RSP 4INC 4CPI 3AIFB 342
8th Lok Sabha1984CPI(M) 18INC 16RSP 3CPI 3AIFB 242
9th Lok Sabha1989CPI(M) 27RSP 4INC 4CPI 3AIFB 3, GNLF 142
10th Lok Sabha1991CPI(M) 27INC 5RSP 4CPI 3AIFB 342
11th Lok Sabha1996CPI(M) 23INC 9RSP 4CPI 3AIFB 342
12th Lok Sabha1998CPI(M) 24AITC 7RSP 4CPI 3AIFB 2, INC 1, BJP 142
13th Lok Sabha1999CPI(M) 21AITC 8CPI 3INC 3RSP 3, AIFB 2, BJP 242
14th Lok Sabha2004CPI(M) 26INC 6CPI 3AIFB 3RSP 3, AITC 142
15th Lok Sabha2009AITC 19CPI(M) 9INC 6CPI 2AIFB 2, RSP 2, BJP 1, SUCI (C) 142
16th Lok Sabha2014AITC 34INC 4CPI(M) 2BJP 242
17th Lok Sabha2019AITC 22BJP 18INC 242
18th Lok Sabha2024AITC 29BJP 12INC 142
  • Results, post-1998, in text format .
  • 1999 : Total Seats : 42. Left Front : 28 (CPM 21, CPI 3, RSP 3, AIFB 2), Trinamool (AITC) + BJP : (8+2) = 10, Congress 3 .
  • 2004 (14-th Lok Sabha) : LF : 35/42 (CPM 26, CPI 3, RSP 3, Forward Block 3), [Congress 6 + AITC 1], BJP - zero.
  • 2009 : AITC + Congress : 19+6 = 25/42, CPM 9, CPI 2, BJP - 1.
  • 2014 : AITC : 34/42, Congress : 4, BJP 2, CPM 2.
  • 2019 : AITC : 22, BJP : 18, INC : 2, CPM - zero.
  • 2024 : AITC : 29, BJP : 12, INC : 1, CPM - zero.

Assembly elections

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Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th PartyOthersTotal Seats
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
1952INC150CPI28KMPP15AIFB1134238
1957INC152CPI46PSP21AIFB825252
1962INC157CPI50AIFB13RSP923252
1967INC127CPI(M)43BC34CPI1660280
1969CPI(M)80INC55BC33CPI3082280
1971CPI(M)113INC(R)105CPI13SUCI756294
1972INC(R)216CPI35CPI(M)14RSP326294
1977CPI(M)178JP29AIFB25INC(R)2042294
1982CPI(M)174INC(I)49AIFB28RSP1924294
1987CPI(M)187INC(I)40AIFB26RSP1823294
1991CPI(M)182INC43AIFB29RSP1822294
1996CPI(M)153INC82AIFB21RSP1820294
2001CPI(M)143AITC60INC26AIFB2540294
2006CPI(M)176AITC30AIFB23INC2144294
2011AITC184INC42CPI(M)40AIFB1117294
2016AITC211INC44CPI(M)26BJP310294
2021AITC215BJP77ISF1GJM10294
YearElectionChief MinisterWinning Party/Coalition
19521st AssemblyBidhan Chandra RoyIndian National Congress
19572nd AssemblyBidhan Chandra RoyIndian National Congress
19623rd AssemblyPrafulla Chandra SenIndian National Congress
19674th AssemblyAjoy Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, a part of
United Front till Nov. 1967.

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of INC, a part of Progressive
Democratic Front led by INC from Nov. 1967-1968.

No party/coalition won a majority
19695th AssemblyAjoy Kumar MukherjeeNo party/coalition won a majority
19716th AssemblyAjoy Mukherjee and later

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

No party/coalition won a majority
19727th AssemblySiddhartha Shankar RayIndian National Congress
19778th AssemblyJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
19829th AssemblyJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
198710th AssemblyJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
199111th AssemblyJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
199612th AssemblyJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
200113th AssemblyBuddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
200614th AssemblyBuddhadeb BhattacharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
201115th AssemblyMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
201616th AssemblyMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
202117th AssemblyMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
202618th Assembly

References

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