2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024

All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Registered76,010,006
Turnout60,483,687 (79.59%)
2.17% pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abhishek Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party AITC BJP INC
Alliance INDIA NDA INDIA
Leader since 2014 2021 2020
Leader's seat Diamond Harbour (won) Balurghat (won) Baharampur (lost)
Last election 43.69%, 22 seats 40.64%, 18 seats 5.67%, 2 seats
Seats won 29 12 1
Seat change 7 6 1
Popular vote 27,674,133 23,431,081 2,818,728
Percentage 46.16% 39.08% 4.72%
Swing 2.47 pp 1.56 pp 0.95 pp


Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in West Bengal in seven phases between 19 April and 1 June 2024 to elect 42 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.[1][2] The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.

The by-elections for Bhagabangola and Baranagar in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly was also scheduled with the general election and took place on 7 May and 1 June respectively.[3]

West Bengal, along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases.

Election schedule

On 16 March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the 2024 Indian general election, with West Bengal scheduled to vote during all the 7 phases starting from 19 April and concluding on 1 June.[4][5]

Poll event Phase
I II III IV V VI VII
Notification date 20 March 28 March 12 April 18 April 26 April 29 April 7 May
Last date for filing nomination 27 March 4 April 19 April 25 April 3 May 6 May 14 May
Scrutiny of nomination 28 March 5 April 20 April 26 April 4 May 7 May 15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 30 March 8 April 22 April 29 April 6 May 9 May 17 May
Date of poll 19 April 26 April 7 May 13 May 20 May 25 May 1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result 4 June 2024
No. of constituencies 3 3 4 8 7 8 9

Parties and alliances

All India Trinamool Congress

  All India Trinamool Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 42

Bharatiya Janata Party

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Sukanta Majumdar 42

Secular Democratic Alliance

  Secular Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim 23
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 12[a]
Revolutionary Socialist Party Tapan Hor 3
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee 2
All India Forward Bloc Naren Chatterjee 2[b]
Total 42[c]

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh 42
Indian Secular Front Nawsad Siddique 17
Bahujan Samaj Party Manoj Hawladar 5
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Dipankar Bhattacharya 1

Candidates

Constituency AITC BJP SDA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AITC Jagadish Chandra Basunia BJP Nisith Pramanik AIFB Nitish Chandra Roy[d]
2 Alipurduars (ST) AITC Prakash Chik Baraik BJP Manoj Tigga RSP Mili Oraon
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) AITC Nirmal Chandra Roy BJP Jayanta Kumar Roy CPI(M) Debraj Barman
4 Darjeeling AITC Gopal Lama BJP Raju Bista INC Munish Tamang
5 Raiganj AITC Krishna Kalyani BJP Kartick Paul INC Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)
6 Balurghat AITC Biplab Mitra BJP Sukanta Majumdar RSP Jaydeb Siddhanta
7 Maldaha Uttar AITC Prasun Banerjee BJP Khagen Murmu INC Mostaque Alam
8 Maldaha Dakshin AITC Shahnawaz Ali Raihan BJP Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury INC Isha Khan Choudhury
9 Jangipur AITC Khalilur Rahaman BJP Dhananjay Ghosh INC Mortaza Hossain Bokul
10 Baharampur AITC Yusuf Pathan BJP Nirmal Kumar Saha INC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
11 Murshidabad AITC Abu Taher Khan BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh CPI(M) Mohammed Salim
12 Krishnanagar AITC Mahua Moitra BJP Amrita Roy CPI(M) S. M. Saadi
13 Ranaghat (SC) AITC Mukut Mani Adhikari BJP Jagannath Sarkar CPI(M) Alokesh Das
14 Bongaon (SC) AITC Biswajit Das BJP Shantanu Thakur INC Pradip Biswas
15 Barrackpore AITC Partha Bhowmick BJP Arjun Singh CPI(M) Debdut Ghosh
16 Dum Dum AITC Saugata Roy BJP Shilbhadra Dutta CPI(M) Sujan Chakraborty
17 Barasat AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar BJP Swapan Majumder AIFB Sanjib Chatterjee
18 Basirhat AITC Haji Nurul Islam BJP Rekha Patra CPI(M) Nirapada Sardar
19 Jaynagar (SC) AITC Pratima Mondal BJP Ashok Kandari RSP Samarendra Nath Mandal
20 Mathurapur (SC) AITC Bapi Halder BJP Ashok Purkait CPI(M) Sarat Chandra Haldar
21 Diamond Harbour AITC Abhishek Banerjee BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby) CPI(M) Pratikur Rahaman
22 Jadavpur AITC Saayoni Ghosh BJP Anirban Ganguly CPI(M) Srijan Bhattacharyya
23 Kolkata Dakshin AITC Mala Roy BJP Debasree Chaudhuri CPI(M) Saira Shah Halim
24 Kolkata Uttar AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay BJP Tapas Roy INC Pradip Bhattacharya
25 Howrah AITC Prasun Banerjee BJP Rathin Chakraborty CPI(M) Sabyasachi Chatterjee
26 Uluberia AITC Sajda Ahmed BJP Arun Uday Paul Chowdhury INC Azahar Mallick
27 Sreerampur AITC Kalyan Banerjee BJP Kabir Sankar Bose CPI(M) Dipsita Dhar
28 Hooghly AITC Rachna Banerjee BJP Locket Chatterjee CPI(M) Monodip Ghosh
29 Arambagh (SC) AITC Mitali Bag BJP Arup Kanti Digar CPI(M) Biplab Kumar Moitra
30 Tamluk AITC Debangshu Bhattacharya BJP Abhijit Gangopadhyay CPI(M) Sayan Banerjee
31 Kanthi AITC Uttam Barik BJP Soumendu Adhikari INC Urbashi Bhattacharya
32 Ghatal AITC Deepak Adhikari (Dev) BJP Hiran Chatterjee CPI Tapan Ganguly
33 Jhargram (ST) AITC Kalipada Soren BJP Pranat Tudu CPI(M) Sonamoni Murmu (Tudu)
34 Medinipur AITC June Malia BJP Agnimitra Paul CPI Biplab Bhatta
35 Purulia AITC Santiram Mahato BJP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato INC Nepal Mahato[e]
36 Bankura AITC Arup Chakraborty BJP Subhas Sarkar CPI(M) Nilanjan Dasgupta
37 Bishnupur (SC) AITC Sujata Mondal BJP Saumitra Khan CPI(M) Shital Kaibartya
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) AITC Sharmila Sarkar BJP Ashim Kumar Sarkar CPI(M) Nirav Kha
39 Bardhaman–Durgapur AITC Kirti Azad BJP Dilip Ghosh CPI(M) Sukriti Ghosal
40 Asansol AITC Shatrughan Sinha BJP S. S. Ahluwalia CPI(M) Jahanara Khan
41 Bolpur (SC) AITC Asit Kumar Mal BJP Priya Saha CPI(M) Shyamali Pradhan
42 Birbhum AITC Satabdi Roy BJP Debtanu Bhattacharya INC Milton Rashid

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
AITC NDA SDA Others
News18 March 2024[6] ±4% 17 25 0 0 NDA
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[7] ±5% 23 19 0 0 AITC
India TV-CNX March 2024[8] ±3% 21 20 1 0 AITC
Zee News-Matrize February 2024[9] ±2% 24 17 1 0 AITC
India Today-CVoter February 2024[10] ±3-5% 22 19 1 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG February 2024[11] ±2% 26 15 1 0 AITC
ABP News-CVoter December 2023[12] ±3-5% 23-25 16-18 0-2 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG December 2023[13] ±3% 20-24 18-20 2-4 0 AITC
India TV-CNX October 2023[14] ±3% 30 10 2 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG August 2023[15] ±3% 22-24 16-18 0-3 0 AITC
Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
AITC NDA SDA Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[16] ±5% 42.5% 40.9% 17.6% 1.6

Exit polls

Polling agency Lead
NDA AITC LF+INC Others
ABP News-CVoter 23-27 13-17 1-3 0 NDA
DB Live 11-12 26-28 2-4 0 AITC
India Today- Axis My India 26-31 11-14 0-2 0 NDA
India News-Dynamics 21 19 2 0 NDA
India TV-CNX 22-26 14-18 1-2 0 NDA
NDTV-Jan Ki Baat 21-26 18-16 0-3 0 NDA
News 24-Today's Chanakya 24 17 1 0 NDA
News 18-CNBC 21-24 18-21 0 0 NDA
News Nation 19 22 1 0 AITC
Republic TV-Matrize 21-25 16-21 0 0 NDA
Republic TV-PMarq 22 20 0 0 NDA
Times Now-ETG 21 20 1 0 NDA
TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight -Polstrat 21 20 1 0 NDA
2019 election 18 22 2 0 AITC
Actual results 12 29 1 0 AITC

Voter turnout

Phase wise

Phase Poll date Constituencies[17] Voter turnout (%)
I 19 April 2024 Cooch Behar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri 81.91%
II 26 April 2024 Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat 76.58%
III 7 May 2024 Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad 77.53%
IV 13 May 2024 Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman–Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum 80.22%
V 20 May 2024 Bongaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly, Arambagh 78.45%
VI 25 May 2024 Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur 82.71%
VII 1 June 2024 Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar 69.89%
Total 79.29%

Constituency wise

Constituency Poll date Turnout Swing
1 Cooch Behar (SC) 19 April 2024 82.16% 1.92
2 Alipurduars (ST) 79.76% 4.03
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) 83.66% 2.85
4 Darjeeling 26 April 2024 74.76% 4.04
5 Raiganj 76.18% 3.64
6 Balurghat 79.09% 4.60
7 Maldaha Uttar 7 May 2024 76.03% 1.20
8 Maldaha Dakshin 76.69% 4.55
9 Jangipur 75.72% 5.00
10 Baharampur 13 May 2024 77.54% 1.87
11 Murshidabad 7 May 2024 81.52% 2.77
12 Krishnanagar 13 May 2024 80.65% 3.10
13 Ranaghat (SC) 81.87% 2.39
14 Bangaon (SC) 20 May 2024 81.04% 1.60
15 Barrackpore 75.41% 1.50
16 Dum Dum 1 June 2024 73.81% 2.79
17 Barasat 80.17% 1.09
18 Basirhat 84.31% 1.12
19 Jaynagar (SC) 80.08% 2.21
20 Mathurapur (SC) 82.02% 2.84
21 Diamond Harbour 81.04% 0.94
22 Jadavpur 76.68% 2.41
23 Kolkata Dakshin 66.95% 2.87
24 Kolkata Uttar 63.59% 2.16
25 Howrah 20 May 2024 71.73% 3.10
26 Uluberia 79.78% 1.40
27 Sreerampur 76.44% 2.10
28 Hooghly 81.38% 1.14
29 Arambagh (SC) 82.62% 0.82
30 Tamluk 25 May 2024 84.79% 0.59
31 Kanthi 84.77% 0.52
32 Ghatal 82.17% 0.23
33 Jhargram (ST) 83.47% 1.95
34 Medinipur 81.56% 2.44
35 Purulia 78.39% 3.71
36 Bankura 80.75% 2.22
37 Bishnupur (SC) 85.91% 1.04
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) 13 May 2024 82.85% 1.66
39 Bardhaman–Durgapur 80.72% 1.56
40 Asansol 73.27% 3.10
41 Bolpur (SC) 82.66% 3.08
42 Birbhum 81.91% 3.09

Results

Results by party or alliance

29 12 1
AITC BJP INC
Vote Share (By alliance 2024 Lok Sabha West Bengal)
  1. AITC (46.2%)
  2. BJP (39.1%)
  3. LF+INC (11.0%)
  4. Others (3.61%)
  5. NOTA (0.87%)
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
AITC 27,674,133 46.20 2.98 42 29 7
NDA BJP 23,431,081 39.10 1.15 42 12 6
LF+INC CPI(M) 3,432,981 5.70 0.58 23 0
INC 2,827,055 4.70 0.91 12 1 1
AIFB 144,839 0.20 0.21 2 0
RSP 134,039 0.20 0.19 3 0
CPI 132,693 0.20 0.16 2 0
Total 6,671,207 11.00 2.05 42 1 1
Others 2,176,281 2.80
NOTA 530,985 0.90
Total 60,483,687 100 - 42 -

Constituency wise party or alliance votes

Constituency Win Margin
INDIA NDA
AITC SDA BJP
LF INC
1 Cooch Behar (SC) 7,88,375 30,267 10,679[a] 7,49,125 39,250
2 Alipurduars (ST) 6,19,867 27,427 6,95,314 75,447
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) 6,79,875 74,092 7,66,568 86,693
4 Darjeeling 5,00,806 83,374 6,79,331 1,78,525
5 Raiganj 4,92,700 2,63,273 5,60,897 68,197
6 Balurghat 5,64,610 54,217 5,74,996 10,386
7 Maldaha Uttar 4,49,315 3,84,764 5,27,023 77,708
8 Maldaha Dakshin 3,01,026 5,72,395 4,44,027 1,28,368
9 Jangipur 5,44,427 4,27,790 3,40,814 1,16,637
10 Baharampur 5,24,516 4,39,494 3,71,885 85,022
11 Murshidabad 6,82,442 5,18,227 2,92,031 1,64,215
12 Krishnanagar 6,28,789 1,80,201 5,72,084 56,705
13 Ranaghat (SC) 5,95,497 1,23,810 7,82,396 1,86,899
14 Bongaon (SC) 6,45,812 65,176 7,19,505 73,693
15 Barrackpore 5,20,231 1,09,564 4,55,793 64,438
16 Dum Dum 5,28,579 2,40,784 4,57,919 70,660
17 Barasat 6,92,010 1,00,000 5,77,821 1,14,189
18 Basirhat 8,03,762 77,899 4,70,215 3,33,547
19 Joynagar (SC) 8,94,312 40,113 4,24,093 4,70,219
20 Mathurapur (SC) 7,55,731 61,100 5,54,674 2,01,057
21 Diamond Harbour 10,48,230 86,953 3,37,300 7,10,930
22 Jadavpur 7,17,899 2,58,712 4,59,698 2,58,201
23 Kolkata Dakshin 6,15,274 1,68,531 4,28,043 1,87,231
24 Kolkata Uttar 4,54,696 1,14,982 3,62,136 92,560
25 Howrah 6,26,493 1,52,005 4,57,051 1,69,442
26 Uluberia 7,24,622 78,589 5,05,949 2,18,673
27 Sreerampur 6,73,970 2,39,146 4,99,140 1,74,830
28 Hooghly 7,02,744 1,39,919 6,25,891 76,853
29 Arambagh (SC) 7,12,587 92,502 7,06,188 6,399
30 Tamluk 6,87,851 85,389 7,65,584 77,733
31 Kanthi 7,15,431 31,122 7,63,195 47,764
32 Ghatal 8,37,990 74,908 6,55,122 1,82,868
33 Jhargram (ST) 7,43,478 77,302 5,69,430 1,74,048
34 Medinipur 7,02,192 57,785 6,75,001 27,191
35 Purulia 5,61,410 14,572[b] 1,29,157 5,78,489 17,079
36 Bankura 6,41,813 1,05,359 6,09,035 32,778
37 Bishnupur (SC) 6,74,563 1,05,411 6,80,130 5,567
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) 7,20,302 1,76,899 5,59,730 1,60,572
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur 7,20,667 1,53,829 5,82,686 1,37,981
40 Asansol 6,05,645 1,05,964 5,46,081 59,564
41 Bolpur (SC) 8,55,633 99,383 5,28,380 3,27,253
42 Birbhum 7,17,961 2,26,260 5,20,311 1,97,650

Results by constituency

Constituency Turnout Winner[18] Runner-up Margin
Party Alliance Candidate Votes % Party Alliance Candidate Votes % Votes %
1 Cooch Behar (SC) 82.16% AITC INDIA Jagadish Basunia 7,88,375 48.57 BJP NDA Nisith Pramanik 7,49,125 46.16 39,250 2.41
2 Alipurduars (ST) 79.76% BJP NDA Manoj Tigga 6,95,314 48.92 AITC INDIA Prakash Chik Baraik 6,19,867 43.61 75,447 5.30
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) 83.66% BJP NDA Jayanta Kumar Roy 7,66,568 48.57 AITC INDIA Nirmal Chandra Roy 6,79,875 43.07 86,693 5.50
4 Darjeeling 74.76% BJP NDA Raju Bista 6,79,331 51.18 AITC INDIA Gopal Lama 5,00,806 37.73 1,78,525 13.45
5 Raiganj 76.18% BJP NDA Kartick Chandra Paul 5,60,897 40.99 AITC INDIA Krishna Kalyani 4,92,700 36.00 68,197 4.99
6 Balurghat 79.09% BJP NDA Sukanta Majumder 5,74,996 46.47 AITC INDIA Biplab Mitra 5,64,610 45.63 10,386 0.84
7 Maldaha Uttar 76.03% BJP NDA Khagen Murmu 5,27,023 37.18 AITC INDIA Prasun Banerjee 4,49,315 31.70 77,708 5.48
8 Maldaha Dakshin 76.69% INC INDIA Isha Khan Choudhury 5,72,395 41.79 BJP NDA Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury 4,44,027 32.42 1,28,368 9.37
9 Jangipur 75.72% AITC INDIA Khalilur Rahaman 5,44,427 39.75 INC INDIA Murtaza Hossain 4,27,790 31.23 1,16,637 8.52
10 Baharampur 77.54% AITC INDIA Yusuf Pathan 5,24,516 37.88 INC INDIA Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 4,39,494 31.74 85,022 6.14
11 Murshidabad 81.52% AITC INDIA Abu Taher Khan 6,82,442 44.27 CPI(M) INDIA Mohammed Salim 5,18,227 33.62 1,64,215 10.65
12 Krishnanagar 80.65% AITC INDIA Mahua Moitra 6,28,789 44.10 BJP NDA Amrita Roy 5,72,084 40.13 56,705 3.98
13 Ranaghat (SC) 81.87% BJP NDA Jagannath Sarkar 7,82,396 50.78 AITC INDIA Mukut Mani Adhikari 5,95,497 38.65 1,86,899 12.13
14 Bongaon (SC) 81.04% BJP NDA Shantanu Thakur 7,19,505 48.19 AITC INDIA Biswajit Das 6,45,812 43.25 73,693 4.94
15 Barrackpore 75.41% AITC INDIA Partha Bhowmick 5,20,231 45.56 BJP NDA Arjun Singh 4,55,793 39.92 64,438 5.64
16 Dum Dum 73.81% AITC INDIA Saugata Roy 5,28,579 41.95 BJP NDA Shilbhadra Dutta 4,57,919 36.34 70,660 5.61
17 Barasat 80.17% AITC INDIA Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 6,92,010 45.15 BJP NDA Swapan Majumder 5,77,821 37.70 1,14,189 7.45
18 Basirhat 84.31% AITC INDIA Haji Nurul Islam 8,03,762 52.76 BJP NDA Rekha Patra 4,70,215 30.87 3,33,547 21.89
19 Joynagar (SC) 80.08% AITC INDIA Pratima Mondal 8,94,312 60.32 BJP NDA Ashok Kandari 4,24,093 28.60 4,70,219 31.72
20 Mathurapur (SC) 82.02% AITC INDIA Bapi Halder 7,55,731 50.52 BJP NDA Ashok Purkait 5,54,674 37.08 2,01,057 13.44
21 Diamond Harbour 81.04% AITC INDIA Abhishek Banerjee 10,48,230 68.48 BJP NDA Abhijit Das 3,37,300 22.03 7,10,930 46.45
22 Jadavpur 76.68% AITC INDIA Saayoni Ghosh 7,17,899 45.83 BJP NDA Anirban Ganguly 4,59,698 29.35 2,58,201 16.48
23 Kolkata Dakshin 66.95% AITC INDIA Mala Roy 6,15,274 49.48 BJP NDA Debasree Chaudhuri 4,28,043 34.42 1,87,231 15.06
24 Kolkata Uttar 63.59% AITC INDIA Sudip Bandyopadhyay 4,54,696 47.44 BJP NDA Tapas Roy 3,62,136 37.78 92,560 9.62
25 Howrah 71.73% AITC INDIA Prasun Banerjee 6,26,493 49.26 BJP NDA Rathin Chakraborty 4,57,051 35.94 1,69,442 13.32
26 Uluberia 79.78% AITC INDIA Sajda Ahmed 7,24,622 52.10 BJP NDA Arun Uday Pal Chowdhury 5,05,949 36.38 2,18,673 15.72
27 Sreerampur 76.44% AITC INDIA Kalyan Banerjee 6,73,970 45.65 BJP NDA Kabir Shankar Bose 4,99,140 33.80 1,74,830 11.85
28 Hooghly 81.38% AITC INDIA Rachana Banerjee 7,02,744 46.31 BJP NDA Locket Chatterjee 6,25,891 41.24 76,853 5.07
29 Arambagh (SC) 82.62% AITC INDIA Mitali Bag 7,12,587 45.71 BJP NDA Arup Kanti Digar 7,06,188 45.30 6,399 0.41
30 Tamluk 84.79% BJP NDA Abhijit Gangopadhyay 7,65,584 48.54 AITC INDIA Debangshu Bhattacharya 6,87,851 43.61 77,733 4.93
31 Kanthi 84.77% BJP NDA Soumendu Adhikari 7,63,195 49.85 AITC INDIA Uttam Barik 7,15,431 46.73 47,764 3.12
32 Ghatal 82.17% AITC INDIA Deepak Adhikari 8,37,990 52.36 BJP NDA Hiran Chatterjee 6,55,122 40.93 1,82,868 11.43
33 Jhargram (ST) 83.47% AITC INDIA Kalipada Soren 7,43,478 49.87 BJP NDA Pranat Tudu 5,69,430 38.20 1,74,048 11.67
34 Medinipur 81.56% AITC INDIA June Malia 7,02,192 47.40 BJP NDA Agnimitra Paul 6,75,001 45.56 27,191 1.84
35 Purulia 78.39% BJP NDA Jyotirmay Singh Mahato 5,78,489 40.34 AITC INDIA Shantiram Mahato 5,61,410 39.15 17,079 1.19
36 Bankura 80.75% AITC INDIA Arup Chakraborty 6,41,813 44.33 BJP NDA Subhas Sarkar 6,09,035 42.07 32,778 2.26
37 Bishnupur (SC) 85.91% BJP NDA Saumitra Khan 6,80,130 44.93 AITC INDIA Sujata Mondal 6,74,563 44.56 5,567 0.37
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) 82.85% AITC INDIA Sharmila Sarkar 7,30,302 48.11 BJP NDA Ashim Kumar Sarkar 5,59,730 37.38 1,60,572 10.72
39 Bardhaman–Durgapur 80.72% AITC INDIA Kirti Azad 7,20,667 47.99 BJP NDA Dilip Ghosh 5,82,686 38.80 1,37,981 9.19
40 Asansol 73.27% AITC INDIA Shatrughan Sinha 6,05,645 46.53 BJP NDA S. S. Ahluwalia 5,46,081 41.96 59,564 4.78
41 Bolpur (SC) 82.66% AITC INDIA Asit Kumar Mal 8,55,633 55.98 BJP NDA Piya Saha 5,28,380 34.57 3,27,253 21.41
42 Birbhum 81.91% AITC INDIA Satabdi Roy 7,17,961 47.00 BJP NDA Debtanu Bhattacharya 5,20,311 34.06 1,97,650 12.94

Assembly wise lead of Parties

Partywise leads

Party Assembly segments[19][20] Position in assembly
AITC+ AITC 192 226
BGPM Did Not Contest 1
Total 192 227
NDA BJP 90 65
Total 90 65
INDIA INC 11 0
CPI(M) 1 0
Total 12 0
Others IND 0 1[f]
ISF 0 1
Total 0 2
Total 294

Assembly seat wise leads

Postal ballot wise leads

Party Leads in 2019 Leads in 2024 +/–
AITC+ Trinamool Congress 2 26 24
Total 2 26 24
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 39 16 23
Total 39 16 23
INDIA Indian National Congress 0 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1
Total 42

Region-Wise Results

Region Total seats Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist) Others
East Bengal (Ganges Delta Region) 10 08 01 02 01 00 00 00
North Bengal 8 04 01 03 01 01 00 00
Northern Hills 4 01 01 03 01 00 00 00
West Bengal (Rarh Region) 10 08 05 02 05 00 00 00
South Bengal 10 08 01 02 01 00 00 00
Total 42 29 07 12 06 01 01 00 00

Vote-share

Region Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist)
East Bengal (Ganges Delta Region) 54.5% 36.8% 0.53% 8.0%
North Bengal 39.1% 34.4% 19.5% 6.9%
Northern Hills 45.3% 50.6% 1.6% 2.3%
West Bengal (Rarh Region) 49.4% 41.6% 2.5% 6.2%
South Bengal 49.2% 42.1% 1.6% 6.9%
Total 45.7% 38.7% 4.6% 5.6%

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b INC is contesting 12 seats under the alliance and 1 seat (Cooch Behar) independently.
  2. ^ a b AIFB is contesting 2 seats under the alliance and 1 seat (Purulia) independently.
  3. ^ INC is contesting one (Cooch Behar) Lok Sabha constituency and AIFB is contesting one (Purulia) Lok Sabha constituency independently outside of alliance.
  4. ^ INC's Piya Roy Chowdhury is also contesting the seat independently outside of alliance.
  5. ^ AIFB's Dhirendra Nath Mahato is also contesting the seat independently outside of alliance.
  6. ^ Partha Chatterjee was suspended from AITC.