Elections in West Bengal

Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The West Bengal Legislative Assembly 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

General election results in West Bengal
Election Year Lok Sabha 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
1951–52 1st INC 24 CPI 5 RSP 2 BJS 2 HMS 1 34
1957 2nd INC 23 CPI 6 MFB 2 PSP 2 Ind 3 36
1962 3rd INC 22 CPI 9 AIFB 1 RSP 1 LSS 1, Ind 2
1967 4th INC 14 CPI(M) 5 CPI 5 BAC 5 AIFB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1, Ind 7 40
1971 5th CPI(M) 20 INC 13 CPI 3 RSP 1 BAC 1, PSP 1, Ind 1
1977 6th CPI(M) 17 BLD 15 INC 3 RSP 3 AIFB 3, Ind 1 42
1980 7th CPI(M) 28 RSP 4 INC 4 CPI 3 AIFB 3
1984 8th CPI(M) 18 INC 16 RSP 3 CPI 3 AIFB 2
1989 9th CPI(M) 27 RSP 4 INC 4 CPI 3 AIFB 3, GNLF 1
1991 10th CPI(M) 27 INC 5 RSP 4 CPI 3 AIFB 3
1996 11th CPI(M) 23 INC 9 RSP 4 CPI 3 AIFB 3
1998 12th CPI(M) 24 AITC 7 RSP 4 CPI 3 AIFB 2, INC 1, BJP 1
1999 13th CPI(M) 21 AITC 8 CPI 3 INC 3 RSP 3, AIFB 2, BJP 2
2004 14th CPI(M) 26 INC 6 CPI 3 AIFB 3 RSP 3, AITC 1
2009 15th AITC 19 CPI(M) 9 INC 6 CPI 2 AIFB 2, RSP 2, BJP 1, SUCI (C) 1
2014 16th AITC 34 INC 4 CPI(M) 2 BJP 2
2019 17th AITC 22 BJP 18 INC 2
2024 18th AITC 29 BJP 12 INC 1

Legislative Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly election results
Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
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
1967 INC 127 CPI(M) 43 BC 34 CPI 16 60 280
1969 CPI(M) 80 INC 55 BC 33 CPI 30 82
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
1977 CPI(M) 178 JP 29 AIFB 25 INC(R) 20 42
1982 CPI(M) 174 INC(I) 49 AIFB 28 RSP 19 24
1987 CPI(M) 187 INC(I) 40 AIFB 26 RSP 18 23
1991 CPI(M) 182 INC 43 AIFB 29 RSP 18 22
1996 CPI(M) 153 INC 82 AIFB 21 RSP 18 20
2001 CPI(M) 143 AITC 60 INC 26 AIFB 25 40
2006 CPI(M) 176 AITC 30 AIFB 23 INC 21 44
2011 AITC 184 INC 42 CPI(M) 40 AIFB 11 17
2016 AITC 211 INC 44 CPI(M) 26 BJP 3 10
2021 AITC 215 BJP 77 ISF 1 GJM 1 0
Year Term Chief Minister Winning party/Coalition
1952 1st Bidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
1957 2nd
1962 3rd Prafulla Chandra Sen
1967 4th Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee[a] Bangla Congress
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh[b] Independent
1969 5th Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress
1971 6th Indian National Congress
1972 7th Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1977 8th Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 9th
1987 10th
1991 11th
1996 12th
2001 13th Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
2006 14th
2011 15th Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 16th
2021 17th
2026 18th
  1. ^ Part of the United Front till November 1967.
  2. ^ Part of the Progressive Democratic Front led by INC from November 1967.

References

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