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|[[1st Lok Sabha]]
|[[1st Lok Sabha]]
|[[1951-52 Indian general election|1951-52]]
|[[1951-52 Indian general election|1951-52]]
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 24
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 24
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 5'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 5'''
|style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}"|
|'''[[Bharatiya Jan Sangh|BJS]] 2'''
|'''[[Bharatiya Jan Sangh|BJS]] 2'''
|style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 2
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 2
|[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|HMS]] 1  
|[[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|HMS]] 1  
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|[[2nd Lok Sabha]]
|[[2nd Lok Sabha]]
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 23
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 23
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 6'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 6'''
|style="background-color:{{Marxist Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Marxist Forward Bloc}}"|
|'''[[Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB]] 2'''
|'''[[Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB]] 2'''
|style="background-color: {{Praja Socialist Party/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}"|
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] 2
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] 2
|[[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 3
|[[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 3
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|[[3rd Lok Sabha]]
|[[3rd Lok Sabha]]
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 22
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 22
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 9'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 9'''
|style="background-color:{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|'''[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 1'''
|'''[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 1'''
|style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 1
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 1
|[[Lok Sewak Sangh|LSS]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 2
|[[Lok Sewak Sangh|LSS]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 2
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|[[4th Lok Sabha]]
|[[4th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 14
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 14
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 5'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 5'''
|style="background-color: {{Bangla Congress/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bangla Congress}}"|
|[[Bangla Congress|BAC]] 5
|[[Bangla Congress|BAC]] 5
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 5'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 5'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2, [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] 1, [[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 7
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2, [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] 1, [[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 7
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|[[5th Lok Sabha]]
|[[5th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 20'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 20'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 13
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 13
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 1'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 1'''
|[[Bangla Congress|BAC]] 1, [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 1
|[[Bangla Congress|BAC]] 1, [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 1
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|[[6th Lok Sabha]]
|[[6th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 17'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 17'''
|style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}"|
|'''[[Bharatiya Lok Dal|BLD]] 15'''
|'''[[Bharatiya Lok Dal|BLD]] 15'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 3
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 3
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 1
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 1
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|[[7th Lok Sabha]]
|[[7th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 28'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 28'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 4
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 4
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
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|[[8th Lok Sabha]]
|[[8th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 18'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 18'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 16
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 16
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2
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|[[9th Lok Sabha]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 27'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 27'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 4
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 4
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3, [[Gorkha National Liberation Front|GNLF]] 1
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3, [[Gorkha National Liberation Front|GNLF]] 1
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|[[10th Lok Sabha]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 27'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 27'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 5
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 5
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
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|[[11th Lok Sabha]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 23'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 23'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 9
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 9
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
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|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 24'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 24'''
|style="background-color:{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 7
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 7
|style="background-color:{{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist P (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist P (India)|RSP]] 4'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2''', [[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1, [[BJP]] 1
|'''[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2''', [[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1, [[BJP]] 1
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|[[13th Lok Sabha]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha]]
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 21'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 21'''
|style="background-color:{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 8
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 8
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 3
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 3
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3, [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2''', [[BJP]] 2
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3, [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2''', [[BJP]] 2
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|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 26'''
|'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 26'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 6
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 6
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3
|'''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 3
|style="background-color:{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|'''[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
|'''[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 3
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3''', [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 1
|'''[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 3''', [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 1
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|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Indian general election in West Bengal, 2009|2009]]
|[[Indian general election in West Bengal, 2009|2009]]
|style="background-color:{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|'''[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 19'''
|'''[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 19'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 9
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 9
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 6'''
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 6'''
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 2
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 2
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2, [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 2, [[BJP]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 1
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] 2, [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 2, [[BJP]] 1, [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] 1
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|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014]]
|[[2014 Indian general election in West Bengal|2014]]
|style="background-color:{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|'''[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 34'''
|'''[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 34'''
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 4
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 4
|style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}"|
|[[BJP]] 2
|[[BJP]] 2
|style="background-color:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 2
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 2
|
|
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|[[17th Lok Sabha]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019]]
|[[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019]]
|style="background-color:{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|'''[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 22'''
|'''[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] 22'''
|style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}"|
|[[BJP]] 18
|[[BJP]] 18
|style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 2
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 2
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
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|1952
|1952
|[[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1st Assembly]]
|[[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1st Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
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|1957
|1957
|[[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|2nd Assembly]]
|[[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|2nd Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
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|1962
|1962
|[[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|3rd Assembly]]
|[[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|3rd Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
|[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
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|1972
|1972
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|7th Assembly]]
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|7th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
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|1977
|1977
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly]]
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|8th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
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|1982
|1982
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|9th Assembly]]
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|9th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
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|1987
|1987
|{{nowrap|[[1987 West Bengal state assembly election|10th Assembly]]}}
|{{nowrap|[[1987 West Bengal state assembly election|10th Assembly]]}}
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
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|1991
|1991
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|11th Assembly]]
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|11th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
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|1996
|1996
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly]]
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|12th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
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|2001
|2001
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|13th Assembly]]
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|13th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]
|[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
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|2006
|2006
|[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|14th Assembly]]
|[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|14th Assembly]]
! style="background-color: {{CPI(M)/meta/color}}" |
! style="background-color: {{party color|CPI(M)}}" |
|[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]
|[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]  
|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]  
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==References==
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{{West Bengal elections}}
{{West Bengal elections}}

Latest revision as of 16:46, 8 December 2021

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[edit | edit source]

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

Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Year Election Chief Minister Winning Party/Coalition
1952 1st Assembly Bidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
1957 2nd Assembly Bidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
1962 3rd Assembly Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian National Congress
1967 4th Assembly Ajoy 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
1969 5th Assembly Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee No party/coalition won a majority
1971 6th Assembly Ajoy Mukherjee and later

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

No party/coalition won a majority
1972 7th Assembly Siddhartha Shankar Ray Indian National Congress
1977 8th Assembly Jyoti Basu Left Front
1982 9th Assembly Jyoti Basu Left Front
1987 10th Assembly Jyoti Basu Left Front
1991 11th Assembly Jyoti Basu Left Front
1996 12th Assembly Jyoti Basu Left Front
2001 13th Assembly Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Left Front
2006 14th Assembly Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Left Front
2011 15th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 16th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2021 17th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "West Bengal Election Results". Election Commission India.
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