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{{Short description|By-elections in West Bengal}}
#REDIRECT [[2016–2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections]]
By-elections for 5 constituencies of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] were held after the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]


==Results==
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[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]] resigned from his seat in the [[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] for CM [[Mamata Bannerjee]] to contest the Legislative Assembly by-elections.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/bhabanipur-bypolls-mamata-banerjee-priyanka-tibrewal-srijib-biswas-in-fray-on-sept-30-key-facts-10933622.htm |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=www.cnbctv18.com |date=29 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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In 30 September 2021, the [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI) announced a by-election for the Bhabanipur seat. Later, the ECI announced remaining vacant seats for elections on 30 October 2021.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!{{small|Constituency No.}}
!Election Date
!Date (M.L.A. elected)
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
!Source
|-
!159
|30 September 2021
|3 October 2021
|[[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhabanipur]]
|[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]{{efn|Resigned.}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]'''
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|rowspan=5|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2021-09-04|title=Election Commission declares bypolls, ends Bengal suspense|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/election-commission-announces-bypoll-for-bhabanipur-assembly-constituency/article36286426.ece|access-date=2021-10-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-30|title=WB bypolls: Polling 'peaceful' in Bengal's Bhabanipur, moderate turnout recorded|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bhabanipur-bypoll-live-bhabanipur-bhowanipore-bypoll-mamata-banerjee-tmc-abhishek-banerjee-priyanka-tibrewal-BJP-Jangipur-Samsergan-didi-west-bengal-election-news-live-updates-1035718.html|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!7
| rowspan="4" |30 October 2021
|rowspan="4"|2 November 2021
| [[Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinhata]]
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]{{efn|Members were elected, but didn't take the official oath, as they chose to continue serving as Members of Parliament (as per parliamentary rules).|name=MPcont}}
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Udayan Guha]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|Rowspan=4|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States - reg|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13715-schedule-for-bye-elections-in-parliamentaryassembly-constituencies-of-various-states-reg/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bypolls in 4 Bengal assembly seats on October 30|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/bypolls-4-bengal-assembly-seats-october-30-1503012507.html/amp|access-date=2021-10-02|website=www.thestatesman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 29, 2021|first=Debashis|last=Konar|title=Bhabanipur Byelection 2021: October 30 bypoll in 4 Bengal seats, counting on November 2|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/oct-30-bypoll-in-4-bengal-seats-counting-on-nov-2/articleshow/86593001.cms|access-date=2021-10-02|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!86
| [[Santipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Santipur]]
|[[Jagannath Sarkar (BJP politician)|Jagannath Sarkar]]{{efn|name=MPcont}}
|[[:File:JUBARAJ BRAJA KISHORE GOSWAMI.jpg|Braja Kishor Goswami]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|-
!109
|[[Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khardaha]]
| [[Kajal Sinha]]{{efn|Died before declaration of election results on 2 May 2021.}}
| rowspan="2"  bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|-
!127
|[[Gosaba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gosaba]]
| [[Jayanta Naskar]]{{efn|Died.}}
|Subrata Mondal
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|-
|}
:'''''Reason for vacancy of their seats:'''''
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==See also==
* [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[2016–2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections]]
* [[2016–2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections]]
* [[2021 elections in India]]
 
==References==
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