2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections for 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held between 27 March to 29 April 2021 in 8 phases.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

27 March – 29 April 2021
294 of the 295 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Leader Mamata Banerjee Dilip Ghosh Party AITC BJP Alliance - NDA Leader since 1998 2016 Leader's seat Nandigram Last election votes:44.91% seats :211 votes:10.16% seats:3 Current seats 209 27   Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sujan Chakraborty Party INC CPI (M) Alliance Sanyukta Morcha Sanyukta Morcha Leader since 2020 2016 Leader's seat Jadavpur Last election votes:12.25% seats:44 votes:19.75% seats:28 Current seats 23 23
Incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee AITC

Background

Outlined in Article 168 of the Constitution of India, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the only house of the unicameral legislature of West Bengal and not a permanent body and subject to dissolution. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people. The tenure of current West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 30th May 2021.

In the previous elections in 2016, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) retained its majority in the Legislative Assembly with 211 seats. The Indian National Congress won 44 seats and the Left Front won 33 seats fighting within an alliance. While the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha each managed to win only 3 of the 294 seats. However, in the 2019 general elections TMC won 22 and the BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. Bagging 40 percent of the vote share, an increase from the previous time and in by-elections from 2016 to 2021, BJP had also increased their seats in the legislative assembly by 15 as of 2020.

Issues

In 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) in the Indian Parliament, promising citizenship to Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh and hoping to provide them with habilitation. The BJP's Bengali booklet released in January 2020 claimed that the National Register of Citizens will be implemented to identify the undocumented migrants, but Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Parsi will be "shielded" by the Citizenship Amendment Act "They have their homelands secured".

The COVID-19 pandemic also became an election issue. The Government of West Bengal was accused of "fudging" with the number of Coronavirus disease 2019 positive patients and death tolls by the opposition.

In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan hit the state a year before elections. After the passing away of the cyclone, widespread allegations of mismanagement and relief scam were seen. Protest broke out in various district of the state over these allegations. The opposition made it an election issue ahead of the Assembly polls. Rebellion and dissatisfaction of many Trinamool leaders are also likely to impact the elections.

Voter statistics

According to the ECI, 8,32,94,960 people were eligible to vote in upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal with 2% increase comparing to the previous final electoral roll.

Total electors	Male voters	Female voters	Third Gender Voters
8,32,94,960	3,63,7,307	3,59,26,064	1,590

Schedule

Election schedule announced on 26 February 2021. Election to be held in 8 phases from 27 March 2021 to 29 April 2021 and results will be counted on 2 May 2021.

Schedule

Poll Event	Phase
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Map of constituencies and their phases
No. of Constituencies	30	30	31	44	45	43	36	35
Date of Issue of Notification	2 March 2021	5 March 2021	12 March 2021	16 March 2021	23 March 2021	26 March 2021	31 March 2021	31 March 2021
Last Date for filling nomination	9 March 2021	12 March 2021	19 March 2021	23 March 2021	30 March 2021	3 April 2021	7 April 2021	7 April 2021
Scrutiny of nomination	10 March 2021	15 March 2021	20 March 2021	24 March 2021	31 March 2021	5 April 2021	8 April 2021	8 April 2021
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	12 March 2021	17 March 2021	22 March 2021	26 March 2021	3 April 2021	7 April 2021	12 April 2021	12 April 2021
Date of Poll	27 March 2021	1 April 2021	6 April 2021	10 April 2021	17 April 2021	22 April 2021	26 April 2021	29 April 2021
Date of Counting of Votes	2 May 2021
Source: Election Commission of India

Parties and alliances

  AITC+

Both factions of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha expressed support to Trinamool Congress for the assembly election. Shiv Sena also endorsed Trinamool for the election.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	All India Trinamool Congress				Mamata Banerjee	291
2.	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha				Bimal Gurung	3

  NDA

Five hill-based parties pledged support to BJP ahead of the assembly election; the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), the Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists, Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL), Gorkhaland Rajya Nirman Morcha and SUMETI Mukti Morcha.

BJP allotted one seat to the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU).

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:B.J.P. flag.jpg			Dilip Ghosh	TBD
2.	All Jharkhand Students Union					1
3.	Gorkha National Liberation Front				Mann Ghising	TBD
4.	Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists				Ratna Bahadur Rai	TBD
5.	Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League				Mina Subba	TBD
6.	Gorkhaland Rajya Nirman Morcha					TBD
7.	SUMETI Mukti Morcha					TBD

  Sanyukta Morcha

On January 28, 2021 Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury announced that seat-sharing talks between the Congress and Left Front had concluded for 193 seats and that the remaining 101 seats would be decided at a later point. Out of the 193 seats agreed upon by January 28, 92 went to Congress and 101 to the Left Front. These 193 seats included agreements over all the 77 seats the Congress and Left Front had won in the 2016 election. Left Congress and ISF announced that they will fight together in an alliance named as 'Sanyukta Morcha' from Brigade Rally on 28th February 2021. ISF secured 30 seats from the Left Front.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			File:Surya Kanta Mishra-1.jpg	Surya Kanta Mishra	130
2.	Indian National Congress				Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	92
3.	Indian Secular Front				Abbas Siddique	37
4.	All India Forward Bloc				Naren Chatterjee	15
5.	Revolutionary Socialist Party				Biswanath Chowdhury	11
6.	Communist Party of India				Swapan Banerjee	9

  Others

Shiv Sena initially said that they would contest in around 100 seats, but later on 4th March 2021 announced that they would not contest and will instead support Mamata Banerjee and TMC from outside.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)				Provash Ghosh	193
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	File:Logo of CPIML Liberation.jpg			Dipankar Bhattacharya	12
3.	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen				Zameerul Hasan	TBD
4.	Janata Dal (United)					22

Candidates

List Of Candidates

Assembly Constituency		AITC+			NDA			Sanyukta Morcha			Voting On
#	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
Cooch Behar district
1	Mekliganj		AITC	Paresh Chandra Adhikary		BJP			AIFB		10 April 2021
2	Mathabhanga		AITC	Girindra Nath Barman		BJP
3	Cooch Behar Uttar		AITC	Binay Krishna Barman		BJP			AIFB
4	Cooch Behar Dakshin		AITC	Avijit Dey Bhowmik		BJP			AIFB
5	Sitalkuchi		AITC	Partha Pratim Ray		BJP
6	Sitai		AITC	Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia		BJP			INC
7	Dinhata		AITC	Udayan Guha		BJP			AIFB
8	Natabari		AITC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh		BJP
9	Tufanganj		AITC	Pranab Kumar Dey		BJP			INC
Alipurdar district
10	Kumargram		AITC	Leos Kujur		BJP			RSP		10 April 2021
11	Kalchini		AITC	Pasang Lama		BJP
12	Alipurduars		AITC	Sourav Chakraborty		BJP			INC
13	Falakata		AITC	Subhash Roy		BJP
14	Madarihat		AITC	Rajesh Lakra		BJP
Jalpaiguri district
15	Dhupguri		AITC	Mitali Roy		BJP					17 April 2021
16	Maynaguri		AITC	Manoj Roy		BJP			RSP
17	Jalpaiguri		AITC	Pradip Kumar Barma		BJP			INC
18	Rajganj		AITC	Khageswar Roy		BJP
19	Dabgram-Phulbari		AITC	Goutam Deb		BJP
20	Mal		AITC	Bulu Chik Baraik		BJP
21	Nagrakata		AITC	Joseph Munda
Kalimpong district
22	Kalimpong		GJM								17 April 2021
Darjeeling district
23	Darjeeling		GJM								17 April 2021
24	Kurseong		GJM
25	Matigara-Naxalbari		AITC	Captain Nalini Ranjan Roy					INC
26	Siliguri		AITC	Prof. Omprakash Mishra					CPI(M)	Ashok Bhattacharya
27	Phansidewa		AITC	Choton Kisku					INC
Uttar Dinajpur district
28	Chopra		AITC	Hamidul Rahaman							22 April 2021
29	Islampur		AITC	Abdul Karim Chowdhury					INC
30	Goalpokhar		AITC	Md.Ghulam Rabbani					INC
31	Chakulia		AITC	Minhajul Arfin Azad					AIFB	Ali Imran Ramz
32	Karandighi		AITC	Goutam Pal					AIFB
33	Hemtabad		AITC	Satyajit Barman					CPI(M)
34	Kaliaganj		AITC	Tapan Dev Singha					INC
35	Raiganj		AITC	Kanaia Lal Agarwal					INC
36	Itahar		AITC	Mosaraf Hossain					CPI	Srikumar Mukherjee
Dakshin Dinajpur district
37	Kushmandi		AITC	Rekha Roy					RSP		26 April 2021
38	Kumarganj		AITC	Toraf Hossain Mandal
39	Balurghat		AITC	Sekhar Dasgupta					RSP
40	Tapan		AITC	Kalpana Kisku					RSP
41	Gangarampur		AITC	Goutam Das					INC
42	Harirampur		AITC	Biplab Mitra					CPI(M)
Malda district
43	Habibpur		AITC	Sarala Murmu					CPI(M)		26 April 2021
44	Gazole		AITC	Basanti Barman					CPI(M)
45	Chanchal		AITC	Nihar Ranjan Ghosh					INC
46	Harishchandrapur		AITC	Tajmul Hossain					INC
47	Malatipur		AITC	Abdul Rahim Boxi					INC
48	Ratua		AITC	Samar Mukherjee					INC
49	Manikchak		AITC	Sabitri Mitra					INC		29 April 2021
50	Maldaha		AITC	Ujjal Chowdhury					INC
51	English Bazar		AITC	Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury
52	Mothabari		AITC	Sabina Yeasmin					INC
53	Sujapur		AITC	Md Abdul Ghani					INC
54	Baisnabnagar		AITC	Chandana Sarkar
Murshidabad district
55	Farakka		AITC	Monirul Islam					INC		26 April 2021
56	Samserganj		AITC	Amirul Islam
57	Suti		AITC	Emani Biswas					INC
58	Jangipur		AITC	Jakir Hossain
59	Raghunathganj		AITC	Akhruzzaman					INC
60	Sagardighi		AITC	Subrata Saha
61	Lalgola		AITC	Mohammad Ali					INC
62	Bhagabangola		AITC	Idris Ali
63	Raninagar		AITC	Soumik Hossain					INC
64	Murshidabad		AITC	Shaoni Singha Roy					INC
65	Nabagram		AITC	Kanai Chandra Mondal
66	Khargram		AITC	Ashis Marjit					INC		29 April 2021
67	Burwan		AITC	Jiban Krishna Saha					INC
68	Kandi		AITC	Apurba Sarkar(David)					INC
69	Bharatpur		AITC	Humayun Kabir					INC
70	Rejinagar		AITC	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury					INC
71	Beldanga		AITC	Hasanuzzaman Sk.					INC
72	Baharampur		AITC	Naru Gopal Mukherjee					INC
73	Hariharpara		AITC	Niamot Sheikh
74	Naoda		AITC	Sahina Mamtaz Begum (Khan)					INC
75	Domkal		AITC	Jafikul Islam					CPI(M)
76	Jalangi		AITC	Abdur Razzak					CPI(M)
Nadia district
77	Karimpur		AITC	Bimalendu Sinha Roy							22 April 2021
78	Tehatta		AITC	Tapas Kumar Saha
79	Palashipara		AITC	Manik Bhattacharya
80	Kaliganj		AITC	Naseeruddin Ahamed (Lal)					INC
81	Nakashipara		AITC	Kallol Khan
82	Chapra		AITC	Rukbanur Rahman
83	Krishnanagar Uttar		AITC	Koushani Mukherjee
84	Nabadwip		AITC	Pundarikakshya Saha (Nanda)
85	Krishnanagar Dakshin		AITC	Ujjal Biswas
86	Santipur		AITC	Ajoy Dey					INC		17 April 2021
87	Ranaghat Uttar Paschim		AITC	Sankar Singha					INC
88	Krishnaganj		AITC	Dr. Tapas Mandal
89	Ranaghat Uttar Purba		AITC	Samir Kumar Poddar
90	Ranaghat Dakshin		AITC	Barnali Dey					CPI(M)	Rama Biswas
91	Chakdaha		AITC	Subhankar Singha (Jishu)
92	Kalyani		AITC	Ramendra Nath Biswas
93	Haringhata		AITC	Nilima Nag (Mallick)
North 24 Parganas district
94	Bagda		AITC	Paritosh Kumar Saha							22 April 2021
95	Bangaon Uttar		AITC	Shyamal Roy
96	Bangaon Dakshin		AITC	Alo Rani Sarkar
97	Gaighata		AITC	Narottam Biswas					CPI	Kapil Krishna Thakur
98	Swarupnagar		AITC	Bina Mandal
99	Baduria		AITC	Quasi Abdul Mallick
100	Habra		AITC	Jyotipriyo Mallick
101	Ashokenagar		AITC	Dhiman Roy
102	Amdanga		AITC	Mustaque Mortaza
103	Bijpur		AITC	Subodh Adhikary
104	Naihati		AITC	Partha Bhowmick					CPI(M)
105	Bhatpara		AITC	Jitendra Shaw
106	Jagatdal		AITC	Somnath Shyam
107	Noapara		AITC	Manju Basu
108	Barrackpore		AITC	Raj Chakraborty
109	Khardaha		AITC	Kajal Sinha					CPI(M)
110	Dum Dum Uttar		AITC	Chandrima Bhattacharya					CPI(M)	Tanmoy Bhattacharya
111	Panihati		AITC	Nirmal Ghosh							17 April 2021
112	Kamarhati		AITC	Madan Mitra					CPI(M)	Manas Mukherjee
113	Baranagar		AITC	Tapas Roy					CPI(M)	Sayandip Mitra
114	Dum Dum		AITC	Bratya Basu					CPI(M)
115	Rajarhat New Town		AITC	Tapas Chatterjee					CPI(M)
116	Bidhannagar		AITC	Sujit Bose
117	Rajarhat Gopalpur		AITC	Aditi Munsi					CPI(M)
118	Madhyamgram		AITC	Rathin Ghosh
119	Barasat		AITC	Chiranjeet Chakraborty					AIFB
120	Deganga		AITC	Rahima Mondal
121	Haroa		AITC	Haji Sk. Nurul Islam
122	Minakhan		AITC	Usha Rani Mondal
123	Sandeshkhali		AITC	Sukumar Mahata
124	Basirhat Dakshin		AITC	Dr. Saptarshi Banerjee
125	Basirhat Uttar		AITC	Rafikul Islam Mondal
126	Hingalganj		AITC	Debes Mondal
South 24 Parganas district
127	Gosaba		AITC	Jayanta Naskar		BJP	Chitta Pramanik		RSP	Anil Chandra Mondal	1 April 2021
128	Basanti		AITC	Shyamal Mondal							6 April 2021
129	Kultali		AITC	Ganesh Chandra Mondal					CPI(M)
130	Patharpratima		AITC	Samir Kumar Jana		BJP	Ashit Haldar		INC	Sukhdeb Bera	1 April 2021
131	Kakdwip		AITC	Manturam Pakhira		BJP	Deepankar Jana		INC	Indranil Raut
132	Sagar		AITC	Bankim Chandra Hazra		BJP	Bikash Kamila		CPI(M)	Sk. Mukuleshwar Rahman
133	Kulpi		AITC	Jogaranjan Halder							6 April 2021
134	Raidighi		AITC	Alok Jaldata
135	Mandirbazar		AITC	Jaydeb Halder
136	Jaynagar		AITC	Biswanath Das
137	Baruipur Purba		AITC	Bibhas Sardar
138	Canning Paschim		AITC	Paresh Ram Das
139	Canning Purba		AITC	Saokat Molla
140	Baruipur Paschim		AITC	Biman Banerjee
141	Magrahat Purba		AITC	Namita Saha
142	Magrahat Paschim		AITC	Giasuddin Molla
143	Diamond Harbour		AITC	Pannalal Halder
144	Falta		AITC	Sankar Kumar Naskar
145	Satgachia		AITC	Mohan Chandra Naskar
146	Bishnupur (S 24)		AITC	Dilip Mondal
147	Sonarpur Dakshin		AITC	Lovely Moitra							10 April 2021
148	Bhangar		AITC	Md. Rezaul Karim
149	Kasba		AITC	Javed Ahmed Khan					CPI(M)	Shatarup Ghosh
150	Jadavpur		AITC	Moloy Majumder					CPI(M)	Sujan Chakraborty
151	Sonarpur Uttar		AITC	Firdousi Begum
152	Tollygunge		AITC	Aroop Biswas					CPI(M)
153	Behala Purba		AITC	Ratna Chatterjee					CPI(M)
154	Behala Paschim		AITC	Partha Chatterjee					CPI(M)
155	Maheshtala		AITC	Dulal Chandra Das
156	Budge Budge		AITC	Ashok Deb
157	Metiaburuz		AITC	Abdul Khaleque Molla
Kolkata district
158	Kolkata Port		AITC	Firhad Hakim							26 April 2021
159	Bhabanipur		AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay					INC
160	Rashbehari		AITC	Debasish Kumar					INC
161	Ballygunge		AITC	Subrata Mukherjee					INC
162	Chowrangee		AITC	Nayana Bandopadhyay					INC		29 April 2021
163	Entally		AITC	Swarna Kamal Saha
164	Beleghata		AITC	Paresh Paul					CPI(M)
165	Jorasanko		AITC	Vivek Gupta
166	Shyampukur		AITC	Sashi Panja					AIFB
167	Maniktala		AITC	Sadhan Pande					CPI(M)
168	Kashipur-Belgachia		AITC	Atin Ghosh					CPI(M)
Howrah district
169	Bally		AITC	Dr. Rana Chatterjee					CPI(M)	Dipshita Dhar	10 April 2021
170	Howrah Uttar		AITC	Goutam Chowdhury
171	Howrah Madhya		AITC	Arup Roy
172	Shibpur		AITC	Manoj Tiwary
173	Howrah Dakshin		AITC	Nandita Chowdhury
174	Sankrail		AITC	Priya Paul
175	Panchla		AITC	Gulsan Mallick
176	Uluberia Purba		AITC	Bidesh Bose
177	Uluberia Uttar		AITC	Dr. Nirmal Maji							6 April 2021
178	Uluberia Dakshin		AITC	Pulak Roy
179	Shyampur		AITC	Kalipada Mandal
180	Bagnan		AITC	Arunava Sen
181	Amta		AITC	Sukanto Paul					INC
182	Udaynarayanpur		AITC	Samir Kumar Panja
183	Jagatballavpur		AITC	Sitanath Ghosh
184	Domjur		AITC	Kalyan Ghosh							10 April 2021
Hooghly district
185	Uttarpara		AITC	Kanchan Mullick					CPI(M)		10 April 2021
186	Sreerampur		AITC	Sudipto Roy					INC
187	Champdani		AITC	Arindam Guin					INC
188	Singur		AITC	Becharam Manna					CPI(M)
189	Chandannagar		AITC	Indranil Sen					CPI(M)
190	Chunchura		AITC	Asit Mazumdar					AIFB
191	Balagarh		AITC	Monoranjan Byapari
192	Pandua		AITC	Dr. Ratna De Nag					CPI(M)	Sk. Amjad Hossain
193	Saptagram		AITC	Tapan Dasgupta
194	Chanditala		AITC	Swati Khandoker					CPI(M)	Mohammed Salim
195	Jangipara		AITC	Snehashis Chakraborty					ISF		6 April 2021
196	Haripal		AITC	Karabi Manna					CPI(M)
197	Dhanekhali		AITC	Ashima Patra
198	Tarakeswar		AITC	Ramendu Singha Roy					CPI(M)
199	Pursurah		AITC	Dilip Yadav
200	Arambagh		AITC	Sujata Mondal Khan					CPI(M)
201	Goghat		AITC	Manas Mazumder					AIFB
202	Khanakul		AITC	Munsi Nazbul Karim
Purba Medinipur district
203	Tamluk		AITC	Soumen Mahapatra		BJP	Harekrishna Bera		CPI	Goutam Panda	1 April 2021
204	Panskura Purba		AITC	Biplab Roychowdhury		BJP	Debabrata Patnayak		CPI(M)	Sk. Ibrahim Ali
205	Panskura Paschim		AITC	Firoza Bibi		BJP	Shintu Senapati		CPI	Chittaranjan Das Thakur
206	Moyna		AITC	Sangram Kumar Dolui		BJP	Ashoke Dinda		INC	Manik Bhownik
207	Nandakumar		AITC	Sukumar Dey		BJP	Nilanjan Adhikari		CPI(M)	Karuna Shankar Bhowmick
208	Mahisadal		AITC	Tilak Chakraborty		BJP	Biswanath Banarjee		ISF
209	Haldia		AITC	Swapan Naskar		BJP	Tapasi Mondal		CPI(M)	Manika Kar Bhowmick
210	Nandigram		AITC	Mamata Banerjee		BJP	Suvendu Adhikari
211	Chandipur		AITC	Soham Chakraborty		BJP	Pulak Kanti Guriya		CPI(M)	Ashish Guchhait
212	Patashpur		AITC	Uttam Basak		BJP	Ambujaksha Mahanti		CPI	Saikat Giri	27 March 2021
213	Kanthi Uttar		AITC	Tarun Kumar Jana		BJP	Sunita Singha		CPI(M)	Sutanu Maity
214	Bhagabanpur		AITC	Ardhendu Maity		BJP	Rabindranath Maity		INC	Shiu Maiti
215	Khejuri		AITC	Parthapratim Das		BJP	Santanu Pramanik		CPI(M)	Himangshu Das
216	Kanthi Dakshin		AITC	Jyotirmoy Kar		BJP	Arup Kumar Das		CPI	Anulup Panda
217	Ramnagar		AITC	Akhil Giri		BJP	Swadesh Ranjan Nayak		CPI(M)	Sabyasachi Jana
218	Egra		AITC	Tarun Maity		BJP	Arup Das		INC	Manas Kumar Karmahapatra
Paschim Medinipur district
219	Dantan		AITC	Bikram Chandra Pradhan		BJP	Sakti Pada Nayak		CPI	Sisir Patra	27 March 2021
Jhargram district
220	Nayagram		AITC	Dulal Murmu		BJP	Bakul Murmu		CPI(M)	Haripada Soren	27 March 2021
221	Gopiballavpur		AITC	Khagendranath Mahato		BJP	Sanjit Mahato		CPI(M)	Prashanta Das
222	Jhargram		AITC	Birbaha Hansda		BJP	Sukhmoy Satpati		CPI(M)	Madhuja Sen Roy
Paschim Medinipur district
223	Keshiary		AITC	Paresh Murmu		BJP	Sonali Murmu		CPI(M)	Pulin Bihari Baske	27 March 2021
224	Kharagpur Sadar		AITC	Pradip Sarkar		BJP			INC	Samir Roy	1 April 2021
225	Narayangarh		AITC	Suryakanta Atta		BJP	Ramprasad Giri		CPI(M)	Tapas Sinha
226	Sabang		AITC	Manas Bhunia		BJP	Amulya Maity		INC	Chiranjib Bhowmik
227	Pingla		AITC	Ajit Maity		BJP	Antara Bhattacharya
228	Kharagpur		AITC	Dinen Ray		BJP	Tapan Bhuiya		CPI(M)	Sk. Saddam Ali	27 March 2021
229	Debra		AITC	Humayun Kabir		BJP	Bharati Ghosh		CPI(M)	Prankrishna Mondal	1 April 2021
230	Daspur		AITC	Mamata Bhunia		BJP	Prashanth Bera
231	Ghatal		AITC	Shankar Dolui		BJP	Shital Kapat		CPI(M)	Kamal Dolui
232	Chandrakona		AITC	Arup Dhara		BJP	Shibram Das		ISF
233	Garbeta		AITC	Uttara Singha		BJP	Madan Ruidas		CPI(M)	Tapan Ghosh	27 March 2021
234	Salboni		AITC	Srikanta Mahata		BJP	Rajib Kundu		CPI(M)	Susanta Ghosh
235	Keshpur		AITC	Siuli Saha		BJP	Pritish Ranjan		CPI(M)	Rameshwar Dolui	1 April 2021
236	Medinipur		AITC	June Malia		BJP	Shamit Dash		CPI	Tarun Kumar Ghosh	27 March 2021
Jhargram district
237	Binpur		AITC	Debnath Hansda		BJP	Palan Saren		CPI(M)	Dibakar Hansda	27 March 2021
Purulia district
238	Bandwan		AITC	Rajib Lochan Saren		BJP	Parsi Murmu		CPI(M)	Sushanta Besra	27 March 2021
239	Balarampur		AITC	Shantiram Mahato		BJP	Baneswar Mahato		INC	Uttam Banerjee
240	Baghmundi		AITC	Sushanta Mahato		AJSU			INC	Nepal Mahata
241	Joypur		AITC	Ujjal Kumar		BJP	Narahari Mahato		AIFB	Dhiren Mahato
242	Purulia		AITC	Sujoy Banerjee		BJP	Sudip Mukherjee		INC	Partha Prathim Banerjee
243	Manbazar		AITC	Sandhya Rani Tudu		BJP	Gouri Singh Sardar		CPI(M)	Jaminikanta Mandi
244	Kashipur		AITC	Swapan Kumar Beltharia		BJP			CPI(M)	Mallika Mahata
245	Para		AITC	Umapada Bauri		BJP	Nadia Chand Bauri		CPI(M)	Swapan Bauri
246	Raghunathpur		AITC	Hazari Bauri		BJP	Bivekananda Bauri		ISF
Bankura district
247	Saltora		AITC	Santosh Mondal		BJP	Chandana Bauri		ISF		27 March 2021
248	Chhatna		AITC	Subhasis Batabyal		BJP	Satyanarayan Mukherjee		RSP	Falguni Mukherjee
249	Ranibandh		AITC	Jyostna Mandi		BJP	Khudiram Tudu		CPI(M)	Deblina Hembram
250	Raipur		AITC	Mrittunjay Murmu		BJP	Sudhangsu Hansda		ISF
251	Taldangra		AITC	Arup Chakraborty		BJP	Shyamal Kumar Sarkar		CPI(M)	Manoranjan Patra	1 April 2021
252	Bankura		AITC	Sayantika Banerjee		BJP	Niladri Sekhar Dana		INC	Radha Rani Banerjee
253	Barjora		AITC	Alok Mukherjee		BJP			CPI(M)	Sujit Chakraborty
254	Onda		AITC	Arup Kumar Khan		BJP	Amar Sakha		AIFB	Tarapada Chakraborty
255	Bishnupur (Bankura)		AITC	Archita Bid		BJP	Tanmoy Ghosh		INC	Debu Chatterjee
256	Katulpur		AITC	Sangeeta Malik		BJP	Harkali Patihar		INC	Akshay Santra
257	Indas		AITC	Runu Mete		BJP	Nirmal Dhara		CPI(M)	Nayan Sil
258	Sonamukhi		AITC	Shyamal Santra		BJP	Dibakar Ghourmi		CPI(M)	Ajit Roy
Purba Bardhaman district
259	Khandaghosh		AITC	Nabin Chandra Bag							17 April 2021
260	Bardhaman Dakshin		AITC	Khokon Das
261	Raina		AITC	Shampa Dhara
262	Jamalpur		AITC	Alok Kumar Majhi					CPI(M)	Samar Hazra
263	Manteswar		AITC	Siddiqulla Chowdhury
264	Kalna		AITC	Deboprasad Bag
265	Memari		AITC	Madhusudan Bhattacharya
266	Bardhaman Uttar		AITC	Nisith Kumar Malik
267	Bhatar		AITC	Mangobindo Adhikary							22 April 2021
268	Purbasthali Dakshin		AITC	Swapan Debnath					INC
269	Purbasthali Uttar		AITC	Tapan Chatterjee					CPI(M)	Pradip Kumar Saha
270	Katwa		AITC	Rabindranath Chatterjee					INC
271	Ketugram		AITC	Sekh Sahonawez
272	Mangalkot		AITC	Apurba Chowdhury
273	Ausgram		AITC	Abhedananda Thander
274	Galsi		AITC	Nepal Ghorui
Paschim Bardhaman district
275	Pandaveswar		AITC	Narendranath Chakraborty							26 April 2021
276	Durgapur Purba		AITC	Pradip Majumder					CPI(M)	Aishe Ghosh
277	Durgapur Paschim		AITC	Biswanath Parial
278	Raniganj		AITC	Tapas Banerjee					CPI(M)	Runu Dutta
279	Jamuria		AITC	Hareram Singh
280	Asansol Dakshin		AITC	Saayoni Ghosh
281	Asansol Uttar		AITC	Moloy Ghatak
282	Kulti		AITC	Ujjal Chatterjee
283	Barabani		AITC	Bidhan Upadhhyay
Birbhum district
284	Dubrajpur		AITC	Ashima Dhibar							29 April 2021
285	Suri		AITC	Bikash Roy Chowdhury
286	Bolpur		AITC	Chandranath Singha					RSP	Tapan Hore
287	Nanoor		AITC	Bidhan Chandra Majhi					CPI(M)
288	Labpur		AITC	Abhijit Singha
289	Sainthia		AITC	Nilabati Saha
290	Mayureswar		AITC	Abhijit Ray
291	Rampurhat		AITC	Dr.Asish Banerjee					INC
292	Hansan		AITC	Ashok Kumar Chattopadhay					INC
293	Nalhati		AITC	Rajendra Prasad Singh
294	Murarai		AITC	Abdur Rahman

Polls and Surveys

Opinion Poll

Date published	Polling agency					Lead
		AITC+	BJP+	LF + INC	Others
27 February 2021	ABP News - C Voter	148-164	92-108	31-39	1-5	40-72
		43%	38%	13%	6%	5%
15 February 2021	ABP News - CNX	146-156	113-121	20-28	1-3	25-43
		41%	37%	17%	5%	4%
18 January 2021	ABP News - CVoter	158	102	30	4	56
		43%	37.5%	12%	7.5%	5.5%
16 June 2020	ABP Group - CNX	155-163	97-105	22-30	6-10	50-66
		38.50%	32.74%	13.80%	5.43%	5.76%

Election

These elections will be conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic so the necessary guidelines will be issued by the Election Commission of India.

Security preparations

After several instances of violence, threats and murders even before the polls were announced, the Election Commission of India and Home Ministry ordered twelve companies of central forces were be deployed in West Bengal from February 20. At least 125 more central troops were ordered to reach West Bengal on February 25 to ensure law and order in the poll-bound state. The Election commission said that forces will lay stress on area domination, especially in sensitive zones.

60 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 30 companies of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), 25 companies of the Border Security Force (BSF) and five companies each of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Covid-19 guidelines

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, the Election Commission of India issued various health guidelines for conducting the elections. The guidelines include use of masks, sanitisation of the polling booths, use of thermal scanners before entering the polling booths, maintaining social distancing, and so forth. The number of maximum voters for each polling station has also been brought down to 1000 from 1500.

Results

Election results will be announced on May 2, 2021

Party and Alliance Wise Results

AITC+		SEATS	SNM		SEATS	NDA		SEATS	Others		SEATS
AITC		TBD	INC		TBD	BJP		TBD	IND		TBD
GJM		TBD	CPI(M)		TBD	GNLF		TBD	SUCI(C)		TBD
			CPI		TBD	CPRM		TBD	CPI(ML)L		TBD
			RSP		TBD	ABGL		TBD	AIMIM		TBD
			AIFB		TBD	GRNM		TBD	JMM		TBD
			ISF		TBD	SMM		TBD	JD(U)		TBD
Total		TBD	Total		TBD	Total		TBD	Total		TBD
Change		TBD	Change		TBD	Change		TBD	Change		TBD

District wise Results

District	Total Seats
		AITC+	NDA	SNM	Others
Cooch Behar	9
Alipurduar	5
Jalpaiguri	8
Bankura	12
Paschim Bardhaman	10
Purba Bardhaman	16
Birbhum	11
Darjeeling	5
Uttar Dinajpur	10
Dakshin Dinajpur	6
Hooghly	18
Howrah	16
Jhargram	4
Kolkata	11
Kalimpong	1
Malda	12
Paschim Medinipur	15
Purba Medinipur	16
Murshidabad	22
Nadia	17
North 24 Parganas	33
South 24 Parganas	31
Purulia	9

Constituency Wise Results

Results

Assembly Constituency		Turnout (%)	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Cooch Behar district
1	Mekliganj
2	Mathabhanga
3	Cooch Behar Uttar
4	Cooch Behar Dakshin
5	Sitalkuchi
6	Sitai
7	Dinhata
8	Natabari
9	Tufanganj
Alipurdar district
10	Kumargram
11	Kalchini
12	Alipurduars
13	Falakata
14	Madarihat
Jalpaiguri district
15	Dhupguri
16	Maynaguri
17	Jalpaiguri
18	Rajganj
19	Dabgram-Phulbari
20	Mal
21	Nagrakata
Kalimpong district
22	Kalimpong
Darjeeling district
23	Darjeeling
24	Kurseong
25	Matigara-Naxalbari
26	Siliguri
27	Phansidewa
Uttar Dinajpur district
28	Chopra
29	Islampur
30	Goalpokhar
31	Chakulia
32	Karandighi
33	Hemtabad
34	Kaliaganj
35	Raiganj
36	Itahar
Dakshin Dinajpur district
37	Kushmandi
38	Kumarganj
39	Balurghat
40	Tapan
41	Gangarampur
42	Harirampur
Malda district
43	Habibpur
44	Gazole
45	Chanchal
46	Harishchandrapur
47	Malatipur
48	Ratua
49	Manikchak
50	Maldaha
51	English Bazar
52	Mothabari
53	Sujapur
54	Baisnabnagar
Murshidabad district
55	Farakka
56	Samserganj
57	Suti
58	Jangipur
59	Raghunathganj
60	Sagardighi
61	Lalgola
62	Bhagabangola
63	Raninagar
64	Murshidabad
65	Nabagram
66	Khargram
67	Burwan
68	Kandi
69	Bharatpur
70	Rejinagar
71	Beldanga
72	Baharampur
73	Hariharpara
74	Naoda
75	Domkal
76	Jalangi
Nadia district
77	Karimpur
78	Tehatta
79	Palashipara
80	Kaliganj
81	Nakashipara
82	Chapra
83	Krishnanagar Uttar
84	Nabadwip
85	Krishnanagar Dakshin
86	Santipur
87	Ranaghat Uttar Paschim
88	Krishnaganj
89	Ranaghat Uttar Purba
90	Ranaghat Dakshin
91	Chakdaha
92	Kalyani
93	Haringhata
North 24 Parganas district
94	Bagda
95	Bangaon Uttar
96	Bangaon Dakshin
97	Gaighata
98	Swarupnagar
99	Baduria
100	Habra
101	Ashokenagar
102	Amdanga
103	Bijpur
104	Naihati
105	Bhatpara
106	Jagatdal
107	Noapara
108	Barrackpore
109	Khardaha
110	Dum Dum Uttar
111	Panihati
112	Kamarhati
113	Baranagar
114	Dum Dum
115	Rajarhat New Town
116	Bidhannagar
117	Rajarhat Gopalpur
118	Madhyamgram
119	Barasat
120	Deganga
121	Haroa
122	Minakhan
123	Sandeshkhali
124	Basirhat Dakshin
125	Basirhat Uttar
126	Hingalganj
South 24 Parganas district
127	Gosaba
128	Basanti
129	Kultali
130	Patharpratima
131	Kakdwip
132	Sagar
133	Kulpi
134	Raidighi
135	Mandirbazar
136	Jaynagar
137	Baruipur Purba
138	Canning Paschim
139	Canning Purba
140	Baruipur Paschim
141	Magrahat Purba
142	Magrahat Paschim
143	Diamond Harbour
144	Falta
145	Satgachia
146	Bishnupur (South 24 Parganas)
147	Sonarpur Dakshin
148	Bhangar
149	Kasba
150	Jadavpur
151	Sonarpur Uttar
152	Tollygunge
153	Behala Purba
154	Behala Paschim
155	Maheshtala
156	Budge Budge
157	Metiaburuz
Kolkata district
158	Kolkata Port
159	Bhabanipur
160	Rashbehari
161	Ballygunge
162	Chowrangee
163	Entally
164	Beleghata
165	Jorasanko
166	Shyampukur
167	Maniktala
168	Kashipur-Belgachia
Howrah district
169	Bally
170	Howrah Uttar
171	Howrah Madhya
172	Shibpur
173	Howrah Dakshin
174	Sankrail
175	Panchla
176	Uluberia Purba
177	Uluberia Uttar
178	Uluberia Dakshin
179	Shyampur
180	Bagnan
181	Amta
182	Udaynarayanpur
183	Jagatballavpur
184	Domjur
Hooghly district
185	Uttarpara
186	Sreerampur
187	Champdani
188	Singur
189	Chandannagar
190	Chunchura
191	Balagarh
192	Pandua
193	Saptagram
194	Chanditala
195	Jangipara
196	Haripal
197	Dhanekhali
198	Tarakeswar
199	Pursurah
200	Arambagh
201	Goghat
202	Khanakul
Purba Medinipur district
203	Tamluk
204	Panskura Purba
205	Panskura Paschim
206	Moyna
207	Nandakumar
208	Mahisadal
209	Haldia
210	Nandigram
211	Chandipur
212	Patashpur
213	Kanthi Uttar
214	Bhagabanpur
215	Khejuri
216	Kanthi Dakshin
217	Ramnagar
218	Egra
Paschim Medinipur district
219	Dantan
Jhargram district
220	Nayagram
221	Gopiballavpur
222	Jhargram
Paschim Medinipur district
223	Keshiary
224	Kharagpur Sadar
225	Narayangarh
226	Sabang
227	Pingla
228	Kharagpur
229	Debra
230	Daspur
231	Ghatal
232	Chandrakona
233	Garbeta
234	Salboni
235	Keshpur
236	Medinipur
Jhargram district
237	Binpur
Purulia district
238	Bandwan
239	Balarampur
240	Baghmundi
241	Joypur
242	Purulia
243	Manbazar
244	Kashipur
245	Para
246	Raghunathpur
Bankura district
247	Saltora
248	Chhatna
249	Ranibandh
250	Raipur
251	Taldangra
252	Bankura
253	Barjora
254	Onda
255	Bishnupur (Bankura)
256	Katulpur
257	Indas
258	Sonamukhi
Purba Bardhaman district
259	Khandaghosh
260	Bardhaman Dakshin
261	Raina
262	Jamalpur
263	Manteswar
264	Kalna
265	Memari
266	Bardhaman Uttar
267	Bhatar
268	Purbasthali Dakshin
269	Purbasthali Uttar
270	Katwa
271	Ketugram
272	Mangalkot
273	Ausgram
274	Galsi
Paschim Bardhaman district
275	Pandaveswar
276	Durgapur Purba
277	Durgapur Paschim
278	Raniganj
279	Jamuria
280	Asansol Dakshin
281	Asansol Uttar
282	Kulti
283	Barabani
Birbhum district
284	Dubrajpur
285	Suri
286	Bolpur
287	Nanoor
288	Labpur
289	Sainthia
290	Mayureswar
291	Rampurhat
292	Hansan
293	Nalhati
294	Murarai

References

Further reading

• Halder, Deep (2021). Bengal 2021: An Election Diary. India: HarperCollins. ISBN 9789354224171.

External links

• West Bangal General Legislative Election at the Election Commission of India