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.[1]
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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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] However, in the 2019 general elections TMC won 22 and the BJP won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal.[5] 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.[6]
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.[6][7] 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".[8][9]
The COVID-19 pandemic also became an election issue.[10][11] The Government of West Bengal was accused of "fudging" with the number of Coronavirus disease 2019 positive patients and death tolls by the opposition.[12]
In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan hit the state a year before elections.[13][10] After the passing away of the cyclone, widespread allegations of mismanagement[14] and relief scam were seen.[15][16] Protest broke out in various district of the state over these allegations.[17][18] The opposition made it an election issue ahead of the Assembly polls.[19][20] Rebellion and dissatisfaction of many Trinamool leaders are also likely to impact the elections.[21]
Schedule
The Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora holding a press conference to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of West Bengal along with Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, in New Delhi on February 26, 2021. The Election Commissioners, Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar and the senior officials of ECI are also seen.
Election schedule were announced on 26 February 2021 and the election will be held in 8 phases from 27 March 2021 to 29 April 2021 and votes will be counted on 2 May 2021.[22][23]
| Poll Event | Phase | |||||||
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| 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.[24] Shiv Sena also endorsed Trinamool for the election.[25]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | All India Trinamool Congress | 
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Mamata Banerjee | 290 |
| 2. | Gorkha Janmukti Morcha[26] | 
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Bimal Gurung | 3 |
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.[27][28] Out of the 193 seats agreed upon by January 28, 92 went to Congress and 101 to the Left Front.[27] These 193 seats included agreements over all the 77 seats the Congress and Left Front had won in the 2016 election.[27] Left Congress and ISF announced that they will fight together in an alliance named as 'Sanyukta Morcha' from Brigade Rally on 28th February 2021.[29] ISF initially claimed that they have secured 30 seats from the Left Front's quota.[30] After the final seat sharing agreement was concluded, it was announced that the Left Front will contest on 165 seats, Congress will contest on 92 seats and ISF will contest on 37 seats.[31]
Left Front chairman Biman Bose announced candidates comprising of ex-Ministers Susanta Ghosh, Deblina Hembram, ex-MP Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske for first and second-phase elections on 5 March alongside Congress and ISF leaders leaving seats for them in the list.[32] Indian National Congress revealed its first list of 13 candidates for the first two phases on 6th March.[33] Left Front Announced it's second list of candidates on 10th March comprising of several new and young faces such as JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, SFI All India Joint Secretary Dipsita Dhar, SFI state secretary Srijan Bhattacharya, SFI state president Pratik Ur Rahman, DYFI state secretary Sayandip Mitra, Pritha Ta along with some well-known veteran faces like Left Legislative party leader Sujan Chakraborty, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and five time ex MP Mohammed Salim, ex Municipal and Urban Developement Minister and Mayor of Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya, ex Youth Affairs and Sundarbans Developement Minister Kanti Ganguly, ex Irrigation and Waterways Minister Subhas Naskar and many more.[34] That day Bose declared DYFI state president Minakshi Mukhejee as the CPI(M) candidate for Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) which was kept vacant in the first list published on 5th March.[35]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | _Flag.jpg){kind=small}
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File:Surya Kanta Mishra-1.jpg | Surya Kanta Mishra[36] | 130 |
| 2. | Indian National Congress | 
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 92 |
| 3. | Indian Secular Front[37] | 
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Abbas Siddiqui[38] | 37 | |
| 4. | All India Forward Bloc | File:AIFB Flag.jpg |  |
Naren Chatterjee[36] | 18 | |
| 5. | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 
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Biswanath Chowdhury[36] | 11 | |
| 6. | Communist Party of India | 
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Swapan Banerjee[36] | 10 | |
| 7. | Marxist Forward Bloc |
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Samar Hazra | 1 |
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.[24]
BJP allotted one seat to the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU).[39]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | File:B.J.P. flag.jpg |  |
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Dilip Ghosh | TBD |
| 2. | All Jharkhand Students Union |
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File:Sudesh Mahto.jpg | Sudesh Mahto | 1 |
| 3. | Gorkha National Liberation Front[40] | 
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Mann Ghising | TBD | ||
| 4. | Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists[41] | Ratna Bahadur Rai | TBD | |||
| 5. | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | Mina Subba | TBD | |||
| 6. | Gorkhaland Rajya Nirman Morcha | TBD | ||||
| 7. | SUMETI Mukti Morcha | TBD |
NDA Seat Sharing Map
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Others
Shiv Sena initially said that they would contest in around 100 seats,[42] but later on 4th March 2021 announced that they would not contest and will instead support Mamata Banerjee and TMC from outside.[43]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
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| 1. | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 
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Provash Ghosh | 193[44] | |
| 2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation[45] | File:Logo of CPIML Liberation.jpg | Dipankar Bhattacharya | 12[46] | ||
| 3. | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen[47] | 
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Zameerul Hasan | TBD | ||
| 4. | Janata Dal (United)[48] | _Flag.svg){kind=small}
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Candidates
| Assembly Constituency | AITC+[49] | NDA[39] | Sanyukta Morcha | Voting On | |||||||
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| # | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||||
| Cooch Behar district | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mekliganj | AITC | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | BJP | AIFB | Gobindo Ray | 10 April 2021 | ||||
| 2 | Mathabhanga | AITC | Girindra Nath Barman | BJP | CPI(M) | Ashok Barman | |||||
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar | AITC | Binay Krishna Barman | BJP | AIFB | Nagendra Nath Ray | |||||
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | AITC | Avijit Dey Bhowmik | BJP | AIFB | Akshay Thakur | |||||
| 5 | Sitalkuchi | AITC | Partha Pratim Ray | BJP | CPI(M) | Sudhangsu Pramanik | |||||
| 6 | Sitai | AITC | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 7 | Dinhata | AITC | Udayan Guha | BJP | AIFB | Abdul Rauf | |||||
| 8 | Natabari | AITC | Rabindra Nath Ghosh | BJP | CPI(M) | Akik Hasan | |||||
| 9 | Tufanganj | AITC | Pranab Kumar Dey | BJP | INC | ||||||
| Alipurdar district | |||||||||||
| 10 | Kumargram | AITC | Leos Kujur | BJP | RSP | Kishor Minz | 10 April 2021 | ||||
| 11 | Kalchini | AITC | Pasang Lama | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 12 | Alipurduars | AITC | Sourav Chakraborty | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 13 | Falakata | AITC | Subhash Roy | BJP | CPI(M) | Khsitish Chandra Roy | |||||
| 14 | Madarihat | AITC | Rajesh Lakra | BJP | RSP | Subhas Lohar | |||||
| Jalpaiguri district | |||||||||||
| 15 | Dhupguri | AITC | Mitali Roy | BJP | CPI(M) | 17 April 2021 | |||||
| 16 | Maynaguri | AITC | Manoj Roy | BJP | RSP | ||||||
| 17 | Jalpaiguri | AITC | Pradip Kumar Barma | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 18 | Rajganj | AITC | Khageswar Roy | BJP | CPI(M) | Ratan Ray | |||||
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | AITC | Goutam Deb | BJP | CPI(M) | Dilip Singh | |||||
| 20 | Mal | AITC | Bulu Chik Baraik | BJP | CPI(M) | Manu Oraon | |||||
| 21 | Nagrakata | AITC | Joseph Munda | BJP | INC | ||||||
| Kalimpong district | |||||||||||
| 22 | Kalimpong | GJM | INC | 17 April 2021 | |||||||
| Darjeeling district | |||||||||||
| 23 | Darjeeling | GJM | 17 April 2021 | ||||||||
| 24 | Kurseong | GJM | |||||||||
| 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari | AITC | Captain Nalini Ranjan Roy | BJP | INC | Sankar Malakar | |||||
| 26 | Siliguri | AITC | Prof. Omprakash Mishra | BJP | CPI(M) | Ashok Bhattacharya | |||||
| 27 | Phansidewa | AITC | Choton Kisku | BJP | INC | Sunil Chandra Tirkey | |||||
| Uttar Dinajpur district | |||||||||||
| 28 | Chopra | AITC | Hamidul Rahaman | BJP | CPI(M) | Anwarul Haque | 22 April 2021 | ||||
| 29 | Islampur | AITC | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 30 | Goalpokhar | AITC | Md.Ghulam Rabbani | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 31 | Chakulia | AITC | Minhajul Arfin Azad | BJP | AIFB | Ali Imran Ramz | |||||
| 32 | Karandighi | AITC | Goutam Pal | BJP | AIFB | Hafizul Iqbal | |||||
| 33 | Hemtabad | AITC | Satyajit Barman | BJP | CPI(M) | Bhupendra Nath Barman | |||||
| 34 | Kaliaganj | AITC | Tapan Dev Singha | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 35 | Raiganj | AITC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | BJP | INC | Mohit Sengupta | |||||
| 36 | Itahar | AITC | Mosaraf Hossain | BJP | CPI | Srikumar Mukherjee | |||||
| Dakshin Dinajpur district | |||||||||||
| 37 | Kushmandi | AITC | Rekha Roy | BJP | RSP | Narmada Chandra Roy | 26 April 2021 | ||||
| 38 | Kumarganj | AITC | Toraf Hossain Mandal | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 39 | Balurghat | AITC | Sekhar Dasgupta | BJP | RSP | Sucheta Biswas | |||||
| 40 | Tapan | AITC | Kalpana Kisku | BJP | RSP | Raghu Urwo | |||||
| 41 | Gangarampur | AITC | Goutam Das | BJP | CPI(M) | Nandalal Hazra | |||||
| 42 | Harirampur | AITC | Biplab Mitra | BJP | CPI(M) | Rafikul Islam | |||||
| Malda district | |||||||||||
| 43 | Habibpur | AITC | Pradip Baskey | BJP | CPI(M) | Thakur Tudu | 26 April 2021 | ||||
| 44 | Gazole | AITC | Basanti Barman | BJP | CPI(M) | Arun Biswas | |||||
| 45 | Chanchal | AITC | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh | BJP | INC | Asif Mehbub | |||||
| 46 | Harishchandrapur | AITC | Tajmul Hossain | BJP | INC | Alam Mostaque | |||||
| 47 | Malatipur | AITC | Abdul Rahim Boxi | BJP | INC | Alberuni Zulkarnain | |||||
| 48 | Ratua | AITC | Samar Mukherjee | BJP | INC | ||||||
| 49 | Manikchak | AITC | Sabitri Mitra | BJP | INC | Md. Mottakin Alam | 29 April 2021 | ||||
| 50 | Maldaha | AITC | Ujjal Chowdhury | BJP | INC | Bhupendra Nath Halder | |||||
| 51 | English Bazar | AITC | Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Koushik Mishra | ||||||
| 52 | Mothabari | AITC | Sabina Yeasmin | INC | |||||||
| 53 | Sujapur | AITC | Md Abdul Ghani | INC | Isha Khan Choudhury | ||||||
| 54 | Baisnabnagar | AITC | Chandana Sarkar | INC | |||||||
| Murshidabad district | |||||||||||
| 55 | Farakka | AITC | Monirul Islam | INC | Mainul Haque | 26 April 2021 | |||||
| 56 | Samserganj | AITC | Amirul Islam | ||||||||
| 57 | Suti | AITC | Emani Biswas | INC | |||||||
| 58 | Jangipur | AITC | Jakir Hossain | RSP | Pradip Nandi | ||||||
| 59 | Raghunathganj | AITC | Akhruzzaman | INC | |||||||
| 60 | Sagardighi | AITC | Subrata Saha | INC | |||||||
| 61 | Lalgola | AITC | Mohammad Ali | INC | Abu Hena | ||||||
| 62 | Bhagabangola | AITC | Idris Ali | CPI(M) | Kamaal Hossain | ||||||
| 63 | Raninagar | AITC | Soumik Hossain | INC | Firoza Begam | ||||||
| 64 | Murshidabad | AITC | Shaoni Singha Roy | INC | |||||||
| 65 | Nabagram | AITC | Kanai Chandra Mondal | CPI(M) | Kripalini Ghosh | ||||||
| 66 | Khargram | AITC | Ashis Marjit | INC | 29 April 2021 | ||||||
| 67 | Burwan | AITC | Jiban Krishna Saha | INC | Protima Rajak | ||||||
| 68 | Kandi | AITC | Apurba Sarkar(David) | INC | |||||||
| 69 | Bharatpur | AITC | Humayun Kabir | INC | Kamalesh Chatterjee | ||||||
| 70 | Rejinagar | AITC | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | INC | |||||||
| 71 | Beldanga | AITC | Hasanuzzaman Sk. | INC | Seikh Safiujjaman | ||||||
| 72 | Baharampur | AITC | Naru Gopal Mukherjee | INC | Manoj Chakraborty | ||||||
| 73 | Hariharpara | AITC | Niamot Sheikh | INC | |||||||
| 74 | Naoda | AITC | Sahina Mamtaz Begum
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INC | |||||||
| 75 | Domkal | AITC | Jafikul Islam | CPI(M) | Mustafizur Rahman | ||||||
| 76 | Jalangi | AITC | Abdur Razzak | CPI(M) | Saiful Islam Molla | ||||||
| Nadia district | |||||||||||
| 77 | Karimpur | AITC | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | CPI(M) | Pravas Majumdar | 22 April 2021 | |||||
| 78 | Tehatta | AITC | Tapas Kumar Saha | CPI(M) | Subodh Biswas | ||||||
| 79 | Palashipara | AITC | Manik Bhattacharya | CPI(M) | M. S. Sadi | ||||||
| 80 | Kaliganj | AITC | Naseeruddin Ahamed (Lal) | INC | |||||||
| 81 | Nakashipara | AITC | Kallol Khan | CPI(M) | Sukla Saha Chakraborty | ||||||
| 82 | Chapra | AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | ISF | |||||||
| 83 | Krishnanagar Uttar | AITC | Koushani Mukherjee | INC | |||||||
| 84 | Nabadwip | AITC | Pundarikakshya Saha (Nanda) | CPI(M) | Swarnendu Singha | ||||||
| 85 | Krishnanagar Dakshin | AITC | Ujjal Biswas | CPI(M) | Sumit Biswas | ||||||
| 86 | Santipur | AITC | Ajoy Dey | 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) | CPI(M) | Narayan Dasgupta | ||||||
| 92 | Kalyani | AITC | Ramendra Nath Biswas | CPI(M) | Sabuj Roy | ||||||
| 93 | Haringhata | AITC | Nilima Nag (Mallick) | ||||||||
| North 24 Parganas district | |||||||||||
| 94 | Bagda | AITC | Paritosh Kumar Saha | INC | 22 April 2021 | ||||||
| 95 | Bangaon Uttar | AITC | Shyamal Roy | ||||||||
| 96 | Bangaon Dakshin | AITC | Alo Rani Sarkar | CPI(M) | Dr. Priti Kumar Ray | ||||||
| 97 | Gaighata | AITC | Narottam Biswas | CPI | Kapil Krishna Thakur | ||||||
| 98 | Swarupnagar | AITC | Bina Mandal | CPI(M) | Biswajit Mondal | ||||||
| 99 | Baduria | AITC | Quasi Abdul Mallick | INC | |||||||
| 100 | Habra | AITC | Jyotipriyo Mallick | CPI(M) | Rijinandan Biswas | ||||||
| 101 | Ashokenagar | AITC | Dhiman Roy | ||||||||
| 102 | Amdanga | AITC | Mustaque Mortaza | ISF | |||||||
| 103 | Bijpur | AITC | Subodh Adhikary | CPI(M) | Sukanta Rakshit | ||||||
| 104 | Naihati | AITC | Partha Bhowmick | CPI(M) | Indrani Kundu Mukherjee | ||||||
| 105 | Bhatpara | AITC | Jitendra Shaw | ||||||||
| 106 | Jagatdal | AITC | Somnath Shyam | AIFB | Nimai Saha | ||||||
| 107 | Noapara | AITC | Manju Basu | INC | |||||||
| 108 | Barrackpore | AITC | Raj Chakraborty | CPI(M) | Debasish Bhowmick | ||||||
| 109 | Khardaha | AITC | Kajal Sinha | CPI(M) | Debojyoti Das | ||||||
| 110 | Dum Dum Uttar | AITC | Chandrima Bhattacharya | CPI(M) | Tanmoy Bhattacharya | ||||||
| 111 | Panihati | AITC | Nirmal Ghosh | INC | 17 April 2021 | ||||||
| 112 | Kamarhati | AITC | Madan Mitra | CPI(M) | Sayandip Mitra | ||||||
| 113 | Baranagar | AITC | Tapas Roy | INC | |||||||
| 114 | Dum Dum | AITC | Bratya Basu | CPI(M) | Palash Das | ||||||
| 115 | Rajarhat New Town | AITC | Tapas Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Saptarshi Deb | ||||||
| 116 | Bidhannagar | AITC | Sujit Bose | INC | |||||||
| 117 | Rajarhat Gopalpur | AITC | Aditi Munsi | CPI(M) | Subhajit Dasgupta | ||||||
| 118 | Madhyamgram | AITC | Rathin Ghosh | ISF | |||||||
| 119 | Barasat | AITC | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | AIFB | Sanjib Chattopadhyay | ||||||
| 120 | Deganga | AITC | Rahima Mondal | ||||||||
| 121 | Haroa | AITC | Haji Sk. Nurul Islam | ISF | |||||||
| 122 | Minakhan | AITC | Usha Rani Mondal | CPI(M) | Pradyot Ray | ||||||
| 123 | Sandeshkhali | AITC | Sukumar Mahata | ISF | |||||||
| 124 | Basirhat Dakshin | AITC | Dr. Saptarshi Banerjee | INC | |||||||
| 125 | Basirhat Uttar | AITC | Rafikul Islam Mondal | ISF | |||||||
| 126 | Hingalganj | AITC | Debes Mondal | CPI | Dr. Ranjan 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 | BJP | RSP | Subhas Naskar | 6 April 2021 | ||||
| 129 | Kultali | AITC | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | BJP | CPI(M) | Ram Shankar Haldar | |||||
| 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 | BJP | ISF | 6 April 2021 | |||||
| 134 | Raidighi | AITC | Alok Jaldata | CPI(M) | Kanti Ganguly | ||||||
| 135 | Mandirbazar | AITC | Jaydeb Halder | ISF | |||||||
| 136 | Jaynagar | AITC | Biswanath Das | CPI(M) | Apurba Pramanik | ||||||
| 137 | Baruipur Purba | AITC | Bibhas Sardar | CPI(M) | Swapan Naskar | ||||||
| 138 | Canning Paschim | AITC | Paresh Ram Das | INC | |||||||
| 139 | Canning Purba | AITC | Saokat Molla | ISF | |||||||
| 140 | Baruipur Paschim | AITC | Biman Banerjee | CPI(M) | Lahek Ali | ||||||
| 141 | Magrahat Purba | AITC | Namita Saha | CPI(M) | Chandan Saha | ||||||
| 142 | Magrahat Paschim | AITC | Giasuddin Molla | ISF | |||||||
| 143 | Diamond Harbour | AITC | Pannalal Halder | CPI(M) | Pratik Ur Rahman | ||||||
| 144 | Falta | AITC | Sankar Kumar Naskar | INC | |||||||
| 145 | Satgachia | AITC | Mohan Chandra Naskar | CPI(M) | Goutam Paul | ||||||
| 146 | Bishnupur (S 24) | AITC | Dilip Mondal | CPI(M) | Jhuma Kayal | ||||||
| 147 | Sonarpur Dakshin | AITC | Lovely Moitra | CPI | Subham Banerjee | 10 April 2021 | |||||
| 148 | Bhangar | AITC | Md. Rezaul Karim | ISF | |||||||
| 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 | CPI(M) | Monalisa Sinha | ||||||
| 152 | Tollygunge | AITC | Aroop Biswas | CPI(M) | Debdut Ghosh | ||||||
| 153 | Behala Purba | AITC | Ratna Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Samita Har Chowdhury | ||||||
| 154 | Behala Paschim | AITC | Partha Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Nihar Bhakta | ||||||
| 155 | Maheshtala | AITC | Dulal Chandra Das | CPI(M) | Pradyut Chowdhury | ||||||
| 156 | Budge Budge | AITC | Ashok Deb | INC | |||||||
| 157 | Metiaburuz | AITC | Abdul Khaleque Molla | ISF | |||||||
| Kolkata district | |||||||||||
| 158 | Kolkata Port | AITC | Firhad Hakim | INC | 26 April 2021 | ||||||
| 159 | Bhabanipur | AITC | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | INC | |||||||
| 160 | Rashbehari | AITC | Debasish Kumar | INC | |||||||
| 161 | Ballygunge | AITC | Subrata Mukherjee | CPI(M) | Dr. Fuad Halim | ||||||
| 162 | Chowrangee | AITC | Nayana Bandopadhyay | INC | 29 April 2021 | ||||||
| 163 | Entally | AITC | Swarna Kamal Saha | ISF | |||||||
| 164 | Beleghata | AITC | Paresh Paul | CPI(M) | Rajib Biswas | ||||||
| 165 | Jorasanko | AITC | Vivek Gupta | INC | |||||||
| 166 | Shyampukur | AITC | Sashi Panja | AIFB | |||||||
| 167 | Maniktala | AITC | Sadhan Pande | CPI(M) | Rupa Bagchi | ||||||
| 168 | Kashipur-Belgachia | AITC | Atin Ghosh | CPI(M) | Pratip Dasgupta | ||||||
| Howrah district | |||||||||||
| 169 | Bally | AITC | Dr. Rana Chatterjee | CPI(M) | Dipsita Dhar | 10 April 2021 | |||||
| 170 | Howrah Uttar | AITC | Goutam Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Pawan Singh | ||||||
| 171 | Howrah Madhya | AITC | Arup Roy | INC | |||||||
| 172 | Shibpur | AITC | Manoj Tiwary | AIFB | Dr. Jagannath Bhattacharya | ||||||
| 173 | Howrah Dakshin | AITC | Nandita Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Sumitra Adhikari | ||||||
| 174 | Sankrail | AITC | Priya Paul | CPI(M) | Samir Malik | ||||||
| 175 | Panchla | AITC | Gulsan Mallick | ISF | |||||||
| 176 | Uluberia Purba | AITC | Bidesh Bose | ISF | |||||||
| 177 | Uluberia Uttar | AITC | Dr. Nirmal Maji | 6 April 2021 | |||||||
| 178 | Uluberia Dakshin | AITC | Pulak Roy | AIFB | Kutubuddin Ahmed | ||||||
| 179 | Shyampur | AITC | Kalipada Mandal | INC | |||||||
| 180 | Bagnan | AITC | Arunava Sen | CPI(M) | Bashir Ahmed | ||||||
| 181 | Amta | AITC | Sukanto Paul | INC | Asit Mitra | ||||||
| 182 | Udaynarayanpur | AITC | Samir Kumar Panja | INC | |||||||
| 183 | Jagatballavpur | AITC | Sitanath Ghosh | ISF | |||||||
| 184 | Domjur | AITC | Kalyan Ghosh | CPI(M) | Uttam Bera | 10 April 2021 | |||||
| Hooghly district | |||||||||||
| 185 | Uttarpara | AITC | Kanchan Mullick | CPI(M) | Rajat Banerjee | 10 April 2021 | |||||
| 186 | Sreerampur | AITC | Sudipto Roy | INC | Subhankar Sarkar | ||||||
| 187 | Champdani | AITC | Arindam Guin | INC | Abdul Mannan | ||||||
| 188 | Singur | AITC | Becharam Manna | CPI(M) | Srijan Bhattacharya | ||||||
| 189 | Chandannagar | AITC | Indranil Sen | CPI(M) | Goutam Sarkar | ||||||
| 190 | Chunchura | AITC | Asit Mazumdar | AIFB | Dr. Pranab Ghosh | ||||||
| 191 | Balagarh | AITC | Monoranjan Byapari | CPI(M) | Mahamaya Mondal | ||||||
| 192 | Pandua | AITC | Dr. Ratna De Nag | CPI(M) | Sk. Amjad Hossain | ||||||
| 193 | Saptagram | AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | INC | |||||||
| 194 | Chanditala | AITC | Swati Khandoker | CPI(M) | Mohammed Salim | ||||||
| 195 | Jangipara | AITC | Snehashis Chakraborty | ISF | 6 April 2021 | ||||||
| 196 | Haripal | AITC | Karabi Manna | ISF | |||||||
| 197 | Dhanekhali | AITC | Ashima Patra | INC | |||||||
| 198 | Tarakeswar | AITC | Ramendu Singha Roy | CPI(M) | Surajit Ghosh | ||||||
| 199 | Pursurah | AITC | Dilip Yadav | INC | |||||||
| 200 | Arambagh | AITC | Sujata Mondal Khan | CPI(M) | Sakti Mohan Malik | ||||||
| 201 | Goghat | AITC | Manas Mazumder | AIFB | Shivprasad Malik | ||||||
| 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 Paik | ||||
| 210 | Nandigram | AITC | Mamata Banerjee | BJP | Suvendu Adhikari | CPI(M) | Minakshi Mukherjee | ||||
| 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 | Hiranmoy Chattopadhyaya | INC | Reeta Sharma | 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 | INC | Samir Roy | ||||
| 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 | CPI(M) | Dhrubasekhar Mondal | ||||
| 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 | Ashutosh Mahato | INC | Nepal Mahata | ||||
| 241 | Joypur | AITC | Ujjal Kumar (Cancelled)[50] | 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 | Kamalakanta Hansda | 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 | CPI(M) | Ganesh Bauri | ||||
| Bankura district | |||||||||||
| 247 | Saltora | AITC | Santosh Mondal | BJP | Chandana Bauri | CPI(M) | Nandadulal Bauri | 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 | Biplab Soren | ||||
| 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 | Supriti Chatterji | 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 | CPI(M) | Ashima Roy | 17 April 2021 | |||||
| 260 | Bardhaman Dakshin | AITC | Khokon Das | CPI(M) | Pritha Ta | ||||||
| 261 | Raina | AITC | Shampa Dhara | CPI(M) | Basudev Khan | ||||||
| 262 | Jamalpur | AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | CPIM[lower-alpha 2] | Samar Hazra | ||||||
| 263 | Manteswar | AITC | Siddiqulla Chowdhury | ||||||||
| 264 | Kalna | AITC | Deboprasad Bag | CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | ||||||
| 265 | Memari | AITC | Madhusudan Bhattacharya | CPI(M) | Sanat Banerjee | ||||||
| 266 | Bardhaman Uttar | AITC | Nisith Kumar Malik | CPI(M) | Chandi Charan Let | ||||||
| 267 | Bhatar | AITC | Mangobindo Adhikary | CPI(M) | Najrul Haque | 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 | CPI(M) | Mizanur Rahman | ||||||
| 272 | Mangalkot | AITC | Apurba Chowdhury | CPI(M) | Shah Jahan Chowdhury | ||||||
| 273 | Ausgram | AITC | Abhedananda Thander | CPI(M) | Chanchal Majhi | ||||||
| 274 | Galsi | AITC | Nepal Ghorui | AIFB | Nanda Pandit | ||||||
| Paschim Bardhaman district | |||||||||||
| 275 | Pandaveswar | AITC | Narendranath Chakraborty | CPI(M) | Subhas Bauri | 26 April 2021 | |||||
| 276 | Durgapur Purba | AITC | Pradip Majumder | CPI(M) | Abhas Raychowdhury | ||||||
| 277 | Durgapur Paschim | AITC | Biswanath Parial | INC | |||||||
| 278 | Raniganj | AITC | Tapas Banerjee | CPI(M) | Hemant Pravakar | ||||||
| 279 | Jamuria | AITC | Hareram Singh | CPI(M) | Aishe Ghosh | ||||||
| 280 | Asansol Dakshin | AITC | Saayoni Ghosh | CPI(M) | Prashanta Ghosh | ||||||
| 281 | Asansol Uttar | AITC | Moloy Ghatak | ISF | |||||||
| 282 | Kulti | AITC | Ujjal Chatterjee | ||||||||
| 283 | Barabani | AITC | Bidhan Upadhhyay | INC | |||||||
| Birbhum district | |||||||||||
| 284 | Dubrajpur | AITC | Ashima Dhibar | AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | 29 April 2021 | |||||
| 285 | Suri | AITC | Bikash Roy Chowdhury | INC | |||||||
| 286 | Bolpur | AITC | Chandranath Singha | RSP | Tapan Hore | ||||||
| 287 | Nanoor | AITC | Bidhan Chandra Majhi | CPI(M) | Shyamali Pradhan | ||||||
| 288 | Labpur | AITC | Abhijit Singha | CPI(M) | Syed Mafizul Karim | ||||||
| 289 | Sainthia | AITC | Nilabati Saha | CPI(M) | Mousumi Konai | ||||||
| 290 | Mayureswar | AITC | Abhijit Ray | ISF | |||||||
| 291 | Rampurhat | AITC | Dr.Asish Banerjee | CPI(M) | Sanjiv Barman | ||||||
| 292 | Hansan | AITC | Ashok Kumar Chattopadhay | INC | |||||||
| 293 | Nalhati | AITC | Rajendra Prasad Singh | AIFB | Dipak Chatterjee | ||||||
| 294 | Murarai | AITC | Abdur Rahman | INC | |||||||
Polls and Surveys
Opinion Poll
| Date published | Polling agency | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC+ | BJP+ | LF + INC | Others | |||
| 8 March 2021 | Abp News - CNX[52] |
154-164 |
102-112 | 22-30 | 01-03 |
42-62 |
|
42% |
34% | 20% | 4% |
8% | ||
| 8 March 2021 | Times Now - C Voter[53] |
146-162 |
99-115 | 29-37 | 0 |
31-63 |
|
42.2% |
37.5% | 14.8% | 5.5% |
4.7% | ||
| 8 March 2021 | People's Pulse[54][55] | 70-121 | 160-207 | 12-24 | 0 | 39-137 |
| 27 February 2021 | ABP News - C Voter[56][57] |
148-164 |
92-108 | 31-39 | 1-5 |
40-72 |
| 43% | 38% | 13% | 6% |
5% | ||
| 15 February 2021 | ABP News - CNX[58][59] |
146-156 |
113-121 | 20-28 | 1-3 |
25-43 |
| 41% | 37% | 17% | 5% |
4% | ||
| 18 January 2021 | ABP News - CVoter[60] |
158 |
102 | 30 | 4 | 56 |
| 43% | 37.5% | 12% | 7.5% |
5.5% | ||
| 16 June 2020 | ABP Group - CNX[61] |
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.[62]
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.[63]
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).[64]
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.[65] The number of maximum voters for each polling station has also been brought down to 1000 from 1500.[66]
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 | AJSU | TBD | SUCI(C) | TBD | ||||
| CPI | TBD | ABGL | TBD | CPI(ML)L | TBD | ||||||
| RSP | TBD | GNLF | TBD | AIMIM | TBD | ||||||
| AIFB | TBD | GRNM | TBD | JD(U) | TBD | ||||||
| ISF | TBD | CPRM | TBD | ||||||||
| Total | TBD | Total | TBD | Total | TBD | Total | TBD | ||||
| Change | TBD | Change | TBD | Change | TBD | Change | TBD | ||||
Party wise Detailed Results
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
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 includes MLAs defected from/to other parties and elected in by-elections from 2016 to present.
- ↑ Samar Hazra is a member of the Marxist Forward Bloc, however he is contesting the election as a CPIM candidate[51]
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Further reading
- Halder, Deep (2021). Bengal 2021: An Election Diary. India: HarperCollins. ISBN 9789354224171.