Electoral history of Mamata Banerjee

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Mamata Banerjee, who is currently serving as the 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal, since May 2011.

Summary[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

Year Constituency Party Votes % Result
1984 Jadavpur INC 331,618 50.87 Won
1989 410,288 46.67 Lost
1991 Kolkata Dakshin 367,896 52.46 Won
1996 438,252 52.50 Won
1998 AITC 503,551 59.37 Won
1999 469,103 58.26 Won
2004 393,561 51.10 Won
2009 576,045 57.19 Won

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Year Constituency Party Votes % Result
2011^ Bhabanipur Trinamool Congress 73,635 77.46 Won
2016 65,520 47.67 Won
2021 Nandigram 108,808 47.64 Lost
2021^ Bhabanipur 85,263 71.90 Won
2026 Bhabanipur 58,812 42.19 Lost

^By poll

Detailed results[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha Election 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election : Jadavpur[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 331,618 50.87%
CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee 311,958 47.85%
IC(S) Sakti Sarkar 5993 0.92%
Independent Rajanath Prasad 2336 0.36%
Majority 19,660
Turnout 651905
INC gain from CPIM Swing {{{swing}}}

Lok Sabha Election 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election : Jadavpur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Malini Bhattacharya 441,188 50.19% +4.00%
INC Mamata Banerjee 410,288 46.67%
BJP Uttam Basu 9874 1.12%
IUML Laskar Jabed Ali 7994 0.91%
Majority 30,900
Turnout 879040
CPIM gain from INC Swing {{{swing}}}

General election 1991[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1991: Calcutta South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 367,896 52.46
CPI(M) Biplab Dasgupta 2,74,233 39.10
BJP Somraj Dutta 50,541 7.21
Independent Ashok kumar Roy Chowdhury 1,958 0.28
Independent Sushil Chandra Majumdar 1,779 0.25
BSP Parimal Kanti Ray 1,121 0.16
Independent Priti Mazumder 877 0.13
Independent Bandana Biswas 837 0.12
Doordarshi Party Hari Shankar Shah 792 0.11
Independent Hajranchhor Chand Bhandari 548 0.08
Independent Bhagwan Das Nathany 413 0.06
Independent Arun Ghosh 295 0.04
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh 798 0.10
Majority 93,663
Turnout 7,01,290 68.50
INC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 1996[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1996: Calcutta South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 438,252 52.50
CPI(M) Bharati Mukherjee 3,34,991 40.10
BJP Santi Roy 45,066 5.30
Independent Bulu Chatterjee 3,439 0.40
Independent Sushil Chandra Majumdar 1,869 0.20
Independent D. Guha 1,755 0.20
Independent Tripti Das 1,589 0.20
Independent Bandana Biswas 1,572 0.20
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) Yasmeen Sen Gupta 1,527 0.20
Independent Lalita Seth 1,482 0.20
Independent Ramagardi Yadav 1,285 0.20
Independent Bablu Dutta 958 0.10
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh 798 0.10
Majority 1,03,261 12.1
Turnout 8,52,458 73.0
INC hold Swing

General election 1998[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1998: Calcutta South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 503,551 59.37
CPI(M) Prasanta Kumar Sur 279,470 32.95
INC Sougata Roy 56,725 6.69
Independent Partha Sarathi Ghosh 1,937 0.23
RJD Salik Ram Shaw 1,498 0.18
Independent G.Joseph 1.497 0.18
Independent Rina Sutradhar 1,447 0.17
Independent Adrish Bhattacharya 1,236 0.15
Independent Addy Samir Kumar 493 0.06
Independent Paresh Nath Bandyopadhyay 340 0.04
Majority 2,24,081 27.7
Turnout 8,05,121 66.96%
AITC gain from INC Swing

General election 1999[edit | edit source]

General Election, 1999: Calcutta South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 469,103 58.26
CPI(M) Subhankar Chakraborty 2,55,095 31.68
INC Partha Roy Chowdhury 51,735 6.43
CPI(ML) Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh 6,186
BSP Mohammed Sahabuddun 6,091 0.76
Independent Ranjan Kumar Das 5.841
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh 4,512
Independent Priya Nath Banerjee 2,740
Independent Kabita Mukherjee 2,160
Independent Bandana Biswas 1,658
Majority 2,14,008 26.6
Turnout 8,05,121 66.96
AITC hold Swing

General election 2004[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2004: Calcutta South[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 393,561 51.10 −7.26
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 295,132 38.30 +6.62
INC Nafisa Ali 60,377 7.80
Independent Sujit Kumar Roy 4,782 0.60
BSP Kusha Ram 4,431 0.60
Independent Bandana Das 4,130 0.50
Independent Mukul Paul 2,524 0.30
Independent Ranjit Banerjee 2,306 0.30
Independent Barnali Mukherjee 2,258 0.30
Independent Santu Mukherjee 1,708 0.20
Independent Bhushan Mondal 1,533 0.20
Majority 98,429 12.8%
Turnout 7,70,828 70.3%
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Kolkata Dakshin[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 576,045 57.19 +6.09
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 3,56,474 35.39 −2.91
BJP Jyotsna Banerjee 39,744 3.95
BSP Paresh Chandra Roy 6,745 0.67
IND Yusuf Jamal Siddique 6,042 0.60
IUML Asif Md 5,896 0.59
Majority 2,19,571 21.80
Turnout 10,07,225 66.89
AITC hold Swing

West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Bye-election, 2011[edit | edit source]

The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest. She had not contested the state assembly elections earlier. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister as per the rules of the Constitution of India.[9]

Bye-election, 2011: Bhabanipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate) 73,635 77.46 +12.69
CPI(M) Nandini Mukherjee 19,422 20.43 −7.55
Independent Sujay Krishna Bhadra 809 0.85
Majority 54,213 57.03 +20.24
Turnout 95,064 44.73 −19.04
AITC hold Swing +12.69

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 65,520 47.67 Decrease29.79
INC Deepa Dasmunshi 40,219 29.26 New
BJP Chandra Kumar Bose 26,299 19.13 New
None of the above (India) None of the Above 2,461 1.79 New
BSP Nirmal Kanti Samaddar[10] 669 0.27
Majority 25,301 18.41 Decrease38.62
Turnout 1,37,475 66.83 Increase22.11
AITC hold Swing Decrease29.79

2021[edit | edit source]

In the 2021 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival and incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nandigram[11][12][13][14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suvendu Adhikari 110,764 48.49 Increase43.09
AITC Mamata Banerjee 1,08,808 47.64 Decrease19.56
CPI(M) Minakshi Mukherjee 6,267 2.74 Decrease23.96
NOTA None of the Above 1,090 0.48 Decrease0.15
Majority 1,956 0.85
Turnout 2,28,467 88.55 Increase1.58
BJP gain from Trinamool Congress Swing

2021 by-election[edit | edit source]

Bye-election, 2021: Bhabanipur[16][17][18][19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 85,263 71.90 Increase14.19
BJP Priyanka Tibrewal 26,428 22.29 Decrease12.87
CPI(M) Shrijeeb Biswas 4,226 3.56
NOTA None of the Above 1,453 1.23
Majority 58,835 49.61
Turnout
AITC hold Swing Increase14.19

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bhabanipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suvendu Adhikari 73,917 53.02 Increase30.73
AITC Mamata Banerjee 58,812 42.19 Decrease 29.71
CPI(M) Shrijeeb Biswas 3,556 2.55 Decrease 1.01
INC Pradip Prasad 1,257 0.9 Template:New
None of the above (India) None of the above 829 0.59 Decrease 0.64
Majority 15,105 10.83 Increase
Turnout 1,39,413 Decrease
BJP gain from Trinamool Congress Swing

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nandigram: After Hours of Confusion, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Emerges Winner". The Wire. 2021-05-02.
  12. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  13. ↑ "Nandigram Election Result 2021 LIVE: Nandigram MLA Election Result & Vote Share". Oneindia.
  14. ↑ "Nandigram Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE - Nandigram Vidhan Sabha Election Results". Times Now.
  15. ↑ "210" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  16. ↑ "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 2021-09-30. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  17. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  19. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  20. ↑ "Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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