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#REDIRECT[[All India Trinamool Congress]] {{R from abbreviation}}
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{{Short description|National political party in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
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|abbreviation      = AITC
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|chairman          = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
|secretary_general = [[Partha Chatterjee|Politician]]
|president        = [[Subrata Bakshi]]
|general_secretary = [[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]]
|loksabha_leader  = [[Sudip Bandyopadhyay]]
|rajyasabha_leader = [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O' Brien]]
|ppchairman        = [[Sudip Bandyopadhyay]]
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|founder          = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
|split            = {{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
|headquarters      = 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700026
|publication      = ''[[Jago Bangla]]'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]])
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|alliance          = [[National Democratic Alliance]] (1998–2006) <br>
                          [[United Progressive Alliance]] (2009–2012)      <br>        [[Federal Front]] (2018–2019)
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The '''All India Trinamool Congress''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: All India Grassroots Congress;<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ogden|first=Chris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hksIEAAAQBAJ|title=A Dictionary of Politics and International Relations in India|date=2019-06-20|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-253915-1|language=en|quote=All India Trinamool Congress (Bengali: 'All India Grassroots Congress') A centre-left political party. It was established...}}</ref> {{small|abbr.}} '''AITC'''), colloquially the '''Trinamool Congress''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''TMC''') is an [[List of political parties in India|Indian political party]] which is predominantly active in [[West Bengal]].<ref name="LS2014">{{cite web|date=10 April 2014|editor-last=Subramonian|editor-first=Surabhi|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Know your party symbols!|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lok-sabha-elections-2014-know-your-party-symbols-1974606|url-status=live|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]}}</ref> The party is led by [[Mamata Banerjee]], the current [[List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]], who has led the state since 2011. It is currently the fifth-largest party in the [[Lok Sabha]] with 22 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seventeenth Lok Sabha. Party-wise Representation of Members.|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/members/PartyWiseStatisticalList.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302202736/https://loksabha.nic.in/members/PartyWiseStatisticalList.aspx|archive-date=2 March 2021|website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref> In 2016 the [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]] recognized TMC as a [[List of political parties in India#National parties|national political party]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=2016-09-02|title=Trinamool Congress recognised as national party|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|agency=PTI|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Trinamool-Congress-recognised-as-national-party/article14620149.ece|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-12-06|issn=0971-751X|quote=It is a recognised State party in West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, satisfying one of the conditions of the Election Commission.}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
 
== History ==
=== Founding ===
After being a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) for over 26 years, [[Mamata Banerjee]] quit the INC and established the TMC in 1998. The official election symbol of the TMC is ''Jora Ghas Phul'' (two flowers with grass). In the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, TMC won 7 seats. In the next Lok Sabha election that was held in 1999, Trinamool Congress won 8 seats with BJP, thus increasing its tally by one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the 13th Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> In 2000, TMC won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Elections.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-05-13|title=The fall and rise of Trinamool Congress|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/latest-news/the-fall-and-rise-of-trinamool-congress/|access-date=2021-12-11|work=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
 
The party initially joined the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA), as part of the [[Vajpayee government]], and were initially quite successful, winning 7 seats in its [[1998 Indian general election|first election in 1998]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the 12th Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite news | url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/trinamool-congress-chief-mamata-banerjee-a-profile/1/138015.html | title = Mamata, the street-fighting politician and Left nemesis | work = [[India Today]] | date = 13 May 2011 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110518043559/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/trinamool-congress-chief-mamata-banerjee-a-profile/1/138015.html | archive-date = 18 May 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In the 2001 Vidhan Sabha elections, the TMC won 60 seats in alliance with the INC, becoming the principal opposition party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf|title=Key Highlights of General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> They suffered big losses in the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha elections]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> and the [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]],<ref name="IndiaToday" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=14 May 2004|title=Why did the NDA lose West Bengal?|language=en|website=Rediff|agency=PTI|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/14mamata.htm|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> and subsequently left the NDA.
 
=== Nandigram movement ===
{{Main|Nandigram violence}}
In December 2006, the people of [[Nandigram]] were given notice by Haldia Development Authority that a major portion of Nandigram would be seized and 70,000 people be evicted from their homes to make way for a chemical plant.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iacboston.org/india/1207-nandigram-says-no.html|work=International Action Center – Boston|title=Nandigram says 'No!' to Dow's chemical hub|date=December 2007|access-date=27 December 2009|archive-date=6 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706032521/http://www.iacboston.org/india/1207-nandigram-says-no.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> People started movement against this land acquisition and the TMC helped lead the movement. The [[Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee|Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee]] ('Committee against Land Evictions'; BUPC) was formed to protest against the eviction. On 14 March 2007 the police opened fire and killed 14 villagers and many more went missing. Many sources claimed (and which was supported by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] in its report) that armed [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] cadres, along with police, fired on protesters in Nandigram<ref>{{cite web|last=Sarin|first=Ritu|date=19 December 2007|title=CPM cadres joined cops to fire, now beating up witnesses: CBI|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cpm-cadres-joined-cops-to-fire-now-beating-up-witnesses-cbi/251917/0|url-status=live|access-date=4 December 2021|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref> Many intellectuals protested in the streets and this incident gave birth to a new movement. [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]] leader Nanda Patra led the movement. The events led to a significant backlash against the CPI(M) government, and were a major factor in the TMC's success in the elections that followed.<ref name="aljaz">{{Cite news |last=Bhaumik |first=Subir |date=2011-05-13 |title=Defeat rocks India's elected communists - Features |work=[[Al Jazeera English]] |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/2011513143311330487.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005063541/http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/2011513143311330487.html |archive-date=2011-10-05}}</ref>
 
=== Post-Nandigram/Singur elections ===
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In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 Lok Sabha election]], TMC won 19 seats in [[West Bengal]], in alliance with the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. They subsequently became a part of [[Manmohan Singh]]'s [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|government]], with Banerjee serving as [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]].
 
In the 2010 Kolkata municipal election, the party won 97 out of 141 seats. It also won a majority of other municipalities.<ref name=civicpolls2010>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-wins-bengal-civic-polls-demands-early-elections-419690|title=Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early elections|work=NDTV|date=2 June 2010}}</ref>
 
=== In government ===
[[File:Mamata Banerjee - Kolkata 2011-12-08 7542 Cropped.JPG|alt=|thumb|[[Mamata Banerjee]], [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal]] and Chairperson of All India Trinamool Congress.]]
In the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], the TMC-led alliance that included the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won 227 seats in the 294-seat legislature, defeating the incumbent [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government which had been in power for 34 years.<ref name="forbes">{{cite web|work=[[Forbes]]|title=The Anti-Communist of West Bengal|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/04/14/forbes-india-trinamool-congress-didi-banerjee-at-gates.html#4b8299546c90|access-date=18 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bardhan|first=Pranab|date=February 11, 2012|title=Why the Left Front Lost West Bengal: Poor Governance or Enhanced Accountability Standards?|url=https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Bardhan-Et-Al-2012-Working-Paper.pdf|journal=International Growth Centre|volume=1|pages=41}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 13, 2011|title=Mamata ends 34-year-old Left Front rule in Bengal|work=The Hindu Business Line|agency=PTI|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/mamata-ends-34-year-old-left-front-rule-in-bengal/article23047550.ece|access-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref> TMC alone won 184 seats, enabling it to govern without an alliance. Subsequently, it won a by-election in [[Basirhat]] and two Congress MLAs switched to the TMC, giving it a total of 187 seats. Banerjee, an [[Member of the Lok Sabha|MP]] at the time, had not contested the election and had to transfer to the safe seat of [[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhabanipur]].<ref name="vidhansabha2011by">{{cite web|date=28 September 2011|title=Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/mamata-banerjee-wins-assembly-bypoll_591641.html|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2011|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref>
 
On 18 September 2012 Banerjee announced her decision to withdraw support to the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] after the TMC's demands to undo government-instituted changes including [[Foreign direct investment|FDI]] in retail, increase in the price of diesel and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders for households, were not met.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rupee falls after TMC pulls out from government|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets-business/-1978325.html|publisher=[[Moneycontrol.com]]|date=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mamata Banerjee's party ready to meet President tomorrow to officially quit UPA|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mamata-banerjees-party-ready-to-meet-president-tomorrow-to-officially-quit-upa-499796|work=NDTV|date=20 September 2012}}</ref>
 
The [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha elections]] saw the TMC dominate the state, winning 34 out of the 42 seats. It also qualified for national party status, as the TMC had received 6% of the vote from five different states ([[West Bengal]], [[Manipur]], [[Tripura]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[Assam]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/statistical_reportge2014.aspx/ | website=Election Commission of India | title=Archive of General Election 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318025154/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/statistical_reportge2014.aspx/ | archive-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> On 2 September 2016 the [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]] recognized TMC as a national political party.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/trinamool-congress-tmc-national-party-status-election-commission-3010274/|title=Trinamool Congress gets national party status|newspaper=Indian Express|date=2 September 2016}}</ref>
 
The party was reelected in the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 election]] to a supermajority government, and Banerjee continued as chief minister.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 May 2016|title=West Bengal Election Results 2016: TMC storms back to power in Bengal, Cong-Left alliance loses|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-election-results-2016-counting-begins-for-294-assembly-seats/259295/}}</ref>
 
The party won the most seats in West Bengal in the [[2019 Indian general election]], but suffered significant losses to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], which for the first time established itself as a major force in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bose|first=Pratim Ranjan|date=23 May 2019|title=Election results 2019: Bengal votes for the BJP, breaks many stereotypes|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/election-results-2019-bengal-votes-for-the-bjpbreaks-many-stereotypes/article27216896.ece|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Hindu BusinessLine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Ahana|date=2019-05-23|title=WB Election Result Highlights: BJP creates history in Bengal|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/west-bengal-results-2019-live-updates-mamata-banerjee-tmc-narendra-modi-bjp-1558573084174.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Livemint}}</ref> After the election, the party's status came under revision by the [[Election Commission of India]], due to a loss in presence in most states outside West Bengal.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.news18.com/news/politics/how-have-trinamool-cpi-ncp-failed-to-meet-national-party-status-while-npp-makes-it-an-explainer-2239173.html|title =Why Did TMC, CPI, NCP Fail to Meet National Party Status When NPP Made It? An Explainer|publisher =[[Network 18]]|quote =Due to several political developments over the past few years, the EC wants the three political parties to respond on why their ‘national party’ status should not be taken away.|location =Kolkata|date =20 July 2019|website =News18.com|author =Sujit Nath|access-date =11 May 2020}}</ref>
 
Banerjee's government was reelected again in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 state election]] by an unexpectedly large margin over the BJP. Prior to the election, several high-profile TMC members such as [[Mukul Roy]] and [[Suvendu Adhikari]] had defected to the BJP. Despite the large winning margin, Banerjee was defeated by Adhikari in the [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram seat]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25210.htm?ac=210|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503202328/https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25210.htm?ac=210|url-status=dead}}</ref> where she had transferred to fight Adhikari head-on.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news|last1=Ellis-Petersen|first1=Hannah|last2=Rahman|first2=Shaikh Azizur|date=26 March 2021|title='India's soul at stake': Bengalis vote in divisive election|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/26/india-soul-at-stake-west-bengalis-vote-in-divisive-election-modi-bjp}}</ref>
 
== Presence in other states ==
 
=== Arunachal Pradesh ===
In 2020, an independent MLA [[Chakat Aboh]] joined the TMC.
 
=== Assam ===
In the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election, [[Jamal Uddin Ahmed (MLA)|Jamal Uddin Ahmed]] won [[Badarpur (Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Badarpur constituency]]. He was a Trinamool Congress candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/2001-election-results.html|title=Assam Assembly Election Results in 2001|website=www.elections.in}}</ref> Since then, the party has not emphasized on any other organization.{{Incomprehensible inline|date=November 2021}} Later in 2018, the work of the organization started again under the leadership of '''Dr. M. Shanti Kumar Singha'''. In the 2021 assembly elections, it was decided to field candidates from 14 constituencies on behalf of the party.
 
All-India president of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]'s women's wing and its national spokesperson and former [[Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Silchar]] MP [[Sushmita Dev]] joined the Trinamool Congress in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sushmita-dev-former-congress-mp-joins-trinamool-as-mamata-expands-base-101629105024017.html|title=Sushmita Dev, former Congress MP, joins Trinamool as Mamata expands base|work=Hindustan Times|date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Bihar ===
On 23 November 2021 [[Kirti Azad]], a 3-time [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] from [[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]] and [[Pavan Varma]], a former adviser to [[List of chief ministers of Bihar|Bihar CM]] [[Nitish Kumar]], joined TMC.<ref name=TOI>{{cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=Kirti Azad of Congress, Pavan Verma & Ashok Tanwar of JD(U) join TMC|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kirti-azad-pavan-varma-and-ashok-tanwar-join-tmc/articleshow/87869529.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=Frontline>{{cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=Congress leaders Kirti Azad and Ashok Tanwar and former JD(U) leader Pawan Verma join Trinamool Congress|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/congress-leaders-kirti-azad-and-ashok-tanwar-and-former-jdu-leader-pawan-verma-join-trinamool-congress/article37650343.ece|work=Frontline|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=Free>{{cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=Kirti Azad, Ashok Tanwar and Pawan Varma join Trinamool Congress in presence of Mamata Banerjee in Delhi|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/kirti-azad-ashok-tanwar-and-pawan-varma-join-trinamool-congress-in-presence-of-mamata-banerjee-in-delhi|work=The Free Press Journal|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Goa ===
With the [[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election]] approaching, the work of organizing the party started from September 2021. The work began with the participation of seven-time Goa Chief Minister [[Luizinho Faleiro]]. Since then, the party has increased its membership in Goa. Former footballer [[Denzil Franco]] and former tennis player [[Leander Paes]] were among those who joined the party. On 13 November 2021, [[Mahua Moitra]] was appointed as the in-charge of the party in Goa to prepare it to contest in the Assembly election.<ref>{{cite news |title=TMC appoints Mahua Moitra as party's Goa in-charge ahead of Assembly polls |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/goa/trinamool-congress-mahua-moitra-goa-in-charge-assembly-polls-7621320/ |access-date=13 November 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> MLA [[Churchill Alemao]] joined TMC on 13 December.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 December 2021|title=Goa: NCP's Churchill Alemao Announces Merger With TMC|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-goa-ncps-churchill-alemao-announces-merger-with-tmc/404880|work=Outlook India|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=13 December 2021|title=Churchill Alemao, sole NCP MLA in Goa, joins Trinamool on Mamata Banerjee's visit to state|url=https://theprint.in/politics/churchill-alemao-sole-ncp-mla-in-goa-joins-trinamool-on-mamata-banerjees-visit-to-state/780879/|work=The Print|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Haryana ===
On 23 November 2021 [[Ashok Tanwar]], former president of [[Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee]], joined TMC.<ref name=TOI/><ref name=Frontline/><ref name=Free/> [[Sukhendu Shekhar Roy]] was appointed as in-charge of the party's [[Haryana]] unit on 25 November.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=Sukhendu Sekhar Roy appointed Trinamool's Haryana unit in-charge|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/sukhendu-sekhar-roy-appointed-trinamools-haryana-unit-in-charge20211125230932|work=ANI|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Kerala ===
Kerala Pradesh Trinamool Congress was launched in 2009. In 2014 its candidates contested 5 seats under the party symbol in the [[2014 Indian general election in Kerala|parliamentary election]]. Leaders like [[Mukul Roy]], [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]], Mahua Moitra and [[Nadimul Haque]] visited [[Kerala]] and gave directions for further development in the party's activities. In the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 state election]] TMC contested in 70 assembly constituencies but due to technical errors, the party symbol was not accepted. On 3 August 2021 a 51-member state committee was formed and hoardings with caption ''"Call Didi Save India"'' were spread in parts of the state.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 August 2021|title=Kerala TMC: 'ভারত বাঁচাতে দিদিকে চাই,' বাম শাসিত কেরলে নতুন করে যাত্রা তৃণমূলের|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/nation/call-didi-save-india-poster-by-tmc-in-left-ruled-kerala_396667.html|work=Zee 24 Ghanta|language=bn|access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=6 August 2021|title='ভারত বাঁচাতে দিদিকে চাই', Mamata Banerjee-র ছবি দেওয়া হোর্ডিং এবার কেরলে|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/india/call-didi-save-india-new-hording-seen-at-ernakulam-kerala-in-support-of-mamata-banerjee/|work=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn|access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=7 August 2021|title='Call Didi, Save India': After Tamil Nadu, Mamata's Posters in Left Bastion Kerala|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/call-didi-save-india-after-tamil-nadu-now-kerala-mamatas-posters-spreading-fast-in-south-4056650.html|work=News18|access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=7 August 2021|title="Call Didi Save India, Delhi Chalo" posters featuring Mamata Banerjee's face in Kerala|url=https://english.natungati.in/call-didi-save-india-delhi-chalo-posters-featuring-mamata-banerjees-face-in-kerala/|work=Natun Gati|access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> Following leaders were elected in the committee – Manoj Sankaranellur (State President), Shamsu Payaningal (Working President), Shubash Kundannur (General Secretary), Harish Palathingal (State Secretary, Media & IT).
 
=== Manipur ===
In the [[2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2012 assembly elections]] of [[Manipur]], the party won 8 seats and got 10% of the total votes. It became the only opposition party in the [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3712-manipur-2012/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> In the 2017 assembly elections the party won only one seat (from [[Thanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Thanga]]) and received 5.4% of the total votes cast in the elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ceomanipur.nic.in/magazine/2019/gels/CEO%20Report%202019%20.pdf |title= Report - General Election to Lok Sabha, 2019|website=ceomanipur.nic.in |date= |author=Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur |accessdate= December 27, 2020}}</ref> Its lone member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, Tongbram Robindro Singh, switched to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] government in [[Manipur]] in 2017. As of June 18, 2020, he has withdrawn support from the BJP, following the disqualification of 7 of its members, to support the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=1 June 2020|title=Mess in Manipur|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/manipur-bjp-government-no-confidence-motion-congress-mlas-6465601/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Meghalaya ===
TMC candidate Purno Agitok Sangma won the [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura constituency]] by a huge margin in the 2004 Lok Sabha election.
 
The party's [[Meghalaya]] unit was launched in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-25|title=Meghalaya: 12 of 17 Congress MLAs, Led By Ex CM Mukul Sangma, Jump Ship to TMC|url=https://thewire.in/politics/meghalaya-12-of-17-congress-mlas-led-by-ex-cm-mukul-sangma-jump-ship-to-tmc|work=The Wire|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-25|title='Not Effective Opposition': Meghalaya MLAs On Why They Left Congress|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/not-effective-opposition-meghalaya-mlas-on-why-they-left-congress-joined-trinamool-congress-2624123|work=NDTV|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref>
 
On 24 November 2021 former [[List of chief ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister of Meghalaya]] [[Mukul Sangma]] along with other 11 MLAs of INC joined TMC which made TMC the largest opposition party in [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=Ex-Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma Joins TMC With 12 MLAs; Trinamool Now Main Oppn in State|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ex-meghalaya-cm-mukul-sangma-joins-tmc-with-12-mlas-trinamool-now-main-oppn-in-state-4483196.html|work=News18|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=Meghalaya: In massive jolt to Congress, former CM Mukul Sangma, 11 other MLAs join TMC|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-meghalaya-cm-mukul-sangma-11-others-join-trinamool-congress-1880464-2021-11-24|work=India Today|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-25|title=Mukul Sangma, 11 Congress MLAs join Trinamool|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/mukul-sangma-11-congress-mlas-join-trinamool/article37674046.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=26 November 2021|title=Congress mulls legal action as 12 MLAs join TMC, make it main opposition in Meghalaya|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shillong/congress-mulls-legal-action-as-12-mlas-join-tmc-make-it-main-opposition-in-meghalaya/articleshow/87919280.cms|access-date=29 November 2021|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
 
On 29 November [[Charles Pyngrope]] was appointed as the president of TMC's Meghalaya unit.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 November 2021|title=Charles Pyngrope appointed as Meghalaya TMC president|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/charles-pyngrope-appointed-as-meghalaya-tmc-president20211130071036|work=ANI|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Punjab ===
Shortly before the Assembly elections in 2017, the party started working on the Punjab organization under the leadership of Jagat Singh. After that, during the assembly elections, it was decided that they would field candidates for 20 constituencies on behalf of the party. The party, however, did not gain any seats in Punjab in that election. After that the party's organisational work in Punjab almost completely stopped.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} From 2019, the party started a new committee under the leadership of [[Manjit Singh Mianwind|Manjit Singh]]. Since then, the party has had a continuous presence in Punjab.
 
=== Tamil Nadu ===
In 2014, a state unit for the party was formed in [[Tamil Nadu]] which was headed by Dr. Sabitha,{{Who|date=November 2021}} who was responsible as the state convener and was appointed by the then-National-General-Secretary [[Mukul Roy]]. In 2017 Mr. Saravanan {{Who|date=November 2021}} had been appointed as the state general secretary. In the following year, Azhar Ameen was appointed as the State Secretary. He formed the state committee to represent the party in Tamil Nadu. Since then, the party has been active in all social and political events.{{Speculation inline}} The party expanded across all 38 districts in Tamil Nadu. In 2021, walls in parts of the state were filled with graffitis of Mamata Banerjee.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 July 2021|title=Mamata's Graffiti Fill Walls of Tamil Nadu - This Time as 'Amma', Not 'Didi'|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/mamatas-graffiti-fill-walls-of-tamil-nadu-this-time-as-amma-not-didi-3973574.html|work=News18|access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Tripura ===
In 2010, Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress tried  to establish an TMC government in the state of [[Tripura]].<ref name=civicpolls2010/>
 
Under the leadership of [[Sudip Roy Barman]], former [[leader of opposition]] and then [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Tripura]], all six MLAs of the [[Indian National Congress]] defected to the TMC in 2016, along with many ex-ministers, former MLAs, senior state and district level leaders, in addition to thousands of party workers and supporters, to fight CPI(M), who were running the [[Government of Tripura|Government in Tripura]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Six-Congress-MLAs-in-Tripura-join-Trinamool/articleshow/52637180.cms Six Congress MLAs in Tripura join Trinamool]</ref>{{POV statement|date=November 2021}} Later in the presence of [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] and [[Dharmendra Pradhan]], Barman defected to the BJP along with all of the other TMC MLAs of the Tripura Legislative Assembly after they cross-voted against party lines in the [[2017 Indian presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/recognise-ex-tmc-mlas-as-bjp-members-in-tripura-bjp/|title=Recognise Ex-TMC MLAs as BJP Members in Tripura: BJP}}</ref>
 
In October 2021 MLA Ashish Das defected from BJP to TMC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-31|title=BJP MLA in Tripura joins TMC, Mamta Banerjee to visit in December|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bjp-mla-in-tripura-joins-tmc-mamta-banerjee-to-visit-in-december-1046046.html|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref> The party won one seat in Ambassa Municipal council in the [[2021 Tripura local elections|2021 Tripura civic polls]] despite widespread violence. TMC emerged as the second largest party in terms of vote-share in the 120 seats it contested out of 334 seats as it garnered 19.9% of the votes in those seats.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 December 2021|title=Not BJP or TMC, the real story of Tripura's civic poll numbers was near-decimation of Congress|url=https://theprint.in/politics/not-bjp-or-tmc-the-real-story-of-tripuras-civic-poll-numbers-was-near-decimation-of-congress/778485/|work=The Print|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Uttar Pradesh ===
The party's state unit in [[Uttar Pradesh]] was set up in 2005.<ref name=dtnext>{{cite web|date=28 May 2021|title=TMC keen to join farmers' protest, eyes 2024 polls|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/National/2021/05/28144620/1297220/TMC-keen-to-join-farmers-protest-eyes-2024-polls.vpf|work=DTNext.in|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
 
In 2012, [[Shyam Sunder Sharma]] contested the by-poll to [[Mant (Assembly constituency)|Mant constituency]] and won on a TMC ticket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uttar Pradesh 2012 - Uttar Pradesh - Election Commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3262-uttar-pradesh-2012/|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Trinamool-Congress-to-expand-base-in-Uttar-Pradesh/articleshow/15534104.cms|title=Trinamool Congress to expand base in Uttar Pradesh|work=The Times of India| date=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UP Election Assembly Results 2012 {{!}} Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election Results 2012|url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2012-election-results.html|access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> He later defected to [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]].<ref>{{cite web|date=4 January 2016|title=MLA SS Sharma charged with forgery, fraud|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/MLA-SS-Sharma-charged-with-forgery-fraud/articleshow/50443268.cms|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=25 June 2016|title=Lone TMC MLA in UP joins BSP|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lone-tmc-mla-in-up-joins-bsp-116062500882_1.html|work=Business Standard|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
 
Neeraj Rai is the current president of TMC's state unit in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|date=31 March 2021|title=UP's Purvanchal has a key role to play in Bengal polls|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ups-purvanchal-has-a-key-role-to-play-in-bengal-polls/articleshow/81769237.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=dtnext/><ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=Uttar Pradesh TMC to follow West Bengal model|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-tmc-to-follow-w-bengal-model/articleshow/83700999.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2021|title=No Permission to Khela Hobe Diwas in Uttar Pradesh, Says TMC|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/no-permission-to-khela-hobe-diwas-in-uttar-pradesh-says-tmc-4083899.html|work=News18|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=12 September 2021|title=TMC and Samajwadi Party expected to form alliance for 2022 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/tmc-and-samajwadi-party-expected-to-form-alliance-for-2022-assembly-polls-in-uttar-pradesh|work=The Free Press Journal|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=14 October 2021|title=जब कोर्ट का डंडा चलता है,तब होती हैं कार्यवाही -नीरज राय|url=https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/trinamool-congress-state-president-neeraj-rai-held-a-press-conference-7122161/|work=Patrika|language=hi|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
 
In October 2021, two senior Congress leaders of [[Uttar Pradesh]] – Rajeshpati Tripathi and Laliteshpati Tripathi, who are the grandson and the great-grandson of [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|former UP Chief Minister]] [[Kamalapati Tripathi]], joined the TMC in the presence of Mamata Banerjee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-25|title=Two UP Congress Leaders Join Trinamool In Mamata Banerjee's Presence|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/two-uttar-pradesh-congress-leaders-join-trinamool-congress-tmc-in-west-bengal-chief-minister-mamata-banerjees-presence-2587380|work=NDTV|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-26|title=UP 2022 Assembly polls: Ex-Congress leaders join TMC|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/up-2022-assembly-polls-ex-congress-leaders-join-tmc-7590745/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-26|title=নভেম্বরেই যোগীর গড়ে হানা মমতার {{!}} ইন্দিরা-ঘনিষ্ঠ কমলাপতি ত্রিপাঠির নাতির তৃণমূলে যোগ|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=14&nID=326148&P=1&nPID=20211026|newspaper=Bartaman|language=bn|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-26|title=UP Congress Leaders Join TMC, Mamata Says Will Visit Varanasi Soon|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/up-congress-leaders-join-tmc-mamata-says-will-visit-varanasi-soon-4364663.html|work=News18|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref>
 
== Electoral performance ==
 
=== General election results ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Year
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" |Lok Sabha
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" |Party leader
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Seats<br/>contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Seats won<br>(in state)
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Seats +/-
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Vote %<br>(in whole country)
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Vote swing
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Ref.
|- style="text-align:center;
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
| rowspan="6"| [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 29
|{{Composition bar|7|29|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| 2.42%
| –
|<ref name="ECI1998">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=Statistical report on general elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=30 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| 29
|{{Composition bar|8|29|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| 2.57%
| {{increase}} 0.15%
|<ref name="ECI1999">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=Statistical report on general elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=30 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| 33
|{{Composition bar|2|33|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| 2.07%
| {{decrease}} 0.5%
|<ref name="ECI2004">{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = Statistical report on general elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 30 May 2014 |archive-date = 18 July 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| 26
|{{Composition bar|19|26|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
| {{increase}} 17
| 3.20%
| {{increase}} 1.15%
|<ref name="ECI2009">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/12_PerformanceOfNationalParties.pdf | title=LS 2009 : Performance of National Parties | work=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=18 October 2014 | archive-date=9 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209173959/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/12_PerformanceOfNationalParties.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| 42
|{{Composition bar|34|42|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
| {{increase}} 15
| 3.84%
| {{increase}} 0.64%
|<ref name="ECI2014">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/4%20-%20List%20of%20Successful%20Candidates.pdf | title=LS 2014 : List of successful candidates | work=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=18 October 2014 | pages=93 | archive-date=24 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024141309/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/4%20-%20List%20of%20Successful%20Candidates.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| 42
| {{Composition bar|22|42|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
| {{decrease}} 12
| 4.11%
| {{increase}} 0.27%
|<ref name="ECI2019">{{cite web | url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10987-4-list-of-successful-candidate | title=LS 2019 : List of successful candidates | work=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
|}
 
=== State Legislative Assembly Elections ===
{{bar box
|float=right
|title={{color|white|Vote share in consecutive West Bengal Assembly elections}}
|titlebar= {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|width=250px
|barwidth=
|bars=
{{bar percent|2021|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|48.02}}
{{bar percent|2016|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|44.91}}
{{bar percent|2011|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|38.93}}
{{bar percent|2006|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|26.64}}
{{bar percent|2001|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}|30.66}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Legislative Assembly Elections'''<ref name="WB_Results">{{cite web | url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/94-west-bengal/ | title=West Bengal Assembly Election Results | work=[[Election Commission of India]] | access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Election Year
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Party leader
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Seats<br/>contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Change in seats
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Percentage<br/>of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Vote swing
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Popular vote
! Style="background-color:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white" | Result
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001 Bengal Election]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|226
|{{Composition bar|60|294|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 60
|30.66%
| –
| 11,229,396
| style="background:#FFA07A;"| Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001 Assam Election]]<ref>{{cite web|date=20 August 2018|title=Assam 2001|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4007-assam-2001/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
|
|23
|{{Composition bar|1|126|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|0.55%
| –
|58,361
| style="background:#FA07A;"| Others
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006 Bengal Election]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|257
|{{Composition bar|30|294|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 30
|26.64%
|{{decrease}} 4.02%
| 10,512,153
| style="background:#FFA07A;"| Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011 Bengal Election]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|226
|{{Composition bar|184|294|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 154
|38.93%
|{{increase}} 12.29%
|18,547,678
| style="background:#98FB98;" | Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2012 Manipur Election]]
| [[Maibam Kunjo]]
|60
|{{Composition bar|7|60|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 7
|17%
| –
|237,517
| style="background:#FFA07A;"| Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012 UP Election]] ([[By-election]])
|
|1
|{{Composition bar|1|403|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|
| –
|
| style="background:#FA07A;"| Others
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 Bengal Election]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|293
|{{Composition bar|211|294|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 27
|44.91%
|{{increase}} 5.98%
|24,564,523
| style="background:#98FB98;" | Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017 Manipur Election]]
|
|60
|{{Composition bar|1|60|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
|1.4%
| {{decrease}}15.6%
|23,304
| style="background:#FA07A;"| Others
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 Bengal Election]]
|[[Mamata Banerjee]]
|290
|{{Composition bar|215|294|{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|48.02%
|{{increase}} 3.11%
|28,968,281
| style="background:#98FB98;" | Government
|}
 
== Party symbols and slogans ==
{{Further|Ma Mati Manush|Khela Hobe}}
The party name and election symbol represents 'grassroots'– the name contains the Bengali word ''trinamool'', which literally means grassroots, and the symbol is a sapling emerging from the ground.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Jyotiprasad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-u9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT70|title=Left Front and After: Understanding the Dynamics of Poriborton in West Bengal|last2=Basu|first2=Suprio|date=2020-01-07|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5328-724-5|pages=70}}</ref> The symbol is known as ''Jora Ghas Phul'' (Bengali: grass and flower; two flowers with grass).<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 May 2011|title=The fall and rise of Trinamool Congress - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-fall-and-rise-of-trinamool-congress/790124/2|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Indian Express Archives}}</ref> The usage of "All India" in the party name represents the rejection of "elitist" Indian National Congress from which it broke apart from.<ref name=":1" />
 
''Ma Mati Manush'' ({{lang-bn|মা মাটি মানুষ}}) was primarily a slogan, coined by [[Mamata Banerjee]]. The term is literally translated as "Mother, Motherland and People". The slogan became very popular in West Bengal at the time of the 2011 assembly election. Mamata Banerjee wrote a Bengali book with the same title.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.menakabooks.com/ameya-prakashan-books/421-maa-mati-manush-mamata-banerjee-suvarna-bedekar-ameya-prakashan-buy-online.html|title=Maa Mati Manush|website=Menaka Books|isbn=978-93-5080-024-9|language=Marathi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810120855/http://www.menakabooks.com/ameya-prakashan-books/421-maa-mati-manush-mamata-banerjee-suvarna-bedekar-ameya-prakashan-buy-online.html|archive-date=10 August 2020|url-status=dead|authors=Mamata Banerjee, Suvarna Bedekar and Ameya Prakashan}}</ref> A song was also recorded with the same title.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 July 2011|title=Six popular contemporary slogans|newspaper=DNA India|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-six-popular-contemporary-slogans-1570374#top|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225030109/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-six-popular-contemporary-slogans-1570374|archive-date=25 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2012-05-20|title='Ma Mati Manush' song at traffic intersections|work=Business Standard India|agency=PTI|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/-ma-mati-manush-song-at-traffic-intersections-112052000205_1.html|access-date=2021-12-06}}</ref>
 
In the 2021 assembly election, the party used a song "''Khela Hobe''" across the state. The song was penned by [[Debangshu Bhattacharya]], a party youth wing member. The "''Khela Hobe''" term has been used across India by several opposition parties and to catalyze the movements against the establishment on multiple issues throughout the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Tamaghna|date=4 October 2021|title='Party hobe': CM Mamata Banerjee's supporters paint the town green|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/party-hobe-didis-supporters-paint-the-town-green/articleshow/86741104.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 August 2021|others=PTI|title=Khela Hobe Divas: TMC celebrates 'Khela Hobe Divas'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tmc-observes-khela-hobe-diwas-across-west-bengal/articleshow/85363785.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
 
== Leadership ==
The highest decision-making body of the party is its Core Committee.
* [[Mamata Banerjee]] — Founder,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Bengal#ref1115982|title=West Bengal {{!}} History, Culture, Map, Capital, & Population|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=21 September 2018|language=en}}</ref> National Chairperson, Leader of the party in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] and Chief Minister of West Bengal.
* [[Yashwant Sinha]] — National Vice President. Ex-[[Minister of Finance (India)#Lists of Finance Ministers|Finance Minister Of India]].
* [[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)|Abhishek Banerjee]] — General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress.
* [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]] — National Spokesperson and Leader of the party in the [[Rajya Sabha]].
* [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]] — General Secretary (West Bengal Trinamool Congress), Deputy Leader of the party in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
* [[Sudip Bandyopadhyay]] — Leader of the party in the [[Lok Sabha]].
* [[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]] — Deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.
* [[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Banerjee]] — [[Chief Whip]] of the party in the Lok Sabha.
* [[Sukhendu Shekhar Roy]] — Chief Whip of TMC in Rajya Sabha. State Unit In-Charge, Haryana.
* [[Firhad Hakim]] — Hon'ble Chairman, Board of Administration, [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation|KMC]] and Cabinet Minister, Transport Dept., Govt. of West Bengal.
* [[Subrata Bakshi]] — President of the state unit of West Bengal. MP, Rajya Sabha.
* [[Mahua Moitra]] — State Unit In Charge,Goa. MP ,Lok Sabha.
* [[Kunal Ghosh]] — General Secretary of West Bengal. Ex-MP, Rajya Sabha.
* [[Sushmita Dev]] — State Unit In Charge, Tripura. MP, Rajya Sabha.
* [[Sayoni Ghosh]] — President of West Bengal Trinamool Youth Congress.
* [[Mukul Sangma]] — Leader of the Opposition in [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]].
* [[Luizinho Faleiro]] — National Vice President. Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
 
== See also ==
{{Portal|Politics}}
* [[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]
* [[Nationalist Trinamool Youth Congress]]
* [[List of political parties in India]]
 
== References ==
{{Reflist|40em}}
 
== Further reading ==
*{{Cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Jyotiprasad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-u9DwAAQBAJ|title=Left Front and After: Understanding the Dynamics of Poriborton in West Bengal|last2=Basu|first2=Suprio|date=2020-01-07|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5328-724-5|language=en|chapter=2. Rise and Growth of AITC}}
*{{Cite thesis|last=Piyali|first=Basu|title=Dynamics of Opposition Politics in West Bengal (1998-2011)|date=2017|publisher=Rabindra Bharati University|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/285507|doi=|hdl=10603/285507|place=[[Shodhganga]]}}
 
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