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| leader1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| leader1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| party1 = All India Trinamool Congress
| party1 = All India Trinamool Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]] ''(lost)''<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}}</ref>
| leaders_seat1 = [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]] (''lost'') <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}}</ref>
| leader_since1 = 1998
| leader_since1 = 1998
| last_election1 = 44.91% votes<br /> 211 seats
| last_election1 = 44.9% votes<br /> 211 seats
| seats_before1 = 211{{efn|name=fn1|includes MLAs defected from/to other parties and elected in by-elections from [[2016–21 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections|2016 to present]].}}
| seats_before1 = 211{{efn|name=fn1|includes MLAs defected from/to other parties and elected in by-elections from [[2016–21 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections|2016 to present]].}}
| alliance1 = AITC+
| alliance1 = AITC+
| seats1 = 216
| seats1 = 213
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}5
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote1 = TBD
| popular_vote1 = TBD
| percentage1 = 48.00 %
| percentage1 = 47.9 %
| swing1 = 3.01%
| swing1 = {{up}}3 %
| image2 = {{Photomontage
| image2 = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Shri Dilip Ghosh official portrait, 2019.jpg
| photo1a = Shri Dilip Ghosh official portrait, 2019.jpg
| size = 88
| size = 132
| spacing = 0
| spacing = 0
| color = 0
| color = 0
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| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| leader_since2 = 2019
| leader_since2 = 2019
| last_election2 = 10.16% votes <br />3 seats
| last_election2 = 10.16 % votes <br />3 seats
| seats_before2 = 35{{efn|name=fn1|includes MLAs defected from/to other parties and elected in by-elections from [[2016–21 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections|2016 to present]].}}
| seats_before2 = 35{{efn|name=fn1|includes MLAs defected from/to other parties and elected in by-elections from [[2016–21 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections|2016 to present]].}}
| alliance2 = BJP+
| alliance2 = BJP+
| seats2 = 76
| seats2 = 77
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}41
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 42
| popular_vote2 = TBD
| popular_vote2 = TBD
| percentage2 = 38.05%
| percentage2 = 38.1%
| swing2 = 27.89%
| swing2 = {{up}}28 %
| image4 = [[File:The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).png|132px]]
| image4 = [[File:The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).png|132px]]
| image4_upright = .5
| image4_upright = .5
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| party4 = Indian National Congress
| party4 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since4 = 2020
| leader_since4 = 2020
| last_election4 = 12.25% votes <br />44 seats
| last_election4 = 12.3 % votes <br />44 seats
| seats_before4 = 23{{efn|name=fn1}}
| seats_before4 = 23{{efn|name=fn1}}
| seats4 = 1
| seats4 = 0
| alliance4 = [[Sanjukta Morcha]]
| alliance4 = [[Sanjukta Morcha]]
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}22
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}23
| popular_vote4 = TBD
| popular_vote4 = TBD
| percentage4 = 3.03%
| percentage4 = 3 %
| swing4 = 9.22%
| swing4 = {{down}}9.3 %
| image3 = [[File: Surjya_Kanta_Mishra.jpg|132px]]
| image3 =  
| image3_upright = .5
| image3_upright = .5
| leader3 = [[Surja Kanta Mishra]]|
| leader3 = [[Surja Kanta Mishra]]|
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| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}19
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}19
| popular_vote3 = TBD
| popular_vote3 = TBD
| percentage3 = 4.61%
| percentage3 = 4.6%
| swing3 = 15.14%
| swing3 = {{down}}15.1%
| map_image = File:Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Westbengalen.svg
| map_image = File:Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Westbengalen.svg
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==={{legend2|{{Mahajot/meta/color}}|[[Sanjukta Morcha]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
==={{legend2|{{Mahajot/meta/color}}|[[Sanjukta Morcha]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
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.<ref name="dh">''Outlook''. ''[https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/cong-lf-finalise-seat-sharing-in-193-seats-in-wb-decision-on-rest-101-later/2019269 Cong, LF finalise seat sharing in 193 seats in WB, decision on rest 101 later]''</ref><ref>News18. ''[https://www.news18.com/news/politics/west-bengal-elections-congress-left-seat-sharing-3354167.html West Bengal Elections: Congress to Contest on 92 Seats, Left Parties Get 101 After Round 2 of Talks]''</ref> Out of the 193 seats agreed upon by 28 January, 92 went to Congress and 101 to the Left Front.<ref name="dh" /> These 193 seats included agreements over all the 77 seats the Congress and Left Front had won in the 2016 election.<ref name="dh" /> Left Congress and ISF announced that they will fight together in an alliance named as 'Sanyukta Morcha' from Brigade Rally on 28 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/Bengal-Elections-Million-Plus-People-Brigade-Rally-Heralds-Left-Led-Sanjukta-Morcha|title=Million Plus People at Brigade Rally Heralds Left-Led Sanjukta Morcha|website=News Click|date=2021-03-01}}</ref> ISF initially claimed that they have secured 30 seats from the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]'s quota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-abbas-siddiquis-isf-seals-deal-with-left-in-30-seats-talks-on-with-congres-9353091.html|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF seals deal with Left in 30 seats|website=First Post|date=2021-02-26}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 March 2021|title=Left to fight 165 West Bengal seats, Congress 92, ISF 37|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/left-to-fight-165-bengal-seats-congress-92-isf-37/articleshow/81340342.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The Indian Secular Front (ISF) is contesting the elections with a symbol that they have borrowed from the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) of Bihar which has the 'envelope' symbol. The nomination papers that ISF candidates have submitted to the Election Commission is also in the name of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) as the Abbas Siddiqui-led ISF has not yet got its symbol from the Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695?infinitescroll=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref name="dh">''Outlook''. ''[https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/cong-lf-finalise-seat-sharing-in-193-seats-in-wb-decision-on-rest-101-later/2019269 Cong, LF finalise seat sharing in 193 seats in WB, decision on rest 101 later]''</ref><ref>News18. ''[https://www.news18.com/news/politics/west-bengal-elections-congress-left-seat-sharing-3354167.html West Bengal Elections: Congress to Contest on 92 Seats, Left Parties Get 101 After Round 2 of Talks]''</ref> Out of the 193 seats agreed upon by 28 January, 92 went to Congress and 101 to the Left Front.<ref name="dh" /> These 193 seats included agreements over all the 77 seats the Congress and Left Front had won in the 2016 election.<ref name="dh" /> Left Congress and ISF announced that they will fight together in an alliance named as 'Sanyukta Morcha' from Brigade Rally on 28 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/Bengal-Elections-Million-Plus-People-Brigade-Rally-Heralds-Left-Led-Sanjukta-Morcha|title=Million Plus People at Brigade Rally Heralds Left-Led Sanjukta Morcha|website=News Click|date=2021-03-01}}</ref> ISF initially claimed that they have secured 30 seats from the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]'s quota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-abbas-siddiquis-isf-seals-deal-with-left-in-30-seats-talks-on-with-congres-9353091.html|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF seals deal with Left in 30 seats|website=First Post|date=2021-02-26}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 March 2021|title=Left to fight 165 West Bengal seats, Congress 92, ISF 37|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/left-to-fight-165-bengal-seats-congress-92-isf-37/articleshow/81340342.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695?infinitescroll=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref>


[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] chairman [[Biman Bose]] announced candidates for first and second-phase elections on 5 March alongside Congress and ISF leaders leaving seats for them in the list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/wb-polls-left-front-reveal-candidates-for-1st-and-2nd-phase|title=Left Front Reveals Candidates for 1st and 2nd Phase|website=The Quint|date=2021-03-05}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress]] revealed its first list of 13 candidates for the first two phases on 6 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-congress-releases-first-list-of-13-candidates-2346186.html|title=Congress releases first list of 13 candidates for upcoming West Bengal assembly elections|website=Zee News|date=2021-03-06}}</ref> [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] Announced its second list of candidates on 10 March comprising of several new and young faces from [[All India Students Federation|AISF]], [[All India Youth Federation|AIYF]], [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India|DYFI]] along with some well-known veteran faces including ex ministers of Left Front govt and ex-MPs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/left-packs-candidate-list-with-fresh-faces-veterans/articleshow/81440421.cms|title=Left packs candidate list with fresh faces, veterans|website=TOI|date=2021-03-11}}</ref> That day Biman Bose declared [[Democratic Youth Federation of India|DYFI]] West Bengal state president [[Minakshi Mukherjee]] as the CPI(M) candidate for 'High-Profile' [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] seat which was kept vacant in the first list published on 5 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/bengal-polls-cpi-m-declares-meenakshi-mukherjee-as-its-candidate-from-nandigram-1777836-2021-03-10|title=CPI(M) declares Minakshi Mukherjee as its candidate from Nandigram|website=India Today|date=2021-03-10}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] revealed its second list of 34 candidates on 14 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-west-bengal-polls-2021-congress-candidates-list-star-campaigners-latest-update-690988|title=Congress releases list of 34 candidates|website=India TV|date=2021-03-14}}</ref> ISF released list of their first set of 20 candidates on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/abbas-siddiqui-s-isf-releases-names-of-20-candidates-for-west-bengal-elections-1779332-2021-03-15|title=ISF releases names of 20 candidates for West Bengal elections|website=India Today|date=2021-03-14}}</ref> Sanyukta Morcha announced 15 more candidates on 17 March consisting of 9 from the Left, 2 from Congress and 4 from ISF camp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021/isf-cpim-and-congress-announces-candidates-for-14-more-seats-in-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-340267.html|title=আরও ১৫ আসনে প্রার্থীদের নাম ঘোষণা সংযুক্ত মোর্চার|website=TV9 Bangla|date=2021-03-17}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] revealed its third list of 39 candidates on 20 March,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021/congress-publish-more-39-names-candidate-list-for-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-341497.html|title=Candidate List West Bengal Election 2021|website=TV9 Bangla|date=2021-03-20}}</ref> and two more on 22 March.
[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] chairman [[Biman Bose]] announced candidates for first and second-phase elections on 5 March alongside Congress and ISF leaders leaving seats for them in the list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/wb-polls-left-front-reveal-candidates-for-1st-and-2nd-phase|title=Left Front Reveals Candidates for 1st and 2nd Phase|website=The Quint|date=2021-03-05}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress]] revealed its first list of 13 candidates for the first two phases on 6 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-congress-releases-first-list-of-13-candidates-2346186.html|title=Congress releases first list of 13 candidates for upcoming West Bengal assembly elections|website=Zee News|date=2021-03-06}}</ref> [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] Announced its second list of candidates on 10 March comprising of several new and young faces from [[All India Students Federation|AISF]], [[All India Youth Federation|AIYF]], [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] and [[Democratic Youth Federation of India|DYFI]] along with some well-known veteran faces including ex ministers of Left Front govt and ex-MPs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/left-packs-candidate-list-with-fresh-faces-veterans/articleshow/81440421.cms|title=Left packs candidate list with fresh faces, veterans|website=TOI|date=2021-03-11}}</ref> That day Biman Bose declared [[Democratic Youth Federation of India|DYFI]] West Bengal state president [[Minakshi Mukherjee]] as the CPI(M) candidate for 'High-Profile' [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] seat which was kept vacant in the first list published on 5 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/bengal-polls-cpi-m-declares-meenakshi-mukherjee-as-its-candidate-from-nandigram-1777836-2021-03-10|title=CPI(M) declares Minakshi Mukherjee as its candidate from Nandigram|website=India Today|date=2021-03-10}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] revealed its second list of 34 candidates on 14 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-west-bengal-polls-2021-congress-candidates-list-star-campaigners-latest-update-690988|title=Congress releases list of 34 candidates|website=India TV|date=2021-03-14}}</ref> ISF released list of their first set of 20 candidates on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/abbas-siddiqui-s-isf-releases-names-of-20-candidates-for-west-bengal-elections-1779332-2021-03-15|title=ISF releases names of 20 candidates for West Bengal elections|website=India Today|date=2021-03-14}}</ref> Sanyukta Morcha announced 15 more candidates on 17 March consisting of 9 from the Left, 2 from Congress and 4 from ISF camp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021/isf-cpim-and-congress-announces-candidates-for-14-more-seats-in-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-340267.html|title=আরও ১৫ আসনে প্রার্থীদের নাম ঘোষণা সংযুক্ত মোর্চার|website=TV9 Bangla|date=2021-03-17}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] revealed its third list of 39 candidates on 20 March,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021/congress-publish-more-39-names-candidate-list-for-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-341497.html|title=Candidate List West Bengal Election 2021|website=TV9 Bangla|date=2021-03-20}}</ref> and two more on 22 March.
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==={{legend2|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}|Bharatiya Janata Party & Allies|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
==={{legend2|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}|Bharatiya Janata Party & Allies|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} ===
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* BJP candidate, Gopal Chandra Saha was shot at while campaigning in [[Malda district]], he was admitted to a hospital.<ref> {{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/west-bengal-bjp-s-malda-candidate-shot-at-while-campaigning-1792373-2021-04-18 |title= West Bengal: BJP's Malda candidate shot at while campaigning |website=India Today}}</ref>
* BJP candidate, Gopal Chandra Saha was shot at while campaigning in [[Malda district]], he was admitted to a hospital.<ref> {{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/west-bengal-bjp-s-malda-candidate-shot-at-while-campaigning-1792373-2021-04-18 |title= West Bengal: BJP's Malda candidate shot at while campaigning |website=India Today}}</ref>
* On 29 April, during the 8th phase of voting crude bombs were hurled near [[Mahajati Sadan]] in north [[Kolkata]].<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-exit-polls-live-updates-tamil-nadu-kerala-assam-3687074.html|title= West Bengal Elections 2021 Live Updates: Bomb Hurled in North Kolkata, EC Seeks Details|website=News18}} </ref>
* On 29 April, during the 8th phase of voting crude bombs were hurled near [[Mahajati Sadan]] in north [[Kolkata]].<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-exit-polls-live-updates-tamil-nadu-kerala-assam-3687074.html|title= West Bengal Elections 2021 Live Updates: Bomb Hurled in North Kolkata, EC Seeks Details|website=News18}} </ref>
==Results==
{{main|2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election results}}
== Aftermath ==
== Aftermath ==
=== Government formation ===
=== Government formation ===
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