2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. It was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha.[3]
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| Turnout | 84.33% ( 2.36%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Trinamool Congress won an absolute majority of seats.[4] Notably, incumbent Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lost his Jadavpur seat to Trinamool's Manish Gupta by just under 17,000 votes.[1]
The election also marked the defeat of the longest-serving democratically elected Communist government in the world, ending the 34-year rule of the Left Front government, a fact that was noted by the international media.[5]
Background
This was the first legislative assembly election for the Vidhan Sabha since political agitation and violence in Nandigram[5] and the Tata Nano Singur controversy, led by opposition party chief Mamata Banerjee, caused deaths by police firing amidst protests.
The Left Front had governed West Bengal since 1977. The election also followed the defeat of the Left Front in the 2009 general election, as well as its relatively poor showing in Panchayat and municipal elections.[6]
Delimitation
The 2011 election adopted re-drawn electoral constituencies based on the 2001 census, following the 2002 Delimitation Commission of India, whose recommendations were approved in February 2008.[7]
Polling schedule
Chief Election Commissioner of India S. Y. Quraishi announced that polling in West Bengal will be spread over six phases between 18 April and 10 May for the constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha.[8][9]
| Date | No of assembly constituencies | |||
| Phase I | 18 April | 54 | ||
| Phase II | 22 April | 50 | ||
| Phase III | 27 April | 75 | ||
| Phase IV | 3 May | 63 | ||
| Phase V | 7 May | 38 | ||
| Phase VI | 10 May | 14 | ||
| Counting | 13 May | 294 | ||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||
Phase I
54 constituencies went to the polls:
Mekliganj (SC), Mathabhanga (SC), Coochbehar Uttar (SC), Coochbehar Dakshin, Sitalkuchi (SC), Sitai (SC), Dinhata, Natabari, Tufangunj, Kumargram (ST), Kalchini (ST), Alipurduars, Falakata (SC), Madarihat (ST), Dhupguri (SC), Mayanaguri (SC), Jalpaiguri (SC), Rajganj (SC), Dabgram-Fulbari, Mal (ST), Nagrakata (ST), Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Matigara-Naxalbari (SC), Siliguri, Phansidewa (ST), Chopra, Islampur, Goalpokhar, Chakulia, Karandighi, Hemtabad (SC), Kaliaganj (SC), Raiganj, Itahar, Kushmandi (SC), Kumarganj, Balurghat, Tapan (ST), Gangarampur (SC), Harirampur, Habibpur (ST), Gazole (SC), Chanchal, Harishchandrapur, Malatipur, Ratua, Manikchak, Maldaha (SC), English Bazar, Mothabari, Sujapur, and Baisnabnagar.
Phase II
50 constituencies went to the polls:
Farakka, Samserganj, Suti, Jangipur, Raghunathganj, Sagardighi, Lalgola, Bhagaban Gola, Raninagar, Murshidabad, Nabagram (SC), Khargram (SC), Burwan (SC), Kandi, Bharatpur, Rejinagar, Beldanga, Baharampur, Hariharpara, Naoda, Domkal, Jalangi, Karimpur, Tehatta, Palashipara, Kaliganj, Nakashipara, Chapra, Krishnanagar Uttar, Nabadwip, Krishnanagar Dakshin, Santipur, Ranaghat Uttar Paschim, Krishnaganj (SC), Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC), Ranaghat Dakshin (SC), Chakdah, Kalyani (SC), Haringhata (SC), Dubrajpur (SC), Suri, Bolpur, Nanoor (SC), Labpur, Sainthia (SC), Mayureswar, Rampurhat, Hansan, Nalhati, and Murarai.
Phase III
75 constituencies went to the polls:
Bagdah (SC), Bongaon Uttar (SC), Bongaon Dakshin (SC), Gaighata (SC), Swarupnagar (SC), Baduria, Habra, Ashoknagar, Amdanga, Bijpur, Naihati, Bhatpara, Jagatdal, Noapara, Barrackpur, Khardaha, Dum Dum Uttar, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar, Dum Dum, Rajarhat New Town, Bidhan Nagar, Rajarhat Gopalpur, Madhyamgram, Barasat, Deganga, Haroa, Minakhan (SC), Sandeshkhali (ST), Basirhat Dakshin, Basirhat Uttar, Hingalganj (SC), Gosaba (SC), Basanti (SC), Kultali (SC), Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar (SC), Jaynagar (SC), Baruipur Purba (SC), Canning Paschim (SC), Canning Purba, Baruipur Paschim, Magrahat Purba (SC), Magrahat Paschim, Diamond Harbour, Falta, Satgachia, Bishnupur (SC), Sonarpur Dakshin, Bhangore, Kasba, Jadavpur, Sonarpur Uttar, Tollygunj, Behala Purba, Behala Paschim, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiabruz, Kokata Port, Bhabanipore, Rashbehari, Ballygunge, Chowrangee, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala, and Kashipur-Belgachia.
Phase IV
63 constituencies went to the polls:
Bally, Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Sankrail (SC), Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar (SC), Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur, Uttarpara, Sreerampur, Champdani, Singur, Chandannagore, Chunchura, Balagarh (SC), Pandua, Saptagram, Chanditala, Jangipara, Haripal, Dhanekhali (SC), Tarakeswar, Pursurah, Arambag (SC), Goghat (SC), Khanakul, Tamluk, Panskura Purba, Panskura Paschim, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, Haldia (SC), Nandigram, Chandipur, Patashpur, Kanthi Uttar, Bhagabanpur, Khejuri (SC), Kanthi Dakshin, Ramnagar, Egra, Bardhaman Dakshin, Jamalpur (SC), Monteswar, Kalna (SC), Memari, Bardhaman Uttar (SC), Bhatar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Purbasthali Uttar, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot and Ausgram (SC)
Phase V
38 constituencies went to the polls:
Dantan, Keshiary (ST), Kharagpur Sadar, Narayangarh, Sabang, Pingla, Kharagpur, Debra, Daspur, Ghatal (SC), Chandrakona (SC), Keshpur (SC), Purulia, Manbazar (ST), Kashipur, Para (SC), Raghunathpur (SC), Saltora (SC), Chhatnam, Bankura, Barjora, Onda, Bishnupur, Katulpur (SC), Indus (SC), Sonamukhi (SC), Khandaghosh (SC), Raina (SC), Galsi (SC), Pandabeswar, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Dakshin, Asansol Uttar, Kulti and Barabani.
Phase VI
14 constituencies went to the polls:
Nayagram (ST), Gopiballavpur, Jhargram, Garbeta, Salboni, Medinipur, Binpur (ST), Bandwan (ST), Balarampur, Baghmundi, Joypur, Ranibandh (ST), Raipur (ST) and Taldangra.
Parties
United Progressive Alliance
- All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
- Indian National Congress (INC)
- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
- Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C))
- Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF)
- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
- Party of Democratic Socialism (India) (PDS)
Left Front (LF)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
- Communist Party of India (CPI)
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
- All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
- Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI)
- Marxist Forward Bloc (MFB)
- Samajwadi Party (SP)
- Democratic Socialist Party (DSP(PC))
Alliance wise result
| LF+ | SEATS | AITC-Congress alliance | SEATS | NDA+ | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
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| CPIM | 40-2 (by-polls) | AITC | 184+6 (by-polls) | BJP | 0+1 (by-polls) | IND | 0 |
| AIFB | 11-1 (by-polls) | INC | 42-3 (by-polls) | GJM | 3 | ||
| RSP | 7-1 (by-polls) | SUCI(C) | 1 | ||||
| CPI | 2 | IND/(INC) | 1 | ||||
| SP | 1 | NCP | 0 | ||||
| DSP(PC) | 1 | GNLF | 0 | ||||
| MFB | 0 | JMM | 0 | ||||
| RCPI | 0 | PDS | 0 | ||||
| RJD | 0 | JKP(N) | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL (2011) | 62 | TOTAL (2011) | 228 | TOTAL (2011) | 3 | TOTAL (2011) | 0 |
| TOTAL (2006) | 233 | TOTAL (2006) | 30 | TOTAL (2006) | 24 | TOTAL (2006) | 6 |
Candidates
List of the candidates (constituency wise) of the 3 main parties/alliance:
| Assembly Constituency | Left Front (West Bengal) | United Progressive Alliance | National Democratic Alliance | ||||||||
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| # | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||||
| Cooch Behar district | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mekliganj | AIFB | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | INC | Jayanta Kumar Ray | BJP | Subhash Barman | ||||
| 2 | Mathabhanga | CPI(M) | Ananta Roy | AITC | Binay Krishna Barman | BJP | Sushil Barman | ||||
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar | AIFB | Nagendra Nath Roy | AITC | Prasenjit Barman | BJP | Malati Rava Roy | ||||
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | AIFB | Akshay Thakur | AITC | Abdul Jalil Ahmed | BJP | Gayetri Kar | ||||
| 5 | Sitalkuchi | CPI(M) | Biswanath Pramanik | AITC | Hiten Barman | BJP | Bhabendra Nath Barman | ||||
| 6 | Sitai | AIFB | Dipak Kumar Roy | INC | Keshab Chandra Ray | BJP | Brajo Gobinda Barman | ||||
| 7 | Dinhata | AIFB | Udayan Guha | NCP | Amiya Kumar Sarkar | BJP | Sudhanghsu Kumar Roy | ||||
| 8 | Natabari | CPI(M) | Tamser Ali | AITC | Rabindra Nath Ghosh | BJP | Utpal Deb | ||||
| 9 | Tufanganj | CPI(M) | Dhananjoy Rava | AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | BJP | Bimal Kumar Sarkar | ||||
| Jalpaiguri district | |||||||||||
| 10 | Kumargram | RSP | Dasrath Tirkey | AITC | Joachim Baxla | BJP | Hopna Soren | ||||
| 11 | Kalchini | RSP | Binay Bhusan Kerketta | AITC | Paban Kumar Lakra | Ind | Wilson Champramary | ||||
| 12 | Alipurduars | RSP | Kshiti Goswami | INC | Debaprasad Roy | BJP | Manik Chandra Saha | ||||
| 13 | Falakata | CPI(M) | Rabindra Nath Barman | AITC | Anil Adhikari | BJP | Hemanta Kumar Ray | ||||
| 14 | Madarihat | RSP | Kumari Kujur | INC | Atul Subba | BJP | Manoj Tigga | ||||
| 15 | Dhupguri | CPI(M) | Mamata Roy | AITC | Mina Barman | BJP | Amar Chand Sarkar | ||||
| 16 | Maynaguri | RSP | Ananta Deb Adhikari | AITC | Juthika Roy Basunia | BJP | Bibhas Chandra Paul | ||||
| 17 | Jalpaiguri | AIFB | Gobinda Chandra Roy | INC | Sukh Bilas Barma | BJP | Sisir Kanti Mondal | ||||
| 18 | Rajganj | CPI(M) | Amulya Chandra Roy | AITC | Khageswar Roy | BJP | Supen Roy | ||||
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | CPI(M) | Dilip Singh | AITC | Goutam Deb | BJP | Dulal Kanti Das | ||||
| 20 | Mal | CPI(M) | Bulu Chik Baraik | INC | Hiramoni Oraon | BJP | Baliram Ekka | ||||
| 21 | Nagrakata | CPI(M) | Sukhmoith (Piting) Oraon | INC | Joseph Munda | Ind | Rajesh Lakra | ||||
| Darjeeling district | |||||||||||
| 22 | Kalimpong | CPI | Bikram Chhetri | INC | Shanti Kumar Sharma | GJM | Harka Bahadur Chhetri | ||||
| 23 | Darjeeling | CPI(M) | K.B. Wattar | INC | Nahakul Chandra Chhetri | GJM | Trilok Dewan | ||||
| 24 | Kurseong | CPI(M) | Deepa Chettri | INC | Chhabi Chandra Rai | GJM | Rohit Sharma | ||||
| 25 | Matigara-Naxalbari | CPI(M) | Jharen Roy | INC | Sankar Malakar | BJP | Asim Sarkar | ||||
| 26 | Siliguri | CPI(M) | Ashok Bhattacharya | AITC | Rudra Nath Bhattacharya | BJP | Arun Prasad Sarkar | ||||
| 27 | Phansidewa | CPI(M) | Choton Kisku | INC | Sunil Chandra Tirkey | BJP | Dila Saibo | ||||
| Uttar Dinajpur district | |||||||||||
| 28 | Chopra | CPI(M) | Anwarul Haque | AITC | Sekh Jalaluddin | BJP | Ashim Chandra Barman | ||||
| 29 | Islampur | CPI(M) | Sayeda Farhat Afroz | AITC | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | BJP | Nepal Dutta | ||||
| 30 | Goalpokhar | AIFB | Saifur Rahman | INC | Md. Ghulam Rabbani | BJP | Shaukat Ali | ||||
| 31 | Chakulia | AIFB | Ali Imran Ramz | INC | Serajul Islam | BJP | Kalipada Ghosh | ||||
| 32 | Karandighi | AIFB | Gokul Behari Roy | INC | Subhas Goswami | BJP | Arshad Alam | ||||
| 33 | Hemtabad | CPI(M) | Khagendra Nath Sinha | AITC | Sekhar Chandra Roy | BJP | Bhanu Ram Barman | ||||
| 34 | Kaliaganj | CPI(M) | Nani Gopal Roy | INC | Pramatha Nath Ray | BJP | Bhupati Roy | ||||
| 35 | Raiganj | SP | Kiranmoy Nanda | INC | Mohit Sengupta | BJP | Sachindra Nath Das | ||||
| 36 | Itahar | CPI | Srikumar Mukherjee | AITC | Amal Acharjee | BJP | Suman Kumar Acharjee | ||||
| Dakshin Dinajpur district | |||||||||||
| 37 | Kushmandi | RSP | Narmada Chandra Roy | INC | Parthasarathi Sarkar | BJP | Ranjit Kumar Roy | ||||
| 38 | Kumarganj | CPI(M) | Mafuja Khatun | AITC | Mahamuda Begam | BJP | Sanjib Chandra Roy | ||||
| 39 | Balurghat | RSP | Biswanath Chowdhury | AITC | Sankar Chakraborty | BJP | Ranjan Kumar Mondal | ||||
| 40 | Tapan | RSP | Khara Soren | AITC | Bachchu Hansda | BJP | Colombas Tirki | ||||
| 41 | Gangarampur | CPI(M) | Nandalal Hazra | AITC | Satyendra Nath Ray | BJP | Dipankar Roy | ||||
| 42 | Harirampur | CPI(M) | Narayan Biswas | AITC | Biplab Mitra | BJP | Phani Bhusan Mahata | ||||
| Malda district | |||||||||||
| 43 | Habibpur | CPI(M) | Khagen Murmu | AITC | Mohan Tudu | BJP | Krishna Chandra Munda | ||||
| 44 | Gazole | CPI(M) | Gobinda Mondal | INC | Sushil Chandra Roy | BJP | Prafulla Chandra Sarkar | ||||
| 45 | Chanchal | CPI(M) | Anjuman Ara Begam | INC | Asif Mehbub | BJP | Sital Prasad Chakraborty | ||||
| 46 | Harishchandrapur | AIFB | Tajmul Hossain | INC | Mostaque Alam | BJP | Rina Saha | ||||
| 47 | Malatipur | RSP | Abdur Rahim Boxi | AITC | Gautam Chakraborti | BJP | Harendra Nath Paul | ||||
| 48 | Ratua | CPI(M) | Sailen Sarkar | INC | Samar Mukherjee | BJP | Dilip Agarwalla | ||||
| 49 | Manikchak | CPI(M) | Ratna Bhattacharya | AITC | Sabitri Mitra | BJP | Dipankar Pandey | ||||
| 50 | Maldaha | CPI(M) | Rahul Ranjan Das | INC | Bhupendra Nath Halder | BJP | Kusum Roy | ||||
| 51 | English Bazar | CPI(M) | Samarendra Roy | INC | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | BJP | Gobinda Chandra Mandal | ||||
| 52 | Mothabari | CPI(M) | Naimuddin Sheikh | INC | Sabina Yasmin | BJP | Nandan Kumar Ghosh | ||||
| 53 | Sujapur | CPI(M) | Haji Ketabuddin Sk. | INC | Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury | BJP | Tutul Saha | ||||
| 54 | Baisnabnagar | CPI(M) | Biswanath Ghosh | INC | Isha Khan Choudhury | BJP | Swadhin Kumar Sarkar | ||||
| Murshidabad district | |||||||||||
| 55 | Farakka | CPI(M) | Abdus Salam | INC | Mainul Haque | BJP | Hemanta Ghosh | ||||
| 56 | Samserganj | CPI(M) | Touab Ali | INC | Mousumi Begum | BJP | Sasthi Charan Ghosh | ||||
| 57 | Suti | RSP | Jane Alam Mian | INC | Emani Biswas | BJP | Nilkanta Roy | ||||
| 58 | Jangipur | CPI(M) | Purnima Bhattacharya | INC | Md. Sohrab | BJP | Anamitra Banerjee | ||||
| 59 | Raghunathganj | RSP | Abul Hasnat | INC | Akhruzzaman | BJP | Sougata Singha Roy | ||||
| 60 | Sagardighi | CPI(M) | Ismail Sekh | AITC | Subrata Saha | BJP | Shekharendu Das | ||||
| 61 | Lalgola | CPI(M) | Yean Ali | INC | Abu Hena | BJP | Amar Kumar Das | ||||
| 62 | Bhagabangola | SP | Chand Mohammad | AITC | Sagir Hossen | BJP | Mahebub Alam | ||||
| 63 | Raninagar | AIFB | Maksuda Begum | INC | Firoza Begam | BJP | Dinesh Mondal | ||||
| 64 | Murshidabad | AIFB | Bibhas Chakraborty | INC | Shaoni Singha Roy | BJP | Ranajit Kumar Das | ||||
| 65 | Nabagram | CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | INC | Prabal Sarkar | BJP | Dilip Halder | ||||
| 66 | Khargram | CPI(M) | Goutam Mondal | INC | Ashis Marjit | BJP | Harekrishna Konai | ||||
| 67 | Burwan | RSP | Binoy Sarkar | INC | Protima Rajak | BJP | Sukhnen Kumar Bagdi | ||||
| 68 | Kandi | CPI | Ainal Haque | INC | Apurba Sarkar | BJP | Dhananjoy Mandal | ||||
| 69 | Bharatpur | RSP | Id Mohammad | INC | Daliya Begum | BJP | Madhusudan Saha | ||||
| 70 | Rejinagar | RSP | Sirajul Islam Mondal | INC | Humayun Kabir | BJP | Arabindu Biswas | ||||
| 71 | Beldanga | RSP | Md. Refatullah | INC | Seikh Safiujjaman | BJP | Alok Ghosh | ||||
| 72 | Baharampur | RSP | Tarit Brahmachari | INC | Manoj Chakraborty | BJP | Debasis Sarkar | ||||
| 73 | Hariharpara | CPI(M) | Insar Ali Biswas | AITC | Niamot Sheikh | BJP | Bishnu Charan Sikdar | ||||
| 74 | Naoda | RSP | Jayanta Biswas | INC | Abu Taher Khan | BJP | Biplab Mondal | ||||
| 75 | Domkal | CPI(M) | Anisur Rahman | INC | Soumik Hossain | BJP | Santosh Mondal | ||||
| 76 | Jalangi | CPI(M) | Abdur Razzak | AITC | Idris Ali | BJP | Naba Kumar Sarkar | ||||
| Nadia district | |||||||||||
| 77 | Karimpur | CPI(M) | Samarendranath Ghosh | AITC | Dr. Ramen Sarkar | BJP | Indrajit Mondal | ||||
| 78 | Tehatta | CPI(M) | Ranjit Kumar Mondal | AITC | Gouri Sankar Dutta | BJP | Asutosh Paul | ||||
| 79 | Palashipara | CPI(M) | S.M.Sadi | AITC | Manik Bhattacharya | BJP | Arjun Kumar Biswas | ||||
| 80 | Kaliganj | RSP | Sankar Sarkar | AITC | Nasiruddin Ahamed | BJP | Mahadeb Ghosh | ||||
| 81 | Nakashipara | CPI(M) | Gayatri Sardar | AITC | Kallol Khan | BJP | Sushil Barman | ||||
| 82 | Chapra | CPI(M) | Shamsul Islam Mollah | AITC | Rukbanur Rahman | BJP | Baidyanath Biswas | ||||
| 83 | Krishnanagar Uttar | CPI(M) | Subinay Ghosh | AITC | Abani Mohan Joardar | BJP | Ramen Biswas | ||||
| 84 | Nabadwip | CPI(M) | Sumit Biswas | AITC | Pundarkshya Saha | BJP | Pinki Agarwal | ||||
| 85 | Krishnanagar Dakshin | CPI(M) | Rama Biswas | AITC | Ujjal Biswas | BJP | Mahadev Sarkar | ||||
| 86 | Santipur | RCPI | Yar Mullick | INC | Ajoy Dey | BJP | Kanoj Biswas | ||||
| 87 | Ranaghat Uttar Paschim | CPI(M) | Meena Bhattacharya | AITC | Parthasarathi Chatterjee | BJP | Megh Lal Karmakar | ||||
| 88 | Krishnaganj | CPI(M) | Barun Biswas | AITC | Sushil Biswas | BJP | Bipul Chandra Sen | ||||
| 89 | Ranaghat Uttar Purba | CPI(M) | Archana Biswas | AITC | Protima Rajak | BJP | Basudev Majumdar | ||||
| 90 | Ranaghat Dakshin | CPI(M) | Aloke Das | AITC | Abir Ranjan Biswas | BJP | Benoy Bhusan Roy | ||||
| 91 | Chakdaha | CPI(M) | Biswanath Gupta | AITC | Naresh Chandra Chaki | BJP | Biswajit Ghosh | ||||
| 92 | Kalyani | CPI(M) | Jyotsna Sikdar | AITC | Ramendra Nath Biswas | BJP | Dipali Bharati | ||||
| 93 | Haringhata | CPI(M) | Biswajit Paul | AITC | Nilima Nag Mallick | BJP | Binay Krishna Biswas | ||||
| North 24 Parganas district | |||||||||||
| 94 | Bagda | AIFB | Mrinalkanti Sikdar | AITC | Upendra Nath Biswas | BJP | Arabinda Biswas | ||||
| 95 | Bangaon Uttar | CPI(M) | Biswajit Biswas | AITC | Biswajit Das | BJP | Hari Chand Biswas | ||||
| 96 | Bangaon Dakshin | CPI(M) | Anuj Baran Sarkar | AITC | Surajit Kumar Biswas | BJP | Arun Halder | ||||
| 97 | Gaighata | CPI | Monoj Kanti Biswas | AITC | Majulkrishna Thakur | BJP | Sukharanjan Bepari | ||||
| 98 | Swarupnagar | CPI(M) | Shiva Pada Das | AITC | Bina Mondal | BJP | Rakhal Halder | ||||
| 99 | Baduria | CPI(M) | Mohammed Selim Gayen | INC | Quazi Abdul Gaffar | BJP | Sukumar Dey | ||||
| 100 | Habra | CPI(M) | Pranab Bhattacharya | AITC | Jyotipriya Mallick | BJP | Utpal Kumar Paul | ||||
| 101 | Ashokenagar | CPI(M) | Satyasebi Kar | AITC | Dhiman Roy | BJP | Gopal Nandi | ||||
| 102 | Amdanga | CPI(M) | Abdus Sattar | AITC | Rafiqur Rahaman | BJP | Joydeb Ghosh | ||||
| 103 | Bijpur | CPI(M) | Nirjharini Chakarborty | AITC | Subhranshu Roy | BJP | Kamala Kanta Chowdhury | ||||
| 104 | Naihati | CPI(M) | Ranjit Kundu | AITC | Partha Bhowmick | BJP | Biswajit Sur | ||||
| 105 | Bhatpara | CPI(M) | Nepaldev Bhattacharjee | AITC | Arjun Singh | BJP | Pradyot Kumar Choudhary | ||||
| 106 | Jagatdal | AIFB | Haripada Biswas | AITC | Parash Dutta | BJP | Dilip Mitra | ||||
| 107 | Noapara | CPI(M) | K.D.Ghosh | AITC | Manju Basu | BJP | Swapan Halder | ||||
| 108 | Barrackpore | CPI(M) | Madhusudan Samanta | AITC | Shilbhadra Dutta | BJP | Shambhu Nath Gupta | ||||
| 109 | Khardaha | CPI(M) | Asim Dasgupta | AITC | Amit Mitra | BJP | Anadi Kumar Biswas | ||||
| 110 | Dum Dum Uttar | CPI(M) | Rekha Goswami | AITC | Chandrima Bhattacharya | BJP | Chandan Roy | ||||
| 111 | Panihati | CPI(M) | Ahibhusan Chakraborty | AITC | Nirmal Ghosh | BJP | Kishor Kumar Shaw | ||||
| 112 | Kamarhati | CPI(M) | Manas Mukherjee | AITC | Madan Mitra | BJP | Shikha Sarkar | ||||
| 113 | Baranagar | RSP | Sukumar Ghosh | AITC | Tapas Roy | BJP | Bijoy Sankar Agarwal | ||||
| 114 | Dum Dum | CPI(M) | Gautam Deb | AITC | Bratya Basu | BJP | Anjana Chaturvedi | ||||
| 115 | Rajarhat New Town | CPI(M) | Tapash Chatterjee | AITC | Sabyasachi Dutta | BJP | Priyalal Dutta | ||||
| 116 | Bidhannagar | CPI(M) | Palash Das | AITC | Sujit Bose | BJP | Ashoke Sarkar | ||||
| 117 | Rajarhat Gopalpur | CPI(M) | Rabindranath Mondal | AITC | Purnendo Bose | BJP | Manoranjan Das | ||||
| 118 | Madhyamgram | AIFB | Ranjit Choudhury | AITC | Rathin Ghosh | BJP | Bijoy Banerjee | ||||
| 119 | Barasat | AIFB | Sanjib Chatterjee | AITC | Chiranjeet Chakraborty | BJP | Bithika Mandal | ||||
| 120 | Deganga | AIFB | Mortaza Hossain | AITC | Dr. M. Nuruzzaman | BJP | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | ||||
| 121 | Haroa | CPI(M) | Imtiaz Hossain | AITC | Julfiquer Ali Molla | BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | ||||
| 122 | Minakhan | CPI(M) | Dilip Roy | AITC | Usha Rani Mondal | BJP | Bhabesh Patra | ||||
| 123 | Sandeshkhali | CPI(M) | Nirapada Sardar | AITC | Padma Mahato | BJP | Sukumar Sardar | ||||
| 124 | Basirhat Dakshin | CPI(M) | Narayan Mukherjee | AITC | Narayan Goswami | BJP | Hajarilal Sarkar | ||||
| 125 | Basirhat Uttar | CPI(M) | Subid Ali Gazi | AITC | ATM Abdullah | BJP | Subodh Kumar Chakraborty | ||||
| 126 | Hingalganj | CPI | Anandamoy Mondal | AITC | Debesh Mondal | BJP | Ratikanta Baulia | ||||
| South 24 Parganas district | |||||||||||
| 127 | Gosaba | RSP | Samarendra Nath Mondal | AITC | Jayanta Naskar | BJP | Sukumar Mondal | ||||
| 128 | Basanti | RSP | Subhas Naskar | INC | Arnab Roy | BJP | Amal Kanti Roy | ||||
| 129 | Kultali | CPI(M) | Ramsankar Halder | SUCI(C) | Joy Krishna Halder | BJP | Nilkanta Mondal | ||||
| 130 | Patharpratima | CPI(M) | Jajneswar Das | AITC | Samir Kumar Jana | BJP | Mantu Ram Gayen | ||||
| 131 | Kakdwip | CPI(M) | Milan Bhattacharya | AITC | Manturam Pakhira | BJP | Nirmal Kumar Das | ||||
| 132 | Sagar | CPI(M) | Milan Parua | AITC | Bankim Chandra Hazra | BJP | Bimal Kumar Maity | ||||
| 133 | Kulpi | CPI(M) | Sakuntala Paik | AITC | Jogaranjan Halder | BJP | Swapan Halder | ||||
| 134 | Raidighi | CPI(M) | Kanti Ganguly | AITC | Debashree Roy | BJP | Dwijendranath Halder | ||||
| 135 | Mandirbazar | CPI(M) | Dr. Sarat Halder | AITC | Joydeb Halder | BJP | Goutam Naskar | ||||
| 136 | Jaynagar | CPI(M) | Shyamali Halder | SUCI(C) | Tarun Kanti Naskar | BJP | Utpal Kumar Mondal | ||||
| 137 | Baruipur Purba | CPI(M) | Bimal Mistry | AITC | Nirmal Mondal | BJP | Tapas Naskar | ||||
| 138 | Canning Paschim | CPI(M) | Joydeb Purkait | AITC | Shyamal Mondal | BJP | Manojit Mondal | ||||
| 139 | Canning Purba | CPI(M) | Abdur Razzak Molla | INC | Ibrahim Molla | BJP | Ghanasyam Mondal | ||||
| 140 | Baruipur Paschim | CPI(M) | Kanak Kanti Paria | AITC | Biman Banerjee | BJP | Raneswar Das | ||||
| 141 | Magrahat Purba | CPI(M) | Chandan Saha | AITC | Namita Saha | BJP | Ratan Kumar Sardar | ||||
| 142 | Magrahat Paschim | CPI(M) | Abul Hasnat | AITC | Giasuddin Molla | BJP | Subhash Mondal | ||||
| 143 | Diamond Harbour | CPI(M) | Subhra Sau | AITC | Dipak Kumar Halder | BJP | Krishna Baidya | ||||
| 144 | Falta | CPI(M) | Ardhendu Sekhar Bindu | AITC | Tamonash Ghosh | BJP | Avijit Kumar Halder | ||||
| 145 | Satgachhia | CPI(M) | Barun Kumar Naskar | AITC | Sonali Guha | BJP | Subrata Samanta | ||||
| 146 | Bishnupur | CPI(M) | Sudhin Sinha | AITC | Dilip Mondal | BJP | Sekhar Naskar | ||||
| 147 | Sonarpur Dakshin | CPI | Tarit Chakraborty | AITC | Jiban Mukhopadhyay | BJP | Hasi Singha Roy | ||||
| 148 | Bhangar | CPI(M) | Badal Jamadar | AITC | Arabul Islam | BJP | Madhusudan Sanphui | ||||
| 149 | Kasba | CPI(M) | Shatarup Ghosh | AITC | Javed Ahmed Khan | BJP | Bikash Debnath | ||||
| 150 | Jadavpur | CPI(M) | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | AITC | Manish Gupta | BJP | Dhononjoy Mukherjee | ||||
| 151 | Sonarpur Uttar | CPI(M) | Shyamal Naskar | AITC | Firdousi Begum | BJP | Debasish Purkait | ||||
| 152 | Tollyganj | CPI(M) | Dr. Partha Pratim Biswas | AITC | Aroop Biswas | BJP | Bibekananda Sinha Roy | ||||
| 153 | Behala Purba | CPI(M) | Kumkum Chakraborty | AITC | Sovan Chatterjee | BJP | A. Biswajit Naidu | ||||
| 154 | Behala Paschim | CPI(M) | Anupam Debsarkar | AITC | Partha Chatterjee | BJP | Amalendu Roy Chowdhary | ||||
| 155 | Maheshtala | CPI(M) | Sheikh Mohammed Israil | AITC | Kasturi Das | BJP | Sisir Kumar Mukherjee | ||||
| 156 | Budge Budge | CPI(M) | Hrisikesh Poddar | AITC | Ashok Kumar Deb | BJP | Ariful Islam | ||||
| 157 | Metiaburuz | CPI(M) | Badruddoza Mollah | AITC | Mumtaz Begum | BJP | Md. Sajjad | ||||
| Kolkata district | |||||||||||
| 158 | Kolkata Port | AIFB | Moinuddin Sams | AITC | Firhad Hakim | BJP | Raj Kumari Shaw | ||||
| 159 | Bhabanipur | CPI(M) | Narayan Prasad Jain | AITC | Subrata Bakshi | BJP | Ram Chandra Jaiswal | ||||
| 160 | Rashbehari | CPI(M) | Shantanu Basu | AITC | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | BJP | Jiban Kumar Sen | ||||
| 161 | Ballygunge | CPI(M) | Fuad Halim | AITC | Subrata Mukherjee | BJP | Shatorupa | ||||
| 162 | Chowrangee | RJD | Bimal Singh | AITC | Sikha Chowdhury Mitra | BJP | Shahnawaz Ahmed | ||||
| 163 | Entally | CPI(M) | Debesh Das | AITC | Swarna Kamal Saha | BJP | Sudhir Kumar Pandey | ||||
| 164 | Beleghata | CPI(M) | Anadi Kumar Sahu | AITC | Paresh Paul | BJP | Arun Shaw | ||||
| 165 | Jorasanko | CPI(M) | Janki Singh | AITC | Smita Bakshi | BJP | Mina Devi Purohit | ||||
| 166 | Shyampukur | AIFB | Jiban Prakash Saha | AITC | Shashi Panja | BJP | Ganesh Kumar Dhanania | ||||
| 167 | Maniktala | CPI(M) | Rupa Bagchi | AITC | Sadhan Pande | BJP | Nandalal Singhania | ||||
| 168 | Kashipur-Belgachia | CPI(M) | Kaninika Ghosh Bose | AITC | Mala Saha | BJP | Aditya Tandon | ||||
| Howrah district | |||||||||||
| 169 | Bally | CPI(M) | Kanika Ganguly | AITC | Sultan Singh | BJP | Bharat Bhushan Ojha | ||||
| 170 | Howrah Uttar | CPI(M) | Nemai Samanta | AITC | Ashoke Ghosh | BJP | Umesh Rai | ||||
| 171 | Howrah Madhya | CPI(M) | Arup Ray | AITC | Aroop Roy | BJP | Ram Narayan Chowrasia | ||||
| 172 | Shibpur | AIFB | Jagannath Bhattacharya | AITC | Jatu Lahiri | BJP | Prabir Ray | ||||
| 173 | Howrah Dakshin | CPI(M) | Krishna Kishor Roy | AITC | Broja Mohan Majumdar | BJP | Pramila Singh | ||||
| 174 | Sankrail | CPI(M) | Anirban Hazra | AITC | Sital Kumar Sardar | BJP | Jhan Prakash Ray | ||||
| 175 | Panchla | AIFB | Doli Roy | AITC | Gulshan Mallick | BJP | Shyamal Kumar Adak | ||||
| 176 | Uluberia Purba | CPI(M) | Mohan Mondal | AITC | Haider Aziz Safwi | BJP | Papiya Mandal | ||||
| 177 | Uluberia Uttar | CPI(M) | Bhim Ghuku | AITC | Dr. Nirmal Maji | BJP | Archana Ray | ||||
| 178 | Uluberia Dakshin | AIFB | Sk. Kutubuddin Ahmad | AITC | Pulak Roy | BJP | Goutam Mukherjee | ||||
| 179 | Shyampur | AIFB | Minati Pramanik | AITC | Kalipada Mandal | BJP | Gour Mohan Das | ||||
| 180 | Bagnan | CPI(M) | Akkel Ali Khan | AITC | Arunava Sen | BJP | Tapan Kumar Mondal | ||||
| 181 | Amta | CPI(M) | Rabindra Nath Mitra | INC | Asit Mitra | BJP | Sanat Hazra | ||||
| 182 | Udaynarayanpur | CPI(M) | Chandralekha Bag | AITC | Samir Panja | BJP | Tapan Dhara | ||||
| 183 | Jagatballavpur | CPI(M) | Kaji Jaffar Ahmed | AITC | Abul Kasem Molla | BJP | Baij Nath Sha | ||||
| 184 | Domjur | CPI(M) | Mohanta Chatterjee | AITC | Rajib Banerjee | BJP | Parthasarathi Baksi | ||||
| Hooghly district | |||||||||||
| 185 | Uttarpara | CPI(M) | Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | AITC | Anup Ghosal | BJP | Pranab Chakraborty | ||||
| 186 | Sreerampur | CPI | Partha Sarathi Rej | AITC | Sudipto Roy | BJP | Vidyasagar Pandey | ||||
| 187 | Champdani | CPI(M) | Jibesh Chakraborty | AITC | Muzaffar Khan | BJP | Durga Verma | ||||
| 188 | Singur | CPI(M) | Dr. Asit Das | AITC | Rabindranath Bhattacharjee | BJP | Souren Patra | ||||
| 189 | Chandannagar | CPI(M) | Sibaprasad Banerjee | AITC | Ashoke Kumar Shaw | BJP | Satya Bhusan Pathak | ||||
| 190 | Chunchura | AIFB | Naren Dey | AITC | Asit Mazumdar | BJP | Champa Chakraborty | ||||
| 191 | Balagarh | CPI(M) | Bhuban Pramanick | AITC | Ashim Kumar Majhi | BJP | Banshi Raut | ||||
| 192 | Pandua | CPI(M) | Sk.Amzad Hossain | AITC | Nargis Begum | BJP | Debaprasad Chakraborty | ||||
| 193 | Saptagram | CPI(M) | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | AITC | Tapan Dasgupta | BJP | Kartick Chandra Paul | ||||
| 194 | Chanditala | CPI(M) | Azim Ali Md Sk | AITC | Swati Khandekar | BJP | Sudipta Chattopadhyay | ||||
| 195 | Jangipara | CPI(M) | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | AITC | Snehasish Chakraborty | BJP | Prasenjit Bag | ||||
| 196 | Haripal | CPI(M) | Bharati Mukherjee | AITC | Becharam Manna | BJP | Partha Banerjee | ||||
| 197 | Dhanekhali | AIFB | Srabani Sarkar | AITC | Asima Patra | BJP | Kripa Sindhu Roy | ||||
| 198 | Tarakeswar | MFB | Pratim Chatterjee | AITC | Rachhpal Singh | BJP | Ganesh Chakraborty | ||||
| 199 | Pursurah | CPI(M) | Soumendranath Bera | AITC | Parvez Rahaman | BJP | Sukumar Dhara | ||||
| 200 | Arambagh | CPI(M) | Asit Malik | AITC | Krishna Chandra Santra | BJP | Sukumar Santra | ||||
| 201 | Goghat | AIFB | Biswanath Karak | INC | Debasish Medda | BJP | Sukumar Bag | ||||
| 202 | Khanakul | CPI(M) | Subhra Parui | AITC | Iqbal Ahmed | BJP | Arobindo Maity | ||||
| Purba Medinipur district | |||||||||||
| 203 | Tamluk | CPI | Jagannath Mitra | AITC | Somen Mahapatra | BJP | Malay Kumar Singha | ||||
| 204 | Panskura Purba | CPI(M) | Amiya Sahoo | AITC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | BJP | Deb Kumar Maity | ||||
| 205 | Panskura Paschim | CPI | Nirmal Kumar Bera | AITC | Sk. Omar Ali | BJP | Narayan Kinkar Mishra | ||||
| 206 | Moyna | CPI(M) | Sk. Mujibur Rahman | AITC | Bhusan Chandra Dolai | BJP | Asit Pattanayak | ||||
| 207 | Nandakumar | SP | Brahmamoy Nanda | AITC | Sukumar De | BJP | Nilanjan Adhikari | ||||
| 208 | Mahisadal | CPI(M) | Tamalika Panda Seth | AITC | Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar | BJP | Prasenjit Samanta | ||||
| 209 | Haldia | CPI(M) | Nityananda Bera | AITC | Seuli Saha | BJP | Kalipada Das | ||||
| 210 | Nandigram | CPI | Paramananda Bharati | AITC | Firoja Bibi | BJP | Bijan Kumar Das | ||||
| 211 | Chandipur | CPI(M) | Bidyut Guchait | AITC | Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee | BJP | Chanchal Maiti | ||||
| 212 | Patashpur | CPI | Makhanlal Nayak | AITC | Jyotirmoy Kar | BJP | Asish Das | ||||
| 213 | Kanthi Uttar | CPI(M) | Chakradhar Meikap | AITC | Banasri Maity | BJP | Gour Hari Jana | ||||
| 214 | Bhagabanpur | SP | Ranjit Manna | AITC | Ardhendu Maity | BJP | Sadananda De | ||||
| 215 | Khejuri | SP | Asim Mondal | AITC | Ranajit Mondal | BJP | Kalipada Mandal | ||||
| 216 | Kanthi Dakshin | CPI | Uttam Kumar Pradhan | AITC | Dibyendu Adhikari | BJP | Kamalesh Mishra | ||||
| 217 | Ramnagar | CPI(M) | Swadesh Ranjan Nayek | AITC | Akhil Giri | BJP | Satya Ranjan Das | ||||
| 218 | Egra | DSP(PC) | Hrisikesh Paria | AITC | Samares Das | BJP | Minati Sur | ||||
| Paschim Medinipur district | |||||||||||
| 219 | Dantan | CPI | Arun Mahapatra | AITC | Shaibal Giri | BJP | Shailendra Jana | ||||
| 220 | Nayagram | CPI(M) | Bhutnath Soren | AITC | Dulal Murmu | BJP | Chitta Ranjan Hembram | ||||
| 221 | Gopiballavpur | CPI(M) | Rabi Lal Maitra | AITC | Churamani Mahato | BJP | Sanjit Mahata | ||||
| 222 | Jhargram | CPI(M) | Amar Basu | AITC | Sukumar Hansda | BJP | Bijay Mahato | ||||
| 223 | Keshiary | CPI(M) | Biram Mandi | AITC | Shyam Charan Mandi | BJP | Dilip Routh | ||||
| 224 | Kharagpur Sadar | CPI(M) | Anil Kumar Das | INC | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | BJP | Prem Chandra Jha | ||||
| 225 | Narayangarh | CPI(M) | Surjya Kanta Mishra | AITC | Surja Kanta Atta | BJP | Krishna Prasad Roy | ||||
| 226 | Sabang | BBC | Rama Pada Sahoo | INC | Manas Bhunia | BJP | Sabyasachi Sau | ||||
| 227 | Pingla | DSP(PC) | Prabodh Chandra Sinha | AITC | Ajit Maity | BJP | Sambhunath Hansda | ||||
| 228 | Kharagpur | CPI(M) | Nazmul Haque | AITC | Bilkis Khanam | BJP | Prabir Kumar Sahu | ||||
| 229 | Debra | CPI(M) | Sk. Sorab Hossein | AITC | Radhakanta Maiti | BJP | Dilip Kumar Roy | ||||
| 230 | Daspur | CPI(M) | Sunil Adhikari | AITC | Ajit Bhunia | BJP | Sujit Pain | ||||
| 231 | Ghatal | CPI(M) | Chhabi Pakhira | AITC | Shankar Dolai | BJP | Ashok Malik | ||||
| 232 | Chandrakona | CPI(M) | Chhaya Dolai | AITC | Sibaram Das | BJP | Bapi Dera | ||||
| 233 | Garbeta | CPI(M) | Susanta Ghosh | INC | Hema Choubey | BJP | Tarak Nath Gan | ||||
| 234 | Salboni | CPI(M) | Abhiram Mahato | AITC | Srikanta Mahata | BJP | Dhiman Kumar Kolay | ||||
| 235 | Keshpur | CPI(M) | Rameswar Doloi | INC | Rajani Kanta Doloi | BJP | Dipak Patra | ||||
| 236 | Medinipur | CPI | Santosh Rana | AITC | Mrigendra Nath Maiti | BJP | Tusar Mukharjee | ||||
| 237 | Binpur | CPI(M) | Dibakar Hansda | JKP(N) | Chunibala Hansda | BJP | Panchanan Hansda | ||||
| Purulia district | |||||||||||
| 238 | Bandwan | CPI(M) | Susanta Kumar Besra | INC | Sital Chandra Hembram | BJP | Manika Murmu | ||||
| 239 | Balarampur | CPI(M) | Manindra Gope | AITC | Santiram Mahato | BJP | Batulal Mahato | ||||
| 240 | Baghmundi | AIFB | Mangal Mahato | INC | Nepal Mahata | AJSU | Rakesh Mahato | ||||
| 241 | Joypur | AIFB | Dhirendra Nath Mahato | AITC | Kirton Chandra Mahato | BJP | Shripati Mahato | ||||
| 242 | Purulia | CPI(M) | Panchkari Mukherjee | AITC | Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo | BJP | Panchkari Mukherjee | ||||
| 243 | Manbazar | CPI(M) | Himani Hansda | AITC | Sandhyarani Tudu | BJP | Gouri Sardar | ||||
| 244 | Kashipur | CPI(M) | Subhas Chandra Mahata | AITC | Swapan Kumar Belthariya | BJP | Prasanta Singha Deo | ||||
| 245 | Para | CPI(M) | Dipak Bauri | INC | Umapada Bauri | BJP | Swapan Bouri | ||||
| 246 | Raghunathpur | CPI(M) | Dipali Bauri | AITC | Purna Chandra Bauri | BJP | Subhas Chandra Mondal | ||||
| Bankura district | |||||||||||
| 247 | Saltora | CPI(M) | Sasthi Charan Bauri | AITC | Swapan Bauri | BJP | Mangal Chandra Mandal | ||||
| 248 | Chhatna | RSP | Anath Bandhu Mondal | AITC | Subhasis Batabyal | BJP | Rabindranath Mandal | ||||
| 249 | Ranibandh | CPI(M) | Deblina Hembram | AITC | Falguni Hembram | BJP | Lakshmikanta Sardar | ||||
| 250 | Raipur | CPI(M) | Upen Kisku | AITC | Pramila Murmu | BJP | Pelaram Murmu | ||||
| 251 | Taldangra | CPI(M) | Monoranjan Patra | INC | Arun Kumar Pathak | BJP | Milan Singha Mahapatra | ||||
| 252 | Bankura | CPI(M) | Pratip Mukherjee | AITC | Kashinath Misra | BJP | Anil Ghosh | ||||
| 253 | Barjora | CPI(M) | Susmita Biswas | AITC | Asutosh Mukherjee | BJP | Sanjoy Pal | ||||
| 254 | Onda | AIFB | Tarapada Chakrabarti | AITC | Arup Kumar Khan | BJP | Amarnath Shakha | ||||
| 255 | Bishnupur | CPI(M) | Swapan Ghosh | AITC | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | BJP | Pankaj Dhar | ||||
| 256 | Katulpur | CPI(M) | Purnima Bagdi | INC | Saumitra Khan | BJP | Tarun Kotal | ||||
| 257 | Indas | CPI(M) | Santanu Kumar Bora | AITC | Gurupada Mete | BJP | Srikanta Bagdi | ||||
| 258 | Sonamukhi | CPI(M) | Monoranjan Chongre | AITC | Dipali Saha | BJP | Madhab Bagdi | ||||
| Burdwan district | |||||||||||
| 259 | Khandaghosh | CPI(M) | Nabin Chandra Bag | AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | BJP | Krishna Das Singha | ||||
| 260 | Bardhaman Dakshin | CPI(M) | Nirupam Sen | AITC | Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay | BJP | Sandip Nandi | ||||
| 261 | Raina | CPI(M) | Basudeb Khan | AITC | Nepal Ghorui | BJP | Pandit Krishna Chandra | ||||
| 262 | Jamalpur | MFB | Samar Hazra | AITC | Ujjal Pramanik | BJP | Subrata Mallick | ||||
| 263 | Manteswar | CPI(M) | Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah | AITC | Abu Ayash Mondal | BJP | Sakshi Gopal Ghosh | ||||
| 264 | Kalna | CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | AITC | Biswajit Kundu | BJP | Dilip Mondal | ||||
| 265 | Memari | CPI(M) | Debashis Ghosh | AITC | Abul Hasan Mondal | BJP | Biswajit Poddar | ||||
| 266 | Bardhaman Uttar | CPI(M) | Aparna Saha | AITC | Nishit Malick | BJP | Sunil Sen | ||||
| 267 | Bhatar | CPI(M) | Srijit Konar | AITC | Banamali Hazra | BJP | Dhatripada Konar | ||||
| 268 | Purbasthali Dakshin | CPI(M) | Aleaya Begam | AITC | Swapan Debnath | BJP | Mahadeb Basak | ||||
| 269 | Purbasthali Uttar | CPI(M) | Pradip Saha | AITC | Tapan Chatterjee | BJP | Swapan Bhattachrya | ||||
| 270 | Katwa | CPI(M) | Sudipta Bagchi | INC | Rabindranath Chatterjee | BJP | Anil Dutta | ||||
| 271 | Ketugram | CPI(M) | Syed Abdul Kader | AITC | Sk. Sahanawez | BJP | Debobrato Bose | ||||
| 272 | Mangalkot | CPI(M) | Sahajahan Choudhary | AITC | Apurba Chaudhuri | BJP | Alok Taranga Goswami | ||||
| 273 | Ausgram | CPI(M) | Basudeb Mete | INC | Chanchal Kumar Mondal | BJP | Shanti Karmakar | ||||
| 274 | Galsi | AIFB | Sunil Kumar Mandal | AITC | Joydeb Saha | BJP | Tapan Bagdi | ||||
| 275 | Pandabeswar | CPI(M) | Gouranga Chatterjee | AITC | Md. Zahir Alam Ansari | BJP | Ashish Garai | ||||
| 276 | Durgapur Purba | CPI(M) | Alpana Chowdhury | AITC | Nikhil Kumar Banerjee | BJP | Lakshman Chandra Ghorui | ||||
| 277 | Durgapur Paschim | CPI(M) | Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty | AITC | Apurba Mukherjee | BJP | Kalyan Dubey | ||||
| 278 | Raniganj | CPI(M) | Runu Dutta | AITC | Md. Sohrab Ali | BJP | Shobhapati Singh | ||||
| 279 | Jamuria | CPI(M) | Jahanara Khan | AITC | Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee | BJP | Pramod Pathak | ||||
| 280 | Asansol Dakshin | CPI(M) | Ashok Kumar Mukherjee | AITC | Tapas Banerjee | BJP | Pawan Kumar Singh | ||||
| 281 | Asansol Uttar | CPI(M) | Ranu Roychowdhury | AITC | Moloy Ghatak | BJP | Madan Mohan Choubey | ||||
| 282 | Kulti | AIFB | Maniklal Acharya | AITC | Ujjal Chaterjee | BJP | Vivekananda Bhattacharya | ||||
| 283 | Barabani | CPI(M) | Abhas Raychaudhuri | AITC | Bidhan Upadhyay | BJP | Biswanath Roy | ||||
| Birbhum district | |||||||||||
| 284 | Dubrajpur | AIFB | Bijoy Bagdi | AITC | Santoshi Saha | BJP | Paltu Pada Dhibar | ||||
| 285 | Suri | CPI(M) | Abdul Gaffar | AITC | Swapan Kanti Ghosh | BJP | Partha Pratim De | ||||
| 286 | Bolpur | RSP | Tapan Hore | AITC | Chandranath Singha | BJP | Dilip Ghosh | ||||
| 287 | Nanoor | CPI(M) | Shyamali Pradhan | AITC | Gadadhar Hazra | BJP | Rajkumar Fulmali | ||||
| 288 | Labpur | CPI(M) | Nabanita Mukherjee | AITC | Manirul Islam | BJP | Kashinath Mishra | ||||
| 289 | Sainthia | CPI(M) | Dhiren Bagdi | AITC | Parikhit Bala | BJP | Shibnath Saha | ||||
| 290 | Mayureswar | CPI(M) | Ashok Kumar Ray | AITC | Jatil Mond | BJP | Dudh Kumar Mondal | ||||
| 291 | Rampurhat | AIFB | Rebati Charan Bhattacharya | AITC | Asish Banerjee | BJP | Subhasis Choudhury | ||||
| 292 | Hansan | RCPI | Kamal Hasan | INC | Asit Kumar Mal | BJP | Ruparani Mondal | ||||
| 293 | Nalhati | AIFB | Dipak Chatterjee | INC | Abhijit Mukherjee | BJP | Anil Singha | ||||
| 294 | Murarai | CPI(M) | Mohammed Qamre Elahi | AITC | Noor Alam Chowdhury | BJP | Sudhiranjan Das Goswami | ||||
Campaign
Mamata Banerjee ended her campaign on 9 May in the constituency of the incumbent CM Bhattacharjee in Jadavpur a day after Bhattacharjee appealed to the electorate there to return him to power. Before campaigning ended at 17:00, she appealed to the electorate to "Help me bring about change."[10]
Land reform
Following the general election, with the TMC being an important part of the central government's coalition, the central government eased its controversial land acquisition policy for Special Economic Zones. Part of the proposal was that the government would not get involved in land acquisition for private organizations. One official from the central ruling coalition was quoted as saying that "There is a tacit understanding between these two critical allies that there will be no decision on the Land Acquisition Bill until the results of West Bengal state elections are clear."[11] The issue of land acquisition for development also created a battle zone like situation in the villages between armed cadres of the ruling CPM and the Maoists.[12]
Gorkhaland
During the general election the issue of the founding of Gorkhaland as separate from West Bengal gained prominence along with the victory of Jaswant Singh from Darjeeling constituency for the Bharatiya Janata Party, and supported by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (which advocates the creation of a separate Gorkhaland for ethnic Nepalis as opposed to ethnic Bengalis).
Since the election the issue again cropped up as demands for a separate Telangana being bifurcated from Andhra Pradesh grew.[13][14] During this election CM Bhattacharjee said that Gorkhaland should not be separated but instead an additional development of the region should occur. He said in Lichupokhri that those advocating the separation should "stop your movement for a Gorkhaland. It will never be fulfilled. Concentrate on the all-round development of Darjeeling as it is the only solution to the issue."[15]
Election
On 17 April, the Election Commission of India issued an appeal for all registered voters to turn out for their respective electoral dates.[16]
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During the first phase, the Indian border with Bangladesh at the Maldaha constituency was sealed from 16 April, two days before the election, to "prevent miscreants from causing trouble." One-hundred and twelve companies of central paramilitary forces were delegated to man 260 voting booths, 150 of which were decreed to be "sensitive." The district magistrate Rajesh Kumar Sinha also said that 50 booths would be put under round-the-clock online surveillance.[17]
Seven Bengali film stars and theatre personalities won seats with the TMC ticket.[5]
Exit polls
| Party | Seats Contested | Star News-Nielsen | CNN-IBN-Week | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC & INC Alliance | 294 | 225 | 222-234 | |||
| Left Front | 294 | 34 | 60-72 | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 294 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Independent/Others | - | 33 | 10-2 | |||
| Total | 294 | |||||
| Source: a | ||||||
Results
| Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Vote share | Swing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 226 | 184 | 154 |
38.93% | 12.29% | |||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 213 | 40 |  136 |
30.08% | 7.05% | |||||||
| Indian National Congress | 66[18] | 42 | 21 |
9.09% | 5.62% | |||||||
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 11 | 12 |
4.80% | 0.86% | |||||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 23 | 7 | 13 |
2.96% | 0.75% | |||||||
| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha | 3 | 3 | 3 |
0.72% | New | |||||||
| Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | 6 |
1.84 | 0.07% | |||||||
| Samajwadi Party | 5 | 1 | 1 |
0.74% | 0.03% | |||||||
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (C) | 30 | 1 | 1 |
0.44% | ||||||||
| Democratic Socialist Party | 2 | 1 |  |
0.35% | 0.01% | |||||||
| Independents | 2 | 4 |
3.13% | 1.09% | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 289 | 0 | |
4.06% | 2.13% | |||||||
| Trinamool and allies | 227 | 192 |
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| Left Front | 62 | 168 |
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| Total | 294 | |||||||||||
| Turnout: | ||||||||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||||||||
| Key: | |
|---|---|
| Left Front | |
| United Progressive Alliance | |
| National Democratic Alliance | |
| Independent | |
By constituency
Source: Election Commission of India — Assembly Elections — May 2011 — Results Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Incumbent Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya later tendered his resignation to Governor M.K. Narayanan.[19]
On 28 May 2015, INC MLA Rabindranath Chatterjee of Katwa announced he joined the AITMC.[20] It is believed he left the INC because he was tied to the murder of Intrajit Singh, an AITMC supporter, who was killed on the day of the local 2015 Katwa election and wanted to be extricated out of the incident. Chatterjee and seven others were named in Singh's murder.
Reactions
Domestic
- TMC's Mamata Banerjee responded to her victory saying "This is a victory of democracy, victory of Maa, Maati, Manush (mother, land and people). There will be end of autocracy and atrocities." (sic)[21] She thanked the INC chief Sonia Gandhi, who sent congratulatory messages, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "The Prime Minister sent me a congratulatory message from Afghanistan for our victory. I am overwhelmed. I am grateful to him."[22] She also said that the day marked "Communism [a]s history in Bengal, we have won a decisive victory. This is a day of liberation for our people." She also added that the TMC intended to emphasize a return to "true democracy that has been undermined by the communist politics of control" and that her government would promote what she termed a more "inclusive development that benefits rural and urban poor by balancing allocations between agriculture and industry" while seeking a more "efficient" government "especially in terms of maintaining law and order in what has become a fairly violent state." She said "I will continue to live like a commoner because I don't like a luxury. The support of my people is more important. I am against the Left here but not against Leftism. I share the values of the old Left."[5]
- West Bengal CPIM leader Biman Bose said that "We are down, but not out. We will perform our role in opposition and win back the people's trust...[as in Tripura] where the Communists messed up and people brought us back. That will happen in Bengal. They went out of power in 1988 and came back to power five years later...ruling it until now.""[5]
- On CNN-IBN BJP leader Arun Jaitley and fellow national cabinet member Kapil Sibal congratulated Banerjee for the TMC's victory.[23]
International
Bangladesh: Fellow Bengali and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered her congratulations to Banerjee. Banerjee told the press that "Sheikh Hasinaji called me and congratulated us on behalf of the people of Bangladesh. I told her our relations have been since the time of Bangabandhu (Mujibur Rahman) and told her that we will work together for betterment. I quoted from Rabindranath Tagore's ‘Amar Sonar Bangla Ami Tomay Bhalobashi’ and told her that both Bangladesh and West Bengal will flourish." (sic)[24]
Media
In the media, she was dubbed as "India's Lech Walesa." Editor Prabhu Chawla said that "Their (Communist) future in Indian politics is in jeopardy. This is an obsolete ideology and will not work here anymore."
Tarun Vijay, the editor of the Organiser Weekly said that "Now Indian politics at the federal level will be more bipolar - with the Congress leading one coalition and the Hindu nationalist BJP leading the other."
Al Jazeera said that the only hope for a Communist resurgence is "if Banerji, whose performance as India's railway minister has not been overly impressive, fails in her position of governance." It also said Banerjee's "austere lifestyle appears closer to the old icons of the Bengal communist movement than their successors who had become corrupted by three decades of power."
Academia
Sabyasachi Basu Roy Choudhury of the Calcutta Research Group said that the election was "the most dramatic reversal of fortunes in Bengal's history...The anti-left mass got a powerful leader in Mamata Banerjee and she started to reach out to the floating voters, issue by issue. That explains why the tide has turned against the communists...Bengal's communism was unique in that it grew among the people not through armed revolution. This was a party that grew by consensus by carrying with them all sections of the middle class, rural and urban poor - even the gentry. But somewhere down the line, the arrogance of power led them to adopt narrow, sectarian politics and that is their undoing now."
Pradip Bose said of the results reasons that: "How could a communist government ask the police to fire on peasants as they did in Nandigram to set up a chemical industry. That has eroded their support amongst the rural poor and Mamata Banerji has gained by leading campaigns against the acquisitions." But according to the latest CBI reports, the then C.M. Buddhadev Bhattacharya was awarded a clean-chit for falsely-held allegations of Nandigram police firing against him and his party. Economist Bibek Debroy said that "The Communists were functioning within the parameters of Indian democracy but they tried to create a party whereby they could control all segments of Bengali society. They are paying dearly for their obsession for control because the fiercely independent Bengali middle class would take it no more." Ranabir Sammadar said that: "Within thirteen years of breaking away from the Congress and forming her Trinmool Congress, she has marginalized the Congress in Bengal as much as the communists now. That's a major achievement." Paula Banerji said of the win that it was a "demonstration of the political power of the Bengali women. Now Banerjee has done 'a Hasina' in our state. (sic) Both the Bengals will now be ruled by women and in Bangladesh, even the main opposition leader is a woman. The communists don't have a female leader of Banerji's stature and unless they find one, they cannot take her on."[5]
Analysis
The election result was read as having a significant impact on the national political scene.[25]
The election marked the defeat of the 34-year rule of the CPI (M) government, thereby marking an end to the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government.
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