2021–2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections

By-elections for 6 constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were held after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

West Bengal Legislative Assembly By-election 2021-26
30 September (1 seat) & 30 October (4 seats) 2021
12 April 2022 (1 seat)
6 vacant seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Suvendu Adhikari Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party TMC BJP INC
Alliance - NDA
Leader's seat Bhabanipur Nandigram none
Last election 4 3 0
Seats won 6 0 1
Seat change 2Increase 3Decrease 1Increase
  Fourth party
 
Leader Mohammed Salim
Party CPI(M)
Alliance LF
Leader's seat none
Last election 0
Seats won 0
Seat change -

Results

Background

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Bannerjee to contest the Legislative Assembly by-elections.[1]

On 30 September 2021, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a by-election for the Bhabanipur seat. Later, the ECI announced remaining vacant seats for elections on 30 October 2021.

Summary
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % Contested Won +/−
All India Trinamool Congress 713,684 71.95 6 6 Increase2
Bharatiya Janata Party 151,223 15.25 6 0 Decrease2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 91,265 9.20 4 0 0
Indian National Congress 8,095 0.82 2 0 0
Total/Turnout 991,911

Constituency-wise results
Constituency No. Election Date Date (M.L.A. elected) Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Source
159 30 September 2021 3 October 2021 Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay[lower-alpha 1] All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress [2][3]
7 30 October 2021 2 November 2021 Dinhata Nisith Pramanik[lower-alpha 2] Bharatiya Janata Party Udayan Guha [4][5][6]
86 Santipur Jagannath Sarkar[lower-alpha 2] Braja Kishor Goswami
109 Khardaha Kajal Sinha[lower-alpha 3] All India Trinamool Congress Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
127 Gosaba Jayanta Naskar[lower-alpha 4] Subrata Mondal
161 12 April 2022 16 April 2022 Ballygunge Subrata Mukherjee[lower-alpha 5] Babul Supriyo
60 27 February 2023 2 March 2023 Sagardighi Subrata Saha[lower-alpha 6] Bayron Biswas Indian National Congress
15 5 September 2023 8 September 2023 Dhupguri Bishnu Pada Ray[lower-alpha 7] Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Chandra Roy All India Trinamool Congress
167 TBD TBD Maniktala Sadhan Pande[lower-alpha 8] TBD TBD
Reason for vacancy of their seats:
  1. Resigned.
  2. Members were elected, but didn't take the official oath, as they chose to continue serving as Members of Parliament (as per parliamentary rules).
  3. Died before declaration of election results on 2 May 2021.
  4. Died.
  5. Died.
  6. Died.
  7. Died.
  8. Died.

See also

References
  1. "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. "Election Commission declares bypolls, ends Bengal suspense". The Hindu. 2021-09-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. "WB bypolls: Polling 'peaceful' in Bengal's Bhabanipur, moderate turnout recorded". Deccan Herald. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. "Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States - reg". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. "Bypolls in 4 Bengal assembly seats on October 30". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  6. Konar, Debashis (September 29, 2021). "Bhabanipur Byelection 2021: October 30 bypoll in 4 Bengal seats, counting on November 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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