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Elections in West Bengal

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Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of West Bengal creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Lok Sabha elections

Lok SabhaElection Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th PartyOthersTotal Seats
1st Lok Sabha1951-52INC}}"INC 24Communist Party of India}}"CPI 5Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 2
2nd Lok Sabha1957INC}}"INC 23Communist Party of India}}"CPI 6Marxist Forward Bloc}}"MFB 2
3rd Lok Sabha1962INC}}"INC 22Communist Party of India}}"CPI 9All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB 1
4th Lok Sabha1967INC}}"INC 14Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 5Communist Party of India}}"CPI 5
5th Lok Sabha1971Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 20INC}}"INC 13Communist Party of India}}"CPI 3
6th Lok Sabha1977Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 17Bharatiya Lok Dal}}"BLD 15INC}}"INC 3
7th Lok Sabha1980Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 28Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 4INC}}"INC 4
8th Lok Sabha1984Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 18INC}}"INC 16Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 3
9th Lok Sabha1989Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 27Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 4INC}}"INC 4
10th Lok Sabha1991Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 27INC}}"INC 5Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 4
11th Lok Sabha1996Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 23INC}}"INC 9Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 4
12th Lok Sabha1998Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 24All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC 7Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP 4
13th Lok Sabha1999Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 21All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC 8Communist Party of India}}"CPI 3
14th Lok Sabha2004Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 26INC}}"INC 6Communist Party of India}}"CPI 3
15th Lok Sabha2009All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC 19Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 9INC}}"INC 6
16th Lok Sabha2014All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC 34INC}}"INC 4Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M) 2
17th Lok Sabha2019All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC 22BJP}}"BJP 18INC}}"INC 2
18th Lok Sabha2024All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC 29BJP}}"BJP 12INC}}"INC 1

Assembly elections

Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th PartyOthersTotal SeatsPartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats19522381957252196225219672801969280197129419722941977294198229419872941991294199629420012942006294201129420162942021294
INC}}"INC150Communist Party of India}}"CPI28Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}"KMPP15All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB1134
INC}}"INC152Communist Party of India}}"CPI46Praja Socialist Party}}"PSP21All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB825
INC}}"INC157Communist Party of India}}"CPI50All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB13Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP923
INC}}"INC127Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)43Bangla Congress}}"BC34Communist Party of India}}"CPI1660
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)80INC}}"INC55Bangla Congress}}"BC33Communist Party of India}}"CPI3082
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)113Indian National Congress (R)}}"INC(R)105Communist Party of India}}"CPI13Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)}}"SUCI756
Indian National Congress (R)}}"INC(R)216Communist Party of India}}"CPI35Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)14Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP326
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)178Janata Party}}"JP29All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB25Indian National Congress (R)}}"INC(R)2042
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)174Indian National Congress (R)}}"INC(I)49All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB28Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP1924
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)187Indian National Congress (R)}}"INC(I)40All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB26Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP1823
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)182Indian National Congress}}"INC43All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB29Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP1822
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)153Indian National Congress}}"INC82All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB21Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"RSP1820
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)143All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC60Indian National Congress}}"INC26All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB2540
Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)176All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC30All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB23Indian National Congress}}"INC2144
All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC184Indian National Congress}}"INC42Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)40All India Forward Bloc}}"AIFB1117
All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC211Indian National Congress}}"INC44Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)26Bharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP310
All India Trinamool Congress}}"AITC215Bharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP77Indian Secular Front}}"ISF1Gorkha Janmukti Morcha}}"GJM10
YearElectionChief MinisterWinning party/CoalitionINC}}"INC}}"Left Front (West Bengal)}}"All India Trinamool Congress}}"
19521st AssemblyBidhan Chandra RoyIndian National Congress
19572nd Assembly
19623rd AssemblyPrafulla Chandra Sen
19674th AssemblyBangla Congress}}"Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee{{EfnPart of theBangla Congress
Independent}}"Prafulla Chandra GhoshIndependent
19695th AssemblyBangla Congress}}"Ajoy Kumar MukherjeeBangla Congress
19716th AssemblyIndian National Congress
19727th AssemblySiddhartha Shankar Ray
19778th AssemblyJyoti BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
19829th Assembly
198710th Assembly
199111th Assembly
199612th Assembly
200113th AssemblyBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
200614th Assembly
201115th AssemblyMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
201616th Assembly
202117th Assembly
202618th Assembly

References

References

  1. "West Bengal Election Results". Election Commission India.
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