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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.[1]

Lok Sabha elections

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General election results in West Bengal (Loksabha)
2004 election
2009 election
2014 election
2019 election
2024 election

Lok Sabha Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
1st Lok Sabha 1951-52 INC24 CPI5 RSP2 BJS2 HMS1 34
2nd Lok Sabha 1957 INC23 CPI6 MFB2 PSP2 Ind3 36
3rd Lok Sabha 1962 INC22 CPI9 AIFB1 RSP1 LSS 1, Ind2 36
4th Lok Sabha 1967 INC14 CPI(M)5 CPI5 BAC5 AIFB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1, Ind7 40
5th Lok Sabha 1971 CPI(M)20 INC13 CPI3 RSP1 BAC 1, PSP 1, Ind1 40
6th Lok Sabha 1977 CPI(M)17 BLD15 INC3 RSP3 AIFB 3, Ind1 42
7th Lok Sabha 1980 CPI(M)28 RSP4 INC4 CPI3 AIFB3 42
8th Lok Sabha 1984 CPI(M)18 INC16 RSP3 CPI3 AIFB2 42
9th Lok Sabha 1989 CPI(M)27 RSP4 INC4 CPI3 AIFB 3, GNLF1 42
10th Lok Sabha 1991 CPI(M)27 INC5 RSP4 CPI3 AIFB3 42
11th Lok Sabha 1996 CPI(M)23 INC9 RSP4 CPI3 AIFB3 42
12th Lok Sabha 1998 CPI(M)24 AITC7 RSP4 CPI3 AIFB2, INC 1, BJP1 42
13th Lok Sabha 1999 CPI(M)21 AITC8 CPI3 INC3 RSP 3, AIFB2, BJP2 42
14th Lok Sabha 2004 CPI(M)26 INC6 CPI3 AIFB3 RSP3, AITC1 42
15th Lok Sabha 2009 AITC19 CPI(M)9 INC6 CPI2 AIFB 2, RSP 2, BJP 1, SUCI (C)1 42
16th Lok Sabha 2014 AITC34 INC4 CPI(M)2 BJP2 42
17th Lok Sabha 2019 AITC22 BJP18 INC2 42
18th Lok Sabha 2024 AITC29 BJP12 INC1 42

Assembly elections

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Legislative Assembly election results
2006 election
2011 election
2016 election
2021 election

Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
1952 INC 150 CPI 28 KMPP 15 AIFB 11 34 238
1957 INC 152 CPI 46 PSP 21 AIFB 8 25 252
1962 INC 157 CPI 50 AIFB 13 RSP 9 23 252
1967 INC 127 CPI(M) 43 BC 34 CPI 16 60 280
1969 CPI(M) 80 INC 55 BC 33 CPI 30 82 280
1971 CPI(M) 113 INC(R) 105 CPI 13 SUCI 7 56 294
1972 INC(R) 216 CPI 35 CPI(M) 14 RSP 3 26 294
1977 CPI(M) 178 JP 29 AIFB 25 INC(R) 20 42 294
1982 CPI(M) 174 INC(I) 49 AIFB 28 RSP 19 24 294
1987 CPI(M) 187 INC(I) 40 AIFB 26 RSP 18 23 294
1991 CPI(M) 182 INC 43 AIFB 29 RSP 18 22 294
1996 CPI(M) 153 INC 82 AIFB 21 RSP 18 20 294
2001 CPI(M) 143 AITC 60 INC 26 AIFB 25 40 294
2006 CPI(M) 176 AITC 30 AIFB 23 INC 21 44 294
2011 AITC 184 INC 42 CPI(M) 40 AIFB 11 17 294
2016 AITC 211 INC 44 CPI(M) 26 BJP 3 10 294
2021 AITC 215 BJP 77 ISF 1 GJM 1 0 294
Year Election Chief Minister Winning Party/Coalition
1952 1st Assembly Bidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
1957 2nd Assembly Bidhan Chandra Roy Indian National Congress
1962 3rd Assembly Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian National Congress
1967 4th Assembly Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, a part of
United Front till Nov. 1967.

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of INC, a part of Progressive
Democratic Front led by INC from Nov. 1967-1968.

No party/coalition won a majority
1969 5th Assembly Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee No party/coalition won a majority
1971 6th Assembly Ajoy Mukherjee and later

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

No party/coalition won a majority
1972 7th Assembly Siddhartha Shankar Ray Indian National Congress
1977 8th Assembly Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 9th Assembly Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987 10th Assembly Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 11th Assembly Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 12th Assembly Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001 13th Assembly Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006 14th Assembly Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 15th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 16th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2021 17th Assembly Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2026 18th Assembly

References

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  1. ^ "West Bengal Election Results". Election Commission India. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

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