West Bengal assembly election, Feb 2011
The 15th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.
Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
AITC
184 seats · majority
Candidates
1,792
174 women, 34 elected
Turnout
84.64%
4.76 cr of 5.63 cr
The house
294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency
- AITC184
- INC42
- CPM40
- AIFB11
- RSP7
- GOJAM3
- IND2
- CPI2
- Others3
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (2006)
AITC
+154
CPM
-136
INC
+21
RSP
-13
AIFB
-12
CPI
-6
IND
-4
GNLF
-3
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 184 | +154 | 226 | 50.0% | 1,85,47,678 | 38.94% | +12.26 | 3 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 42 | +21 | 66 | 42.5% | 43,30,580 | 9.09% | -5.64 | 5 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 40 | -136 | 213 | 41.2% | 1,43,30,061 | 30.08% | -7.05 | 2 |
| AIFBAIFB | 11 | -12 | 34 | 41.5% | 22,85,829 | 4.80% | -0.87 | 0 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 7 | -13 | 23 | 40.4% | 14,11,254 | 2.96% | -0.75 | 0 |
| GOJAMGOJAM | 3 | — | 3 | 79.5% | 3,43,931 | 0.72% | — | 0 |
| INDIndependent | 2 | -4 | 401 | 2.4% | 14,91,944 | 3.13% | -1.03 | 387 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | -6 | 14 | 38.5% | 8,76,576 | 1.84% | -0.07 | 1 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 1 | +1 | 5 | 43.6% | 3,54,788 | 0.74% | +0.56 | 0 |
| SUCISUCI | 1 | — | 30 | 4.4% | 2,09,795 | 0.44% | — | 28 |
| DSPPDSPP | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45.2% | 1,67,963 | 0.35% | 0.00 | 0 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 289 | 4.1% | 19,34,650 | 4.06% | +2.13 | 285 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 150 | 1.2% | 2,91,602 | 0.61% | -0.09 | 150 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4.7% | 2,26,047 | 0.47% | +0.30 | 27 |
| RCPIRRCPIR | 0 | — | 2 | 32.8% | 1,07,662 | 0.23% | — | 0 |
| PDCIPDCI | 0 | — | 36 | 1.5% | 87,864 | 0.18% | — | 36 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1.2% | 71,249 | 0.15% | +0.14 | 37 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1.0% | 63,495 | 0.13% | +0.03 | 40 |
| JDPJanta Darbar Party | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.2% | 61,131 | 0.13% | +0.06 | 29 |
| JKPNJKPN | 0 | -1 | 1 | 36.0% | 53,118 | 0.11% | -0.15 | 0 |
| PDSPDS | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.1% | 47,016 | 0.10% | -0.02 | 27 |
| GNLFGNLF | 0 | -3 | 3 | 9.8% | 42,605 | 0.09% | -0.41 | 3 |
| SDPISocial Democratic Party of India | 0 | — | 11 | 2.3% | 37,421 | 0.08% | — | 11 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.4% | 32,453 | 0.07% | +0.03 | 15 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19.6% | 21,711 | 0.05% | -0.03 | 0 |
| JVMJVM | 0 | — | 13 | 0.9% | 19,593 | 0.04% | — | 13 |
| AJSUAJSU | 0 | — | 5 | 2.3% | 18,220 | 0.04% | — | 5 |
| JHAPJHAP | 0 | — | 3 | 3.8% | 18,212 | 0.04% | — | 3 |
| ABGLABGL | 0 | — | 3 | 4.0% | 17,513 | 0.04% | — | 3 |
| IPFBIPFB | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.2% | 17,327 | 0.04% | -0.18 | 9 |
| IUCIUC | 0 | — | 12 | 0.8% | 14,975 | 0.03% | — | 12 |
| RADPRADP | 0 | — | 5 | 1.9% | 14,700 | 0.03% | — | 5 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1% | 13,093 | 0.03% | -0.16 | 1 |
| KPPKPP | 0 | — | 1 | 7.2% | 11,906 | 0.03% | — | 1 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.8% | 11,476 | 0.02% | -0.05 | 9 |
| NSBPNSBP | 0 | — | 5 | 0.8% | 7,392 | 0.02% | — | 5 |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9% | 6,363 | 0.01% | +0.01 | 2 |
| AIMFAIMF | 0 | — | 4 | 0.9% | 5,099 | 0.01% | — | 4 |
| SWJPSWJP | 0 | — | 2 | 1.5% | 4,968 | 0.01% | — | 2 |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.6% | 3,979 | 0.01% | -0.05 | 4 |
Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/west-bengal-2011/parties?limit=500.
Largest victories of Feb 2011
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KALIMPONG | West Bengal | GOJAMDR. HARKA BAHADUR CHETTRI | GNLFPRAKASH DAHAL | 1,01,67581.41% |
| DARJEELING | West Bengal | GOJAMTRILOK KUMAR DEWAN | GNLFBIM SUBBA | 1,06,55569.41% |
| KURSEONG | West Bengal | GOJAMROHIT SHARMA | GNLFPEMU CHHETRI | 93,09660.28% |
| CHOWRANGEE | West Bengal | AITCSIKHA CHOWDHURY(MITRA) | RJDBIMAL SINGH | 57,73952.25% |
| BHATPARA | West Bengal | AITCARJUN SINGH | CPMNEPALDEB BHATTACHARYYA | 44,38547.04% |
| BHABANIPUR | West Bengal | AITCSUBRATA BAKSHI | CPMNARAYAN PRASAD JAIN | 49,93636.79% |
| RASHBEHARI | West Bengal | AITCSOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY | CPMSHANTANU BASU | 49,89436.79% |
| SREERAMPUR | West Bengal | AITCDR. SUDIPTO ROY | CPIPARTHA SARATHI REJ | 51,69133.83% |
| ASANSOL UTTAR | West Bengal | AITCGHATAK MOLOY | CPMRANU ROYCHOWDHURY | 47,79330.93% |
| HOWRAH MADHYA | West Bengal | AITCARUP ROY(APU) | CPMARUP RAY(TUKUN) | 50,67030.48% |
Closest results of Feb 2011
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANGALKOT | West Bengal | CPMSAHAJAHAN CHOUDHURY | AITCAPURBA CHAUDHURI | 1260.07% |
| RAIPUR | West Bengal | CPMUPEN KISKU | AITCPRAMILA MURMU | 1820.12% |
| SITALKUCHI | West Bengal | AITCHITEN BARMAN | CPMBISWANATH PRAMANIK | 2570.13% |
| BHATAR | West Bengal | AITCBANAMALI HAZRA | CPMKONAR SRIJIT | 2980.17% |
| PANDUA | West Bengal | CPMAMJAD HOSSAIN SK. | AITCNARGIS BEGUM | 3970.22% |
| ONDA | West Bengal | AITCARUP KUMAR KHAN | AIFBTARAPADA CHAKRABARTI | 5960.34% |
| PARA | West Bengal | INCUMAPADA BAURI | CPMDIPAK BAURI | 5860.40% |
| BURWAN | West Bengal | INCPROTIMA RAJAK | RSPBINOY SARKAR | 6160.44% |
| GANGARAMPUR | West Bengal | AITCSATYENDRA NATH ROY | CPMNANDALAL HAZRA | 6680.47% |
| NAGRAKATA | West Bengal | INCJOSEPH MUNDA | CPMSUKHMOITH (PITING) ORAON | 7630.50% |