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West Bengal assembly election, May 2021

The 17th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
AITC
215 seats · majority
Candidates
2,132
240 women, 40 elected
Turnout
81.70%
6.03 cr of 7.38 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • AITC215
  • BJP77
  • IND1
  • RSSCMJP1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (2016)

BJP
+74
INC
-44
CPM
-26
AITC
+4
RSP
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress215+429048.6%2,89,68,28148.02%+3.110
BJPBharatiya Janata Party77+7429338.1%2,29,05,47437.97%+27.8211
INDIndependent106150.8%9,53,2401.58%-0.59607
RSSCMJPRSSCMJP1—3212.1%8,13,4891.35%—23
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)0-261399.8%28,43,4344.71%-15.05121
INCIndian National Congress0-449210.0%18,27,1693.03%-9.2279
AIFBAIFB0-2217.4%3,18,9320.53%-2.2921
BSPBahujan Samaj Party001620.7%2,36,1080.39%-0.16162
SUCISUCI001900.6%2,27,8640.38%-0.29190
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0-3116.2%1,35,1880.22%-1.4410
CPICommunist Party of India0-1105.5%1,18,6550.20%-1.2510
AJSUPAJSUP00130.0%61,9360.10%+0.070
BAHUJANMUK…BAHUJANMUKTIPARTY0—450.5%46,7060.08%—45
AMRABANGAL…AMRABANGALEE0—400.4%33,3720.06%—40
KAMATAPURP…KAMATAPURPEOPLESPARTYUNITED0—150.6%18,3380.03%—15
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)00120.7%17,9460.03%-0.0512
JD(U)JD(U)00160.4%11,5380.02%-0.0616
PURVANCHAL…PURVANCHALMAHAPANCHAYAT0—120.4%11,1180.02%—12
AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen0—60.9%10,8520.02%—6
BHARATIYAN…BHARATIYANYAYADHIKARRAKSHAPARTY0—80.5%7,0150.01%—8
LJPLok Janshakti Party00100.3%6,9200.01%-0.0110
COMMUNISTP…COMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAMARXISTLENINISTREDSTAR0—31.0%6,4100.01%—3
AMBEDKARIT…AMBEDKARITEPARTYOFINDIA0—40.7%6,1390.01%—4
SDPISocial Democratic Party of India0050.6%5,7750.01%-0.025
INDIANUNIT…INDIANUNITYCENTRE0—50.5%4,8190.01%—5
PARTYFORDE…PARTYFORDEMOCRATICSOCIALISM0—70.3%4,6730.01%—7
WELFAREPAR…WELFAREPARTYOFINDIA0—40.5%4,5640.01%—4
UNITEDSOCI…UNITEDSOCIALISTPARTY0—60.4%4,4590.01%—6
JUSTICEAND…JUSTICEANDDEVELOPMENTPARTY0—70.3%4,3410.01%—7
HUMANITYUN…HUMANITYUNIVERSALMOTIONPARTY0—30.7%4,1470.01%—3
BAHUJANMAH…BAHUJANMAHAPARTY0—50.4%3,9800.01%—5
NPPNPP0—30.8%3,8800.01%—3
RPIARPIA0040.4%3,4100.01%-0.014
BHARTIYATR…BHARTIYATRIBALPARTY0—20.9%3,2390.01%—2
SOCIALISTP…SOCIALISTPARTYINDIA0—40.3%2,8240.01%—4
MULNIBASIP…MULNIBASIPARTYOFINDIA0—20.6%2,7280.01%—2
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League0040.3%2,3720.00%-0.024
PROGRESSIV…PROGRESSIVEPEOPLESPARTY0—11.2%2,2470.00%—1
WESTBENGAL…WESTBENGALSOCIALISTPARTY0—20.6%2,1630.00%—2
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIAA0—50.2%2,1290.00%—5

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-2021/parties?limit=500.

Largest victories of May 2021

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
SUJAPURWest BengalAITCMd Abdul GhaniINCIsha Khan Choudhury1,30,16362.70%
METIABURUZWest BengalAITCABDUL KHALEQUE MOLLABJPRAMJIT PRASAD1,19,60460.84%
RAGHUNATHGANJWest BengalAITCAkhruzzamanBJPGolam Modaswer98,31351.61%
BALLYGUNGEWest BengalAITCSubrata MukherjeeBJPLOKENATH CHATTERJEE75,35949.92%
MALATIPURWest BengalAITCABDUR RAHIM BOXIBJPMOUSUMI DAS91,94949.57%
BHAGABANGOLAWest BengalAITCIDRIS ALICPMMD. KAMAL HOSSAIN1,06,00846.91%
JANGIPURWest BengalAITCJAKIR HOSSAINBJPSUJIT DAS92,48046.65%
GOALPOKHARWest BengalAITCMD. GHULAM RABBANIBJPMD. GHULAM SARWAR73,51445.51%
MURARAIWest BengalAITCDR MOSARRAF HOSSAINBJPDEBASISH ROY98,24645.08%
KOLKATA PORTWest BengalAITCFirhad HakimBJPAwadh Kishore Gupta68,55444.97%

Closest results of May 2021

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
DINHATAWest BengalBJPNISITH PRAMANIKAITCUDAYAN GUHA570.02%
BALARAMPURWest BengalBJPBANESWAR MAHATOAITCSHANTIRAM MAHATO4230.21%
DANTANWest BengalAITCBIKRAM CHANDRA PRADHANBJPSaktipada Nayak6230.31%
TAMLUKWest BengalAITCSaumen Kumar MahapatraBJPHare Krishna Bera7930.34%
KULTIWest BengalBJPAJAY KUMAR PODDARAITCUJJAL CHATTERJEE6790.39%
JALPAIGURIWest BengalAITCDR. PRADIP KUMAR BARMABJPSOUJIT SINGHA (PIKU)9410.42%
GHATALWest BengalBJPSITAL KAPATAITCSHANKAR DOLAI9660.43%
MOYNAWest BengalBJPAshoke DindaAITCSangram Kumar Dolai1,2600.56%
BANKURAWest BengalBJPNILADRI SEKHAR DANAAITCSAYANTIKA BANERJEE1,4680.67%
GAZOLEWest BengalBJPCHINMOY DEB BARMANAITCBASANTI BARMAN1,7980.81%