West Bengal assembly election, May 2026
The 18th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.
Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
BJP
207 seats · majority
Candidates
2,920
387 women, 37 elected
Turnout
93.26%
6.38 cr of 6.84 cr
The house
294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency
- BJP207
- AITC80
- INC2
- AJUP2
- CPM1
- AISF1
- Others1
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (2021)
AITC
-135
BJP
+130
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 207 | +130 | 293 | 45.8% | 2,92,24,804 | 45.84% | +7.87 | 7 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 80 | -135 | 290 | 41.1% | 2,60,13,377 | 40.80% | -7.22 | 0 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 2 | +2 | 292 | 3.0% | 18,90,858 | 2.97% | -0.06 | 275 |
| AJUPAJUP | 2 | — | 143 | 1.5% | 4,70,649 | 0.74% | — | 139 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | +1 | 196 | 6.7% | 28,39,067 | 4.45% | -0.26 | 186 |
| AISFAISF | 1 | — | 30 | 14.2% | 9,72,280 | 1.52% | — | 21 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | -1 | 1020 | 0.4% | 7,80,340 | 1.22% | -0.36 | 1018 |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.4% | 1,76,980 | 0.28% | -0.25 | 24 |
| BGPMBGPM | 0 | — | 3 | 33.7% | 1,76,716 | 0.28% | — | 0 |
| SUCISUCI | 0 | 0 | 229 | 0.3% | 1,62,529 | 0.26% | -0.12 | 229 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0.4% | 1,17,166 | 0.18% | -0.21 | 150 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.6% | 99,223 | 0.16% | -0.04 | 17 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.7% | 64,209 | 0.10% | -0.12 | 18 |
| AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.2% | 57,253 | 0.09% | +0.07 | 12 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.3% | 46,399 | 0.07% | +0.04 | 10 |
| SDPISocial Democratic Party of India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.5% | 42,495 | 0.07% | +0.06 | 0 |
| JUNPJUNP | 0 | — | 6 | 1.2% | 17,157 | 0.03% | — | 6 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | — | 33 | 0.2% | 14,472 | 0.02% | — | 33 |
| JLKMJLKM | 0 | — | 2 | 2.4% | 10,909 | 0.02% | — | 2 |
| APOIAPOI | 0 | — | 6 | 0.6% | 8,374 | 0.01% | — | 6 |
| KPPUKPPU | 0 | — | 13 | 0.2% | 7,090 | 0.01% | — | 13 |
| RASLJPRASLJP | 0 | — | 9 | 0.4% | 6,906 | 0.01% | — | 9 |
| MPOIMPOI | 0 | — | 11 | 0.3% | 6,704 | 0.01% | — | 11 |
| RSSCMJPRSSCMJP | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0.4% | 6,297 | 0.01% | -1.34 | 8 |
| BNARPBNARP | 0 | — | 19 | 0.1% | 5,521 | 0.01% | — | 19 |
| GGPGGP | 0 | — | 6 | 0.3% | 4,072 | 0.01% | — | 6 |
| IUMLIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6% | 4,013 | 0.01% | 0.00 | 3 |
| RAJSPTYRAJSPTY | 0 | — | 5 | 0.3% | 3,000 | 0.01% | — | 5 |
| GNASURKPGNASURKP | 0 | — | 4 | 0.2% | 2,073 | 0.00% | — | 4 |
| ABGLABGL | 0 | — | 1 | 1.2% | 1,961 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| BLRPBLRP | 0 | — | 5 | 0.2% | 1,840 | 0.00% | — | 5 |
| NBNGPLPPNBNGPLPP | 0 | — | 5 | 0.2% | 1,805 | 0.00% | — | 5 |
| WPOIWPOI | 0 | — | 5 | 0.2% | 1,725 | 0.00% | — | 5 |
| INLINL | 0 | — | 3 | 0.2% | 1,593 | 0.00% | — | 3 |
| SWARAJSWARAJ | 0 | — | 1 | 0.8% | 1,471 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| BNJDBNJD | 0 | — | 3 | 0.2% | 1,247 | 0.00% | — | 3 |
| MCIMCI | 0 | — | 2 | 0.2% | 1,192 | 0.00% | — | 2 |
| BMUPBMUP | 0 | — | 2 | 0.2% | 1,111 | 0.00% | — | 2 |
| PPIDPPID | 0 | — | 1 | 0.5% | 1,063 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| JASPJASP | 0 | — | 4 | 0.1% | 1,063 | 0.00% | — | 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-2026/parties?limit=500.
Largest victories of May 2026
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| METIABURUZ | West Bengal | AITCAbdul Khaleque Molla | BJPBir Bahadur Singh | 87,87948.80% |
| GOALPOKHAR | West Bengal | AITCMd Ghulam Rabbani | BJPSarajit Biswas | 83,79045.74% |
| MATIGARA-NAXALBARI | West Bengal | BJPAnandamay Barman | AITCShankar Malakar | 1,04,26541.54% |
| ENGLISH BAZAR | West Bengal | BJPAmlan Bhaduri (buro) | AITCAsis Kundu (pata) | 93,78439.98% |
| SILIGURI | West Bengal | BJPShankar Ghosh | AITCGoutam Deb | 73,19239.87% |
| DABGRAM-FULBARI | West Bengal | BJPSikha Chatterjee | AITCRanjan Sil Sharma | 97,71538.79% |
| KRISHNANAGAR UTTAR | West Bengal | BJPTarak Nath Chatterjee | AITCSomnath Dutta | 78,36138.78% |
| CANNING PURBA | West Bengal | AITCMd Baharul Islam | AISFArabul Islam | 91,95438.05% |
| BALLYGUNGE | West Bengal | AITCSobhandeb Chattopadhyay | BJPShatorupa | 61,47636.73% |
| KOLKATA PORT | West Bengal | AITCFirhad Hakim | BJPRakesh Singh | 56,08036.25% |
Closest results of May 2026
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAJARHAT NEW TOWN | West Bengal | BJPPiyush Kanodia | AITCTapash Chatterjee | 3160.13% |
| SATGACHHIA | West Bengal | BJPAgniswar Naskar | AITCSomashree Betal | 4010.17% |
| RAINA | West Bengal | BJPSubhash Patra | AITCMandira Dalui | 8340.36% |
| JANGIPARA | West Bengal | BJPProsenjit Bag | AITCSnehasis Chakraborty | 8620.37% |
| INDUS | West Bengal | BJPNirmal Kumar Dhara | AITCShyamali Roy Bagdi | 9000.39% |
| PANDABESWAR | West Bengal | BJPJitendra Kumar Tewari | AITCNarendranath Chakraborty | 1,3980.80% |
| MANDIRBAZAR | West Bengal | AITCJoydeb Halder S/o - Kartick Chandra Halder | BJPMallika Paik W/o - Ashok Paik | 1,9950.94% |
| HARIRAMPUR | West Bengal | AITCBiplab Mitra | BJPDebabrata Majumder | 1,9860.97% |
| SITAI | West Bengal | AITCSangita Roy | BJPAshutosh Barma | 2,7211.03% |
| MADHYAMGRAM | West Bengal | AITCRathin Ghosh | BJPAnindya Banerjee | 2,3991.03% |