West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 2009

42 constituencies in West Bengal, 81.40% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

368

30 women, 7 elected

Turnout

81.40%

4.27 cr of 5.25 cr

Leading party

AITC

19 of 42 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	19	+18	27	1,33,21,553	31.18%	+10.13
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	-17	32	1,41,44,667	33.10%	-5.47
INC Indian National Congress	6	0	14	57,49,051	13.45%	-1.10
CPI Communist Party of India	2	-1	3	15,38,211	3.60%	-0.41
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	2	-1	4	15,20,772	3.56%	-0.92
AIFB AIFB	2	-1	3	12,99,507	3.04%	-0.61
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1	+1	42	26,25,182	6.14%	-1.92
IND Independent	1	+1	116	13,14,613	3.08%	-0.18
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	41	4,35,945	1.02%	+0.12
AUDF AUDF	0	0	14	2,18,014	0.51%	—
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	7	1,09,171	0.26%	+0.10
JKPN JKPN	0	0	2	61,307	0.14%	-0.04
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	7	56,179	0.13%	+0.03
JDP Janta Darbar Party	0	0	4	53,978	0.13%	-0.02
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	8	52,698	0.12%	-0.17
RDMP RDMP	0	0	10	47,029	0.11%	—
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	3	36,831	0.09%	+0.06
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	6	29,458	0.07%	—
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	6	28,554	0.07%	—
AMB AMB	0	0	4	18,854	0.04%	-0.01
SWJP SWJP	0	0	2	16,130	0.04%	—
RPIA RPIA	0	0	3	13,202	0.03%	—
IJP IJP	0	0	2	10,827	0.03%	—
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	3	10,231	0.02%	+0.02
PDS PDS	0	0	1	6,141	0.01%	-0.21
BSPK BSPK	0	0	1	5,736	0.01%	—
IPFB IPFB	0	0	1	2,686	0.01%	—
ABP Aadi Bharat Party	0	0	1	2,664	0.01%	—
STPI STPI	0	0	1	1,357	0.00%	—

AITC19 (45%)
CPM9 (21%)
INC6 (14%)
CPI2 (5%)
RSP2 (5%)
AIFB2 (5%)
Others2 (5%)

AITC19
CPM9
INC6
CPI2
RSP2
AIFB2
Others2

AITC19
CPM9
INC6
CPI2
RSP2
AIFB2
BJP1
IND1

Constituency performance

From the 42 results in West Bengal

Closest contest

BALURGHAT

won by 5,105 (0.58%)

Biggest victory

JHARGRAM

won by 2,92,345 (30.50%)

Highest turnout

TAMLUK

90.32%

Lowest turnout

KOLKATA UTTAR

64.20%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Lok Sabha election (2004), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained0 (0%)
Changed hands0 (0%)
New seat42 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 42 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

West Bengal, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

AITC
CPM
INC
CPI

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 42 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–42 of 42

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ALIPURDUARS	RSPMANOHAR TIRKEY	AITCPABAN KUMAR LAKRA	1,12,82212.08%	76.0%
ARAMBAGH	CPMMALIK SAKTI MOHAN	INCSAMBHU NATH MALIK	2,01,55817.33%	84.6%
ASANSOL	CPMBANSA GOPAL CHOWDHURY	AITCGHATAK MOLOY	72,9568.16%	71.5%
BAHARAMPUR	INCADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY	RSPPRAMOTHES MUKHERJEE	1,86,97719.64%	80.7%
BALURGHAT	RSPPRASANTA KUMAR MAJUMDAR	AITCBIPLAB MITRA	5,1050.58%	86.7%
BANGAON	AITCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR	CPMASIM BALA	92,8268.61%	86.5%
BANKURA	CPMACHARIA BASUDEB	INCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE	1,07,80210.95%	77.6%
BARASAT	AITCKAKALI GHOSH DASTIDAR	AIFBSUDIN CHATTOPADHYAY	1,22,90111.98%	83.6%
BARDHAMAN PURBA	CPMANUP KUMAR SAHA	AITCASHOKE BISWAS	59,4195.28%	87.2%
BARRACKPORE	AITCDINESH TRIVEDI	CPMTARIT BARAN TOPDAR	56,0246.44%	80.5%
BASIRHAT	AITCSK. NURUL ISLAM	CPIAJAY CHAKRABORTY	60,3835.82%	86.6%
BIRBHUM	AITCSATABDI ROY	CPMBRAJA MUKHERJEE	61,5196.05%	83.3%
BISHNUPUR	CPMSUSMITA BAURI	AITCSEULI SAHA	1,29,36612.27%	85.2%
BOLPUR	CPMDOCTOR RAM CHANDRA DOME	INCASIT KUMAR MAL	1,26,88211.76%	82.5%
BURDWAN - DURGAPUR	CPMSK. SAIDUL HAQUE	INCNARGIS BEGUM	1,08,2379.54%	83.9%
COOCH BEHAR	AIFBNRIPENDRA NATH ROY	AITCARGHYA ROY PRADHAN	33,7493.01%	84.3%
DARJEELING	BJPJASWANT SINGH	CPMJIBESH SARKAR	2,53,28926.21%	79.5%
DIAMOND HARBOUR	AITCSOMENDRA NATH MITRA	CPMSAMIK LAHIRI	1,51,68914.39%	80.9%
DUM DUM	AITCSOUGATA RAY	CPMAMITAVA NANDY	20,4782.10%	80.5%
GHATAL	CPIGURUDAS DASGUPTA	AITCNURE ALAM CHOWDHURY	1,47,18412.58%	86.3%
HOOGHLY	AITCDR. RATNA DE (NAG)	CPMRUPCHAND PAL	81,5237.01%	82.7%
HOWRAH	AITCAMBICA BANERJEE	CPMSWADESH CHAKRABORTTY	37,3923.76%	73.9%
JADAVPUR	AITCKABIR SUMAN	CPMSUJAN CHAKRABORTY	56,2675.19%	81.5%
JALPAIGURI	CPMMAHENDRA KUMAR ROY	INCBARMA SUKHBILAS	88,3718.57%	82.4%
JANGIPUR	INCPRANAB MUKHERJEE	CPMMRIGANKA SEKHAR BHATTACHARYA	1,28,14913.72%	86.0%
JHARGRAM	CPMPULIN BIHARI BASKE	INCAMRIT HANSDA	2,92,34530.50%	77.2%
JOYNAGAR	INDDR. TARUN MONDAL	RSPNIMAI BARMAN	53,7055.86%	80.1%
KANTHI	AITCADHIKARI SISIR KUMAR	CPMPRASANTA PRADHAN	1,29,10311.48%	90.0%
KOLKATA DAKSHIN	AITCMAMATA BANERJEE	CPMRABIN DEB	2,19,57121.80%	66.9%
KOLKATA UTTAR	AITCSUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY	CPMMD. SALIM	1,09,27812.46%	64.2%
KRISHNANAGAR	AITCTAPAS PAUL	CPMJYOTIRMOYEE SIKDAR	77,3867.40%	85.5%
MALDAHA DAKSHIN	INCABU HASEM KHAN CHOUDHURY	CPMABDUR RAZZAQUE	1,36,28016.43%	78.8%
MALDAHA UTTAR	INCMAUSAM NOOR	CPMSAILEN SARKAR	60,1416.53%	83.7%
MATHURAPUR	AITCCHOUDHURY MOHAN JATUA	CPMANIMESH NASKAR	1,29,96312.40%	85.4%
MEDINIPUR	CPIPRABODH PANDA	AITCDIPAK KUMAR GHOSH	48,0174.61%	82.5%
MURSHIDABAD	INCABDUL MANNAN HOSSAIN	CPMANISUR RAHAMAN SARKAR	35,6473.39%	88.1%
PURULIA	AIFBNARAHARI MAHATO	INCSHANTIRAM MAHATO	19,3012.13%	71.9%
RAIGANJ	INCDEEPA DASMUNSI	CPMBIRESWAR LAHIRI	1,05,20311.71%	81.0%
RANAGHAT	AITCSUCHARU RANJAN HALDAR	CPMBASUDEB BARMAN	1,01,8238.88%	86.3%
SRERAMPUR	AITCKALYAN BANERJEE	CPMSANTASRI CHATTERJEE	1,37,19012.69%	77.5%
TAMLUK	AITCADHIKARI SUVENDU	CPMLAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETH	1,72,95815.06%	90.3%
ULUBERIA	AITCSULTAN AHMED	CPMHANNAN MOLLAH	98,9369.80%	80.7%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.