West Bengal assembly election, May 2016

294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 82.95% turnout.

Seats

294

Candidates

1,961

200 women, 41 elected

Turnout

82.95%

5.47 cr of 6.59 cr

Leading party

AITC

211 of 294 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	211	+27	293	2,45,64,523	44.91%	+5.98
INC Indian National Congress	44	+2	92	67,00,938	12.25%	+3.16
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	26	-14	152	1,08,08,360	19.76%	-10.32
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	3	+3	291	55,55,134	10.16%	+6.09
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	-4	19	9,11,004	1.67%	-1.30
GOJAM GOJAM	3	0	5	2,54,626	0.47%	-0.26
AIFB AIFB	2	-9	25	15,43,764	2.82%	-1.98
IND Independent	1	-1	371	11,84,047	2.16%	-0.97
CPI Communist Party of India	1	-1	11	7,91,925	1.45%	-0.39
SUCI SUCI	0	-1	182	3,65,996	0.67%	+0.23
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	161	3,00,294	0.55%	-0.06
DSPP DSPP	0	-1	2	1,67,576	0.31%	-0.05
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	1	69,898	0.13%	+0.10
JKPN JKPN	0	0	2	51,099	0.09%	-0.02
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	21	49,218	0.09%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	-1	23	46,402	0.08%	-0.66
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	35	45,730	0.08%	-0.07
WPOI WPOI	0	0	22	43,754	0.08%	—
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	2	40,327	0.07%	-0.06
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	18	39,326	0.07%	-0.40
BMUP BMUP	0	0	23	35,915	0.07%	—
AMB AMB	0	0	21	32,025	0.06%	+0.03
KPPU KPPU	0	0	13	31,080	0.06%	—
JDP Janta Darbar Party	0	0	16	30,350	0.06%	-0.07
PDS PDS	0	0	23	26,791	0.05%	-0.05
IUC IUC	0	0	16	19,326	0.04%	0.00
BHNP BHNP	0	0	12	18,272	0.03%	—
AJSUP AJSUP	0	0	12	17,257	0.03%	+0.03
SDPI Social Democratic Party of India	0	0	8	15,888	0.03%	-0.05
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	1	15,639	0.03%	-0.02
IUML Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	10	13,468	0.02%	+0.02
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	19	13,204	0.02%	+0.02
GRAC GRAC	0	0	4	12,001	0.02%	—
MPOI MPOI	0	0	14	11,785	0.02%	—
RPIA RPIA	0	0	6	6,923	0.01%	0.00
NDPOI NDPOI	0	0	4	4,771	0.01%	—
JHAP JHAP	0	0	2	3,855	0.01%	-0.03
ABGL ABGL	0	0	1	3,855	0.01%	-0.03
ABHM ABHM	0	0	4	2,781	0.01%	0.00
GMM GMM	0	0	2	2,220	0.00%	—

AITC211 (72%)
INC44 (15%)
CPM26 (9%)
BJP3 (1%)
RSP3 (1%)
GOJAM3 (1%)
Others4 (1%)

AITC211
INC44
CPM26
BJP3
RSP3
GOJAM3
Others4

AITC211
INC44
CPM26
BJP3
RSP3
GOJAM3
AIFB2
IND1
Others1

Constituency performance

From the 294 results in West Bengal

Closest contest

MURARAI

won by 280 (0.14%)

Biggest victory

KESHPUR

won by 1,01,151 (49.43%)

Highest turnout

NARAYANGARH

90.85%

Lowest turnout

JORASANKO

53.72%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2011), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained198 (67%)
Changed hands96 (33%)

198 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 96 changed hands.

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 Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

AITC
INC
CPM
BJP

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ALIPURDUARS	AITCSOURAV CHAKRABORTY(GHUTISH)	INCBISWA RANJAN SARKAR	11,9585.88%	86.2%
AMDANGA	AITCRAFIQUR RAHAMAN	CPMABDUS SATTAR	22,96511.94%	89.0%
AMTA	INCASIT MITRA	AITCTUSHAR KANTI SIL	4,5042.38%	79.9%
ARAMBAG	AITCKRISHNA CHANDRA SANTRA	CPMASIT MALIK	36,45718.25%	85.8%
ASANSOL DAKSHIN	AITCTAPAS BANERJEE	CPMHEMANT PRABHAKAR	14,2837.70%	75.0%
ASANSOL UTTAR	AITCMOLOY GHATAK	BJPNIRMAL KARMAKAR	23,89713.01%	73.6%
ASHOKNAGAR	AITCDHIMAN ROY	CPMSATYASEBI KAR	22,89911.67%	86.4%
AUSGRAM	AITCABHEDANANDA THANDER	CPMBASUDEV METE	6,2523.18%	87.5%
BADURIA	INCABDUR RAHIM QUAZI	AITCAMIR ALI	22,24511.34%	87.8%
BAGDAH	INCDULAL CHANDRA BAR	AITCUPENDRA NATH BISWAS	12,2365.95%	79.6%
BAGHMUNDI	INCNEPAL MAHATA	AITCSAMIR MAHATO	8,5874.57%	84.2%
BAGNAN	AITCARUNAVA SEN(RAJA)	CPMMINA MUKHERJEE GHOSH	30,19716.70%	85.9%
BAHARAMPUR	INCMANOJ CHAKRABORTY	AITCDR. SUJATA BANERJEE	92,27349.03%	79.5%
BAISHNAB NAGAR	BJPSWADHIN KUMAR SARKAR	INCAZIZUL HAQUE	4,4972.45%	86.7%
BALAGARH	AITCASHIM KUMAR MAJHI	CPMPANCHU GOPAL MONDAL	17,8378.76%	85.6%
BALARAMPUR	AITCSHANTIRAM MAHATO	INCJAGADISH MAHATO	10,2045.84%	83.5%
BALLY	AITCBAISHALI DALMIYA	CPMSAUMENDRANATH BERA	15,40313.73%	70.2%
BALLYGUNGE	AITCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE	INCKRISHNA DEBNATH	15,2259.89%	63.9%
BALURGHAT	RSPBISWANATH CHOUDHURY	AITCCHAKRAVORTI SHANKAR	1,4501.02%	88.1%
BANDWAN	AITCRAJIB LOCHAN SAREN	CPMBESRA SUSANTA	20,3079.31%	85.2%
BANKURA	INCDARIPA SHAMPA	AITCMINATI MISRA	1,0290.52%	80.4%
BARANAGAR	AITCTAPAS ROY	RSPSUKUMAR GHOSH	16,10010.26%	77.0%
BARASAT	AITCCHIRANJEET CHAKRABARTI	AIFBCHATTOPADHYAY SANJIB	24,99912.15%	82.9%
BARBANI	AITCBIDHAN UPADHYAY	CPMSHIPRA MUKHERJEE	24,04914.63%	79.5%
BARDHAMAN DAKSHIN	AITCRABIRANJAN CHATTOPADHYAY	CPMAINUL HAQUE	29,43815.17%	80.5%
BARDHAMAN UTTAR	AITCNISITH KUMAR MALIK	CPMAPARNA SAHA	11,5055.30%	88.3%
BARJORA	CPMSUJIT CHAKRABORTY	AITCSOHAM CHAKRABORTY	6160.31%	86.5%
BARRACKPUR	AITCSILBHADRA DATTA	CPMDEBASISH BHOWMICK	7,3195.07%	71.8%
BARUIPUR PASCHIM	AITCBIMAN BANERJEE	CPMSAFIUDDIN KHAN	36,53220.01%	85.8%
BARUIPUR PURBA	AITCNIRMAL CHANDRA MONDAL	CPMSUJOY MISTRY	20,36210.61%	86.2%
BASANTI	AITCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR	RSPSUBHAS NASKAR	16,6079.15%	80.6%
BASIRHAT DAKSHIN	AITCDIPENDU BISWAS (MITHU)	BJPSAMIK BHATTACHARYA	24,05811.11%	86.7%
BASIRHAT UTTAR	CPMRAFIKUL ISLAM MONDAL	AITCA.T.M. ABDULLAH (RONY)	4920.23%	89.6%
BEHALA PASCHIM	AITCPARTHA CHATTERJEE	CPMKAUSTAV CHATTERJEE	8,8964.01%	75.4%
BEHALA PURBA	AITCSOVAN CHATTERJEE	INDPROFESSOR AMBIKESH MAHAPATRA	24,29411.90%	73.4%
BELDANGA	INCSEIKH SAFIUJJAMAN	AITCGOLAM KIBRIA MIA	30,28117.20%	80.2%
BELEGHATA	AITCPARESH PAUL	CPMRAJIB BISWAS	26,17916.30%	66.4%
BHABANIPUR	AITCMAMATA BANERJEE	INCDEEPA DASMUNSHI	25,30118.41%	66.8%
BHAGABANGOLA	CPMMAHASIN ALI	AITCABU SUFIAN SARKAR	36,30518.80%	86.0%
BHAGABANPUR	AITCARDHENDU MAITY	INCHEMANGSHU SHEKHAR MAHAPATRA	31,94315.56%	88.2%
BHANGORE	AITCABDUR RAZZAK MOLLA	CPMABDUR RASID GAZI	18,1248.80%	88.0%
BHARATPUR	INCKAMALESH CHATTERJEE (GOPAL)	AITCKHADEM A DASTEGIR (KHADU)	11,0176.67%	76.6%
BHATAR	AITCSUBHASH MONDAL	CPMBAMACHARAN BANERJEE	6,2803.18%	87.2%
BHATPARA	AITCARJUN SINGH	INDJITENDRA SHAW (JITU)	28,93526.65%	75.0%
BIDHANNAGAR	AITCSUJIT BOSE	INCARUNAVA GHOSH	6,9884.53%	68.0%
BIJPUR	AITCSUBHRANSHU ROY	CPMDR. RABINDRA NATH MUKHERJEE	47,95438.43%	69.5%
BINPUR	AITCKHAGENDRANATH HEMBRAM	CPMDIBAKAR HANSDA	49,32328.35%	84.4%
BISHNUPUR	INCTUSHAR KANTI BHATTACHARYA	AITCSHYAMAPRASAD MUKHERJEE	8910.51%	88.7%
BISHNUPUR(SC)	AITCDILIP MONDAL	CPMALOKE SARDAR	30,63014.97%	82.2%
BOLPUR	AITCCHANDRANATH SINHA	RSPTAPAN HORE	50,02724.21%	84.6%

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.