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 101–150 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
GOALPOKHAR	AITCMD GULAM RABBANI	INCAFJAL HOSEN	7,7485.25%	74.3%
GOGHAT	AITCMANAS MAJUMDAR	AIFBBISWANATH KARAK	30,88615.56%	88.5%
GOPIBALLAVPUR	AITCCHURAMANI MAHATA	CPMPULIN BIHARI BASKE	49,55827.42%	87.7%
GOSABA	AITCJAYANTA NASKAR	RSPUTTAM KUMAR SAHA	19,67110.95%	84.8%
HABIBPUR	CPMKHAGEN MURMU	AITCAMAL KISKU	2,5121.36%	82.7%
HABRA	AITCJYOTI PRIYA MALLICK	CPMASHIS KANTHA MUKHERJEE	45,94724.56%	85.3%
HALDIA	CPMTAPASI MONDAL	AITCMADHURIMA MANDAL	21,49310.64%	90.4%
HANSAN	INCMILTAN RASID	AITCASIT KUMAR MAL	16,1548.71%	84.4%
HARIHARPARA	AITCNIAMOT SHEIKH	INCALAMGIR MIR (PALASH)	5,0032.64%	86.7%
HARINGHATA	AITCNILIMA NAG (MALLICK)	CPMAJOY DAS	21,34911.16%	87.3%
HARIPAL	AITCBECHARAM MANNA E	CPMJOGIYANANDA MISHRA	31,47515.10%	84.5%
HARIRAMPUR	CPMRAFIKUL ISLAM	AITCBIPLAB MITRA	4,5042.70%	84.9%
HARISCHANDRAPUR	INCALAM MOSTAQUE	AITCTAJMUL HOSSAIN	17,85710.38%	80.0%
HAROA	AITCISLAM SK. NURUL (HAJI)	CPMIMTIAZ HOSSAIN	42,40721.14%	86.8%
HEMTABAD	CPMDEBENDRA NATH ROY	AITCSABITA KSHETRY	13,1366.64%	85.0%
HINGALGANJ	AITCDEBES MANDAL	CPIANANDAMAY MANDAL	30,30416.95%	84.3%
HOWRAH DAKSHIN	AITCBRAJAMOHAN MAJUMDER	CPMARINDAM BASU (BABU)	16,1948.26%	73.5%
HOWRAH MADHYA	AITCARUP ROY (APU)	JD(U)AMITABHA DUTTA	52,99430.13%	71.7%
HOWRAH UTTAR	AITCLAXMI RATAN SHUKLA	INCSANTOSH KUMAR PATHAK	26,95920.02%	67.9%
INDUS	AITCGURUPADA METE	CPMDILIP KUMAR MALIK	18,8379.55%	90.0%
ISLAMPUR	INCKANAIA LAL AGARWAL	AITCABDUL KARIM CHOWDHARY	7,7185.17%	79.4%
ITAHAR	AITCAMAL ACHARJEE	CPISRIKUMAR MUKHERJEE	19,12011.29%	83.7%
JADAVPUR	CPMSUJAN CHAKRABORTY	AITCMANISH GUPTA	14,9427.32%	74.5%
JAGATBALLAVPUR	AITCMD. ABDUL GHANI	CPMBAIDYANATH BASU	24,68111.63%	82.8%
JAGATDAL	AITCPARASH DUTTA	AIFBHARIPADA BISWAS	27,04516.35%	79.5%
JALANGI	CPMABDUR RAZZAK	AITCALOK DAS	25,26713.19%	83.9%
JALPAIGURI	INCSUKHBILAS BARMA	AITCDHARTTIMOHAN ROY	5,1572.48%	86.1%
JAMALPUR	CPMSAMAR HAZRA	AITCUJJAL PRAMANICK	1,4230.74%	88.6%
JAMURIA	CPMJAHANARA KHAN	AITCV. SIVADASAN (DASU)	7,7575.00%	78.0%
JANGIPARA	AITCSNEHASIS CHAKRABORTY	CPMPOBITRA SINGHA ROY	23,60512.07%	83.4%
JANGIPUR	AITCJAKIR HOSSAIN	CPMSOMNATH SINGHA RAY	20,63311.49%	83.8%
JAQYNAGAR	AITCBISWANATH DAS	INCSUJIT PATWARI	15,0518.44%	84.4%
JHARGRAM	AITCSUKUMAR HANSDA	JKPNCHUNIBALA HANSDA	55,22830.59%	84.3%
JORASANKO	AITCSMITA BAKSHI	BJPRAHUL(BISWAJIT)SINHA	6,2906.01%	53.7%
JOYPUR	AITCSHAKTIPADA MAHATO	AIFBDHIRENDRA NATH MAHATO	8,7634.89%	82.0%
KAKDWIP	AITCMANTURAM PAKHIRA	INCRAFIK UDDIN MOLLA	24,91912.78%	89.8%
KALCHINI	AITCWILSON CHAMPRAMARY	BJPBISHAL LAMA	1,5110.85%	81.3%
KALIAGANJ	INCPRAMATHA NATH RAY	AITCBASANTA ROY	46,60221.71%	85.7%
KALIGANJ	INCHASANUZZAMAN SK	AITCAHAMED NASIRUDDIN (LAL)	1,2270.66%	85.9%
KALIMPONG	GOJAMSARITA RAI	INDHARKA BAHADUR CHETTRI	11,4318.28%	71.2%
KALNA	AITCKUNDU BISWAJIT	CPMSUKUL CHANDRA SIKDAR	25,26113.05%	88.0%
KALYANI	AITCDR. RAMENDRA NATH BISWAS	CPMALAKESH DAS	26,09513.75%	81.8%
KAMARHATI	CPMMANASH MUKHERJEE	AITCMADAN MITRA	4,1983.04%	74.8%
KANDI	INCAPURBA SARKAR (DAVID)	AITCDR. SANTANU SEN	20,78013.02%	76.6%
KANTHI DAKSHIN	AITCADHIKARI DIBYENDU	CPIUTTAM PRADHAN	33,89019.50%	84.9%
KANTHI UTTAR	AITCBANASRI MAITY	CPMCHAKRADHAR MAIKAP	18,5768.97%	88.0%
KARANDIGHI	AITCMANODEB SINHA	AIFBGOKUL ROY	3,2321.74%	81.6%
KARIMPUR	AITCMAHUA MOITRA	CPMSAMARENDRANATH GHOSH	15,9897.95%	88.5%
KASBA	AITCAHMED JAVED KHAN	CPMSHATARUP GHOSH	11,8846.03%	73.8%
KASHIPUR	AITCSWAPAN KUMAR BELTHARIA	CPMSUDIN KISKU	19,57810.90%	82.8%

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.