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West Bengal assembly election, May 2016

294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 82.95% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
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

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress211+272932,45,64,52344.91%+5.98
INCIndian National Congress44+29267,00,93812.25%+3.16
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)26-141521,08,08,36019.76%-10.32
BJPBharatiya Janata Party3+329155,55,13410.16%+6.09
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party3-4199,11,0041.67%-1.30
GOJAMGOJAM3052,54,6260.47%-0.26
AIFBAIFB2-92515,43,7642.82%-1.98
INDIndependent1-137111,84,0472.16%-0.97
CPICommunist Party of India1-1117,91,9251.45%-0.39
SUCISUCI0-11823,65,9960.67%+0.23
BSPBahujan Samaj Party001613,00,2940.55%-0.06
DSPPDSPP0-121,67,5760.31%-0.05
NCPNationalist Congress Party00169,8980.13%+0.10
JKPNJKPN00251,0990.09%-0.02
SHSShiv Sena002149,2180.09%—
SPSamajwadi Party0-12346,4020.08%-0.66
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)003545,7300.08%-0.07
WPOIWPOI002243,7540.08%—
JD(U)JD(U)00240,3270.07%-0.06
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha001839,3260.07%-0.40
BMUPBMUP002335,9150.07%—
AMBAMB002132,0250.06%+0.03
KPPUKPPU001331,0800.06%—
JDPJanta Darbar Party001630,3500.06%-0.07
PDSPDS002326,7910.05%-0.05
IUCIUC001619,3260.04%0.00
BHNPBHNP001218,2720.03%—
AJSUPAJSUP001217,2570.03%+0.03
SDPISocial Democratic Party of India00815,8880.03%-0.05
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal00115,6390.03%-0.02
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League001013,4680.02%+0.02
LJPLok Janshakti Party001913,2040.02%+0.02
GRACGRAC00412,0010.02%—
MPOIMPOI001411,7850.02%—
RPIARPIA0066,9230.01%0.00
NDPOINDPOI0044,7710.01%—
JHAPJHAP0023,8550.01%-0.03
ABGLABGL0013,8550.01%-0.03
ABHMABHM0042,7810.01%0.00
GMMGMM0022,2200.00%—
294294 SEATS
  • AITC211 (72%)
  • INC44 (15%)
  • CPM26 (9%)
  • BJP3 (1%)
  • RSP3 (1%)
  • GOJAM3 (1%)
  • Others4 (1%)
  • AITC211
  • INC44
  • CPM26
  • BJP3
  • RSP3
  • GOJAM3
  • Others4
AITC 211INC 44CPM 26
  • 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

294SEATS
  • 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
0%14%27%41%55%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026AITCINCCPMBJP
  • AITC
  • INC
  • CPM
  • BJP
TURNOUT
0%26%52%78%104%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Assembly seat results

All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 251–294 of 294

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
RANIGANJCPMRUNU DUTTAAITCBANO NARGIS12,3856.99%77.3%
RANINAGARINCFIROZA BEGAM (E)AITCDR. HUMAYUN KABIR48,38225.45%84.9%
RASHBEHARIAITCSOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAYINCASHUTOSH CHATTERJEE14,55310.56%66.9%
RATUAINCSAMAR MUKHERJEEAITCSHEHNAZ QUADERY43,27523.24%77.8%
REJINAGARINCRABIUL ALAM CHOWDHURYINDHUMAYUN KABIR5,5603.01%82.3%
SABANGINCMANAS RANJAN BHUNIAAITCNIRMAL GHOSH49,16722.93%88.7%
SAGARAITCBANKIM CHANDRA HAZRACPMASIM KUMAR MANDAL18,0718.30%89.6%
SAGARDIGHIAITCSUBRATA SAHAINCAMINUL ISLAM5,2143.05%82.9%
SAINTHIAAITCNILABATI SAHACPMDHIREN BAGDI38,61119.48%86.9%
SALBONIAITCSRIKANTA MAHATACPMSHYAM SUNDAR PANDEY52,90223.67%90.3%
SALTORAAITCSWAPAN BOURICPMSASTHI CHARAN BOURI12,5236.81%86.4%
SAMSERGANJAITCAMIRUL ISLAMCPMTOUAB ALI1,7801.12%81.9%
SANDESHKHALIAITCSUKUMAR MAHATACPMNIRAPADA SARDAR38,19020.37%87.1%
SANKRAILAITCSITAL KUMAR SARDARCPMSAMIR MALICK14,7577.65%79.0%
SANTIPURINCARINDAM BHATTACHARYAAITCAJOY DEY19,4889.74%88.8%
SAPTAGRAMAITCTAPAN DASGUPTAINCDILIP NATH18,56710.30%83.9%
SATGACHIAAITCSONALI GUHA (BOSE)CPMPARAMITA GHOSH17,2728.27%85.4%
SHIBPURAITCJATU LAHIRIAIFBJAGANNATH BHATTACHARYYA27,01415.91%78.3%
SHYAMPUKURAITCSHASHI PANJAAIFBPIYALI PAL13,15511.26%68.3%
SHYAMPURAITCKALIPADA MANDALINCAMITABHA CHAKRABORTY26,58613.06%85.9%
SILIGURICPMASOK BHATTACHARYAAITCBHAICHUNG BHUTIA14,0728.36%80.7%
SINGURAITCRABINDRANATH BHATTACHARYA ECPMRABIN DEB20,32710.40%84.6%
SITAIAITCJAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIAINCKESHAB CHANDRA RAY25,25111.57%83.1%
SITALKUCHIAITCHITEN BARMANCPMNAMADIPTI ADHIKARY15,4836.73%88.0%
SONAMUKHICPMAJIT RAYAITCDIPALI SAHA8,7194.66%89.0%
SONARPUR DAKSHINAITCJIBAN MUKHOPADHYAYCPITARIT CHAKRABORTY15,0297.37%82.5%
SONARPUR UTTARAITCFIRDOUSI BEGUMCPMJYOTIRMOYEE SIKDAR24,88012.28%82.0%
SREERAMPURAITCDR. SUDIPTA ROYINCSUBHANKAR SARKAR9,9075.78%74.2%
SUJAPURINCISHA KHAN CHOUDHURYAITCABU NASAR KHAN CHOUDHURY47,08028.28%79.2%
SURIAITCASOK KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAYCPMDR. RAM CHANDRA DOME31,80816.13%83.6%
SUTIINCHUMAYUN REZAAITCEMANI BISWAS3,9502.10%84.9%
SWARUPNAGARAITCBINA MANDALCPMDHIMAN SARKAR11,9416.18%85.7%
TALDANGRAAITCSAMIR CHAKRABORTYCPMAMIYA PATRA13,6697.45%86.7%
TAMLUKCPIASHOK DINDAAITCNIRBED RAY5200.24%87.8%
TAPANAITCBACHCHU HANSDARSPUROW RAGHU4,4012.60%88.8%
TARAKESWARAITCRACHHPAL SINGH ENCPSURAJIT GHOSH27,69014.40%86.6%
TEHATTAAITCDUTTA GOURI SANKARCPMRANJIT KUMAR MANDAL17,3968.74%86.3%
TOLLYGUNJAITCAROOP BISWASCPMMADHUJA SEN ROY9,8965.10%75.2%
TUFANGANJAITCFAZAL KARIM MIAHINCSHYAMAL CHOUDHURY15,2707.94%90.1%
UDAYNARAYANPURAITCSAMIR KUMAR PANJAINCKARAR SAROJ RANJAN23,75813.06%84.1%
ULUBERIA DAKSHINAITCPULAK ROYAIFBMD.NASIRUDDIN35,34419.94%85.3%
ULUBERIA PURBAAITCHAIDER AZIZ SAFWICPMSABIRUDDIN MOLLA16,2699.51%83.1%
ULUBERIA UTTARAITCDR. NIRMAL MAJIINCAMIYA KUMAR MONDAL14,1828.60%82.7%
UTTARPARAAITCPRABIR KUMAR GHOSALCPMPROF. DR.SRUTINATH PRAHARAJ12,0006.34%78.1%

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.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the West Bengal assembly election, May 2016?

All India Trinamool Congress won 211 of 294 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, May 2016?

Turnout was 82.95% — 5.47 cr of 6.59 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?

West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.

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