West Bengal (WB) Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results & Updates

West Bengal Lok Sabha General Election 2019 Schedule

West Bengal By-Election Result Live Update 2018

BREAKING NEWS :- Trinamool candidate Sajda Ahmed wins the West Bengal Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency seat.
BREAKING NEWS:- Trinamool candidate Sunil Singh wins the West Bengal Noapara Assembly constituency seat.

West Bengal By-Election Results 2017

There was a tough battle between Communist Party of India [CPI(M)] and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). TMC won twenty nine wards at Haldia, twelve at Cooper's Camp Notified Area, fourteen of sixteen wards at Nalhati, thirteen of fourteen wards at Buniyadpur, twelve of sixteen wards at Dhupguri and seventeen of eighteen wards at Panskura Municipality. TMC won four seats uncontested- two seats in Panskura municipality, one seat in Durgapur and one seat in Cooper's Camp Notified Area, after the oppositional candidates withdrew their candidature. While the BJP managed to win six wards- four wards in Dhupgiri, one ward in Panskura and one ward in Buniyadpur.

The politics for power witnessed different shades amidst the elections. Despite reports of violence and unrest in Durgapur, elections were not curtailed by the State Election Commissioner, A K Singh. The circumstances on Sunday were violation of the effective conduct of elections. Amidst violence, incidents of setting vehicles on fire and stone pelting at the police, the oppositional parties accused TMC of sabotaging West Bengal Civic Body Elections. The oppositional parties demanded cancellation and repoll of elections and accused TMC of resorting to hooliganism and vandalism.

West Bengal By-elections 2016 Results

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016 Summary

The West Bengal Assembly Election 2016 was held over a month in six phases from 4 April to 5 May. The overall voter turnout was a little above 80%. After a long wait, results were finally declared on 19 May. Incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress emerged victorious with a resounding majority. Having toppled the 34-year old Left Front government in the historic 2011 Assembly elections, Mamata's party managed to replicate its success with a better performance in 2016. Unlike 2011, when the TMC contested in alliance with the Congress and won 184 seats, it fought alone against the Left-Congress combine this time and bagged 211 seats out of the total 294 assembly seats. The Congress was a distant second with just 44 seats while the Left got 33.

Political Parties and Alliances

The Trinamool Congress has decided against forging any electoral tie-up with other parties. Meanwhile, the CPI(M)-led Left Front has arrived at an ‘electoral understanding’ with the Congress though no alliance has been declared officially. The BJP is an independent third contender in the fray.

About West Bengal Assembly Elections

West Bengal, one of the India's most populous states, has held regular elections since the constitution of its first Legislative Assembly in 1952. The state has a unicameral legislature. The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly has 295 members out of which 294 are directly elected and one member is nominated from the Anglo-Indian community. The state assembly had 240 members in the first Vidhan Sabha and 251 in the second Vidhan Sabha. The number gradually increased to 295 in the eighth assembly in 1977. The tenure of the state assembly is of five years unless it is dissolved.

West Bengal is represented in the Indian parliament by 42 directly elected members in the Lok Sabha or the lower house and 16 members in the Rajya Sabha or the upper house. The state also holds elections for the local bodies such as the Municipalities, Zila Parishads and Gram Panchayats.

The main political parties in the state are the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and the Indian National Congress (INC). The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) was formed in 1998, and is now a major regional party of the state.

Though, the INC was in power in the state in the sixties, the CPM came into power in the seventies. Jyoti Basu of the CPM was the chief minister of the state from 1977 to 2000, and also became the longest serving chief minister of any state in India. Mamata Banerjee of the TMC won the Assembly Elections in 2011 and is also the current Chief Minister of the state. She also became the first non-CPM Chief Minister of the state after 34 years of CPM’s rule.

In the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, the TMS won 34 seats and the CPM won only two seats. The INC won four seats.

Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal

Some of the parliamentary constituencies are Cooch Behar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat, Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Baharampur, Murshidabad, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bangaon, Barrackpore, Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Joynagar, Jadavpur, Birbhum, Purulia, Kolkata Dakshin, and Kolkata Uttar.

The state has 294 Legislative Assembly constituencies, out of which 68 are reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 16 are reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes (ST). Some of the Legislative Assembly constituencies are Gosaba (SC), Basirhat Dakshin, Pandabeswar, Nagrakata (ST), Bangaon Dakshin (SC), Canning Purba, Falta, Madhyamgram, Itahar, Sujapur, Bhatpara, Noapara, Raidighi, Ballygunge, Balarampur, Balurghat, Tollyganj, Labhpur, Asansol Uttar, Asnsol Dakshin, Chanchal, Kalimpong, Lalgola, Murshidabad, Karimpur, Jadavpur

Major Political Parties in West Bengal

The main national parties of the state are:

• The Communist Party of India (CPI)
• The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
• The Indian National Congress
• The Bharatiya Janata Party

The main state parties are:

• All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)
• All India Forward Bloc
• Revolutionary Socialist Party
• Gorakha National Liberation Front (registered but unrecognised)
• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (registered but unrecognised)
• Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
• Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)



The State Legislative Assembly

The last Legislative Assembly elections in the state were held in 2011. The total number of candidates in fray was 1792. The total number of electors was 5,62,83,457, out of which 4,74,64,338 or 84.33% had cast their votes.

The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) with 184 seats formed the government. The CPI won two seats and the CPI (M) took 40 seats. The INC got 42 seats. Mamata Banerjee of the TMC formed the first non CPI (M) government in 34 years.

The Speaker of the current Legislative Assembly is Biman Banerjee. The Deputy Speaker is Sonali Guha Bose. The Leader of the Opposition is Surjya Kanta Mishra.



New Rules

The Supreme Court passed a law in the year 2013 by which all ballot papers and EVMs will now include a "None of the Above" (NOTA) option so that the public has the freedom to not vote for any of the candidates without compromising their anonymity. However, NOTAs will not affect the outcome of the elections and will be considered invalid. Check the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of West Bengal...



List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

Since the Independence of India, West Bengal has been governed by a total of eight Chief Ministers, of whom Jyoti Basu of the CPM governed for 23 years, making him the country's longest serving Chief Minister. Of all previous Chief Ministers, five belonged to the INC and two to the CPM.



S. No.	Chief Minister	From	To	Party Name
1	Mamata Banerjee	05/27/16	Incumbent	AITC
2	Mamata Banerjee	05/20/11	05/27/16	AITC
3	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	11/06/00	05/13/11	CPM
4	Jyoti Basu	06/21/77	11/06/00	CPM
5	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	03/19/72	06/21/77	INC
6	President's rule	06/28/71	03/19/72
7	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	04/02/71	06/28/71	INC
8	President's rule	03/19/70	04/02/71
9	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	02/25/69	03/19/70	BAC
10	President's rule	02/20/68	02/25/69
11	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	11/02/67	02/20/68	Independent Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
12	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	03/15/67	11/02/67	BAC
13	Prafulla Chandra Sen	07/08/62	03/15/67	INC
14	President's rule	07/01/62	07/08/62
15	Bidhan Chandra Roy	01/14/48	07/01/62	INC
16	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	08/15/47	01/14/48	INC








List of Governors of West Bengal

Governors are the nominal heads of a state, appointed by the President of India. Since Independence, West Bengal has had 27 governors. The current governor is Keshari Nath Tripathi, who assumed office in 2014. Each governor serves a term of five years, unless circumstances require otherwise. The governor of West Bengal also acts as the Chairman of various organisations like the Victoria Memorial Hall, the Eastern Zonal Culture Centre, the West Bengal's Indian Red Cross Society and the Indian Museum. As an ex officio, the governor also assumes the post of the Chancellor of all the 14 universities of the state.



S.No.	Name of Governor	From	To
1	Keshari Nath Tripathi	Jul 24, 2014	Incumbent
2	D. Y. Patil	Jul 3, 2014	Jul 17, 2014
3	M.K. Narayanan	Jan 24, 2010	Jun 30, 2014
4	Devanand Konwar (additional charge)	Dec 14, 2009	Jan 24, 2010
5	Gopalkrishna Gandhi	Dec 14, 2004	Dec 14, 2009
6	Viren J. Shah	Dec 4, 1999	Dec 14, 2004
7	Shyamal Kumar Sen (acting)	May 18, 1999	Dec 4, 1999
8	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (additional charge)	Apr 27, 1998	May 18, 1999
9	K.V. Raghunatha Reddy	Aug 14, 1993	Apr 27, 1998
10	B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge)	Jul 13, 1993	Aug 14, 1993
11	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	Feb 7, 1990	Jul 12, 1993
12	T. V. Rajeswar	Mar 20, 1989	Feb 7, 1990
13	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	Aug 12, 1986	Mar 20, 1989
14	Uma Shankar Dikshit	Oct 1, 1984	Aug 12, 1986
15	Satish Chandra (acting)	Aug 16, 1984	Oct 1, 1984
16	Anant Prasad Sharma	Oct 10, 1983	Aug 16, 1984
17	Bhairab Dutt Pande	Sep 12, 1981	Oct 10, 1983
18	Tribhuvana Narayana Singh	Nov 6, 1979	Sep 12, 1981
19	Anthony Lancelot Dias	Aug 21, 1971	Nov 6, 1979
20	Shanti Swaroop Dhavan	Sep 19, 1969	Aug 21, 1971
21	Deep Narayan Sinha (acting)	Apr 1, 1969	Sep 19, 1969
22	Dharma Vira	Jun 1, 1967	Apr 1, 1969
23	Padmaja Naidu	Nov 3, 1956	Jun 1, 1967
24	Phani Bhusan Chakraborty (acting)	Aug 8, 1956	Nov 3, 1956
25	Harendra Coomar Mookerjee	Nov 1, 1951	Aug 8, 1956
26	Kailash Nath Katju	Jun 21, 1948	Nov 1, 1951
27	Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari	Jun 21, 1948	Aug 15, 1998








Cabinet Ministers of West Bengal

Name of Minister	Minister in Charge
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister	Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Hill Affairs, Home, Information and Cultural Affairs, Land and Land Reforms, Health and Family Welfare, Minorities Affairs and Madrasah Education, Micro and Small Scale Enterprises
Sri Partha Chatterton	Parliamentary Affairs, School Education, Higher Education
Sri Amit Mitra	Excise, Finance, Commerce & Industries, Public Enterprise, Industrial Reconstruction
Sri Sovandeb Chatterjee	Power & Non-Conventional Energy Sources
Sri Subrata Mukherjee	Panchayat & Rural Development, Public Health Engineering
Sri Sadhan Pandey	Consumer Affairs
Janab Javed Ahamed Khan	Disaster Management
Sri Sovan Chatterjee	Fire & Emergency Services
Sri Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya	Statistics & Programme Implementation
Sri Jyotipriyo Mallick	Food & Supplies
Sri Sadhan Pande	Self Help Group & Self Employment
Janab Haider Aziz Safwi	Correctional Administration
Sri Purnendu Basu	Agriculture
Sri Bratya Basu	Tourism
Shri Rachhpal Singh	Planning
Sri Binay Krishna Barman	Forest
Sri Goutam Deb	North Bengal Development
Sri Shankar Chakraborty	Public Works Department
Sri Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay	Science & Technology, Biotechnology
Sri Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar	Environment
Sri Ujjal Biswas	Technical Education & Traning
Sri Shyamapada Mukherjee	Textiles branch of Dept. of MSSE & Textiles
Janab Firhad Hakim	Municipal Affairs, Urban Development
Sri Shantiram Mahato	Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs
Dr. Soumen Kumar Mahapatra	Water Resources Investigation & Development
Sri Arup Roy	Agriculture Marketing
Sri Chandranath Sinha	Fisheries
Smt. Sabitri Mitra	Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation
Mamata Banerjee	Transport
Sri Aroop Biswas	Sports, Housing, Youth Services
Sri Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury	Food Processing Industries & Horticulture
Sri Rajib Banerjee	Irrigation & Waterways
Sri Malay Ghatak	Labour
Sri Jyotirmoy Kar	Co-Operation
Dr. Sukumar Hansda	Tribal Development
Ministers of State
Siddiqullah Chowdhury	Mass Education Extension & Librery Services
Sandharani Tudu	Backward Classes Welfare
Smt. Chandrima Bhattacharya (Independent Charge)	Law & Judicial
Smt. Chandrima Bhattacharya (Independent Charge)	Health and Family Welfare
Sri Manturam Pakhira (Independent Charge)	Sundarban Affairs
Sri Manturam Pakhira	Irrigation and Waterways
Sri Swapan Debnath (Independent Charge)	Animal Resources Development
Sri Swapan Debnath	Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles
Sri Pundarikakshya Saha	Public Health Engineering
Sri Becharam Manna	Land and Land Reforms, Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing
Janab Giasuddin Molla	Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
Dr. Sashi Panja (Independent Charge)	Child Development
Dr. Sashi Panja (Independent Charge)	Women Development & Social Welfare
Sri Asish Banerjee (Independent Charge)	AYUSH Branch of Health & F.W Department
Sri Asish Banerjee	School Education & Higher Education Department








Rajya Sabha Members From West Bengal

Name	Party	Term	Name	Party	Term
Ritabrata Banerjee	CPI(M)	Apr 3, 2014 - Apr 2, 2020	Mithun Chakraborty	AITC	Apr 3, 2014 - Apr 2, 2020
Md. Nadimul Haque	AITC	Apr 3, 2012 - Apr 2, 2018	Prof. Jogen Chowdhury	AITC	Apr 3, 2014 - Apr 2, 2020
Ahmed Hassan Imran	AITC	Apr 3, 2014 - Apr 2, 2020	Sitaram Yechury	CPI(M)	Aug 19, 2011 - Aug 18, 2017
Dr. Kanwar Deep Singh	AITC	Apr 3, 2014 - Apr 2, 2020	Derek O'Brien	AITC	Aug 19, 2011 - Aug 18, 2017
Vivek Gupta	AITC	Apr 3, 2012 - Apr 2, 2018	Debabrata Bandyopadhyay	AITC	Aug 19, 2011 - Aug 18, 2017
Mukul Roy	AITC	Apr 3, 2012 - Apr 2, 2018	Pradip Bhattacharya	INC	Aug 19, 2011 - Aug 18, 2017
Sukhendu Shekhar Roy	AITC	Aug 19, 2011 - Aug 18, 2017	Kunal Kumar Ghosh	AITC	Apr 3, 2014 - Apr 2, 2020
Tapan Kumar Sen	CPI(M)	Apr 3, 2012 - Apr 2, 2018	Dola Sen	AITC	Mar 14, 2015 - Aug 18, 2017








Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal is Sunil Kumar Gupta. He was appointed on 31 March 2010. A native of Uttar Pradesh, Gupta is an IAS officer of the 1987 West Bengal cadre. He did his B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, post graduation in Civil Engineering from the State University of New York, and several other courses in development and computer applications. Read More



West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Summary 2014

The 16th Lok Sabha elections saw a political change in West Bengal. The state has 42 parliamentary constituencies and in the 2014 elections, 34 seats were won by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) won only two seats. The General Elections 2014 took place in West Bengal in five different phases. After TMC won the elections, Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of the state. In the 2009 General Elections too, the TMC came out as the victorious party after winning 19 seats. The opinion and exit polls had also predicted that TMC would continue to win the 2014 elections as well. During the 2009 General Elections, the TMC party won 19 seats in the state, followed by CPM which won nine seats.




Last Updated on March 14, 2020