Elections in West Bengal

Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of West Bengal creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.^[1]

Lok Sabha elections

General election results in West Bengal (Loksabha)

2004 election

2009 election

2014 election

2019 election

2024 election

Lok Sabha	Election Year	1st Party		2nd Party		3rd Party		4th Party		Others	Total Seats
1st Lok Sabha	1951-52		INC 24		CPI 5		RSP 2		BJS 2	HMS 1	34
2nd Lok Sabha	1957		INC 23		CPI 6		MFB 2		PSP 2	Ind 3	36
3rd Lok Sabha	1962		INC 22		CPI 9		AIFB 1		RSP 1	LSS 1, Ind 2	36
4th Lok Sabha	1967		INC 14		CPI(M) 5		CPI 5		BAC 5	AIFB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1, Ind 7	40
5th Lok Sabha	1971		CPI(M) 20		INC 13		CPI 3		RSP 1	BAC 1, PSP 1, Ind 1	40
6th Lok Sabha	1977		CPI(M) 17		BLD 15		INC 3		RSP 3	AIFB 3, Ind 1	42
7th Lok Sabha	1980		CPI(M) 28		RSP 4		INC 4		CPI 3	AIFB 3	42
8th Lok Sabha	1984		CPI(M) 18		INC 16		RSP 3		CPI 3	AIFB 2	42
9th Lok Sabha	1989		CPI(M) 27		RSP 4		INC 4		CPI 3	AIFB 3, GNLF 1	42
10th Lok Sabha	1991		CPI(M) 27		INC 5		RSP 4		CPI 3	AIFB 3	42
11th Lok Sabha	1996		CPI(M) 23		INC 9		RSP 4		CPI 3	AIFB 3	42
12th Lok Sabha	1998		CPI(M) 24		AITC 7		RSP 4		CPI 3	AIFB 2, INC 1, BJP 1	42
13th Lok Sabha	1999		CPI(M) 21		AITC 8		CPI 3		INC 3	RSP 3, AIFB 2, BJP 2	42
14th Lok Sabha	2004		CPI(M) 26		INC 6		CPI 3		AIFB 3	RSP 3, AITC 1	42
15th Lok Sabha	2009		AITC 19		CPI(M) 9		INC 6		CPI 2	AIFB 2, RSP 2, BJP 1, SUCI (C) 1	42
16th Lok Sabha	2014		AITC 34		INC 4		CPI(M) 2		BJP 2		42
17th Lok Sabha	2019		AITC 22		BJP 18		INC 2				42
18th Lok Sabha	2024		AITC 29		BJP 12		INC 1				42

Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly election results

2006 election

2011 election

2016 election

2021 election

Election Year	1st Party			2nd Party			3rd Party			4th Party			Others	Total Seats
	Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
1952		INC	150		CPI	28		KMPP	15		AIFB	11	34	238
1957		INC	152		CPI	46		PSP	21		AIFB	8	25	252
1962		INC	157		CPI	50		AIFB	13		RSP	9	23	252
1967		INC	127		CPI(M)	43		BC	34		CPI	16	60	280
1969		CPI(M)	80		INC	55		BC	33		CPI	30	82	280
1971		CPI(M)	113		INC(R)	105		CPI	13		SUCI	7	56	294
1972		INC(R)	216		CPI	35		CPI(M)	14		RSP	3	26	294
1977		CPI(M)	178		JP	29		AIFB	25		INC(R)	20	42	294
1982		CPI(M)	174		INC(I)	49		AIFB	28		RSP	19	24	294
1987		CPI(M)	187		INC(I)	40		AIFB	26		RSP	18	23	294
1991		CPI(M)	182		INC	43		AIFB	29		RSP	18	22	294
1996		CPI(M)	153		INC	82		AIFB	21		RSP	18	20	294
2001		CPI(M)	143		AITC	60		INC	26		AIFB	25	40	294
2006		CPI(M)	176		AITC	30		AIFB	23		INC	21	44	294
2011		AITC	184		INC	42		CPI(M)	40		AIFB	11	17	294
2016		AITC	211		INC	44		CPI(M)	26		BJP	3	10	294
2021		AITC	215		BJP	77		ISF	1		GJM	1	0	294

Year	Election	Chief Minister		Winning Party/Coalition
1952	1st Assembly		Bidhan Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress
1957	2nd Assembly
1962	3rd Assembly		Prafulla Chandra Sen
1967	4th Assembly		Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee[a]	Bangla Congress
			Prafulla Chandra Ghosh[b]	Independent
1969	5th Assembly		Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	Bangla Congress
1971	6th Assembly			Indian National Congress
1972	7th Assembly		Siddhartha Shankar Ray
1977	8th Assembly		Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	9th Assembly
1987	10th Assembly
1991	11th Assembly
1996	12th Assembly
2001	13th Assembly		Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
2006	14th Assembly
2011	15th Assembly		Mamata Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	16th Assembly
2021	17th Assembly
2026	18th Assembly

1. Part of the United Front till November 1967.
2. Part of the Progressive Democratic Front led by INC from November 1967.