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

Lok Sabha	Election Year					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						42

Results, post-1998, in text format .
1999 : Total Seats : 42. Left Front : 28 (CPM 21, CPI 3, RSP 3, AIFB 2), Trinamool (AITC) + BJP : (8+2) = 10, Congress 3 .
2004 (14-th Lok Sabha) : LF : 35/42 (CPM 26, CPI 3, RSP 3, Forward Block 3), [Congress 6 + AITC 1], BJP - zero.
2009 : AITC + Congress : 19+6 = 25/42, CPM 9, CPI 2, BJP - 1.
2014 : AITC : 34/42, Congress : 4, BJP 2, CPM 2.
2019 : AITC : 22, BJP : 18, INC : 2, CPM - zero.

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
Election Year	Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Others	Total 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	Bidhan Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress
1962	3rd Assembly	Prafulla Chandra Sen	Indian National Congress
1967	4th Assembly	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress, a part of United Front till Nov. 1967. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh of INC, a part of Progressive Democratic Front led by INC from Nov. 1967-1968.	No party/coalition won a majority
1969	5th Assembly	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	No party/coalition won a majority
1971	6th Assembly	Ajoy Mukherjee and later Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	No party/coalition won a majority
1972	7th Assembly	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	Indian National Congress
1977	8th Assembly	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	9th Assembly	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987	10th Assembly	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	11th Assembly	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996	12th Assembly	Jyoti Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001	13th Assembly	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006	14th Assembly	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	15th Assembly	Mamata Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	16th Assembly	Mamata Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	17th Assembly	Mamata Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress
2026	18th Assembly

References

^ "West Bengal Election Results". Election Commission India. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

[1] "West Bengal Election Results". Election Commission India. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2016-04-03.