Indian political election in West Bengal
2024 Indian general election in West Bengal Opinion polls Turnout 79.29 (2.47 pp ) First party Second party Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Party AITC BJP Leader since 1998 2021 Leader's seat Did not contest Balurghat Last election 43.3%, 22 seats 40.7%, 18 seats Seats won 29 12 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 27,564,561 23,327,349 Percentage 45.76% 38.73% Swing 2.46 pp 1.97 pp Third party Fourth party Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Mohammed Salim Party INC CPI(M) Alliance LF +INC LF +INC Leader since 2020 2022 Leader's seat Baharampur (Lost) Murshidabad (Lost) Last election 5.67%, 2 seats 6.33%, 0 seats Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 - Popular vote 2,818,728 3,416,941 Percentage 4.68% 5.67% Swing 0.99pp 0.66pp
Seatwise Result Map of the 2024 general election in West Bengal
The 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal will be held in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 42 members of the 18th Lok Sabha , with the results declared on 4 June.[1] [2] The by-elections for Bhagabangola and Baranagar in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly are also scheduled with the general election and will take place on 7 May and 1 June respectively.[3]
West Bengal , along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar , will be the only states where the 2024 Indian general election will be held in all 7 phases.
Election schedule Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal On 16 March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the 2024 Indian general election , with West Bengal scheduled to vote during all the 7 phases starting from 19 April and concluding on 1 June. [4] [5]
Poll event Phase I II III IV V VI VII Notification Date 20 March 28 March 12 April 18 April 26 April 29 April 7 May Last Date for filing nomination 27 March 4 April 19 April 25 April 3 May 6 May 14 May Scrutiny of nomination 28 March 5 April 20 April 26 April 4 May 7 May 15 May Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 30 March 8 April 22 April 29 April 6 May 9 May 17 May Date of poll 19 April 26 April 7 May 13 May 20 May 25 May 1 June Date of counting of votes/Result 4 June 2024 No. of constituencies 3 3 4 8 7 8 9
Parties and alliances
Others Candidates Surveys and polls Opinion polls Exit polls Voter turnout Phase wise Phase Poll Date Constituencies[17] Voter Turnout (%) I 19 April 2024 Cooch Behar , Alipurduars , Jalpaiguri 81.91% II 26 April 2024 Darjeeling , Raiganj , Balurghat 76.58% III 7 May 2024 Maldaha Uttar , Maldaha Dakshin , Jangipur , Murshidabad 77.53% IV 13 May 2024 Baharampur , Krishnanagar , Ranaghat , Bardhaman Purba , Bardhaman–Durgapur , Asansol , Bolpur , Birbhum 80.22% V 20 May 2024 Bongaon , Barrackpore , Howrah , Uluberia , Serampore , Hooghly , Arambagh 78.45% VI 25 May 2024 Tamluk , Kanthi , Ghatal , Jhargram , Medinipur , Purulia , Bankura , Bishnupur 82.71% VII 1 June 2024 Dum Dum , Barasat , Basirhat , Jaynagar , Mathurapur , Diamond Harbour , Jadavpur , Kolkata Dakshin , Kolkata Uttar 69.89% Total
Constituency wise Results Results by party or alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− AITC 2,75,65,561 45.76% 2.49% 42 29 7 NDA BJP 2,33,27,349 38.73% 1.52% 42 12 6 SDA CPI(M) 34,16,941 5.67% 0.61% 23 0 INC 28,18,728 4.68% 0.93% 12 1 1 AIFB 1,43,946 0.24% 0.17% 2 0 RSP 1,34,039 0.22% 0.17% 3 0 CPI 1,31,744 0.22% 0.14% 2 0 Total 11.03% 42 Others 20,76,281 3.45% NOTA 5,22,724 0.87% Total 100% - 42 -
Results by constituency Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin Party Alliance Candidate Votes % Party Alliance Candidate Votes % 1 Cooch Behar (SC) 82.16% AITC AITC Jagadish Chandra Basunia 7,88,375 48.6% BJP NDA Nisith Pramanik 7,49,125 46.2% 39,250 2 Alipurduars (ST) 79.76% BJP NDA Manoj Tigga 6,95,314 48.9% AITC AITC Prakash Chik Baraik 6,19,867 43.6% 75,447 3 Jalpaiguri (SC) 83.66% BJP NDA Jayanta Kumar Roy 7,66,568 48.6% AITC AITC Nirmal Chandra Roy 6,79,875 43.1% 86,693 4 Darjeeling 74.76% BJP NDA Raju Bista 6,79,331 51.2% AITC AITC Gopal Lama 5,00,806 37.7% 1,78,525 5 Raiganj 76.18% BJP NDA Kartick Chandra Paul 5,60,897 41% AITC AITC Krishna Kalyani 4,92,700 36% 68,197 6 Balurghat 79.09% BJP NDA Sukanta Majumder 5,74,996 46.5% AITC AITC Biplab Mitra 5,64,610 45.6% 10,386 7 Maldaha Uttar 76.03% BJP NDA Khagen Murmu 5,27,023 37.2% AITC AITC Prasun Banerjee 4,49,315 31.7% 77,708 8 Maldaha Dakshin 76.69% INC Secular Democratic Alliance Isha Khan Choudhury 5,72,395 41.79% BJP NDA Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury 4,44,027 32.42% 1,28,368 9 Jangipur 75.72% AITC AITC Khalilur Rahaman 5,44,427 39.75% INC Secular Democratic Alliance Murtoja Hossain Bokul 427790 31.23% 1,16,637 10 Baharampur 77.54% AITC AITC Yusuf Pathan 5,24,516 37.88% INC Secular Democratic Alliance Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 4,39,494 31.74% 85,022 11 Murshidabad 81.52% AITC AITC Abu Taher Khan 6,82,442 44.27% CPI(M) Secular Democratic Alliance Md. Salim 5,18,227 33.62% 1,64,215 12 Krishnanagar 80.65% AITC AITC Mahua Moitra 6,28,789 44.1% BJP NDA Amrita Roy 5,72,084 40.1% 56,705 13 Ranaghat (SC) 81.87% BJP NDA Jagannath Sarkar 7,82,396 50.8% AITC AITC Mukut Mani Adhikari 5,95,497 38.7% 1,86,899 14 Bangaon (SC) 81.04% BJP NDA Shantanu Thakur 7,19,505 48.2% AITC AITC Biswajit Das 6,45,812 43.3% 73,693 15 Barrackpore 75.41% AITC AITC Partha Bhowmick 520231 45.56% BJP NDA Arjun Singh 4,55,793 39.92% 64,438 16 Dum Dum AITC AITC Saugata Roy 5,28,579 41.95% BJP NDA Silbhadra Datta 4,57,919 36.34% 70,660 17 Barasat AITC AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 6,92,010 45.15 BJP NDA Swapan Majumder 5,77,821 37.70% 1,14,189 18 Basirhat AITC AITC Haji Nurul Islam 803762 52.76% BJP NDA Rekha Patra 4,70,215 30.87% 3,33,547 19 Jaynagar (SC) AITC AITC Pratima Mondal 20 Mathurapur (SC) AITC AITC Bapi Halder 21 Diamond Harbour AITC AITC Abhishek Banerjee 22 Jadavpur AITC AITC Saayoni Ghosh 23 Kolkata Dakshin AITC AITC Mala Roy 24 Kolkata Uttar AITC AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay 25 Howrah 71.73% AITC AITC Prasun Banerjee 26 Uluberia 79.78% AITC AITC Sajda Ahmed 27 Srerampur 76.44% AITC AITC Kalyan Banerjee 28 Hooghly 81.38% AITC AITC Rachana Banerjee 29 Arambagh (SC) 82.62% AITC AITC Mitali Bag 30 Tamluk 84.79% BJP NDA Abhijit Gangopadhyay 7,65,584 48.5% AITC AITC Debangshu Bhattacharya 6,87,851 43.6% 77,733 31 Kanthi 84.77% BJP NDA Soumendu Adhikari 7,63,195 49.8% AITC AITC Uttam Barik 7,15,431 46.7% 47,764 32 Ghatal 82.17% AITC AITC Deepak Adhikari 33 Jhargram (ST) 83.47% AITC AITC Kherwal Soren 34 Medinipur 81.56% AITC AITC June Malia 35 Purulia 78.39% BJP NDA Jyotirmay Singh Mahato 5,78,489 40.3% AITC AITC Santiram Mahato 5,61,410 39.1% 17,079 36 Bankura 80.75% AITC AITC Arup Chakraborty 37 Bishnupur (SC) 85.91% BJP NDA Saumitra Khan 38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) 82.85% AITC AITC Sharmila Sarkar 39 Bardhaman–Durgapur 80.72% AITC AITC Kirti Azad 40 Asansol 73.27% AITC AITC Shatrughan Sinha 41 Bolpur (SC) 82.66% AITC AITC Asit Mal 42 Birbhum 81.91% AITC AITC Satabdi Roy
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