Elections in West Bengal
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Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The West Bengal Legislative Assembly 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
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| Election Year | Lok Sabha | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | 4th Party | Others | Total Seats | ||||
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| 1951–52 | 1st | INC 24 | CPI 5 | RSP 2 | BJS 2 | HMS 1 | 34 | ||||
| 1957 | 2nd | INC 23 | CPI 6 | MFB 2 | PSP 2 | Ind 3 | 36 | ||||
| 1962 | 3rd | INC 22 | CPI 9 | AIFB 1 | RSP 1 | LSS 1, Ind 2 | |||||
| 1967 | 4th | INC 14 | CPI(M) 5 | CPI 5 | BAC 5 | AIFB 2, PSP 1, SSP 1, Ind 7 | 40 | ||||
| 1971 | 5th | CPI(M) 20 | INC 13 | CPI 3 | RSP 1 | BAC 1, PSP 1, Ind 1 | |||||
| 1977 | 6th | CPI(M) 17 | BLD 15 | INC 3 | RSP 3 | AIFB 3, Ind 1 | 42 | ||||
| 1980 | 7th | CPI(M) 28 | RSP 4 | INC 4 | CPI 3 | AIFB 3 | |||||
| 1984 | 8th | CPI(M) 18 | INC 16 | RSP 3 | CPI 3 | AIFB 2 | |||||
| 1989 | 9th | CPI(M) 27 | RSP 4 | INC 4 | CPI 3 | AIFB 3, GNLF 1 | |||||
| 1991 | 10th | CPI(M) 27 | INC 5 | RSP 4 | CPI 3 | AIFB 3 | |||||
| 1996 | 11th | CPI(M) 23 | INC 9 | RSP 4 | CPI 3 | AIFB 3 | |||||
| 1998 | 12th | CPI(M) 24 | AITC 7 | RSP 4 | CPI 3 | AIFB 2, INC 1, BJP 1 | |||||
| 1999 | 13th | CPI(M) 21 | AITC 8 | CPI 3 | INC 3 | RSP 3, AIFB 2, BJP 2 | |||||
| 2004 | 14th | CPI(M) 26 | INC 6 | CPI 3 | AIFB 3 | RSP 3, AITC 1 | |||||
| 2009 | 15th | AITC 19 | CPI(M) 9 | INC 6 | CPI 2 | AIFB 2, RSP 2, BJP 1, SUCI (C) 1 | |||||
| 2014 | 16th | AITC 34 | INC 4 | CPI(M) 2 | BJP 2 | ||||||
| 2019 | 17th | AITC 22 | BJP 18 | INC 2 | |||||||
| 2024 | 18th | AITC 29 | BJP 12 | INC 1 | |||||||
Legislative Assembly elections
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| Election Year | 1st Party | 2nd Party | 3rd Party | 4th Party | Others | Total Seats | ||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1967 | INC | 127 | CPI(M) | 43 | BC | 34 | CPI | 16 | 60 | 280 | ||||
| 1969 | CPI(M) | 80 | INC | 55 | BC | 33 | CPI | 30 | 82 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 1977 | CPI(M) | 178 | JP | 29 | AIFB | 25 | INC(R) | 20 | 42 | |||||
| 1982 | CPI(M) | 174 | INC(I) | 49 | AIFB | 28 | RSP | 19 | 24 | |||||
| 1987 | CPI(M) | 187 | INC(I) | 40 | AIFB | 26 | RSP | 18 | 23 | |||||
| 1991 | CPI(M) | 182 | INC | 43 | AIFB | 29 | RSP | 18 | 22 | |||||
| 1996 | CPI(M) | 153 | INC | 82 | AIFB | 21 | RSP | 18 | 20 | |||||
| 2001 | CPI(M) | 143 | AITC | 60 | INC | 26 | AIFB | 25 | 40 | |||||
| 2006 | CPI(M) | 176 | AITC | 30 | AIFB | 23 | INC | 21 | 44 | |||||
| 2011 | AITC | 184 | INC | 42 | CPI(M) | 40 | AIFB | 11 | 17 | |||||
| 2016 | AITC | 211 | INC | 44 | CPI(M) | 26 | BJP | 3 | 10 | |||||
| 2021 | AITC | 215 | BJP | 77 | ISF | 1 | GJM | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2026 | BJP | 207 | AITC | 80 | INC | 2 | AJUP | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Year | Term | Chief Minister | Winning party/Coalition | |
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| 1952 | 1st | Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | 2nd | |||
| 1962 | 3rd | Prafulla Chandra Sen | ||
| 1967 | 4th | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee[a] | Bangla Congress | |
| Prafulla Chandra Ghosh[b] | Independent | |||
| 1969 | 5th | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress | |
| 1971 | 6th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 | 7th | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | ||
| 1977 | 8th | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | 9th | |||
| 1987 | 10th | |||
| 1991 | 11th | |||
| 1996 | 12th | |||
| 2001 | 13th | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | ||
| 2006 | 14th | |||
| 2011 | 15th | Mamata Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | 16th | |||
| 2021 | 17th | |||
| 2026 | 18th | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- Part of the United Front till November 1967.
- Part of the Progressive Democratic Front led by INC from November 1967.