Electoral history of Mamata Banerjee
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Elections featuring Chief Minister of West Bengal
This is a summary of the electoral history of Mamata Banerjee, who is currently serving as the 8th Chief Minister of West Bengal, since May 2011.
Lok Sabha elections
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jadavpur | INC | 331,618 | 50.87 | Won | |
| 1989 | 410,288 | 46.67 | Lost | |||
| 1991 | Kolkata Dakshin | 367,896 | 52.46 | Won | ||
| 1996 | 438,252 | 52.50 | Won | |||
| 1998 | AITC | 503,551 | 59.37 | Won | ||
| 1999 | 469,103 | 58.26 | Won | |||
| 2004 | 393,561 | 51.10 | Won | |||
| 2009 | 576,045 | 57.19 | Won | |||
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011^ | Bhabanipur | AITC | 73,635 | 77.46 | Won | |
| 2016 | 65,520 | 47.67 | Won | |||
| 2021 | Nandigram | 108,808 | 47.64 | Lost | ||
| 2021^ | Bhabanipur | 85,263 | 71.90 | Won | ||
^By poll
Detailed results
Lok Sabha elections
Lok Sabha Election 1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mamata Banerjee | 331,618 | 50.87% | ||
| CPI(M) | Somnath Chatterjee | 311,958 | 47.85% | ||
| IC(S) | Sakti Sarkar | 5993 | 0.92% | ||
| Independent | Rajanath Prasad | 2336 | 0.36% | ||
| Majority | 19,660 | ||||
| Turnout | 651905 | ||||
| INC gain from CPIM | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
Lok Sabha Election 1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Malini Bhattacharya | 441,188 | 50.19% | +4.00% | |
| INC | Mamata Banerjee | 410,288 | 46.67% | ||
| BJP | Uttam Basu | 9874 | 1.12% | ||
| IUML | Laskar Jabed Ali | 7994 | 0.91% | ||
| Majority | 30,900 | ||||
| Turnout | 879040 | ||||
| CPIM gain from INC | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
General election 1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mamata Banerjee | 367,896 | 52.46 | ||
| CPI(M) | Biplab Dasgupta | 2,74,233 | 39.10 | ||
| BJP | Somraj Dutta | 50,541 | 7.21 | ||
| Independent | Ashok kumar Roy Chowdhury | 1,958 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | Sushil Chandra Majumdar | 1,779 | 0.25 | ||
| BSP | Parimal Kanti Ray | 1,121 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Priti Mazumder | 877 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | Bandana Biswas | 837 | 0.12 | ||
| Doordarshi Party | Hari Shankar Shah | 792 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Hajranchhor Chand Bhandari | 548 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Bhagwan Das Nathany | 413 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Arun Ghosh | 295 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 798 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 93,663 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,01,290 | 68.50 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mamata Banerjee | 438,252 | 52.50 | ||
| CPI(M) | Bharati Mukherjee | 3,34,991 | 40.10 | ||
| BJP | Santi Roy | 45,066 | 5.30 | ||
| Independent | Bulu Chatterjee | 3,439 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Sushil Chandra Majumdar | 1,869 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | D. Guha | 1,755 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Tripti Das | 1,589 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Bandana Biswas | 1,572 | 0.20 | ||
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | Yasmeen Sen Gupta | 1,527 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Lalita Seth | 1,482 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Ramagardi Yadav | 1,285 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Bablu Dutta | 958 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 798 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 1,03,261 | 12.1 | |||
| Turnout | 8,52,458 | 73.0 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 503,551 | 59.37 | ||
| CPI(M) | Prasanta Kumar Sur | 279,470 | 32.95 | ||
| INC | Sougata Roy | 56,725 | 6.69 | ||
| Independent | Partha Sarathi Ghosh | 1,937 | 0.23 | ||
| RJD | Salik Ram Shaw | 1,498 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | G.Joseph | 1.497 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Rina Sutradhar | 1,447 | 0.17 | ||
| Independent | Adrish Bhattacharya | 1,236 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Addy Samir Kumar | 493 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Paresh Nath Bandyopadhyay | 340 | 0.04 | ||
| Majority | 2,24,081 | 27.7 | |||
| Turnout | 8,05,121 | 66.96% | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 469,103 | 58.26 | ||
| CPI(M) | Subhankar Chakraborty | 2,55,095 | 31.68 | ||
| INC | Partha Roy Chowdhury | 51,735 | 6.43 | ||
| CPI(ML) | Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh | 6,186 | |||
| BSP | Mohammed Sahabuddun | 6,091 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | Ranjan Kumar Das | 5.841 | |||
| Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 4,512 | |||
| Independent | Priya Nath Banerjee | 2,740 | |||
| Independent | Kabita Mukherjee | 2,160 | |||
| Independent | Bandana Biswas | 1,658 | |||
| Majority | 2,14,008 | 26.6 | |||
| Turnout | 8,05,121 | 66.96 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 393,561 | 51.10 | −7.26 | |
| CPI(M) | Rabin Deb | 295,132 | 38.30 | +6.62 | |
| INC | Nafisa Ali | 60,377 | 7.80 | ||
| Independent | Sujit Kumar Roy | 4,782 | 0.60 | ||
| BSP | Kusha Ram | 4,431 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Bandana Das | 4,130 | 0.50 | ||
| Independent | Mukul Paul | 2,524 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Ranjit Banerjee | 2,306 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Barnali Mukherjee | 2,258 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Santu Mukherjee | 1,708 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Bhushan Mondal | 1,533 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 98,429 | 12.8% | |||
| Turnout | 7,70,828 | 70.3% | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 576,045 | 57.19 | +6.09 | |
| CPI(M) | Rabin Deb | 3,56,474 | 35.39 | −2.91 | |
| BJP | Jyotsna Banerjee | 39,744 | 3.95 | ||
| BSP | Paresh Chandra Roy | 6,745 | 0.67 | ||
| IND | Yusuf Jamal Siddique | 6,042 | 0.60 | ||
| IUML | Asif Md | 5,896 | 0.59 | ||
| Majority | 2,19,571 | 21.80 | |||
| Turnout | 10,07,225 | 66.89 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections
Bye-election, 2011
The bypoll to the Bhowanipore seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Trinamool Congress Subrata Bakshi resigned to make way for the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest. She had not contested the state assembly elections earlier. She had to become a member of the state assembly within six months of her assuming office as Chief Minister as per the rules of the Constitution of India.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee (CM Candidate) | 73,635 | 77.46 | +12.69 | |
| CPI(M) | Nandini Mukherjee | 19,422 | 20.43 | −7.55 | |
| Independent | Sujay Krishna Bhadra | 809 | 0.85 | ||
| Majority | 54,213 | 57.03 | +20.24 | ||
| Turnout | 95,064 | 44.73 | −19.04 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | +12.69 | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 65,520 | 47.67 |  29.79 | |
| INC | Deepa Dasmunshi | 40,219 | 29.26 | New | |
| BJP | Chandra Kumar Bose | 26,299 | 19.13 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,461 | 1.79 | New | |
| BSP | Nirmal Kanti Samaddar[10] | 669 | 0.27 | ||
| Majority | 25,301 | 18.41 | 38.62 | ||
| Turnout | 1,37,475 | 66.83 |  22.11 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 29.79 |
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2021
In the 2021 elections, Suvendu Adhikari of BJP defeated his nearest rival and incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee of TMC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Suvendu Adhikari | 110,764 | 48.49 | 43.09 | |
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 1,08,808 | 47.64 | 19.56 | |
| CPI(M) | Minakshi Mukherjee | 6,267 | 2.74 | 23.96 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,090 | 0.48 | 0.15 | |
| Majority | 1,956 | 0.85 | |||
| Turnout | 2,28,467 | 88.55 | 1.58 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 85,263 | 71.90 | 14.19 | |
| BJP | Priyanka Tibrewal | 26,428 | 22.29 | 12.87 | |
| CPI(M) | Shrijeeb Biswas | 4,226 | 3.56 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,453 | 1.23 | ||
| Majority | 58,835 | 49.61 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | 14.19 |
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References
- ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ↑ "Life's all about running alone: BSP candidate". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ↑ "Nandigram: After Hours of Confusion, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Emerges Winner". The Wire. 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ "Nandigram Election Result 2021 LIVE: Nandigram MLA Election Result & Vote Share". Oneindia.
- ↑ "Nandigram Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE - Nandigram Vidhan Sabha Election Results". Times Now.
- ↑ "210" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ↑ "আজ ভোট মমতার | নির্বাচন জঙ্গিপুর ও সামশেরগঞ্জেও". Bartaman (in Bengali). 2021-09-30. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ "Form 20 - 159 Bhabanipur AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-13.