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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 was held in West Bengal in seven phases between 19 April and 1 June 2024 to elect 42 members of the 18th Lok Sabha .[1] [2] The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.
The by-elections for Bhagabangola and Baranagar in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly was also scheduled with the general election and took place on 7 May and 1 June respectively.[3]
West Bengal , along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar , were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was 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
79.29%
Constituency wise
Results
Results by party or alliance
Vote Share (By alliance)
Others (3.45%)
Alliance/ Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
AITC
27,565,561
45.76%
2.49%
42
29
7
NDA
BJP
23,327,349
38.73%
1.52%
42
12
6
LF+INC
CPI(M)
3,416,941
5.67%
0.61%
23
0
INC
2,818,728
4.68%
0.93%
12
1
1
AIFB
143,946
0.24%
0.17%
2
0
RSP
134,039
0.22%
0.17%
3
0
CPI
131,744
0.22%
0.14%
2
0
Total
11.03%
42
Others
2,076,281
3.45%
NOTA
522,724
0.87%
Total
100%
-
42
-
#
Constituency
TMC votes
NDA votes
LF votes
INC votes
Win Margin
1
Cooch Behar
788,375
749,125
30,267
10,679
39,250
2
Alipurduars
619,867
695,314
27,427
-
75,447
3
Jalpaiguri
679,875
766,568
74,092
-
86,693
4
Darjeeling
500,806
679,331
-
83,374
178,525
5
Raiganj
492,700
560,897
-
263,273
68,197
6
Balurghat
564,610
574,996
54,217
-
10,386
7
Maldaha Uttar
449,315
527,023
-
384,764
77,708
8
Maldaha Dakshin
301,026
444,027
-
572,395
128,368
9
Jangipur
544,427
340,814
-
427,790
116,637
10
Baharampur
524,516
371,885
-
439,494
85,022
11
Murshidabad
682,442
292,031
518,227
-
164,215
12
Krishnanagar
628,789
572,084
180,201
-
56,705
13
Ranaghat
595,497
782,396
-
123,810
186,899
14
Bangaon
645,812
719,505
-
65,176
73,693
15
Barrackpore
520,231
455,793
109,564
-
64,438
16
Dum Dum
528,579
457,919
240,784
-
70,660
17
Barasat
692,010
577,821
100,000
114,189
18
Basirhat
803,762
470,215
77,899
-
333,547
19
Jaynagar
894,312
424,093
40,113
-
470,219
20
Mathurapur
755,731
554,674
61,100
-
201,057
21
Diamond Harbour
1,048,230
337,300
86,953
-
710,930
22
Jadavpur
717,899
459,698
258,712
-
258,201
23
Kolkata Dakshin
615,274
428,043
168,531
-
187,231
24
Kolkata Uttar
454,696
362,136
-
114,982
25
Howrah
26
Uluberia
27
Srerampore
28
Hooghly
29
Arambagh
30
Tamluk
31
Kanthi
32
Ghatal
33
Jhargram
34
Medinipur
35
Purulia
36
Bankura
37
Bishnupur
38
Bardhaman Purba
39
Bardhaman-Durgapur
40
Asansol
41
Bolpur
42
Birbhum
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
AITC
AITC
Prakash Chik Baraik
3
Jalpaiguri (SC)
83.66%
BJP
NDA
Jayanta Kumar Roy
AITC
AITC
Nirmal Chandra Roy
4
Darjeeling
74.76%
BJP
NDA
Raju Bista
AITC
AITC
Gopal Lama
5
Raiganj
76.18%
BJP
NDA
Kartick Chandra Paul
AITC
AITC
Krishna Kalyani
6
Balurghat
79.09%
BJP
NDA
Sukanta Majumder
AITC
AITC
Biplab Mitra
7
Maldaha Uttar
76.03%
BJP
NDA
Khagen Murmu
AITC
AITC
Prasun Banerjee
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
AITC
AITC
Mukut Mani Adhikari
14
Bangaon (SC)
81.04%
BJP
NDA
Shantanu Thakur
AITC
AITC
Biswajit Das
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
803,762
52.76%
BJP
NDA
Rekha Patra
470,215
30.87%
333,547
19
Jaynagar (SC)
AITC
AITC
Pratima Mondal
894,312
60.32
BJP
NDA
Ashok Kandari
424,093
28.60
470,219
20
Mathurapur (SC)
AITC
AITC
Bapi Halder
755,731
50.52
BJP
NDA
Ashok Purkait
554,674
37.08
201,057
21
Diamond Harbour
AITC
AITC
Abhishek Banerjee
1,048,230
68.48
BJP
NDA
Abhijit Das (Bobby)
337,300
22.03
710,930
22
Jadavpur
AITC
AITC
Saayoni Ghosh
717,899
45.83
BJP
NDA
Anirban Ganguly
459,698
29.35
258,201
23
Kolkata Dakshin
AITC
AITC
Mala Roy
615,274
49.48
BJP
NDA
Debasree Chaudhuri
428,043
34.42
187,231
24
Kolkata Uttar
AITC
AITC
Sudip Bandyopadhyay
454,696
47.44
BJP
NDA
Tapas Roy
362,136
37.78
92,560
25
Howrah
71.73%
AITC
AITC
Prasun Banerjee
626,493
49.26
BJP
NDA
Rathin Chakraborty
457,051
35.94
169,442
26
Uluberia
79.78%
AITC
AITC
Sajda Ahmed
724,622
52.10
BJP
NDA
Arun Uday Pal Chaudhary
505,949
36.38
218,673
27
Srerampur
76.44%
AITC
AITC
Kalyan Banerjee
673,970
45.65
BJP
NDA
Kabir Shankar Bose
499,140
33.80
174,830
28
Hooghly
81.38%
AITC
AITC
Rachana Banerjee
702,744
46.31
BJP
NDA
Locket Chatterjee
625,891
41.24
76,853
29
Arambagh (SC)
82.62%
AITC
AITC
Mitali Bag
712,587
45.71
BJP
NDA
Arup Kanti Digar
706,188
45.30
6,399
30
Tamluk
84.79%
BJP
NDA
Abhijit Gangopadhyay
AITC
AITC
Debangshu Bhattacharya
31
Kanthi
84.77%
BJP
NDA
Soumendu Adhikari
AITC
AITC
Uttam Barik
32
Ghatal
82.17%
AITC
AITC
Deepak Adhikari
837,990
52.36
BJP
NDA
Hiran Chatterjee
655,122
40.93
182,868
33
Jhargram (ST)
83.47%
AITC
AITC
Kalipada Soren
743,478
49.87
BJP
NDA
Dr. Pranat Tudu
5,69,430
38.20
174,048
34
Medinipur
81.56%
AITC
AITC
June Malia
702,192
47.40
BJP
NDA
Agnimitra Paul
675,001
45.56
27,191
35
Purulia
78.39%
BJP
NDA
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
AITC
AITC
Santiram Mahato
36
Bankura
80.75%
AITC
AITC
Arup Chakraborty
641,813
44.33
BJP
NDA
Subhas Sarkar
6,09,035
42.07
32,778
37
Bishnupur (SC)
85.91%
BJP
NDA
Saumitra Khan
38
Bardhaman Purba (SC)
82.85%
AITC
AITC
Sharmila Sarkar
730,302
48.11
BJP
NDA
Ashim Kumar Sarkar
5,59,730
37.38
160,572
39
Bardhaman–Durgapur
80.72%
AITC
AITC
Kirti Azad
720,667
47.99
BJP
NDA
Dilip Ghosh
582,686
38.80
137,981
40
Asansol
73.27%
AITC
AITC
Shatrughan Sinha
605,645
46.53
BJP
NDA
S. S. Ahluwalia
546,081
41.96
59,564
41
Bolpur (SC)
82.66%
AITC
AITC
Asit Kumar Mal
855,633
55.98
BJP
NDA
Piya Saha
528,380
34.57
327,253
42
Birbhum
81.91%
AITC
AITC
Satabdi Roy
717,961 47.00
47.00
BJP
NDA
Debtanu Bhattacharya
5,20,311
34.06
197,650
See also
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^ INC is contesting 12 seats under the alliance and 1 seat (Cooch Behar) independently.
^ AIFB is contesting 2 seats under the alliance and 1 seat (Purulia) independently.
^ INC is contesting one (Cooch Behar) Lok Sabha constituency and AIFB is contesting one (Purulia) Lok Sabha constituencies independently outside of alliance.
^ INC's Piya Roy Chowdhury is also contesting the seat independently outside of alliance.
^ AIFB's Dhirendra Nath Mahato is also contesting the seat independently outside of alliance.
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