2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

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2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
 
Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG
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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

 
The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg
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Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Mohammed Salim
Party INC CPI(M)
Leader since 2020 2022
Leader's seat Baharampur Murshidabad
Last election 5.67%, 2 seats 6.33%, 0 seats

All 42 West Bengal Lok Sabha seats

Incumbent Prime Minister

Narendra Modi
BJP



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]

West Bengal, along with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, 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. [3][4]

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

Constituencies in phases

Phase Poll Date Constituencies[5] Voter Turnout (%)
I 19 April Cooch Behar, Alipurduars, Jalpaiguri
II 26 April Darjeeling, Raiganj, Balurghat
III 7 May Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Jangipur, Murshidabad
IV 13 May Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Burdwan-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum
V 20 May Bangaon, Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Srerampur, Hooghly, Arambagh
VI 25 May Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur
VII 1 June Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar

Parties and alliances

  All India Trinamool Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 42

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Sukanta Majumdar 38 (Declared)

  Sanjukta Morcha

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim 17 (declared) 42[6]
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 8 (declared)
Revolutionary Socialist Party Tapan Hor 2 (declared)
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee 1 (declared)
All India Forward Bloc Naren Chatterjee 1 (declared)

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh 42
Indian Secular Front Nawsad Siddique 8
Bahujan Samaj Party Manoj Hawladar 3 (declared)
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen TBD 4

Candidates

Constituency
AITC BJP Left Front+INC
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AITC Jagadish Chandra Basunia BJP Nisith Pramanik AIFB Nitish Chandra Roy
INC Piya Roy Chowdhury
2 Alipurduars (ST) AITC Prakash Chik Baraik BJP Manoj Tigga RSP Mili Oraon
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) AITC Nirmal Chandra Roy BJP Jayanta Kumar Roy CPI(M) Debraj Barman
4 Darjeeling AITC Gopal Lama BJP Raju Bista INC
5 Raiganj AITC Krishna Kalyani BJP Kartick Paul INC Ali Ramz (Victor)
6 Balurghat AITC Biplab Mitra BJP Sukanta Majumdar RSP Jaydeb Siddhanta
7 Maldaha Uttar AITC Prasun Banerjee BJP Khagen Murmu INC Mostaque Alam
8 Maldaha Dakshin AITC Shahnawaz Ali Raihan BJP Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury INC Isha Khan Choudhury
9 Jangipur AITC Khalilur Rahaman BJP Dhananjay Ghosh INC Mortaza Hossain
10 Baharampur AITC Yusuf Pathan BJP Nirmal Kumar Saha INC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
11 Murshidabad AITC Abu Taher Khan BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh CPI(M) Mohammed Salim
12 Krishnanagar AITC Mahua Moitra BJP Amrita Roy CPI(M) S. M. Saadi
13 Ranaghat (SC) AITC Mukut Mani Adhikari BJP Jagannath Sarkar CPI(M) Alokesh Das
14 Bangaon (SC) AITC Biswajit Das BJP Shantanu Thakur
15 Barrackpur AITC Partha Bhowmick BJP Arjun Singh
16 Dum Dum AITC Saugata Roy BJP Shilbhadra Dutta CPI(M) Sujan Chakraborty
17 Barasat AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar BJP Swapan Majumder
18 Basirhat AITC Haji Nurul Islam BJP Rekha Patra
19 Jaynagar (SC) AITC Pratima Mondal BJP Ashok Kandari
20 Mathurapur (SC) AITC Bapi Halder BJP Ashok Purkait
21 Diamond Harbour AITC Abhishek Banerjee BJP
22 Jadavpur AITC Saayoni Ghosh BJP Anirban Ganguly CPI(M) Srijan Bhattacharyya
23 Kolkata Dakshin AITC Mala Roy BJP Debasree Chaudhuri CPI(M) Saira Shah Halim
24 Kolkata Uttar AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay BJP Tapas Roy INC Pradip Bhattacharya
25 Howrah AITC Prasun Banerjee BJP Rathin Chakraborty CPI(M) Sabyasachi Chatterjee
26 Uluberia AITC Sajda Ahmed BJP Arun Uday Paul Chowdhury
27 Serampore AITC Kalyan Banerjee BJP Kabir Sankar Bose CPI(M) Dipsita Dhar
28 Hooghly AITC Rachna Banerjee BJP Locket Chatterjee CPI(M) Monodip Ghosh
29 Arambagh (SC) AITC Mitali Bag BJP Arup Kanti Digar
30 Tamluk AITC Debangshu Bhattacharya BJP Abhijit Gangopadhyay CPI(M) Sayan Banerjee
31 Kanthi AITC Uttam Barik BJP Soumendu Adhikari
32 Ghatal AITC Dev BJP Hiran
33 Jhargram (ST) AITC Kalipada Soren BJP
34 Medinipur AITC June Malia BJP Agnimitra Paul CPI Biplab Bhatta
35 Purulia AITC Santiram Mahato BJP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato INC Nepal Mahato
36 Bankura AITC Arup Chakraborty BJP Subhas Sarkar CPI(M) Nilanjan Dasgupta
37 Bishnupur (SC) AITC Sujata Mondal BJP Saumitra Khan CPI(M) Shital Kaibartya
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) AITC Sharmila Sarkar BJP Ashim Kumar Sarkar CPI(M) Nirav Kha
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur AITC Kirti Azad BJP Dilip Ghosh CPI(M) Sukriti Ghosal
40 Asansol AITC Shatrughan Sinha BJP CPI(M) Jahanara Khan
41 Bolpur (SC) AITC Asit Kumar Mal BJP Priya Saha CPI(M) Shyamali Pradhan
42 Birbhum AITC Satabdi Roy BJP INC Milton Rashid

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
AITC BJP SM Others
News18 March 2024 ±4% 18 25 0 0 BJP
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[7] ±5% 23 19 0 0 AITC
India TV-CNX March 2024 ±3% 21 20 1 0 AITC
Zee News-Matrize February 2024 ±2% 24 17 1 0 AITC
India Today-CVoter February 2024 ±3-5% 22 19 1 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG February 2024 ±2% 26 15 1 0 AITC
ABP-CVoter December 2023 ±3-5% 23-25 16-18 0-2 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG December 2023 ±3% 20-24 18-20 2-4 0 AITC
India TV-CNX October 2023 ±3% 30 10 2 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG August 2023 ±3% 22-24 16-18 0-3 0 AITC
Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
AITC BJP SM Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[7] ±5% 41.9% 40.6% 17.5% 1.3

Exit polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
AITC BJP SM Others

Results

Results by alliance or party

Parties/ Alliance Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
AITC 42
BJP 42
SM
CPI(M)
INC 12
AIFB
RSP
CPI
Total 42
ISF 8
Others
IND
NOTA
Total 100%

Results by constituency

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
Party Alliance Candidate Votes % Party Alliance Candidate Votes %
1 Cooch Behar (SC)
2 Alipurduars (ST)
3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
4 Darjeeling
5 Raiganj
6 Balurghat
7 Maldaha Uttar
8 Maldaha Dakshin
9 Jangipur
10 Baharampur
11 Murshidabad
12 Krishnanagar
13 Ranaghat (SC)
14 Bangaon (SC)
15 Barrackpur
16 Dum Dum
17 Barasat
18 Basirhat
19 Jaynagar (SC)
20 Mathurapur (SC)
21 Diamond Harbour
22 Jadavpur
23 Kolkata Dakshin
24 Kolkata Uttar
25 Howrah
26 Uluberia
27 Serampore
28 Hooghly
29 Arambagh (SC)
30 Tamluk
31 Contai
32 Ghatal
33 Jhargram (ST)
34 Medinipur
35 Purulia
36 Bankura
37 Bishnupur (SC)
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC)
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur
40 Asansol
41 Bolpur (SC)
42 Birbhum

See also

References

  1. ^ Ghosh, Sanchari (16 March 2024). "Lok Sabha election 2024 date announcement: Bengal to vote in 7 phases". livemint.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "West Bengal to Vote in All 7 Phases of LS Polls: A Look at Key Constituencies in the State". News18. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ Ghosh, Sanchari (16 March 2024). "Lok Sabha election 2024 date announcement: Bengal to vote in 7 phases". mint. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. ^ "General Election 2024 West Bengal Full Schedule: Know Dates, Seats And Parties". NDTV.com. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 2024: Schedule, Phases, Seats, Parties, and Key Players". Y20 India.
  6. ^ "Bengal BJP's Lok Sabha Ambitions Hinge On Left-Congress Performance, CAA: Experts".
  7. ^ a b Bureau, ABP News (15 March 2024). "ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll: Can TMC Hold Off Saffron Surge In Bengal? Here's What Survey Says". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.