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Indian political election in West Bengal
2024 Indian general election in West Bengal Opinion polls
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
-
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
IND
NOTA
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
9
Jangipur
75.72%
AITC
AITC
Khalilur Rahaman
10
Baharampur
77.54%
AITC
AITC
Yusuf Pathan
11
Murshidabad
81.52%
AITC
AITC
Abu Taher Khan
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
16
Dum Dum
AITC
AITC
Saugata Roy
17
Barasat
AITC
AITC
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
18
Basirhat
AITC
AITC
Haji Nurul Islam
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
See also
References
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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.
^ INC's Papiya Chakraborty 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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