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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election ← 2016 27 March – 29 April 2021 (292 seats) 30 September 2021 (2 remaining seats) 2026 → ← outgoing members elected members → 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Registered 72,924,106 Turnout 82.30% (0.72 pp) Majority party Minority party Leader Mamata Banerjee Dilip Ghosh Party ...
Voting date # Name Party Candidate Votes % Party Candidate Votes % Cooch Behar district: 1 Mekliganj (SC) AITC: Paresh Chandra Adhikary: 99338 49.98 BJP: Dadhiram Ray 84653 42.59 14685 10 April 2021: 2 Mathabhanga (SC) BJP: Sushil Barman: 113249 52.87 AITC: Girindra Nath Barman 87115 40.67 26134 3 Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) BJP: Sukumar Roy: 120483 ...
The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of West Bengal constituted after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded earlier on 29 April 2021 and the results were announced on 2 May 2021. [1] The tenure of West Bengal Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 7 May 2026. [2]
The Next West Bengal legislative assembly election is expected to be held in March–April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. [1] Mamata Banerjee is the incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal .
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.
Hindu Samhati, a right wing organisation in West Bengal, withdrew their support from the BJP initially [25] and later declared to contest elections on its own. [26] However, in the end they supported the BJP. [27] BJP allotted a seat of Amta constituency to the president of Hindu Samhati to contest on BJP's symbol. [28]
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. [20] [21]
West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The history of the West Bengal Legislature can be traced back to 18 January 1862 when under the Indian Councils Act of 1861, a 12 Member Legislative Council for Bengal Presidency was established by the Governor-General of British India with the Lt. Governor of Bengal and some nominated members.