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This is the List of members of the Lok Sabha, representing from West Bengal. These lower house members of the Indian Parliament were elected Indian general election.
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.
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.
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 ...
During the 2019 Indian General election, the BJP won 18 Lok Sabha seats sweeping the vote share of the Congress and the Left while the TMC, in spite of losing seats, increased their vote share. But in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , TMC secured a massive victory of 215 seats out of 294 seats.
2016 West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election West Bengal Vidhan Sabha segments (as of 2019 India Lok Sabha election) [19] [20] 2021 West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election West Bengal Vidhan Sabha segments (as of 2024 India Lok Sabha election) BJP: 3 121 77 90 INC: 44 9 0 11 TMC: 211 164 215 192 Left Front: 32 0 0 1 Others 4 0 2 0 Total 294 294 294 294
Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of West Bengal creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India.
Party Leader(s) Symbol Contesting Seats Left Front: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim Sujan Chakraborty: All India Forward Bloc: Naren Chatterjee