2011 West Bengal state general election
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout 84.33% (Increase 2.36 pp)
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Leader Mamata Banerjee Pradip Bhattacharya Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Party AITC INC CPI(M)
Alliance UPA UPA LF
Leader since 1998 2008 2000
Leader's seat Bhabanipur (By-elected)[1] Did not contest Jadavpur
(Lost)
Last election 26.64%, 30 seats 14.71%, 21 seats 37.13%, 176 seats
Seats before 30 21 176
Seats won 184 42 40
Seat change Increase 154 Increase 21 Decrease 136
Popular vote 18,547,678 4,330,580 14,330,061
Percentage 38.93% 9.09% 30.08%
Swing Increase 12.29 pp Decrease 5.62 pp Decrease 7.05 pp
Alliance seats 228 228 62
Seat change Increase 198 Increase 198 Decrease 171
Seatwise Map of the Election Results
Chief Minister before election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)

 Chief Minister after election

Mamata Banerjee[2]
AITC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to end. The election was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Assembly.[3] In a high voltage election, a voter turnout of over 84% was recorded, the highest ever in the history of Bengal till then.[4]

The Trinamool Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won an absolute majority of seats in the state in a historic win, marking the end of the 34-year rule of Left Front, the longest-serving democratically elected communist government in the world, a fact that was noted by international media.[5][6][7][8] Notably, even the incumbent Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lost his Jadavpur seat, which was considered an electoral bastion of the CPI(M), to Trinamool's Manish Gupta.[1] Bhattacharjee became the second incumbent chief minister of the state to lose from his own seat, after Congress' Prafulla Chandra Sen's defeat in Arambagh to Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee of Bangla Congress in 1967.

Background

This was the first legislative assembly election for the Vidhan Sabha since 2007 Nandigram anti land acquisition violence[9] and the 2006 Singur anti land acquisition violence, led by opposition party chief Mamata Banerjee, caused deaths by police firing amidst protests.

The Left Front had governed West Bengal since 1977. The election also followed the defeat of the Left Front in the 2009 general election, as well as its relatively poor showing in Panchayat and municipal elections.[10]

Delimitation

Main article: Delimitation Commission of India

The 2011 election adopted re-drawn electoral constituencies based on the 2001 census, following the 2002 Delimitation Commission of India, whose recommendations were approved in February 2008.[11]

Polling schedule

Further information: List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha
Phases of the election across the state

Chief Election Commissioner of India S. Y. Quraishi announced that polling in West Bengal will be spread over six phases between 18 April and 10 May for the constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha.[12][13]

Date No of assembly constituencies
Phase I 18 April 54
Phase II 22 April 50
Phase III 27 April 75
Phase IV 3 May 63
Phase V 7 May 38
Phase VI 10 May 14
Counting 13 May 294
Source: Election Commission of India

Phase I

54 constituencies went to the polls:
Mekliganj (SC), Mathabhanga (SC), Coochbehar Uttar (SC), Coochbehar Dakshin, Sitalkuchi (SC), Sitai (SC), Dinhata, Natabari, Tufangunj, Kumargram (ST), Kalchini (ST), Alipurduars, Falakata (SC), Madarihat (ST), Dhupguri (SC), Mayanaguri (SC), Jalpaiguri (SC), Rajganj (SC), Dabgram-Fulbari, Mal (ST), Nagrakata (ST), Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Matigara-Naxalbari (SC), Siliguri, Phansidewa (ST), Chopra, Islampur, Goalpokhar, Chakulia, Karandighi, Hemtabad (SC), Kaliaganj (SC), Raiganj, Itahar, Kushmandi (SC), Kumarganj, Balurghat, Tapan (ST), Gangarampur (SC), Harirampur, Habibpur (ST), Gazole (SC), Chanchal, Harishchandrapur, Malatipur, Ratua, Manikchak, Maldaha (SC), English Bazar, Mothabari, Sujapur, and Baisnabnagar.

Phase II

50 constituencies went to the polls:
Farakka, Samserganj, Suti, Jangipur, Raghunathganj, Sagardighi, Lalgola, Bhagaban Gola, Raninagar, Murshidabad, Nabagram (SC), Khargram (SC), Burwan (SC), Kandi, Bharatpur, Rejinagar, Beldanga, Baharampur, Hariharpara, Naoda, Domkal, Jalangi, Karimpur, Tehatta, Palashipara, Kaliganj, Nakashipara, Chapra, Krishnanagar Uttar, Nabadwip, Krishnanagar Dakshin, Santipur, Ranaghat Uttar Paschim, Krishnaganj (SC), Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC), Ranaghat Dakshin (SC), Chakdah, Kalyani (SC), Haringhata (SC), Dubrajpur (SC), Suri, Bolpur, Nanoor (SC), Labpur, Sainthia (SC), Mayureswar, Rampurhat, Hansan, Nalhati, and Murarai.

Phase III

75 constituencies went to the polls:
Bagdah (SC), Bongaon Uttar (SC), Bongaon Dakshin (SC), Gaighata (SC), Swarupnagar (SC), Baduria, Habra, Ashoknagar, Amdanga, Bijpur, Naihati, Bhatpara, Jagatdal, Noapara, Barrackpur, Khardaha, Dum Dum Uttar, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar, Dum Dum, Rajarhat New Town, Bidhan Nagar, Rajarhat Gopalpur, Madhyamgram, Barasat, Deganga, Haroa, Minakhan (SC), Sandeshkhali (ST), Basirhat Dakshin, Basirhat Uttar, Hingalganj (SC), Gosaba (SC), Basanti (SC), Kultali (SC), Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar (SC), Jaynagar (SC), Baruipur Purba (SC), Canning Paschim (SC), Canning Purba, Baruipur Paschim, Magrahat Purba (SC), Magrahat Paschim, Diamond Harbour, Falta, Satgachia, Bishnupur (SC), Sonarpur Dakshin, Bhangore, Kasba, Jadavpur, Sonarpur Uttar, Tollygunj, Behala Purba, Behala Paschim, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiabruz, Kokata Port, Bhabanipore, Rashbehari, Ballygunge, Chowrangee, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala, and Kashipur-Belgachia.

Phase IV

63 constituencies went to the polls:
Bally, Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Sankrail (SC), Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar (SC), Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur, Uttarpara, Sreerampur, Champdani, Singur, Chandannagore, Chunchura, Balagarh (SC), Pandua, Saptagram, Chanditala, Jangipara, Haripal, Dhanekhali (SC), Tarakeswar, Pursurah, Arambag (SC), Goghat (SC), Khanakul, Tamluk, Panskura Purba, Panskura Paschim, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, Haldia (SC), Nandigram, Chandipur, Patashpur, Kanthi Uttar, Bhagabanpur, Khejuri (SC), Kanthi Dakshin, Ramnagar, Egra, Bardhaman Dakshin, Jamalpur (SC), Monteswar, Kalna (SC), Memari, Bardhaman Uttar (SC), Bhatar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Purbasthali Uttar, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot and Ausgram (SC)

Phase V

38 constituencies went to the polls:
Dantan, Keshiary (ST), Kharagpur Sadar, Narayangarh, Sabang, Pingla, Kharagpur, Debra, Daspur, Ghatal (SC), Chandrakona (SC), Keshpur (SC), Purulia, Manbazar (ST), Kashipur, Para (SC), Raghunathpur (SC), Saltora (SC), Chhatnam, Bankura, Barjora, Onda, Bishnupur, Katulpur (SC), Indus (SC), Sonamukhi (SC), Khandaghosh (SC), Raina (SC), Galsi (SC), Pandabeswar, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Dakshin, Asansol Uttar, Kulti and Barabani.

Phase VI

14 constituencies went to the polls:
Nayagram (ST), Gopiballavpur, Jhargram, Garbeta, Salboni, Medinipur, Binpur (ST), Bandwan (ST), Balarampur, Baghmundi, Joypur, Ranibandh (ST), Raipur (ST) and Taldangra.

Parties

United Progressive Alliance

  • All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
  • Indian National Congress (INC)
  • Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
  • Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C))
  • Party of Democratic Socialism (India) (PDS)

Left Front (LF)

  • Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
  • Communist Party of India (CPI)
  • Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
  • All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
  • Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCPI)
  • Marxist Forward Bloc (MFB)
  • Samajwadi Party (SP)
  • Democratic Socialist Party (DSP(PC))

National Democratic Alliance

  • Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
  • Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)

Seat Allotment

  Left Front

Left Front
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 210 217
Marxist Forward Bloc Pratim Chatterjee 2
Democratic Socialist Party Prabodh Chandra Sinha 2
Revolutionary Communist Party of India Rasik Bhatt 2
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1
All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas 34
Revolutionary Socialist Party Kshiti Goswami 23
Communist Party of India A. B. Bardhan 14
Samajwadi Party Kiranmoy Nanda 5
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 1
Total 294

  United Progressive Alliance

United Progressive Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 226
Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee 66
Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar 1
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Chunibala Hansda 1
Total 294

  National Democratic Alliance

National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Rahul Sinha 288
All Jharkhand Students Union Sudesh Mahto 5
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Bimal Gurung 3
Independent politician 2
Total 294+4[a]

Candidates

List of the candidates (constituency wise) of the 3 main parties/alliance:

District Constituency UPA Left Front NDA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
Cooch Behar 1 Mekliganj INC Jayanta Kumar Ray AIFB Adhikary Paresh Chandra BJP Subhash Barman
2 Mathabhanga AITC Binay Krishna Barman CPI(M) Ananta Roy BJP Sushil Barman
3 Cooch Behar Uttar AITC Prasenjit Barman AIFB Nagendra Nath Roy BJP Malati Rava (Ray)
4 Cooch Behar Dakshin AITC Abdul Jalil Ahmed AIFB Akshay Thakur BJP Gayetri Kar
5 Sitalkuchi AITC Hiten Barman CPI(M) Biswanath Pramanik BJP Bhabendra Nath Barman
6 Sitai INC Keshab Ch. Ray AIFB Dipak Kumar Roy BJP Brojo Gobinda Barman
7 Dinhata NCP Amiya Kumar Sarkar AIFB Udayan Guha BJP Sudhangshu Kumar Roy
8 Natabari AITC Rabindra Nath Ghosh CPI(M) Tamser Ali BJP Utpal Deb
9 Tufanganj AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan CPI(M) Dhananjoy Rava BJP Bimal Kumar Sarkar
Alipurduar 10 Kumargram AITC Joachim Baxla RSP Dasrath Tirkey BJP Hopna Soren
11 Kalchini AITC Paban Kumar Lakra RSP Binay Bhusan Kerketta IND Wilson Champramary
12 Alipurduars INC Debaprasad Roy (Mithu) RSP Kshiti Goswami BJP Manik Chandra Saha
13 Falakata AITC Anil Adhikari CPI(M) Rabindra Nath Barman BJP Hemanta Kumar Ray
14 Madarihat INC Atul Suba RSP Kumari Kujur BJP Manoj Tigga
Jalpaiguri 15 Dhupguri AITC Mina Barman CPI(M) Mamata Roy BJP Amar Chan Sarkar
16 Maynaguri AITC Juthika Roy Basunia RSP Ananta Deb Adhikari BJP Bibhash Chandra Paul
17 Jalpaiguri INC Sukhbilas Barma AIFB Gobinda Chandra Roy BJP Sisir Kanti Mondal
18 Rajganj AITC Khageswar Roy CPI(M) Amulya Kumar Roy BJP Supen Roy
19 Dabgram-Phulbari AITC Goutam Deb CPI(M) Dilip Singh BJP Dulal Kanti Das
20 Mal INC Hiraman Oraon CPI(M) Bulu Chik Baraik BJP Baliram Ekka
21 Nagrakata INC Joseph Munda CPI(M) Sukhmoith (Piting) Oraon IND Rajesh Lakra
Kalimpong 22 Kalimpong INC Shanti Kumar Sharma CPI Bikram Chhetri GJM Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri
Darjeeling 23 Darjeeling INC Nahakul Chandra Chhetri CPI(M) K. B. Wattar GJM Trilok Kumar Dewan
24 Kurseong INC Chhabi Chandra Rai CPI(M) Deepa Chhetri GJM Rohit Sharma
25 Matigara-Naxalbari INC Sankar Malakar CPI(M) Jharen Roy BJP Asim Sarkar
26 Siliguri AITC Rudra Nath Bhattacharya CPI(M) Asok Narayan Bhattacharya BJP Arun Prasad Sarker
27 Phansidewa INC Sunil Chandra Tirkey CPI(M) Chhotan Kisku BJP Dila Saibo
Uttar Dinajpur 28 Chopra AITC Sekh Jalaluddin CPI(M) Anwarul Haque BJP Ashim Chandra Barman
29 Islampur AITC Abdul Karim Chowdhary CPI(M) Sayeda Farhat Afroz BJP Nepal Dutta
30 Goalpokhar INC Md. Ghulam Rabbani AIFB Safiur Rahaman BJP Shaukat Ali
31 Chakulia INC Serajul Islam AIFB Ali Imran Ramz BJP Kalipada Ghosh
32 Karandighi INC Subhas Goswami AIFB Gokul Roy BJP Arshad Alam
33 Hemtabad AITC Shekhar Chandra Roy CPI(M) Khagendra Nath Sinha BJP Bhanu Ram Barman
34 Kaliaganj INC Pramatha Nath Ray CPI(M) Nani Gopal Roy BJP Bhupati Roy
35 Raiganj INC Mohit Sengupta SP Kiranmay Nanda BJP Sachindra Nath Das
36 Itahar AITC Amal Acharjee CPI Srikumar Mukherjee BJP Suman Kr Acharjee
Dakshin Dinajpur 37 Kushmandi INC Parthasarathi Sarkar RSP Narmada Chandra Roy BJP Ranjit Kumar Roy
38 Kumarganj AITC Begam Mahamuda CPI(M) Khatun Mafuja BJP Sanjib Chandra Roy
39 Balurghat AITC Chakraborty Shankar RSP Biswanath Choudhury BJP Ranjan Kumar Mondal
40 Tapan AITC Bachchu Hansda RSP Khara Soren BJP Colombas Tirkey
41 Gangarampur AITC Satyendra Nath Roy CPI(M) Nandalal Hazra BJP Dipankar Roy
42 Harirampur AITC Biplab Mitra CPI(M) Narayan Biswas BJP Phani Bhushan Mahato
Malda 43 Habibpur AITC Mohan Tudu CPI(M) Khagen Murmu BJP Krishna Chandra Munda
44 Gazole INC Sushil Chandra Ray CPI(M) Gobinda Mandal BJP Prafulla Chandra Sarkar
45 Chanchal INC Asif Mehbub CPI(M) Anjuman Ara Begam BJP Sital Prasad Chakraborty
46 Harischandrapur INC Alam Mostaque AIFB Tajmul Hossain BJP Rina Saha
47 Malatipur AITC Gautam Chakraborty RSP Abdur Rahim Boxi BJP Harendra Nath Paul
48 Ratua INC Samar Mukherjee CPI(M) Sailen Sarkar BJP Dilip Agarwalla
49 Manickchak AITC Sabitri Mitra CPI(M) Ratna Bhattacharya BJP Dipankar Panday
50 Maldaha INC Bhupendra Nath Halder (Arjun) CPI(M) Rahul Ranjan Das BJP Kusum Roy
51 Englishbazar INC Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury CPI(M) Samar Roy BJP Gobinda Chandra Mandal
52 Mothabari INC Sabina Yeasmin CPI(M) Naimuddin Sheikh BJP Nandan Kumar Ghosh
53 Sujapur INC Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury CPI(M) Hazi Ketabuddin BJP Tutul Saha
54 Baishnab Nagar INC Isha Khan Choudhury CPI(M) Biswanath Ghosh BJP Swadhin Kumar Sarkar
Murshidabad 55 Farakka INC Mainul Haque CPI(M) Abdus Salam BJP Ghosh Hemanta
56 Samserganj INC Mousumi Begum CPI(M) Touab Ali BJP Sasthi Charan Ghosh
57 Suti INC Emani Biswas RSP Jane Alam Mian BJP Nilkanta Roy
58 Jangipur INC Md. Sohrab CPI(M) Purnima Bhattacharya BJP Anamitra Banerjee
59 Raghunathganj INC Akhruzzaman RSP Abul Hasnat BJP Sougata Singha Roy
60 Sagardighi AITC Subrata Saha CPI(M) Ismail Sekh BJP Shekharendu Das
61 Lalgola INC Abu Hena CPI(M) Md Yean Ali BJP Amar Kumar Das
62 Bhagabangola AITC Sagir Hossain SP Chand Mohammad BJP Mehebub Alam
63 Raninagar INC Firoza Begam AIFB Mst. Maksuda Begum BJP Dinesh Mondal
64 Murshidabad INC Shaoni Singha Roy AIFB Bivas Chakraborty BJP Ranajit Kumar Das
65 Nabagram INC Probal Sarkar CPI(M) Kanai Chandra Mandal BJP Dilip Haldar
66 Khargram INC Ashis Marjit CPI(M) Goutam Mondal BJP Harekrishna Konai
67 Burwan INC Protima Rajak RSP Binoy Sarkar BJP Sukhen Kumar Bagdi
68 Kandi INC Apurba Sarkar (David) CPI Ainal Haque BJP Dhananjoy Mondal
69 Bharatpur INC Daliya Begum RSP Id Mohammad BJP Madhusudan Saha
70 Rejinagar INC Humayun Kabir RSP Sirajul Islam Mondal BJP Arabindu Biswas
71 Beldanga INC Safiujjaman Seikh RSP Md. Refatullah BJP Alok Ghosh
72 Baharampur INC Manoj Chakraborty RSP Tarit Kumar Brahmachari BJP Debasis Sarkar
73 Hariharpara AITC Niamot Sheikh CPI(M) Insar Ali Biswas BJP Bishnu Charan Sikdar
74 Naoda INC Abu Taher Khan RSP Jayanta Kumar Biswas BJP Biplab Mondal
75 Domkal INC Soumik Hossain CPI(M) Anisur Rahaman BJP Santosh Mondal
76 Jalangi AITC Idris Ali CPI(M) Abdur Razzak BJP Naba Kumar Sarkar
Nadia 77 Karimpur AITC Dr. Ramendra Nath Sarkar CPI(M) Samarendranath Ghosh BJP Indrajit Mondal
78 Tehatta AITC Gouri Sankar Dutta CPI(M) Ranjit Kumar Mandal BJP Ashutosh Paul
79 Palashipara AITC Manik Bhattacharjee CPI(M) S. M. Sadi BJP Arjun Kumar Biswas
80 Kaliganj AITC Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal) RSP Sankar Sarkar BJP Mahadeb Ghosh
81 Nakashipara AITC Kollol Khan CPI(M) Gayatri Sardar BJP Sushil Barman
82 Chapra AITC Rukbanur Rahman CPI(M) Shamsul Islam Mollah BJP Baidyanath Biswas
83 Krishnanagar Uttar AITC Abani Mohan Joardar CPI(M) Ghosh Subinay BJP Ramen Biswas
84 Nabadwip AITC Pundarikakshya Saha CPI(M) Biswas Sumit BJP Pinki Agarwal
85 Krishnanagar Dakshin AITC Ujjal Biswas CPI(M) Biswas Rama BJP Mahadev Sarkar
86 Santipur INC Ajoy Dey RCPI Iyar Mallik BJP Kanoj Biswas
87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim AITC Partha Sarathi Chatterjee (Babu) CPI(M) Bhattacharya Mina BJP Megh Lal Karmaker
88 Krishnaganj AITC Sushil Biswas CPI(M) Barun Biswas BJP Bipul Chandra Sen
89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba AITC Samir Kumar Poddar CPI(M) Archana Biswas BJP Basudeb Majumdar
90 Ranaghat Dakshin AITC Abir Ranjan Biswas CPI(M) Aloke Kumar Das BJP Benoy Bhusan Roy
91 Chakdaha AITC Naresh Chandra Chaki CPI(M) Biswanath Gupta BJP Biswajit Ghosh
92 Kalyani AITC Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas CPI(M) Jyotsna Sarkar (Sikder) BJP Dipali Bharati
93 Haringhata AITC Nilima Nag (Mallick) CPI(M) Biswajit Paul BJP Binay Krishna Biswas
North 24 Parganas 94 Bagdah AITC Upendra Nath Biswas AIFB Mrinal Kanti Sikdar BJP Arabinda Biswas
95 Bongaon Uttar AITC Biswajit Das CPI(M) Dr. Biswajit Kumar Biswas BJP Hari Chand Biswas
96 Bongaon Dakshin AITC Surajit Kumar Biswas CPI(M) Anuj Baran Sarkar BJP Arun Halder
97 Gaighata AITC Manjul Krishna Thakur CPI Manoj Kanti Biswas BJP Sukha Ranjan Bepari
98 Swarupnagar AITC Bina Mondal CPI(M) Siva Pada Das BJP Rakhal Halder
99 Baduria INC Abdul Gaffar Quazi CPI(M) Md. Shelim Gain BJP Sukumar Dey
100 Habra AITC Jyoti Priya Mallick CPI(M) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya BJP Utpal Kumar Paul
101 Ashoknagar AITC Dhiman Roy CPI(M) Satyasebi Kar BJP Gopal Nandi
102 Amdanga AITC Rafiqur Rahaman CPI(M) Abdus Sattar BJP Joydev Ghosh
103 Bijpur AITC Subhranshu Roy CPI(M) Dr. Nirjharini Chakraborty BJP Kamala Kant Choudhury
104 Naihati AITC Partha Bhowmick CPI(M) Ranjit Kundu BJP Biswajit Sur
105 Bhatpara AITC Arjun Singh CPI(M) Nepaldeb Bhattacharyya BJP Pradyot Kumar Chowdhury
106 Jagatdal AITC Parash Dutta AIFB Haripada Biswas BJP Dilip Mitra
107 Noapara AITC Manju Basu CPI(M) Kusadhwaj Ghosh BJP Swapan Halder
108 Barrackpur AITC Silbhadra Datta CPI(M) Dr. Madhusudan Samanta BJP Sambhu Nath Gupta
109 Khardaha AITC Amit Mitra CPI(M) Asim Kumar Dasgupta BJP Anadi Biswas
110 Dum Dum Uttar AITC Chandrima Bhattacharya CPI(M) Rekha Goswami BJP Chandan Roy
111 Panihati AITC Nirmal Ghosh CPI(M) Ahibhusan (Dulal) Chakraborty BJP Kishor Kumar Shaw
112 Kamarhati AITC Madan Mitra CPI(M) Manash Mukherjee BJP Shikha Sarkar
113 Baranagar AITC Tapas Roy RSP Sukumar Ghosh BJP Bijay Shankar Agarwal
114 Dum Dum AITC Bratya Basu CPI(M) Gautam Deb BJP Anjana Chaturvedi
115 Rajarhat New Town AITC Sabyasachi Dutta CPI(M) Tapash Chatterjee BJP Priyalal Dutta
116 Bidhannagar AITC Sujit Bose CPI(M) Palash Das BJP Ashoke Sarkar
117 Rajarhat Gopalpur AITC Purnendu Basu CPI(M) Rabindra Nath Mandal BJP Manoranjan Das
118 Madhyamgram AITC Rathin Ghosh AIFB Ranjit Chowdhury BJP Bijoy Banerjee
119 Barasat AITC Chiranjeet Chakrabarti AIFB Sanjib Chattopadhaya BJP Tuhin Kumar Mondal
120 Deganga AITC Dr. M. Nuruzzaman AIFB Dr. Mortoza Hossain BJP Tarun Kanti Ghosh
121 Haroa AITC Julfikar Molla CPI(M) Imtiaz Hossain BJP Subodh Kumar Chakraborty
122 Minakhan AITC Usha Rani Mondal CPI(M) Dilip Roy BJP Bhabesh Patra
123 Sandeshkhali AITC Srimati Padma Mahato CPI(M) Nirapada Sardar BJP Sukumar Sardar
124 Basirhat Dakshin AITC Narayan Goswami CPI(M) Narayan Mukherjee BJP Hajari Lal Sarkar
125 Basirhat Uttar AITC Sardar Amjad Ali CPI(M) Mostafa Bin Quasem BJP Soumen Mandal
126 Hingalganj AITC Debes Mandal CPI Anandamay Mandal BJP Rati Kanta Bauliya
South 24 Parganas 127 Gosaba AITC Jayanta Naskar RSP Samarendra Nath Mondal BJP Sukumar Mondal
128 Basanti INC Arnab Ray RSP Subhas Naskar BJP Amal Kanti Ray
129 Kultali INC Sujit Patwari CPI(M) Ramsankar Halder BJP Nilkantha Mondal
130 Patharpratima AITC Samir Kumar Jana CPI(M) Jajneswar Das BJP Mantu Ram Gayen
131 Kakdwip AITC Manturam Pakhira CPI(M) Milan Bhattacharyya BJP Nirmal Kumar Das
132 Sagar AITC Bankim Chandra Hazra CPI(M) Milan Parua BJP Bimal Maity
133 Kulpi AITC Jogoranjan Halder CPI(M) Sakuntala Paik BJP Swapan Halder
134 Raidighi AITC Debasree Roy CPI(M) Kanti Ganguly BJP Dwijendranath Haldar
135 Mandirbazar AITC Joydeb Halder CPI(M) Dr. Sarat Chandra Halder BJP Goutam Naskar
136 Jaynagar INC Manoranjan Halder CPI(M) Shyamali Halder BJP Utpal Kumar Mandal
137 Baruipur Purba AITC Nirmal Chandra Mandal CPI(M) Bimal Mistry BJP Tapas Naskar
138 Canning Paschim AITC Shyamal Mondal CPI(M) Jaydeb Purkait BJP Manojit Mondal
139 Canning Purba INC Ibrahim Molya CPI(M) Abdur Razzak Molla BJP Ghanashyam Mondal
140 Baruipur Paschim AITC Biman Banerjee CPI(M) Kanak Kanti Paria BJP Raneswar Das
141 Magrahat Purba AITC Namita Saha CPI(M) Chandan Saha BJP Ratan Kumar Sardar
142 Magrahat Paschim AITC Giasuddin Molla CPI(M) Dr. Abul Hasnat BJP Subhas Mondal
143 Diamond Harbour AITC Dipak Kumar Halder CPI(M) Subhra Sau BJP Krishna Baidya
144 Falta AITC Tamonash Ghosh CPI(M) Ardhendu Sekhar Bindu BJP Ajit Kumar Haldar
145 Satgachia AITC Sonali Guha (Bose) CPI(M) Barun Naskar BJP Subrata Samanta
146 Bishnupur (SC) AITC Dilip Mondal CPI(M) Sudhin Sinha BJP Sekhar Naskar
147 Sonarpur Dakshin AITC Jiban Mukhopadhyay CPI Tarit Chakraborty (Saheb) BJP Hasi Singha Roy
148 Bhangore AITC Arabul Islam CPI(M) Badal Jamadar BJP Madhusudan Sanpui
149 Kasba AITC Ahmed Javed Khan CPI(M) Shatarup Ghosh BJP Bikash Debnath
150 Jadavpur AITC Manish Gupta CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee BJP Dhononjoy Mukherjee
151 Sonarpur Uttar AITC Firdousi Begum CPI(M) Shyamal Naskar BJP Debasish Purkait
152 Tollygunj AITC Aroop Biswas CPI(M) Partha Pratim Biswas BJP Bibekananda Singha Ray
153 Behala Purba AITC Sovan Chatterjee CPI(M) Kumkum Chakraborti BJP A. Biswajit Naidu
154 Behala Paschim AITC Partha Chatterjee CPI(M) Anupam Debsarkar BJP Amalendu Roychowdhury
155 Maheshtala AITC Kasturi Das CPI(M) Sk. Md. Israil BJP Sisir Kumar Mukhapadhyay
156 Budge Budge AITC Ashok Kumar Deb CPI(M) Hrishikesh Podder BJP Ariful Islam
157 Metiaburuz AITC Mamtaj Begam CPI(M) Badruddoza Molla BJP Md. Sajjad
Kolkata 158 Kolkata Port AITC Firhad Hakim AIFB Moinuddin Shams BJP Raj Kumari Shaw
159 Bhabanipur AITC Subrata Bakshi CPI(M) Narayan Prasad Jain BJP Ram Chandra Jaiswal
160 Rashbehari AITC Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay CPI(M) Shantanu Basu BJP Jiban Kumar Sen
161 Ballygunge AITC Subrata Mukherjee CPI(M) Dr. Fuad Halim BJP Shatorupa
162 Chowrangee AITC Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra) RJD Bimal Singh BJP Shahnawaz Ahmed
163 Entally AITC Swarna Kamal Saha CPI(M) Debesh Das BJP Sudhir Kumar Pandey
164 Beleghata AITC Paresh Paul CPI(M) Anadi Kumar Sahu BJP Arun Shaw
165 Jorasanko AITC Smita Bakshi CPI(M) Janki Singh BJP Mina Devi Purohit
166 Shyampukur AITC Dr. Shashi Panja AIFB Jiban Prakash Saha BJP Ganesh Kumar Dhanania
167 Maniktala AITC Sadhan Pande CPI(M) Rupa Bagchi BJP Nandalal Singhania
168 Kashipur-Belgachia AITC Mala Saha CPI(M) Kaninika Ghosh (Bose) BJP Aditya Tandon
Howrah 169 Bally AITC Sultan Singh CPI(M) Kanika Ganguly BJP Bharat Bhushan Ojha
170 Howrah Uttar AITC Asok Ghosh CPI(M) Nimai Samanta BJP Umesh Rai
171 Howrah Madhya AITC Arup Roy (Apu) CPI(M) Arup Ray (Tukun) BJP Mousumi Biswas
172 Shibpur AITC Jatu Lahiri AIFB Jagannath Bhattacharyya BJP Prabir Ray
173 Howrah Dakshin AITC Brajamohan Majumder CPI(M) Krishna Kisor Ray (K.K. Ray) BJP Pramila Singh
174 Sankrail AITC Sital Kumar Sardar CPI(M) Dr. Anirban Hazra BJP Jnan Prakash Ray
175 Panchla AITC Gulsan Mullick AIFB Doli Roy BJP Shyamal Kumar Adak
176 Uluberia Purba AITC Haider Aziz Safwi CPI(M) Mohan Mondal BJP Papiya Mondal
177 Uluberia Uttar AITC Dr. Nirmal Maji CPI(M) Ghuku Bhim BJP Archana Ray
178 Uluberia Dakshin AITC Pulak Roy AIFB Ahmed Kutubuddin Sk. BJP Goutam Mukherjee
179 Shyampur AITC Kalipada Mandal AIFB Minati Pramanik BJP Gour Mohan Das
180 Bagnan AITC Arunava Sen (Raja) CPI(M) Akkel Ali Khan BJP Tapan Kumar Mondal
181 Amta INC Asit Mitra CPI(M) Rabindranath Mitra BJP Sanat Hajra
182 Udaynarayanpur AITC Samir Kumar Panja CPI(M) Chandralekha Bag BJP Tapan Dhara
183 Jagatballavpur AITC Abul Kasem Molla CPI(M) Kazi Jafar Ahmed BJP Baij Nath Sha
184 Domjur AITC Rajib Banerjee CPI(M) Mohanta Chatterjee BJP Parthasarathi Baksi
Hooghly 185 Uttarpara AITC Anup Ghosal CPI(M) Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj BJP Pranab Chakraborty
186 Sreerampur AITC Dr. Sudipto Roy CPI Partha Sarathi Rej BJP Vidya Sagar Pandey
187 Champdani AITC Muzaffar Khan CPI(M) Jibesh Chakraborty BJP Durga Verma
188 Singur AITC Rabindranath Bhattacharya CPI(M) Dr. Asit Das BJP Patra Souren
189 Chandannagore AITC Ashok Kumar Shaw CPI(M) Siba Prosad Bandyopadhyay BJP Satya Bhusan Pathak
190 Chunchura AITC Asit Mazumder (Tapan) AIFB Naren Dey BJP Champa Chakraborty
191 Balagarh AITC Asim Kumar Majhi CPI(M) Bhuban Pramanick BJP Bangshi Rauth
192 Pandua AITC Nargis Begum CPI(M) Amjad Hossain Sk. BJP Debaprasad Chakrabortty (Dabuda)
193 Saptagram AITC Tapan Dasgupta CPI(M) Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay BJP Kartick Chandra Paul
194 Chanditala AITC Swati Khandoker CPI(M) Azim Ali Md Sk BJP Sudipta Chattopadhyay
195 Jangipara AITC Snehasis Chakraborty CPI(M) Sudarsan Raychaudhuri BJP Prosenjit Bag
196 Haripal AITC Becharam Manna CPI(M) Bharati Mukherjee BJP Partha Sarathi Banerjee
197 Dhanekhali AITC Asima Patra AIFB Shrabani Sarkar BJP Kripasindhu Roy
198 Tarakeswar AITC Rachhpal Singh CPI(M) Pratim Chatterjee BJP Ganesh Chakraborty
199 Pursurah AITC Parvez Rahman CPI(M) Saumendranath Bera BJP Sukumar Dhara
200 Arambag AITC Krishna Chandra Santra CPI(M) Asit Kumar Malik BJP Sukumar Santra
201 Goghat INC Debasish Medda AIFB Karak Biswanath BJP Sukumar Bag
202 Khanakul AITC Iqbal Ahmed CPI(M) Subhra Parui BJP Arabinda Maity
Purba Medinipur 203 Tamluk AITC Saumen Kumar Mahapatra CPI Jagannath Mitra BJP Malay Kumar Singha
204 Panskura Purba AITC Biplab Roy Chowdhury CPI(M) Amiya Kumar Sahoo BJP Debkumar Maiti
205 Panskura Paschim AITC Omar Ali CPI Nirmal Kumar Bera BJP Narayankinkar Misra
206 Moyna AITC Bhushan Chandra Dolai CPI(M) Sk. Mujibur Rahaman BJP Asit Pattanayak
207 Nandakumar AITC Sukumar De SP Brahmamay Nanda BJP Adhikary Nilanjan
208 Mahisadal AITC Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar CPI(M) Tamalika Ponda Seth BJP Prasenjit Samanta (Nathuda)
209 Haldia AITC Seuli Saha CPI(M) Nityananda Bera BJP Kalipada Das
210 Nandigram AITC Phiroja Bibi CPI Paramananda Bharati BJP Kumar Bijan Das
211 Chandipur AITC Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu) CPI(M) Bidyut Guchhait BJP Chanchal Kumar Maiti
212 Patashpur AITC Jyotirmoy Kar CPI Makhan Lal Nayak BJP Ashish Das
213 Kanthi Uttar AITC Banasri Maity CPI(M) Chakradhar Maikap BJP Gourhari Jana
214 Bhagabanpur AITC Ardhendu Maity SP Ranajit Manna BJP Sadananda De
215 Khejuri AITC Ranajit Mondal SP Asim Kumar Mandal BJP Kalipada Mandal
216 Kanthi Dakshin AITC Dibyendu Adhikari CPI Uttam Pradhan BJP Kamalesh Mishra
217 Ramnagar AITC Akhil Giri CPI(M) Swadesh Ranjan Nayak BJP Satyaranjan Das
218 Egra AITC Das Samares DSP(PC) Hrishikesh Paria BJP Minati Sur
Paschim Medinipur 219 Dantan AITC Shaibal Giri CPI Arun Mohapatra BJP Shailendra Jana
Jhargram 220 Nayagram AITC Dulal Murmu CPI(M) Bhutnath Saren BJP Chitta Ranjan Hembram
221 Gopiballavpur AITC Chudamani Mahato CPI(M) Rabi Lal Maitra BJP Sanjit Mahata
222 Jhargram AITC Sukumar Hansda CPI(M) Amar Basu BJP Bijay Mahato
Paschim Medinipur 223 Keshiary AITC Shyam Charan Mandi CPI(M) Biram Mandi BJP Dilip Routh
224 Kharagpur Sadar INC Gyan Singh Sohanpal CPI(M) Anil Kumar Das BJP Prem Chandra Jha
225 Narayangarh AITC Atta Surja Kanta CPI(M) Surjya Kanta Mishra BJP Krishna Prasad Roy
226 Sabang INC Manas Ranjan Bhunia CPI(M) Rampada Sahoo BJP Sabyasachi Sahu
227 Pingla AITC Ajit Maity DSP(PC) Prabodh Chandra Sinha BJP Sambhunath Hansda
228 Kharagpur AITC Bilkis Khanam CPI(M) Haque Nazmul BJP Prabir Kumar Sahu
229 Debra AITC Radhakanta Maiti CPI(M) Sk. Sorab Hossein BJP Dilip Kumar Roy
230 Daspur AITC Ajit Bhunia CPI(M) Sunil Adhikari BJP Sujit Pain
231 Ghatal AITC Shankar Dolai CPI(M) Chhabi Pakhira BJP Ashok Malik
232 Chandrakona AITC Sibaram Das CPI(M) Chhaya Dolai BJP Bapi Dera
233 Garbeta INC Hema Choubey CPI(M) Ghosh Susanta BJP Tarak Nath Gan
234 Salboni AITC Srikanta Mahata CPI(M) Abhiram Mahata BJP Dhiman Kumar Kolay
235 Keshpur INC Rajani Kanta Doloi CPI(M) Rameswar Doloi BJP Dipak Patra
236 Medinipur AITC Mrigendra Nath Maiti CPI Santosh Rana BJP Subhajit Roy
Jhargram 237 Binpur JKP(N) Chunibala Hansda CPI(M) Dibakar Hansda BJP Panchanan Hansda
Purulia 238 Bandwan INC Sital Chandra Hembram CPI(M) Besra Susanta BJP Manika Murmu
239 Balarampur AITC Shantiram Mahato CPI(M) Gope Manindra BJP Batulal Mahato
240 Baghmundi INC Nepal Mahata AIFB Mangal Mahato AJSU Rakesh Mahato
241 Joypur AITC Kirton Chandra Mahato AIFB Dhirendra Nath Mahato BJP Shripati Mahato
242 Purulia AITC K. P. Singh Deo CPI(M) Kaushik Mazumdar BJP Panch Kari Mukherjee
243 Manbazar AITC Sandhyarani Tudu CPI(M) Himani Hansda BJP Gouri Sardar
244 Kashipur AITC Swapan Kumar Belthariya CPI(M) Subhas Chandra Mahata BJP Prasanta Singh Deo
245 Para INC Umapada Bauri CPI(M) Dipak Bauri BJP Bauri Swapan
246 Raghunathpur (SC) AITC Purna Chandra Bauri CPI(M) Dipali Bauri BJP Subhas Chandra Mondal
Bankura 247 Saltora AITC Swapan Bouri CPI(M) Sasthi Charan Bauri BJP Mangal Chandra Mondal
248 Chhatna AITC Subhasis Batabyal RSP Anath Bandhu Mondal BJP Rabindranath Mandal
249 Ranibundh AITC Falguni Hembram CPI(M) Debalina Hembram BJP Lakshmi Kanta Sardar
250 Raipur (ST) AITC Pramila Murmu CPI(M) Upen Kisku BJP Pelaram Murmu
251 Taldangra INC Arun Kumar Pathak CPI(M) Manoranjan Patra BJP Milan Singhamahapatra
252 Bankura AITC Kashinath Mishra CPI(M) Pratip Mukherjee BJP Anil Ghosh
253 Barjora AITC Asutosh Mukherjee CPI(M) Susmita Biswas BJP Sanjoy Pal
254 Onda AITC Arup Kumar Khan AIFB Tarapada Chakrabarti BJP Amar Nath Sakha
255 Bishnupur AITC Shyama Prasad Mukherjee CPI(M) Ghosh Swapan BJP Pankaj Dhar
256 Katulpur INC Khan Saumitra CPI(M) Purnima Bagdi BJP Kotal Tarun
257 Indus AITC Gurupada Mete CPI(M) Santanu Kumar Bora BJP Srikanta Bagdi
258 Sonamukhi AITC Dipali Saha CPI(M) Chongre Manoranjan BJP Madhab Bagdi
Purba Bardhaman 259 Khandaghosh AITC Alok Kumar Majhi CPI(M) Nabin Chandra Bag BJP Krishna Das Singha
260 Bardhaman Dakshin AITC Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay CPI(M) Nirupam Sen BJP Sandip Nandi
261 Raina AITC Nepal Ghorui CPI(M) Khan Basudeb BJP Pandit Krishna Chandra
262 Jamalpur (SC) AITC Ujjal Pramanick CPI(M) Samar Hazra BJP Subrata Malik
263 Monteswar AITC Abu Ayesh Mondal CPI(M) Chowdhury Md Hedayatullah BJP Sakshi Gopal Ghosh
264 Kalna AITC Kundu Biswajit CPI(M) Sukul Chandra Sikdar BJP Dilip Mondal
265 Memari AITC Abul Hasem Mondal CPI(M) Debashis Ghosh BJP Biswajit Poddar
266 Bardhaman Uttar AITC Nisith Kumar Malik CPI(M) Aparna Saha BJP Sunil Sen
267 Bhatar AITC Banamali Hazra CPI(M) Konar Srijit BJP Konyar Dhatripada
268 Purbasthali Dakshin AITC Swapan Debnath CPI(M) Aleya Begam Sekh BJP Mahadeb Basak
269 Purbasthali Uttar AITC Tapan Chatterjee CPI(M) Pradip Kumar Saha BJP Swapan Bhattacharya
270 Katwa INC Rabindranath Chatterjee CPI(M) Sudipta Bagchi BJP Anil Dutta
271 Ketugram AITC Sekh Sahonawez CPI(M) Abul Kadar Syed BJP Debabrata Basu
272 Mangalkot AITC Apurba Chaudhuri CPI(M) Sahajahan Choudhury BJP Aloke Taranga Goswami
273 Ausgram INC Chanchal Kumar Mondal CPI(M) Basudev Mete BJP Santi Karmakar
274 Galsi AITC Joydeb Saha AIFB Sunil Kumar Mondal BJP Tapan Bagdi
Paschim Bardhaman 275 Pandabeswar AITC Zahir Alam CPI(M) Gauranga Chatterjee BJP Ashish Garai
276 Durgapur Purba AITC Dr. Nikhil Kumar Banerjee CPI(M) Alpana Chowdhury BJP Lakshman Ghorui
277 Durgapur Paschim AITC Apurba Mukherjee CPI(M) Biprendu Chakraborty BJP Kalyan Dubey
278 Raniganj AITC Ali Sohrab CPI(M) Runu Dutta BJP Shobhapati Singh
279 Jamuria AITC Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee CPI(M) Jahanara Khan BJP Pramod Pathak
280 Asansol Dakshin AITC Tapas Banerjee CPI(M) Ashok Kumar Mukherjee BJP Pawan Kumar Singh
281 Asansol Uttar AITC Ghatak Moloy CPI(M) Ranu Roychowdhury BJP Madan Mohan Choubey
282 Kulti AITC Ujjal Chatterjee AIFB Acharya Maniklal BJP Vivekananda Bhattacharjee
283 Barbani AITC Bidhan Upadhyay CPI(M) Abhas Raychaudhuri BJP Biswanath Roy
Birbhum 284 Dubrajpur AITC Santoshi Saha AIFB Bijoy Bagdi BJP Paltu Pada Dhibar
285 Suri AITC Swapan Kanti Ghosh CPI(M) Abdul Gaffar BJP Partha De
286 Bolpur AITC Chandra Nath Sinha RSP Tapan Hore BJP Ghosh Dilip
287 Nanoor AITC Gadadhar Hazra CPI(M) Shyamali Pradhan BJP Rajkumar Fulmali
288 Labhpur AITC Islam Monirul CPI(M) Nabanita Mukherjee BJP Kashi Nath Mishra
289 Sainthia AITC Parikshit Bala CPI(M) Dhiren Bagdi BJP Shibnath Saha
290 Mayureswar AITC Jatil Mondal CPI(M) Asok Ray BJP Dudh Kumar Mondal
291 Rampurhat AITC Asish Banerjee AIFB Rebati Bhattacharya BJP Subhasis Choudhury (Khokon)
292 Hansan INC Asit Mal RCPI Kamal Hasan BJP Ruparani Mondal
293 Nalhati INC Abhijit Mukherjee AIFB Dipak Chatterjee BJP Anil Singha
294 Murarai AITC Nure Alam Chowdhury CPI(M) Elahi Kamre Dr BJP Sudhir Ranjan Das Goswami

Campaign

Mamata Banerjee ended her campaign on 9 May in the constituency of the incumbent CM Bhattacharjee in Jadavpur a day after Bhattacharjee appealed to the electorate there to return him to power. Before campaigning ended at 17:00, she appealed to the electorate to "Help me bring about change."[14] The Trinamool Congress heavily campaigned for Paribartan ('change' in Bengali) under its slogan Badla noy Badal chai ('We don't want revenge, we want change' in Bengali), referring the political violence unleashed by the CPI(M) in Singur, Nandigram & Netai.

Land reform

Following the general election, with the TMC being an important part of the central government's coalition, the central government eased its controversial land acquisition policy for Special Economic Zones. Part of the proposal was that the government would not get involved in land acquisition for private organizations. One official from the central ruling coalition was quoted as saying that "There is a tacit understanding between these two critical allies that there will be no decision on the Land Acquisition Bill until the results of West Bengal state elections are clear."[15] The issue of land acquisition for development also created a battle zone like situation in the villages between armed cadres of the ruling CPM and the Maoists.[16] as seen in the 2006 Singur anti-land acquisition movement & 2007 Nandigram anti-land acquisition movement.

Gorkhaland

During the general election the issue of the founding of Gorkhaland as separate from West Bengal gained prominence along with the victory of Jaswant Singh from Darjeeling for the Bharatiya Janata Party, and supported by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (which advocates the creation of a separate Gorkhaland for ethnic Nepalis as opposed to ethnic Bengalis).

Since the election the issue again cropped up as demands for a separate Telangana being bifurcated from Andhra Pradesh grew.[17][18] During this election CM Bhattacharjee said that Gorkhaland should not be separated but instead an additional development of the region should occur. He said in Lichupokhri that those advocating the separation should "stop your movement for a Gorkhaland. It will never be fulfilled. Concentrate on the all-round development of Darjeeling as it is the only solution to the issue."[19]

Election

On 17 April, the Election Commission of India issued an appeal for all registered voters to turn out for their respective electoral dates.[20]

A female voter casting her vote at a polling station, in Abadanga, Birbhum district, during the Assembly Election in West Bengal on April 23, 2011
A Polling Officer checking the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM's) and other necessary inputs required in the West Bengal Assembly Election, before the distribution of machines, at Bolpur Govt. High School on April 22, 2011

During the first phase, the Indian border with Bangladesh at the Maldaha constituency was sealed from 16 April, two days before the election, to "prevent miscreants from causing trouble." One-hundred and twelve companies of central paramilitary forces were delegated to man 260 voting booths, 150 of which were decreed to be "sensitive." The district magistrate Rajesh Kumar Sinha also said that 50 booths would be put under round-the-clock online surveillance.[21]

Seven Bengali film stars and theatre personalities[who?] won seats with the TMC ticket.[9]

Exit polls

Party Seats Contested Star News-Nielsen CNN-IBN-Week
AITC & INC Alliance 294 225 222-234
Left Front 294 34 60-72
Bharatiya Janata Party 294 2 2
Independent/Others - 33 10-2
Total 294
Source: a

Results

Party/Alliance wise

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
UPA AITC 1,85,47,678 38.93 Increase 12.29 226 184 Increase 154
INC 43,30,580 9.09 Decrease 5.62 66 42 Increase 21
JKP(N) 53,118 0.11 Decrease 0.15 1 0 Decrease 1
NCP 13,093 0.03 Decrease 0.16 1 0 Steady
Total 2,29,44,469 48.16 Steady 294 226 Steady
LF CPI(M) 1,43,30,061 30.08 Decrease 7.05 213 40 Decrease 136
AIFB 22,85,829 4.80 Decrease 0.86 34 11 Decrease 12
RSP 14,11,254 2.96 Decrease 0.75 23 7 Decrease 13
CPI 8,76,576 1.84 Decrease 0.07 14 2 Decrease 6
SP 3,54,788 0.74 Increase 0.56 5 1 Increase 1
DSP 1,67,963 0.35 Decrease 0.01 2 1 Steady
RCPI 1,07,662 0.23 New entry 2 0 Steady
RJD 21,711 0.05 Decrease 0.03 1 0 Decrease 1
Total 1,95,55,844 41.05 294 62
NDA BJP 19,34,650 4.06 Increase 2.13 288 + 1 0 Steady
GJM 3,43,931 0.72 New entry 3 3 Increase 3
AJSU 18,220 0.04 New entry 1 + 4 0 Steady
IND 67,201 0.14 Steady 2 1 Steady
Total 23,64,002 4.96 Steady 294 + 5 4 Steady
SUCI(C) 2,09,795 0.44 30 1 Increase 1
BSP 2,91,602 0.61 Decrease 0.09 150 0 Steady
JMM 2,26,047 0.47 Increase 0.29 30 0 Steady
Others 6,21,630 1.29 Steady 296 0 Steady
IND 14,24,743 2.99 Steady 399 1 Steady
Total 4,76,38,132 100% - 1792 294 -

Results by constituency

District Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
Cooch Behar 1 Mekliganj (SC) Adhikary Paresh Chandra AIFB 72,040 48.89 Jayanta Kumar Ray INC 39,408 26.74 32,632 22.15
2 Mathabhanga (SC) Binay Krishna Barman AITC 78,249 46.46 Ananta Roy CPI(M) 72,925 43.30 5,324 3.16
3 Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) Nagendra Nath Roy AIFB 84,825 45.11 Prasenjit Barman AITC 82,628 43.94 2,197 1.17
4 Cooch Behar Dakshin Akshay Thakur AIFB 72,028 47.04 Abdul Jalil Ahmed AITC 69,165 45.17 2,863 1.87
5 Sitalkuchi (SC) Hiten Barman AITC 84,651 44.22 Biswanath Pramanik CPI(M) 84,394 44.08 257 0.14
6 Sitai (SC) Keshab Ch. Ray INC 79,791 46.67 Dipak Kumar Roy AIFB 78,214 45.75 1,577 0.92
7 Dinhata Udayan Guha AIFB 93,050 50.52 Dr. Md. Fazle Haque IND 63,024 34.22 30,026 16.30
8 Natabari Rabindra Nath Ghosh AITC 81,951 47.56 Tamser Ali CPI(M) 74,386 43.17 7,565 4.39
9 Tufanganj Arghya Roy Pradhan AITC 73,721 45.02 Dhananjoy Rava CPI(M) 67,539 41.24 6,182 3.78
Alipurduar 10 Kumargram (ST) Dasrath Tirkey RSP 71,545 40.84 Joachim Baxla AITC 58,964 33.66 12,581 7.18
11 Kalchini (ST) Wilson Champramary IND 46,455 30.05 Binay Bhusan Kerketta RSP 39,210 25.37 7,245 4.68
12 Alipurduars Debaprasad Roy (Mithu) INC 79,605 46.02 Kshiti Goswami RSP 72,822 42.10 6,783 3.92
13 Falakata (SC) Anil Adhikari AITC 77,821 47.44 Rabindra Nath Barman CPI(M) 69,775 42.54 8,046 4.90
14 Madarihat (ST) Kumari Kujur RSP 42,539 31.93 Manoj Tigga BJP 34,630 26.00 7,909 5.93
Jalpaiguri 15 Dhupguri (SC) Mamata Roy CPI(M) 73,644 42.25 Mina Barman AITC 69,406 39.82 4,238 2.43
16 Maynaguri (SC) Ananta Deb Adhikari RSP 84,887 48.71 Juthika Roy Basunia AITC 68,611 39.37 16,276 9.34
17 Jalpaiguri (SC) Sukhbilas Barma INC 86,273 48.64 Gobinda Chandra Roy AIFB 75,222 42.41 11,051 6.23
18 Rajganj (SC) Khageswar Roy AITC 74,546 46.64 Amulya Kumar Roy CPI(M) 67,526 42.25 7,020 4.39
19 Dabgram-Phulbari Goutam Deb AITC 84,649 48.29 Dilip Singh CPI(M) 73,413 41.88 11,236 6.41
20 Mal (ST) Bulu Chik Baraik CPI(M) 62,037 39.69 Hiraman Oraon INC 57,821 36.99 4,216 2.70
21 Nagrakata (ST) Joseph Munda INC 46,537 30.27 Sukhmoith (Piting) Oraon CPI(M) 45,774 29.77 763 0.50
Kalimpong 22 Kalimpong Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri GJM 1,09,102 87.36 Prakash Dahal GNLF 7,427 5.95 1,01,675 81.41
Darjeeling 23 Darjeeling Trilok Kumar Dewan GJM 1,20,532 78.51 Bim Subba GNLF 13,977 9.10 1,06,555 69.41
24 Kurseong Rohit Sharma GJM 1,14,297 74.00 Pemu Chhetri GNLF 21,201 13.73 93,096 60.27
25 Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Sankar Malakar INC 74,334 45.19 Jharen Roy CPI(M) 67,501 41.04 6,833 4.15
26 Siliguri Rudra Nath Bhattacharya AITC 72,019 48.08 Asok Narayan Bhattacharya CPI(M) 67,013 44.73 5,006 3.35
27 Phansidewa (ST) Sunil Chandra Tirkey INC 61,388 42.55 Chhotan Kisku CPI(M) 59,151 41.00 2,237 1.55
Uttar Dinajpur 28 Chopra Hamidul Rahaman IND 64,289 44.62 Anwarul Haque CPI(M) 57,719 40.06 6,570 4.56
29 Islampur Abdul Karim Chowdhary AITC 49,326 41.48 Sayeda Farhat Afroz CPI(M) 38,054 32.00 11,272 9.48
30 Goalpokhar Md. Ghulam Rabbani INC 61,313 49.05 Safiur Rahaman AIFB 47,900 38.32 13,413 10.73
31 Chakulia Ali Imran Ramz AIFB 65,265 52.13 Serajul Islam INC 44,852 35.82 20,413 16.31
32 Karandighi Gokul Roy AIFB 57,023 37.99 Subhas Goswami INC 51,245 34.14 5,778 3.85
33 Hemtabad (SC) Khagendra Nath Sinha CPI(M) 71,553 45.51 Shekhar Chandra Roy AITC 35,849 22.80 35,704 22.71
34 Kaliaganj (SC) Pramatha Nath Ray INC 84,873 47.59 Nani Gopal Roy CPI(M) 77,583 43.51 7,290 4.08
35 Raiganj Mohit Sengupta INC 62,864 49.69 Kiranmay Nanda SP 57,455 45.42 5,409 4.27
36 Itahar Amal Acharjee AITC 61,707 43.95 Srikumar Mukherjee CPI 54,655 38.93 7,052 5.02
Dakshin Dinajpur 37 Kushmandi (SC) Narmada Chandra Roy RSP 66,368 47.42 Parthasarathi Sarkar INC 62,725 44.82 3,643 2.60
38 Kumarganj Begam Mahamuda AITC 62,212 46.93 Khatun Mafuja CPI(M) 57,994 43.75 4,218 3.18
39 Balurghat Chakraborty Shankar AITC 67,495 54.27 Biswanath Choudhury RSP 49,204 39.56 18,291 14.71
40 Tapan (ST) Bachchu Hansda AITC 72,643 51.61 Khara Soren RSP 53,986 38.36 18,657 13.25
41 Gangarampur (SC) Satyendra Nath Roy AITC 65,666 45.85 Nandalal Hazra CPI(M) 64,998 45.38 668 0.47
42 Harirampur Biplab Mitra AITC 65,099 47.44 Narayan Biswas CPI(M) 58,032 42.29 7,067 5.15
Malda 43 Habibpur (ST) Khagen Murmu CPI(M) 59,286 37.60 Mohan Tudu AITC 57,028 36.17 2,258 1.43
44 Gazole (SC) Sushil Chandra Ray INC 74,654 46.10 Gobinda Mandal CPI(M) 69,070 42.65 5,584 3.45
45 Chanchal Asif Mehbub INC 68,586 48.69 Anjuman Ara Begam CPI(M) 54,399 38.62 14,187 10.07
46 Harischandrapur Tajmul Hossain AIFB 62,019 46.19 Alam Mostaque INC 59,578 44.37 2,441 1.82
47 Malatipur Abdur Rahim Boxi RSP 54,794 43.44 Al-Beruni IND 48,093 38.13 6,701 5.31
48 Ratua Samar Mukherjee INC 74,936 48.34 Sailen Sarkar CPI(M) 68,075 43.92 6,861 4.42
49 Manickchak Sabitri Mitra AITC 64,641 46.20 Ratna Bhattacharya CPI(M) 58,424 41.75 6,217 4.45
50 Maldaha (SC) Bhupendra Nath Halder (Arjun) INC 68,155 46.55 Rahul Ranjan Das CPI(M) 57,400 39.21 10,755 7.34
51 Englishbazar Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury INC 89,421 51.79 Samar Roy CPI(M) 67,592 39.15 21,829 12.64
52 Mothabari Sabina Yeasmin INC 47,466 44.11 Naimuddin Sheikh CPI(M) 41,446 38.52 6,020 5.59
53 Sujapur Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury INC 70,640 52.75 Hazi Ketabuddin CPI(M) 53,279 39.79 17,361 12.96
54 Baishnab Nagar Isha Khan Choudhury INC 62,589 43.02 Biswanath Ghosh CPI(M) 57,566 39.57 5,023 3.45
Murshidabad 55 Farakka Mainul Haque INC 52,780 38.77 Abdus Salam CPI(M) 48,041 35.29 4,739 3.48
56 Samserganj Touab Ali CPI(M) 61,138 46.43 Mousumi Begum INC 53,349 40.52 7,789 5.91
57 Suti Emani Biswas INC 73,465 48.87 Jane Alam Mian RSP 56,056 37.29 17,409 11.58
58 Jangipur Md. Sohrab INC 68,699 46.76 Purnima Bhattacharya CPI(M) 62,363 42.45 6,336 4.31
59 Raghunathganj Akhruzzaman INC 74,683 50.99 Abul Hasnat RSP 59,143 40.38 15,540 10.61
60 Sagardighi Subrata Saha AITC 54,708 38.02 Ismail Sekh CPI(M) 50,134 34.85 4,574 3.17
61 Lalgola Abu Hena INC 74,317 51.97 Md Yean Ali CPI(M) 58,133 40.65 16,184 11.32
62 Bhagabangola Chand Mohammad SP 62,862 38.63 Sagir Hossain AITC 49,528 30.43 13,334 8.20
63 Raninagar Firoza Begam INC 76,092 46.45 Mst. Maksuda Begum AIFB 75,003 45.79 1,089 0.66
64 Murshidabad Shaoni Singha Roy INC 75,441 46.03 Bivas Chakraborty AIFB 69,089 42.15 6,352 3.88
65 Nabagram (SC) Kanai Chandra Mandal CPI(M) 78,703 48.98 Probal Sarkar INC 71,147 44.27 7,556 4.71
66 Khargram (SC) Ashis Marjit INC 74,093 49.96 Goutam Mondal CPI(M) 65,123 43.91 8,970 6.05
67 Burwan (SC) Protima Rajak INC 66,304 47.09 Binoy Sarkar RSP 65,688 46.65 616 0.44
68 Kandi Apurba Sarkar (David) INC 66,513 46.10 Ainal Haque CPI 58,703 40.68 7,810 5.42
69 Bharatpur Id Mohammad RSP 70,658 47.78 Daliya Begum INC 68,729 46.48 1,929 1.30
70 Rejinagar Humayun Kabir INC 77,542 49.74 Sirajul Islam Mondal RSP 68,781 44.12 8,761 5.62
71 Beldanga Safiujjaman Seikh INC 67,888 45.32 Md. Refatullah RSP 54,005 36.05 13,883 9.27
72 Baharampur Manoj Chakraborty INC 91,578 54.90 Tarit Kumar Brahmachari RSP 48,265 28.93 43,313 25.97
73 Hariharpara Insar Ali Biswas CPI(M) 58,293 35.56 Niamot Sheikh AITC 51,935 31.68 6,358 3.88
74 Naoda Abu Taher Khan INC 80,758 51.60 Jayanta Kumar Biswas RSP 66,963 42.79 13,795 8.81
75 Domkal Anisur Rahaman CPI(M) 81,812 47.22 Soumik Hossain INC 78,737 45.45 3,075 1.77
76 Jalangi Abdur Razzak CPI(M) 85,144 49.55 Idris Ali AITC 47,283 27.52 37,861 22.03
Nadia 77 Karimpur Samarendranath Ghosh CPI(M) 82,244 46.17 Dr. Ramendra Nath Sarkar AITC 77,159 43.32 5,085 2.85
78 Tehatta Ranjit Kumar Mandal CPI(M) 75,445 42.78 Tapas Kumar Saha IND 56,248 31.90 19,197 10.88
79 Palashipara S.M. Sadi CPI(M) 73,619 46.12 Manik Bhattacharjee AITC 71,967 45.09 1,652 1.03
80 Kaliganj Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal) AITC 74,091 47.33 Sankar Sarkar RSP 56,913 36.35 17,178 10.98
81 Nakashipara Kollol Khan AITC 79,644 48.63 Gayatri Sardar CPI(M) 63,170 38.57 16,474 10.06
82 Chapra Rukbanur Rahman AITC 77,435 47.14 Shamsul Islam Mollah CPI(M) 74,802 45.54 2,633 1.60
83 Krishnanagar Uttar Abani Mohan Joardar AITC 96,677 56.69 Ghosh Subinay CPI(M) 61,567 36.10 35,110 20.59
84 Nabadwip Pundarikakshya Saha AITC 94,117 53.45 Biswas Sumit CPI(M) 71,282 40.49 22,835 12.96
85 Krishnanagar Dakshin Ujjal Biswas AITC 71,392 46.38 Biswas Rama CPI(M) 60,364 39.21 11,028 7.17
86 Santipur Ajoy Dey INC 98,902 57.77 Iyar Mallik RCPI(R) 60,744 35.48 38,158 22.29
87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Partha Sarathi Chatterjee (Babu) AITC 1,01,395 54.41 Bhattacharya Mina CPI(M) 74,051 39.74 27,344 14.67
88 Krishnaganj (SC) Sushil Biswas AITC 96,550 52.17 Barun Biswas CPI(M) 75,616 40.86 20,934 11.31
89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) Samir Kumar Poddar AITC 93,836 55.03 Archana Biswas CPI(M) 62,644 36.74 31,192 18.29
90 Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) Abir Ranjan Biswas AITC 99,432 51.23 Aloke Kumar Das CPI(M) 79,824 41.13 19,608 10.10
91 Chakdaha Naresh Chandra Chaki AITC 88,771 51.20 Biswanath Gupta CPI(M) 74,672 43.06 14,099 8.14
92 Kalyani (SC) Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas AITC 92,322 51.55 Jyotsna Sarkar (Sikder) CPI(M) 76,632 42.79 15,690 8.76
93 Haringhata (SC) Nilima Nag (Mallick) AITC 83,366 49.45 Biswajit Paul CPI(M) 70,363 41.74 13,003 7.71
North 24 Parganas 94 Bagdah (SC) Upendra Nath Biswas AITC 91,821 52.91 Mrinal Kanti Sikdar AIFB 70,865 40.84 20,956 12.07
95 Bongaon Uttar (SC) Biswajit Das AITC 89,265 54.55 Dr. Biswajit Kumar Biswas CPI(M) 65,645 40.12 23,620 14.43
96 Bongaon Dakshin (SC) Surajit Kumar Biswas AITC 87,677 53.71 Anuj Baran Sarkar CPI(M) 65,788 40.30 21,889 13.41
97 Gaighata (SC) Manjul Krishna Thakur AITC 91,487 55.58 Manoj Kanti Biswas CPI 66,040 40.12 25,447 15.46
98 Swarupnagar (SC) Bina Mondal AITC 83,641 48.94 Siva Pada Das CPI(M) 76,227 44.60 7,414 4.34
99 Baduria Abdul Gaffar Quazi INC 89,952 53.17 Md. Shelim Gain CPI(M) 66,992 39.60 22,960 13.57
100 Habra Jyoti Priya Mallick AITC 86,218 55.00 Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya CPI(M) 60,826 38.80 25,392 16.20
101 Ashoknagar Dhiman Roy AITC 94,451 55.39 Satyasebi Kar CPI(M) 66,759 39.15 27,692 16.24
102 Amdanga Rafiqur Rahaman AITC 87,162 53.79 Abdus Sattar CPI(M) 65,605 40.48 21,557 13.31
103 Bijpur Subhranshu Roy AITC 65,479 51.49 Dr. Nirjharini Chakraborty CPI(M) 52,867 41.57 12,612 9.92
104 Naihati Partha Bhowmick AITC 75,482 57.39 Ranjit Kundu CPI(M) 48,012 36.50 27,470 20.89
105 Bhatpara Arjun Singh AITC 66,938 70.94 Nepaldeb Bhattacharyya CPI(M) 22,553 23.90 44,385 47.04
106 Jagatdal Parash Dutta AITC 86,388 58.80 Haripada Biswas AIFB 50,356 34.28 36,032 24.52
107 Noapara Manju Basu AITC 1,00,369 59.03 Kusadhwaj Ghosh CPI(M) 59,221 34.83 41,148 24.20
108 Barrackpur Silbhadra Datta AITC 79,515 60.02 Dr. Madhusudan Samanta CPI(M) 43,392 32.75 36,123 27.27
109 Khardaha Amit Mitra AITC 83,608 56.49 Asim Kumar Dasgupta CPI(M) 57,454 38.82 26,154 17.67
110 Dum Dum Uttar Chandrima Bhattacharya AITC 94,676 53.43 Rekha Goswami CPI(M) 75,650 42.69 19,026 10.74
111 Panihati Nirmal Ghosh AITC 88,334 58.34 Ahibhusan (Dulal) Chakraborty CPI(M) 56,902 37.58 31,432 20.76
112 Kamarhati Madan Mitra AITC 74,112 57.96 Manash Mukherjee CPI(M) 49,758 38.91 24,354 19.05
113 Baranagar Tapas Roy AITC 89,883 60.58 Sukumar Ghosh RSP 53,055 35.76 36,828 24.82
114 Dum Dum Bratya Basu AITC 92,635 57.50 Gautam Deb CPI(M) 61,138 37.95 31,497 19.55
115 Rajarhat New Town Sabyasachi Dutta AITC 80,738 49.23 Tapash Chatterjee CPI(M) 72,991 44.50 7,747 4.73
116 Bidhannagar Sujit Bose AITC 88,642 59.53 Palash Das CPI(M) 52,717 35.40 35,925 24.13
117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Purnendu Basu AITC 89,829 59.76 Rabindra Nath Mandal CPI(M) 54,104 35.99 35,725 23.77
118 Madhyamgram Rathin Ghosh AITC 99,841 57.18 Ranjit Chowdhury AIFB 65,173 37.33 34,668 19.85
119 Barasat Chiranjeet Chakrabarti AITC 1,03,954 58.28 Sanjib Chattopadhaya AIFB 63,743 35.74 40,211 22.54
120 Deganga Dr. M. Nuruzzaman AITC 78,395 49.39 Dr. Mortoza Hossain AIFB 61,095 38.49 17,300 10.90
121 Haroa Julfikar Molla AITC 76,627 45.70 Imtiaz Hossain CPI(M) 75,503 45.03 1,124 0.67
122 Minakhan (SC) Usha Rani Mondal AITC 73,533 48.66 Dilip Roy CPI(M) 66,397 43.94 7,136 4.72
123 Sandeshkhali (ST) Nirapada Sardar CPI(M) 66,815 43.21 Srimati Padma Mahato AITC 62,583 40.47 4,232 2.74
124 Basirhat Dakshin Narayan Mukherjee CPI(M) 66,914 35.94 Narayan Goswami AITC 54,514 29.28 12,400 6.66
125 Basirhat Uttar Mostafa Bin Quasem CPI(M) 75,575 45.19 Sardar Amjad Ali AITC 71,632 42.83 3,943 2.36
126 Hingalganj (SC) Anandamay Mandal CPI 72,741 45.75 Debes Mandal AITC 71,726 45.11 1,015 0.64
South 24 Parganas 127 Gosaba (SC) Jayanta Naskar AITC 78,840 51.00 Samarendra Nath Mondal RSP 68,158 44.09 10,682 6.91
128 Basanti (SC) Subhas Naskar RSP 72,871 49.07 Arnab Ray INC 66,636 44.87 6,235 4.20
129 Kultali (SC) Ramsankar Halder CPI(M) 81,297 48.60 Joy Krishna Halder SUCI 76,484 45.73 4,813 2.87
130 Patharpratima Samir Kumar Jana AITC 95,422 52.39 Jajneswar Das CPI(M) 80,649 44.28 14,773 8.11
131 Kakdwip Manturam Pakhira AITC 84,483 51.46 Milan Bhattacharyya CPI(M) 73,980 45.07 10,503 6.39
132 Sagar Bankim Chandra Hazra AITC 94,264 50.39 Milan Parua CPI(M) 86,115 46.03 8,149 4.36
133 Kulpi Jogoranjan Halder AITC 76,693 53.75 Sakuntala Paik CPI(M) 58,414 40.94 18,279 12.81
134 Raidighi Debasree Roy AITC 93,236 49.76 Kanti Ganguly CPI(M) 87,683 46.80 5,553 2.96
135 Mandirbazar (SC) Joydeb Halder AITC 83,524 53.65 Dr. Sarat Chandra Halder CPI(M) 64,883 41.68 18,641 11.97
136 Joynagar (SC) Tarun Kanti Naskar SUCI 71,566 49.38 Shyamali Halder CPI(M) 44,976 31.03 26,590 18.35
137 Baruipur Purba (SC) Nirmal Chandra Mandal AITC 83,636 52.19 Bimal Mistry CPI(M) 65,157 40.66 18,479 11.53
138 Canning Paschim (SC) Shyamal Mondal AITC 81,736 53.35 Jaydeb Purkait CPI(M) 62,122 40.55 19,614 12.80
139 Canning Purba Abdur Razzak Molla CPI(M) 85,105 54.30 Ibrahim Molya INC 63,992 40.83 21,113 13.47
140 Baruipur Paschim Biman Banerjee AITC 88,187 57.54 Kanak Kanti Paria CPI(M) 56,299 36.74 31,888 20.80
141 Magrahat Purba (SC) Namita Saha AITC 75,217 49.68 Chandan Saha CPI(M) 66,414 43.87 8,803 5.81
142 Magrahat Paschim Giasuddin Molla AITC 66,878 47.11 Dr. Abul Hasnat CPI(M) 54,908 38.68 11,970 8.43
143 Diamond Harbour Dipak Kumar Halder AITC 87,645 53.37 Subhra Sau CPI(M) 66,871 40.72 20,774 12.65
144 Falta Tamonash Ghosh AITC 86,966 55.61 Ardhendu Sekhar Bindu CPI(M) 59,295 37.92 27,671 17.69
145 Satgachia Sonali Guha (Bose) AITC 93,902 51.18 Barun Naskar CPI(M) 75,792 41.31 18,110 9.87
146 Bishnupur (SC) Dilip Mondal AITC 95,912 53.92 Sudhin Sinha CPI(M) 70,862 39.83 25,050 14.09
147 Sonarpur Dakshin Jiban Mukhopadhyay AITC 1,00,243 59.03 Tarit Chakraborty (Saheb) CPI 62,469 36.79 37,774 22.24
148 Bhangore Badal Jamadar CPI(M) 81,965 47.33 Arabul Islam AITC 76,859 44.38 5,106 2.95
149 Kasba Ahmed Javed Khan AITC 92,460 53.81 Shatarup Ghosh CPI(M) 72,571 42.23 19,889 11.58
150 Jadavpur Manish Gupta AITC 1,03,972 52.65 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee CPI(M) 87,288 44.20 16,684 8.45
151 Sonarpur Uttar Firdousi Begum AITC 89,841 55.40 Shyamal Naskar CPI(M) 63,817 39.36 26,024 16.04
152 Tollygunj Aroop Biswas AITC 1,02,743 56.17 Partha Pratim Biswas CPI(M) 75,063 41.04 27,680 15.13
153 Behala Purba Sovan Chatterjee AITC 1,16,709 60.28 Kumkum Chakraborti CPI(M) 68,536 35.40 48,173 24.88
154 Behala Paschim Partha Chatterjee AITC 1,27,870 62.96 Anupam Debsarkar CPI(M) 68,849 33.90 59,021 29.06
155 Maheshtala Kasturi Das AITC 92,211 52.50 Sk. Md. Israil CPI(M) 67,928 38.67 24,283 13.83
156 Budge Budge Ashok Kumar Deb AITC 99,915 60.04 Hrishikesh Podder CPI(M) 53,426 32.11 46,489 27.93
157 Metiaburuz Mamtaj Begam AITC 55,003 41.56 Badruddoza Molla CPI(M) 48,409 36.58 6,594 4.98
Kolkata 158 Kolkata Port Firhad Hakim AITC 63,866 48.64 Moinuddin Shams AIFB 38,833 29.57 25,033 19.07
159 Bhabanipur Subrata Bakshi AITC 87,903 64.77 Narayan Prasad Jain CPI(M) 37,967 27.98 49,936 36.79
160 Rashbehari Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay AITC 88,892 65.55 Shantanu Basu CPI(M) 38,998 28.76 49,894 36.79
161 Ballygunge Subrata Mukherjee AITC 88,194 60.65 Dr. Fuad Halim CPI(M) 47,009 32.33 41,185 28.32
162 Chowrangee Sikha Chowdhury (Mitra) AITC 79,450 71.90 Bimal Singh RJD 21,711 19.65 57,739 52.25
163 Entally Swarna Kamal Saha AITC 75,891 56.24 Debesh Das CPI(M) 50,895 37.71 24,996 18.53
164 Beleghata Paresh Paul AITC 93,185 57.45 Anadi Kumar Sahu CPI(M) 61,497 37.92 31,688 19.53
165 Jorasanko Smita Bakshi AITC 57,970 51.11 Janki Singh CPI(M) 26,461 23.33 31,509 27.78
166 Shyampukur Dr. Shashi Panja AITC 72,904 57.97 Jiban Prakash Saha AIFB 45,868 36.47 27,036 21.50
167 Maniktala Sadhan Pande AITC 89,039 60.05 Rupa Bagchi CPI(M) 52,489 35.40 36,550 24.65
168 Kashipur-Belgachia Mala Saha AITC 87,408 61.68 Kaninika Ghosh (Bose) CPI(M) 47,124 33.25 40,284 28.43
Howrah 169 Bally Sultan Singh AITC 52,770 50.42 Kanika Ganguly CPI(M) 46,170 44.11 6,600 6.31
170 Howrah Uttar Asok Ghosh AITC 61,466 49.25 Nimai Samanta CPI(M) 41,858 33.54 19,608 15.71
171 Howrah Madhya Arup Roy (Apu) AITC 1,03,184 62.07 Arup Ray (Tukun) CPI(M) 52,514 31.59 50,670 30.48
172 Shibpur Jatu Lahiri AITC 1,00,739 61.83 Jagannath Bhattacharyya AIFB 54,335 33.35 46,404 28.48
173 Howrah Dakshin Brajamohan Majumder AITC 1,01,066 56.06 Krishna Kisor Ray (K. K. Ray) CPI(M) 69,644 38.63 31,422 17.43
174 Sankrail (SC) Sital Kumar Sardar AITC 88,029 51.21 Dr. Anirban Hazra CPI(M) 70,172 40.82 17,857 10.39
175 Panchla Gulsan Mullick AITC 76,628 45.76 Doli Roy AIFB 64,510 38.53 12,118 7.23
176 Uluberia Purba Haider Aziz Safwi AITC 68,975 46.48 Mohan Mondal CPI(M) 49,391 33.28 19,584 13.20
177 Uluberia Uttar (SC) Dr. Nirmal Maji AITC 76,469 52.45 Ghuku Bhim CPI(M) 58,021 39.79 18,448 12.66
178 Uluberia Dakshin Pulak Roy AITC 73,734 49.48 Ahmed Kutubuddin Sk. AIFB 61,902 41.54 11,832 7.94
179 Shyampur Kalipada Mandal AITC 99,501 56.64 Minati Pramanik AIFB 64,882 36.94 34,619 19.70
180 Bagnan Arunava Sen (Raja) AITC 82,730 53.55 Akkel Ali Khan CPI(M) 63,460 41.08 19,270 12.47
181 Amta Asit Mitra INC 88,264 51.82 Rabindranath Mitra CPI(M) 74,545 43.76 13,719 8.06
182 Udaynarayanpur Samir Kumar Panja AITC 91,879 55.11 Chandralekha Bag CPI(M) 67,988 40.78 23,891 14.33
183 Jagatballavpur Abul Kasem Molla AITC 1,02,580 54.19 Kazi Jafar Ahmed CPI(M) 74,800 39.51 27,780 14.68
184 Domjur Rajib Banerjee AITC 1,01,042 54.07 Mohanta Chatterjee CPI(M) 76,056 40.70 24,986 13.37
Hooghly 185 Uttarpara Anup Ghosal AITC 1,04,753 59.77 Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj CPI(M) 61,560 35.12 43,193 24.65
186 Sreerampur Dr. Sudipto Roy AITC 97,540 63.83 Partha Sarathi Rej CPI 45,849 30.00 51,691 33.83
187 Champdani Muzaffar Khan AITC 92,476 57.16 Jibesh Chakraborty CPI(M) 56,163 34.72 36,313 22.44
188 Singur Rabindranath Bhattacharya AITC 1,00,869 57.61 Dr. Asit Das CPI(M) 66,058 37.73 34,811 19.88
189 Chandannagore Ashok Kumar Shaw AITC 96,430 60.76 Siba Prosad Bandyopadhyay CPI(M) 53,391 33.64 43,039 27.12
190 Chunchura Asit Mazumder (Tapan) AITC 1,27,206 56.90 Naren Dey AIFB 82,614 36.95 44,592 19.95
191 Balagarh (SC) Asim Kumar Majhi AITC 96,254 52.35 Bhuban Pramanick CPI(M) 74,671 40.61 21,583 11.74
192 Pandua Amjad Hossain Sk. CPI(M) 84,830 46.64 Nargis Begum AITC 84,433 46.42 397 0.22
193 Saptagram Tapan Dasgupta AITC 90,289 56.51 Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay CPI(M) 59,421 37.19 30,868 19.32
194 Chanditala Swati Khandoker AITC 86,394 52.46 Azim Ali Md Sk CPI(M) 69,474 42.18 16,920 10.28
195 Jangipara Snehasis Chakraborty AITC 87,133 50.54 Sudarsan Raychaudhuri CPI(M) 74,057 42.95 13,076 7.59
196 Haripal Becharam Manna AITC 98,146 53.70 Bharati Mukherjee CPI(M) 76,073 41.62 22,073 12.08
197 Dhanekhali (SC) Asima Patra AITC 1,00,529 51.18 Shrabani Sarkar AIFB 84,252 42.89 16,277 8.29
198 Tarakeswar Rachhpal Singh AITC 97,022 55.10 Pratim Chatterjee CPI(M) 71,550 40.64 25,472 14.46
199 Pursurah Parvez Rahman AITC 1,07,794 56.26 Saumendranath Bera CPI(M) 76,104 39.72 31,690 16.54
200 Arambag (SC) Krishna Chandra Santra AITC 98,011 53.37 Asit Kumar Malik CPI(M) 78,448 42.72 19,563 10.65
201 Goghat (SC) Karak Biswanath AIFB 86,514 49.04 Debasish Medda INC 82,249 46.62 4,265 2.42
202 Khanakul Iqbal Ahmed AITC 1,02,450 55.56 Subhra Parui CPI(M) 74,571 40.44 27,879 15.12
Purba Medinipur 203 Tamluk Saumen Kumar Mahapatra AITC 99,765 52.82 Jagannath Mitra CPI 79,089 41.88 20,676 10.94
204 Panskura Purba Biplab Roy Chowdhury AITC 82,957 50.71 Amiya Kumar Sahoo CPI(M) 69,790 42.66 13,167 8.05
205 Panskura Paschim Omar Ali AITC 93,349 49.97 Nirmal Kumar Bera CPI 84,209 45.08 9,140 4.89
206 Moyna Bhushan Chandra Dolai AITC 91,038 50.95 Sk. Mujibur Rahaman CPI(M) 81,081 45.38 9,957 5.57
207 Nandakumar Sukumar De AITC 89,717 50.94 Brahmamay Nanda SP 77,850 44.20 11,867 6.74
208 Mahisadal Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar AITC 95,640 55.29 Tamalika Ponda Seth CPI(M) 67,478 39.01 28,162 16.28
209 Haldia (SC) Seuli Saha AITC 89,573 51.34 Nityananda Bera CPI(M) 77,649 44.51 11,924 6.83
210 Nandigram Phiroja Bibi AITC 1,03,300 60.17 Paramananda Bharati CPI 59,660 34.75 43,640 25.42
211 Chandipur Amiya Kanti Bhattacharjee (Kablu) AITC 88,010 50.80 Bidyut Guchhait CPI(M) 76,301 44.04 11,709 6.76
212 Patashpur Jyotirmoy Kar AITC 84,452 49.93 Makhan Lal Nayak CPI 77,802 46.00 6,650 3.93
213 Kanthi Uttar Banasri Maity AITC 91,528 49.78 Chakradhar Maikap CPI(M) 83,573 45.45 7,955 4.33
214 Bhagabanpur Ardhendu Maity AITC 93,945 51.15 Ranajit Manna SP 84,948 46.25 8,997 4.90
215 Khejuri (SC) Ranajit Mondal AITC 87,833 53.11 Asim Kumar Mandal SP 71,673 43.34 16,160 9.77
216 Kanthi Dakshin Dibyendu Adhikari AITC 86,933 57.12 Uttam Pradhan CPI 58,296 38.31 28,637 18.81
217 Ramnagar Akhil Giri AITC 93,801 52.56 Swadesh Ranjan Nayak CPI(M) 77,242 43.28 16,559 9.28
218 Egra Das Samares AITC 99,178 51.57 Hrishikesh Paria DSP(P) 83,225 43.27 15,953 8.30
Paschim Medinipur 219 Dantan Arun Mohapatra CPI 79,118 49.35 Shaibal Giri AITC 74,468 46.45 4,650 2.90
Jhargram 220 Nayagram (ST) Dulal Murmu AITC 75,656 50.34 Bhutnath Saren CPI(M) 59,382 39.51 16,274 10.83
221 Gopiballavpur Chudamani Mahato AITC 90,070 56.70 Rabi Lal Maitra CPI(M) 58,050 36.55 32,020 20.15
222 Jhargram Sukumar Hansda AITC 69,464 44.67 Amar Basu CPI(M) 54,191 34.85 15,273 9.82
Paschim Medinipur 223 Keshiary (ST) Biram Mandi CPI(M) 76,976 45.97 Shyam Charan Mandi AITC 75,939 45.35 1,037 0.62
224 Kharagpur Sadar Gyan Singh Sohanpal INC 75,425 55.06 Anil Kumar Das CPI(M) 43,056 31.43 32,369 23.63
225 Narayangarh Surjya Kanta Mishra CPI(M) 89,804 50.50 Atta Surja Kanta AITC 82,695 46.50 7,109 4.00
226 Sabang Manas Ranjan Bhunia INC 98,755 51.25 Rampada Sahoo CPI(M) 85,571 44.41 13,184 6.84
227 Pingla Prabodh Chandra Sinha DSP(P) 84,738 47.24 Ajit Maity AITC 83,504 46.56 1,234 0.68
228 Kharagpur Haque Nazmul CPI(M) 70,178 46.78 Bilkis Khanam AITC 67,674 45.11 2,504 1.67
229 Debra Radhakanta Maiti AITC 86,215 50.57 Sk. Sorab Hossein CPI(M) 77,402 45.40 8,813 5.17
230 Daspur Ajit Bhunia AITC 1,09,048 54.76 Sunil Adhikari CPI(M) 84,121 42.24 24,927 12.52
231 Ghatal (SC) Shankar Dolai AITC 1,01,355 52.24 Chhabi Pakhira CPI(M) 85,078 43.85 16,277 8.39
232 Chandrakona (SC) Chhaya Dolai CPI(M) 97,280 48.39 Sibaram Das AITC 95,984 47.75 1,296 0.64
233 Garbeta Ghosh Susanta CPI(M) 86,047 52.23 Hema Choubey INC 70,977 43.08 15,070 9.15
234 Salboni Srikanta Mahata AITC 92,082 47.54 Abhiram Mahata CPI(M) 87,727 45.29 4,355 2.25
235 Keshpur (SC) Rameswar Doloi CPI(M) 1,03,901 57.58 Rajani Kanta Doloi INC 70,059 38.82 33,842 18.76
236 Medinipur Mrigendra Nath Maiti AITC 1,03,060 54.43 Santosh Rana CPI 74,840 39.53 28,220 14.90
Jhargram 237 Binpur (ST) Dibakar Hansda CPI(M) 60,728 41.17 Chunibala Hansda JKP(N) 53,118 36.01 7,610 5.16
Purulia 238 Bandwan (ST) Besra Susanta CPI(M) 87,183 48.38 Sital Chandra Hembram INC 65,163 36.16 22,020 12.22
239 Balarampur Shantiram Mahato AITC 65,244 45.79 Gope Manindra CPI(M) 54,716 38.40 10,528 7.39
240 Baghmundi Nepal Mahata INC 77,458 49.48 Mangal Mahato AIFB 59,814 38.21 17,644 11.27
241 Joypur Dhirendra Nath Mahato AIFB 62,060 41.48 Shakti Pada Mahato IND 51,449 34.39 10,611 7.09
242 Purulia K. P. Singh Deo AITC 83,396 53.95 Kaushik Mazumdar CPI(M) 56,909 36.81 26,487 17.14
243 Manbazar (ST) Sandhyarani Tudu AITC 78,520 47.02 Himani Hansda CPI(M) 73,354 43.93 5,166 3.09
244 Kashipur Swapan Kumar Belthariya AITC 69,492 44.73 Subhas Chandra Mahata CPI(M) 65,771 42.33 3,721 2.40
245 Para (SC) Umapada Bauri INC 62,208 42.60 Dipak Bauri CPI(M) 61,622 42.20 586 0.40
246 Raghunathpur (SC) Purna Chandra Bauri AITC 78,096 48.34 Dipali Bauri CPI(M) 65,353 40.46 12,743 7.88
Bankura 247 Saltora (SC) Swapan Bouri AITC 82,597 50.60 Sasthi Charan Bauri CPI(M) 69,900 42.82 12,697 7.78
248 Chhatna Subhasis Batabyal AITC 70,340 45.58 Anath Bandhu Mondal RSP 62,576 40.55 7,764 5.03
249 Ranibundh (ST) Debalina Hembram CPI(M) 75,388 44.25 Falguni Hembram AITC 68,529 40.22 6,859 4.03
250 Raipur (ST) Upen Kisku CPI(M) 69,008 44.38 Pramila Murmu AITC 68,826 44.26 182 0.12
251 Taldangra Manoranjan Patra CPI(M) 74,779 47.59 Arun Kumar Pathak INC 67,614 43.03 7,165 4.56
252 Bankura Kashinath Mishra AITC 92,835 53.93 Pratip Mukherjee CPI(M) 63,745 37.03 29,090 16.90
253 Barjora Asutosh Mukherjee AITC 84,457 47.69 Susmita Biswas CPI(M) 75,966 42.89 8,491 4.80
254 Onda Arup Kumar Khan AITC 75,699 43.50 Tarapada Chakrabarti AIFB 75,103 43.16 596 0.34
255 Bishnupur Shyama Prasad Mukherjee AITC 77,662 50.30 Ghosh Swapan CPI(M) 67,805 43.91 9,857 6.39
256 Katulpur (SC) Khan Saumitra INC 83,355 47.40 Purnima Bagdi CPI(M) 81,922 46.59 1,433 0.81
257 Indus (SC) Gurupada Mete AITC 85,589 49.05 Santanu Kumar Bora CPI(M) 81,584 46.76 4,005 2.29
258 Sonamukhi (SC) Dipali Saha AITC 82,199 49.80 Chongre Manoranjan CPI(M) 74,910 45.38 7,289 4.42
Purba Bardhaman 259 Khandaghosh (SC) Nabin Chandra Bag CPI(M) 94,284 52.11 Alok Kumar Majhi AITC 81,137 44.85 13,147 7.26
260 Bardhaman Dakshin Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay AITC 1,07,520 57.70 Nirupam Sen CPI(M) 70,604 37.89 36,916 19.81
261 Raina (SC) Khan Basudeb CPI(M) 98,897 51.12 Nepal Ghorui AITC 86,676 44.80 12,221 6.32
262 Jamalpur (SC) Ujjal Pramanick AITC 84,434 48.73 Samar Hazra CPI(M) 81,891 47.27 2,543 1.46
263 Monteswar Chowdhury Md Hedayatullah CPI(M) 81,822 47.24 Abu Ayesh Mondal AITC 78,524 45.34 3,298 1.90
264 Kalna (SC) Kundu Biswajit AITC 85,096 49.98 Sukul Chandra Sikdar CPI(M) 72,459 42.56 12,637 7.42
265 Memari Abul Hasem Mondal AITC 89,083 48.24 Debashis Ghosh CPI(M) 85,905 46.52 3,178 1.72
266 Bardhaman Uttar (SC) Aparna Saha CPI(M) 98,182 50.87 Nisith Kumar Malik AITC 83,949 43.50 14,233 7.37
267 Bhatar Banamali Hazra AITC 83,883 47.29 Konar Srijit CPI(M) 83,585 47.12 298 0.17
268 Purbasthali Dakshin Swapan Debnath AITC 86,039 49.72 Aleya Begam Sekh CPI(M) 70,181 40.56 15,858 9.16
269 Purbasthali Uttar Tapan Chatterjee AITC 71,107 42.63 Pradip Kumar Saha CPI(M) 68,967 41.35 2,140 1.28
270 Katwa Rabindranath Chatterjee INC 97,951 52.53 Sudipta Bagchi CPI(M) 70,426 37.77 27,525 14.76
271 Ketugram Sekh Sahonawez AITC 77,323 45.70 Abul Kadar Syed CPI(M) 75,724 44.75 1,599 0.95
272 Mangalkot Sahajahan Choudhury CPI(M) 81,316 46.22 Apurba Chaudhuri AITC 81,190 46.15 126 0.07
273 Ausgram (SC) Basudev Mete CPI(M) 90,863 52.21 Chanchal Kumar Mondal INC 67,767 38.94 23,096 13.27
274 Galsi (SC) Sunil Kumar Mondal AIFB 92,126 50.59 Joydeb Saha AITC 81,272 44.63 10,854 5.96
Paschim Bardhaman 275 Pandabeswar Gauranga Chatterjee CPI(M) 67,240 49.69 Zahir Alam AITC 59,429 43.92 7,811 5.77
276 Durgapur Purba Dr. Nikhil Kumar Banerjee AITC 87,050 50.32 Alpana Chowdhury CPI(M) 78,484 45.37 8,566 4.95
277 Durgapur Paschim Apurba Mukherjee AITC 92,454 51.94 Biprendu Chakraborty CPI(M) 75,448 42.38 17,006 9.56
278 Raniganj Ali Sohrab AITC 73,810 47.83 Runu Dutta CPI(M) 72,059 46.70 1,751 1.13
279 Jamuria Jahanara Khan CPI(M) 72,411 52.82 Prabhat Kumar Chatterjee AITC 58,538 42.70 13,873 10.12
280 Asansol Dakshin Tapas Banerjee AITC 89,645 55.75 Ashok Kumar Mukherjee CPI(M) 61,104 38.00 28,541 17.75
281 Asansol Uttar Ghatak Moloy AITC 96,011 62.14 Ranu Roychowdhury CPI(M) 48,218 31.21 47,793 30.93
282 Kulti Ujjal Chatterjee AITC 77,610 56.09 Acharya Maniklal AIFB 49,044 35.45 28,566 20.64
283 Barbani Bidhan Upadhyay AITC 78,628 52.92 Abhas Raychaudhuri CPI(M) 58,051 39.07 20,577 13.85
Birbhum 284 Dubrajpur (SC) Bijoy Bagdi AIFB 75,347 47.67 Santoshi Saha AITC 72,634 45.95 2,713 1.72
285 Suri Swapan Kanti Ghosh AITC 88,244 51.57 Abdul Gaffar CPI(M) 69,127 40.40 19,117 11.17
286 Bolpur Chandra Nath Sinha AITC 89,394 50.51 Tapan Hore RSP 72,767 41.11 16,627 9.40
287 Nanoor (SC) Gadadhar Hazra AITC 91,818 49.21 Shyamali Pradhan CPI(M) 85,955 46.07 5,863 3.14
288 Labhpur Islam Monirul AITC 78,697 47.68 Nabanita Mukherjee CPI(M) 75,691 45.86 3,006 1.82
289 Sainthia (SC) Dhiren Bagdi CPI(M) 77,512 46.91 Parikshit Bala AITC 73,194 44.29 4,318 2.62
290 Mayureswar Asok Ray CPI(M) 67,478 42.31 Jatil Mondal AITC 60,958 38.23 6,520 4.08
291 Rampurhat Asish Banerjee AITC 75,066 45.80 Rebati Bhattacharya AIFB 64,828 39.55 10,238 6.25
292 Hansan Asit Mal INC 73,370 46.73 Kamal Hasan RCPI(R) 46,918 29.88 26,452 16.85
293 Nalhati Abhijit Mukherjee INC 76,047 49.03 Dipak Chatterjee AIFB 60,887 39.25 15,160 9.78
294 Murarai Nure Alam Chowdhury AITC 77,817 47.75 Elahi Kamre Dr CPI(M) 73,414 45.05 4,403 2.70

Reactions

Domestic

Mamata Banerjee's Oath of Office
Taking the Oath at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee takes the oath of office
as Chief Minister administered by Governor M. K. Narayanan on 20 May 2011.
  • TMC's Mamata Banerjee responded to her victory saying "This is a victory of democracy, victory of Maa, Maati, Manush (mother, land and people). There will be end of autocracy and atrocities." (sic)[22] She thanked the INC chief Sonia Gandhi, who sent congratulatory messages, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "The Prime Minister sent me a congratulatory message from Afghanistan for our victory. I am overwhelmed. I am grateful to him."[23] She also said that the day marked "Communism [a]s history in Bengal, we have won a decisive victory. This is a day of liberation for our people." She also added that the TMC intended to emphasize a return to "true democracy that has been undermined by the communist politics of control" and that her government would promote what she termed a more "inclusive development that benefits rural and urban poor by balancing allocations between agriculture and industry" while seeking a more "efficient" government "especially in terms of maintaining law and order in what has become a fairly violent state." She said "I will continue to live like a commoner because I don't like a luxury. The support of my people is more important. I am against the Left here but not against Leftism. I share the values of the old Left."[9]
  • West Bengal CPIM leader Biman Bose said that "We are down, but not out. We will perform our role in opposition and win back the people's trust...[as in Tripura] where the Communists messed up and people brought us back. That will happen in Bengal. They went out of power in 1988 and came back to power five years later...ruling it until now.""[9]
  • On CNN-IBN BJP leader Arun Jaitley and fellow national cabinet member Kapil Sibal congratulated Banerjee for the TMC's victory.[24]

International

  •  Bangladesh: Fellow Bengali and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered her congratulations to Banerjee. Banerjee told the press that "Sheikh Hasinaji called me and congratulated us on behalf of the people of Bangladesh. I told her our relations have been since the time of Bangabandhu (Mujibur Rahman) and told her that we will work together for betterment. I quoted from Rabindranath Tagore's ‘Amar Sonar Bangla Ami Tomay Bhalobashi’ and told her that both Bangladesh and West Bengal will flourish." (sic)[25]

Media

In the media, she was dubbed as "India's Lech Wałęsa." Editor Prabhu Chawla said that "Their (Communist) future in Indian politics is in jeopardy. This is an obsolete ideology and will not work here anymore."

Tarun Vijay, the editor of the Organiser Weekly said that "Now Indian politics at the federal level will be more bipolar - with the Congress leading one coalition and the Hindu nationalist BJP leading the other."

Al Jazeera said that the only hope for a Communist resurgence is "if Banerji, whose performance as India's railway minister has not been overly impressive, fails in her position of governance." It also said Banerjee's "austere lifestyle appears closer to the old icons of the Bengal communist movement than their successors who had become corrupted by three decades of power."

Academia

Sabyasachi Basu Roy Choudhury of the Calcutta Research Group said that the election was "the most dramatic reversal of fortunes in Bengal's history...The anti-left mass got a powerful leader in Mamata Banerjee and she started to reach out to the floating voters, issue by issue. That explains why the tide has turned against the communists...Bengal's communism was unique in that it grew among the people not through armed revolution. This was a party that grew by consensus by carrying with them all sections of the middle class, rural and urban poor - even the gentry. But somewhere down the line, the arrogance of power led them to adopt narrow, sectarian politics and that is their undoing now."

Pradip Bose said of the results reasons that: "How could a communist government ask the police to fire on peasants as they did in Nandigram to set up a chemical industry. That has eroded their support amongst the rural poor and Mamata Banerji has gained by leading campaigns against the acquisitions." But according to the latest CBI reports, the then C.M. Buddhadev Bhattacharya was awarded a clean-chit for falsely-held allegations of Nandigram police firing against him and his party. Economist Bibek Debroy said that "The Communists were functioning within the parameters of Indian democracy but they tried to create a party whereby they could control all segments of Bengali society. They are paying dearly for their obsession for control because the fiercely independent Bengali middle class would take it no more." Ranabir Sammadar said that: "Within thirteen years of breaking away from the Congress and forming her Trinmool Congress, she has marginalized the Congress in Bengal as much as the communists now. That's a major achievement." Paula Banerji said of the win that it was a "demonstration of the political power of the Bengali women. Now Banerjee has done 'a Hasina' in our state. (sic) Both the Bengals will now be ruled by women and in Bangladesh, even the main opposition leader is a woman. The communists don't have a female leader of Banerji's stature and unless they find one, they cannot take her on."[9]

Analysis

The election result was read as having a significant impact on the national political scene[26] as it effectively destroyed the importance of the CPI(M) in national politics.

The election marked the defeat of the 34-year rule of the CPI (M) government, thereby marking an end to the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government.

Bypolls (2011–2016)

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
125 25 September 2011 Basirhat Uttar Mostafa Bin Qaseem Communist Party of India (Marxist) ATM Abdullah Trinamool Congress
159 Bhabanipur Subrata Bakshi Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee
230 12 June 2012 Daspur Ajit Bhunia Mamata Bhunia
252 Bankura Kashinath Misra Minati Misra
51 23 February 2013 English Bazar Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Indian National Congress Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury
70 Rejinagar Humayun Kabir Rabiul Alam Chowdhury Indian National Congress
293 Nalhati Abhijit Mukherjee Dipak Chatterjee All India Forward Bloc
16 17 April 2014 Maynaguri Ananta Deb Adhikari Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Ananta Deb Adhikari Trinamool Congress
124 13 September 2014 Basirhat Dakshin Narayan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Samik Bhattacharya Bharatiya Janata Party
162 Chowrangee Sikha Mitra Mukherjee Trinamool Congress Nayna Bandopadhyay Trinamool Congress
88 13 February 2015 Krishnaganj Sushil Biswas Satyajit Biswas

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Notes

  1. ^ Friendly contests in 4 constituencies between BJP and AJSU.