Bharatiya Janata Party – West Bengal
Abbreviation BJP
Leader Suvendu Adhikari
President Samik Bhattacharya
General Secretary Amitava Chakravorty
Founder
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Lal Krishna Advani[1]
  • Murli Manohar Joshi[2]
  • Nanaji Deshmukh[3]
  • K. R. Malkani[4]
  • Sikandar Bakht[5]
  • Vijay Kumar Malhotra
  • Vijaya Raje Scindia[6]
  • Bhairon Singh Shekhawat[7]
  • Shanta Kumar
  • Ram Jethmalani
  • Jagannathrao Joshi
Headquarters 6, Muralidhar Sen Lane, College Square, Kolkata-700073, West Bengal
Newspaper Banga Kamal Barta
Student wing ABVP
Youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, West Bengal
Women's wing BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
Ideology
  • National conservatism[8]
  • Hindutva[9]
  • Right-wing populism[10]
  • Neoliberalism[11]
Political position Right-wing[12] to far-right[13]
Colours   Saffron
Slogan Joy Maa Kali, Joy Maa Durga, Joy Shree Ram
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
207 / 294
Seats in Rajya Sabha
3 / 16
Seats in Lok Sabha
12 / 42
Election symbol
Website
bjpbengal.org
  • Politics of West Bengal
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The Bharatiya Janata Party – West Bengal (BJP - West Bengal) is the Bharatiya Janata Party affiliate in the Indian state of West Bengal. The party is based in Kolkata and is led by chair Samik Bhattacharya.

The party holds 3 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 12 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 207 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly by having a landslide victory in the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and is the current ruling party in the state.

History

Predecessors and formation

The origins of the BJP lies in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of the BJS, was born in Calcutta (Now Kolkata), while K. B. Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS also studied in the city. In the 1960s, plenty of RSS offices opened across the state. They mostly worked with Marwari traders as well as migrants from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in Kolkata's Burrabazar. By late 1960s, local meetings were conducted in Bengali as well.[14]

Electoral performance

Vote share in consecutive assembly elections
2026
 
45.84%
2021
 
38.14%
2016
 
10.16%
2011
 
6.52%
2006
 
1.93%
2001
 
5.19%
1996
 
6.45%
1991
 
11.34%
1987
 
0.51%
1982
 
0.58%
Vote share in consecutive Lok Sabha elections
2024
 
38.73%
2019
 
40.25%
2014
 
17.02%
2009
 
6.14%
2004
 
8.06%
1999
 
11.13%
1998
 
10.2%
1996
 
6.88%
1991
 
11.66%
1989
 
1.67%
1984
 
0.4%

1980s

The BJP started its operation within the state from the grassroots level of governance, particularly the panchayat politics. The party also used various cultural icons in the state, including Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Swami Vivekananda in its election campaigns.[15]

The Bharatiya Janata Party contested the West Bengal assembly election for the first time in 1982.[16] The primary objective of the party was to create a nucleus for a future third force in West Bengal politics.[16] The party supported the call of the West Bengal government to hold the elections in March 1982.[17] The party contested on 52 assembly constituencies and got around 129,994 votes in the state.

In 1984 Lok Sabha election, BJP contested on 9 seats and got 101165 (0.4%) votes in West Bengal.[18]

In the 1987 the party contested on 57 constituencies and slightly increased its votes to 134,867.[19]

In 1989 Lok Sabha election, BJP contested on 19 seats and got 529618 (1.67%) votes in West Bengal.[20]

1990s

The Bharatiya Janata Party fielded 291 candidates across the state in 1991 Vidhan Sabha election, and managed to increase its share of votes from 0.51% in 1987 to 11.34% (3,513,121 votes).[21][16] This was the first time BJP fielded such a large number of candidates in West Bengal assembly elections.[16] The party also fielded 42 candidates for the 1991 Lok Sabha election which took place simultaneously with the Vidhan Sabha election. The BJP got 3624974 (11.66%) votes in this election. Rather than focusing primarily on the Ayodhya issue, which was highlighted in the BJP campaigns across the country, the West Bengal BJP campaign concentrated on agitations against immigration from Bangladesh.[22] The campaign sought to invoke Bengali memories of Partition.[22] While support for BJP increased among Bengali communities, its main stronghold in the state remained non-Bengali populations in Calcutta (Marwaris and Gujaratis).[22] Besides this, the party was able to mobilise the rural voters who were not benefitted from Left government's land reforms.[15]

In 1996, both Assembly election and Lok Sabha election took place simultaneously, the party contested on 292 assembly constituencies and got 2,372,480 (6.45%) votes[23] and contested 42 Lok Sabha seats and got 2525864 (6.88%) votes across the state.[24]

In 1998, the BJP contested on 14 seats and won 1 Lok Sabha seat for the first time in West Bengal from Dum Dum. It got 3724662 (10.2%) votes.[25] Tapan Sikdar, who was serving as the West Bengal State President of BJP, won the Dum Dum constituency with 631,383 (50.7%) votes defeating nearest rival Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee of the CPI (M).[26]

In 1999, the BJP in an alliance with All India Trinamool Congress contested 13 seats and won 2 Lok Sabha seats and got 3,928,424 votes (11.13).[27] The two elected Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha were Satyabrata Mookherjee from Krishnanagar with 43.82% votes and Tapan Sikdar from Dum Dum with 51.59% votes.[28]

2000s

In 2001 Assembly election, BJP contested on 266 constituencies and got 1901351 (5.19%) votes throughout the state and 5.68% in seats contested.[29]

In the 2004 Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance was completely decimated by CPI (M) led Left Front and INC led United Progressive Alliance. The BJP didn't win a single seat and its ally All India Trinamool Congress was reduced to just 1 Lok Sabha seat.[30] The BJP however managed to get 2983950 (8.06%) votes.[31]

In the 2006 Assembly election, BJP entered into an alliance with the All India Trinamool Congress and contested on 29 constituencies. The BJP got 760236 (1.93%) votes throughout West Bengal and 19.89% on seats it contested.[32]

In 2009 Indian general election, BJP candidate Jaswant Singh, with support from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat getting a total of 4,97,649 (51.50%) votes. Across the state BJP got only 6.14% votes.[33]

2010s

In 2011 Legislative Assembly election the BJP allied with GJM.[34]

In 2014 Indian general election the BJP won only 2 seats. BJP candidates for the first time, returned runner-up in 3 seats and got 17.2% vote share throughout the state. This performance was better than BJP's previous best of 11.66% in 1991 elections. However the All India Trinamool Congress dominated the election winning 34 seats.[35]

In 2016 Assembly election the BJP in an alliance with GJM contested 291 seats and got 5,555,134 (10.16%) votes and created history by winning 3 assembly seats for the first time.[36]

There was a major political shift from the left to the right in the 2019 Lok Sabha election in West Bengal. The Bharatiya Janata Party, won 18 Lok Sabha seats out of the 42 constituencies with 23,028,343 (40.25%) votes. On 24 May 2019, The Statesman reported that BJP had made CPI-M a marginalised party and setting a strong challenge to the ruling Trinamool Congress.[37] The shift in the voting pattern was seen across the state.[38]

After the election the Government of India passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) in the Parliament, allowing a quicker route to citizenship to non Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries. The party hoped to benefit from the votes of the Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh.[39][40]

Post 2020

The BJP's Bengali booklet released in January 2020 claimed that the National Register of Citizens will be implemented to identify any undocumented migrants including Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and non-Muslims by the Citizenship Amendment Act.[41][42]

In 2021 Assembly election the BJP in an alliance with AJSU contested 293 seats and got 28,968,281(38.15%) votes and created history by winning 77 assembly seats for the first time and becoming the second largest party and the official opposition. Ahead of the election, numerous politicians from other parties, including the governing Trinamool Congress, joined the BJP. Notably, Suvendu Adhikari and Mihir Goswami, both of whom switched parties before the elections, were appointed as leader of opposition and deputy leader of opposition in the legislative assembly respectively.

The BJP has started campaigning for the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with the slogan, "Paltano Darkar Chai BJP Sarkar" and is actively campaigning as of 31 March 2026. They are targeting Hindu voters and potentially Trinamool Congress's women vote bank with the appointment of Retna Debnath in Panihiti constituency.

Leadership and Organizational Structure

The following is the current organizational structure of the Bharatiya Janata Party – West Bengal as of January 2026[43]:

State Office Bearers (2026)

Position Name
State President Samik Bhattacharya
General Secretary (Organisation) Amitava Chakravorty
Joint General Secretary (Organisation) Satish Dhond
General Secretaries
  • Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
  • Locket Chatterjee
  • Saumitra Khan
  • Bapi Goswami
  • Shashi Agnihotri
Vice-Presidents
  • Raju Anindya Banerjee
  • Debasree Chaudhuri
  • Agnimitra Paul
  • Dipak Barman
  • Jagannath Chattopadhyay
  • Sanjay Singh
  • Manoj Tigga
  • Nisith Pramanik
  • Tapas Roy
  • Amitava Roy
  • Tanuja Chakraborty
  • Prabal Raha
State Secretaries
  • Shankar Ghosh
  • Dipanjan Guha
  • Sonali Murmu
  • Manoj Pandey
  • Amlan Bhaduri
  • Mahadev Sarkar
  • Sakharav Sarkar
  • Sintu Senapati
  • Sarbori Mukherjee
  • Mohon Sharma
  • Sanjay Varma
  • Biva Majumdar
State Spokesperson Debjit Sarkar
Treasurer Kedarashish Bapat
Social Media Convener Saptarshi Choudhury
Media Convener Bimal Shankar Nanda

Morcha Presidents (2026)

Morcha President
Yuva Morcha Indranil Khan
Mahila Morcha Phalguni Patra
SC Morcha Sujit Biswas
ST Morcha Khagen Murmu
OBC Morcha Subhendu Sarkar
Kisan Morcha Rajib Bhowmick
Minority Morcha Ali Hussain

List of State Presidents

This article is about the chronological List of State Presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party for West Bengal. For List of All India Presidents, see List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
No. Name Term in office
1 Haripada Bharati 1980–1982
2 Vishnu Kant Shastri 1982–1986
3 Sukumar Banerjee 1986–1991
4 Tapan Sikdar 1991–1995
(2) Vishnu Kant Shastri 1995–1997
(4) Tapan Sikdar 1997–1999
5 Ashim Kumar Ghosh 1999–2002
6 Tathagata Roy 2002–2006
(3) Sukumar Banerjee 2006–2008
7 Satyabrata Mookherjee 2008–2009
8 Rahul Sinha 2009–2015
9 Dilip Ghosh 2015–2021
10 Sukanta Majumdar 2021–2025
11 Samik Bhattacharya 2025–Incumbent

The West Bengal BJP has one president, twelve vice-presidents and five general secretaries & twelve secretaries.[44] As of July 2025, the President of the West Bengal state branch of the party is Samik Bhattacharya.

Dilip Ghosh is the most successful president. During his leadership party gain 18 MP in 2019 lok sabha election. And in 2021 Vidhan sabha election party gain 77 MLA.

List of Leaders of Legislative Party

No Portrait Name Constituency Term Legislative office Assembly Chief Minister
1 Manoj Tigga Madarihat 2016 2021 5 years  – 16th Mamata Banerjee
2 Suvendu Adhikari Nandigram 10 May 2021 Incumbent 4 years, 362 days Leader of the Opposition 17th

Electoral performance

Lok Sabha

Year Seats Won Seats +/- Vote Share (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1951–52
2 / 31
New 5.94% New Others
1957
0 / 36
Decrease 2 1.43% Decrease4.51% Others
1962
0 / 36
Steady 1.05% Decrease0.38% Others
1967
0 / 40
Steady 1.39% Increase0.34% Others
1971
0 / 40
Steady 0.85% Decrease0.54% Others
Janata Party[a]
1977
15 / 42
New 21.46% New Government
1980
0 / 42
Decrease 15 4.53% Decrease16.93% Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1984
0 / 42
New 0.4% New Others
1989
0 / 42
Steady 1.67% Increase1.37% Opposition
1991
0 / 42
Steady 11.66% Increase9.99% Opposition
1996
0 / 42
Steady 6.88% Decrease4.78% Opposition
1998
1 / 42
Increase1 10.2% Increase3.32% Government
1999
2 / 42
Increase 1 11.13% Increase0.93% Government
2004
0 / 42
Decrease 2 8.06% Decrease3.07% Opposition
2009
1 / 42
Increase 1 6.14% Decrease1.92% Opposition
2014
2 / 42
Increase 1 16.84% Increase10.7% Government
2019
18 / 42
Increase 16 40.64% Increase23.8% Government
2024
12 / 42
Decrease 6 39.1% Decrease1.54% Government

Legislative Assembly

Year Seats Won Seats +/- Vote Share (%) +/- (%) Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1952
9 / 187
New 5.58% New Others
1957
0 / 195
Decrease 9 0.98% Decrease4.6% Others
1962
0 / 252
Steady 0.45% Decrease0.53% Others
1967
0 / 280
Steady 1.33% Increase0.88% Others
1969
0 / 280
Steady 0.89% Decrease0.44% Others
1971
1 / 279
Increase 1 0.82% Decrease0.07% Others
1972
0 / 280
Decrease 1 0.19% Decrease0.63% Others
Janata Party
1977
29 / 294
New 20.02% New Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1982
0 / 294
New 0.58% New Others
1987
0 / 294
Steady 0.51% Decrease0.07% Others
1991
0 / 294
Steady 11.34% Increase10.83% Others
1996
0 / 294
Steady 6.45% Decrease4.89% Others
2001
0 / 294
Steady 5.19% Decrease1.26% Others
2006
0 / 294
Steady 1.93% Decrease3.26% Others
2011
0 / 294
Steady 4.06% Increase2.13% Others
2016
3 / 294
Increase 3 10.16% Increase6.1% Others
2021
77 / 294
Increase 74 38.15% Increase28.81% Opposition
2026
207 / 294
Increase 130 45.85% Increase 7.70% Government

Local elections

Municipal Corporation

Year Municipal Corporation Seats Won Change in Seats Status
Darjeeling district
2015 Siliguri Municipal Corporation
2 / 47
Increase 2 Opposition
2022
5 / 47
Increase 3 Opposition
Hooghly district
2015 Chandannagar Municipal Corporation
1 / 33
Opposition
2022
0 / 33
Decrease 1 Others
Howrah district
2013 Howrah Municipal Corporation
2 / 50
Opposition
Kolkata district
2015 Kolkata Municipal Corporation
7 / 144
Opposition
2021
3 / 144
Decrease 4 Opposition
North 24 Parganas district
2015 Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
0 / 41
Others
2022
0 / 41
Others
Paschim Bardhaman district
2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation
8 / 106
Opposition
2022
7 / 106
Decrease 1 Opposition
2017 Durgapur Municipal Corporation
0 / 43
Others


Current elected members

Incumbent member(s) of Lok Sabha

S.No. Constituency Name Win Margin in 2024
# Name
01. 2 Alipurduars Manoj Tigga 75,447
02. 3 Jalpaiguri Jayanta Kumar Roy 86,693
03. 4 Darjeeling Raju Bista 1,78,525
04. 5 Raiganj Kartick Chandra Paul 68,197
05. 6 Balurghat Sukanta Majumdar 10,386
06. 7 Maldaha Uttar Khagen Murmu 77,708
07. 13 Ranaghat Jagannath Sarkar 1,86,899
08. 14 Bongaon Shantanu Thakur 73,693
09. 30 Tamluk Abhijit Gangopadhyay 77,733
10. 31 Kanthi Soumendu Adhikari 47,764
11. 35 Purulia Jyotirmay Singh Mahato 17,079
12. 37 Bishnupur Saumitra Khan 5,567

Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly

S.No. Constituency Name Remarks Win Margin in 2026
# Name
Cooch Behar district
01. 1 Mekliganj (SC) Dadhiram Roy 29,584
02. 2 Mathabhanga (SC) Nisith Pramanik 57,090
03. 3 Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) Sukumar Roy 70,384
04. 4 Cooch Behar Dakshin Rathindra Bose 22,747
05. 5 Sitalkuchi (SC) Sabitri Barman 25,278
06. 7 Dinhata Ajay Ray 17,447
07. 8 Natabari Girija Shankar Ray 34,613
08. 9 Tufanganj Malati Rava Roy 26,457
Alipurduar district
09. 10 Kumargram (ST) Manoj Kumar Oraon 52,877
10. 11 Kalchini (ST) Bishal Lama 37,843
11. 12 Alipurduars Paritosh Das 70,420
12. 13 Falakata (SC) Dipak Barman 45,999
13. 14 Madarihat (ST) Laxuman Limbu 40,910
Jalpaiguri district
14. 15 Dhupguri (SC) Naresh Roy 38,550
15. 16 Maynaguri (SC) Dalim Chandra Roy 56,503
16. 17 Jalpaiguri (SC) Ananta Deb Adhikari 68,805
17. 18 Rajganj (SC) Dinesh Sarkar 21,477
18. 19 Dabgram-Phulbari Shikha Chatterjee 97,715
19. 20 Mal (ST) Sukra Munda 15,492
20. 21 Nagrakata (ST) Puna Bhengra 25,858
Kalimpong district
21. 22 Kalimpong Bharat Kumar Chhetri 21,464
Darjeeling district
22. 23 Darjeeling Noman Rai 6,057
23. 24 Kurseong Sonam Lama 17,007
24. 25 Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Anandamoy Barman 1,04,265
25. 26 Siliguri Shankar Ghosh 73,192
26. 27 Phansidewa (ST) Durga Murmu 45,263
Uttar Dinajpur district
27. 32 Karandighi Biraj Biswas 19,869
28. 33 Hemtabad (SC) Haripada Barman 12,361
29. 34 Kaliaganj (SC) Utpal Brahmachari 76,425
30. 35 Raiganj Koushik Chowdhury 58,641
Dakshin Dinajpur district
31. 37 Kushmandi (SC) Tapas Chandra Roy 9,063
32. 39 Balurghat Bidyut Kumar Roy 47,576
33. 40 Tapan (ST) Budhrai Tudu 36,987
34. 41 Gangarampur (SC) Satyendra Nath Ray 28,339
Malda district
35. 43 Habibpur (ST) Joyel Murmu 78,188
36. 44 Gazole (SC) Chinmoy Deb Barman 38,192
37. 49 Manikchak Gour Chandra Mandal 13,938
38. 50 Maldaha (SC) Gopal Chandra Saha 50,128
39. 51 English Bazar Amlan Bhaduri 93,784
40. 54 Baisnabnagar Raju Karmakar 46,881
Murshidabad district
41. 58 Jangipur Chitta Mukherjee 10,542
42. 64 Murshidabad Gouri Shankar Ghosh 31,521
43. 65 Nabagram (SC) Dilip Saha 5,919
44. 66 Khargram (SC) Mitali Mal 9,333
45. 67 Burwan (SC) Sukhen Kumar Bagdi 22,300
46. 68 Kandi Gargi Das Ghosh 10,335
47. 71 Beldanga Bharat Kumar Jhawar 13,208
48. 72 Baharampur Subrata Maitra 17,548
Nadia district
49. 77 Karimpur Samarendranath Ghosh 10,185
50. 78 Tehatta Subrata Kabiraj 28,253
51. 81 Nakashipara Shantanu Dey 17,327
52. 83 Krishnanagar Uttar Tarak Nath Chatterjee 78,361
53. 84 Nabadwip Shruti Shekhar Goswami 21,444
54. 85 Krishnanagar Dakshin Sadhan Ghosh 27,801
55. 86 Shantipur Swapan Kumar Das 45,376
56. 87 Ranaghat Uttar Paschim Parthasarathi Chatterjee 57,551
57. 88 Krishnaganj (SC) Sukanta Biswas 60,899
58. 89 Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC) Ashim Biswas 51,743
59. 90 Ranaghat Dakshin (SC) Ashim Kumar Biswas 64,464
60. 91 Chakdaha Bankim Chandra Ghosh 36,945
61. 92 Kalyani (SC) Anupam Biswas 34,792
62. 93 Haringhata (SC) Ashim Kumar Sarkar 22,055
North 24 Parganas district
63. 94 Bagdah (SC) Soma Thakur 34,616
64. 95 Bangaon Uttar (SC) Ashok Kirtania 40,670
65. 96 Bangaon Dakshin (SC) Swapan Majumder 37,814
66. 97 Gaighata (SC) Subrata Thakur 47,683
67. 100 Habra Debdas Mondal 31,462
68. 101 Ashoknagar Sumay Hira 9,408
69. 103 Bijpur Sudipta Das 13,343
70. 104 Naihati Sumitro Chatterjee 10,430
71. 105 Bhatpara Pawan Kumar Singh 22,807
72. 106 Jagaddal Rajesh Kumar 20,909
73. 107 Noapara Arjun Singh 17,656
74. 108 Barrackpore Kaustav Bagchi 15,822
75. 109 Khardaha Kalyan Chakraborty 24,486
76. 110 Dum Dum Uttar Sourav Sikdar 26,404
77. 111 Panihati Ratna Debnath 28,836
78. 113 Baranagar Sajal Ghosh 16,956
79. 114 Dum Dum Arijit Bakshi 25,273
80. 115 Rajarhat New Town Piyush Kanodia 316
81. 116 Bidhannagar Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay 37,330
82. 117 Rajarhat Gopalpur Tarunjyoti Tewari 27,757
83. 119 Barasat Shankar Chatterjee 34,558
84. 123 Sandeshkhali (ST) Sanat Sardar 17,510
85. 126 Hingalganj (SC) Rekha Patra 5,421
South 24 Parganas district
86. 127 Gosaba (SC) Bikrano Naskar 16,100
87. 131 Kakdwip Dipankar Jana 4,760
88. 132 Sagar Sumanta Mondal 7,881
89. 145 Satgachhia Agniswar Naskar 401
90. 147 Sonarpur Dakshin Roopa Ganguly 35,782
91. 150 Jadavpur Sarbori Mukherjee 27,716
92. 151 Sonarpur Uttar Debasish Dhar 9,807
93. 152 Tollygunge Papiya Adhikari 6,013
94. 153 Behala Purba Shankar Sikder 25,137
95. 154 Behala Paschim Indranil Khan 24,699
Kolkata district
96. 159 Bhabanipur Suvendu Adhikari 15,105
97. 160 Rashbehari Swapan Dasgupta 20,865
98. 165 Jorasanko Vijay Ojha 5,797
99. 166 Shyampukur Purnima Chakraborty 14,633
100. 167 Maniktala Tapas Roy 15,644
101. 168 Kashipur-Belgachhia Ritesh Tiwari 1,651
Howrah district
102. 169 Bally Sanjay Kumar Singh 11,997
103. 170 Howrah Uttar Umesh Rai 11,250
104. 172 Shibpur Rudranil Ghosh 16,058
105. 177 Uluberia Uttar (SC) Chiran Bera 4,177
106. 179 Shyampur Hiran Chatterjee 22,260
107. 181 Amta Amit Samanta 4,454
108. 183 Jagatballavpur Anupam Ghosh 6,671
Hooghly district
109. 185 Uttarpara Dipanjan Chakraborty 10,415
110. 186 Sreerampur Bhaskar Bhattacharya 8,685
111. 187 Champdani Dilip Singh 3,026
112. 188 Singur Arup Kumar Das 21,438
113. 189 Chandannagar Dipanjan Kumar Guha 13,441
114. 190 Chunchura Subir Nag 43,435
115. 191 Balagarh (SC) Sumana Sarkar 41,914
116. 192 Pandua Tushar Kumar Majumder 5,228
117. 193 Saptagram Swaraj Ghosh 23,289
118. 195 Jangipara Prosenjit Bag 862
119. 196 Haripal Madhumita Ghosh 3,488
120. 198 Tarakeswar Santu Pan 30,999
121. 199 Pursurah Biman Ghosh 53,453
122. 200 Arambagh (SC) Hemanta Bag 28,959
123. 201 Goghat (SC) Prasanta Digar 49,582
124. 202 Khanakul Susanta Ghosh 34,483
Purba Medinipur district
125. 203 Tamluk Hari Krishna Bera 34,729
126. 204 Panskura Purba Subrata Maity 17,903
127. 205 Panskura Paschim Sintu Senapati 32,567
128. 206 Moyna Ashok Dinda 16,241
129. 207 Nandakumar Nirmal Khanra 30,603
130. 208 Mahisadal Subhash Chandra Panja 26,238
131. 209 Haldia (SC) Pradip Kumar Bijali 49,062
132. 210 Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari 9,665
133. 211 Chandipur Pijush Kanti Das 20,270
134. 212 Patashpur Tapan Maity 9,051
135. 213 Kanthi Uttar Sumita Sinha 20,055
136. 214 Bhagabanpur Shantanu Pramanik 20,878
137. 215 Khejuri (SC) Subrata Paik 32,690
138. 216 Kanthi Dakshin Arup Kumar Das 31,472
139. 217 Ramnagar Chandra Shekhar Mondal 26,939
140. 218 Egra Dibyendu Adhikari 25,692
Jhargram district
141. 220 Nayagram (ST) Amiya Kisku 6,424
142. 221 Gopiballavpur Rajesh Mahata 26,675
143. 222 Jhargram Lakshmikanta Sau 38,147
144. 237 Binpur (ST) Pranat Tudu 22,977
Paschim Medinipur district
145. 219 Dantan Ajit Kumar Jana 10,376
146. 223 Keshiary (ST) Bhadra Hembram 15,887
147. 224 Kharagpur Sadar Dilip Ghosh 30,506
148. 225 Narayangarh Rama Prasad Giri 20,367
149. 226 Sabang Amal Kumar Panda 11,136
150. 227 Pingla Swagata Manna 18,480
151. 229 Debra Subhasish Om 28,801
152. 230 Daspur Tapan Kumar Dutta 32,134
153. 231 Ghatal (SC) Shital Kapat 37,657
154. 232 Chandrakona (SC) Sukanta Dolui 33,481
155. 233 Garbeta Pradip Lodha 26,225
156. 234 Salboni Biman Mahata 15,243
157. 236 Medinipur Shankar Guchhait 38,747
Purulia district
158. 238 Bandwan (ST) Labsen Baskey 29,577
159. 239 Balarampur Jaladhar Mahato 35,051
160. 240 Baghmundi Rahidas Mahato 40,817
161. 241 Joypur Biswajit Mahato 22,218
162. 242 Purulia Sudip Kumar Mukherjee 49,253
163. 243 Manbazar (ST) Mayna Murmu 27,283
164. 244 Kashipur Kamalakanta Hansda 21,276
165. 245 Para (SC) Nadiar Chand Bouri 33,721
166. 246 Raghunathpur (SC) Mamoni Bauri 44,059
Bankura district
167. 247 Saltora (SC) Chandana Bauri 32,135
168. 248 Chhatna Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay 47,174
169. 249 Ranibandh (ST) Kshudiram Tudu 52,269
170. 250 Raipur (ST) Kshetra Mohan Hansda 28,742
171. 251 Taldangra Souvik Patra 50,073
172. 252 Bankura Niladri Sekhar Dana 54,177
173. 253 Barjora Billeswar Sinha 41,310
174. 254 Onda Amarnath Shakha 31,723
175. 255 Bishnupur Shukla Chatterjee 30,605
176. 256 Katulpur (SC) Lakshmikanta Majumdar 34,367
177. 257 Indas (SC) Nirmal Kumar Dhara 900
178. 258 Sonamukhi (SC) Dibakar Gharami 29,410
Purba Bardhaman district
179. 260 Bardhaman Dakshin Moumita Biswas Mishra 30,470
180. 261 Raina (SC) Subhash Patra 834
181. 262 Jamalpur (SC) Arun Halder 11,178
182. 263 Monteswar Saikat Panja 14,798
183. 264 Kalna (SC) Siddharth Majumdar 28,630
184. 265 Memari Manab Guha 7,106
185. 267 Bhatar Soumen Karfa 6,528
186. 268 Purbasthali Dakshin Prankrishna Tapadar 16,662
187. 269 Purbasthali Uttar Gopal Chattopadhyay 30,226
188. 270 Katwa Krishna Ghosh 35,066
189. 271 Ketugram Anadi Ghosh 27,610
190. 272 Mangalkot Shishir Ghosh 12,723
191. 273 Ausgram (SC) Kalita Maji 12,535
192. 274 Galsi (SC) Raju Patra 10,494
Paschim Bardhaman district
193. 275 Pandabeswar Jitendra Tiwari 1,398
194. 276 Durgapur Purba Chandra Shekhar Banerjee 30,934
195. 277 Durgapur Paschim Lakshman Chandra Ghorui 37,598
196. 278 Raniganj Partho Ghosh 17,786
197. 279 Jamuria Bijan Mukherjee 22,514
198. 280 Asansol Dakshin Agnimitra Paul 40,839
199. 281 Asansol Uttar Krishnendu Mukherjee 11,615
200. 282 Kulti Ajay Kumar Poddar 26,498
201. 283 Barabani Arijit Roy 11,722
Birbhum district
202. 284 Dubrajpur (SC) Anup Kumar Saha 27,647
203. 285 Suri Jagannath Chattopadhyay 28,686
204. 288 Labhpur Anup Kumar Saha 3,550
205. 289 Sainthia (SC) Krishna Kant Saha 10,306
206. 290 Mayureswar Dudh Kumar Mondal 21,002
207. 284 Rampurhat Dhruba Saha 24,233

See also

  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala
  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
  • Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha
  • State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal
  • West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

Notes

  1. ^ Janata Party was the amalgamation of Bharatiya Lok Dal & Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed in 1977.

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