2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered65,939,006
Turnout83.02% (Decrease 1.31 pp)
  First party Second party
 
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Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra at a meeting to assess implementation of safe drinking water, rural sanitation and NREGA schemes, in Kolkata on June 01, 2007.jpg
Leader Mamata Banerjee Surya Kanta Mishra
Party AITC CPI(M)
Alliance SDA
Parties
Leader since 1998 2015
Leader's seat Bhabanipur Narayangarh (lost)
Last election 38.93%, 184 seats 50.09%, 104 seats
Seats won 211 76
Seat change Increase 27 Decrease 28
Coalition vote 24,564,523 21,041,408
Percentage 44.91% 39.16%
Swing Increase 5.98 pp Decrease 10.93 pp

Seatwise Result Map of the election


Chief Minister before election

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

Elected Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. Like in the 2011 election, the poll was held in six phases, with the first phase divided into two days.[1][2] The first phase was held in Naxalite-Maoist affected red corridor areas with two polling dates: 4 April and 11 April. The other phases were held on 17, 21, 25, 30 April and 5 May. The result of the election was declared on 19 May.

In the previous election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress in a coalition with INC won a majority and ended the 34-year rule of the Left Front government.

  1. ^ "West Bengal election schedule: Who benefits and how". 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Assembly Election Result 2016, Assembly Election Schedule Candidate List, Assembly Election Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News 2016". infoelections.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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