The 2024 Indian general election was held in West Bengal in seven phases between 19 April and 1 June 2024 to elect 42 members of the 18th Lok Sabha .[1] [2] The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.
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2024 Indian general election in West Bengal Opinion polls Turnout 79.29% ( 2.47 pp )
First party
Second party
Leader
Mamata Banerjee
Sukanta Majumdar
Party
AITC
BJP
Leader since
1998
2021
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Balurghat
Last election
43.3%, 22 seats
40.7%, 18 seats
Seats won
29
12
Seat change
7
6
Popular vote
27,564,561
23,327,349
Percentage
45.76%
38.73%
Swing
2.46 pp
1.97 pp
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Mohammed Salim
Party
INC
CPI(M)
Alliance
LF +INC
LF +INC
Leader since
2020
2022
Leader's seat
Baharampur (Lost)
Murshidabad (Lost)
Last election
5.67%, 2 seats
6.33%, 0 seats
Seats won
1
0
Seat change
1
-
Popular vote
2,818,728
3,416,941
Percentage
4.68%
5.67%
Swing
0.99pp
0.66pp
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The by-elections for Bhagabangola and Baranagar in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly was also scheduled with the general election and took place on 7 May and 1 June respectively.[3]
West Bengal , along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar , were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases.
Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal
On 16 March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the 2024 Indian general election , with West Bengal scheduled to vote during all the 7 phases starting from 19 April and concluding on 1 June. [4] [5]
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Poll event
Phase
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Notification Date
20 March
28 March
12 April
18 April
26 April
29 April
7 May
Last Date for filing nomination
27 March
4 April
19 April
25 April
3 May
6 May
14 May
Scrutiny of nomination
28 March
5 April
20 April
26 April
4 May
7 May
15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
30 March
8 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
9 May
17 May
Date of poll
19 April
26 April
7 May
13 May
20 May
25 May
1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result
4 June 2024
No. of constituencies
3
3
4
8
7
8
9
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Phase
Poll Date
Constituencies[17]
Voter Turnout (%)
I
19 April 2024
Cooch Behar , Alipurduars , Jalpaiguri
81.91%
II
26 April 2024
Darjeeling , Raiganj , Balurghat
76.58%
III
7 May 2024
Maldaha Uttar , Maldaha Dakshin , Jangipur , Murshidabad
77.53%
IV
13 May 2024
Baharampur , Krishnanagar , Ranaghat , Bardhaman Purba , Bardhaman–Durgapur , Asansol , Bolpur , Birbhum
80.22%
V
20 May 2024
Bongaon , Barrackpore , Howrah , Uluberia , Serampore , Hooghly , Arambagh
78.45%
VI
25 May 2024
Tamluk , Kanthi , Ghatal , Jhargram , Medinipur , Purulia , Bankura , Bishnupur
82.71%
VII
1 June 2024
Dum Dum , Barasat , Basirhat , Jaynagar , Mathurapur , Diamond Harbour , Jadavpur , Kolkata Dakshin , Kolkata Uttar
69.89%
Total
79.29%
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Constituency wise
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Results by party or alliance
Vote Share (By alliance)
Others (3.45%)
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Alliance/ Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
AITC
2,75,65,561
45.76%
2.49%
42
29
7
NDA
BJP
2,33,27,349
38.73%
1.52%
42
12
6
LF+INC
CPI(M)
34,16,941
5.67%
0.61%
23
0
INC
28,18,728
4.68%
0.93%
12
1
1
AIFB
1,43,946
0.24%
0.17%
2
0
RSP
1,34,039
0.22%
0.17%
3
0
CPI
1,31,744
0.22%
0.14%
2
0
Total
11.03%
42
Others
20,76,281
3.45%
NOTA
5,22,724
0.87%
Total
100%
-
42
-
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Constituency wise party or alliance votes
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Constituency
TMC votes
NDA votes
LF votes
INC votes
Win Margin
1
Cooch Behar
788,375
749,125
30,267
10,679
39,250
2
Alipurduars
619,867
695,314
27,427
-
75,447
3
Jalpaiguri
679,875
766,568
74,092
-
86,693
4
Darjeeling
500,806
679,331
-
83,374
178,525
5
Raiganj
492,700
560,897
-
263,273
68,197
6
Balurghat
564,610
574,996
54,217
-
10,386
7
Maldaha Uttar
449,315
527,023
-
384,764
77,708
8
Maldaha Dakshin
301,026
444,027
-
572,395
128,368
9
Jangipur
544,427
340,814
-
427,790
116,637
10
Baharampur
524,516
371,885
-
439,494
85,022
11
Murshidabad
682,442
292,031
518,227
-
164,215
12
Krishnanagar
628,789
572,084
180,201
-
56,705
13
Ranaghat
595,497
782,396
-
123,810
186,899
14
Bangaon
645,812
719,505
-
65,176
73,693
15
Barrackpore
520,231
455,793
109,564
-
64,438
16
Dum Dum
528,579
457,919
240,784
-
70,660
17
Barasat
692,010
577,821
100,000
114,189
18
Basirhat
803,762
470,215
77,899
-
333,547
19
Jaynagar
894,312
424,093
40,113
-
470,219
20
Mathurapur
755,731
554,674
61,100
-
201,057
21
Diamond Harbour
1,048,230
337,300
86,953
-
710,930
22
Jadavpur
717,899
459,698
258,712
-
258,201
23
Kolkata Dakshin
615,274
428,043
168,531
-
187,231
24
Kolkata Uttar
454,696
362,136
-
114,982
92,560
25
Howrah
626,493
457,051
152,005
-
169,442
26
Uluberia
724,622
505,949
-
78,589
505,949
27
Srerampore
673,970
499,140
239,146
-
174,830
28
Hooghly
702,744
625,891
139,919
-
76,853
29
Arambagh
712,587
706,188
92,502
-
6,399
30
Tamluk
687,851
765,584
85,389
-
77,733
31
Kanthi
715,431
763,195
-
31,122
47,764
32
Ghatal
837,990
655,122
74,908
-
182,868
33
Jhargram
743,478
569,430
77,302
-
174,048
34
Medinipur
702,192
675,001
57,785
-
27,191
35
Purulia
561,410
578,489
-
129,157
17,079
36
Bankura
641,813
609,035
105,359
-
32,778
37
Bishnupur
674,563
680,130
105,411
5,567
38
Bardhaman Purba
720,302
559,730
176,899
-
160,572
39
Bardhaman-Durgapur
720,667
582,686
153,829
-
137,981
40
Asansol
605,645
546,081
105,964
59,564
41
Bolpur
855,633
528,380
99,383
327,253
42
Birbhum
717,961
520,311
-
226,260
197,650
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Results by constituency
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Constituency
Turnout
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Votes
pp
1
Cooch Behar (SC)
82.16%
AITC
AITC
Jagadish Chandra Basunia
7,88,375
48.57%
BJP
NDA
Nisith Pramanik
7,49,125
46.16%
39,250
2.41%
2
Alipurduars (ST)
79.76%
BJP
NDA
Manoj Tigga
6,95,314
48.92%
AITC
AITC
Prakash Chik Baraik
6,19,867
43.61%
75,447
5.30%
3
Jalpaiguri (SC)
83.66%
BJP
NDA
Jayanta Kumar Roy
7,66,568
48.57%
AITC
AITC
Nirmal Chandra Roy
6,79,875
43.07%
86,693
5.50%
4
Darjeeling
74.76%
BJP
NDA
Raju Bista
6,79,331
51.18%
AITC
AITC
Gopal Lama
5,00,806
37.73%
1,78,525
13.45%
5
Raiganj
76.18%
BJP
NDA
Kartick Chandra Paul
5,60,897
40.99%
AITC
AITC
Krishna Kalyani
4,92,700
36.00%
68,197
4.99%
6
Balurghat
79.09%
BJP
NDA
Sukanta Majumder
5,74,996
46.47%
AITC
AITC
Biplab Mitra
5,64,610
45.63%
10,386
0.84%
7
Maldaha Uttar
76.03%
BJP
NDA
Khagen Murmu
5,27,023
37.18%
AITC
AITC
Prasun Banerjee
4,49,315
31.70%
77,708
5.48%
8
Maldaha Dakshin
76.69%
INC
SDA
Isha Khan Choudhury
5,72,395
41.79%
BJP
NDA
Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury
4,44,027
32.42%
1,28,368
9.37%
9
Jangipur
75.72%
AITC
AITC
Khalilur Rahaman
5,44,427
39.75%
INC
SDA
Murtoja Hossain Bokul
4,27,790
31.23%
1,16,637
8.52%
10
Baharampur
77.54%
AITC
AITC
Yusuf Pathan
5,24,516
37.88%
INC
SDA
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
4,39,494
31.74%
85,022
6.14%
11
Murshidabad
81.52%
AITC
AITC
Abu Taher Khan
6,82,442
44.27%
CPI(M)
SDA
Md. Salim
5,18,227
33.62%
1,64,215
10.65%
12
Krishnanagar
80.65%
AITC
AITC
Mahua Moitra
6,28,789
44.10%
BJP
NDA
Amrita Roy
5,72,084
40.13%
56,705
3.98%
13
Ranaghat (SC)
81.87%
BJP
NDA
Jagannath Sarkar
7,82,396
50.78%
AITC
AITC
Mukut Mani Adhikari
5,95,497
38.65%
1,86,899
12.13%
14
Bangaon (SC)
81.04%
BJP
NDA
Shantanu Thakur
7,19,505
48.19%
AITC
AITC
Biswajit Das
6,45,812
43.25%
73,693
4.94%
15
Barrackpore
75.41%
AITC
AITC
Partha Bhowmick
5,20,231
45.56%
BJP
NDA
Arjun Singh
4,55,793
39.92%
64,438
5.64%
16
Dum Dum
73.81%
AITC
AITC
Saugata Roy
5,28,579
41.95%
BJP
NDA
Silbhadra Datta
4,57,919
36.34%
70,660
5.61%
17
Barasat
80.17%
AITC
AITC
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
6,92,010
45.15%
BJP
NDA
Swapan Majumder
5,77,821
37.70%
1,14,189
7.45%
18
Basirhat
84.31%
AITC
AITC
Haji Nurul Islam
8,03,762
52.76%
BJP
NDA
Rekha Patra
4,70,215
30.87%
333,547
21.89%
19
Jaynagar (SC)
80.08%
AITC
AITC
Pratima Mondal
8,94,312
60.32%
BJP
NDA
Ashok Kandari
4,24,093
28.60%
470,219
31.72%
20
Mathurapur (SC)
82.02%
AITC
AITC
Bapi Halder
7,55,731
50.52%
BJP
NDA
Ashok Purkait
5,54,674
37.08%
201,057
13.44%
21
Diamond Harbour
81.04%
AITC
AITC
Abhishek Banerjee
10,48,230
68.48%
BJP
NDA
Abhijit Das (Bobby)
3,37,300
22.03%
710,930
46.45%
22
Jadavpur
76.68%
AITC
AITC
Saayoni Ghosh
7,17,899
45.83%
BJP
NDA
Anirban Ganguly
4,59,698
29.35%
258,201
16.48%
23
Kolkata Dakshin
66.95%
AITC
AITC
Mala Roy
6,15,274
49.48%
BJP
NDA
Debasree Chaudhuri
4,28,043
34.42%
187,231
15.06%
24
Kolkata Uttar
63.59%
AITC
AITC
Sudip Bandyopadhyay
4,54,696
47.44%
BJP
NDA
Tapas Roy
3,62,136
37.78%
92,560
9.62%
25
Howrah
71.73%
AITC
AITC
Prasun Banerjee
6,26,493
49.26%
BJP
NDA
Rathin Chakraborty
4,57,051
35.94%
169,442
13.32%
26
Uluberia
79.78%
AITC
AITC
Sajda Ahmed
7,24,622
52.10%
BJP
NDA
Arun Uday Pal Chaudhary
5,05,949
36.38%
218,673
15.72%
27
Srerampur
76.44%
AITC
AITC
Kalyan Banerjee
6,73,970
45.65%
BJP
NDA
Kabir Shankar Bose
4,99,140
33.80%
174,830
11.85%
28
Hooghly
81.38%
AITC
AITC
Rachana Banerjee
7,02,744
46.31%
BJP
NDA
Locket Chatterjee
6,25,891
41.24%
76,853
5.07%
29
Arambagh (SC)
82.62%
AITC
AITC
Mitali Bag
7,12,587
45.71%
BJP
NDA
Arup Kanti Digar
7,06,188
45.30%
6,399
0.41%
30
Tamluk
84.79%
BJP
NDA
Abhijit Gangopadhyay
7,65,584
48.54%
AITC
AITC
Debangshu Bhattacharya
6,87,851
43.61%
77,733
4.93%
31
Kanthi
84.77%
BJP
NDA
Soumendu Adhikari
7,63,195
49.85%
AITC
AITC
Uttam Barik
7,15,431
46.73%
47,764
3.12%
32
Ghatal
82.17%
AITC
AITC
Deepak Adhikari
8,37,990
52.36%
BJP
NDA
Hiran Chatterjee
6,55,122
40.93%
182,868
11.43%
33
Jhargram (ST)
83.47%
AITC
AITC
Kalipada Soren
7,43,478
49.87%
BJP
NDA
Dr. Pranat Tudu
5,69,430
38.20%
174,048
11.67%
34
Medinipur
81.56%
AITC
AITC
June Malia
7,02,192
47.40%
BJP
NDA
Agnimitra Paul
6,75,001
45.56%
27,191
1.84%
35
Purulia
78.39%
BJP
NDA
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
5,78,489
40.34%
AITC
AITC
Santiram Mahato
5,61,410
39.15%
17,079
1.19%
36
Bankura
80.75%
AITC
AITC
Arup Chakraborty
6,41,813
44.33%
BJP
NDA
Subhas Sarkar
6,09,035
42.07%
32,778
2.26%
37
Bishnupur (SC)
85.91%
BJP
NDA
Saumitra Khan
6,80,130
44.93%
AITC
AITC
Sujata Mondal
6,74,563
44.56%
5,567
0.37%
38
Bardhaman Purba (SC)
82.85%
AITC
AITC
Sharmila Sarkar
7,30,302
48.11%
BJP
NDA
Ashim Kumar Sarkar
5,59,730
37.38%
160,572
10.72%
39
Bardhaman–Durgapur
80.72%
AITC
AITC
Kirti Azad
7,20,667
47.99%
BJP
NDA
Dilip Ghosh
5,82,686
38.80%
137,981
9.19%
40
Asansol
73.27%
AITC
AITC
Shatrughan Sinha
6,05,645
46.53%
BJP
NDA
S. S. Ahluwalia
5,46,081
41.96%
59,564
4.78%
41
Bolpur (SC)
82.66%
AITC
AITC
Asit Kumar Mal
8,55,633
55.98%
BJP
NDA
Piya Saha
5,28,380
34.57%
327,253
21.41%
42
Birbhum
81.91%
AITC
AITC
Satabdi Roy
7,17,961
47.00%
BJP
NDA
Debtanu Bhattacharya
5,20,311
34.06%
197,650
12.94%
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INC is contesting 12 seats under the alliance and 1 seat (Cooch Behar) independently.
AIFB is contesting 2 seats under the alliance and 1 seat (Purulia) independently.
INC is contesting one (Cooch Behar) Lok Sabha constituency and AIFB is contesting one (Purulia) Lok Sabha constituencies independently outside of alliance.
INC's Piya Roy Chowdhury is also contesting the seat independently outside of alliance.
AIFB's Dhirendra Nath Mahato is also contesting the seat independently outside of alliance.