2009 Indian general election in West Bengal

The Indian general election, 2009 in West Bengal were held for 42 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections. There was pre-poll alliance in the state between the Indian National Congress and the Trinamool Congress against the Left Front. Indian National Congress contested on 14 seats across the state whereas the Trinamool Congress contested on 27 seats[1] and SUCI(C) contested one seat. The alliance was largely successful as the Trinamool Congress, the Congress and the SUCI(C) won 19, 6 and 1 seat respectively, dislodging the Left Front, which won only 15 seats out of 42.

Indian general election in West Bengal, 2009

30 April 7 May, 13 May

42 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party AITC CPI (M) INC
Alliance UPA TF UPA
Last election 1 26 6
Seats won 19 9 6
Seat change 18 17

Alliance wise result

TF+ SEATS % UPA+ SEATS % NDA+ SEATS % OTHERS SEATS %
CPIM 9 33.1 AITC 19 31.18 BJP 1 6.14 IND 0 3.08
CPI 2 3.6 INC 6 13.45
AIFB 2 3.04 SUCI(C) 1
RSP 2 3.56
TOTAL (2009) 15 TOTAL (2009) 26 TOTAL (2009) 1 TOTAL (2009) 0
TOTAL (2004) 35 TOTAL (2004) 6 TOTAL (2004) 1 TOTAL (2004) 0

Elected MPs

No. Constituency Name of elected M.P. Party affiliation
1Cooch BeharNripendra Nath RoyAll India Forward Bloc
2AlipurduarsManohar TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party
3JalpaiguriMahendra Kumar RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
4DarjeelingJaswant SinghBharatiya Janata Party
5RaiganjDeepa DasmunsiIndian National Congress
6BalurghatPrasanta Kumar MajumdarRevolutionary Socialist Party
7Maldaha UttarMausam NoorIndian National Congress
8Maldaha DakshinAbu Hasem Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
9JangipurAbhijit MukherjeeIndian National Congress
10BaharampurAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National Congress
11MurshidabadAbdul Mannan HossainIndian National Congress
12KrishnanagarTapas PaulAll India Trinamool Congress
13RanaghatSucharu Ranjan HaldarAll India Trinamool Congress
14BangaonGobinda Chandra NaskarAll India Trinamool Congress
15BarrackporeDinesh TrivediAll India Trinamool Congress
16Dum DumSaugata RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
17BarasatKakali Ghosh DastidarAll India Trinamool Congress
18BasirhatSk. Nurul IslamAll India Trinamool Congress
19JaynagarTarun MondalSocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
20MathurapurChoudhury Mohan JatuaAll India Trinamool Congress
21Diamond HarbourSomendra Nath MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
22JadavpurKabir SumanAll India Trinamool Congress
23Kolkata DakshinMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
24Kolkata UttarSudip BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress
25HowrahAmbica BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
26UluberiaSultan AhmedAll India Trinamool Congress
27SreerampurKalyan BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
28HooghlyRatna De (Nag)All India Trinamool Congress
29ArambaghSakti Mohan MalikCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
30TamlukSuvendu AdhikariAll India Trinamool Congress
31KanthiSisir AdhikariAll India Trinamool Congress
32GhatalGurudas DasguptaCommunist Party of India
33JhargramDr. Pulin Bihari BaskeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
34MedinipurPrabodh PandaCommunist Party of India
35PuruliaNarahari MahatoAll India Forward Bloc
36BankuraAcharia BasudebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
37BishnupurSusmita BauriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
38Bardhaman PurbaAnup Kumar SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
39Burdwan-DurgapurSk. Saidul HaqueCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
40AsansolBansa Gopal ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
41BolpurRam Chandra DomeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
42BirbhumSatabdi RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
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References

  1. "State-Wise Position". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
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