2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

A Legislative Assembly election was held in 2016 for the 294 seats (out of 295 seats) of the Vidhan Sabha in the state of West Bengal in India.The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was reelected with an enhanced majority. Like in the 2011 election, the poll was held in six phases.[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.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

4 April 2016 (2016-04-04) — 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

294 seats (out of 295 seats) in the West Bengal state assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout83.02% (1.31%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Abdul Mannan
Party AITC INC
Alliance - Mahajot
Leader's seat Bhabanipur (won) Champdani (won)
Seats before 184 46
Seats won 211 44
Seat change 27 2
Popular vote 24,564,523 6,700,938
Percentage 44.91% 12.25%
Swing 5.98% 3.16%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Surya Kanta Mishra Dilip Ghosh
Party CPI (M) BJP
Alliance Mahajot NDA
Leader's seat Narayangarh (lost) Kharagpur Sadar (won)
Seats before 40 0
Seats won 26 3
Seat change 14 3
Popular vote 10,802,058 5,555,134
Percentage 19.75% 10.16%
Swing 10.35% 6.10%

Results of the West Bengal election

Chief Minister before election

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

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.

Background

In the previous assembly election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress, under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, won a majority and ended the 34-year rule of the Left Front government. During 2011 election, the main theme of TMC was paribartan (meaning "change"), implying it was time to change the Left Front reign of 34-years in the state. However, during the five year rule of TMC, urban population, in particular, were in general unhappy with the changes made by the government.[3] Also, newspapers reported that chief minister Banerjee has been only trying to consolidate votes from the sizable Muslim minority.[4]

Prior to the West Bengal elections, on 3 January 2016, a mob turned violent and vandalised Kaliachak Police station, block development office and public property in Kaliachak, Malda district.[5][6] Mamata Banerjee's government was severely criticised for not handling the situation better.[7][8][9]

In January 2016, the Election Commission of India urged the central government to allow it to carry out a limited delimitation exercise in West Bengal to ensure voting rights to people who came to India following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh.[10] As per updated voter list for the year 2016 published by the Election Commission of India in January 2016, West Bengal has surpassed the rest of the country in elector-population ratio with 0.68. The final electoral roll in West Bengal for 2016 with 6.55 crore voters has 3.39 crore male and 3.16 crore female voters.[11]

Major issues

The Saradha Group financial scandal, the Narada Sting operation (which showcased the ministers of ruling party of accepting bribes), lack of any major industrial investments, and law & order issue surfaced as major issues and proved to be an acid test for Trinamool Congress. The Kolkata flyover collapse also happened in the midst of the poll process.

Schedule

Assembly elections in West Bengal are to be held in phases from 4 April to 5 May 2016.[12][13]

Voting phases.

Election dates by constituency

Phase Date No. of constituencies Voter turnout Constituencies
1(a) 4 April 2016 18 84.22%[14] Nayagram, Gopiballavpur, Jhargram, Salboni, Medinipur, Binpur, Bandwan, Balarampur, Baghmundi, Joypur, Purulia, Manbazar, Kashipur, Para, Raghunathpur, Ranibandh, Raipur, Taldangra.
1(b) 11 April 2016 31 83.73%[14] Dantan, Keshiary, Kharagpur Sadar, Narayangarh, Sabang, Pingla, Kharagpur, Debra, Daspur, Ghatal, Chandrakona, Garbeta, Keshpur, Saltora, Chhatna, Bankura, Barjora, Onda, Bishnupur, katulpur, Indus, Sonamukhi, Pandabeshwar, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Dakshin, Asansol Uttar, Kulti, Barabani
2 17 April 2016 56 83.05%[14] Kumargram, Kalchini, Alipurduars, Falakata, Madarihat, Dhupguri, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri, Rajganj, Dabgram-Fulbari, Mal, Nagrakata, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Matigara-Naxalbari, Siliguri, Phansidewa, Chopra, Islampur, Goalpokhar, Chakulia, Karandighi, Hemtabad, Kaliaganj, Raiganj, Itahar, Kushmandi, Kumarganj, Balurghat, Tapan, Gangarampur, Harirampur, Habibpur, Gazole, Chanchal, Harishchandrapur, Malatipur, Ratua, Manikchak, Maldaha, English Bazar, Mothabari, Sujapur, Baisnabnagar, Dubrajpur, Suri, Bolpur, Nanoor, Labpur, Sainthia, Mayureswar, Rampurhat, Hansan, Nalhati, Murarai.
3 21 April 2016 62 82.28%[14] Farakka, Samserganj, Suti, Jangipur, Raghunathganj, Sagardighi, Lalgola, Bhagawangola, Raninagar, Murshidabad, Nabagram, Khargram, Burwan, Kandi, Bharatpur, Rejinagar, Beldanga, Baharampur, Hariharpara, Nowda, Domkal, Jalangi, Karimpur, Tehatta, Palashipara, Kaliganj, Nakashipara, Chapra, Krishnanagar Uttar, Nabadwip, Krishnanagar Dakshin, Santipur, Ranaghat Uttar Paschim, Krishnaganj, Ranaghat Uttar Purba, Ranaghat Dakshin, Chakdaha, Kalyani, Haringhata, Chowrangee, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala, Kashipur-Belgachhia, Khandaghosh, Bardhamandakshin, Raina, Jamalpur, Monteswar, Kalna, Memari, Bardhaman Uttar, Bhatar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Purbasthali Uttar, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot, Ausgram, Galsi.
4 25 April 2016 49 81.25%[14] Bagda, Bangaon Uttar, Bangaon Dakshin, Gaighata, Swarupnagar, Baduria, Habra, Ashoknagar, Amdanga, Bijpur, Naihati, Bhatpara, Jagatdal, Noapara, Barrackpur, Khardaha, Dum Dum Uttar, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar, Dum Dum, Rajarhat New Town, Bidhannagar, Rajarhat Gopalpur, Madhyamgram, Barasat, Deganga, Haroa, Minakhan, Sandeshkhali, Basirhat Dakshin, Basirhat Uttar, Hingalganj, Bally, Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Sankrail, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar, Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur.
5 30 April 2016 53 81.66%[14] Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar, Jaynagar, Baruipur Purba, Canning Paschim, Canning Purba, Baruipur Paschim, Magrahat Purba, Magrahat Paschim, Diamond Harbour, Falta, Satgachhia, Bishnupur, Sonarpur Dakshin, Bhangar, Kasba, Jadavpur, Sonarpur Uttar, Tollygunge, Behala Purba, Behala Paschim, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiaburuz, Kolkata Port, Bhabanipur, Rashbehari, Ballygunge, Uttarpara, Sreerampur, Champdani, Singur, Chandannagar, Chunchura, Balagarh, Pandua, Saptagram, Chanditala, Jangipara, Haripal, Dhanekhali, Tarakeswar, Pursurah, Arambag, Goghat, Khanakul.
6 5 May 2016 25 86.76%[14] Mekliganj, Mathabhanga, Cooch behar Uttar, Cooch behar Dakshin, Sitalkuchi, Sitai, Dinhata, Natabari, Tufanganj, Tamluk, Panskura Purba, Panskura Paschim, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, Haldia, Nandigram, Chandipur, Patashpur, Kanthi Uttar, Bhagabanpur, Khejuri, Kanthi Dakshin, Ramnagar, Egra.

On 4 March 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 22 assembly constituencies in West Bengal would have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs.[15] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were to be in place in more than 5,993 polling stations.[16][13]

Assembly constituencies of West Bengal having VVPAT facility with EVMs[17]
CoochBehar DakshinAlipurduarJalpaiguri (SC)
SiliguriRaiganjBalurghat
EnglishbazarMurshidabadKrishnanagar
BarasatJadavpurBallygunge
ChowrangeeHowrah madhyaChandannagore
TamlukMedinipurPurulia
BankuraBardhaman dakshinBehala Paschim
Suri

Candidates and Contesting Parties

Candidates

AITC released its candidate list on 5 March, the same day the elections were announced.[18]

On 10 March, BJP released its first candidate list of 52 members.[19]

Left Front consisting of CPI(M), CPI, RSP and All India Forward Bloc along with INC (Congress) (who were on an Electoral agreement with the Left Front) released their respective candidate list in several rounds after consultations and bargaining.[20][21]

Contesting Parties

Trinamool Alliance
Mahajot (Left Front - United Progressive Alliance)
National Democratic Alliance

Alliance(s)

Following the heavy defeats in the 2011 Assembly equations and the 2014 Indian national election, the party welcomed ideas of the alliance even with parties not conforming to the communist ideology in general. The first signs came when in the Siliguri municipal election, CPI(M) made some local understanding with INC resulting in CPI(M) leader Ashok Bhattacharya being appointed as the mayor. This success got popularity as Siliguri Model.

After the success of the model, in the long run, some Congress and CPI(M) leader advocated for a Left-Congress alliance.[23] This gradually materialized into "Alliance" between INC and Left Front in all the seats except in Murshidabad district.

After much dispute and secession of SUCI(C) and CPI(ML) from Left Front, both Congress and Lefts formed a basis of what they called "seat sharing", strongly objecting to the use of the word-"alliance".

Voting

79.22% voting was recorded in third phase of West Bengal Polls held on 21 April 2016.[24] 79.51% voting was recorded in second phase of West Bengal polls.[25][26]

Surveys and polls

Exit poll

Polling Agency
AITC LF/UPA NDA Others
ABP News-Nielsen 163 126 1 4
India Today-Axis 243 44 4 3
Times Now-CVoter 167 120 4 3
News 24-Today's Chanakya 210 70 14  
NDTV 184 103 5 2

Result

The election results were announced along with other four state assemblies on 19 May 2016.[27][28] AITC won 211 seats, and thus was reelected with an enhanced majority. They also became the first ruling party to win without an ally since 1962 in West Bengal.[29]

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes %±ppContestedWon+/−
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)24,564,523 44.91 6.0293211 27
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)10,802,058 19.7510.3514826 14
Indian National Congress (INC) 6,700,938 12.253.159244 2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)5,555,134 10.165.562913 3
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 1,543,764 2.82 1.98 25 2 9
Independents (IND)1,184,047 2.20.9371 1 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 911,004 1.67 1.33 19 3 4
Communist Party of India (CPI) 791,925 1.45 0.35 11 1 1
Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI)365,996 0.70.3182 0 1
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GOJAM) 254,626 0.5 0.2 3 3
None of the Above (NOTA) 831,845 1.5 1.5
Total5,46,97,791 100.0 2255 294±0
Valid votes 5,46,97,791 99.92
Invalid votes 44,622 0.08
Votes cast / turnout 5,47,42,413 83.02
Abstentions 1,11,96,593 16.98
Registered voters 6,59,39,006

District wise result

DistrictTotalAITCLFUPANDAOthers
Cooch Behar

9

81000
Jalpaiguri

7

60100
Alipurduar

5

40010
Darjeeling

6

01230
North Dinajpur

9

42300
South Dinajpur

6

23100
Malda

12

11811(Supported by INC+LF)
Murshidabad

22

441400
Nadia

17

131300
North 24 Parganas

33

273300
South 24 Parganas

31

292000
Kolkata

11

110000
Howrah

16

150100
Hooghly

18

161100
East Midnapore

16

133000
West Midnapore

19

170110
Purulia

9

70200
Bankura

12

73200
Burdwan

25

195100
Birbhum

11

91100
Total

294

211 324461

Constituency wise result

Table showing results for all the Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituencies of West Bengal with the names of winner and runner-up candidates. Also shown along are their party names.[30]

#ConstituencyWinnerParty affiliatedRunner-UpParty affiliated
1MekliganjArghya Roy Pradhan (Bilu)AITCParesh Chandra AdhikaryAIFB
2MathabhangaBinay Krishna BarmanAITCKhagen Chandra BarmanCPI(M)
3Cooch Behar UttarNagendra Nath RoyAIFBParimal BarmanAITC
4Cooch Behar DakshinMihir GoswamiAITCDebasis BanikAIFB
5SitalkuchiHiten BarmanAITCNamadipti AdhikaryCPI(M)
6SitaiJagadish Chandra Barma BasuniaAITCKeshab Chandra RayINC
7DinhataUdayan GuhaAITCAkshay ThakurAIFB
8NatabariRabindra Nath GhoshAITCTamser AliCPI(M)
9TufanganjFazal Karim MiahAITCShyamal ChoudhuryINC
10KumargramJames KujurAITCManoj Kumar OraonRSP
11KalchiniWilson ChampramaryAITCBishal LamaBJP
12AlipurduarsSourav Chakraborty (Ghutish) (AITC)Biswa Ranjan Sarkar (INC )
13FalakataAnil Adhikari (AITC)Kshitish Chandra Ray (CPM )
14MadarihatManoj Tigga (BJP)Padam Lama (AITC )
15DhupguriMitali Roy (AITC)Mamata Roy (CPM )
16MaynaguriAnanta Deb Adhikari (AITC)Chhaya Dey (Roy) (RSP )
17JalpaiguriSukhbilas Barma (INC)Dharttimohan Roy (AITC )
18RajganjKhageswar Roy (AITC)Satyendra Nath Mondal (CPM )
19Dabgram-PhulbariGoutam Deb (AITC)Dilip Singh (CPM )
20MalBulu Chik Baraik (AITC)Augustus Kerketta (CPM )
21NagrakataSukra Munda (AITC)Joseph Munda (INC )
22KalimpongSarita Rai (GJM)Harka Bahadur Chettri (IND )
23DarjeelingAmar Singh Rai (GJM)Sarda Rai Subba (AITC )
24KurseongRohit Sharma (GJM)Shanta Chhetri (AITC )
25Matigara-NaxalbariSankar Malakar (INC)Amar Sinha (AITC )
26SiliguriAsok Bhattacharya (CPM)Bhaichung Bhutia (AITC )
27PhansidewaSunil Chandra Tirkey (INC)Carolus Lakra (AITC )
28ChopraHamidul Rahaman (AITC)Akramul Hoque (CPM )
29IslampurKanaia Lal Agarwal (INC)Abdul Karim Chowdhury (AITC )
30GoalpokharMd Gulam Rabbani (AITC )Afjal Hosen (INC )
31ChakuliaAli Imran Ramz (AIFB)Ashim Kumar Mridha (BJP )
32KarandighiManodeb Sinha (AITC)Gokul Roy (AIFB )
33HemtabadDebendra Nath Roy (CPM)Sabita Kshetry (AITC )
34KaliaganjPramatha Nath Ray (INC)Basanta Roy (AITC )
35RaiganjMohit Sengupta (INC)Purnendu Dey (Bablu) (AITC )
36ItaharAmal Acharjee (AITC)Srikumar Mukherjee (CPI )
37KushmandiNarmada Chandra Roy (RSP)Rekha Roy (AITC )
38KumarganjToraf Hossain Mandal (AITC)Mafuja Khatun (CPM )
39BalurghatBiswanath Choudhury (RSP)Shankar Chakravorti (AITC )
40TapanBachchu Hansda (AITC)Raghu Urow (RSP )
41GangarampurGoutam Das (INC)Satyendra Nath Roy (AITC )
42HarirampurRafikul Islam (CPM)Biplab Mitra (AITC )
43HabibpurKhagen Murmu (CPM)Amal Kisku (AITC )
44GazoleDipali Biswas (CPM)Sushil Chandra Roy (AITC )
45ChanchalAsif Mehbub (INC)Soumitra Ray (AITC )
46HarishchandrapurAlam Mostaque (INC)Tajmul Hossain (AITC )
47MalatipurAlberuni Zulkarnain (INC)Abdur Rahim Boxi (RSP )
48RatuaSamar Mukherjee (INC)Shehnaz Quadery (AITC )
49ManikchakMd. Mottakin Alam (INC)Sabitri Mitra (AITC )
50MaldahaBhupendra Nath Halder (INC)Dulal Sarkar (Babla) (AITC )
51English BazarNihar Ranjan Ghosh (IND)Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury (AITC )
52MothabariYeasmin Sabina (INC)Md. Najrul Islam (AITC )
53SujapurIsha Khan Choudhury (INC)Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury (AITC )
54BaisnabnagarSwadhin Kumar Sarkar (BJP)Azizul Haque (INC )
55FarakkaMainul Haque (INC)Md. Mustafa (AITC )
56SamserganjAmirul Islam (AITC)Touab Ali (CPM )
57SutiHumayun Reza (INC)Emani Biswas (AITC )
58JangipurJakir Hossain (AITC)Somnath Singha Ray (CPM )
59RaghunathganjAkhruzzaman (INC)Abul Kasem Molla (AITC )
60SagardighiSubrata Saha (AITC)Aminul Islam (INC )
61LalgolaAbu Hena (INC)Chand Mohammad (AITC )
62BhagabangolaMahasin Ali (CPM)Abu Sufian Sarkar (AITC )
63RaninagarFiroza Begam (INC)Dr. Humayun Kabir (AITC )
64MurshidabadShaoni Singha Roy (INC)Ashim Krishna Bhatta (AITC )
65NabagramKanai Chandra Mondal (CPM)Dilip Saha (AITC )
66KhargramAshis Marjit (INC)Madhab Chandra Marjit (AITC )
67BurwanProtima Rajak (INC)Shasthi Charan Mal (AITC )
68KandiApurba Sarkar (David) (INC)Dr. Santanu Sen (AITC )
69BharatpurKamalesh Chatterjee (Gopal) (INC)Khadem A Dastegir (Khadu) (AITC )
70RejinagarRabiul Alam Chowdhury (INC)Humayun Kabir (IND )
71BeldangaSeikh Safiujjaman (INC)Golam Kibria Mia (AITC )
72BaharampurManoj Chakraborty (INC)Dr. Sujata Banerjee (AITC )
73HariharparaNiamot Sheikh (AITC)Alamgir Mir (Palash) (INC )
74NaodaAbu Taher Khan (INC)Masud Karim (AITC )
75DomkalAnisur Rahaman Sarkar (CPM)Soumik Hossain (AITC )
76JalangiAbdur Razzak Mandal (CPM)Alok Das (AITC )
77KarimpurMahua Moitra (AITC)Samarendranath Ghosh (CPM )
78TehattaGouri Sankar Dutta (AITC)Ranjit Kumar Mandal (CPM )
79PalashiparaTapas Kumar Saha (AITC)S.M.Sadi (CPM )
80KaliganjHasanuzzaman Sk (INC)Ahamed Nasiruddin (Lal) (AITC )
81NakashiparaKallol Khan (AITC)Tanmay Ganguli (CPM )
82ChapraRukbanur Rahman (AITC)Shamsul Islam Mollah (CPM )
83Krishnanagar UttarAbani Mohan Joardar (AITC)Asim Kumar Saha (INC )
84NabadwipPundarikakshya Saha (AITC)Sumit Biswas (CPM )
85Krishnanagar DakshinUjjal Biswas (AITC)Meghlal Sheikh (CPM )
86SantipurArindam Bhattacharya (INC)Ajoy Dey (AITC )
87Ranaghat Uttar PaschimSankar Singha (INC)Parthasarathi Chatterjee (Babu) (AITC )
88KrishnaganjSatyajit Biswas (AITC)Mrinal Biswas(Mini) (CPM )
89Ranaghat Uttar PurbaSamir Kumar Poddar (AITC)Babusona Sarkar (CPM )
90Ranaghat DakshinRama Biswas (CPM)Abir Ranjan Biswas (AITC )
91ChakdahaKar Ratna Ghosh (AITC)Biswanath Gupta (CPM )
92KalyaniDr. Ramendra Nath Biswas (AITC)Alakesh Das (CPM )
93HaringhataNilima Nag (Mallick) (AITC)Ajoy Das (CPM )
94BagdaDulal Chandra Bar (INC)Upendra Nath Biswas (AITC )
95Bangaon UttarBiswajit Das (AITC)Sushanta Bowali (AIFB )
96Bangaon DakshinSurajit Kumar Biswas (AITC)Ramendranath Audhya (CPM )
97GaighataPulin Bihari Ray (AITC)Kapil Krishna Thakur (CPI )
98SwarupnagarBina Mandal (AITC)Dhiman Sarkar (CPM )
99BaduriaAbdur Rahim Quazi (INC)Amir Ali (AITC )
100HabraJyoti Priya Mallick (AITC)Ashis Kantha Mukherjee (CPM )
101AshokenagarDhiman Roy (AITC)Satyasebi Kar (CPM )
102AmdangaRafiqur Rahaman (AITC)Abdus Sattar (CPM )
103BijpurSubhranshu Roy (BJP)Dr. Rabindra Nath Mukherjee (CPM )
104NaihatiPartha Bhowmick (AITC)Gargi Chatterjee (CPM )
105BhatparaArjun Singh (AITC)Jitendra Shaw (Jitu) (IND )
106JagatdalParash Dutta (AITC)Haripada Biswas (AIFB )
107NoaparaMadhusudan Ghose (INC)Manju Basu (AITC )
108BarrackporeSilbhadra Datta (AITC)Debasish Bhowmick (CPM )
109KhardahaAmit Mitra (AITC)Asim Kumar Dasgupta (CPM )
110Dum Dum UttarTanmoy Bhattacharya (CPM)Chandrima Bhattacharya (AITC )
111PanihatiNirmal Ghosh (AITC)Sanmoy Bandyopadhyay (INC )
112KamarhatiManash Mukherjee (CPM)Madan Mitra (AITC )
113BaranagarTapas Roy (AITC)Sukumar Ghosh (RSP )
114Dum DumBratya Basu (AITC)Palash Das (CPM )
115Rajarhat New TownSabya Sachi Dutta (AITC)Narendra Nath Chatterjee (Balai) (CPM )
116BidhannagarSujit Bose (AITC)Arunava Ghosh (INC )
117Rajarhat GopalpurPurnendu Basu (AITC)Nepaldeb Bhattacharjee (CPM )
118MadhyamgramRathin Ghosh(AITC)Tapas Majumder (INC)
119BarasatChiranjeet Chakrabarti (AITC)Chattopadhyay Sanjib (AIFB )
120DegangaRahima Mondal (AITC)Md. Hasanoor Jaman Chowdhury (AIFB )
121HaroaIslam Sk.Nurul (Haji) (AITC)Imtiaz Hossain (CPM )
122MinakhanUsha Rani Mondal (AITC)Dinabandhu Mondal (CPM )
123SandeshkhaliSukumar Mahata (AITC)Nirapada Sardar (CPM )
124Basirhat DakshinDipendu Biswas (Mithu) (AITC)Samik Bhattacharya (BJP )
125Basirhat UttarRafikul Islam Mondal (CPM)A.T.M. Abdullah (Rony) (AITC )
126HingalganjDebes Mandal (AITC)Anandamay Mandal (CPM )
127GosabaJayanta Naskar (AITC )Uttam Kumar Saha (RSP )
128BasantiGobinda Chandra Naskar (AITC)Subhas Naskar (RSP )
129KultaliRam Sankar Halder (CPM)Gopal Majhi (AITC )
130PatharpratimaSamir Kumar Jana (AITC)Phanibhushan Giri (INC )
131KakdwipManturam Pakhira (AITC)Rafik Uddin Molla (INC )
132SagarBankim Chandra Hazra (AITC)Asim Kumar Mandal (CPM )
133KulpiJogaranjan Halder (AITC)Rejaul Haque Khan (CPM )
134RaidighiDebasree Roy (AITC)Kanti Ganguly (CPM )
135MandirbazarHalder Joydeb (AITC)Dr. Sarat Chandra Haldar (CPM )
136JaynagarBiswanath Das (AITC)Sujit Patwari (INC )
137Baruipur PurbaNirmal Chandra Mondal (AITC)Sujoy Mistry (CPM )
138Canning PaschimShyamal Mondal (AITC)Arnab Roy (INC )
139Canning PurbaSaokat Molla (AITC)Ajijer Rahaman Molla (CPM )
140Baruipur PaschimBiman Banerjee (AITC)Safiuddin Khan (CPM )
141Magrahat PurbaNamita Saha (AITC)Chandan Saha (CPM )
142Magrahat PaschimGias Uddin Molla (AITC)Khalid Ebadullah (INC )
143Diamond HarbourDipak Kumar Halder (AITC)Dr. Abul Hasnat (CPM )
144FaltaTamonash Ghosh (AITC)Bidhan Parui (CPM )
145SatgachiaSonali Guha (Bose) (AITC)Paramita Ghosh (CPM )
146Bishnupur, South 24 ParganasDilip Mondal (AITC)Aloke Sardar (CPM )
147Sonarpur DakshinJiban Mukhopadhyay (AITC)Tarit Chakraborty (CPI )
148BhangarAbdur Razzak Molla (AITC)Abdur Rasid Gazi (CPM )
149KasbaJaved Ahmed Khan (AITC)Shatarup Ghosh (CPM )
150JadavpurSujan Chakraborty (CPM)Manish Gupta (AITC )
151Sonarpur UttarFirdousi Begum (AITC)Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (CPM )
152TollygungeAroop Biswas (AITC)Madhuja Sen Roy (CPM )
153Behala PurbaSovan Chatterjee (AITC)Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra (IND )
154Behala PaschimPartha Chatterjee (AITC)Kaustav Chatterjee (CPM )
155MaheshtalaKasturi Das (AITC)Samik Lahiri (CPM )
156Budge BudgeAshok Kumar Deb (AITC)Sk. Mujibar Rahaman (INC )
157MetiaburuzAbdul Khaleque Molla (AITC)Monirul Islam (CPM )
158Kolkata PortFirhad Hakim (AITC)Rakesh Singh (INC )
159BhabanipurMamata Banerjee (AITC)Deepa Dasmunshi (INC )
160RashbehariSobhandeb Chattopadhyay (AITC)Ashutosh Chatterjee (INC )
161BallygungeSubrata Mukherjee (AITC)Krishna Debnath (INC )
162ChowrangeeNayna Bandyopadhyay (AITC)Somendranath Mitra (INC )
163EntallySwarna Kamal Saha (AITC)Debesh Das (CPM )
164BeleghataParesh Paul (AITC)Rajib Biswas (CPM )
165JorasankoSmita Bakshi (AITC)Rahul(Biswajit)Sinha (BJP )
166ShyampukurShashi Panja (AITC)Piyali Pal (AIFB )
167ManiktalaSadhan Pande (AITC)Rajib Majumder (CPM )
168Kashipur-BelgachiaMala Saha (AITC)Kaninika Bose (Ghosh) (CPM )
169BallyBaishali Dalmiya (AITC)Saumendranath Bera (CPM )
170Howrah UttarLaxmi Ratan Shukla (AITC)Santosh Kumar Pathak (INC )
171Howrah MadhyaArup Roy (Apu) (AITC)Amitabha Dutta (JD(U) )
172ShibpurJatu Lahiri (AITC)Jagannath Bhattacharyya (AIFB )
173Howrah DakshinBrajamohan Majumder (AITC)Arindam Basu (Babu) (CPM )
174SankrailSital Kumar Sardar (AITC)Samir Malick (CPM )
175PanchlaGulsan Mullick (AITC)Doli Roy (AIFB )
176Uluberia PurbaHaider Aziz Safwi (AITC)Sabiruddin Molla (CPM )
177Uluberia UttarDr. Nirmal Maji (AITC)Amiya Kumar Mondal (INC )
178Uluberia DakshinPulak Roy (AITC)Md.Nasiruddin (AIFB )
179ShyampurKalipada Mandal (AITC)Amitabha Chakraborty (INC )
180BagnanArunava Sen(Raja) (AITC)Mina Mukherjee Ghosh (CPM )
181AmtaAsit Mitra (INC)Tushar Kanti Sil (AITC )
182UdaynarayanpurSamir Kumar Panja (AITC)Karar Saroj Ranjan (INC )
183JagatballavpurMd. Abdul Ghani (AITC)Baidyanath Basu (CPM )
184DomjurRajib Banerjee (AITC)Pratima Dutta W/O - Tapan Dutta (IND )
185UttarparaPrabir Kumar Ghosal (AITC)Srutinath Praharaj (CPM )
186SreerampurDr. Sudipta Roy (AITC)Subhankar Sarkar (INC )
187ChampdaniAbdul Mannan (INC)Muzaffar Khan (AITC )
188SingurRabindranath Bhattacharya (AITC)Rabin Deb (CPM )
189ChandannagarIndranil Sen (AITC)Goutam Sarkar (CPM )
190ChunchuraAsit Mazumder (Tapan) (AITC)Dr. Pranab Kumar Ghosh (AIFB )
191BalagarhAshim Kumar Majhi (AITC)Panchu Gopal Mondal (CPM )
192PanduaSk. Amjad Hossain (CPM)Saiyad Rahim Nabi (AITC )
193SaptagramTapan Dasgupta (AITC)Dilip Nath (INC )
194ChanditalaSwati Khandoker (AITC)Azim Ali Md. Sk. (CPM )
195JangiparaSnehasis Chakraborty (AITC)Pobitra Singha Roy (CPM )
196HaripalBecharam Manna (AITC)Jogiyananda Mishra (CPM )
197DhanekhaliAshima Patra (AITC)Pradip Majumdar (AIFB )
198TarakeswarRachhpal Singh (AITC)Surajit Ghosh (NCP )
199PursurahDr. M. Nuruzzaman (AITC)Pratim Singha Roy (INC )
200ArambaghKrishna Chandra Santra (AITC)Asit Malik (CPM )
201GoghatManas Majumdar (AITC)Biswanath Karak (AIFB )
202KhanakulIqbal Ahmed (AITC)Islam Ali Khan (CPM )
203TamlukAshok Kumar Dinda (CPI)Nirbed Ray (AITC )
204Panskura PurbaSk Ibrahim Ali (CPM)Biplab Roy Chowdhury (AITC )
205Panskura PaschimPhiroja Bibi (AITC)Chittaranjan Dasthakur (CPI )
206MoynaSangram Kumar Dolai (AITC)Manik Bhowmik (INC )
207NandakumarSukumar De (AITC)Siraj Khan (IND )
208MahisadalDr. Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar (AITC)Dr. Subrata Maiti (IND )
209HaldiaTapasi Mondal (CPM)Madhurima Mandal (AITC )
210NandigramAdhikari Suvendu (AITC)Abdul Kabir Sekh (CPI )
211ChandipurAmiyakanti Bhattacharjee (AITC)Mangal Chand Pradhan (CPM )
212PatashpurJyotirmoy Kar (AITC)Makhanlal Nayak (CPI )
213Kanthi UttarBanasri Maity (AITC)Chakradhar Maikap (CPM )
214BhagabanpurArdhendu Maity (AITC)Hemangshu Shekhar Mahapatra (INC )
215KhejuriRanajit Mondal (AITC)Asim Kumar Mandal (IND )
216Kanthi DakshinAdhikari Dibyendu (AITC)Uttam Pradhan (CPI )
217RamnagarAkhil Giri (AITC)Tapas Sinha (CPM )
218EgraDas Samares (AITC)Shaikh Mahmud Hossain (DCP(PC) )
219DantanBikram Chandra Pradhan (AITC)Sisir Kumar Patra (CPI )
220NayagramDulal Murmu (AITC)Bakul Murmu (BJP )
221GopiballavpurChuramani Mahata (AITC)Pulin Bihari Baske (CPM )
222JhargramSukumar Hansda (AITC)Chunibala Hansda (JKP(N) )
223KeshiaryParesh Murmu (AITC)Biram Mandi (CPM )
224Kharagpur SadarDilip Kumar Ghosh (BJP)Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC )
225NarayangarhProdyut Kumar Ghosh (AITC)Surjya kanta Mishra (CPM )
226SabangManas Ranjan Bhunia (INC)Nirmal Ghosh (AITC )
227PinglaSaumen Kumar Mahapatra (AITC)Prabodh Chandra Sinha (DCP(PC) )
228KharagpurDinen Roy (AITC)Sk Sajahan Ali (CPM )
229DebraSelima Khatun (Bibi) (AITC)Jahangir Karim Sk (CPM )
230DaspurMamata Bhunia (AITC)Swapan Santra (CPM )
231GhatalShankar Dolai (AITC)Kamal Chandra Dolui (CPM )
232ChandrakonaChhaya Dolai (AITC)Santinath Bodhuk (CPM )
233GarbetaAshis Chakraborty (Nanti) (AITC)Sorforaj Khan (CPM )
234SalboniSrikanta Mahata (AITC)Shyam Sundar Pandey (CPM )
235KeshpurSeuli Saha (AITC)Rameswar Doloi (CPM )
236MedinipurMrigendra Nath Maiti (AITC)Santosh Rana (CPI )
237BinpurKhagendranath Hembram (AITC)Dibakar Hansda (CPM )
238BandwanRajib Lochan Saren (AITC)Besra Susanta (CPM )
239BalarampurShantiram Mahato (AITC)Jagadish Mahato (INC )
240BaghmundiNepal Mahata (INC)Samir Mahato (AITC )
241JoypurShaktipada Mahato (AITC)Dhirendra Nath Mahato (AIFB )
242PuruliaSudip Kumar Mukherjee (INC)Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo (AITC )
243ManbazarSandhya Rani Tudu (AITC)Ipil Murmu (CPM )
244KashipurSwapan Kumar Beltharia (AITC)Sudin Kisku (CPM )
245ParaUmapada Bauri (AITC)Dinanath Bauri (CPM )
246RaghunathpurPurna Chandra Bauri (AITC)Satyanarayan Bauri (CPM )
247SaltoraSwapan Bouri (AITC)Sasthi Charan Bouri (CPM )
248ChhatnaDhirendra Nath Layek (RSP)Subhasis Batabyal (AITC )
249RanibandhJyotsna Mandi (AITC)Deblina Hembram (CPM )
250RaipurBirendra Nath Tudu (AITC)Dilip Kumar Hansda (CPM )
251TaldangraSamir Chakraborty (AITC)Amiya Patra (CPM )
252BankuraDaripa Shampa (INC)Minati Misra (AITC )
253BarjoraSujit Chakraborty (CPM)Soham Chakraborty (AITC )
254OndaArup Kumar Khan (AITC)Manik Mukherjee (AIFB )
255Bishnupur, BankuraTushar Kanti Bhattacharya (INC)Shyamaprasad Mukherjee (AITC )
256KatulpurShyamal Santra (AITC)Akshay Santra (INC )
257IndasGurupada Mete (AITC)Dilip Kumar Malik (CPM )
258SonamukhiAjit Ray (CPM)Dipali Saha (AITC )
259KhandaghoshNabin Chandra Bag (AITC)Asima Roy (CPM )
260Bardhaman DakshinRabiranjan Chattopadhyay (AITC)Ainul Haque (CPM )
261RainaNepal Ghorui (AITC)Khan Basudeb (CPM )
262JamalpurSamar Hazra (CPM)Ujjal Pramanick (AITC )
263ManteswarSajal Panja* (AITC)Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah (CPM )
264KalnaKundu Biswajit (AITC)Sukul Chandra Sikdar (CPM )
265MemariBegum Nargis (AITC)Debashis Ghosh (CPM )
266Bardhaman UttarNisith Kumar Malik (AITC)Aparna Saha (CPM )
267BhatarSubhash Mondal (AITC)Bamacharan Banerjee (CPM )
268Purbasthali DakshinSwapan Debnath (AITC)Abhijit Bhattacharyya (INC )
269Purbasthali UttarPradip Kumar Saha (CPM)Tapan Chatterjee (AITC )
270KatwaRabindranath Chatterjee (AITC)Shyama Majumdar (INC )
271KetugramSekh Sahonawez (AITC)Abul Kadar Syed (CPM )
272MangalkotChowdhury Siddiqullah (AITC)Choudhury Sahajahan (CPM )
273AusgramAbhedananda Thander (AITC)Manasa Mete (SUCI(C) )
274GalsiAlok Kumar Majhi (AITC)Nandalal Pondit (AIFB )
275PandaveswarKumar Jitendra Tewari (AITC)Gouranga Chatterjee (CPM )
276Durgapur PurbaSantosh Debray (CPM)Pradip Mazumdar (AITC )
277Durgapur PaschimBishwanath Parial (INC)Apurba Mukherjee (AITC )
278RaniganjRunu Dutta (CPM)Bano Nargis (AITC )
279JamuriaJahanara Khan (CPM)V. Sivadasan (Dasu) (AITC )
280Asansol DakshinTapas Banerjee (AITC)Hemant Prabhakar (CPM )
281Asansol UttarMoloy Ghatak (AITC)Nirmal Karmakar (BJP )
282KultiUjjal Chatterjee (AITC)Ajay Kumar Poddar (BJP )
283BarabaniBidhan Upadhyay (AITC)Shipra Mukherjee (CPM )
284DubrajpurChandra Naresh Bauri (AITC)Bijoy Bagdi (AIFB )
285SuriAsok Kumar Chattopadhyay (AITC)Dr. Ram Chandra Dome (CPM )
286BolpurChandranath Sinha (AITC)Tapan Hore (RSP )
287NanoorShyamali Pradhan (CPM)Gadadhar Hazra (AITC )
288LabpurIslam Monirul (AITC)Syed Mahfuzul Karim (Mahfuz) (CPM )
289SainthiaNilabati Saha (AITC)Dhiren Bagdi (CPM )
290MayureswarAbhijit Roy (AITC)Arup Bag (CPM )
291RampurhatAsish Banerjee (AITC)Syed Siraj Jimmi (INC )
292HansanMiltan Rasid (INC)Asit Kumar Mal (AITC )
293NalhatiMoinuddin Shams (AITC)Dipak Chatterjee (AIFB )
294MuraraiAbdur Rahaman (Liton) (AITC)Ali Mortuza Khan (INC )
  • Sajal Panja died on 17 October 2016.[31] Saikat Panja was subsequently elected to fill the vacancy.[32]
gollark: Unfortunately, brains are at least 4 complex.
gollark: Because testing of some people on here showed that they didn't seem to block light which they should.
gollark: No, I mean styro took it down.
gollark: This is mentioned in <#426053961624190986> somewhere I think.
gollark: It was taken down because of possible safety issues with EaglePair goggles IIRC.

See also

References

  1. "Six phases in Bengal".
  2. "Assembly Election Result 2016, Assembly Election Schedule Candidate List, Assembly Election Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News 2016". infoelections.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. Mahaprashasta, Ajoy Ashirwad (14 April 2016). "Critical Challenges Lie Ahead for Trinamool Congress to Retain West Bengal's Vote". The Wire. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. Gupta, Smita (26 April 2016). "Mamata, Muslims and paribartan". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. "Everything You Wanted To Know About Malda Violence, But Were Too Secular To Ask".
  6. "Malda flare-up : why the BJP is making such an issue of it".
  7. "48 hours after communal riots, Kaliachak in Malda turns ghost town".
  8. "Why did the media ignore the Malda communal violence?".
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/west-bengal-polls-election-commission-seeks-nod-for-delimitation-in-enclaves/articleshow/50452516.cms
  11. "Bengal elector-population ratio jumps". The Hindu. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  12. "West Bengal Assembly Election Schedule 2016 - infoelections.com".
  13. http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6333-west-bengal-assembly-election-schedule.html
  14. 86% voter turnout in 6th phase of West Bengal polls
  15. "Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry VVPAT Usage".
  16. "a total of 5,993 polling stations in the state will have VVPAT system".
  17. "VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry" (PDF).
  18. "West Bengal Assembly Election TMC Candidate List 2016". Infoelection.
  19. "West Bengal Assembly Election BJP Candidate List 2016". Infoelection.
  20. "West Bengal Assembly Election Left Front Candidate List 2016". Infoelection.
  21. "West Bengal Assembly Election Congress Candidate List 2016". Infoelection.
  22. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160506/jsp/bengal/story_84109.jsp#.VzdJleT1bGs
  23. "Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal Elections 2016, hinted Left leaders". infoelections.
  24. http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/7373-west-bengal-election-fourth-phase-live-voting-updates.html
  25. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/assams-85-has-pollsters-riveted/article8462872.ece
  26. http://www.livemint.com/Politics/zyVwmJTO0g3FarxLge56AJ/Second-day-of-polling-in-Assam-West-Bengal-begins.html
  27. "NDTV Live Results". Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  28. http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/180-wbresult2011.html
  29. "It's 'Mamata wave' in West Bengal as voters reject Congress-Left alliance". Ritesh K Srivastava. Zee News. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  30. http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/
  31. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/west-bengal-bypolls-on-november-19-tmc-names-candidates-lok-sabha-3088876/
  32. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ByeElec2016/Results/263-MonteswarAC.pdf

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.