2021–2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections

By-elections for 10 constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were held after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly By-election 2021-26

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6 vacant seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
 
Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG
The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg
LeaderMamata BanerjeeAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury
PartyAITCINC
AllianceSDA
Leader's seatBhabanipur (won)Did not contest
Last election40
Seats won61
Seats after50
Seat change3Increase0Steady

 Third partyFourth party
 
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Suvendu Adhikari.jpg
LeaderMohammed SalimSuvendu Adhikari
PartyCPI(M)BJP
AllianceSDA
Leader's seatDid not contestNandigram
Last election03
Seats won00
Seats after00
Seat changeSteady3Decrease

Results

Background

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Bannerjee to contest the Legislative Assembly by-elections.[1]

On 30 September 2021, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a by-election for the Bhabanipur seat. Later, the ECI announced remaining vacant seats for elections on 30 October 2021.

Summary

PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%ContestedWon+/−
All India Trinamool Congress713,68471.9566 2
Indian National Congress8,0950.82210
Communist Party of India (Marxist)91,2659.20400
Bharatiya Janata Party151,22315.2560 2
Total/Turnout991,911

Constituency-wise results

Constituency No.Election DateDate (M.L.A. elected)ConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionSource
15930 September 20213 October 2021BhabanipurSovandeb Chattopadhyay[a]All India Trinamool CongressMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[2][3]
730 October 20212 November 2021DinhataNisith Pramanik[b]Bharatiya Janata PartyUdayan Guha[4][5][6]
86SantipurJagannath Sarkar[b]Braja Kishor Goswami
109KhardahaKajal Sinha[c]All India Trinamool CongressSovandeb Chattopadhyay
127GosabaJayanta Naskar[d]Subrata Mondal
16112 April 202216 April 2022BallygungeSubrata Mukherjee[e]Babul Supriyo
6027 February 20232 March 2023SagardighiSubrata Saha[f]Bayron BiswasIndian National Congress[1]
155 September 20238 September 2023DhupguriBishnu Pada Ray[g]Bharatiya Janata PartyNirmal Chandra RoyAll India Trinamool Congress[2]
627 May 20244 June 2024BhagabangolaIdris Ali[h]All India Trinamool CongressTBDTBD
1131 June 20244 June 2024BaranagarTapas Roy
3511 July 2024TBDRaiganjKrishna Kalyani[i]Bharatiya Janata Party
90Ranaghat DakshinMukut Mani Adhikari[j]
94BagdahBiswajit Das[k]
167ManiktalaSadhan Pande[l][m]All India Trinamool Congress
Reason for vacancy of their seats:

See also

References