2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, which marked the 17th quinquennial legislative election for the 17th legislative assembly of West Bengal, encompassed 292 of the 294 constituencies. This electoral process unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021, taking place in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed to 30 September 2021.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

27 March – 29 April 2021 (292 seats)
30 September 2021 (2 remaining seats)

294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered72,924,106
Turnout82.30% ( 0.72 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Dilip Ghosh
Party AITC BJP
Alliance AITC+ NDA
Leader since 1998 2015
Leader's seat Nandigram
(lost)
Bhabanipur
(By-elected)
Did not contest
Last election 44.91% votes
211 seats
10.16% votes
3 seats
Seats won 215 77
Seat change 4 74
Popular vote 28,968,281 22,905,474
Percentage 52.98% 36.17%
Swing 3.11 pp 27.81 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Surjya Kanta Mishra Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance SM SM
Leader since 2015 2020
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 19.75% votes
26 seats
12.25%, 44 seats
Seats won 0 0
Seat change 26 44
Popular vote 6,017,573 1,757,131
Percentage 4.73% 2.93%
Swing 15.02 pp 9.32 pp

Map of the election results

Seats won in West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Chief Minister before election

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

Chief Minister after election

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

The incumbent All India Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee won the election by a landslide, despite opinion polls generally predicting a close race against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which became the official opposition with 77 seats. The Indian Secular Front won one seat, and the Indian National Congress and the Left Front did not win any seats.

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