2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Registered	76,010,006
Turnout	60,483,687 (79.59%) 2.17% pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Abhishek Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Party AITC BJP INC Alliance INDIA NDA INDIA Leader since 2014 2021 2020 Leader's seat Diamond Harbour (won) Balurghat (won) Baharampur (lost) Last election 43.69%, 22 seats 40.64%, 18 seats 5.67%, 2 seats Seats won 29 12 1 Seat change 7 6 1 Popular vote 27,674,133 23,431,081 2,818,728 Percentage 46.16% 39.08% 4.72% Swing 2.47 pp 1.56 pp 0.95 pp
Partywise Result Alliance-wise Result
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

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.

Contents

• Election schedule
• Parties and alliances
• All India Trinamool Congress
• Bharatiya Janata Party
• Secular Democratic Alliance
• Others
• Candidates
• Surveys and polls
• Opinion polls
• Exit polls
• Voter turnout
• Phase wise
• Constituency wise
• Results
• Results by party or alliance
• Constituency wise party or alliance votes
• Results by constituency
• Assembly wise lead of Parties
• Partywise leads
• Assembly seat wise leads
• Postal ballot wise leads
• Region-Wise Results
• Vote-share
• See also
• References

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.

Election schedule

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]}

Parties and alliances

All India Trinamool Congress

   All India Trinamool Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	All India Trinamool Congress			Mamata Banerjee	42

Bharatiya Janata Party

   Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Sukanta Majumdar	42

Secular Democratic Alliance

   Secular Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Mohammed Salim	23
	Indian National Congress			Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	12 [a]
	Revolutionary Socialist Party			Tapan Hor	3
	Communist Party of India			Swapan Banerjee	2
	All India Forward Bloc			Naren Chatterjee	2 [b]
	Total				42 [c]

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)			Provash Ghosh	42
	Indian Secular Front			Nawsad Siddique	17
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Manoj Hawladar	5
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen			-	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			Dipankar Bhattacharya	1

Candidates

Surveys and polls

Voter turnout

Constituency wise

Constituency		Poll date	Turnout	Swing
1	Cooch Behar (SC)	19 April 2024	82.16%	1.92
2	Alipurduars (ST)		79.76%	4.03
3	Jalpaiguri (SC)		83.66%	2.85
4	Darjeeling	26 April 2024	74.76%	4.04
5	Raiganj		76.18%	3.64
6	Balurghat		79.09%	4.60
7	Maldaha Uttar	7 May 2024	76.03%	1.20
8	Maldaha Dakshin		76.69%	4.55
9	Jangipur		75.72%	5.00
10	Baharampur	13 May 2024	77.54%	1.87
11	Murshidabad	7 May 2024	81.52%	2.77
12	Krishnanagar	13 May 2024	80.65%	3.10
13	Ranaghat (SC)		81.87%	2.39
14	Bangaon (SC)	20 May 2024	81.04%	1.60
15	Barrackpore		75.41%	1.50
16	Dum Dum	1 June 2024	73.81%	2.79
17	Barasat		80.17%	1.09
18	Basirhat		84.31%	1.12
19	Jaynagar (SC)		80.08%	2.21
20	Mathurapur (SC)		82.02%	2.84
21	Diamond Harbour		81.04%	0.94
22	Jadavpur		76.68%	2.41
23	Kolkata Dakshin		66.95%	2.87
24	Kolkata Uttar		63.59%	2.16
25	Howrah	20 May 2024	71.73%	3.10
26	Uluberia		79.78%	1.40
27	Sreerampur		76.44%	2.10
28	Hooghly		81.38%	1.14
29	Arambagh (SC)		82.62%	0.82
30	Tamluk	25 May 2024	84.79%	0.59
31	Kanthi		84.77%	0.52
32	Ghatal		82.17%	0.23
33	Jhargram (ST)		83.47%	1.95
34	Medinipur		81.56%	2.44
35	Purulia		78.39%	3.71
36	Bankura		80.75%	2.22
37	Bishnupur (SC)		85.91%	1.04
38	Bardhaman Purba (SC)	13 May 2024	82.85%	1.66
39	Bardhaman–Durgapur		80.72%	1.56
40	Asansol		73.27%	3.10
41	Bolpur (SC)		82.66%	3.08
42	Birbhum		81.91%	3.09

Results

Results by party or alliance

29	12	1
AITC	BJP	INC

Vote Share (By alliance 2024 Lok Sabha West Bengal)

1. AITC (46.2%)
2. BJP (39.1%)
3. LF+INC (11.0%)
4. Others (3.61%)
5. NOTA (0.87%)

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	AITC			27,674,133	46.20	2.98	42	29	7
	NDA		BJP	23,431,081	39.10	1.15	42	12	6
	LF+INC		CPI(M)	3,432,981	5.70	0.58	23	0
			INC	2,827,055	4.70	0.91	12	1	1
			AIFB	144,839	0.20	0.21	2	0
			RSP	134,039	0.20	0.19	3	0
			CPI	132,693	0.20	0.16	2	0
		Total		6,671,207	11.00	2.05	42	1	1
	Others			2,176,281	2.80
	NOTA			530,985	0.90
Total				60,483,687	100	-		42	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner [18]							Runner-up							Margin
			Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	pp
1	Cooch Behar (SC)	82.16%		AITC		AITC	Jagadish Chandra Basunia	788,375	48.57%		BJP		NDA	Nisith Pramanik	749,125	46.16%	39,250	2.41%
2	Alipurduars (ST)	79.76%		BJP		NDA	Manoj Tigga	695,314	48.92%		AITC		AITC	Prakash Chik Baraik	619,867	43.61%	75,447	5.30%
3	Jalpaiguri (SC)	83.66%		BJP		NDA	Jayanta Kumar Roy	766,568	48.57%		AITC		AITC	Nirmal Chandra Roy	679,875	43.07%	86,693	5.50%
4	Darjeeling	74.76%		BJP		NDA	Raju Bista	679,331	51.18%		AITC		AITC	Gopal Lama	500,806	37.73%	178,525	13.45%
5	Raiganj	76.18%		BJP		NDA	Kartick Chandra Paul	560,897	40.99%		AITC		AITC	Krishna Kalyani	492,700	36.00%	68,197	4.99%
6	Balurghat	79.09%		BJP		NDA	Sukanta Majumder	574,996	46.47%		AITC		AITC	Biplab Mitra	564,610	45.63%	10,386	0.84%
7	Maldaha Uttar	76.03%		BJP		NDA	Khagen Murmu	527,023	37.18%		AITC		AITC	Prasun Banerjee	449,315	31.70%	77,708	5.48%
8	Maldaha Dakshin	76.69%		INC		SDA	Isha Khan Choudhury	572,395	41.79%		BJP		NDA	Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury	444,027	32.42%	128,368	9.37%
9	Jangipur	75.72%		AITC		AITC	Khalilur Rahaman	544,427	39.75%		INC		SDA	Murtoja Hossain Bokul	427,790	31.23%	116,637	8.52%
10	Baharampur	77.54%		AITC		AITC	Yusuf Pathan	524,516	37.88%		INC		SDA	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	439,494	31.74%	85,022	6.14%
11	Murshidabad	81.52%		AITC		AITC	Abu Taher Khan	682,442	44.27%		CPI(M)		SDA	Md. Salim	518,227	33.62%	164,215	10.65%
12	Krishnanagar	80.65%		AITC		AITC	Mahua Moitra	628,789	44.10%		BJP		NDA	Amrita Roy	572,084	40.13%	56,705	3.98%
13	Ranaghat (SC)	81.87%		BJP		NDA	Jagannath Sarkar	782,396	50.78%		AITC		AITC	Mukut Mani Adhikari	595,497	38.65%	186,899	12.13%
14	Bangaon (SC)	81.04%		BJP		NDA	Shantanu Thakur	719,505	48.19%		AITC		AITC	Biswajit Das	645,812	43.25%	73,693	4.94%
15	Barrackpore	75.41%		AITC		AITC	Partha Bhowmick	520,231	45.56%		BJP		NDA	Arjun Singh	455,793	39.92%	64,438	5.64%
16	Dum Dum	73.81%		AITC		AITC	Saugata Roy	528,579	41.95%		BJP		NDA	Silbhadra Dutta	457,919	36.34%	70,660	5.61%
17	Barasat	80.17%		AITC		AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	692,010	45.15%		BJP		NDA	Swapan Majumder	577,821	37.70%	114,189	7.45%
18	Basirhat	84.31%		AITC		AITC	Haji Nurul Islam	803,762	52.76%		BJP		NDA	Rekha Patra	470,215	30.87%	333,547	21.89%
19	Jaynagar (SC)	80.08%		AITC		AITC	Pratima Mondal	894,312	60.32%		BJP		NDA	Ashok Kandari	424,093	28.60%	470,219	31.72%
20	Mathurapur (SC)	82.02%		AITC		AITC	Bapi Halder	755,731	50.52%		BJP		NDA	Ashok Purkait	554,674	37.08%	201,057	13.44%
21	Diamond Harbour	81.04%		AITC		AITC	Abhishek Banerjee	1,048,230	68.48%		BJP		NDA	Abhijit Das (Bobby)	337,300	22.03%	710,930	46.45%
22	Jadavpur	76.68%		AITC		AITC	Saayoni Ghosh	717,899	45.83%		BJP		NDA	Anirban Ganguly	459,698	29.35%	258,201	16.48%
23	Kolkata Dakshin	66.95%		AITC		AITC	Mala Roy	615,274	49.48%		BJP		NDA	Debasree Chaudhuri	428,043	34.42%	187,231	15.06%
24	Kolkata Uttar	63.59%		AITC		AITC	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	454,696	47.44%		BJP		NDA	Tapas Roy	362,136	37.78%	92,560	9.62%
25	Howrah	71.73%		AITC		AITC	Prasun Banerjee	626,493	49.26%		BJP		NDA	Rathin Chakraborty	457,051	35.94%	169,442	13.32%
26	Uluberia	79.78%		AITC		AITC	Sajda Ahmed	724,622	52.10%		BJP		NDA	Arun Uday Pal Chaudhary	505,949	36.38%	218,673	15.72%
27	Srerampur	76.44%		AITC		AITC	Kalyan Banerjee	673,970	45.65%		BJP		NDA	Kabir Shankar Bose	499,140	33.80%	174,830	11.85%
28	Hooghly	81.38%		AITC		AITC	Rachana Banerjee	702,744	46.31%		BJP		NDA	Locket Chatterjee	625,891	41.24%	76,853	5.07%
29	Arambagh (SC)	82.62%		AITC		AITC	Mitali Bag	712,587	45.71%		BJP		NDA	Arup Kanti Digar	706,188	45.30%	6,399	0.41%
30	Tamluk	84.79%		BJP		NDA	Abhijit Gangopadhyay	765,584	48.54%		AITC		AITC	Debangshu Bhattacharya	687,851	43.61%	77,733	4.93%
31	Kanthi	84.77%		BJP		NDA	Soumendu Adhikari	763,195	49.85%		AITC		AITC	Uttam Barik	715,431	46.73%	47,764	3.12%
32	Ghatal	82.17%		AITC		AITC	Deepak Adhikari	837,990	52.36%		BJP		NDA	Hiran Chatterjee	655,122	40.93%	182,868	11.43%
33	Jhargram (ST)	83.47%		AITC		AITC	Kalipada Soren	743,478	49.87%		BJP		NDA	Dr. Pranat Tudu	569,430	38.20%	174,048	11.67%
34	Medinipur	81.56%		AITC		AITC	June Malia	702,192	47.40%		BJP		NDA	Agnimitra Paul	675,001	45.56%	27,191	1.84%
35	Purulia	78.39%		BJP		NDA	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	578,489	40.34%		AITC		AITC	Santiram Mahato	561,410	39.15%	17,079	1.19%
36	Bankura	80.75%		AITC		AITC	Arup Chakraborty	641,813	44.33%		BJP		NDA	Subhas Sarkar	609,035	42.07%	32,778	2.26%
37	Bishnupur (SC)	85.91%		BJP		NDA	Saumitra Khan	680,130	44.93%		AITC		AITC	Sujata Mondal	674,563	44.56%	5,567	0.37%
38	Bardhaman Purba (SC)	82.85%		AITC		AITC	Sharmila Sarkar	730,302	48.11%		BJP		NDA	Ashim Kumar Sarkar	559,730	37.38%	160,572	10.72%
39	Bardhaman–Durgapur	80.72%		AITC		AITC	Kirti Azad	720,667	47.99%		BJP		NDA	Dilip Ghosh	582,686	38.80%	137,981	9.19%
40	Asansol	73.27%		AITC		AITC	Shatrughan Sinha	605,645	46.53%		BJP		NDA	S. S. Ahluwalia	546,081	41.96%	59,564	4.78%
41	Bolpur (SC)	82.66%		AITC		AITC	Asit Kumar Mal	855,633	55.98%		BJP		NDA	Piya Saha	528,380	34.57%	327,253	21.41%
42	Birbhum	81.91%		AITC		AITC	Satabdi Roy	717,961	47.00%		BJP		NDA	Debtanu Bhattacharya	520,311	34.06%	197,650	12.94%

Assembly wise lead of Parties

Partywise leads

Party				Assembly segments [19] [20]	Position in assembly
	AITC+		AITC	192	226
			BGPM	Did Not Contest	1
		Total		192	227
	NDA		BJP	90	65
		Total		90	65
	INDIA		INC	11	0
			CPI(M)	1	0
		Total		12	0
	Others		IND	0	1 [f]
			ISF	0	1
		Total		0	2
Total				294