How parties fared in 2021 West Bengal elections and subsequent by-elections
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Explore the 2021 West Bengal elections' outcomes and the evolving political landscape ahead of the crucial 2026 assembly elections.
The West Bengal 2026 elections is set to witness a high-stakes electoral battle between All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The West Bengal assembly, comprising of 294 seats, has 215 legislators from TMC and 77 from BJP. Of the remaining two seats, Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party secured victory in Deganga seat, while Kalimpong seat was won by an independent candidate.
The Left parties, which includes CPI(M), and Congress, failed to register victory in a single assembly seat in West Bengal. With their vote share being drastically reduced, BJP is positioned as the central opposition party in West Bengal. On the other hand, Trinamool, ruling the State since 2011 retained its hold in the eastern State in 2021.
The TMC commanded victory in the 2021 polls, securing 215 of the 290 seats it contested. The poll figure, released by Election Commission of India, suggests the party pulled 48% of the total polled votes in 2021.
However, party supremo Mamata Banerjee lost against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by 1,956 votes in Nandigram. She later won from Bhabanipur constituency in a by-election with a record margin of over 58,000 votes. In spite of the loss, BJP managed to garner a record 38% votes in the assembly election.
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