West Bengal Elections

Legislative Assembly elections were held in West Bengal on 23 and 29 April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The election recorded a voter turnout of 92.93%, the highest ever for an assembly election in the state.

Date of counting of votes: 4 May 2026

West Bengal Assembly election Results 2026
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Exit polls: West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Todays Chanakya
AITC+ = 89-111; BJP = 181-203; Others = 0-4
News 18 – Vote Vibe
AITC+ = 127-147 BJP = 143-163; Others = 0-6
JVC
AITC+ = 131-152; BJP = 138-159; Others = 0-2
P Marq
AITC+ = 118-138; BJP = 150-175; Others = 2-6
People Insight
AITC+ = 138-150; BJP = 144-154; Others = 0-2

Parliamentary Constituencies – 42 Seats
Assembly Constituencies – 294 Seats

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2021

Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee won the election.
Bharatiya Janata Party, which became the official opposition with 77 seats and for the first time in the history of Bengal, no members from INC and Communist party were elected

AITC+ = 216 Seats (Trinamool Congress 290 Seats)
NDA = 77 Seats
INC – 0
CPI/CPIM = 0

West Bengal Assembly Election 2016 : Results
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal

Results 2016 ( Total Seats : 294)
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : 211 Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) – 44 Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) – 26 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – 03 Seats
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) – 02 Seats
Communist Party of India(CPI) – 01 Seats
RSP – 03 Seats
Others – 04 Seats

West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results: 2014 (Total Seats – 42)
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) – 34 Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) – 04 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – 02 Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) – 02 Seats

West Bengal Assembly Election Results: 2011 (Total Seats – 294)
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) – 184 Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) – 42 Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) – 40 Seats
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) – 11 Seats
Others – 17 Seats

West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results: 2009 (Total Seats – 42)
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) – 19 Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) – 09 Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) – 06 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – 02 Seats
Communist Party of India (CPI) – 02 Seats
Others – 04 Seats

West Bengal Assembly Election Results: 2006 (Total Seats – 294)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) – 176 Seats
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) – 30 Seats
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) – 23 Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) – 21 Seats
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) – 20 Seats
Others – 24 Seats