West Bengal Elections

Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in West Bengal from 23 to 29 April 2026 to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Date of poll: 23 April 2026 and 29 April 2026
Date of counting of votes: 4 May 2026

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