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Indian political election in West Bengal
2019 Indian general election in West Bengal Opinion polls Turnout 81.76% ( 0.46 pp )
First party
Second party
Leader
Mamata Banerjee
Dilip Ghosh
Party
AITC
BJP
Alliance
NDA
Leader since
1998
2014
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Medinipur
Last election
39.8%, 34 seats
17%, 2 seats
Seats won
22
18
Seat change
12
16
Popular vote
24,757,345
23,028,517
Percentage
43.3%
40.7%
Swing
3.48 pp
22.76 pp
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Surjya Kanta Mishra
Party
INC
CPI(M)
Alliance
UPA
LF
Leader since
2015
2011
Leader's seat
Baharampur
Did not contest
Last election
9.7%, 4 seats
23%, 2 seats
Seats won
2
0
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
3,210,491
3,594,283
Percentage
5.67%
6.33%
Swing
4.03 pp
16.66 pp
The 2019 Indian general election were held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha .[ 1] [ 2]
Date published
Polling agency
Lead
AITC
Left Front
UPA
NDA
Jan 2019
Republic TV - C Voter
43.7%
14.4%
9.6%
31.8%
11.9%
Poll Type
Date published
Polling agency
Lead
AITC
UPA
Left Front
NDA
Exit poll
[ 3] [ 4]
ABP - Nielson
24
2
0
16
8
Times Now - VMR
28
2
1
11
17
Republic TV- Jan Ki Baat
29
2
0
11
18
India Today - AxisMyIndia [ 5]
19–22
0–1
0
19-23
1
NewsX - CNX
26
2
0
14
8
News24 - Today's Chanakya
23
1
0
18
5
Opinion poll
06 Apr 2019
India TV - CNX[ 6]
28
1
1
12
16
05 Apr 2019
Republic TV - Jan ki Baat[ 7]
25
3
1
13
12
Mar 2019
ABP News- Nielsen[ 8]
31
3
–
8
23
Jan 2019
Spick Media[ 9]
30
4
0
8
22
Jan 2019
Republic TV - C Voter
34
1
0
7
27
Nov 2018
Spick Media[ 10]
32
4
1
5
27
Nov 2018
ABP News - C Voter[ 11]
32
1
–
9
23
On 12 March 2019, party president Mamata Banerjee announced the party candidates for the election.[ 12] 41% of the candidates were women. Notable exclusions from the list were the party's general secretary Subrata Bakshi and Sugata Bose . Bose did not get permission from Harvard University , where he is a professor, to contest the election.[ 13] Notable inclusions were Bengali actresses Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan .[ 14]
Results by alliance or party [ edit ]
Vote Share (By alliance)
Others (2.5%)
Parties/ Alliance
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
AITC
24,756,985
43.27%
4.64%
42
22
12
BJP
23,028,343
40.25%
22.2%
42
18
16
LF
CPI(M)
3,594,283
6.28%
31
0
2
AIFB
239,218
0.41%
3
0
CPI
2,27,695
0.39%
3
0
RSP
2,08,275
0.36%
4
0
Total
4,269,471
7.44%
16.72%
41
0
2
INC
3,210,485
5.61%
4.09%
40
2
2
Others
1,941,029
2.5%
Total
57,206,313
100%
Constituency-wise Results [ edit ]
[ 15]
#
Constituency
Turnout[ 16]
Winner
Party
Margin
1
Cooch Behar
84.08
Nisith Pramanik
Bharatiya Janata Party
54,231
2
Alipurduars
83.79
John Barla
Bharatiya Janata Party
2,43,989
3
Jalpaiguri
86.51
Jayanta Kumar Roy
Bharatiya Janata Party
1,84,004
4
Darjeeling
78.80
Raju Singh Bisht
Bharatiya Janata Party
4,13,443
5
Raiganj
79.82
Debasree Chaudhuri
Bharatiya Janata Party
60,574
6
Balurghat
83.69
Sukanta Majumder
Bharatiya Janata Party
33,293
7
Maldaha Uttar
80.39
Khagen Murmu
Bharatiya Janata Party
84,288
8
Maldaha Dakshin
81.24
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Indian National Congress
8,222
9
Jangipur
80.72
Khalilur Rahman
All India Trinamool Congress
2,45,782
10
Baharampur
79.41
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Indian National Congress
80,696
11
Murshidabad
84.29
Abu Taher Khan
All India Trinamool Congress
2,26,417
12
Krishnanagar
83.75
Mahua Moitra
All India Trinamool Congress
63,218
13
Ranaghat
84.26
Jagannath Sarkar
Bharatiya Janata Party
2,33,428
14
Bangaon
82.64
Shantanu Thakur
Bharatiya Janata Party
1,11,594
15
Barrackpore
76.91
Arjun Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
14,857
16
Dum Dum
76.92
Saugata Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
53,002
17
Barasat
81.26
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
All India Trinamool Congress
1,09,983
18
Basirhat
85.43
Nusrat Jahan
All India Trinamool Congress
3,50,369
19
Jaynagar
82.29
Pratima Mondal
All India Trinamool Congress
3,16,775
20
Mathurapur
84.86
Choudhury Mohan Jatua
All India Trinamool Congress
2,03,974
21
Diamond Harbour
81.98
Abhishek Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
3,20,594
22
Jadavpur
79.11
Mimi Chakraborty
All India Trinamool Congress
2,95,239
23
Kolkata Dakshin
69.82
Mala Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
1,55,192
24
Kolkata Uttar
65.83
Sudip Bandyopadhyay
All India Trinamool Congress
1,27,095
25
Howrah
74.83
Prasun Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
1,03,695
26
Uluberia
81.18
Sajda Ahmed
All India Trinamool Congress
2,15,359
27
Srerampore
78.54
Kalyan Banerjee
All India Trinamool Congress
98,536
28
Hooghly
82.57
Locket Chatterjee
Bharatiya Janata Party
73,362
29
Arambagh
83.44
Aparupa Poddar
All India Trinamool Congress
1,142
30
Tamluk
85.38
Dibyendu Adhikari
All India Trinamool Congress
1,90,165
31
Kanthi
85.83
Sisir Adhikari
All India Trinamool Congress
1,11,668
32
Ghatal
82.74
Deepak Adhikari (Dev)
All India Trinamool Congress
1,07,973
33
Jhargram
85.71
Kunar Hembram
Bharatiya Janata Party
11,767
34
Medinipur
84.24
Dilip Ghosh
Bharatiya Janata Party
88,952
35
Purulia
82.38
Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato
Bharatiya Janata Party
2,04,732
36
Bankura
83.25
Subhas Sarkar
Bharatiya Janata Party
1,74,333
37
Bishnupur
87.34
Saumitra Khan
Bharatiya Janata Party
78,047
38
Bardhaman Purba
84.78
Sunil Kumar Mondal
All India Trinamool Congress
89,311
39
Bardhaman-Durgapur
82.67
S. S. Ahluwalia
Bharatiya Janata Party
2,439
40
Asansol
76.62
Babul Supriyo
Bharatiya Janata Party
1,97,637
41
Bolpur
85.74
Asit Kumar Mal
All India Trinamool Congress
1,06,402
42
Birbhum
85.34
Shatabdi Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
88,924
Constituency wise alliance or party votes [ edit ]
#
Constituency
TMC votes
NDA votes
UPA votes
LF votes
Win Margin
1
Cooch Behar
677,363
731,594
28,215
46,648
54,231
2
Alipurduars
506,815
750,804
27,427
54,010
243,989
3
Jalpaiguri
576,141
760,145
28,488
76,054
184,004
4
Darjeeling
336,624
750,067
65,186
50,524
413,443
5
Raiganj
451,078
511,652
83,662
183,039
60,574
6
Balurghat
506,024
539,317
36,783
72,990
33,293
7
Maldaha Uttar
425,236
509,524
305,270
50,401
84,288
8
Maldaha Dakshin
351,353
436,048
444,270
-
8,222
9
Jangipur
562,838
317,056
255,836
95,501
245,782
10
Baharampur
510,410
143,038
591,147
13,362
80,696
11
Murshidabad
604,346
247,809
377,929
180,793
226,417
12
Krishnanagar
614,872
551,654
38,305
120,222
63,218
13
Ranaghat
549,825
783,254
23,297
97,771
233,428
14
Bangaon
576,028
687,622
22,618
90,122
1,11,594
15
Barrackpore
458,137
472,994
15,746
117,456
14,857
16
Dum Dum
512,062
459,060
29,097
167,590
53,002
17
Barasat
648,444
538,275
37,277
124,068
109,983
18
Basirhat
782,078
431,709
104,183
68,316
350,369
19
Jaynagar |
761,206
444,427
18,758
67,913
316,775
20
Mathurapur
726,828
522,854
32,324
92,417
203,974
21
Diamond Harbour
791,127
470,533
19,828
93,941
320,594
22
Jadavpur
688,472
393,233
-
302,264
295,239
23
Kolkata Dakshin
573,119
417,927
42,618
140,275
155,192
24
Kolkata Uttar
474,891
347,796
26,093
71,080
127,095
25
Howrah
576,711
473,016
32,107
105,547
103,695
26
Uluberia
694,945
479,586
27,568
81,314
215,359
27
Srerampore
637,707
539,171
32,509
152,281
98,536
28
Hooghly
598,086
671,448
25,374
121,588
73,362
29
Arambagh
649,929
648,787
25,128
100,520
1,142
30
Tamluk
724,433
534,268
16,001
136,129
190,165
31
Kanthi
711,872
600,204
16,851
76,185
1,11,668
32
Ghatal
717,959
609,986
32,793
97,062
1,07,973
33
Jhargram
614,816
626,583
20,754
75,680
11,767
34
Medinipur
596,481
685,433
20,807
62,319
88,952
35
Purulia
463,375
668,107
84,477
68,464
204,732
36
Bankura
500,986
675,319
20,472
100,282
174,333
37
Bishnupur
578,972
657,019
17,932
102,615
78,047
38
Bardhaman Purba
640,834
551,523
38,472
175,920
89,311
39
Bardhaman-Durgapur
595,937
598,376
38,516
161,329
2,439
40
Asansol
435,741
633,378
21,038
87,608
197,637
41
Bolpur
699,172
592,769
30,112
91,964
106,402
42
Birbhum
654,070
565,153
75,451
96,763
88,924
There has been a major political shift from the left to the right in the 2019 general elections in West Bengal. The Statesman says, “Making an aggressive penetration in Bengal for the first time since its inception in 1980, BJP alone has dramatically increased its vote share close to 40 percent this time. Thus, it has virtually made the CPI-M into a mere marginalised political party and at the same time the saffron party set a strong challenge before the Trinamool Congress hardly two years ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled in 2021 in the state.” This obviously is the most important impact of the general elections in the state visible in the voting pattern right across the state, irrespective of who won or lost a particular seat.[ 17] [ 18]
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties [ edit ]
2019 Lok Sabha in West Bengal by Assembly Segment
Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties [ edit ]
TMC won 3 out of 3 assembly seats in the next assembly by-elections in November 2019. Even the seat of State BJP president Dilip Ghosh which fell vacant due to Dilip Ghosh's win in Loksabha election, Kharagpur Sadar was won by TMC by a lead of 22,000 votes. TMC was trailing in that seat by 15,800 votes in 2019 general elections.[ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
Region-Wise Results [ edit ]
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^ "WB Exit Polls 2019 Highlights: Didi to rule but BJP set to make massive gains" . Live Mint. 19 May 2019.
^ "West Bengal exit poll 2019 for Lok Sabha Elections" . Business Insider. 19 May 2019.
^ "India Today-Axis My India Exit Poll 2019: Data points to a clear gain for BJP in West Bengal" . India Today . 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021 .
^ IndiaTV (6 April 2019). "पूरे India का ओपिनियन पोल सभी 543 Lok Sabha Seats पर - IndiaTv-CNX Opinion Poll 2019" – via YouTube.
^ "Jan Ki Baat (@jankibaat1) - Twitter" . twitter.com .
^ "BJP in West Bengal: BJP may win 8, Trinamool to shine in West Bengal: ABP-Nielsen" . The Economic Times . Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-11-01 .
^ Network, Spick Media (21 February 2019). "#BJP shows improvement at #WestBengal. Ruling Trinamool Congress to stay as Single Largest Party in state. #LokSabhaElections2019 @AITCofficial : 30 (38.56%) @BJP4Bengal : 08 (19.44%) @INCWestBengal : 04 (15.39%) #Others : 00 (26.61%) : #FON #FOWB #AITC #BJP #CPIM #Congresspic.twitter.com/6IyDl0cvMZ" . Twitter . Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ "Fate of West Bengal : Spick Media - IE Tech - Fate of Nation survey - Fate of west bengal (august - september, 2018)" (PDF) . Img1.wsimg.com . Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ न्यूज, एबीपी (1 November 2018). "अभी देश का मूड पीएम मोदी के साथ, यूपी में महागठबंधन नहीं बना तो एनडीए को 300 सीट: एबीपी न्यूज-सी वोटर सर्वे" . Abpnews.abplive.in . Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ "Mamata releases TMC list for all 42 WB seats; alleges attempt to bribe voters" . The Economic Times . 12 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019 .
^ Rakshit, Avishek (12 March 2019). "Lok Sabha polls 2019: Trinamool Congress' election list out, 41% women" . Business Standard . Retrieved 17 March 2019 .
^ Kumar, Sweety. "Lok Sabha polls: TMC's two new faces from Tollywood caught in middle of a social media storm" . The Indian Express . Retrieved 17 March 2019 .
^ "33. Constituency wise detailed result" . Electoral Commission of India . Electoral Commission of India. Retrieved 18 December 2021 .
^ Final voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 , The Election Commission of India (20 April 2019, updated 4 May 2019)
^ "West Bengal election results 2019: left veers into political oblivion" . The Statesman, 24 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019 .
^ "Analysis: In West Bengal, Left's vote-reduction will benefit BJP but to what extent?" . The Hindu 23 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2019 .
^ Lok Sabha results: Numbers point to tough fight ahead in West Bengal assembly polls
^ "PC and AC wise Result | Chief Electoral Officer - (CEO), West Bengal" . Retrieved 4 September 2021 .
^ "আজ ৩ কেন্দ্রের ফল, আশা-আশঙ্কায় সব দল" . Bartaman (in Bengali). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "উপ-নির্বাচনে সবুজ ঝড় | ভরাডুবি বিজেপির" . Bartaman (in Bengali). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "West Bengal, Uttarakhand bye-election results 2019 highlights: Clean sweep for TMC, BJP takes Pithoragarh" . The Indian Express . 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "Kharagpur Sadar (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Result 2019 Live: TMC steals Kharagpur Sadar seat from BJP" . The Indian Express . 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
^ "By-election Results 2019: It's 3-0 in Bengal as Mamata's TMC Sweeps Kaliaganj, Kharagpur-Sadar and Karimpur" . News18 . 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
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