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]
Parties and alliances [ edit ]
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)
AITC (43.3%)
BJP (40.2%)
LF (7.44%)
INC (5.61%)
Others (2.50%)
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
Winner
Runner-up
Margin
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Votes
%
1
Cooch Behar
Nisith Pramanik
BJP
731,594
47.96
Adhikary Paresh Chandra
AITC
677,363
44.40
54,231
3.56
2
Alipurduars
John Barla
BJP
750,804
54.36
Dasrath Tirkey
AITC
506,815
36.69
243,989
17.67
3
Jalpaiguri
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy
BJP
760,145
50.63
Bijoy Chandra Barman
AITC
576,141
38.37
184,004
12.26
4
Darjeeling
Raju Bista
BJP
750,067
59.08
Amar Singh Rai
AITC
336,624
26.51
413,443
32.57
5
Raiganj
Debasree Chaudhuri
BJP
511,652
40.03
Agarwal Kanaialal
AITC
451,078
35.29
60,574
4.74
6
Balurghat
Sukanta Majumdar
BJP
539,317
45.01
Arpita Ghosh
AITC
506,024
42.23
33,293
2.78
7
Maldaha Uttar
Khagen Murmu
BJP
509,524
37.59
Mausam Noor
AITC
425,236
31.37
84,288
6.22
8
Maldaha Dakshin
Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury
INC
444,270
34.71
Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury
BJP
436,048
34.07
8,222
0.64
9
Jangipur
Khalilur Rahaman
AITC
562,838
43.14
Mafuja Khatun
BJP
317,056
24.30
245,782
18.84
10
Baharampur
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
INC
591,106
45.43
Apurba Sarkar (David)
AITC
510,410
39.23
80,696
6.20
11
Murshidabad
Abu Taher Khan
AITC
604,346
41.56
Abu Hena
INC
377,929
25.99
226,417
15.57
12
Krishnanagar
Mahua Moitra
AITC
614,872
44.99
Kalyan Chaubey
BJP
551,654
40.37
63,218
4.62
13
Ranaghat
Jagannath Sarkar
BJP
783,253
52.75
Rupali Biswas
AITC
549,825
37.03
233,428
15.72
14
Bangaon
Shantanu Thakur
BJP
687,622
48.81
Mamata Thakur
AITC
576,028
40.89
111,594
7.92
15
Barrackpore
Arjun Singh
BJP
472,994
42.82
Dinesh Trivedi
AITC
458,137
41.47
14,857
1.35
16
Dum Dum
Saugata Roy
AITC
512,062
42.51
Samik Bhattacharya
BJP
459,060
38.11
53,002
4.40
17
Barasat
Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar
AITC
648,444
46.44
Mrinal Kanti Debnath
BJP
538,275
38.55
110,169
7.89
18
Basirhat
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi
AITC
782,078
54.55
Sayantan Basu
BJP
431,709
30.11
350,369
24.44
19
Jaynagar
Pratima Mondal
AITC
761,202
56.12
Dr. Ashok Kandary
BJP
444,427
32.77
316,775
23.35
20
Mathurapur
Choudhury Mohan Jatua
AITC
726,828
51.84
Shyamaprasad Halder
BJP
522,854
37.29
203,974
14.55
21
Diamond Harbour
Abhishek Banerjee
AITC
791,127
56.13
Nilanjan Roy
BJP
470,533
33.39
320,594
22.74
22
Jadavpur
Mimi Chakraborty
AITC
688,472
47.90
Anupam Hazra
BJP
393,233
27.36
295,239
20.54
23
Kolkata Dakshin
Mala Roy
AITC
573,119
47.48
Chandra Kumar Bose
BJP
417,927
34.62
155,192
12.86
24
Kolkata Uttar
Bandyopadhyay Sudip
AITC
474,891
49.95
Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha
BJP
347,796
36.59
127,095
13.36
25
Howrah
Prasun Banerjee
AITC
576,711
47.17
Rantidev Sengupta
BJP
473,016
38.69
103,695
8.48
26
Uluberia
Sajda Ahmed
AITC
694,945
53.00
Joy Banerjee
BJP
479,586
36.58
215,359
16.42
27
Srerampur
Kalyan Banerjee
AITC
637,707
45.48
Debjit Sarkar
BJP
539,171
38.45
98,536
7.03
28
Hooghly
Locket Chatterjee
BJP
671,448
46.03
Dr. Ratna De (Nag)
AITC
598,086
41.00
73,362
5.03
29
Arambagh
Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)
AITC
649,929
44.14
Tapan Kumar Ray
BJP
648,787
44.06
1,142
0.08
30
Tamluk
Adhikari Dibyendu
AITC
724,433
50.07
Sidharthashankar Naskar
BJP
534,268
36.92
190,165
13.15
31
Kanthi
Adhikari Sisir
AITC
711,872
49.96
Dr. Debasis Samanta
BJP
600,204
42.12
111,668
7.84
32
Ghatal
Adhikari Deepak (Dev)
AITC
717,959
48.21
Bharati Ghosh
BJP
609,986
40.96
107,973
7.25
33
Jhargram
Kunar Hembram
BJP
626,583
44.53
Birbaha Saren
AITC
614,816
43.69
11,767
0.84
34
Medinipur
Dilip Ghosh
BJP
685,433
48.60
Manas Ranjan Bhunia
AITC
596,481
42.29
88,952
6.31
35
Purulia
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
BJP
668,107
49.28
Dr. Mriganka Mahato
AITC
463,375
34.18
204,732
15.10
36
Bankura
Dr. Subhas Sarkar
BJP
675,319
49.20
Subrata Mukherjee
AITC
500,986
36.50
174,333
12.70
37
Bishnupur
Khan Saumitra
BJP
657,019
46.23
Shyamal Santra
AITC
578,972
40.74
78,047
5.49
38
Bardhaman Purba
Sunil Kumar Mondal
AITC
640,834
44.51
Paresh Chandra Das
BJP
551,523
38.31
89,311
6.20
39
Bardhaman Durgapur
S.S Ahluwalia
BJP
598,376
41.75
Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita
AITC
595,937
41.58
2,439
0.17
40
Asansol
Babul Supriyo
BJP
633,378
51.16
Moon Moon Sen
AITC
435,741
35.19
197,637
15.97
41
Bolpur
Asit Kumar Mal
AITC
699,171
47.83
Das Ramprasad
BJP
592,769
40.55
106,402
7.28
42
Birbhum
Satabdi Roy
AITC
654,077
45.11
Dudh Kumar Mondal
BJP
565,153
38.97
88,924
6.14
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.[ 16] [ 17]
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties [ edit ]
2019 Lok Sabha in West Bengal by Assembly Segment
Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties [ edit ]
2019 Lok Sabha West Bengal Postal Ballot Wise Leads Map
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.[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Region-Wise Results [ edit ]
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^ "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 .
^ "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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