2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election information
State legislative assembly election
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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4 April 2016 (2016-04-04) — 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered
65,939,006
Turnout
83.02% ( 1.31 pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Mamata Banerjee
Abdul Mannan
Surya Kanta Mishra
Party
AITC
INC
CPI(M)
Alliance
SDA
SDA
Leader since
1998
2015
2015
Leader's seat
Bhabanipur
Champdani
Narayangarh (lost)
Last election
38.93%, 184 seats
9.09%, 42 seats
30.08%, 40 seats
Seats before
184
42
40
Seats won
211
44
26
Seat change
27
2
14
Popular vote
24,564,523
6,700,938
10,802,058
Percentage
44.91%
12.25%
19.75%
Swing
5.98 pp
3.16 pp
10.35 pp
Results of the West Bengal election
Chief Minister before election
Mamata Banerjee
AITC
Chief Minister after election
Mamata Banerjee
AITC
Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. Like in the 2011 election, the poll was held in six phases, with the first phase divided into two days.[1][2] The first phase was held in Naxalite-Maoist affected red corridor areas with two polling dates: 4 April and 11 April. The other phases were held on 17, 21, 25, 30 April and 5 May. The result of the election was declared on 19 May.
In the previous election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress in a coalition with INC won a majority and ended the 34-year rule of the Left Front government.
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