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West Bengal:-
West Bengal, Paschim Bangla or Pashchim Bango in Bengali, is an eastern state in India having a population of 91,347,736. It is the 4th state according to the population. It has an area of 88,752 square kilometers. It has 20 districts divided into three divisions or provinces, name Kolkata, Burdwan, and Siliguri. The state was established on 15th August in 1947.Keshari Nath Tripathi is the Governor of the state while Mamata Banerjee is the Chief Minister. The High Court of West Bengal is in Kolkata. Official languages of West Bengal are Bengali and English. There are so many other languages like Hindi, Santhali, Oriya, Gorkha etc in this state. There are 294 legislative assembly constituencies. 70.53 percent Hindus, 27.01 percent Muslims, .07 percent Sikhs, .72 percent Christians,30 percent Buddhists, .06 percent Jains reside in the state. The literacy rate is 77.08%, more than the national literacy rate of 74.04.
Important Electoral Events:-
2014 Loksabha Resuls in West Bengal
Appearance of BJP:-
West Bengal, Paschim Bangla or Pashchim Bango in Bengali, is an eastern state in India having a population of 91,347,736. It is the 4th state according to the population. It has an area of 88,752 square kilometers. It has 20 districts divided into three divisions or provinces, name Kolkata, Burdwan, and Siliguri. The state was established on 15th August in 1947.Keshari Nath Tripathi is the Governor of the state while Mamata Banerjee is the Chief Minister. The High Court of West Bengal is in Kolkata. Official languages of West Bengal are Bengali and English. There are so many other languages like Hindi, Santhali, Oriya, Gorkha etc in this state. There are 294 legislative assembly constituencies. 70.53 percent Hindus, 27.01 percent Muslims, .07 percent Sikhs, .72 percent Christians,30 percent Buddhists, .06 percent Jains reside in the state. The literacy rate is 77.08%, more than the national literacy rate of 74.04.
Basic Electoral Information of West Bengal:-
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
was established in 1862 by the Indian Councils Act of 1861. It was a bicameral
legislature in West Bengal since 1950. In 1969, the Legislative Council was
abolished by a resolution. There are 294 assembly constituencies in West
Bengal. These seats have been allotted for direct election. One seat is
reserved for an Anglo-Indian. 210 seats are for general candidates, 68 for
scheduled caste and other for scheduled tribes. Keshari Nath Tripathi is the
governor of West Bengal. Biman Banerjee is the speaker of the House while
Sonali Guha is the deputy speaker for 2011 assembly. The Chief Electoral
Officer (CEO) of West Bengal is Sunil Kumar Gupta of Uttar Pradesh.
Important Electoral Events:-
The elections for Legislative
Assembly took place in 1952 when Indian National Congress came in power and
‘Banglar Rupakar’( Former of Bengal) Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy became the first
Chief Minister of West Bengal. He is respected till now for his work for
Bengal. In 2011, Left Front Government which had been ruling the state for 34
years was uprooted badly by newly formed All India Trinamool Congress by a huge
margin in the assembly election. The Trinamool supremo Mamata Bandyopadhyay got
a tremendous support by the voters of West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee formed the
West Bengal Government on 13th May, 2011. Communist Party of India
(Marxist) became the opposition in the 15th assembly. 2016 Assembly
election has seen another significant event. All India Trinamool Congress has
come in power as a single party with a record-making result. It has won 211
constituencies.
2014 Loksabha Resuls in West Bengal
All India Trinamool Congress
achieved a landslide victory in 2014 Loksabha election. It bagged 34 seats out
of 42. Modi-wave could not make any obstruction in the path of victory. BJP got
2 seats in West Bengal. It also left CPIM to bag only 2 seats. AITMC won 19
parliamentary constituencies in 2009 Loksabha election.
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party
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seat
|
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AITC
|
34
|
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BJP
|
2
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CPM
|
2
|
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others
|
4
|
2014 Assembly Election Results (By Poll)
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All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
|
5
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Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
|
1
|
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
|
0
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Indian National Congress (INC)
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0
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All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
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0
|
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Total
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6
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2011 Assembly Election Results
The state of West Bengal saw a historic change in
2011 assembly election. All India Trinamool Congress , a party formed by Mamata
Banerjee from Congress, came in power after a 34 year Left rule. The total
number of candidates in fray was. 4,74,64,338 or 84.33% electors out of 5,62,83,457 cast their votes for 1792 contesting
candidates. Trinamool Congress with 184 seats was invited to form the West
Bengal Government.
2011 Assembly Election Results
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Communist Party of India (CPI)
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2
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
|
40
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Indian National Congress (INC)
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42
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All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
|
11
|
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All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
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184
|
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Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
|
7
|
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Samajwadi Party (SP)
|
1
|
|
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) (DSP)(P)
|
1
|
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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GOJAM)
|
3
|
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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI)
|
1
|
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Independent (IND)
|
2
|
|
Total
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294
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1951 Assembly Election Results
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS)
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9
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Communist Party of India (CPI)
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28
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F.B. (Marxist Group) (FBL)(MG)
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11
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Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) (FBL)(RG)
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2
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Akhila Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha (HMS)
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4
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Indian National Congress (INC)
|
150
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Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP)
|
15
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Independent (IND)
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19
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Total
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238
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Political Parties in West Bengal
The main national parties of the
state
- All India Trinamool Congress
(AITMC)
- The Communist Party of India
(CPI)
- The Communist Party of India
(Marxist) (CPM)
- The Indian National Congress
- The Bharatiya Janata Party
The main state parties are
- All India Forward Bloc
- Revolutionary Socialist
Party
- Gorakha National Liberation
Front (registered but unrecognised)
- Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (registered
but unrecognised)
- Democratic Socialist Party
(Prabodh Chandra)
- Socialist Unity Centre of
India (Communist)
Political Parties and Alliances for 2016 Assembly Elections
Left Front made an Alliance with its rival Indian National Congress to
contest against Trinamool Congress. The Trinamool Congress decided to fight
alone. BJP was also in the fray and did not make any combo.
6th Phases Dates West Bengal Assembly Election 2016
The Election Commission of India took the polls in
6 phases. The first phase was divided into two parts. The first phase started
on 4th April and the last phase took place on 5th May.
Thus the election for West Bengal Legislative Assembly took place over a month.
The 2016 West Bengal Assembly Election Results have been declared on 19th
May.
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Poll Event
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Phase -1
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Phase-2
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Phase-3
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Phase-4
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Phase-5
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Phase-6
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Date of Poll
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Apr 04, 2016 and Apr 11, 2016
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Apr 17, 2016
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Apr 21, 2016
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Apr 25, 2016
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Apr 30, 2016
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May 5, 2016
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Date of counting
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May 19,
2016
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Percentage of Votes
in West Bengal, 2016
Overall
80%:
1. Phase 1-A (80%), Phase
1-B (79.51%),
2.
Phase 2 (79.70%);
3.
Phase 3 (79.22%),
4.
Phase 4 (78.05%);
5.
Phase 5 (81.66%),
6. Phase 6 (84.24%).
2016 West Bengal
General Election Results (Party Wise)
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Party
|
Won
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Bharatiya Janata Party
|
3
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Communist Party of India
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1
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
26
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Indian National Congress
|
44
|
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All India Forward Bloc
|
2
|
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All India Trinamool Congress
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211
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Revolutionary Socialist Party
|
3
|
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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|
3
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Independent
|
1
|
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Total
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294
|
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PartyName
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Votes
|
Percentage
|
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AITC
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24,564,523
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44.9%
|
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CPM
|
10,802,058
|
19.7%
|
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INC
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6,700,938
|
12.3%
|
|
BJP
|
5,555,134
|
10.2%
|
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AIFB
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1,543,764
|
2.8%
|
|
IND
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1,184,047
|
2.2%
|
|
RSP
|
911,004
|
1.7%
|
|
CPI
|
791,925
|
1.4%
|
|
SUCI
|
365,996
|
0.7%
|
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BSP
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300,294
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0.5%
|
|
GOJAM
|
254,626
|
0.5%
|
|
DSP(P)
|
167,576
|
0.3%
|
|
NCP
|
69,898
|
0.1%
|
|
JKP(N)
|
51,099
|
0.1%
|
|
SHS
|
49,218
|
0.1%
|
|
SP
|
46,408
|
0.1%
|
|
CPI(ML)(L)
|
45,730
|
0.1%
|
|
WPOI
|
43,754
|
0.1%
|
|
JD(U)
|
40,327
|
0.1%
|
|
JMM
|
39,326
|
0.1%
|
|
BMUP
|
35,915
|
0.1%
|
|
AMB
|
32,025
|
0.1%
|
|
KPPU
|
31,080
|
0.1%
|
|
JDP
|
30,350
|
0.1%
|
|
PDS
|
26,791
|
0.0%
|
|
IUC
|
19,326
|
0.0%
|
|
BhNP
|
18,272
|
0.0%
|
|
AJSUP
|
17,257
|
0.0%
|
|
SDPI
|
15,888
|
0.0%
|
|
RJD
|
15,639
|
0.0%
|
|
IUML
|
13,468
|
0.0%
|
|
LJP
|
13,204
|
0.0%
|
|
grac
|
12,001
|
0.0%
|
|
MPOI
|
11,785
|
0.0%
|
|
RPI(A)
|
6,923
|
0.0%
|
|
CPIM
|
6,302
|
0.0%
|
|
NDPOI
|
4,771
|
0.0%
|
|
JHAP
|
3,855
|
0.0%
|
|
ABGL
|
3,855
|
0.0%
|
|
ABHM
|
2,781
|
0.0%
|
|
GMM
|
2,220
|
0.0%
|
|
HKRD
|
1,737
|
0.0%
|
|
FDLP
|
1,712
|
0.0%
|
|
RLD
|
1,569
|
0.0%
|
|
SWJP
|
1,560
|
0.0%
|
|
JD(S)
|
1,299
|
0.0%
|
|
RaJSP
|
1,278
|
0.0%,
|
|
AAAP
|
1,150
|
0.0%,
|
|
SP(I)
|
997
|
0.0%
|
|
AKBJHP
|
769
|
0.0%,
|
|
RCPI(R)
|
751
|
0.0%,
|
|
TRMRPPI
|
537
|
0.0%,
|
|
JeSM
|
519
|
0.0%,
|
|
MHB
|
473
|
0.0%,
|
|
STPI
|
245
|
0.0%,
|
|
NOTA
|
831,845
|
1.5%
|
Clarion Call to the
Voters by Mamata Banerjee:-
"I am your candidate, I am
the candidate in all 294 seats, cast vote for me,". This was the clarion
call to the voters to cast vote for her. Her image helped her win a landslide
victory. People of Bengal saw the allegations and objections and complaints like Narada, Saradha, Over-bridge collapse, syndicate.
But the purity in Mamata Banerjee assisted Mamata Banerjee to achieve the
tremendous success of 2016 assembly election. Her own image weighted heavier
than the complaints against some party worker. Her own image became the clue to
her huge victory.
Welfare Schemes:-
Mamata
launched several welfare schemes like Kanyashree, Yuvashree, Sikkhashree,
Sabujsathi, Khadyasathi and has increased the credibility of her image.
Bicycles are distributed among the students, 750 rupees per needy girl student
is distributed, 1500 rupees per month is given to one lakh unemployed youth.
Mamata Government distribute rice and wheat among 7 crore people.
The Alliance:-
The Alliance between
CPIM and Congress:- The Alliance between
Left Front and Congress proves to be suicidal for left front especially CPIM
because of its quick formation just before the poll without making any
credibility before the people of West Bengal. It was too late to form such
rivals friends. The vote transfer from Congress to left did happen.
Appearance of BJP:-
BJP has bagged
over 10 percent of votes that was supposed to have goes with the Alliance. But
BJP played an important role to make Mamata win a landslide victory. BJP tried
to be the main opposition of the ruling Trinamool in the state. Many people
took the battle was between BJP and Trinamool. Thus many voters thought the
battle was between the central ruling party and the state ruling party.
Besides, Mamata accused BJP of creating an emergency like circumstances. A
percentage of voters thought the prepoll situation as an attack against Mamata
Banerjee.
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