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2019 Indian general election in West Bengal

{{short description|Indian political election in West Bengal}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name =2019 Indian general election in West Bengal

| country = India

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

| previous_year = 2014

| next_year = 2024

| next_election = 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

| election_date = 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019

| seats_for_election = All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Ms._Mamata_Banerjee,_in_Kolkata_on_July_17,_2018_(cropped)_(cropped).JPG|bSize=120|cWidth=110|cHeight=135|oLeft=5|oTop=3}}

| leader1 = Mamata Banerjee

| party1 = All India Trinamool Congress

| alliance1 =

| leaders_seat1 = Did not contest

| leader_since1 = 1998

| last_election1 = 39.8%, 34 seats

| seats1 = 22

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 12

| popular_vote1 = 24,757,345

| percentage1 = 43.3%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.48 pp

| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Dilip Ghosh.jpg|bSize=135|cWidth=110|cHeight=135|oLeft=10|oTop=3}}

| leader2 = Dilip Ghosh

| leaders_seat2 = Medinipur

| leader_since2 = 2014

| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance

| last_election2 = 17%, 2 seats

| seats2 = 18

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 16

| popular_vote2 = 23,028,517

| percentage2 = 40.7%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 22.76 pp

| party5 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra at a meeting to assess implementation of safe drinking water, rural sanitation and NREGA schemes, in Kolkata on June 01, 2007.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=110|cHeight=135|oLeft=5|oTop=3}}

| leader5 = Surjya Kanta Mishra

| leaders_seat5 = Did not contest

| leader_since5 = 2011

| alliance5 = LF

| last_election5 = 23%, 2 seats

| seats5 = 0

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote5 = 3,594,283

| percentage5 = 6.33%

| swing5 = {{decrease}} 16.66 pp

| party4 = Indian National Congress

| alliance4 = United Progressive Alliance

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg|bSize=135|cWidth=110|cHeight=135|oLeft=15|oTop=3}}

| leader4 = Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

| leader_since4 = 2015

| leaders_seat4 = Baharampur

| last_election4 = 9.7%, 4 seats

| seats4 = 2

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 2

| popular_vote4 = 3,210,491

| percentage4 = 5.67%

| swing4 = {{decrease}} 4.03 pp

| map_image = 2019 Lok Sabha West Bengal Result Map.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = West Bengal

| poll1_date =

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_party = BJP

| before_election = Narendra Modi

| after_election = Narendra Modi

| after_party = BJP

| image2_size =

| turnout = 81.76% ({{decrease}} 0.46 pp)

| outgoing_members = List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha#West Bengal

| elected_members = List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha#West Bengal

| opinion_polls = 2019 Indian general election in West Bengal#Opinion polls

| map2_image = File:West Bengal Lok Sabha Parliament 2019.svg

| map2_size = 300px

}}

The 2019 Indian general election were held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/election-results-2019-bengal-votes-for-the-bjpbreaks-many-stereotypes/article27216896.ece# Election results 2019: Bengal votes for the BJP, breaks many stereotypes], The Hindu BusinessLine, 23 May 2019.[https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/west-bengal-results-2019-live-updates-mamata-banerjee-tmc-narendra-modi-bjp-1558573084174.html WB Election Result Highlights: BJP creates history in Bengal], livemint, 24 May 2019.

Surveys and Polls

{{Main|Opinion polling for the 2019 Indian general election}}

=Vote share=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px"

! width="100" rowspan="2" |Date published

! width="175" rowspan="2" |Polling agency

! style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}" |

! rowspan="2" |Lead

width="50" class="unsortable" |AITC

! width="50" class="unsortable" |Left Front

! width="50" class="unsortable" |UPA

! width="50" class="unsortable" |NDA

Jan 2019

| Republic TV - C Voter

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |43.7%

| 14.4%

| 9.6%

| 31.8%

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |11.9%

=Seat projections=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px"

! width="100" rowspan="2" |Poll Type

! width="100" rowspan="2" |Date published

! width="175" rowspan="2" |Polling agency

! style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}" |

! rowspan="2" |Lead

width="50" class="unsortable" |AITC

! width="50" class="unsortable" |UPA

! width="50" class="unsortable" |Left Front

! width="50" class="unsortable" |NDA

colspan="2" rowspan="6" | Exit poll

{{cite news |title =WB Exit Polls 2019 Highlights: Didi to rule but BJP set to make massive gains|date=19 May 2019|publisher =Live Mint|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections/west-bengal-exit-polls-2019-live-updates-1558259545537.html}}{{cite news |title =West Bengal exit poll 2019 for Lok Sabha Elections|url =https://www.businessinsider.in/west-bengal-exit-poll-2019-for-lok-sabha-elections/amp_articleshow/69399357.cms|date= 19 May 2019| publisher = Business Insider}}

| ABP - Nielson

| style="background:#B0F4B0" | 24

| 2

| 0

| 16

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" | 8

Times Now - VMR

| style="background:#B0F4B0" | 28

| 2

| 1

| 11

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" | 17

Republic TV- Jan Ki Baat

| style="background:#B0F4B0" | 29

| 2

| 0

| 11

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" | 18

India Today - AxisMyIndia {{Cite web|date=19 May 2019|title=India Today-Axis My India Exit Poll 2019: Data points to a clear gain for BJP in West Bengal|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/exit-poll-2019-data-points-to-a-clear-gain-for-bjp-in-west-bengal-1529130-2019-05-19|access-date=15 September 2021|website=India Today}}

| 19–22

| 0–1

| 0

| style="background:#F9BC7F" | 19-23

| style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}" | 1

NewsX - CNX

| style="background:#B0F4B0" | 26

| 2

| 0

| 14

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" | 8

News24 - Today's Chanakya

| style="background:#B0F4B0" | 23

| 1

| 0

| 18

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" | 5

rowspan="7" | Opinion poll

|06 Apr 2019

|India TV - CNX{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrgTEJ7mhEM|title=पूरे India का ओपिनियन पोल सभी 543 Lok Sabha Seats पर - IndiaTv-CNX Opinion Poll 2019|last=IndiaTV|date=6 April 2019|via=YouTube}}

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |28

|1

| 1

|12

|style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |16

05 Apr 2019

|Republic TV - Jan ki Baat{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jankibaat1|title=Jan Ki Baat (@jankibaat1) - Twitter|website=twitter.com}}

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |25

|3

| 1

|13

|style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |12

Mar 2019

|ABP News- Nielsen{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/west-bengal/bjp-may-win-8-trinamool-to-shine-in-west-bengal-abp-nielsen/articleshow/68643020.cms|title=BJP in West Bengal: BJP may win 8, Trinamool to shine in West Bengal: ABP-Nielsen|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406205119/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/west-bengal/bjp-may-win-8-trinamool-to-shine-in-west-bengal-abp-nielsen/articleshow/68643020.cms|archive-date=2019-04-06|url-status=dead}}

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |31

| 3

| {{dash}}

| 8

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |23

Jan 2019

|Spick Media{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Spick_Media/status/1098642333191483392|title=#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|first=Spick Media|last=Network|date=21 February 2019|publisher=Twitter|access-date=26 February 2019}}

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |30

|4

| 0

|8

|style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |22

Jan 2019

|Republic TV - C Voter

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |34

|1

| 0

|7

|style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |27

Nov 2018

|Spick Media{{cite web|url=https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/83899b59-d110-4e93-82bc-eb74aaa7d701/downloads/1crejrtgn_673088.PDF|format=PDF|title=Fate of West Bengal : Spick Media - IE Tech - Fate of Nation survey - Fate of west bengal (august - september, 2018)|website=Img1.wsimg.com|access-date=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104130126/https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/83899b59-d110-4e93-82bc-eb74aaa7d701/downloads/1crejrtgn_673088.PDF|archive-date=4 November 2018|url-status=dead}}

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |32

| 4

| 1

| 5

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |27

Nov 2018

|ABP News - C Voter{{cite web|url=https://abpnews.abplive.in/india-news/desh-ka-mood-live-updates-lok-sabha-election-2019-abp-news-survey-check-all-updates-1001128|title=अभी देश का मूड पीएम मोदी के साथ, यूपी में महागठबंधन नहीं बना तो एनडीए को 300 सीट: एबीपी न्यूज-सी वोटर सर्वे|first=एबीपी|last=न्यूज|date=1 November 2018|website=Abpnews.abplive.in|access-date=26 February 2019}}

| style="background:#B0F4B0" |32

| 1

| {{dash}}

| 9

| style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |23

Candidates

=Trinamool Congress=

On 12 March 2019, party president Mamata Banerjee announced the party candidates for the election.{{cite web |title=Mamata releases TMC list for all 42 WB seats; alleges attempt to bribe voters |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/west-bengal/mamata-releases-tmc-list-for-all-42-wb-seats-alleges-attempt-to-bribe-voters/articleshow/68375563.cms |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=17 March 2019 |date=12 March 2019}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Rakshit |first1=Avishek |title=Lok Sabha polls 2019: Trinamool Congress' election list out, 41% women |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/lok-sabha-polls-2019-trinamool-congress-election-list-out-41-women-119031300049_1.html |publisher=Business Standard |access-date=17 March 2019 |date=12 March 2019}} Notable inclusions were Bengali actresses Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan.{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=Sweety |title=Lok Sabha polls: TMC’s two new faces from Tollywood caught in middle of a social media storm |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/lok-sabha-polls-tmcs-two-new-faces-from-tollywood-caught-in-middle-of-a-social-media-storm-5627290/ |publisher=The Indian Express |access-date=17 March 2019}}

=List of candidates=

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan="2" | #rowspan="2" | Constituencyrowspan="2" | Reserved for

(SC/ST/None)

! colspan="4" | Candidates Name

All India Trinamool Congress

!Indian National Congress

!Left Front

!Bharatiya Janata Party

1

|Cooch Behar|| SC ||Paresh Chandra Adhikary

|Priya Roy Choudhury

|Gobinda Chandra Roy

(AIFB)

|Nisith Pramanik

2

|Alipurduars|| ST ||Dasrath Tirkey

|Mohan Lal Basumuta

|Mili Oraon

(RSP)

|John Barla

3

|Jalpaiguri|| SC ||Bijoy Chandra Barman

|Mani Kumar Darnal

|Bhagirath Chandra Roy

(CPI(M))

|Jayanta Ray

4

|Darjeeling|| None ||Amar Singh Rai

|Shankar Malakar

|Saman Pathak

(CPI(M))

|Raju Singh Bisht

5

|Raiganj|| None ||Kanaia Lal Agarwal

|Deepa Dasmunshi

|Mohammed Salim

(CPI(M))

|Deboshree Chaudhary

6

|Balurghat|| None ||Arpita Ghosh

|Sadik Sarkar

|Ranen Barman

(RSP)

|Sukanta Majumdar

7

|Maldaha Uttar|| None ||Mausam Noor

|Isha Khan Chowdhury

|Biswanath Ghosh

(CPI(M))

|Khagen Murmu

8

|Maldaha Dakshin|| None ||Moazzem Hossain

|Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury

| colspan="1" style="background:#00BFFF;" |CPI(M) supports INC

|Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury

9

|Jangipur|| None ||Khalilur Rehman

|Abhijit Mukherjee

|Md. Zulfikar Ali

(CPI(M))

|Mafuja Khatun

10

|Baharampur|| None ||Apurba Sarkar

|Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

|Saikh Id Mohammad

(RSP)

|Krishna Juardar Arya

11

|Murshidabad|| None ||Abu Taher Khan

|Abu Hena

|Badaruddoza Khan

(CPI(M))

|Humayun Kabir

12

|Krishnanagar|| None ||Mahua Moitra

|Intaj Ali Shah

|Dr. Shantanu Jha

(CPI(M))

|Kalyan Chaubey

13

|Ranaghat|| SC ||Rupaali Biswas

|Minati Biswas

|CA Rama Biswas

(CPI(M))

|Jagannath Sarkar

14

|Bangaon|| SC ||Mamata Bala Thakur

|Sourav Prasad

|Alakesh Das

(CPI(M))

|Shantanu Thakur

15

|Barrackpur|| None ||Dinesh Trivedi

|Mohammad Alam

|Gargi Chatterjee

(CPI(M))

|Arjun Singh

16

|Dum Dum|| None ||Sougata Roy

|Saurav Saha

|Nepaldev Bhattacharya

(CPI(M))

|Samik Bhattacharya

17

|Barasat|| None ||Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar

|Subrota (Rashu) Dutta

|Haripada Biswas

(AIFB)

|Mrinal Kanthi Debnath

18

|Basirhat|| None ||Nusrat Jahan

|Quazi Abdur Rahim

|Pallab Sengupta

(CPI)

|Sayantan Basu

19

|Jaynagar|| SC ||Pratima Mondal

|Tapan Mondal

|Subhas Naskar

(RSP)

|Ashok Kandari

20

|Mathurapur|| SC ||Choudhury Mohan Jatua

|Krittibas Sardar

|Dr. Sarat Chandra Haldar

(CPI(M))

|Shyamaprasad Halder

21

|Diamond Harbour|| None ||Abhishek Banerjee

|Soumya Aich Roy

|Dr. Fuad Halim

(CPI(M))

|Nilanjan Roy

22

|Jadavpur|| None ||Mimi Chakraborty

| colspan="1" style="background:#f00;" |INC supports CPI(M)

|Adv. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya

(CPI(M))

|Anupam Hazra

23

|Kolkata Dakshin|| None ||Mala Roy

|Mita Chakraborty

|Dr. Nandini Mukherjee

(CPI(M))

|Chandra Kumar Bose

24

|Kolkata Uttar|| None ||Sudip Bandyopadhyay

|Syed Shahid Imam

|Kaninika Bose (Ghosh)

(CPI(M))

|Rahul Sinha

25

|Howrah|| None ||Prasun Banerjee

|Suvra Ghosh

|Adv. Sumitro Adhikary

(CPI(M))

|Rantideb Sen Gupta

26

|Uluberia|| None ||Sajda Ahmed

|Shoma Ranisree Roy

|Dr. Maksuda Khatun

(CPI(M))

|Joy Banerjee

27

|Serampore|| None ||Kalyan Banerjee

|Debabrata Biswas

|CA Tirthankar Ray

(CPI(M))

|Debajit Sarkar

28

|Hooghly|| None ||Ratna De (Nag)

|Pratul Saha

|Pradip Saha

(CPI(M))

|Locket Chatterjee

29

|Arambagh|| SC ||Aparupa Poddar

|Jyoti Das

|Sakti Mohan Malik

(CPI(M))

|Tapan Roy

30

|Tamluk|| None ||Dibyendu Adhikari

|Lakshman Chandra Seth

|Sk. Ibrahim Ali

(CPI(M))

|Siddhartha Naskar

31

|Contai|| None ||Sisir Adhikari

|Dipak Kumar Das

|Paritosh Pattanayak

(CPI(M))

|Debasish Samant

32

|Ghatal|| None ||Dev

|Khandakar Mohammad Saifullah

|Tapan Ganguli

(CPI)

|Bharati Ghosh

33

|Jhargram|| ST ||Birbaha Soren

|Jagyeswar Hembram

|Deblina Hembram

(CPI(M))

|Kunar Hembram

34

|Medinipur|| None ||Manas Bhunia

|Sambhunath Chatterjee

|Biplab Bhatta

(CPI)

|Dilip Ghosh

35

|Purulia|| None ||Mriganko Mahato

|Nepal Mahato

|Bir Singh Mahato

(AIFB)

|Jyotirmoy Mahto

36

|Bankura|| None ||Subrata Mukherjee

| Did Not Contest

|Dr. Amiya Patra

(CPI(M))

|Subhash Sarkar

37

|Bishnupur|| SC ||Shyamal Santra

|Narayan Chandra Khan

|Sunil Khan

(CPI(M))

|Saumitra Khan

38

|Bardhaman Purba|| SC ||Sunil Kumar Mandal

|Siddhartha Majumder

|Iswar Chandra Das

(CPI(M))

|Paresh Chandra Das

39

|Bardhaman-Durgapur|| None ||Mamtaz Sanghamita

|Ranajit Mukherjee

|Abhas Ray Chaudhuri

(CPI(M))

|S. S. Ahluwalia

40

|Asansol|| None ||Moon Moon Sen

|Biswarup Mondal

|Gouranga Chatterjee

(CPI(M))

|Babul Supriyo

41

|Bolpur|| SC ||Asit Kumar Mal

|Abhijit Saha

|Dr. Ram Chandra Dome

(CPI(M))

|Ram Prashad Das

42

|Birbhum|| None ||Shatabdi Roy

|Imam Hossain

|Dr. Md. Rezaul Karim

(CPI(M))

|Dudh Kumar Mondal

Results

= Results by alliance or party =

style="width:88%; text-align:center;"

| style="background:#3cb371; width:52.38%;" |22

| style="background:DarkOrange; width:42.86%;" |18

| style="background:DeepSkyBlue; width:4.76%;" |2

AITC

|BJP

|INC

{{Pie chart

|thumb = right

|caption = Vote Share (By alliance)

|label1 = AITC

|value1 = 43.27

|color1 = {{Party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|label2 = BJP

|value2 = 40.25

|color2 = {{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|label3 = LF

|value3 = 7.44

|color3 = {{Party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}

|label4 = INC

|value4 = 5.61

|color4 = {{Party color|Indian National Congress}}

|label5 = Others

|value5 = 2.5

|color5 = Silver

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Parties/ Alliance

!colspan="3"|Popular vote

!colspan="3"|Seats

Votes

!%

!±pp

!Contested

!Won

!+/−

bgcolor="{{Party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |

| colspan="3" |AITC

|24,756,985

|43.27%

|{{increase}} 4.64%

|42

|22

|{{decrease}} 12

bgcolor="{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| colspan="3" | BJP

|23,028,343

|40.25%

|{{increase}} 22.2%

|42

|18

|{{increase}} 16

rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{Party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}" |

! rowspan="6" style="background:#ffe8e8" |LF

bgcolor="{{Party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

|CPI(M)

|3,594,283

|6.28%

|{{decrease}}

|31

|0

|{{decrease}} 2

bgcolor="{{Party color|All India Forward Bloc}}" |

|AIFB

|239,218

|0.41%

|{{decrease}}

|3

|0

|{{steady}}

bgcolor="{{Party color|Communist Party of India}}" |

|CPI

|2,27,695

|0.39%

|{{decrease}}

|3

|0

|{{steady}}

bgcolor="{{Party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |

|RSP

|2,08,275

|0.36%

|{{decrease}}

|4

|0

|{{steady}}

colspan="2" style="background:#ffe8e8"|Total

|style="background:#ffe8e8"|4,269,471

|style="background:#ffe8e8"|7.44%

|style="background:#ffe8e8"|{{decrease}} 16.72%

|style="background:#ffe8e8"|41

|style="background:#ffe8e8"|0

|style="background:#ffe8e8"|{{decrease}} 2

bgcolor="{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| colspan="3" | INC

|3,210,485

|5.61%

|{{decrease}} 4.09%

|40

|2

|{{decrease}} 2

bgcolor="{{Party color|Other}}" |

|colspan="3"|Others

|1,941,029

|2.5%

|

|

|

|{{steady}}

colspan="4" |Total

!57,206,313

!100%

!

!

!

!

= Constituency-wise Results =

{{cite web |title=33. Constituency wise detailed result |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13539-33-constituency-wise-detailed-result/ |website=Electoral Commission of India |publisher=Electoral Commission of India |access-date=18 December 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!#

!Constituency

!Turnout[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/9997-final-voter-turnout-of-phase-1-and-phase-2-of-the-lok-sabha-elections-2019/ 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)

!Winner

!colspan=2|Party

!Margin

1

|Cooch Behar

|84.08 {{increase}}

|Nisith Pramanik

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|54,231

2

|Alipurduars

|83.79 {{increase}}

|John Barla

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|2,43,989

3

|Jalpaiguri

|86.51 {{increase}}

|Jayanta Kumar Roy

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|1,84,004

4

|Darjeeling

|78.80 {{decrease}}

|Raju Singh Bisht

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|4,13,443

5

|Raiganj

|79.82 {{decrease}}

|Debasree Chaudhuri

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|60,574

6

|Balurghat

|83.69 {{decrease}}

|Sukanta Majumder

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|33,293

7

|Maldaha Uttar

|80.39 {{decrease}}

|Khagen Murmu

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|84,288

8

|Maldaha Dakshin

|81.24 {{increase}}

|Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury

| bgcolor=#00FFFF|

|Indian National Congress

|8,222

9

|Jangipur

|80.72 {{increase}}

|Khalilur Rahman

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|2,45,782

10

|Baharampur

|79.41 {{increase}}

|Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

| bgcolor=#00FFFF|

|Indian National Congress

|80,696

11

|Murshidabad

|84.29 {{decrease}}

|Abu Taher Khan

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|2,26,417

12

|Krishnanagar

|83.75 {{decrease}}

|Mahua Moitra

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|63,218

13

|Ranaghat

|84.26 {{decrease}}

|Jagannath Sarkar

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|2,33,428

14

|Bangaon

|82.64 {{decrease}}

|Shantanu Thakur

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|1,11,594

15

|Barrackpore

|76.91 {{decrease}}

|Arjun Singh

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|14,857

16

|Dum Dum

|76.92 {{decrease}}

|Saugata Roy

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|53,002

17

|Barasat

|81.26 {{decrease}}

|Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,09,983

18

|Basirhat

|85.43 {{decrease}}

|Nusrat Jahan

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|3,50,369

19

|Jaynagar

|82.29 {{increase}}

|Pratima Mondal

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|3,16,775

20

|Mathurapur

|84.86 {{decrease}}

|Choudhury Mohan Jatua

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|2,03,974

21

|Diamond Harbour

|81.98 {{increase}}

|Abhishek Banerjee

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|3,20,594

22

|Jadavpur

|79.11 {{decrease}}

|Mimi Chakraborty

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|2,95,239

23

|Kolkata Dakshin

|69.82 {{increase}}

|Mala Roy

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,55,192

24

|Kolkata Uttar

|65.83 {{decrease}}

|Sudip Bandyopadhyay

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,27,095

25

|Howrah

|74.83 {{increase}}

|Prasun Banerjee

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,03,695

26

|Uluberia

|81.18 {{decrease}}

|Sajda Ahmed

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|2,15,359

27

|Srerampore

|78.54 {{decrease}}

|Kalyan Banerjee

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|98,536

28

|Hooghly

|82.57 {{decrease}}

|Locket Chatterjee

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|73,362

29

|Arambagh

|83.44 {{decrease}}

|Aparupa Poddar

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,142

30

|Tamluk

|85.38 {{decrease}}

|Dibyendu Adhikari

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,90,165

31

|Kanthi

|85.83 {{decrease}}

|Sisir Adhikari

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,11,668

32

|Ghatal

|82.74 {{decrease}}

|Deepak Adhikari (Dev)

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,07,973

33

|Jhargram

|85.71 {{increase}}

|Kunar Hembram

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|11,767

34

|Medinipur

|84.24 {{increase}}

|Dilip Ghosh

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|88,952

35

|Purulia

|82.38 {{increase}}

|Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|2,04,732

36

|Bankura

|83.25 {{increase}}

|Subhas Sarkar

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|1,74,333

37

|Bishnupur

|87.34 {{increase}}

|Saumitra Khan

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|78,047

38

|Bardhaman Purba

|84.78 {{decrease}}

|Sunil Kumar Mondal

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|89,311

39

|Bardhaman-Durgapur

|82.67 {{decrease}}

|S. S. Ahluwalia

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|2,439

40

|Asansol

|76.62 {{decrease}}

|Babul Supriyo

| bgcolor=#FF9933|

| Bharatiya Janata Party

|1,97,637

41

|Bolpur

|85.74 {{increase}}

|Asit Kumar Mal

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|1,06,402

42

|Birbhum

|85.34 {{increase}}

|Shatabdi Roy

| bgcolor=#66FF00|

|All India Trinamool Congress

|88,924

=Constituency wise alliance or party votes=

class="wikitable sortable"

!#

!Constituency

! style="background:{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}; color:white;" |TMC votes

! style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}; color:white;" |NDA votes

! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white;" |UPA votes

! style="background:{{party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}; color:white;" |LF votes

! Win Margin

1

|Cooch Behar

|677,363

| style="background:lightgreen;" |731,594

|28,215

|46,648

|54,231

2

|Alipurduars

|506,815

| style="background:lightgreen;"|750,804

|27,427

|54,010

|243,989

3

|Jalpaiguri

|576,141

| style="background:lightgreen;"|760,145

|28,488

|76,054

|184,004

4

|Darjeeling

|336,624

| style="background:lightgreen;"|750,067

|65,186

|50,524

|413,443

5

|Raiganj

|451,078

| style="background:lightgreen;"|511,652

|83,662

|183,039

|60,574

6

|Balurghat

|506,024

| style="background:lightgreen;"|539,317

|36,783

|72,990

|33,293

7

|Maldaha Uttar

|425,236

| style="background:lightgreen;"|509,524

|305,270

|50,401

|84,288

8

|Maldaha Dakshin

|351,353

|436,048

| style="background:lightgreen;"|444,270

| -

|8,222

9

|Jangipur

| style="background:lightgreen;"|562,838

|317,056

|255,836

|95,501

|245,782

10

|Baharampur

|510,410

|143,038

| style="background:lightgreen;"|591,147

|13,362

|80,696

11

|Murshidabad

| style="background:lightgreen;"|604,346

|247,809

|377,929

|180,793

|226,417

12

|Krishnanagar

| style="background:lightgreen;"|614,872

|551,654

|38,305

|120,222

|63,218

13

|Ranaghat

|549,825

| style="background:lightgreen;"|783,254

|23,297

|97,771

|233,428

14

|Bangaon

|576,028

| style="background:lightgreen;"|687,622

|22,618

|90,122

|1,11,594

15

|Barrackpore

|458,137

| style="background:lightgreen;"|472,994

|15,746

|117,456

|14,857

16

|Dum Dum

| style="background:lightgreen;"|512,062

|459,060

|29,097

|167,590

|53,002

17

|Barasat

| style="background:lightgreen;"|648,444

|538,275

|37,277

|124,068

|109,983

18

|Basirhat

| style="background:lightgreen;"|782,078

|431,709

|104,183

|68,316

|350,369

19

|Jaynagar|

| style="background:lightgreen;"|761,206

|444,427

|18,758

|67,913

|316,775

20

|Mathurapur

| style="background:lightgreen;"|726,828

|522,854

|32,324

|92,417

|203,974

21

|Diamond Harbour

| style="background:lightgreen;"|791,127

|470,533

|19,828

|93,941

|320,594

22

|Jadavpur

| style="background:lightgreen;"|688,472

|393,233

| -

|302,264

|295,239

23

|Kolkata Dakshin

| style="background:lightgreen;"|573,119

|417,927

|42,618

|140,275

|155,192

24

|Kolkata Uttar

| style="background:lightgreen;"|474,891

|347,796

|26,093

|71,080

|127,095

25

|Howrah

| style="background:lightgreen;"|576,711

|473,016

|32,107

|105,547

|103,695

26

|Uluberia

| style="background:lightgreen;"|694,945

|479,586

|27,568

|81,314

|215,359

27

|Srerampore

| style="background:lightgreen;"|637,707

|539,171

|32,509

|152,281

|98,536

28

|Hooghly

|598,086

| style="background:lightgreen;"|671,448

|25,374

|121,588

|73,362

29

|Arambagh

| style="background:lightgreen;"|649,929

|648,787

|25,128

|100,520

|1,142

30

|Tamluk

| style="background:lightgreen;"|724,433

|534,268

|16,001

|136,129

|190,165

31

|Kanthi

| style="background:lightgreen;"|711,872

|600,204

|16,851

|76,185

|1,11,668

32

|Ghatal

| style="background:lightgreen;"|717,959

|609,986

|32,793

|97,062

|1,07,973

33

|Jhargram

|614,816

| style="background:lightgreen;"|626,583

|20,754

|75,680

|11,767

34

|Medinipur

|596,481

| style="background:lightgreen;"|685,433

|20,807

|62,319

|88,952

35

|Purulia

|463,375

| style="background:lightgreen;"|668,107

|84,477

|68,464

|204,732

36

|Bankura

|500,986

| style="background:lightgreen;"|675,319

|20,472

|100,282

|174,333

37

|Bishnupur

|578,972

| style="background:lightgreen;"|657,019

|17,932

|102,615

|78,047

38

|Bardhaman Purba

| style="background:lightgreen;"|640,834

|551,523

|38,472

|175,920

|89,311

39

|Bardhaman-Durgapur

|595,937

| style="background:lightgreen;"|598,376

|38,516

|161,329

|2,439

40

|Asansol

|435,741

| style="background:lightgreen;"|633,378

|21,038

|87,608

|197,637

41

|Bolpur

| style="background:lightgreen;"|699,172

|592,769

|30,112

|91,964

|106,402

42

|Birbhum

| style="background:lightgreen;"|654,070

|565,153

|75,451

|96,763

|88,924

Impact

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.{{cite web | url = https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/west-bengal-election-results-2019-left-veers-political-oblivion-1502758472.html | title = West Bengal election results 2019: left veers into political oblivion | publisher = The Statesman, 24 May 2019 | access-date = 30 May 2019}}{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/analysis-in-west-bengal-lefts-vote-drop-will-benefit-bjp-but-to-what-extent/article27214640.ece | title = Analysis: In West Bengal, Left’s vote-reduction will benefit BJP but to what extent? | publisher = The Hindu 23 May 2018 | access-date = 30 May 2019}}

Analysis

= Assembly segments wise lead of Parties =

File:2019 Lok Sabha in West Bengal.svg

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=2|Party

!2016 West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election

!West Bengal Vidhan Sabha segments (as of 2019 India Lok Sabha election)[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/numbers-point-to-tough-fight-ahead-in-bengal-assembly-polls/articleshow/69490110.cms Lok Sabha results: Numbers point to tough fight ahead in West Bengal assembly polls]{{Cite web|title=PC and AC wise Result {{!}} Chief Electoral Officer - (CEO), West Bengal|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/UploadFiles/Election/Parliament/2019/PCTLIST_RESULT_2019.html|access-date=4 September 2021}}

!2021 West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election

!West Bengal Vidhan Sabha segments (as of 2024 India Lok Sabha election)

bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|

! BJP

| 3

| 121

| 77

| 90

bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

!INC

| 44

| 9

| 0

| 10

bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|

!TMC

| 211

| 164

| 215

| 193

bgcolor="{{party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}"|

!Left Front

| 32

| 0

| 0

| 1

bgcolor=#FAF8FA|

! Others

| 4

| 0

| 2

| 0

colspan=2| Total

!cplspan=3| 294

!cplspan=3| 294

!cplspan=4| 294

!cplspan=5| 294

= Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=2|Party

!No. of Constituencies

bgcolor="{{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|

!Trinamool Congress

| 2

bgcolor="{{party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}"|

!Left Front

| 1

bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|

! Bharatiya Janata Party

| 39

bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

!Indian National Congress

| 0

colspan=2|Total

!colspan=2| 42

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.{{Cite news|date=28 November 2019|title=আজ ৩ কেন্দ্রের ফল, আশা-আশঙ্কায় সব দল|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=13&nID=200155&P=1&nPID=20191128|newspaper=Bartaman|language=bn|access-date=16 September 2021}}{{Cite news|date=28 November 2019|title=উপ-নির্বাচনে সবুজ ঝড় {{!}} ভরাডুবি বিজেপির|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=13&nID=200164&P=1&nPID=20191128|newspaper=Bartaman|language=bn|access-date=16 September 2021}}{{Cite web|date=28 November 2019|title=West Bengal, Uttarakhand bye-election results 2019 highlights: Clean sweep for TMC, BJP takes Pithoragarh|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/west-bengal-uttarakhand-bye-election-results-2019-live-updates-bjp-congress-tmc-left-6140064/|website=The Indian Express|access-date=16 September 2021}}{{Cite web|date=28 November 2019|title=Kharagpur Sadar (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Result 2019 Live: TMC steals Kharagpur Sadar seat from BJP|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kharagpur-sadar-west-bengal-assembly-bye-election-results-2019-live-winner-runner-up-updates-6139878/|website=The Indian Express|access-date=16 September 2021}}{{Cite web|date=28 November 2019|title=By-election Results 2019: It's 3-0 in Bengal as Mamata's TMC Sweeps Kaliaganj, Kharagpur-Sadar and Karimpur|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/by-election-results-2019-live-its-3-0-in-bengal-as-mamatas-tmc-sweeps-kaliaganj-kharagpur-sadar-and-karimpur-2403449.html|website=News18|access-date=16 September 2021}}

Region-Wise Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!Region

!Total seats

! colspan="2" |All India Trinamool Congress

! colspan="2" |Bharatiya Janata Party

! colspan="2" |Indian National Congress

! colspan="2" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)

!Others

East Bengal (Ganges Delta Region)

|10

|7

|{{Decrease}} 3

|3

|{{Increase}} 3

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

North Bengal

|8

|3

|{{Increase}} 1

|3

|{{Increase}} 3

|2

|{{Decrease}} 2

|0

|{{Decrease}} 2

|0

Northern Hills

|4

|0

|{{Decrease}} 3

|4

|{{Increase}} 3

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

West Bengal (Rarh Region)

|10

|3

|{{Decrease}} 7

|7

|{{Increase}} 7

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

South Bengal

|10

|9

|{{Decrease}} 1

|1

|{{Steady}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

|0

Total

!42

!22

!{{Decrease}} 12

!18

!{{Increase}} 16

!2

!{{Decrease}} 2

!0

!{{Decrease}} 2

!0

References

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