2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in West Bengal in 2021.[1]
Background
In the previous elections in 2016, the All India Trinamool Congress retained its majority in the Legislatibe Assembly.[2] Although the Bharatiya Janata Party won only three of the 294 elected seats in 2016, in the 2019 general elections it won 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats.[3]
References
- ^ "BJP preparing blueprint for 2021 West Bengal polls". Economic Times. 9 June 2019.
- ^ "West Bangal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "West Bengal election results: With 18 seats and 40% vote share, BJP snaps at TMC heels". Times of India. 24 May 2019.
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