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| previous_election = 2019 Indian general election in West Bengal
| previous_election = 2019 Indian general election in West Bengal
| previous_year = 2019
| previous_year = 2019
| election_date = 19 April 2024 - 1 June 2024
| election_date = 19 April - 1 June 2024
| next_year = 2029
| next_year = 2029
| seats_for_election = All 42 West Bengal seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| seats_for_election = All 42 West Bengal seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
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| leader1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| leader1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| party1 = Trinamool Congress
| party1 = Trinamool Congress
| leaders_seat1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| leader_since1 = 1998
| leader_since1 = 1998
| last_election1 = 43.3%, 22 seats
| last_election1 = 43.3%, 22 seats
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| leader5 = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammad Salim]]
| leader5 = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammad Salim]]
| party5 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| party5 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|alliance5 = [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
| alliance5 = [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
| leaders_seat5 = [[Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency|Murshidabad]]
| leaders_seat5 = [[Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency|Murshidabad]]
| leader_since5 = 2022
| leader_since5 = 2022
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| map_image = Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
| map_image = Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
| map_caption = All 42 [[West Bengal]] Lok Sabha seats
| map_caption = All 42 [[West Bengal]] Lok Sabha seats
| before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
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The [[2024 Indian general election]] in West Bengal is expected to be held in April-May 2024 to elect the 42 members of [[18th Lok Sabha]]. The election will be conducted in seven phases, from 19th April to 1st June.
The [[2024 Indian general election]] in [[West Bengal]] will be held in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 42 members of the [[18th Lok Sabha]], with the results declared on 4 June.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Sanchari |date=2024-03-16 |title=Lok Sabha election 2024 date announcement: Bengal to vote in 7 phases |url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024-date-announcement-west-bengal-to-vote-on-7-phases-check-dates-other-details-here-11710571861420.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=https://www.livemint.com |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-17 |title=West Bengal to Vote in All 7 Phases of LS Polls: A Look at Key Constituencies in the State |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/west-bengal-to-vote-in-all-7-phases-of-ls-polls-a-look-at-key-constituencies-in-the-state-8818807.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

[[West Bengal]], along with [[2024 Indian general election in Bihar|Bihar]] and [[2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]], will be the only states where the 2024 Indian general election will be held in all 7 phases.


== Election Schedule ==
== Election Schedule ==

Revision as of 11:35, 17 March 2024

2024 Indian general election in West Bengal
← 2019 19 April - 1 June 2024 2029 →
All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
 
Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG
Sukanta Majumdar - Kolkata 2022-08-04 0400.jpg
Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar
Party AITC BJP
Leader since 1998 2021
Leader's seat Balurghat
Last election 43.3%, 22 seats 40.7%, 18 seats
Current seats 19 19
 
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
Mohammed_Salim,_Leader_of_CPIM_01.jpg
Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Mohammad Salim
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance Left Front
Leader since 2020 2022
Leader's seat Baharampur Murshidabad
Last election 5.67%, 2 seats 7.96%, 0 seats
Current seats 2 0
All 42 West Bengal Lok Sabha seats
Incumbent Prime Minister

Narendra Modi
BJP



The 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal will be held in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 42 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, with the results declared on 4 June.[1] [2]

West Bengal, along with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, will be the only states where the 2024 Indian general election will be held in all 7 phases.

Election Schedule

Poll event Phase
I II III IV V VI VII
Notification Date 20 March 28 March 12 April 18 April 26 April 29 April 7 May
Last Date for filing nomination 27 March 4 April 19 April 25 April 3 May 6 May 14 May
Scrutiny of nomination 28 March 5 April 20 April 26 April 4 May 7 May 15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 30 March 8 April 22 April 29 April 6 May 9 May 17 May
Date of poll 19 April 26 April 7 May 13 May 20 May 25 May 1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result 4 June 2024
No. of constituencies 3 3 4 8 7 8 9

Parties and alliances

  All India Trinamool Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 42

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Sukanta Majumdar 42

  Sanjukta Morcha

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Salim 13 (declared)
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury TBD
Indian Secular Front Nawsad Siddique TBD
Revolutionary Socialist Party Tapan Hor 1 (declared)
All India Forward Bloc Naren Chatterjee 1 (declared)
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee 1 (declared)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
Dipankar Bhattacharya TBD
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Shibu Soren TBD

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh TBD
Bahujan Samaj Party Manoj Hawladar TBD
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen TBD TBD

Candidates

Constituency
AITC NDA SM
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AITC Jagadish Chandra Basunia BJP Nisith Pramanik AIFB Nitish Chandra Roy
2 Alipurduars (ST) AITC Prakash Chik Baraik BJP Manoj Tigga
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) AITC Nirmal Chandra Roy BJP CPI(M) Debraj Barman
4 Darjeeling AITC Gopal Lama BJP
5 Raiganj AITC Krishna Kalyani BJP
6 Balurghat AITC Biplab Mitra BJP Sukanta Majumdar RSP Jaydeb Siddhanta
7 Maldaha Uttar AITC Prasun Banerjee BJP Khagen Murmu
8 Maldaha Dakshin AITC Shahnawaz Ali Raihan BJP Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury
9 Jangipur AITC Khalilur Rahaman BJP
10 Baharampur AITC Yusuf Pathan BJP Nirmal Kumar Saha
11 Murshidabad AITC Abu Taher Khan BJP Gouri Shankar Ghosh
12 Krishnanagar AITC Mahua Moitra BJP CPI(M) S. M. Saadi
13 Ranaghat (SC) AITC Mukut Mani Adhikari BJP Jagannath Sarkar
14 Bangaon (SC) AITC Biswajit Das BJP Shantanu Thakur
15 Barrackpur AITC Partha Bhowmick BJP
16 Dum Dum AITC Saugata Roy BJP CPI(M) Sujan Chakraborty
17 Barasat AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar BJP
18 Basirhat AITC Haji Nurul Islam BJP
19 Jaynagar (SC) AITC Pratima Mondal BJP Ashok Kandari
20 Mathurapur (SC) AITC Bapi Halder BJP
21 Diamond Harbour AITC Abhishek Banerjee BJP
22 Jadavpur AITC Saayoni Ghosh BJP Anirban Ganguly CPI(M) Srijan Bhattacharyya
23 Kolkata Dakshin AITC Mala Roy BJP CPI(M) Saira Shah Halim
24 Kolkata Uttar AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay BJP
25 Howrah AITC Prasun Banerjee BJP Rathin Chakraborty CPI(M) Sabyasachi Chatterjee
26 Uluberia AITC Sajda Ahmed BJP
27 Serampore AITC Kalyan Banerjee BJP CPI(M) Dipsita Dhar
28 Hooghly AITC Rachna Banerjee BJP Locket Chatterjee CPI(M) Monodip Ghosh
29 Arambagh (SC) AITC Mitali Bag BJP
30 Tamluk AITC Debangshu Bhattacharya BJP CPI(M) Sayan Banerjee
31 Kanthi AITC Uttam Barik BJP Soumendu Adhikari
32 Ghatal AITC Dev BJP Hiran
33 Jhargram (ST) AITC Kalipada Soren BJP
34 Medinipur AITC June Malia BJP CPI Biplab Bhatta
35 Purulia AITC Santiram Mahato BJP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
36 Bankura AITC Arup Chakraborty BJP Subhas Sarkar CPI(M) Nilanjan Dasgupta
37 Bishnupur (SC) AITC Sujata Mondal BJP Saumitra Khan CPI(M) Shital Kaibartya
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) AITC Sharmila Sarkar BJP CPI(M) Nirav Khan
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur AITC Kirti Azad BJP
40 Asansol AITC Shatrughan Sinha BJP CPI(M) Jahanara Khan
41 Bolpur (SC) AITC Asit Kumar Mal BJP Priya Saha
42 Birbhum AITC Satabdi Roy BJP

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
AITC BJP SDA Others
News18 March 2024[3] ±4% 17 25 0 0 BJP
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[4] ±5% 23 19 0 0 AITC
India TV-CNX March 2024[5] ±3% 21 20 1 0 AITC
Zee News-Matrize February 2024[6] ±2% 24 17 1 0 AITC
India Today-CVoter February 2024[7] ±3-5% 22 19 1 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG February 2024[8] ±2% 26 15 1 0 AITC
ABP News-CVoter December 2023[9] ±3-5% 23-25 16-18 0-2 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG December 2023[10] ±3% 20-24 18-20 2-4 0 AITC
India TV-CNX October 2023[11] ±3% 30 10 2 0 AITC
Times Now-ETG August 2023[12] ±3% 22-24 16-18 0-3 0 AITC
Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
AITC BJP SDA Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[13] ±5% 42% 41% 16% 1% AITC

Exit polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of Error Lead
AITC NDA SM Others

Results

Results by alliance or party

Party/Alliance Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
AITC 42
BJP 42
SM
CPI(M)
INC
ISF
AIFB
RSP
CPI
CPI(ML)L
JMM
Total 42
SUCI(C)
Other parties
Independents
NOTA
Total 100%
Vote statistics
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/ turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Results by constituency

Constituency Winner First Runner Up Second Runner Up Margin
No. Name Party Alliance Candidate Votes % Party Alliance Candidate Votes % Party Alliance Candidate Votes %
1 Cooch Behar (SC)
2 Alipurduars (ST)
3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
4 Darjeeling
5 Raiganj
6 Balurghat
7 Maldaha Uttar
8 Maldaha Dakshin
9 Jangipur
10 Baharampur
11 Murshidabad
12 Krishnanagar
13 Ranaghat (SC)
14 Bangaon (SC)
15 Barrackpur
16 Dum Dum
17 Barasat
18 Basirhat
19 Jaynagar (SC)
20 Mathurapur (SC)
21 Diamond Harbour
22 Jadavpur
23 Kolkata Dakshin
24 Kolkata Uttar
25 Howrah
26 Uluberia
27 Serampore
28 Hooghly
29 Arambagh (SC)
30 Tamluk
31 Contai
32 Ghatal
33 Jhargram (ST)
34 Medinipur
35 Purulia
36 Bankura
37 Bishnupur (SC)
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC)
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur
40 Asansol
41 Bolpur (SC)
42 Birbhum

See also

References

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