2021–2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections

By-elections for 10 constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were held after the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

West Bengal Legislative Assembly By-election 2021-26
30 September (1 seat) & 30 October (4 seats) 2021
12 April 2022 (1 seat)
TBA (2 seats)
6 vacant seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party AITC INC
Alliance SDA
Leader's seat Bhabanipur (won) Did not contest
Last election 4 0
Seats won 6 1
Seats after 5 0
Seat change 3 0
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Mohammed Salim Suvendu Adhikari
Party CPI(M) BJP
Alliance SDA
Leader's seat Did not contest Nandigram
Last election 0 3
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 0 0
Seat change 3

Results

Background

Sovandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from his seat in the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for CM Mamata Bannerjee to contest the Legislative Assembly by-elections.[1]

On 30 September 2021, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced a by-election for the Bhabanipur seat. Later, the ECI announced remaining vacant seats for elections on 30 October 2021.

Summary
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % Contested Won +/−
All India Trinamool Congress 713,684 71.95 6 6 2
Indian National Congress 8,095 0.82 2 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 91,265 9.20 4 0 0
Bharatiya Janata Party 151,223 15.25 6 0 2
Total/Turnout 991,911

Constituency-wise results
Constituency No. Election Date Date (M.L.A. elected) Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Source
159 30 September 2021 3 October 2021 Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay[lower-alpha 1] All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress [2][3]
7 30 October 2021 2 November 2021 Dinhata Nisith Pramanik[lower-alpha 2] Bharatiya Janata Party Udayan Guha [4][5][6]
86 Santipur Jagannath Sarkar[lower-alpha 2] Braja Kishor Goswami
109 Khardaha Kajal Sinha[lower-alpha 3] All India Trinamool Congress Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
127 Gosaba Jayanta Naskar[lower-alpha 4] Subrata Mondal
161 12 April 2022 16 April 2022 Ballygunge Subrata Mukherjee[lower-alpha 5] Babul Supriyo
60 27 February 2023 2 March 2023 Sagardighi Subrata Saha[lower-alpha 6] Bayron Biswas Indian National Congress
15 5 September 2023 8 September 2023 Dhupguri Bishnu Pada Ray[lower-alpha 7] Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Chandra Roy All India Trinamool Congress
62 7 May 2024 4 June 2024 Bhagabangola Idris Ali[lower-alpha 8] All India Trinamool Congress TBD TBD
113 1 June 2024 4 June 2024 Baranagar Tapas Roy
35 11 July 2024 TBD Raiganj Krishna Kalyani[lower-alpha 9] Bharatiya Janata Party
90 Ranaghat Dakshin Mukut Mani Adhikari[lower-alpha 10]
94 Bagdah Biswajit Das[lower-alpha 11]
167 Maniktala Sadhan Pande[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 13] All India Trinamool Congress
Reason for vacancy of their seats:
  1. Resigned.
  2. Members were elected, but didn't take the official oath, as they chose to continue serving as Members of Parliament (as per parliamentary rules).
  3. Died before declaration of election results on 2 May 2021.
  4. Died.
  5. Died.
  6. Died.
  7. Died.
  8. Died.
  9. Resigned.
  10. Resigned.
  11. Resigned.
  12. Died.
  13. The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20 February 2022. However, by-elections couldn't be held within 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey, who came second in the 2021 Assembly election had filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court, alleging irregularities in polling. The case is currently pending, before a division bench of the court. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 forbids holding any polls to the seat until any election petition concerning that seat has been resolved.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Bhabanipur bypolls: Mamata Banerjee, Priyanka Tibrewal, Srijib Biswas in fray on Sept 30; key facts". www.cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. "Election Commission declares bypolls, ends Bengal suspense". The Hindu. 2021-09-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. "WB bypolls: Polling 'peaceful' in Bengal's Bhabanipur, moderate turnout recorded". Deccan Herald. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. "Schedule for Bye-elections in Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States - reg". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. "Bypolls in 4 Bengal assembly seats on October 30". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  6. Konar, Debashis (September 29, 2021). "Bhabanipur Byelection 2021: October 30 bypoll in 4 Bengal seats, counting on November 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  7. "HC rejects PIL demanding bypoll in Maniktala Assembly constituency". 18 April 2023.
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