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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011

294 seats · 137 changed party since 2006 · turnout 84.7%

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011 · 11 parties won seats

Derived
All India Trinamool Congress — 184 seatsIndian National Congress — 42 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 40 seatsAll India Forward Bloc — 11 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 7 seatsGOJAM — 3 seatsIndependent — 2 seats4 other parties — 5 seats148294of 294 seats
  • AITC184
  • INC42
  • CPM40
  • AIFB11
  • RSP7
  • GOJAM3
  • IND2
  • Others5

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress18463%1,85,47,67838.9%226
INCIndian National Congress4214%43,30,5809.1%66
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)4014%1,43,30,06130.1%213
AIFBAll India Forward Bloc114%22,85,8294.8%34
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party72%14,11,2543.0%23
GOJAMGOJAM31%3,43,9310.7%3
INDIndependent21%14,91,9443.1%401
CPICommunist Party of India21%8,76,5761.8%14
SPSamajwadi Party10%3,54,7880.7%5
SUCISUCI10%2,09,7950.4%30
DSPPDSPP10%1,67,9630.4%2
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%19,34,6504.1%289

+ 44 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2011 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

2011 · selected
Majority 148
AITC184INC42CPM40AIFB11RSP7GOJAM3IND2CPI2SP1SUCI1+1 more · 1 seats
2006 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2006 → 2011

2006 2011· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
26.6
38.9
14.7
9.1
0.0
30.1
5.7
4.8
3.7
3.0
4.2
3.1
1.9
4.1
AITCINCCPMAIFBRSPINDBJP

Seat change

2011 seats minus 2006 seats

seats lostseats gained
AITC
30 → 184
+154
INC
21 → 42
+21
CPM
0 → 40
+40
AIFB
23 → 11
−12
RSP
20 → 7
−13
GOJAM
0 → 3
+3
IND
6 → 2
−4
CPI
8 → 2
−6
SP
0 → 1
+1
SUCI
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2006 → 2011

share lostshare gained
CPM
0.0% → 30.1%
+30.1%
AITC
26.6% → 38.9%
+12.3%
BJP
1.9% → 4.1%
+2.1%
GOJAM
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
SP
0.2% → 0.7%
+0.6%
SUCI
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
GNLF
0.5% → 0.1%
−0.4%
WBSP
0.7% → 0.0%
−0.7%
RSP
3.7% → 3.0%
−0.7%
AIFB
5.7% → 4.8%
−0.9%

Biggest AITC–CPIM swings

Seats where the AITC-vs-CPIM vote gap moved most, 2006 → 2011. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (AITC share − CPIM share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward AITC; to the left, toward CPIM.

toward CPIMtoward AITC
Ghatal
West Bengal
+111.6%
Mathabhanga
West Bengal
+101.4%
Tufanganj
West Bengal
+99.6%
Mayureswar
West Bengal
+99.2%
Ketugram
West Bengal
+98.4%
Gopiballavpur
West Bengal
+98.0%
Purulia
West Bengal
+97.6%
Raniganj
West Bengal
+95.4%
Jamuria
West Bengal
+95.0%
Murarai
West Bengal
+92.1%
Nayagram
West Bengal
+91.6%
Siliguri
West Bengal
+90.1%

Closest races · 2011

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2011

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2006