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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016

294 seats · 97 changed party since 2011 · turnout 82.9%

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
All India Trinamool Congress — 211 seatsIndian National Congress — 44 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 26 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 3 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 3 seatsGOJAM — 3 seatsAll India Forward Bloc — 2 seats2 other parties — 2 seats148294of 294 seats
  • AITC211
  • INC44
  • CPM26
  • BJP3
  • RSP3
  • GOJAM3
  • AIFB2
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress21172%2,45,64,52344.9%293
INCIndian National Congress4415%67,00,93812.3%92
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)269%1,08,08,36019.8%152
BJPBharatiya Janata Party31%55,55,13410.2%291
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party31%9,11,0041.7%19
GOJAMGOJAM31%2,54,6260.5%5
AIFBAll India Forward Bloc21%15,43,7642.8%25
INDIndependent10%11,84,0472.2%371
CPICommunist Party of India10%7,91,9251.4%11
NOTANOTA00%8,31,8481.5%294

+ 45 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2016 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 148

2016 · selected
Majority 148
AITC211INC44CPM26BJP3RSP3GOJAM3AIFB2IND1CPI1
2011 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2011 → 2016

2011 2016· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
38.9
44.9
9.1
12.3
30.1
19.8
4.1
10.2
4.8
2.8
3.1
2.2
AITCINCCPMBJPAIFBIND

Seat change

2016 seats minus 2011 seats

seats lostseats gained
AITC
184 → 211
+27
INC
42 → 44
+2
CPM
40 → 26
−14
BJP
0 → 3
+3
RSP
7 → 3
−4
GOJAM
3 → 3
0
AIFB
11 → 2
−9
IND
2 → 1
−1
CPI
2 → 1
−1
SUCI
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2011 → 2016

share lostshare gained
BJP
4.1% → 10.2%
+6.1%
AITC
38.9% → 44.9%
+6.0%
INC
9.1% → 12.3%
+3.2%
NOTA
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
CPI
1.8% → 1.4%
−0.4%
JMM
0.5% → 0.1%
−0.4%
SP
0.7% → 0.1%
−0.7%
IND
3.1% → 2.2%
−1.0%
RSP
3.0% → 1.7%
−1.3%
AIFB
4.8% → 2.8%
−2.0%

Biggest AITC–INC swings

Seats where the AITC-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2011 → 2016. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward INCtoward AITC
Keshpur
West Bengal
+110.5%
Garbeta
West Bengal
+101.9%
Canning Purba
West Bengal
+100.4%
Goghat
West Bengal
+98.5%
Basanti
West Bengal
+94.7%
Nalhati
West Bengal
+94.4%
Taldangra
West Bengal
+90.6%
Para
West Bengal
+90.2%
Ausgram
West Bengal
+84.9%
Kushmandi
West Bengal
+84.8%
Englishbazar
West Bengal
+84.3%
Bandwan
West Bengal
+84.0%

Closest races · 2016

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

All constituencies · 2016

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2011