West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Schedule, phase, seats, candidates and all you need to know about West Bengal General Elections (original) (raw)
West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: After witnessing a drop in voter turnout in phase 2 from phase 1 in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal registered its highest voter turnout in phase 6 on Saturday, May 25. Phase 6 registered 80.05 per cent, which was a lot higher than phase 5‘s percentage of 78.45 per cent voter turnout. West Bengal’s voter turnout in phase 6 was also significantly higher than the national average of 61.85 per cent. After six phases, West Bengal stands as one of the best states in voter turn, with 79.23 per cent. The remaining nine seats of the states will go for polling next in phase 7 on Saturday, June 1, as per their official schedule from ECI.
One of the most important states during the Lok Sabha Elections, West Bengal, has always been home to the hardcore politics as the eastern state of India is one of those states who prefers to pick the candidates of their local parties, over those of the national parties.
However, despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC (Trinamool Congress), was able to finish as the biggest party in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections with 18 seats under their belt, they saw a dramatic drop of 12 seats from 2014 elections, while the ruling party in the centre, BJP made a dramatic jump to 18 seats in 2019, in comparison to just two in 2014.
The Lok Sabha Elections of West Bengal, will once again be talk of the town as the current scenarios of alliance and opposition is taking a new turn at regular intervals, as despite being part of I.N.D.I.A bloc, the ruling state party of TMC have decided to fight the elections alone, while contesting on all the 42 seats.
When are West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024?
The state of West Bengal will have their 18th Lok Sabha polls distributes during the entire electoral period, as it will begin with phase one on April 19 and end with phase seven on June 1.
Phase 1: Date of polling- April 19
- Coochbehar
- Alipurduars
- Jalpaiguri
Phase 2: Date of polling- April 26
- Darjeeling
- Raiganj
- Balurghat
Phase 3: Date of polling- May 7
- Maldaha Uttar
- Maldaha Dakshin
- Jangipur
- Murshidabad
Phase 4: Date of polling- May 13
- Baharampur
- Krishnanagar
- Ranaghat
- Bardhaman – Purba
- Bardhaman – Durgapur
- Asansol
- Bolpur
- Birbhum
Phase 5: Date of polling- May 20
- Bangaon
- Barrackpur
- Howrah
- Uluberia
- Sreerampur
- Hooghly
- Arambag
Phase 6: Date of polling- May 25
- Tamluk
- Kanthi
- Ghatal
- Jhargram
- Medinipur
- Purulia
- Bankura
- Bishnupur
Phase 7: Date of polling- June 1
- Dum Dum
- Barasat
- Basirhat
- Jaynagar
- Mathurapur
- Diamond Harbour
- Jadavpur
- Kolkata Dakshin
- Kolkata Uttar
How many phases West Bengal will have?
West Bengal was one of three states, whose General Elections were contested in all the seven phases in 2019. Once again, in the General Elections of 2024, the state will be having their Lok Sabha polls contested in all the seven phases along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
How many Lok Sabha constituencies West Bengal has?
West Bengal is the state with the third highest number of states with 42 Lok Sabha seats, only behind Uttar Pradesh with 80 and Maharashtra with 48, and all the seats are typically contested over different issues rather than one common mantra. Notably, out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, 30 seats are contested as unreserved seats, while ten seats are reserved for SC candidates and two seats are reserved for ST candidates.
Check out the complete list of constituencies and elected members from West Bengal General Elections of 2024:
| No. | Constituency | Elected Candidate | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alipurduars | John Barla | BJP |
| 2 | Arambagh | Aparupa Poddar (AFRIN ALI) | TMC |
| 3 | Asansol | Babul Supriyo | BJP |
| 4 | Baharampur | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | INC |
| 5 | Balurghat | Sukanta Majumdar | BJP |
| 6 | Bangaon | Shantanu Thakur | BJP |
| 7 | Bankura | Dr. Subhas Sarkar | BJP |
| 8 | Barasat | Dr. Kakoli Ghoshdastidar | TMC |
| 9 | Bardhaman Purb | Sunil Kumar Mondal | TMC |
| 10 | Barrackpore | Arjun Singh | BJP |
| 11 | Basirhat | Nusrat Jahan Ruhi | TMC |
| 12 | Birbhum | Satabdi Roy | TMC |
| 13 | Bishnupur | Khan Saumitra | BJP |
| 14 | Bolpur | Asit Kumar Mal | TMC |
| 15 | Burdwan – Durg | S.S Ahluwalia | BJP |
| 16 | Cooch Behar | Nisith Pramanik | BJP |
| 17 | Darjeeling | Raju Bista | BJP |
| 18 | Diamond Harbou | Abhishek Banerjee | TMC |
| 19 | Dum Dum | Sougata Ray | TMC |
| 20 | Ghatal | Adhikari Deepak (DEV) | TMC |
| 21 | Hooghly | Locket Chatterjee | BJP |
| 22 | Howrah | Prasun Banerjee | TMC |
| 23 | Jadavpur | Mimi Chakraborty | TMC |
| 24 | Jalpaiguri | Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy | BJP |
| 25 | Jangipur | Khalilur Rahaman | TMC |
| 26 | Jhargram | Kunar Hembram | BJP |
| 27 | Joynagar | Pratima Mondal | TMC |
| 28 | Kanthi | Adhikari Sisir | TMC |
| 29 | Kolkata Dakshi | Mala Roy | TMC |
| 30 | Kolkata Uttar | Bandyopadhyay Sudip | TMC |
| 31 | Krishnanagar | Mahua Moitra | TMC |
| 32 | Maldaha Dakshi | Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury (DALU) | INC |
| 33 | Maldaha Uttar | Khagen Murmu | BJP |
| 34 | Mathurapur | Choudhury Mohan Jatua | TMC |
| 35 | Medinipur | Dilip Ghosh | BJP |
| 36 | Murshidabad | Abu Taher Khan | TMC |
| 37 | Purulia | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato | BJP |
| 38 | Raiganj | Debasree Chaudhuri | BJP |
| 39 | Ranaghat | Jagannath Sarkar | BJP |
| 40 | Srerampur | Kalyan Banerjee | TMC |
| 41 | Tamluk | Adhikari Dibyendu | TMC |
| 42 | Uluberia | Sajda Ahmed | TMC |
Candidates list of 2024 Elections
After the complete domination of the BJP-led NDA alliance in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, INC, TMC, RJD, SP and many other parties, decided to come under one banner of I.N.D.I.A bloc. However, despite being a part of the newly formed alliance, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, has decided to contest the General Elections of 2024 alone, while contesting on all the 42 seats, making the West Bengal General Election of 2024, a three-way tussle between, NDA, I.N.D.I.A and TMC.
Check out the complete list of all the candidates for West Bengal General Elections 2024:
| No. | Constituency | TMC | N.D.A | I.N.D.I.A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alipurduars | Prakash Chik Baraik | Manoj Tigga (BJP) | Mili Oraon (RSP) (CPI(M)) |
| 2 | Arambagh | Mitali bagh | Arup Kanti Digar (BJP) | Biplab Kumar Moitra (CPI(M)) |
| 3 | Asansol | Shatrughan Sinha | SS Ahluwalia (BJP) | Jahanara Khan (CPI(M)) |
| 4 | Baharampur | Yusuf Pathaan | Dr Nirmal Kumar Saha (BJP) | Adhir Ranjan Choudhary (INC) (CPI(M)) |
| 5 | Balurghat | Biplab Mitra | Sukanta Majumdar (BJP) | Jaydeb Siddhanta (RSP) (CPI(M)) |
| 6 | Bangaon | Biswajit Das | Shantanu Thakur (BJP) | Pradip Biswas (INC) (CPI(M)) |
| 7 | Bankura | Arup Chakraborty | Dr Subhash Sarkar (BJP) | Nilanjan Dasgupta (CPI(M)) |
| 8 | Barasat | Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | Swapan Majumdar (BJP) | Sanjib Chatterjee (AIFB) (CPI(M)) |
| 9 | Bardhaman Purb | Dr. Sharmila Sarkar | Asim Kumar Sarkar (BJP) | Nirav Kha (CPI(M)) |
| 10 | Barrackpore | Partha Bhowmik | Arjun Singh (BJP) | Debdut Ghosh (CPI(M)) |
| 11 | Basirhat | Haji Nurul Islam | Rekha Patra (BJP) | Nirapada Sardar (CPI(M)) |
| 12 | Birbhum | Shatabdi Roy | Debashish Dhar (BJP) | Milton Rashid (INC) (CPI(M)) |
| 13 | Bishnupur | Sujata Khan | Soumitra Khan (BJP) | Shital Kaibartya (CPI(M)) |
| 14 | Bolpur | Asit Kumar Mal | Priya Saha (BJP) | Shyamali Pradhan (CPI(M)) |
| 15 | Burdwan – Durg | Kirti Azad | Dilip Ghosh (BJP) | Sukriti Ghosal (CPI(M)) |
| 16 | Cooch Behar | Jagdish Chandra Basuniya | Nisith Pramanik (BJP) | Piya Roy Chowdhury (INC) |
| 17 | Darjeeling | Gopal Lama | Raju Bista (BJP) | Munish Tamang (INC) |
| 18 | Diamond Harbour | Abhishek Banerjee | Abhijit Das Bobi (BJP) | Pratik Ur Rahaman (CPI(M)) |
| 19 | Dum Dum | Sougata Roy | Silbhadra Dutta (BJP) | Sujan Chakraborty (CPI(M)) |
| 20 | Ghatal | Dipak Adhikari Dev | Hiranmay Chattopadhyay (BJP) | Papiya Chakraborty (INC) |
| 21 | Hooghly | Rachana Banerjee | Locket Chatterjee (BJP) | Monodip Ghosh (CPI(M)) |
| 22 | Howrah | Prasun Bandopadhyay | Dr Rathin Chakraborty (BJP) | Sabyasachi Chatterjee (CPI(M)) |
| 23 | Jadavpur | Sayoni Ghosh | Dr Anirban Ganguly (BJP) | Srijan Bhattacharyya (CPI(M)) |
| 24 | Jalpaiguri | Nirmal Chandra Roy | Jayanta Roy (BJP) | Debraj Barman (CPI(M)) |
| 25 | Jangipur | Khalilur Rehman | Dhananjay Ghosh (BJP) | Md Murtoja Hossain (Bokul) (INC) |
| 26 | Jhargram | Kalipada Soren | Pranat Tudu (BJP) | Sonamoni Murmu (Tudu) (CPI(M)) |
| 27 | Joynagar | Pratima Mondal | Dr Ashok Kandari (BJP) | Samarendra Nath Mandal (RSP) |
| 28 | Kanthi | Uttam Barik | Soumendu Adhikari (BJP) | Urbashi Bhattacharya (INC) |
| 29 | Kolkata South | Mala Roy | Debashree Chaudhary (BJP) | Saira Shah Halim (CPI(M)) |
| 30 | Kolkata North | Sudip Bandopadhyay | Tapas Roy (BJP) | Pradip Bhattacharya (INC) |
| 31 | Krishnanagar | Mahua Moitra | Rajmata Amrita Roy (BJP) | S. M. Saadi (CPI(M)) |
| 32 | Maldaha Dakshin | Shahnawaz Ali Raihan | Sreerupa Mitra Chowdhury (BJP) | Isha Khan Chowdhary (INC) |
| 33 | Maldaha Uttar | Prasun Banerjee | Khagen Murmu (BJP) | Mostaque Alam (INC) |
| 34 | Mathurapur | Bapi Haldar | Ashok Purkait (BJP) | Sarat Chandra Haldar |
| 35 | Medinipur | June Malia | Agnimitra Paul (BJP) | Biplab Bhatta (CPI) |
| 36 | Murshidabad | Abu Taher Khan | Gauri Shankar Ghosh (BJP) | Mohammed Salim (CPI(M)) |
| 37 | Purulia | Shantiram Mahato | Jyotirmay Singh Mahato (BJP) | Nepal Mahato (INC) |
| 38 | Raiganj | Krishna Kalyani | Kartick Paul (BJP) | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) (INC) |
| 39 | Ranaghat | Mukutmani Adhikari | Jagannath Sarkar (BJP) | Alokesh Das (CPI(M)) |
| 40 | Srerampur | Kalyan Banerjee | Kabir Shankar Bose (BJP) | Dipsita Dhar (CPI(M)) |
| 41 | Tamluk | Debanhshu Bhattacharyya | Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay (BJP) | Sayan Banerjee (CPI(M)) |
| 42 | Uluberia | Sajda Ahmed | Arun Uday Paul Chaudhary (BJP) | Azahar Mollick (INC) |