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West Bengal

West Bengal is an important state with its international borders with Nepal and Bangladesh. It has a good industrial infrastructure and politically very important place. It has 39 parliamentary seats in the Lok Sabha. Population of the state is 80,176,197 and area is 88,752 sq km.  Principal language of the state is Bengali.

Capital:  Kolkata

No of Parliamentary Constituencies: 42

No of Assembly Constituencies: 294

 

West Bengal State Assembly Election Results 2006

 

Parliamentary Constituencies

S. No. Constituency Name
1 Jangipur
2 Baharmpur
3 Murshidabad
4 Krishananagar
5 Ranaghat
6 Howrah
7 Uluberia
8 Sreerampur
9 Hooghly
10 Arambagh
11 Tamluk
12 Kanthi
13 Bardhaman Purba
14 Bardwan-Durgapur
15 Asansol
16 Bolpur
17 Birbhum
18 Bangaon
19 Barrackpore
20 Barasat
21 Dum Dum
22 Basirhat
23 Joynagar
24 Mathurapur
25 Diamond Harbour
26 Jadavpur
27 Kolkata Dakshin
28 Kolkata Uttar
29 Cooch Behar
30 Alipurduars
31 Jalpaiguri
32 Darjeeling
33 Raiganj
34 Balurghat
35 Maldaha Uttar
36 Maldaha Dakshin
37 Ghatal
38 Jhargram
39 Medinipur
40 Purulia
41 Bankura
42 Bishnupur

Constituency Map

 

 

Results General Election 2009

State : West Bengal

Name of the Party Seats Contested Seats Won
National Parties
BSP 41 0
BJP 42 1
CPI 3 2
CPI(M) 32 9
INC 14 6
NCP 3 0
RJD 0 0
Total National Parties 135 18
State Parties
AIFB 3 2
AITC 27 19
RSP 4 2
Unrecognized Parties 83 0
IND 116 1
Total 368 42

 

State Assembly Elections 2006
Party
Contested
Won
VOTE* %
CPM 212 176 50.83
AITC 257 30 30.57
AIFB 34 23 49.02
INC 262 21 16.51
RSP 23 20 48.79
CPI 13 8 45.81
WBSP 4 4 51.76
others** 849 13  
TOTAL 1654 294  

* Percentage of votes for the AC

**Others consist of Independents and all other parties who contested in the elections

 

RULING PARTY
CPM+

Chief Minister

Shri Budh Dev Bhattacharya

State Government
State Chief Electoral Officer

 

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