2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	65,939,006
Turnout	83.02% ( 1.31 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Mamata Banerjee Abdul Mannan Party AITC INC Alliance - Mahajot Leader since 1998 2015 Leader's seat Bhabanipur Champdani Last election 38.93%, 184 seats 9.09%, 42 seats Seats before 184 42 Seats won 211 44 Seat change 27 2 Popular vote 24,564,523 6,700,938 Percentage 44.91% 12.25% Swing 5.98 pp 3.16 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Surya Kanta Mishra Dilip Ghosh Party CPI(M) BJP Alliance Mahajot NDA Leader since 2015 2015 Leader's seat Narayangarh (lost) Kharagpur Sadar Last election 30.08%, 40 seats 4.06%, 0 seats Seats before 40 0 Seats won 26 3 Seat change 14 3 Popular vote 10,802,058 5,555,134 Percentage 19.75% 10.16% Swing 10.35 pp 6.10 pp
Results of the West Bengal election
Chief Minister before election Mamata Banerjee AITC Elected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee AITC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. Like in the 2011 election, the poll was held in six phases, with the first phase divided into two days.^[1][2] The first phase was held in Naxalite-Maoist affected red corridor areas with two polling dates: 4 April and 11 April. The other phases were held on 17, 21, 25, 30 April and 5 May. The result of the election was declared on 19 May.

In the previous election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress in a coalition with INC won a majority and ended the 34-year rule of the Left Front government.