West Bengal 2016 Assembly Election Analysis

Assignment 1: Conduct Opinion Polls for Assembly Elections 2020 Assignment 2: Summarize and Present 2016 West Bengal Assembly Elections Results

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Introduction: Behind ’s decisive and impressive victory in the 2016 West Bengal assembly elections is the second highest vote share registered in the state by Trinamool Congress – 44.9%, against 49.1% for the Congress in 1972. Banerjee ruled for a second term with the second largest majority of seats ever obtained by a single party or coalition – 71.77%, against 77.14% for the Congress in 1972. Trinamool Congress put up a stunning victory in West Bengal winning 211 of the 294 seats, bettering its 2011 tally of 184 seats. Out of the 294 seats, Congress-Left combine got 76 seats. TMC had secured 184 seats in 2011 Assembly election when it had fought in alliance with Congress. The Congress-Left combine did not make much headway despite prediction by political pundits. Congress, however, did better than its Left partners securing 44 seats. Left partners CPI-M bagged 26 seats, RSP-3, CPI-1 and Forward Bloc-2. Vote Share: The combined vote share of the was also reduced to nearly 24 per cent from 41 per cent in 2011. The Left Front had won 62 seats in 2011 Assembly poll, of which CPI(M) had won 40 seats. Congress, however, bettered its vote percentage this time to 12.3 compared to 8.91 per cent in 2011 when it had contested in alliance with TMC. In 2014 Lok Sabha poll, Congress’s vote share in the state was 9.6 per cent. BJP, on the other hand, increased its vote percentage to 10.2 compared 4.06 per cent secured in 2011 Assembly election and managed to capture three seats.

The Trinamool contested on its own this time, unlike in 2011 when it contested in alliance with the Congress. Because it contested more seats this time, Trinamool increased its overall vote share significantly – from 38.9% to 44.9%. This is the second highest score registered in West Bengal since Independence. But in terms of vote shares in the seats contested, the Trinamool tally of 44.9% of the votes is less than in 2011, when it bagged a majority of the votes – 50.15% – in the 226 seats it contested. The Congress bagged an average of 40.1% of the vote share in the seats it contested, 2.5% less than in 2011, when it contested 66 seats, in an alliance with the Trinamool. Despite contesting in 34 more seats than in 2011, it only increased its overall vote share by 3%. Therefore, any claim that the Congress has somewhat progressed in West Bengal should be taken with a pinch of salt. Its seat share marginally increased, from 13.6% to 15% (plus two seats) and its performance depended on the goodwill of its partners and their supporters. The main loser of this election is the CPI(M), which lost a third of its voters, compared to 2011. The mainstream communist party is back to where it was in 1969. The loss is all the more humiliating that it contested in an alliance with the Congress. Survey data would be required to see whether Congress voters stayed away from communist candidates, but the partnership clearly did little to attenuate the CPI(M)’s woes. As a result, the CPI(M) is now the third party in terms of seats, behind Congress. The CPI(M) received 38.4% of the votes in the seats it contested – less than its partner. In all, the CPI(M)-Congress combine received 17.5 million votes, while the Trinamool received close to 25.6 million votes. The BJP increased its vote share from 4% to 10.2%, which incidentally is not its best performance in West Bengal. The saffron party had won 11.3% of vote share in the 1991 assembly elections. Since it contested in all the seats – 292 out of 294 – its vote share in seats contested remains roughly the same at 10.4%. In the 14 assembly segments of , the lotus party got only 2.75 lakhs votes, that is 13% of the city’s vote share. The Trinamool’s victory is comprehensive as it covers the entirety of the state. It’s vote share is weaker in Maldah and Murshidabad districts, where the Congress retains a good presence, and in Darjeeling and in parts of Bankura districts. Otherwise, the party emerges victorious everywhere else. Its vote share tended to be higher in rural areas, a sign that it has – almost – completely replaced the Left as the "provider party" for the rural poor. The CPI(M) retains an all-state presence, even if it is receding. This means that his vote share gets diluted over a large number of seats, which explains its poor conversion rate of votes into seats (26 seats for 19.75% vote share). The party has lost all its stronghold and is a second or third figure in every district. The following map shows the spatial distribution of winners. It confirms that the Congress maintains two strongholds in Maldah and Murshidabad, that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has proved to be a successor to the Gorkha National Liberation Front in Darjeeling, and that the Left is a scattered force.

The Contenders:

In 2016, there were a total of 56 parties, with 1,961 individuals contesting either as party or independent candidates – 68% of these candidates lost their deposit and only nine parties made it to the Vidhan Sabha. Small parties can have a spoiler effect when they cut across the vote base of major parties. That did not happen in these elections as voters concentrated on the main contenders. The Trinamool and the Left-Congress alliance together nearly 81% of the total vote share. The BJP got 10.2% of the votes and the rest was split among 50-odd parties and independent candidates. The average margin separating the runner-up from the third candidate is above 49,000 votes, which is another indicator that these elections were a bipolar fight. The 2016 state elections have generally confirmed the trend that voters tend to vote more and more for major players and aren’t willing to "waste" their vote with small parties for the sake of making a statement or to support a small party on the bases of a narrow identity criteria.

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Table showing results for all the Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituencies of West Bengal with the names of winner and runner-up candidates. Also shown along are their party names.

Runner- Winner (Party # Constituency Up(Party Affiliated) Affiliated) Paresh Arghya Roy Chandra 1 Mekliganj Pradhan (AITC) Adhikary (AIFB) Khagen Binay Krishna Chandra 2 Mathabhanga Barman(AITC) Barman (CPI(M)) Nagendra Parimal Cooch Behar 3 Nath Barman Uttar Roy(AIFB) (AITC) Mihir Cooch Behar Debasis Banik 4 Goswami(AITC Dakshin (AIFB) ) Namadipti Hiten 5 Sitalkuchi Adhikary Barman(AITC) (CPI-M) Keshab Jagadish 6 Sitai Chandra Ray Chandra (INC) Barma Basunia (AITC) Udayan Akshay Thakur 7 Dinhata Guha(AITC) (AIFB) Rabindra Nath Tamser Ali 8 Natabari Ghosh(AITC) (CPI-M) Shyamal Fazal Karim 9 Tufanganj Choudhury Miah(AITC) (INC) James Kujur 10 Kumargram (AITC) Oraon(RSP) Wilson Bishal Lama 11 Kalchini Champramary (BJP) (AITC) Sourav Chakraborty Biswa Ranjan 12 Alipurduars (Ghutish) Sarkar (INC ) (AITC) Kshitish Anil Adhikari 13 Falakata Chandra Ray (AITC) (CPM ) Manoj Tigga Padam Lama 14 Madarihat (BJP) (AITC ) Mitali Roy Mamata Roy 15 Dhupguri (AITC) (CPM ) Ananta Deb Chhaya Dey 16 Maynaguri Adhikari (AITC) (Roy) (RSP ) Sukhbilas Dharttimohan 17 Jalpaiguri Barma (INC) Roy (AITC ) Satyendra Khageswar 18 Rajganj Nath Mondal Roy (AITC) (CPM ) Dabgram- Dilip Singh 19 Phulbari (AITC) (CPM ) Augustus Bulu Chik 20 Mal Kerketta (CPM Baraik (AITC) ) Sukra Munda Joseph Munda 21 Nagrakata (AITC) (INC ) Sarita Rai Harka Bahadur 22 Kalimpong (GJM) Chettri (IND ) Amar Singh Sarda Rai 23 Darjeeling Rai (GJM) Subba (AITC ) Rohit Shanta Chhetri 24 Kurseong Sharma(GJM) (AITC ) Matigara- Sankar Amar Sinha 25 Naxalbari Malakar (INC) (AITC ) Asok Bhaichung 26 Siliguri Bhattacharya Bhutia (AITC ) (CPM) Sunil Chandra Carolus Lakra 27 Phansidewa Tirkey (INC) (AITC ) Hamidul Akramul 28 Chopra Rahaman Hoque (CPM ) (AITC) Abdul Karim Kanaia Lal 29 Islampur Chowdhury Agarwal (INC) (AITC ) Md Gulam Afjal Hosen 30 Goalpokhar Rabbani (AITC (INC ) ) Ali Imran Ashim Kumar 31 Chakulia Ramz (AIFB) Mridha (BJP ) Manodeb Gokul Roy 32 Karandighi Sinha (AITC) (AIFB ) Debendra Sabita Kshetry 33 Hemtabad Nath Roy (AITC ) (CPM) Pramatha Basanta Roy 34 Kaliaganj Nath Ray (INC) (AITC ) Mohit Purnendu Dey 35 Raiganj Sengupta (INC) (Bablu) (AITC ) Srikumar Amal Acharjee 36 Itahar Mukherjee (AITC) (CPI ) Narmada Roy 37 Kushmandi Chandra Roy (AITC ) (RSP) Toraf Hossain Mafuja Khatun 38 Kumarganj Mandal (AITC) (CPM ) Biswanath Shankar 39 Balurghat Choudhury Chakravorti (RSP) (AITC ) Bachchu Raghu Urow 40 Tapan Hansda (AITC) (RSP ) Satyendra Goutam Das 41 Gangarampur Nath Roy (INC) (AITC ) Rafikul Islam Biplab Mitra 42 Harirampur (CPM) (AITC ) Khagen Amal Kisku 43 Habibpur Murmu(CPM) (AITC ) Dipali Biswas Sushil Chandra 44 Gazole (CPM) Roy (AITC ) Asif Mehbub Soumitra 45 Chanchal (INC) Ray(AITC ) Alam Harishchandra Tajmul 46 Mostaque pur Hossain (AITC ) (INC) Alberuni Abdur Rahim 47 Malatipur Zulkarnain Boxi (RSP ) (INC) Samar Shehnaz 48 Ratua Mukherjee Quadery (AITC (INC) ) Md. Mottakin Sabitri Mitra 49 Manikchak Alam (INC) (AITC ) Bhupendra Dulal Sarkar 50 Maldaha Nath Halder (Babla) (AITC ) (INC) Krishnendu Nihar Ranjan Narayan 51 English Bazar Ghosh (IND) Choudhury (AITC ) Yeasmin Md. Najrul 52 Mothabari Sabina (INC) Islam (AITC ) Abu Nasar Isha Khan Khan 53 Sujapur Choudhury Choudhury (INC) (AITC ) Swadhin Azizul Haque 54 Baisnabnagar Kumar Sarkar (INC ) (BJP) Mainul Haque Md. Mustafa 55 Farakka (INC) (AITC ) Amirul Islam Touab Ali 56 Samserganj (AITC) (CPM ) Humayun Reza Emani Biswas 57 Suti (INC) (AITC ) Somnath Jakir Hossain 58 Jangipur Singha Ray (AITC) (CPM ) Raghunathgan Akhruzzaman Abul Kasem 59 j (INC) Molla (AITC ) Aminul Islam 60 Sagardighi (AITC) (INC ) Chand 61 Lalgola Mohammad (INC) (AITC ) Mahasin Ali Abu Sufian 62 Bhagabangola (CPM) Sarkar (AITC ) Firoza Begam Dr. Humayun 63 Raninagar (INC) Kabir (AITC ) Shaoni Singha Ashim Krishna 64 Murshidabad Roy (INC) Bhatta (AITC ) Kanai Chandra Dilip Saha 65 Nabagram Mondal (CPM) (AITC ) Madhab Ashis Marjit 66 Khargram Chandra (INC) Marjit (AITC ) Protima Rajak Shasthi Charan 67 Burwan (INC) Mal (AITC ) Apurba Sarkar Dr. Santanu 68 Kandi (David) (INC) Sen (AITC ) Kamalesh Khadem A 69 Bharatpur Chatterjee Dastegir (Gopal) (INC) (Khadu) (AITC ) Rabiul Alam Humayun 70 Rejinagar Chowdhury Kabir (IND ) (INC) Seikh Golam Kibria 71 Beldanga Safiujjaman Mia (AITC ) (INC) Manoj Dr. Sujata 72 Baharampur Chakraborty Banerjee (AITC (INC) ) Niamot Sheikh Alamgir Mir 73 Hariharpara (AITC) (Palash) (INC ) Abu Taher Masud Karim 74 Naoda Khan (INC) (AITC ) Anisur Soumik 75 Domkal Rahaman Hossain (AITC ) Sarkar (CPM) Abdur Razzak Alok Das (AITC 76 Jalangi Mandal (CPM) ) Samarendrana Mahua Moitra 77 Karimpur th Ghosh (AITC) (CPM ) Gouri Sankar Ranjit Kumar 78 Tehatta Dutta (AITC) Mandal (CPM ) Tapas Kumar S.M.Sadi (CPM 79 Palashipara Saha (AITC) ) Ahamed Hasanuzzaman 80 Kaliganj Nasiruddin Sk (INC) (Lal) (AITC ) Kallol Khan Tanmay 81 Nakashipara (AITC) Ganguli (CPM ) Rukbanur Shamsul Islam 82 Chapra Rahman (AITC) Mollah (CPM ) Krishnanagar Abani Mohan Asim Kumar 83 Uttar Joardar (AITC) Saha (INC ) Pundarikakshy Sumit Biswas 84 Nabadwip a Saha (AITC) (CPM ) Krishnanagar Meghlal 85 Dakshin (AITC) Sheikh (CPM ) Arindam Ajoy Dey (AITC 86 Santipur Bhattacharya(I ) NC) Parthasarathi Ranaghat Sankar Singha 87 Chatterjee Uttar Paschim (INC) (Babu) (AITC ) Mrinal Satyajit Biswas 88 Krishnaganj Biswas(Mini) (AITC) (CPM ) Ranaghat Samir Kumar Babusona 89 Uttar Purba Poddar (AITC) Sarkar (CPM ) Ranaghat Rama Biswas Abir Ranjan 90 Dakshin (CPM) Biswas (AITC ) Kar Ratna Biswanath 91 Chakdaha Ghosh (AITC) Gupta (CPM ) Dr. Ramendra Alakesh Das 92 Kalyani Nath Biswas (CPM ) (AITC) Nilima Nag Ajoy Das (CPM 93 Haringhata (Mallick) ) (AITC) Dulal Chandra Upendra Nath 94 Bagda Bar (INC) Biswas (AITC ) Bangaon Biswajit Das Sushanta 95 Uttar (AITC) Bowali (AIFB ) Bangaon Surajit Kumar Ramendranath 96 Dakshin Biswas (AITC) Audhya (CPM ) Pulin Bihari Kapil Krishna 97 Gaighata Ray (AITC) Thakur (CPI ) Bina Mandal Dhiman Sarkar 98 Swarupnagar (AITC) (CPM ) Abdur Rahim Amir Ali (AITC 99 Baduria Quazi (INC) ) Ashis Kantha Jyoti Priya 100 Habra Mukherjee Mallick (AITC) (CPM ) Dhiman Roy Satyasebi Kar 101 Ashokenagar (AITC) (CPM ) Rafiqur Abdus Sattar 102 Amdanga Rahaman (CPM ) (AITC) Dr. Rabindra Subhranshu Nath 103 Bijpur Roy (BJP) Mukherjee (CPM ) Partha Gargi 104 Naihati Bhowmick Chatterjee (AITC) (CPM ) Arjun Singh Jitendra Shaw 105 Bhatpara (AITC) (Jitu) (IND ) Parash Dutta Haripada 106 Jagatdal (AITC) Biswas (AIFB ) Madhusudan 107 Noapara Ghose (INC) (AITC ) Debasish Silbhadra 108 Barrackpore Bhowmick Datta (AITC) (CPM ) Asim Kumar 109 Khardaha Dasgupta (AITC) (CPM ) Tanmoy Chandrima Dum Dum 110 Bhattacharya Bhattacharya Uttar (CPM) (AITC ) Sanmoy Nirmal Ghosh 111 Panihati Bandyopadhya (AITC) y (INC ) Manash 112 Kamarhati Mukherjee (AITC ) (CPM) Tapas Roy Sukumar 113 Baranagar (AITC) Ghosh (RSP ) Palash Das 114 Dum Dum (AITC) (CPM ) Narendra Nath Rajarhat New Sabya Sachi 115 Chatterjee Town Dutta (AITC) (Balai) (CPM ) Arunava 116 (AITC) Ghosh (INC ) Nepaldeb Rajarhat Purnendu 117 Bhattacharjee Gopalpur Basu (AITC) (CPM ) Madhyamgra 118 Rathin Ghosh (AITC) m Chiranjeet Chattopadhya 119 Barasat Chakrabarti y Sanjib (AIFB ) (AITC) Md. Hasanoor Rahima Jaman 120 Deganga Mondal (AITC) Chowdhury (AIFB ) Islam Sk.Nurul Imtiaz Hossain 121 Haroa (Haji) (AITC) (CPM ) Usha Rani Dinabandhu 122 Minakhan Mondal (AITC) Mondal (CPM ) Sukumar Nirapada 123 Sandeshkhali Mahata (AITC) Sardar (CPM ) Dipendu Samik Basirhat 124 Biswas (Mithu) Bhattacharya Dakshin (AITC) (BJP ) A.T.M. Rafikul Islam 125 Basirhat Uttar Abdullah Mondal (CPM) (Rony) (AITC ) Debes Mandal Anandamay 126 Hingalganj (AITC) Mandal (CPM ) Jayanta Naskar Uttam Kumar 127 Gosaba (AITC ) Saha (RSP ) Gobinda 128 Basanti Chandra (RSP ) Naskar (AITC) Ram Sankar Gopal Majhi 129 Kultali Halder (CPM) (AITC ) Samir Kumar Phanibhushan 130 Patharpratima Jana (AITC) Giri (INC ) Manturam Rafik Uddin 131 Kakdwip Pakhira (AITC) Molla (INC ) Bankim Asim Kumar 132 Sagar Chandra Hazra Mandal (CPM ) (AITC) Jogaranjan Rejaul Haque 133 Kulpi Halder (AITC) Khan (CPM ) Debasree Roy 134 Raidighi (AITC) (CPM ) Dr. Sarat Halder Joydeb 135 Mandirbazar Chandra (AITC) Haldar (CPM ) Biswanath Das Sujit Patwari 136 Jaynagar (AITC) (INC ) Nirmal Baruipur Sujoy Mistry 137 Chandra Purba (CPM ) Mondal (AITC) Canning Shyamal Arnab Roy 138 Paschim Mondal (AITC) (INC ) Ajijer Canning Saokat Molla 139 Rahaman Purba (AITC) Molla (CPM ) Biman Baruipur Safiuddin Khan 140 Banerjee Paschim (CPM ) (AITC) Magrahat Namita Saha Chandan Saha 141 Purba (AITC) (CPM ) Khalid Magrahat Gias Uddin 142 Ebadullah (INC Paschim Molla (AITC) ) Diamond Dipak Kumar Dr. Abul 143 Harbour Halder (AITC) Hasnat (CPM ) Tamonash Bidhan Parui 144 Falta Ghosh (AITC) (CPM ) Sonali Guha Paramita 145 Satgachia (Bose) (AITC) Ghosh (CPM ) Bishnupur, Dilip Mondal Aloke Sardar 146 South 24 (AITC) (CPM ) Parganas Jiban Tarit Sonarpur 147 Mukhopadhya Chakraborty Dakshin y (AITC) (CPI ) Abdur Razzak Abdur Rasid 148 Bhangar Molla (AITC) Gazi (CPM ) Javed Ahmed Shatarup 149 Kasba Khan (AITC) Ghosh (CPM ) Sujan Manish Gupta 150 Jadavpur Chakraborty (AITC ) (CPM) Sonarpur Firdousi Jyotirmoyee 151 Uttar Begum (AITC) Sikdar (CPM ) Aroop Biswas Madhuja Sen 152 Tollygunge (AITC) Roy (CPM ) Professor Sovan Ambikesh 153 Behala Purba Chatterjee Mahapatra (AITC) (IND ) Partha Kaustav Behala 154 Chatterjee Chatterjee Paschim (AITC) (CPM ) Kasturi Das Samik Lahiri 155 Maheshtala (AITC) (CPM ) Sk. Mujibar 156 Budge Budge Rahaman (INC Deb (AITC) ) Abdul Monirul Islam 157 Metiaburuz Khaleque (CPM ) Molla (AITC) Rakesh Singh 158 Kolkata Port (AITC) (INC ) Mamata Deepa 159 Bhabanipur Banerjee Dasmunshi (AITC) (INC ) Sobhandeb Ashutosh 160 Rashbehari Chattopadhya Chatterjee y (AITC) (INC ) Subrata Krishna 161 Mukherjee Debnath (INC ) (AITC) Nayna Somendranath 162 Chowrangee Bandyopadhya Mitra (INC ) y (AITC) Swarna Kamal Debesh Das 163 Entally Saha (AITC) (CPM ) Paresh Paul Rajib Biswas 164 Beleghata (AITC) (CPM ) Smita Bakshi Rahul(Biswajit) 165 Jorasanko (AITC) Sinha (BJP ) Piyali Pal (AIFB 166 Shyampukur (AITC) ) Rajib 167 Maniktala Majumder (AITC) (CPM ) Kaninika Bose Kashipur- Mala Saha 168 (Ghosh) (CPM Belgachia (AITC) ) Baishali Saumendranat 169 Bally Dalmiya (AITC) h Bera (CPM ) Santosh Laxmi Ratan 170 Howrah Uttar Kumar Pathak Shukla (AITC) (INC ) Howrah Amitabha 171 Madhya (Apu) (AITC) Dutta (JD(U) ) Jagannath Jatu Lahiri 172 Shibpur Bhattacharyya (AITC) (AIFB ) Brajamohan Howrah Arindam Basu 173 Majumder Dakshin (Babu) (CPM ) (AITC) Sital Kumar Samir Malick 174 Sankrail Sardar (AITC) (CPM ) Gulsan Mullick Doli Roy (AIFB 175 Panchla (AITC) ) Uluberia Haider Aziz Sabiruddin 176 Purba Safwi (AITC) Molla (CPM ) Dr. Nirmal Amiya Kumar 177 Uluberia Uttar Maji (AITC) Mondal (INC ) Uluberia Pulak Roy Md.Nasiruddin 178 Dakshin (AITC) (AIFB ) Amitabha Kalipada 179 Shyampur Chakraborty Mandal (AITC) (INC ) Arunava Mina 180 Bagnan Sen(Raja) Mukherjee (AITC) Ghosh (CPM ) Asit Mitra Tushar Kanti 181 Amta (INC) Sil (AITC ) Udaynarayan Samir Kumar Karar Saroj 182 pur Panja (AITC) Ranjan (INC ) Md. Abdul Baidyanath 183 Jagatballavpur Ghani (AITC) Basu (CPM ) Pratima Dutta Rajib Banerjee 184 Domjur W/O - Tapan (AITC) Dutta (IND ) Srutinath Prabir Kumar 185 Uttarpara Praharaj (CPM Ghosal (AITC) ) Dr. Sudipta Subhankar 186 Sreerampur Roy (AITC) Sarkar (INC ) Abdul Mannan Muzaffar Khan 187 Champdani (INC) (AITC ) Rabindranath 188 Singur Bhattacharya (CPM ) (AITC) Indranil Sen Goutam Sarkar 189 Chandannagar (AITC) (CPM ) Asit Dr. Pranab 190 Chunchura Mazumder Kumar Ghosh (Tapan) (AITC) (AIFB ) Ashim Kumar Panchu Gopal 191 Balagarh Majhi (AITC) Mondal (CPM ) Sk. Amjad Saiyad Rahim 192 Pandua Hossain (CPM) Nabi (AITC ) Tapan Dilip Nath (INC 193 Saptagram Dasgupta ) (AITC) Swati Azim Ali Md. 194 Chanditala Khandoker Sk. (CPM ) (AITC) Snehasis Pobitra Singha 195 Jangipara Chakraborty Roy (CPM ) (AITC) Becharam Jogiyananda 196 Haripal Manna (AITC) Mishra (CPM ) Pradip Ashima Patra 197 Dhanekhali Majumdar (AITC) (AIFB ) Rachhpal Surajit Ghosh 198 Tarakeswar Singh (AITC) (NCP ) Dr. M. Pratim Singha 199 Pursurah Nuruzzaman Roy (INC ) (AITC) Krishna Asit Malik 200 Arambagh Chandra (CPM ) Santra (AITC) Manas Biswanath 201 Goghat Majumdar Karak (AIFB ) (AITC) Iqbal Ahmed Islam Ali Khan 202 Khanakul (AITC) (CPM ) Ashok Kumar Nirbed Ray 203 Tamluk Dinda (CPI) (AITC ) Biplab Roy Panskura Sk Ibrahim Ali 204 Chowdhury Purba (CPM) (AITC ) Chittaranjan Panskura Phiroja Bibi 205 Dasthakur (CPI Paschim (AITC) ) Sangram Manik 206 Moyna Kumar Dolai Bhowmik (INC (AITC) ) Sukumar De Siraj Khan (IND 207 Nandakumar (AITC) ) Dr. Sudarsan Dr. Subrata 208 Mahisadal Ghosh Maiti (IND ) Dastidar (AITC) Tapasi Mondal Madhurima 209 Haldia (CPM) Mandal (AITC ) Adhikari Abdul Kabir 210 Nandigram Suvendu Sekh (CPI ) (AITC) Amiyakanti Mangal Chand 211 Chandipur Bhattacharjee Pradhan (CPM (AITC) ) Jyotirmoy Kar Makhanlal 212 Patashpur (AITC) Nayak (CPI ) Banasri Maity Chakradhar 213 Kanthi Uttar (AITC) Maikap (CPM ) Hemangshu Ardhendu Shekhar 214 Bhagabanpur Maity (AITC) Mahapatra (INC ) Ranajit Asim Kumar 215 Khejuri Mondal (AITC) Mandal (IND ) Adhikari Kanthi Uttam 216 Dibyendu Dakshin Pradhan (CPI ) (AITC) Akhil Giri Tapas Sinha 217 Ramnagar (AITC) (CPM ) Shaikh Das Samares Mahmud 218 Egra (AITC) Hossain (DCP(PC) ) Bikram Sisir Kumar 219 Dantan Chandra Patra (CPI ) Pradhan (AITC) Dulal Murmu Bakul Murmu 220 Nayagram (AITC) (BJP ) Churamani Pulin Bihari 221 Gopiballavpur Mahata (AITC) Baske (CPM ) Chunibala Sukumar 222 Jhargram Hansda Hansda (AITC) (JKP(N) ) Paresh Murmu Biram Mandi 223 Keshiary (AITC) (CPM ) Gyan Singh Kharagpur Dilip Kumar 224 Sohanpal (INC Sadar Ghosh (BJP) ) Prodyut Surjya kanta 225 Narayangarh Kumar Ghosh Mishra (CPM ) (AITC) Manas Ranjan Nirmal Ghosh 226 Sabang Bhunia (INC) (AITC ) Saumen Prabodh Kumar 227 Pingla Chandra Sinha Mahapatra (DCP(PC) ) (AITC) Dinen Roy Sk Sajahan Ali 228 Kharagpur (AITC) (CPM ) Selima Khatun Jahangir Karim 229 Debra (Bibi) (AITC) Sk (CPM ) Mamata Swapan Santra 230 Daspur Bhunia (AITC) (CPM ) Kamal Shankar Dolai 231 Ghatal Chandra Dolui (AITC) (CPM ) Chhaya Dolai Santinath 232 Chandrakona (AITC) Bodhuk (CPM ) Ashis Sorforaj Khan 233 Garbeta Chakraborty (CPM ) (Nanti) (AITC) Srikanta Shyam Sundar 234 Salboni Mahata (AITC) Pandey (CPM ) Seuli Saha Rameswar 235 Keshpur (AITC) Doloi (CPM ) Mrigendra 236 Medinipur Nath Maiti (CPI ) (AITC) Khagendranat Dibakar 237 Binpur h Hembram Hansda (CPM ) (AITC) Rajib Lochan Besra Susanta 238 Bandwan Saren (AITC) (CPM ) Shantiram Jagadish 239 Balarampur Mahato (AITC) Mahato (INC ) Samir Mahato 240 Baghmundi (INC) (AITC ) Dhirendra Shaktipada 241 Joypur Nath Mahato Mahato (AITC) (AIFB ) Sudip Kumar Dibyajyoti 242 Mukherjee Prasad Singh (INC) Deo (AITC ) Sandhya Rani Ipil Murmu 243 Manbazar Tudu (AITC) (CPM ) Swapan Kumar Sudin Kisku 244 Kashipur Beltharia (CPM ) (AITC) Umapada Dinanath Bauri 245 Para Bauri (AITC) (CPM ) Purna Chandra Satyanarayan 246 Raghunathpur Bauri (AITC) Bauri (CPM ) Swapan Bouri Sasthi Charan 247 Saltora (AITC) Bouri (CPM ) Dhirendra Subhasis 248 Chhatna Nath Layek Batabyal (AITC (RSP) ) Deblina Jyotsna Mandi 249 Ranibandh Hembram (AITC) (CPM ) Birendra Nath Dilip Kumar 250 Raipur Tudu (AITC) Hansda (CPM ) Samir Amiya Patra 251 Taldangra Chakraborty (CPM ) (AITC) Daripa Minati Misra 252 Bankura Shampa (INC) (AITC ) Sujit Soham 253 Barjora Chakraborty Chakraborty (CPM) (AITC ) Manik Arup Kumar 254 Onda Mukherjee Khan (AITC) (AIFB ) Tushar Kanti Shyamaprasad Bishnupur, 255 Bhattacharya Mukherjee Bankura (INC) (AITC ) Shyamal Akshay Santra 256 Katulpur Santra (AITC) (INC ) Gurupada Dilip Kumar 257 Indas Mete (AITC) Malik (CPM ) Dipali Saha 258 Sonamukhi Ajit Ray (CPM) (AITC ) Nabin Chandra Asima Roy 259 Khandaghosh Bag (AITC) (CPM ) Rabiranjan Bardhaman Ainul Haque 260 Chattopadhya Dakshin (CPM ) y (AITC) Nepal Ghorui Khan Basudeb 261 Raina (AITC) (CPM ) Ujjal Samar Hazra 262 Jamalpur Pramanick (CPM) (AITC ) Chaudhuri Md. Sajal Panja* 263 Manteswar Hedayatullah (AITC) (CPM ) Kundu Biswajit Sukul Chandra 264 Kalna (AITC) Sikdar (CPM ) Begum Debashis 265 Memari (AITC) Ghosh (CPM ) Bardhaman Nisith Kumar Aparna Saha 266 Uttar Malik (AITC) (CPM ) Bamacharan Subhash 267 Bhatar Banerjee (CPM Mondal (AITC) ) Swapan Abhijit Purbasthali 268 Debnath Bhattacharyya Dakshin (AITC) (INC ) Tapan Purbasthali Pradip Kumar 269 Chatterjee Uttar Saha (CPM) (AITC ) Rabindranath Shyama 270 Katwa Chatterjee Majumdar (AITC) (INC ) Sekh Abul Kadar 271 Ketugram Sahonawez Syed (CPM ) (AITC) Chowdhury Choudhury 272 Mangalkot Siddiqullah Sahajahan (AITC) (CPM ) Abhedananda Manasa Mete 273 Ausgram Thander (AITC) (SUCI(C) ) Alok Kumar Nandalal 274 Galsi Majhi (AITC) Pondit (AIFB ) Kumar Gouranga 275 Pandaveswar Jitendra Chatterjee Tewari (AITC) (CPM ) Pradip Durgapur Santosh 276 Mazumdar Purba Debray (CPM) (AITC ) Apurba Durgapur Bishwanath 277 Mukherjee Paschim Parial (INC) (AITC ) Runu Dutta Bano Nargis 278 Raniganj (CPM) (AITC ) Jahanara Khan V. Sivadasan 279 Jamuria (CPM) (Dasu) (AITC ) Tapas Hemant Asansol 280 Banerjee Prabhakar Dakshin (AITC) (CPM ) Nirmal Moloy Ghatak 281 Asansol Uttar Karmakar (BJP (AITC) ) Ujjal Ajay Kumar 282 Kulti Chatterjee Poddar (BJP ) (AITC) Bidhan Shipra 283 Barabani Upadhyay Mukherjee (AITC) (CPM ) Chandra Bijoy Bagdi 284 Dubrajpur Naresh Bauri (AIFB ) (AITC) Asok Kumar Dr. Ram 285 Suri Chattopadhya Chandra Dome y (AITC) (CPM ) Chandranath Tapan Hore 286 Bolpur Sinha (AITC) (RSP ) Shyamali Gadadhar 287 Nanoor Pradhan Hazra (AITC ) (CPM) Syed Mahfuzul Islam Monirul Karim 288 Labpur (AITC) (Mahfuz) (CPM ) Nilabati Saha Dhiren Bagdi 289 Sainthia (AITC) (CPM ) Abhijit Roy Arup Bag 290 Mayureswar (AITC) (CPM ) Asish Banerjee Syed Siraj 291 Rampurhat (AITC) Jimmi (INC ) Miltan Rasid Asit Kumar 292 Hansan (INC) Mal (AITC ) Dipak Moinuddin 293 Nalhati Chatterjee Shams (AITC) (AIFB ) Abdur Ali Mortuza 294 Murarai Rahaman Khan (INC ) (Liton) (AITC)

Margin of victory:

These elections were presented as a close contest between the incumbent party and an alliance that arithmetically had the potential numbers to defeat its common opponent. A look at victory margins, however, tells a different story. In most cases, whoever the winner was won decisively – with a premium for the Congress (13% average margin) and the Trinamool (11.9%). Both CPI(M) 6.3% and BJP 7% percent lagged behind, which shows that the winning candidates of these two parties had comparatively tougher fights than those of the other two parties. It may be a sign that the transfer of votes between Congress and CPI(M)’s did not work equally well for both sides.

Result:

The election results were announced along with other four state assemblies on 19 May 2016. AITC won 211 seats, and thus was reelected with an enhanced majority. They also became the first ruling party to win without an ally since 1962 in West Bengal.