West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has taken the lead in 29 constituencies in the West Bengal Lok Sabha elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 12 seats. The Congress party is leading in one seat, according to the data from the Election Commission website.
Exit Polls and Projections
Before the 2024 election, exit polls had indicated significant gains for the BJP, with projections allocating 21-26 seats to the party. The Trinamool Congress, which had faced losses in the 2019 elections, was expected to see a further decline in its seat tally.
Overview
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar held elections across all seven phases. The TMC emerged victorious in five Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, including Barrackpore, Bolpur, Jangipur, and Raiganj.
Seat Winners
- In Barrackpore, TMC candidate Partha Bhowmick secured a victory, defeating the incumbent BJP MP Arjun Singh by 64,438 votes.
- Asit Kumar Mal, the sitting TMC MP, successfully defended his Bolpur seat with a substantial margin of 3,27,253 votes against the BJP candidate Piya Saha.
- TMC MP Khalilur Rahaman won the Jangipur seat by 1,16,637 votes over the Congress candidate Murtoja Hossain Bokul.
- In Raiganj, Kartick Chandra Paul of the BJP emerged as the winner, securing a significant lead of 68,197 votes over the TMC candidate Krishna Kalyani.
Notable Performances
Trinamool Congress (TMC) surged ahead in the West Bengal Lok Sabha elections, establishing leads in 29 constituencies after multiple rounds of counting. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 12 seats, while the Congress party held the lead in one, as per the data provided by the Election Commission website. The TMC’s performance, if sustained until the final results, would mark its second-best showing in the state since the 2014 elections, where it secured 34 seats.
Before the 2024 election, exit polls projected substantial gains for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls. Notably, two exit polls, Matrize and Jan Ki Baat, allocated 21-25 and 21-26 seats to the BJP, respectively. The incumbent Trinamool Congress, having suffered significant losses in the 2019 elections, might experience a further decline in its seat tally in this election.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerged victorious in five Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal on Tuesday, per the Election Commission’s announcement. In the Barrackpore constituency, Partha Bhowmick, a TMC candidate and state minister, secured 5,20,231 votes, defeating the incumbent BJP MP Arjun Singh, who received 4,55,793 votes, by a margin of 64,438 votes.
Asit Kumar Mal, the sitting TMC MP, successfully defended his Bolpur seat, garnering 8,55,633 votes and defeating BJP’s Piya Saha, who obtained 5,28,380 votes, by a substantial margin of 3,27,253 votes.
The Jangipur seat witnessed TMC MP Khalilur Rahaman’s victory over Congress candidate Murtoja Hossain Bokul. Rahaman secured 5,44,427 votes, while Bokul received 4,27,790 votes, resulting in a margin of 1,16,637 votes favoring the TMC.
In the constituency of Raiganj, Kartick Chandra Paul of the BJP emerged as the victor in the Lok Sabha election. Paul garnered 5,60,897 votes, securing a significant lead of 68,197 over his closest opponent, Krishna Kalyani of the TMC, who received 4,92,700 votes. Ali Imran Ramz finished in third place with 2,63,273 votes. It was formerly represented by BJP’s Debasree Chaudhuri, who secured 40.08% of votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a margin of 511,652 votes by defeating Kanaia Lal Agarwal of AITC.
Partha Bhowmick secures victory in the Barrackpur Lok Sabha election, defeating BJP Arjun Singh by a substantial margin of 64438 votes. Arjun Singh secured 42.82% of votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a margin of 472,994 votes by defeating Dinesh Trivedi of the TMC, who secured the position of first runner-up with a total of 458,137 votes, representing 41.48% of the vote share.
Several Trinamool Congress candidates contesting for multiple terms in West Bengal appeared to be on the verge of victory from their respective constituencies on Tuesday, maintaining substantial leads over their closest competitors, according to election officials. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the TMC candidate who has been winning the Barasat Lok Sabha seat since 2009, emerged triumphant once again, securing a margin of 1,14,189 votes against her BJP rival, Swapan Majumder, who received 5,77,821 votes.
As of 8.16 pm, Sougata Roy, a seasoned TMC leader who has represented the party from Dum Dum since 2009, had garnered 63,874 more votes than BJP candidate Silbhadra Datta. Roy secured 4,76,361 votes, while Datta obtained 4,11,373 votes.
Sudip Bandopadhyay, the TMC candidate contesting the Kolkata North seat since 2009, was also ahead by more than 79,000 votes against his closest rival, Tapas Roy of the BJP. According to the officials, Bandopadhyay polled 4,33,143 votes, with counting still ongoing.