2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
27 March – 29 April 2021 (292 seats)
30 September 2021 (2 remaining seats) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opinion polls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 73,414,746 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 82.30% ( 0.72 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the election results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election was the 17th quinquennial legislative election held in West Bengal, to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021, taking place in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed to 30 September 2021.
The incumbent Trinamool Congress government led by Mamata Banerjee won the election by a landslide, despite opinion polls generally predicting a close race against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which became the official opposition with 77 seats. For the first time in the history of Bengal, no members from INC and Communist party were elected.