2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

2024 Indian general election in West Bengal

19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024

All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Registered76,010,006
Turnout60,483,687 (79.59%)
2.17% pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abhishek Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party AITC BJP INC
Alliance INDIA NDA INDIA
Leader since 2014 2021 2020
Leader's seat Diamond Harbour (won) Balurghat (won) Baharampur (lost)
Last election 43.69%, 22 seats 40.64%, 18 seats 5.67%, 2 seats
Seats won 29 12 1
Seat change 7 6 1
Popular vote 27,674,133 23,431,081 2,818,728
Percentage 46.16% 39.08% 4.72%
Swing 2.47 pp 1.56 pp 0.95 pp


Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in West Bengal in seven phases between 19 April and 1 June 2024 to elect 42 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.

The by-elections for Bhagabangola and Baranagar in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly was also scheduled with the general election and took place on 7 May and 1 June respectively.

West Bengal, along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases.