West Bengal Lok Sabha 2024: Can Mamata Halt BJP Juggernaut? Know Seats, Phases, Complete Schedule

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Know key details like election schedule, phases, and constituency-wise candidates fielded by the TMC, the BJP, and the Congress-led I.N.D.IA.

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West Bengal, one of the pivotal states during the Lok Sabha Elections, has witnessed fierce electoral battles in recent years even as voters in this eastern state tend to favour candidates from local parties over those of national stature. The 2019 Lok Sabha Elections emerged as a pivotal moment in the electoral landscape as despite the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, emerging as the largest party with 18 seats, they witnessed a significant decline of 12 seats from the 2014 elections. Conversely, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling party at the centre, made a remarkable leap, securing 18 seats compared to just two in 2014.

The upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal are poised to be hotly contested, with shifting alliance dynamics and opposition strategies as despite being part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, the TMC has opted to contest the elections solo, fielding candidates on all 42 seats.

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Schedule And Phases

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has officially announced the schedule for the General Elections of 2024 wherein West Bengal boasting a significant 42 seats, will see polling across all seven phases.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal was among three states where polling was conducted across all seven phases.

In the first phase on April 19, three seats will witness polling, followed by three more on April 26, four on May 7, eight on May 13, seven on May 20, eight on May 25 and nine on June 1. Following is the detailed schedule:

West Bengal Lok Sabha Polls Phase 1: April 19

• No of PCs going to poll: 3
• Issue of Notification: 20-03-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 27-03-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 28-03-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 30-03-2024
• Date of Poll: 19-04-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024
• Parliamentary Constituencies

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
1	1	Coochbehar	SC
2	2	Alipurduars	ST
3	3	Jalpaiguri	SC

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2: April 26

• No of PCs going to poll: 3
• Issue of Notification: 28-03-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 04-04-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 05-04-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 08-04-2024
• Date of Poll: 26-04-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
4	4	Darjeeling	GEN
5	5	Raiganj	GEN
6	6	Balurghat	GEN

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections Phase 3: May 7

• No of PCs going to poll: 4
• Issue of Notification: 12-04-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 19-04-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 20-04-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 22-04-2024
• Date of Poll: 07-05-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
7	7	Maldaha Uttar	GEN
8	8	Maldaha Dakshin	GEN
9	9	Jangipur	GEN
10	11	Murshidabad	GEN

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections Phase 4: May 13

• No of PCs going to poll: 8
• Issue of Notification: 18-04-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 25-04-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 26-04-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 29-04-2024
• Date of Poll: 13-05-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
11	10	Baharampur	GEN
12	12	Krishnanagar	GEN
13	13	Ranaghat	SC
14	38	Bardhaman Purba	SC
15	39	Bardhaman - Durgapur	GEN
16	40	Asansol	GEN
17	41	Bolpur	SC
18	42	Birbhum	GEN

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections Phase 5: May 20

• No of PCs going to poll: 7
• Issue of Notification: 26-04-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 03-05-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 04-05-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 06-05-2024
• Date of Poll: 20-05-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
19	14	Bangaon	SC
20	15	Barrackpur	GEN
21	25	Howrah	GEN
22	26	Uluberia	GEN
23	27	Sreerampur	GEN
24	28	Hooghly	GEN
25	29	Arambag	GEN

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections Phase 6: May 25

• No of PCs going to poll: 8
• Issue of Notification: 29-04-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 06-05-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 07-05-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 09-05-2024
• Date of Poll: 25-05-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
26	30	Tamluk	GEN
27	31	Kanthi	GEN
28	32	Ghatal	GEN
29	33	Jhargram	ST
30	34	Medinipur	GEN
31	35	Purulia	GEN
32	36	Bankura	GEN
33	37	Bishnupur	SC

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections Phase 7: June 1

• No of PCs going to poll: 9
• Issue of Notification: 07-05-2024
• Last Date for filing Nominations: 14-05-2024
• Scrutiny of Nominations: 15-05-2024
• Last date for withdrawal of Candidature: 17-05-2024
• Date of Poll: 01-06-2024
• Counting of Votes: 04-06-2024
• Date before which the election shall be Completed: 06-06-2024

Sl.	PC No.	PC Name	Type
34	16	Dum Dum	GEN
35	17	Barasat	GEN
36	18	Basirhat	GEN
37	19	Jaynagar	SC
38	20	Mathurapur	SC
39	21	Diamond Harbour	GEN
40	22	Jadavpur	GEN
41	23	Kolkata Dakshin	GEN
42	24	Kolkata Uttar	GEN

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Constituencies

West Bengal ranks third in terms of the number of Lok Sabha seats, with a total of 42 seats. This state stands out as each constituency typically reflects diverse issues rather than a singular common agenda. Out of the 42 seats, 30 are unreserved, while 10 are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates and two for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates.

West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Candidates List

In the wake of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's dominance in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, several parties including the Indian National Congress (INC), TMC, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Samajwadi Party (SP) united under the banner of the I.N.D.I.A bloc. However, despite being part of this alliance, the TMC, under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, has opted to go solo in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, contesting all 42 seats. This decision sets the stage for a three-way contest between the NDA, I.N.D.I.A, and TMC in West Bengal.

S. No.	Constituency	TMC	BJP	I.N.D.I.A
1	Alipurduar	Prakash Chik Baraik	Manoj Tigga
2	Arambagh	Mitali Bagh	Arup Kanti Digar
3	Asansol	Shatrughan Sinha	Pawan Singh
4	Baharampur	Yusuf Pathan	Nirmal Kumar Saha
5	Balurghat	Biplab Mitra	Sukanta Majumdar
6	Bangaon	Biswajit Das	Shantanu Thakur
7	Bankura	Arup Chakraborty	Subhash Sarkar
8	Barasat	Kakali Ghosh Dastidar	Swapan Majumder
9	Bardhaman Purb	Sharmila Sarkar	Ashim Kumar Sarkar
10	Barrackpore	Partha Bhowmik	Arjun Singh
11	Basirhat	Haji Nurul Islam	Rekha Patra
12	Birbhum	Shatabdi Roy
13	Bishnupur	Sujata Khan	Soumitra Khan
14	Bolpur	Asit Kumar Mal	Priya Saha
15	Bardhaman-Durgapur	Kirti Azad	Dilip Ghosh
16	Cooch Behar	Jagdish Chandra Basuniya	Nisith Pramanik
17	Darjeeling	Gopal Lama	Raju Bista
18	Diamond Harbour	Abhishek Banerjee
19	Dum Dum	Sougata Roy	Silbhadra Dutta
20	Ghatal	Deepak Adhikari (Dev)	Hiranmay Chattopadhyay
21	Hooghly	Rachana Banerjee	Locket Chatterjee
22	Howrah	Prasun Bandyopadhyay	Rathin Chakraborty
23	Jadavpur	Sayoni Ghosh	Anirban Ganguly
24	Jalpaiguri	Nirmal Chandra Roy	Jayanta Roy
25	Jangipur	Khalilur Rehman	Dhananjay Ghosh
26	Jhargram	Uttam Barik
27	Joynagar	Pratima Mondal	Ashok Kandari
28	Kanthi	Uttam Barik	Soumendu Adhikari
29	Kolkata Dakshin	Mala Roy	Debashree Chaudhary
30	Kolkata Uttar	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	Tapas Roy
31	Krishnanagar	Mahua Moitra	Rajmata Amrita Roy
32	Malda Dakshin	Shahnawaz Ali Raihan	Sreerupa Mitra Chowdhury
33	Malda Uttar	Prasun Banerjee	Khagen Murmu
34	Mathurapur	Bapi Haldar	Ashok Purkait
35	Medinipur	June Malia	Agnimitra Paul
36	Murshidabad	Abu Teher Khan	Gauri Shankar Ghosh
37	Purulia	Shantiram Mahato	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
38	Raiganj	Krishna Kalyani	Kartick Paul
39	Ranaghat	Mukutmani Adhikari	Jagannath Sarkar
40	Srirampore	Kalyan Banerjee	Kabir Shankar Bose
41	Tamluk	Debangshu Bhattacharya	Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay
42	Uluberia	Sajdah Ahmed	Arun Uday Paul Chowdhury

Current Lok Sabha MPs From West Bengal

S. No.	Constituency	Elected Candidate	Party
1	Alipurduar	John Barla	BJP
2	Arambagh	Aparupa Poddar (AFRIN ALI)	TMC
3	Asansol	Babul Supriyo	BJP
4	Baharampur	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	INC
5	Balurghat	Sukanta Majumdar	BJP
6	Bangaon	Shantanu Thakur	BJP
7	Bankura	Subhas Sarkar	BJP
8	Barasat	Kakoli Ghoshdastidar	TMC
9	Bardhaman Purb	Sunil Kumar Mondal	TMC
10	Barrackpore	Arjun Singh	BJP
11	Basirhat	Nusrat Jahan Ruhi	TMC
12	Birbhum	Satabdi Roy	TMC
13	Bishnupur	Khan Saumitra	BJP
14	Bolpur	Asit Kumar Mal	TMC
15	Burdwan – Durgapur	S.S Ahluwalia	BJP
16	Cooch Behar	Nisith Pramanik	BJP
17	Darjeeling	Raju Bista	BJP
18	Diamond Harbour	Abhishek Banerjee	TMC
19	Dum Dum	Sougata Ray	TMC
20	Ghatal	Adhikari Deepak (DEV)	TMC
21	Hooghly	Locket Chatterjee	BJP
22	Howrah	Prasun Banerjee	TMC
23	Jadavpur	Mimi Chakraborty	TMC
24	Jalpaiguri	Jayanta Kumar Roy	BJP
25	Jangipur	Khalilur Rahaman	TMC
26	Jhargram	Kunar Hembram	BJP
27	Joynagar	Pratima Mondal	TMC
28	Kanthi	Adhikari Sisir	TMC
29	Kolkata Dakshin	Mala Roy	TMC
30	Kolkata Uttar	Bandyopadhyay Sudip	TMC
31	Krishnanagar	Mahua Moitra	TMC
32	Maldah Dakshin	Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury (DALU)	INC
33	Maldah Uttar	Khagen Murmu	BJP
34	Mathurapur	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	TMC
35	Medinipur	Dilip Ghosh	BJP
36	Murshidabad	Abu Taher Khan	TMC
37	Purulia	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	BJP
38	Raiganj	Debasree Chaudhuri	BJP
39	Ranaghat	Jagannath Sarkar	BJP
40	Srirampore	Kalyan Banerjee	TMC
41	Tamluk	Adhikari Dibyendu	TMC
42	Uluberia	Sajda Ahmed	TMC

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