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List of by-elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

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The following is a list of by-elections held for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, India, since its formation in 1946.

15th Assembly

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2011

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
25 September 2011 125 Basirhat Uttar Mostafa Bin Qaseem Communist Party of India ATM Abdullah All India Trinamool Congress
159 Bhabanipur Subrata Bakshi All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress

2012

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
12 June 2012 230 Daspur Ajit Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress
252 Bankura Kashinath Misra All India Trinamool Congress Minati Misra All India Trinamool Congress

2013

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
23 February 2013 51 English Bazar Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Indian National Congress Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury All India Trinamool Congress
70 Rejinagar Humayun Kabir Indian National Congress Rabiul Alam Chowdhury Indian National Congress
293 Nalhati Abhijit Mukherjee Indian National Congress Dipak Chatterjee All India Forward Bloc

2014

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
13 September 2014 1 Basirhat Dakshin Narayan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Samik Bhattacharya Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Chowrangee Sikha Mitra All India Trinamool Congress Nayna Bandopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress

2015

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
13 February 2015 1 Krishnaganj Sushil Biswas All India Trinamool Congress Satyajit Biswas All India Trinamool Congress

16th Assembly

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Main article: 2016–2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections

17th Assembly

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2021

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
30 September 2021 159 Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
30 October 2021 7 Dinhata Nisith Pramanik Bharatiya Janata Party Udayan Guha All India Trinamool Congress
86 Santipur Jagannath Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party Braja Kishore Goswami All India Trinamool Congress
109 Khardaha Kajal Sinha All India Trinamool Congress Sovandeb Chattopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress
127 Gosaba Jayanta Naskar All India Trinamool Congress Subrata Mondal All India Trinamool Congress

2022

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
12 April 2022 161 Ballygunge Subrata Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress Babul Supriyo All India Trinamool Congress

2023

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Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
27 February 2023 60 Sagardighi Subrata Saha Trinamool Congress Bayron Biswas[1] Indian National Congress
5 September 2023 15 Dhupguri Bishnupada Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Chandra Roy Trinamool Congress

2024

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Date Constituency Previous MLA Reason Elected MLA
7 May 2024 62 Bhagabangola Idris Ali All India Trinamool Congress Died on 16 February 2024[2] Reyat Hossain Sarkar All India Trinamool Congress
1 June 2024 113 Baranagar Tapas Roy Resigned on 4 March 2024[3] Sayantika Banerjee
10 July 2024 35 Raiganj Krishna Kalyani Bharatiya Janata Party Resigned on 27 March 2024[4] Krishna Kalyani
90 Ranaghat Dakshin Mukut Mani Adhikari Resigned on 19 April 2024[5] Mukut Mani Adhikari
94 Bagdah Biswajit Das Madhuparna Thakur
167 Maniktala Sadhan Pande All India Trinamool Congress Died on 20 February 2022[6][a] Supti Pandey
13 November 2024 6 Sitai Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024 Sangita Roy
14 Madarihat Manoj Tigga Bharatiya Janata Party Jay Prakash Toppo
104 Naihati Partha Bhowmick All India Trinamool Congress Sanat Dey
121 Haroa Haji Nurul Islam Sheikh Rabiul Islam
236 Medinipur June Malia Sujoy Hazra
251 Taldangra Arup Chakraborty Falguni Singhababu

Notes

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  1. ^ The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting MLA Sadhan Pande on 20th February 2022. However, by-polls to the seat couldn't be held even after 6 months of Pande's death (according to Indian law) because BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey filed an election petition in the Calcutta High Court alleging irregularities in polling & demanded a recount of votes. The Representation of the People Act, 1951 forbids holding any polls to the seat until any election petition concerning that seat hasn't been resolved at the court.[7] On 29 April 2024, Choubey withdrew his election petition from the court, making way for by-poll to the seat.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Sagardighi Bypoll Election Result 2023: Congress Leads From West Bengal Assembly Seat In Setback For Mamata Banerjee's TMC". Zee News. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  2. ^ "TMC MLA Idris Ali dies from illness". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ^ "Trinamool MLA Tapas Roy quits party, resigns from assembly". The Hindu. 2024-03-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  4. ^ "Krishna Kalyani resigns as Raiganj MLA following Lok Sabha nomination by TMC". Telegraph India. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Bengal: Another turncoat MLA resigns, Biswajit Das to contest from Bangaon on TMC ticket". Jagran (in Hindi). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ "West Bengal Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande passes away at 71". The Indian Express. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. ^ "HC rejects PIL demanding by-poll in Maniktala Assembly constituency". MillenniumPost. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  8. ^ "Kalyan Chaubey withdraws poll petition". The Times of India. 2024-04-30. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
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