2009 Indian general election in West Bengal

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42 seats

Turnout

81.42% (

3.38%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Mamata Banerjee	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Party	TMC	CPI(M)	INC
Alliance	UPA	TF	UPA
Leader since	1998	2000	2008
Leader's seat	Kolkata Dakshin	Did not contest	Did not contest
Last election	1	26	6
Seats won	19	9	6
Seat change	18	17	–
Percentage	44.63%	43.30%	13.45%

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Elected Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh
INC

The Indian general election, 2009 in West Bengal were held for 42 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections. There was pre-poll alliance in the state between the Indian National Congress and the Trinamool Congress against the Left Front. Indian National Congress contested on 14 seats across the state whereas the Trinamool Congress contested on 27 seats^[1] and SUCI(C) contested one seat. The alliance was largely successful as the Trinamool Congress, the Congress and the SUCI(C) won 19, 6 and 1 seat respectively, dislodging the Left Front, which won only 15 seats out of 42.

Alliance wise result

LF+	SEATS	%	UPA+	SEATS	%	NDA+	SEATS	%	OTHERS	SEATS	%
CPIM	9	33.1	AITC	19	31.18	BJP	1	6.14	IND	0	3.08
CPI	2	3.6	INC	6	13.45
AIFB	2	3.04	SUCI(C)	1
RSP	2	3.56
TOTAL (2009)	15		TOTAL (2009)	26		TOTAL (2009)	1		TOTAL (2009)	0
TOTAL (2004)	35		TOTAL (2004)	6		TOTAL (2004)	1		TOTAL (2004)	0

Elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Turnout %	Name of elected M.P.		Margin
1	Cooch Behar	84.35	Nripendra Nath Roy	All India Forward Bloc	41,749
2	Alipurduars	75.96	Manohar Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,12,822
3	Jalpaiguri	82.36	Mahendra Kumar Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	88,371
4	Darjeeling	79.51	Jaswant Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,53,289
5	Raiganj	81.05	Deepa Dasmunsi	Indian National Congress	1,05,203
6	Balurghat	86.65	Prasanta Kumar Majumdar	Revolutionary Socialist Party	5,005
7	Maldaha Uttar	83.69	Mausam Noor	Indian National Congress	60,141
8	Maldaha Dakshin	78.84	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress	1,36,280
9	Jangipur	85.95	Abhijit Mukherjee	Indian National Congress	1,28,149
10	Baharampur	80.70	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	Indian National Congress	1,86,977
11	Murshidabad	88.14	Abdul Mannan Hossain	Indian National Congress	35,647
12	Krishnanagar	85.50	Tapas Paul	All India Trinamool Congress	77,386
13	Ranaghat	86.30	Sucharu Ranjan Haldar	All India Trinamool Congress	1,01,823
14	Bangaon	86.47	Gobinda Chandra Naskar	All India Trinamool Congress	92,826
15	Barrackpore	80.46	Dinesh Trivedi	All India Trinamool Congress	56,024
16	Dum Dum	80.49	Saugata Roy	All India Trinamool Congress	20,478
17	Barasat	83.60	Kakali Ghosh Dastidar	All India Trinamool Congress	1,22,901
18	Basirhat	86.62	Sk. Nurul Islam	All India Trinamool Congress	59,379
19	Jaynagar	80.08	Tarun Mondal	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	53,705
20	Mathurapur	85.45	Choudhury Mohan Jatua	All India Trinamool Congress	1,29,963
21	Diamond Harbour	80.94	Somendra Nath Mitra	All India Trinamool Congress	1,51,689
22	Jadavpur	81.47	Kabir Suman	All India Trinamool Congress	56,267
23	Kolkata Dakshin	66.90	Mamata Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress	2,19,571
24	Kolkata Uttar	64.20	Sudip Bandyopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress	1,09,278
25	Howrah	73.91	Ambica Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress	37,392
26	Uluberia	80.68	Sultan Ahmed	All India Trinamool Congress	98,936
27	Srerampur	77.49	Kalyan Banerjee	All India Trinamool Congress	1,37,190
28	Hooghly	82.71	Ratna De (Nag)	All India Trinamool Congress	81,523
29	Arambagh	84.58	Sakti Mohan Malik	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,01,558
30	Tamluk	90.32	Suvendu Adhikari	All India Trinamool Congress	1,72,958
31	Kanthi	89.97	Sisir Adhikari	All India Trinamool Congress	1,29,103
32	Ghatal	86.35	Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India	1,47,184
33	Jhargram	77.19	Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,92,345
34	Medinipur	82.54	Prabodh Panda	Communist Party of India	48,017
35	Purulia	71.91	Narahari Mahato	All India Forward Bloc	19,301
36	Bankura	77.64	Acharia Basudeb	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,08,502
37	Bishnupur	85.16	Susmita Bauri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,29,366
38	Bardhaman Purba	87.21	Anup Kumar Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	59,419
39	Bardhaman-Durgapur	83.87	Sk. Saidul Haque	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,08,237
40	Asansol	71.49	Bansa Gopal Chowdhury	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	72,956
41	Bolpur	82.49	Ram Chandra Dome	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	92,882
42	Birbhum	83.27	Satabdi Roy	All India Trinamool Congress	61,519

Analysis

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments^[2]	Constituencies	Position in Assembly (as of 2011 election)	Constituencies
	INC + AITC	184	2 - Mathabhanga (SC), 8 - Natabari, 17 - Jalpaiguri (SC), 28 - Chopra, 29 - Islampur, 30 - Goalpokhar, 31 - Chakulia, 32 - Karandighi, 33 - Hemtabad (SC), 34 - Kaliaganj (SC), 35 - Raiganj, 36 - Itahar, 40 - Tapan (ST), 42 - Harirampur, 44 - Gazole (SC), 45 - Chanchal, 46 - Harischandrapur, 47 - Malatipur, 48 - Ratua, 50 - Maldaha (SC), 49 - Manikchak, 51 - Englishbazar, 52 - Mothabari, 53 - Sujapur, 54 - Baisnabnagar, 55 - Farakka, 56 - Samserganj, 57 - Suti, 58 - Jangipur, 59 - Raghunathganj, 60 - Sagardighi, 61 - Lalgola, 65 - Nabagram (SC), 66 - Khargram (SC), 67 - Burwan (SC), 68 - Kandi, 69 - Bharatpur, 70 - Rejinagar, 71 - Beldanga, 72 - Baharampur, 74 - Naoda, 62 - Bhagabangola, 63 - Raninagar, 64 - Murshidabad, 73 - Hariharpara, 75 - Domkal, 77 - Karimpur, 78 - Tehatta, 79 - Palashipara, 80 - Kaliganj, 81 - Nakashipara, 82 - Chapra, 83 - Krishnanagar Uttar, 85 - Krishnanagar Dakshin, 84 - Nabadwip, 86 - Santipur, 87 - Ranaghat Uttar paschim, 88 - Krishnaganj (SC), 89 - Ranaghat Uttar Purba (SC), 90 - Ranaghat Dakshin (SC), 91 - Chakdaha, 93 - Haringhata (SC), 94 - Bagda (SC), 95 - Bangaon Uttar (SC), 96 - Bangaon Dakshin (SC), 97 - Gaighata (SC), 98 - Swarupnagar (SC), 102 - Amdanga, 104 - Naihati, 105 - Bhatpara, 106 - Jagatdal, 107 - Noapara, 109 - Khardaha, 111 - Panihati, 112 - Kamarhati, 114 - Dum dum, 117 - Rajarhat gopalpur, 100 - Habra, 101 - Ashoknagar, 115 - Rajarhat new town, 116 - Bidhannagar, 118 - Madhyamgram, 119 - Barasat, 120 - Deganga, 99 - Baduria, 121 - Haroa, 122 - Minakhan (SC), 123 - Sandeshkhali (ST), 124 - Basirhat Dakshin, 125 - Basirhat Uttar, 130 - Patharpratima, 131 - Kakdwip, 132 - Sagar, 133 - Kulpi, 134 - Raidighi, 135 - Mandirbazar (SC), 142 - Magrahat paschim, 143 - Diamond harbour, 144 - Falta, 145 - Satgachhia, 146 - Bishnupur (SC), 155 - Maheshtala, 156 - Budge budge, 157 - Metiaburuz, 137 - Baruipur Purba (SC), 140 - Baruipur paschim, 147 - Sonarpur Dakshin, 148 - Bhangar, 151 - Sonarpur Uttar, 149 - Kasba, 153 - Behala Purba, 154 - Behala paschim, 158 - Kolkata port, 159 - Bhabanipur, 160 - Rashbehari, 161 - Ballygunge, 162 - Chowrangee, 163 - Entally, 164 - Beleghata, 165 - Jorasanko, 166 - Shyampukur, 167 - Maniktola, 168 - Kashipur-belgachhia, 171 - Howrah madhya, 172 - Shibpur, 173 - Howrah Dakshin, 174 - Sankrail (SC), 175 - Panchla, 176 - Uluberia Purba, 177 - Uluberia Uttar (SC), 178 - Uluberia Dakshin, 179 - Shyampur, 180 - Bagnan, 181 - Amta, 182 - Udaynarayanpur, 183 - Jagatballavpur, 184 - Domjur, 185 - Uttarpara, 186 - Sreerampur, 187 - Champdani, 194 - Chanditala, 188 - Singur, 189 - Chandannagar, 190 - Chunchura, 191 - Balagarh (SC), 193 - Saptagram, 196 - Haripal, 203 - Tamluk, 204 - Panskura Purba, 206 - Moyna, 207 - Nandakumar, 208 - Mahishadal, 209 - Haldia (SC), 210 - Nandigram, 211 - Chandipur, 212 - Patashpur, 213 - Kanthi Uttar, 214 - Bhagabanpur, 215 - Khejuri (SC), 216 - Kanthi Dakshin, 217 - Ramnagar, 205 - Panskura paschim, 230 - Daspur, 218 - Egra, 224 - Kharagpur sadar, 236 - Medinipur, 239 - Balarampur, 240 - Baghmundi, 241 - Joypur, 242 - Purulia, 252 - Bankura, 264 - Kalna (SC), 268 - Purbasthali Dakshin, 270 - Katwa, 260 - Burdwan Dakshin, 281 - Asansol Uttar, 282 - Kulti, 283 - Barabani, 285 - Suri, 289 - Sainthia (SC), 291 - Rampurhat, 292 - Hansan, 293 - Nalhati, 294 - Murarai	228
	Left Front	100	1 - Mekliganj (SC), 3 - Cooch behar Uttar (SC), 4 - Cooch behar Dakshin, 5 - Sitalkuchi (SC), 6 - Sitai (SC), 7 - Dinhata, 9 - Tufanganj, 10 - Kumargram (ST), 12 - Alipurduars, 13 - Falakata (SC), 21 - Nagrakata (ST), 15 - Dhupguri (SC), 16 - Maynaguri (SC), 18 - Rajganj (SC), 19 - Dabgram-phulbari, 20 - Mal (ST), 25 - Matigara-naxalbari (SC), 26 - Siliguri, 27 - Phansidewa (ST), 37 - Kushmandi (SC), 38 - Kumarganj, 39 - Balurghat, 41 - Gangarampur (SC), 43 - Habibpur (ST), 76 - Jalangi, 92 - Kalyani (SC), 103 - Bijpur, 108 - Barrackpur, 110 - Dum dum Uttar, 113 - Baranagar, 126 - Hingalganj (SC), 128 - Basanti (SC), 139 - Canning Purba, 150 - Jadavpur, 152 - Tollyganj, 169 - Bally, 170 - Howrah Uttar, 195 - Jangipara, 192 - Pandua, 197 - Dhanekhali (SC), 198 - Tarakeswar, 199 - Pursurah, 200 - Arambag (SC), 201 - Goghat (SC), 202 - Khanakul, 232 - Chandrakona (SC), 226 - Sabang, 227 - Pingla, 229 - Debra, 231 - Ghatal (SC), 235 - Keshpur (SC), 220 - Nayagram (ST), 221 - Gopiballavpur, 222 - Jhargram, 233 - Garbeta, 234 - Salboni, 237 - Binpur (ST), 238 - Bandwan (ST), 219 - Dantan, 223 - Keshiary (ST), 225 - Narayangarh, 228 - Kharagpur, 243 - Manbazar (ST), 244 - Kashipur, 245 - Para (SC), 246 - Raghunathpur (SC), 247 - Saltora (SC), 248 - Chhatna, 249 - Ranibandh (ST), 250 - Raipur (ST), 251 - Taldangra, 253 - Barjora, 254 - Onda, 255 - Bishnupur, 256 - Katulpur (SC), 257 - Indus (SC), 258 - Sonamukhi (SC), 259 - Khandaghosh (SC), 261 - Raina (SC), 262 - Jamalpur (SC), 265 - Memari, 269 - Purbasthali Uttar, 263 - Monteswar, 266 - Burdwan Uttar (SC), 267 - Bhatar, 274 - Galsi (SC), 276 - Durgapur Purba, 277 - Durgapur paschim, 275 - Pandabeswar, 278 - Raniganj, 279 - Jamuria, 280 - Asnsol Dakshin, 271 - Ketugram, 272 - Mangalkot, 273 - Ausgram (SC), 286 - Bolpur, 287 - Nanoor (SC), 288 - Labhpur, 290 - Mayureswar, 284 - Dubrajpur (SC)	62	1 - Mekliganj (SC), 3 - Cooch behar Uttar (SC), 4 - Cooch behar Dakshin, 7 - Dinhata, 10 - Kumargram (ST), 14 - Madarihat, 15 - Dhupguri (SC), 16 - Maynaguri (SC), 20 - Mal (ST), 31 – Chakulia, 32 – Karandighi, 33 – Hemtabad, 37 - Kushmandi (SC), 43 - Habibpur (ST), 46 – Harishchandrapur, 47 – Malatipur, 56 – Samserganj, 62 – Bhagabangola, 65 – Nabagram, 69 – Bharatpur, 73 – Hariharpara, 75 – Domkal, 76 - Jalangi, 77 – Karimpur, 78 – Tehatta, 79 – Palashipara, 123 – Sandeshkhali (SC), 124 – Basirhat Dakshin, 125 – Basirhat Uttar, 126 - Hingalganj (SC), 128 - Basanti (SC), 129 – Kultali (SC), 139 - Canning Purba, 148 – Bhagrar, 192 - Pandua, 201 - Goghat (SC), 232 - Chandrakona (SC), 227 - Pingla, 235 - Keshpur (SC), 233 - Garbeta, 237 - Binpur (ST), 238 - Bandwan (ST), 219 - Dantan, 223 - Keshiary (ST), 225 - Narayangarh, 228 - Kharagpur, 241 – Joypur, 249 - Ranibandh (ST), 250 - Raipur (ST), 251 - Taldangra, 259 - Khandaghosh (SC), 261 - Raina (SC), 263 - Monteswar, 266 - Burdwan Uttar (SC), 274 - Galsi (SC), 275 - Pandabeswar, 279 - Jamuria, 272 - Mangalkot, 273 - Ausgram (SC), 284 - Dubrajpur (SC), 289 – Sainthia (SC), 290 - Mayureshwar
	Bharatiya Janata Party	5	11 - Kalchini (ST), 14 - Madarihat (ST), 22 - Kalimpong, 23 - Darjeeling, 24 - Kurseong	0	NA
	Others	5	127 - Gosaba (SC), 129 - Kultali (SC), 136 - Joynagar (SC), 138 - Canning paschim (SC), 141 - Magrahat Purba (SC)	3	22 - Kalimpong, 23 - Darjeeling, 24 - Kurseong
Total		294