The following is a list of by-elections held for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, India, since its formation in 1946.
15th Assembly
2011
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
Main article: 2016–2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections17th Assembly
2021
| 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
| 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
| Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2023 | 60 | Sagardighi | Subrata Saha | Trinamool Congress | Bayron Biswas | Indian National Congress | ||
| 5 September 2023 | 15 | Dhupguri | Bishnupada Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nirmal Chandra Roy | Trinamool Congress | ||
2024
| Date | Constituency | Previous MLA | Reason | Elected MLA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2024 | 62 | Bhagabangola | Idris Ali | All India Trinamool Congress | Died on 16 February 2024 | Reyat Hossain Sarkar | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 1 June 2024 | 113 | Baranagar | Tapas Roy | Resigned on 4 March 2024 | Sayantika Banerjee | ||||
| 10 July 2024 | 35 | Raiganj | Krishna Kalyani | Bharatiya Janata Party | Resigned on 27 March 2024 | Krishna Kalyani | |||
| 90 | Ranaghat Dakshin | Mukut Mani Adhikari | Resigned on 19 April 2024 | Mukut Mani Adhikari | |||||
| 94 | Bagdah | Biswajit Das | Madhuparna Thakur | ||||||
| 167 | Maniktala | Sadhan Pande | All India Trinamool Congress | Died on 20 February 2022 | 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
- 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. On 29 April 2024, Choubey withdrew his election petition from the court, making way for by-poll to the seat.
References
- "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.
- "TMC MLA Idris Ali dies from illness". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- "Trinamool MLA Tapas Roy quits party, resigns from assembly". The Hindu. 2024-03-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- "Krishna Kalyani resigns as Raiganj MLA following Lok Sabha nomination by TMC". Telegraph India. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- "Bengal: Another turncoat MLA resigns, Biswajit Das to contest from Bangaon on TMC ticket". Jagran (in Hindi). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- "West Bengal Cabinet Minister Sadhan Pande passes away at 71". The Indian Express. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- "HC rejects PIL demanding by-poll in Maniktala Assembly constituency". MillenniumPost. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- "Kalyan Chaubey withdraws poll petition". The Times of India. 2024-04-30. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-07-13.