2022 West Bengal local elections

Municipal elections was held in West Bengal on 27 February 2022 to elect members of all 108 municipalities in the state.[1][2][3][4] The election to four remaining wards were held in 26 June.[5]

2022 West Bengal municipal elections

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All 108 municipalities in West Bengal
Turnout76.5%
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Mamata Banerjee Mohammed Salim
Party AITC CPI(M)
Alliance LF
Leader since 1 January 1998 16 March 2022
Seats won 1,872 68
Percentage 63% 14%

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Sukanta Majumder
Party INC BJP
Leader since 20 September 2021 9 September 2020
Seats won 65 63
Percentage 5% 13%

The All India Trinamool Congress had won overwhelming majority of 102 municipalities out of 108. CPI(M) had won 1 municipal body. BJP which was the last largest opposition party in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election failed to win a single municipality.[6]

Schedule

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Poll event Schedule
Notification date 3 February 2022
Last Date for filing nomination 9 February 2022
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 12 February 2022
Date of poll 27 February 2022
Date of counting of votes 2 March 2022

Contested parties

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Other small parties contested in this election like CPI(ML)LIB, GJM etc. They had not made any important result, so we make them out of our report.

Party Symbol Alliance
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
 
AITC+
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) As IND
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))   Left Front
Communist Party of India (CPI)  
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)  
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)  
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)   NDA
Indian National Congress (INC)   UPA
Hamro Party As IND None
Independents (IND) None

Results

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Vote share by Party

  TMC (63%)
  LF (14%)
  BJP (13%)
  INC (5%)
  Others (5%)

The ruling party in the state, Trinamool Congress, had a landslide victory by winning 102 out of 108 municipalities. CPI(M) and newly formed Humro Party were successful to win Taherpur and Darjeeling municipality respectively. The results of the remaining four bodies were found hung which were later won by TMC with the support of independent candidates.[7]

Following is a list of performances of the contested political parties and alliances (on 27 February,2022) :

Party Symbol Alliance Municipal bodies won Total No. of wards won % votes secured
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)   AITC+ 102

(30 with no opposition)

1872

(131 without any contest)

1875 63
Independents (AITC Removed candidates)   0 no idea
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) As IND 0 3
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)   LF 1

(Taherpur)

68 4 14
Communist Party of India (CPI)   3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))   59
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)   2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)   65 13
Indian National Congress (INC)   UPA 1 (Jhaldah) 63 5
Hamro Party As IND UPA 1

(Darjeeling) [Later not able to form board]

18 1.1
Independents As IND None 0 89 4.6
Total 4 Hung

108 Total

2276 Total

105 Undeclared

100

By-election

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Source:[8]

The results of the by election six ward is :

Date District Body Ward Won Party Runner Up Party Margin
June 26 North 24 Pargana Bhatpara Munucipality 3 AITC CPI(M) 1171
South Dum Dum Municipality 29 AITC BJP 9532
Dumdum municipality 4 AITC CPI(M) 2747
Panihati Municipality 8 AITC CPI(M) 2273
Purulia Jhalda Municipality 2 INC AITC 778
Aug 21[9] North 24 Pargana Bongaon Municipality 14 AITC BJP 2118

References

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  1. ^ "West Bengal: Elections to 108 municipalities on February 27; counting date to be announced later". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. ^ Konar, Debashis (4 February 2022). "West Bengal Election 2022: Polls to 108 West Bengal civic bodies on February 27". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (3 February 2022). "Election to 108 municipalities in West Bengal on Feb. 27". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Elections for 108 municipal bodies in West Bengal on February 27". Deccan Herald. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ ritam.talukder. "রাজ্যে ফের উপনির্বাচন, ঝালদা-পানিহাটি-সহ ৬ ওয়ার্ডে ভোট ২৬ জুন". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Bengal municipality election results highlights | TMC decimates Oppn, wins 102 of 108 civic bodies". India Today. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "সবুজ ঝড়েও ত্রিশঙ্কু চার পুরসভা, ফল বেরোতেই তিনটি দখলের ঘোষণা তৃণমূলের". News18 Bengali (in Bengali). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Home | West Bengal State Election Commission". portal.wbme.org. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Home | West Bengal State Election Commission". portal.wbme.org. Retrieved 4 August 2022.