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 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.
Parties and alliances colspan="6" Left Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Biman Bose 32 Manoj Bhattacharya 4 Debabrata Biswas 3 Swapan Banerjee 3 Total42
colspan="6" United Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Mamata Banerjee 27 Pranab Mukherjee 14 Nihar Mukherjee 1 Total42
colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Tathagata Roy 42
Candidate List ConstituencyUPALeft FrontNDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Cooch Behar (SC)Arghya Roy PradhanNripendra Nath RoyBhabendra Nath Barman2Alipurduars (ST)Paban Kumar LakraManohar TirkeyManoj Tigga3Jalpaiguri (SC)Sukhbilas BarmaMahendra Kumar RoyDwipendra Nath Pramanik4DarjeelingDawa NarbulaJibesh SarkarJaswant Singh5RaiganjDeepa DasmunsiBireswar LahiriGopesh Chandra Sarkar6BalurghatBiplab MitraPrasanta MajumdarSubhash Chandra Barman7Maldaha UttarMausam NoorSailen SarkarAmlan Bhaduri8Maldaha DakshinAbu Hasem KhanAbdur RazzaqueDipak Kumar Chowdhury9JangipurPranab MukherjeeMriganka BhattacharyaDebashish Majumdar10BaharampurAdhir ChowdhuryPromothes MukherjeeBidyut Kumar Halder11MurshidabadAbdul Mannan HossainAnisur RahmanNirmal Kumar Saha12KrishnanagarTapas PaulJyotirmoyee SikdarSatyabrata Mookherjee13Ranaghat (SC)Sucharu Ranjan HaldarBasudeb BarmanSukalyan Ray14Bangaon (SC)Gobinda NaskarDr. Asim BalaKrishnapada Majumder15BarrackpurDinesh TrivediTarit Baran TopdarPrabhakar Tewari16Dum DumSougata RoyAmitava NandyTapan Sikdar17BarasatKakoli Ghosh DastidarSudin ChattopadhyayBratin Sengupta18BasirhatHaji Nurul IslamAjay ChakrabortySwapan Kumar Das19Jaynagar (SC)Tarun MandalNimai BarmanNirode Chandra Halder20Mathurapur (SC)Ch. Mohan JatuaAnimesh NaskarBinay Kumar Biswas21Diamond HarbourSomen MitraSamik LahiriAbhijit Das (Bobby)22JadavpurKabir SumanDr. Sujan ChakrabortySanat Bhattacharya23Kolkata DakshinMamata BanerjeeRabin DebJyotsna Banerjee24Kolkata UttarSudip BandyopadhyayMohammed SalimTathagata Roy25HowrahAmbica BanerjeeSwadesh ChakraborttyPolly Mukherjee26UluberiaSultan AhmedHannan MollahRahul Chakrabarty27SreerampurKalyan BanerjeeSantasri ChatterjeeDebabrata Chowdhury28HooghlyDr. Ratna De (Nag)Rupchand PalDr. Chuni Lal Chakraborty29Arambagh (SC)Sambhu Nath MalikSakti Mohan MalikMurari Bera30TamlukSuvendu AdhikariLakshman Chandra SethRajyashree Chaudhuri31KanthiSisir Kumar AdhikariPrasanta PradhanAmalesh Mishra32GhatalNoor Alam ChowdhuryGurudas DasguptaMatilal Khatua33Jhargram (ST)Amrit HansdaDr. Pulin Bihari BaskeNabendu Mahali34MedinipurDipak Kumar GhoshPrabodh PandaPradip Patnaik35PuruliaSantiram MahatoNarahari MahatoSayantan Basu36BankuraSubrata MukherjeeBasudeb AchariaRahul Sinha37Bishnupur (SC)Seuli SahaSusmita BauriJayanta Mondal38Bardhaman Purba (SC)Ashoke BiswasDr Anup Kumar SahaSankar Haldar39Bardhaman-DurgapurNargis BegamSaidul HaqueSyed Ali Afzal Chand40AsansolMoloy GhatakBansa Gopal ChowdhurySuryya Ray41Bolpur (SC)Asit Kumar MalRam Chandra DomeArjun Saha42BirbhumSatabdi RoyBraja MukherjeeTapas Mukherjee
Results by alliance or party Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− rowspan="4" UPA AITC 13,321,553 31.18 10.06 27 19 18 INC 5,749,051 13.45 1.16 14 6 SUCI(C) 446,200 1.04 New 1 1 1 Total 19,516,804 45.67 42 26 rowspan="5" LF CPI(M) 14,144,667 33.10 5.61 32 9 17 RSP 1,520,772 3.56 0.94 4 2 1 CPI 1,538,211 3.60 0.43 3 2 1 AIFB 1,299,507 3.04 0.63 3 2 1 Total 18,503,157 43.30 7.44 42 15 20 BJP 2,625,182 6.14 1.95 42 1 1 IND 1,314,613 3.08 0 Total 100% – 42 –
Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Cooch BeharNripendra Nath RoyAIFB500,67744.66Arghya Roy PradhanAITC466,92841.6533,7493.012AlipurduarsManohar TirkeyRSP384,89041.22Paban Kumar LakraAITC272,06829.14112,82212.083JalpaiguriMahendra Kumar RoyCPM469,61345.54Sukhbilas BarmaINC381,24236.9788,3718.574DarjeelingJaswant SinghBJP497,64951.50Jibesh SarkarCPM244,36025.29253,28926.215RaiganjDeepa DasmunsiINC451,77650.29Bireswar LahiriCPM346,57338.58105,20311.716BalurghatPrasanta MajumdarRSP388,44444.38Biplab MitraAITC383,33943.795,1050.597Maldaha UttarMausam NoorINC440,26447.78Sailen SarkarCPM380,12341.2560,1416.538Maldaha DakshinA. Hasem Khan ChoudhuryINC443,37753.45Abdur RazzaqueCPM307,09737.02136,28016.439JangipurPranab MukherjeeINC506,74954.24Mriganka BhattacharyaCPM378,60040.52128,14913.7210BaharampurAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINC541,92056.91Promothes MukherjeeRSP354,94337.28186,97719.6311MurshidabadAbdul Mannan HossainINC496,34847.21Anisur RahmanCPM460,70143.8235,6473.3912KrishnanagarTapas PaulAITC443,67942.43Jyotirmoyee SikdarCPM366,29335.0377,3867.4013RanaghatSucharu Ranjan HaldarAITC575,05850.13Basudeb BarmanCPM473,23541.25101,8238.8814BangaonGobinda Chandra NaskarAITC546,59650.69Asim BalaCPM453,77042.0892,8268.6115BarrackporeDinesh TrivediAITC428,69949.28Tarit Baran TopdarCPM372,67542.8456,0246.4416Dum DumSougata RoyAITC458,98847.04Amitava NandyCPM438,51044.9420,4782.1017BarasatKakoli Ghosh DastidarAITC522,53050.95Sudin ChattopadhyayAIFB399,62938.97122,90111.9818BasirhatHaji Nurul IslamAITC479,65046.20Ajay ChakrabortyCPI419,26740.3860,3835.8219JoynagarTarun MandalIND446,20048.72Nimai BarmanRSP392,49542.8653,7055.8620MathurapurChoudhury Mohan JatuaAITC565,50553.95Animesh NaskarCPM435,54241.55129,96312.4021Diamond HarbourSomendra Nath MitraAITC564,61253.56Samik LahiriCPM412,92339.17151,68914.3922JadavpurKabir SumanAITC540,66749.84Sujan ChakrabortyCPM484,40044.6556,2675.1923Kolkata DakshinMamata BanerjeeAITC576,04557.19Rabin DebCPM356,47435.39219,57121.8024Kolkata UttarSudip BandyopadhyayAITC460,64652.50Mohammed SalimCPM351,36840.05109,27812.4525HowrahAmbica BanerjeeAITC477,44948.04Swadesh ChakrabortyCPM440,05744.2737,3923.7726UluberiaSultan AhmedAITC514,19350.92Hannan MollahCPM415,25741.1298,9369.8027SreerampurKalyan BanerjeeAITC569,72552.68Santasri ChatterjeeCPM432,53540.00137,19012.6828HooghlyRatna DeAITC574,02249.37Rupchand PalCPM492,49942.3681,5237.0129ArambaghSakti Mohan MalikCPM630,25454.18Sambhu Nath MalikINC428,69636.85201,55817.3330TamlukSuvendu AdhikariAITC637,66455.54Lakshman Chandra SethCPM464,70640.47172,95815.0731KanthiSisir AdhikariAITC606,71253.96Prasanta PradhanCPM477,60942.48129,10311.4832GhatalGurudas DasguptaCPI625,92353.50Noor Alam ChowdhuryAITC478,73940.92147,18412.5833JhargramPulin Bihari BaskeCPM545,23156.89Amrit HansdaINC252,88626.39292,34530.5034MedinipurPrabodh PandaCPI493,02147.29Dipak Kumar GhoshAITC445,00442.6948,0174.6035PuruliaNarahari MahatoAIFB399,20144.13Santiram MahatoINC379,90042.0019,3012.1336BankuraBasudeb AchariaCPM469,22347.66Subrata MukherjeeINC361,42136.71107,80210.9537BishnupurSusmita BauriCPM541,07551.33Seuli SahaAITC411,70939.06129,36612.2738Bardhaman PurbaAnup Kumar SahaCPM531,98747.31Ashoke BiswasAITC472,56842.0359,4195.2839Burdwan - DurgapurSheikh Saidul HaqueCPM573,39950.52Nargis BegumINC465,16240.98108,2379.5440AsansolBansa Gopal ChowdhuryCPM435,16148.69Moloy GhatakAITC362,20540.5372,9568.1641BolpurRam Chandra DomeCPM538,38349.91Asit Kumar MalINC411,50138.14126,88211.7742BirbhumSatabdi RoyAITC486,55347.82Braja MukherjeeCPM425,03441.7761,5196.05
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Pranab MukherjeeJangipurCabinet MinisterFinance23 May200926 June20122Mamata BanerjeeKolkata DakshinCabinet MinisterRailways23 May200919 May20113Dinesh TrivediBarrackporeMoSHealth and Family Welfare28 May200912 July2011Cabinet MinisterRailways12 July201119 March20124Mukul RoyRajya SabhaMoSShipping28 May200920 March2012Railways19 May201112 July2011Cabinet MinisterRailways20 March201222 September20125Saugata RoyDum DumMoSUrban Development28 May20096Sisir AdhikariKanthiRural Development7Sultan AhmedUluberiaTourism8Choudhury Mohan JatuaMathurapurInformation and Broadcasting9Sudip BandyopadhyayKolkata UttarHealth and Family Welfare12 July201110Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryBaharampurMoSRailways28 October201226 May201411Abu Hasem Khan ChoudhuryMaldaha DakshinHealth and Family Welfare12Deepa DasmunsiRaiganjUrban Development
Party wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2011 election) Trinamool Congress135184 Communist Party of India (Marxist)7140 Indian National Congress4942 Revolutionary Socialist Party107 Communist Party of India102 All India Forward Bloc811 Bharatiya Janata Party 5 0 Bahujan Samaj Party 1 0 Others 5 8Total294
Analysis Assembly segments wise lead of Parties