West Bengal, sends the third-highest number of MPs (42) after Uttar Pradesh (80) and Maharashtra (48). Voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal is taking place across all seven phases, which started on April 19, 2024.
The voting took place in 3 constituencies in the first phase, 3 constituencies in the second phase, 4 in the third phase, 8 in the fourth phase, 7 in the fifth phase, 8 in the sixth phase, and 9 constituencies in the last phase. The result will be declared on June 4, 2024.
The major players in this Lok Sabha elections are the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC/TMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a coalition of the Congress party and the Left Front. In the last general elections, the major fight took place among the TMC and BJP candidates.
Here is the list of all the party candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from a total of 42 constituencies in West Bengal.
West Bengal Constituencies and Candidates: Lok Sabha Elections 2024
West Bengal Constituencies | TMC candidate | BJP candidate | CPI/CPI (M) Candidate | Congress candidate | 2019 Winning Candidate (Vote Percentage- out of total vote turnout) | 2019 Runner-up candidate (Vote Percentage – out of total vote turnout) |
Cooch Behar (SC) | Jagadish C Basuniya | Nisith Pramanik | Piya Roy Chowdhury | Nisith Pramanik (47.98%) – BJP | Paresh Chandra Adhikary (44.43%)- TMC | |
Alipurduar (ST) | Prakash Chik Baraik | Manoj Tigga | John Barla (54.40%) – BJP | Dasrath Tirkey (36.72%)- TMC | ||
Jalpaiguri (SC) | Nirmal Ch Roy | Jayanta Kumar | Debraj Barman | Jayanta Kumar (50.65%) – BJP | Bijoy Chandra Barman (38.39%)- TMC | |
Darjeeling | Gopal Lama | Raju Bista | Munish Tamang | Raju Bista (59.19%) – BJP | Amar Singh Rai (26.56%) – TMC | |
Raiganj | Krishna Kalyani | Kartick Paul | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) | Debasree Chaudhuri (40.08%) – BJP | Kanaia Lal Agarwal (35.32%) – TMC | |
Balurghat | Biplab Mitra | Sukanta Majumdar | Sukanta Majumdar (45.02%) – BJP | Arpita Ghosh (42.24%) – TMC | ||
Malda Uttar | Prasun Banerjee | Khagen Murmu | Mostaque Alam | Khagen Murmu (37.61%) – BJP | Mausam Noor (31.39%) – TMC | |
Malda Dakshin | Shahnawaz Ali Raihan | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury | Isha Khan Chowdhary | Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhary (34.73%) – Congress | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury (34.09%) – BJP | |
Jangipur | Khalilur Rahman | Dhananjay Ghosh | Mortaza Hossain Bokul | Khalilur Rahman (43.15%) – TMC | Mafuja Khatun (24.3%) – BJP | |
Berhampore | Yusuf Pathan | Nirmal Kumar Saha | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (45.47%) – Congress | Apurba Sarkar (39.26%) – TMC | |
Murshidabad | Abu Taher Khan | Gouri Shankar Ghosh | Mohammed Selim | Abu Taher Khan (41.57%) – TMC | Abu Hena (26%) – Congress | |
Krishnanagar | Mahua Moitra | Rajmata Amrita Roy | S.M.Saadi | Mahua Moitra (45.00%) – TMC | Kalyan Chaubey (40.37%) – BJP | |
Ranaghat (SC) | Mukut Mani Adhikari | Jagannath Sarkar | Alokesh Das | Jagannath Sarkar (40.37%) – BJP | Rupi Biswas (37.05%) – TMC | |
Bangaon | Biswajit Das | Shantanu Thakur | Pradip Biswas | Shantanu Thakur (48.85%) – BJP | Mamata Thakur (40.92%) – TMC | |
Barrackpore | Partha Bhowmick | Arjun Singh | Debut Ghosh | Arjun Singh (42.82%) – BJP | Dinesh Triverdi (41.48%) – TMC | |
Dum Dum | Prof Sougata Roy | Shilbhadra Dutta | Sujan Chakraborty | Sougata Roy (42.51%) – TMC | Samik Bhattacharya (38.11%) – BJP | |
Barasat | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | Swapan Majumder | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (46.47%) – TMC | Dr. Mrinal Kanti Debnath (38.57%) – BJP | ||
Basirhat | Haji Nurul Islam | Rekha Patra | Nirapada Sardar | Nusrat Jahan Ruhi (54.56%) – TMC | Sayantan Basu (30.12%) – BJP | |
Joynagar (SC) | Pratima Mondal | Ashok Kandari | Pratima Mondal (56.13%) – TMC | Ashok Kandari (32.77%) – BJP | ||
Mathurapur (SC) | Bapi Halder | Ashok Pukait | Dr Sarat Chandra Halder | Choudhury Mohan Jatua (51.84%) – TMC | Shyama Prasad Halder (37.29%) – BJP | |
Diamond Harbour | Abhishek Banerjee | Abhijit Das | Pratikur Rahaman | Abhishek Banerjee (56.15%) – TMC | Nilanjan Roy (33.39%) – BJP | |
Jadavpur | Saayoni Ghosh | Anirban Ganguly | Srijan Bhattacharyya | Mimi Chakraborty (56.15%) – TMC | Anupam Hazra (27.36%) – BJP | |
Kolkata Dakshin | Mala Roy | Devarsi Chaudhary | Saira Shah Halim | Mala Roy (47.50%) – TMC | Chandra Kumar Bose (34.64%) – BJP | |
Kolkata Uttar | Sudip Bandhopadhyay | Tapas Roy | Pradip Bhattacharya | Sudip Bandhopadhyay (49.96%) – TMC | Rahul Biswajit Sinha (36.59%) – BJP | |
Howrah | Prasun Banerjee | Rathin Chakraborty | Sabyasachi Chatterjee | Prasun Banerjee (47.18%) – TMC | Rantidev Sengupta (38.73%) – BJP | |
Uluberia | Sajda Ahmed | Arun Uday Pal Chaudhary | Azahar Mallick | Sajda Ahmed (53.00%) – TMC | Joy Banerjee (36.58%) – BJP | |
Serampore | Kalyan Banerjee | Kabir Shankar Bose | Dipsita Dhar | Kalyan Banerjee (45.50%) – TMC | Debjit Sarkar (38.47%) – BJP | |
Hooghly | Rachana Banerjee | Locket Chatterjee | Pradip Saha
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Locket Chatterjee (46.03%) – BJP | Dr. Ratna De (Nag) – (41.00%) – TMC | |
Arambagh (SC) | Mitali Bag | Arup Kanti Digar | Biplab Kumar Moitra | Aparupa Poddar (44.14%) – TMC | Tapan Kumar Roy (44.06%) – BJP | |
Tamluk | Debangshu Bhattacharya | Abhijit Gangopadhyay | Adv Sayan Banerjee | Dibyendu Adhikari (50.08%) – TMC | Siddharth Naskar (36.94%) – BJP | |
Kanthi | Uttam Barik | Soumendu Adhikari | Paritosh Pattyanayak | Urbashi Bhattacharya | Sisir Adhikari (49.98%) – TMC | Dr. Debasish Samanta (42.14%) – BJP |
Ghatal | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | Hiran Chatterjee | Tapan Ganguly | Papiya Chakraborty | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) (48.22%) – TMC | Bharati Ghosh (40.97%) – BJP |
Jhargram (ST) | Kalipada Soren | Pranat Tudu | Sonamani Murmu (Tudu) | Kunar Hembram (44.56%) – BJP | Birbaha Soren (43.72%) – TMC | |
Medinipur | June Malia | Agnimitra Paul | Biplab Bhatta | Dilip Ghosh (48.62%) – BJP | Manas Bhunia (42.31%) – TMC | |
Purulia | Shantiram Mahato | Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato | Nepal Mahato | Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato (49.33%) – BJP | Dr. Mriganka Mahato (34.19%) – TMC | |
Bankura | Arup Chakrabarty | Subhas Sarkar | Nilanjan Dasgupta | Subhas Sarkar (49.2%) – BJP | Subrata Mukherjee (36.5%) – TMC | |
Bishnupur (SC) | Sujata Mondal | Saumitra Khan | Shital Koiborto | Saumitra Khan (46.25%) – BJP | Shyamal Santra (40.75%) – TMC | |
Bardhaman Purba (SC) | Dr Sharmila Sarkar | Ashim Kumar Sarkar | Nirav Kha | Sunil Kumar Mandal (44.52%) – TMC | Paresh Chandra Das (38.32%) – BJP | |
Bardhaman Durgapur | Kirti Azad | Dilip Ghosh | Sukriti Ghoshal | S. S. Ahluwalia (41.75%) – BJP | Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita (41.58%) – TMC | |
Asansol | Shatrughan Sinha | S. S. Ahluwalia | Jahanara Khan | Shatrughan Sinha (56.62%) – TMC | Agnimitra Paul (30.46%) – BJP | |
Bolpur (SC) | Asit Kumar Mal | Priya Saha | Shyamali Pradhan | Asit Kumar Mal (47.85%) – TMC | Ram Prasad Das (40.57%) – BJP | |
Birbhum | Satabdi Roy | Debtanu Bhattacharya | Milton Rashid | Satabdi Roy (45.13%) – TMC | Dudh Kumar Mondal (38.99%) – BJP |