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During the timeframe of [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] and [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]], various by-elections were held for the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].

The first by election was held in November 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-10-18|title=West Bengal bypolls on November 19, TMC names candidates|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/west-bengal-bypolls-on-november-19-tmc-names-candidates-lok-sabha-3088876/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==2016==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rowspan="2"|Assembly Constituency
! Colspan="3"|Winner
! Colspan="3"|Runner up
|-
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[Manteswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manteswar]]
| Saikat Panja<ref name=":0" />
| bgcolor ={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| Md. Osman Gani Sarkar
| bgcolor ={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]]
|}

==2017==
By-elections were held for [[Kanthi Dakshin]] and [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengal By-Election Result 2017: Trinamool's Chandrima Bhattacharya Wins Kanthi, BJP Comes Second|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bengal-by-election-result-2017-trinamool-retains-kanthi-bjp-comes-second-1680970|access-date=2020-10-02|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Bye-elections: TMC bags West Bengal's Sabang seat, BJP wins in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh|url=https://scroll.in/latest/862615/bye-elections-tmc-bags-west-bengals-sabang-seat-bjp-leads-in-arunachal-pradesh-and-up|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rowspan="2"|Assembly Constituency
! Colspan="3"|Winner
! Colspan="3"|Runner up
|-
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
| [[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]
| bgcolor ={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| Sourindra Mohan Jana
| bgcolor ={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
| [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
| Geeta Rani Bhunia
| bgcolor ={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| Rita Mandal (Jana)
| bgcolor ={{party color|Biplobi Bangla Congress}} |
| [[Biplobi Bangla Congress|BBC]]
|}

==2018==
By-election was held for [[Noapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Noapara]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=WB by-poll: TMC wins Noapara seat|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/wb-by-poll-tmc-wins-noapara-seat201802011112380001/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref> and [[Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maheshtala]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taneja|first=Nidhi|date=2018-05-30|title=Maheshtala Assembly Bypoll Results: TMC registers huge win, beats nearest rival BJP by over 60,000 votes|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-maheshtala-assembly-bypoll-counting-live-updates-west-bengal-byelections-2018-results-live-streaming-444710|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rowspan="2"|Assembly Constituency
! Colspan="3"|Winner
! Colspan="3"|Runner up
|-
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[Noapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Noapara]]
| Sunil Singh
| bgcolor ={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| Sandip Banerjee
| bgcolor ={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
|[[Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maheshtala]]
|Dulal Chandra Das
| bgcolor ={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Sujit Kumar Ghosh
| bgcolor ={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|}

==2019==
By-election was held for eight assembly constituencies alongside the [[2019 Indian general election in West Bengal|2019 Lok Sabha election]]. BJP won four out of the eight seats, whereas AITC won three seats and INC won on one seat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-05-23|title=Saffron Surge in West Bengal Bypolls as Well, 4 out of 8 for BJP|url=https://www.thequint.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-saffron-surge-bjp-wins-four-out-of-eight|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702043610/https://www.thequint.com/elections/west-bengal-bypolls-saffron-surge-bjp-wins-four-out-of-eight |archive-date=2019-07-02 |access-date=2020-11-21|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Press Trust of India|date=May 24, 2020|title=BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129112501/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24 |archive-date=2020-11-29 |access-date=2020-11-21|website=India Today|location=Kolkata|language=en|publication-place=New Delhi}}</ref> Later [[Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliaganj]], [[Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimpur]] and [[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur Sadar]] were won by [[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]] candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-28|title=West Bengal, Uttarakhand bye-election results 2019 highlights: Clean sweep for TMC, BJP takes Pithoragarh|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/west-bengal-uttarakhand-bye-election-results-2019-live-updates-bjp-congress-tmc-left-6140064/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

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|-
! Rowspan="2"|Assembly Constituency
! Colspan="3"|Winner
! Colspan="3"|Runner up
|-
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
! Candidate
! Colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Islampur]]
|[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury|Abdul Karim Chowdhary]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
|[[Neeraj Zimba]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Binay Tamang
|{{party color|Gorkha Janmukti Morcha}}|
|[[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]]
|-
|[[Habibpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Habibpur]]
|[[Joyel Murmu]]
|Amal Kisku
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[Naoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Naoda]]
|[[Sahina Mumtaz Begum]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|Sunil Kumar Mondal
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kandi]]
|Shafiul Alam Khan
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Goutam Roy
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]]
|[[Ashis Kumar Biswas]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Pramatha Ranjan Bose
|-
|[[Bhatpara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatpara]]
|[[Pawan Singh (politician)|Pawan Kumar Singh]]
|[[Madan Mitra]]
|-
|[[Uluberia Purba]]
|[[Idris Ali (politician)|Idris Ali]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|Pratyush Mandal
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimpur]]
|[[Bimalendu Sinha Roy]]
|Jayprakash Majumdar
|-
|
[[Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaliaganj]]
|[[Tapan Deb Singha]]
|Kamal Chandra Sarkar
|-
|[[Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharagpur]]
|[[Pradip Sarkar]]
|Prem Chandra Jha
|}

==See also==
* [[2016–21 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections]]

==References==
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