2022 West Bengal local elections

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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]

The Trinamool Congress had won overwhelming majority of 103 municipalities out of 108. The CPI(M) had won 1 municipal body. The BJP which was the largest opposition party in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election failed to win a single municipality but came second.[6]

Schedule

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

Parties and alliances

Alliance Party Symbol
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| AITC+ bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Trinamool Congress (AITC)
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)
style="background:Template:Party color"| NDA bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color"| LF bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Communist Party of India (CPI)
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)
style="background:Template:Party color"| UPA bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Indian National Congress (INC)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| Others bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Hamro Party (HP)
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Independents (IND)

Results

Partywise result

Template:Piechart The ruling party in the state, Trinamool Congress, had a landslide victory by winning 102 out of 108 municipalities. The CPI(M) and newly formed Hamro 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 AITC with the support of independent candidates.[7]

Following is a list of performances of the contested political parties and alliances:

Alliance Party Symbol Municipalities won Wards won % of votes
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| AITC+ bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Trinamool Congress (AITC) 102 1977Template:Efn 1980 63
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) 0 3
style="background:Template:Party color"| NDA bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 0 63 13
style="background:Template:Party color"| UPA bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Indian National Congress (INC) 0 59 5
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color"| LF bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 1Template:Efn 48 56 14
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 4
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Communist Party of India (CPI) 3
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 1
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"| Others bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Hamro Party (HP) 1Template:Efn 18 1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Independents (IND) 0 100 4
Total 108 (4 Hung) 2,276 100

Corporation wise result

Municipal Corporation election data published by State Election Commission of West Bengal[8]

No. District Municipal Corporation Total Wards style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| Winner
AITC BJP LF INC Others
1 Paschim Bardhaman Asansol Municipal Corporation 106 91 7 2 3 3 AITC
2 North 24 Parganas Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation 41 39 0 0 1 1
3 Hooghly Chandannagar Municipal Corporation 33 31 0 2 0 0
4 Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri Siliguri Municipal Corporation 47 37 5 4 1 0
Total 227 198 12 8 5 4

Municipality wise result

Municipality election data published by State Election Commission of West Bengal[8]

Division No. District Municipality Total Wards style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| style="background:Template:Party color"| Winner
AITC BJP LF INC Others
North Bengal 1 Alipurduar Alipurduar Municipality 20 16 0 0 1 3 AITC
2 Falakata Municipality 18 18 0 0 0 0
Total of Alipurduar district 38 34 0 0 1 3
3 Cooch Behar Cooch Behar Municipality 20 15 0 3 0 2 AITC
4 Dinhata Municipality 16 16Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
5 Haldibari Municipality 11 11Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
6 Mekliganj Municipality 9 9 0 0 0 0
7 Mathabhanga Municipality 12 12 0 0 0 0
8 Tufanganj Municipality 12 12 0 0 0 0
Total of Cooch Behar district 80 75 0 3 0 2
9 Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Municipality 25 22 0 1 2 0 AITC
10 Mal Municipality 15 14 1 0 0 0
11 Maynaguri Municipality 17 16 0 0 0 1
Total of Jalpaiguri district 57 52 1 1 2 1
12 Darjeeling Darjeeling Municipality 32 2 0 0 0 30Template:Efn[9] HP
Total of Darjeeling district 32 2 0 0 0 30
13 Uttar Dinajpur Islampur Municipality 17 11Template:Efn 2 1 0 3 AITC
14 Dalkhola Municipality 16 12 0 0 0 4
15 Kaliaganj Municipality 17 10 6 0 0 1
Total of Uttar Dinajpur district 50 33 8 1 0 8
16 Dakshin Dinajpur Gangarampur Municipality 18 18 0 0 0 0 AITC
17 Balurghat Municipality 25 23 0 2Template:Efn 0 0
Total of Dakshin Dinajpur district 43 41 0 2 0 0
18 Malda English Bazar Municipality 29 25 3 0 0 1 AITC
19 Old Malda Municipality 20 17 2 0 0 1
Total of Malda district 49 42 5 0 0 2
Total of North Bengal division 349 279 14 7 3 46
Presidency 20 Murshidabad Jangipur Municipality 21 15 1 3 2 0 AITC
21 Dhulian Municipality 21 11 0 0 7 3
22 Kandi Municipality 18 16 0 0 0 2
23 Murshidbad Sadar Municipality 16 9 6 0 0 1
24 Jiaganj–Azimganj Municipality 17 15 0 0 0 2
25 Baharampur Municipality 28 22 0 0 6 0
26 Beldanga Municipality 14 7 3 0 0 4 HUNG
Total of Murshidabad district 135 95 10 3 15 12
27 Nadia Nabadwip Municipality 24 24 0 0 0 0 AITC
28 Krishnanagar Municipality 25 16 1 0 4 4
29 Ranaghat Municipality 20 19 1 0 0 0
30 Taherpur Notified Area Authority 13 5 0 8 0 0 CPI(M)
31 Santipur Municipality 24 22 2 0 0 0 AITC
32 Birnagar Municipality 14 11 1 0 0 2
33 Kalyani Municipality 21 21 0 0 0 0
34 Haringhata Municipality 17 17 0 0 0 0
35 Chakdaha Municipality 21 21 0 0 0 0
36 Gayespur Municipality 18 18 0 0 0 0
Total of Nadia district 197 174 5 8 4 6
37 North 24 Parganas Barasat Municipality 35 30 0 3Template:Efn 0 2 AITC
38 Ashoknagar–Kalyangarh Municipality 23 20 0 2 1 0
39 Gobardanga Municipality 17 15 0 1 0 1
40 Habra Municipality 24 24 0 0 0 0
41 Madhyamgram Municipality 28 24 0 4Template:Efn 0 0
42 Barrackpore Municipality 24 24 0 0 0 0
43 Bhatpara Municipality 35 35Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
44 North Dum Dum Municipality 34 33 0 1 0 0
45 South Dum Dum Municipality 34 32 0 0 0 2
46 Khardaha Municipality 22 21 0 0 0 1
47 New Barrackpore Municipality 20 19 0 1 0 0
48 Titagarh Municipality 23 23Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
49 Halisahar Municipality 23 23Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
50 Garulia Municipality 21 19 0 1Template:Efn 0 1
51 Dum Dum Municipality 22 22Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
52 Kanchrapara Municipality 24 24 0 0 0 0
53 Baranagar Municipality 34 32Template:Efn 0 2 0 0
54 Kamarhati Municipality 35 31 0 1 0 3
55 Naihati Municipality 31 31 0 0 0 0
56 Panihati Municipality 35 33 0 1 1 0
57 North Barrackpore Municipality 23 23 0 0 0 0
58 Baduria Municipality 17 15Template:Efn 0 0 0 2
59 Taki Municipality 16 14Template:Efn 2 0 0 4
60 Basirhat Municipality 23 21 1 0 1 0
61 Bongaon Municipality 22 19 1 0 1 1
Total of North 24 Parganas district 645 607 4 17 4 13
62 South 24 Parganas Baruipur Municipality 17 17 0 0 0 0 AITC
63 Rajpur–Sonarpur Municipality 35 33 0 1 0 1
64 Joynagar–Majilpur Municipality 14 12 0 0 1 1
65 Diamond Harbour Municipality 16 16 0 0 0 0
66 Maheshtala Municipality 35 34 0 0 1 0
67 Budge Budge Municipality 20 20Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
Total of South 24 Parganas district 137 132 0 1 2 2
68 Howrah Uluberia Municipality 32 28 1 1 1 1 AITC
Total of Howrah district 32 28 1 1 1 1
Total of Presidency division 1,146 1,036 20 30 26 34
Bardhaman 69 Hooghly Arambagh Municipality 19 18 1 0 0 0 AITC
70 Hooghly–Chunchura Municipality 30 29 0 1 0 0
71 Bansberia Municipality 22 21 0 1 0 0
72 Uttarpara Municipality 24 19 0 3 1 1
73 Konnagar Municipality 20 17 0 1 1 1
74 Sreerampur Municipality 29 25 0 1 1 2
75 Baidyabati Municipality 23 16 0 2Template:Efn 2 3
76 Rishra Municipality 23 19 2 0 1 1
77 Dankuni Municipality 21 19 0 0 1 1
78 Tarakeswar Municipality 15 15 0 0 0 0
79 Bhadreswar Municipality 22 20 1 0 0 1
80 Champdani Municipality 22 11 0 0 1 10 HUNG
Total of Hooghly district 270 229 4 9 8 20
81 Purba Bardhaman Memari Municipality 16 15 0 0 1 0 AITC
82 Katwa Municipality 20 15 0 0 4 1
83 Dainhat Municipality 14 14 0 0 0 0
84 Bardhaman Municipality 35 35 0 0 0 0
85 Guskhara Municipality 16 16 0 0 0 0
86 Kalna Municipality 18 17 0 1 0 0
Total of Purba Bardhaman district 119 112 0 1 5 1
87 Birbhum Bolpur Municipality 22 22Template:Efn 0 0 0 0 AITC
88 Suri Municipality 21 21Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
89 Sainthia Municipality 16 16Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
90 Dubrajpur Municipality 16 16Template:Efn 0 0 0 0
91 Rampurhat Municipality 18 17Template:Efn 0 1 0 0
Total of Birbhum district 93 92 0 1 0 0
Total of Bardhaman division 482 433 4 11 13 21
Junglemahal 92 Purulia Purulia Municipality 23 17 3 0 1 2 AITC
93 Raghunathpur Municipality 13 9 2 0 2 0
94 Jhalda Municipality 12 5 0 0 5 2 HUNG
Total of Purulia district 48 31 5 0 8 4
95 Jhargram Jhargram Municipality 18 16 0 1Template:Efn 0 1 AITC
Total of Jhargram district 18 16 0 1 0 1
96 Bankura Bankura Municipality 24 21 0 0 0 3 AITC
97 Bishnupur Municipality 19 13 2 0 1 3
98 Sonamukhi Municipality 15 9 0 2 0 4
Total of Bankura district 58 43 2 2 1 10
99 Paschim Medinipur Medinipur Municipality 25 20 0 3 1 1 AITC
100 Ramjibanpur Municipality 11 11 0 0 0 0
101 Chandrakona Municipality 12 12 0 0 0 0
102 Khirpai Municipality 10 9 0 0 0 1
103 Ghatal Municipality 17 17 0 0 0 0
104 Kharar Municipality 10 8 2 0 0 0
105 Kharagpur Municipality 35 20 6 2Template:Efn 6 1
Total of Paschim Medinipur district 120 97 8 5 7 3
106 Purba Medinipur Tamralipta Municipality 20 18 2 0 0 0 AITC
107 Kanthi Municipality 21 17 3 0 0 1
108 Egra Municipality 14 7 5 0 1 1 HUNG
Total of Purba Medinipur district 55 42 10 0 1 2
Total of Junglemahal division 299 229 25 8 17 20
Grand Total 2,276 1,977Template:Efn 63 56 59 121Template:Efn

2022–2027 bypolls

Source:[10]

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 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M) 1171
South Dum Dum Municipality 29 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC bgcolor="Template:Party color" | BJP 9532
Dumdum municipality 4 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M) 2747
Panihati Municipality 8 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M) 2273
Purulia Jhalda Municipality 2 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | INC bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC 778
Aug 21[11] North 24 Pargana Bongaon Municipality 14 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC bgcolor="Template:Party color" | BJP 2118

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ West Bengal: Elections to 108 municipalities on February 27; counting date to be announced later. www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. ↑ West Bengal Election 2022: Polls to 108 West Bengal civic bodies on February 27, Konar, Debashis. The Times of India(February 4, 2022). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  3. ↑ Election to 108 municipalities in West Bengal on Feb. 27. The Hindu(2022-02-03). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. ↑ Elections for 108 municipal bodies in West Bengal on February 27. Deccan Herald(2022-02-03). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  5. ↑ রাজ্যে ফের উপনির্বাচন, ঝালদা-পানিহাটি-সহ ৬ ওয়ার্ডে ভোট ২৬ জুন, ritam.talukder. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  6. ↑ Bengal municipality election results highlights | TMC decimates Oppn, wins 102 of 108 civic bodies. India Today(2022-03-02). Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  7. ↑ সবুজ ঝড়েও ত্রিশঙ্কু চার পুরসভা, ফল বেরোতেই তিনটি দখলের ঘোষণা তৃণমূলের. News18 Bengali(2022-03-02). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 2022 West Bengal local election results.
  9. ↑ With 18 of 32 seats, fledgling Hamro Party wins Darjeeling.
  10. ↑ Home | West Bengal State Election Commission. portal.wbme.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  11. ↑ Home | West Bengal State Election Commission. portal.wbme.org. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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