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West Bengal Assembly Elections are taking place right now. West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016 will be held in six phases. Polling for the first phase will take place on April 4 and 11, in second phase on April 17, third phase on April 21, fourth phase on 25 April, fifth phase on April 30 and the last/sixth phase on May 5. The results of West Bengal Assembly Elections will be declared on May 19.
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West Bengal Summary of Opinion/Exit Polls 2016
Summary of all Opinion Polls for West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016
| West Bengal Assembly Election Opinion Poll 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Party Alliance | Times Now- C Voter(Mar) |
ABP- Neil son (Mar) |
News Nation
(Mar) |
ETV Bangla (Mar) | Leadtech Infoelections (Feb) | ABP Ananda - Neilson (Feb) | India TV-C Voter (Feb) | |||||
| TMC | 160 | 178 |
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201 | 109 | 182 | 156 | |||||
| CPI(M) +INC | 127 | 110 | 125 | 64 | 73 | 107 | 127 | |||||
| BJP | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 109 | 0 | - | |||||
| IND | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||||
Complete Details of Opinion Polls Here
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West Bengal Assembly Election Schedule
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West Bengal Assembly Election Schedule |
| Poll Event | 1st Phase | 2nd Phase | 3rd Phase | 4th Phase | 5th Phase | 6th Phase | ||
| 1 (a) | 1(b) | (56 ACs) | (62 ACs) | (49 ACs) | ( 53 ACs) | ( 25 ACs) | ||
| (18 ACs) | (31 ACs) | |||||||
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Nomination Date |
18.03.2016 | 21.03.2016 | 29.03.2016 | 04.04.2016 | 08.04.2016 | 11.04.2016 | 18.04.2016 | |
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Scrutiny of Nominations |
19.03.2016 | 22.03.2016 | 30.03.2016 | 05.04.2016 | 09.04.2016 | 12.04.2016 | 19.04.2016 | |
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Withdrawal candidature |
21.03.2016 | 26.03.2016 | 01.04.2016 | 07.04.2016 | 11.04.2016 | 16.04.2016 | 21.04.2016 | |
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Date of Poll
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04.04.2016 | 11.04.2016 | 17.04.2016 | 21.04.2016 | 25.04.2016 | 30.04.2016 | 05.05.2016 | |
| (MON) | (MON) | (SUN) | (THU) | (MON) | (SAT) | (THU) | ||
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Counting of Votes |
19.05.2016 | 19.05.2016 | 19.05.2016 | 19.05.2016 | 19.05.2016 | 19.05.2016 | 19.05.2016 | |
| (THU) | (THU) | (THU) | (THU) | (THU) | (THU) | (THU) | ||
| Election Completion | 21.05.2016 | 21.05.2016 | 21.05.2016 | 21.05.2016 | 21.05.2016 | 21.05.2016 | 21.05.2016 | |
| (SAT) | (SAT) | (SAT) | (SAT) | (SAT) | (SAT) | (SAT) | ||
Complete Details of Election Schedule Here..
West Bengal Election Candidate Lists
Party Wise Contesting Candidate Lists:
| Party | Prominent Candidates | Constituency |
| INC Congress | Deepa Dasmunshi | Bhabanipur |
| BJP Candidate List | Chandra Kumar Bose | Bhowanipore |
| Rahul Sinha | Jorasanko | |
| Rupa Ganguly | Howrah North | |
| TMC Candidate List | Mamata Banerjee | Bhabanipur |
| CPI(M) Candidate List | Surjya Kanta Mishra | Narayangarh |
| Asok Bhattacharya | Siliguri | |
Complete Details of Candidate Lists Here..
West Bengal Assembly Constituency Wise Election Results 2016
West Bengal Political Parties 2016
|
Name |
Abb |
Symbol |
Foundation Year |
Current leader |
|
All India Forward Bloc |
AIFB |
Lion |
1939 |
Debabrata Biswas |
|
All India Trinamool Congress |
AITC |
Flowers & Grass |
1998 |
Mamata Banerjee |
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Communist Party of India |
CPI |
Ears of Corn and Sickle |
1925 |
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy |
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Revolutionary Socialist Party |
RSP |
Spade & Stoker |
1940 |
T. J. Chandrachoodan |
List of Chief Ministers of west Bengal
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S. no |
Name |
Took office |
Left office |
Political party |
|
1 |
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh |
15-Aug-47 |
14-Jan-48 |
Indian National Congress |
|
2 |
Bidhan Chandra Roy |
14-Jan-48 |
1-Jul-62 |
Indian National Congress |
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List of Governor of west Bengal The governors and lieutenant-governors of the states and union territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Governors exist in the states while lieutenant-governors exist in union territories and in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies in the hand of the chief ministers of the states and the chief minister's Council of Ministers.Click here for Complete list of West Benagl Governor
Download Here Voter Electoral List West Bengal 2016 Assembly Election
List of Cabinet Ministers of West Bengal
| Department | Name | Phone | Fax | |
| Information Technology and Electronics | Dr. Amit Mitra | 2214-5919, 2214-3475, 2282-0770, 2282-1945, 4791(Extn) | 2282-1944, 2282-0769, 2214-4900 | |
| Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs | Dr. Sukumar Hansda | 033 2337-0225 | 033 2337-0250 | ps2micpua @ gmail.com |
West Bengal Cabinet Minister Portfolio List
List of member of West Bengal Rajya Sabha
| West Bengal – (FULL LIST HERE) | ||||
| No | Name | Party | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement |
| 1 | Ritabrata Banergee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-14 | 02-Apr-20 |
| 2 | Md Nadimul Haque | All India Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-12 | 02-Apr-18 |
Complete list of West Bengal Rajya Sabha members