BJP Electoral Growth in Bengal: The number of three BJP MLAs in West Bengal has been increased to two-thirds majority by the duo of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah within 10 years. Now BJP’s double engine government will be formed in Bengal.
BJP Electoral Growth in Bengal: After Congress and Left Front, a double engine government of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is being formed in West Bengal, which has become the stronghold of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC). After winning more than two-thirds majority of seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections, BJP now seems to be forming a double engine government there too. BJP’s journey of winning more than 200 seats from three MLAs has been completed in just 10 years, the sole credit for which is being given to the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. BJP’s journey from Bengal in the Lok Sabha started in 1998 with the alliance with Mamata Banerjee, but the BJP’s first MLA could reach the Assembly in 2016. By increasing the votes by 35 percent in ten years, BJP has bid farewell to Mamata Banerjee’s government which has been in power for three consecutive terms.
BJP’s victory in Bengal is a symbol of Narendra Modi’s popularity and Amit Shah’s election management. In 2016, 3 BJP MLAs had won in alliance with Vimal Gurung’s Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. Gurung’s party contested 3 seats, but was left with zero. BJP had won seven-three seats with 10.16 percent votes. In the 2021 elections also, BJP had given its full strength, but remained at second place with about 38 percent votes and 77 seats. Mamata Banerjee’s TMC formed the government for the third time with 48 percent votes.
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This time the Election Commission conducted the elections after a special and thorough revision of the voter list, due to which a large number of names were deleted. The people whose names have been struck off are still claiming, but now they are of no use in this election. BJP has achieved a lead of 5 percent in 2021, bridging the gap of 10 percent over TMC. The BJP has garnered around 45 per cent votes and a majority of over two-thirds with over 200 seats. BJP’s vote has increased by 8 percent compared to 2021 and TMC’s vote has decreased by 8 percent compared to 2021, from 48 to 40 percent.
An MLA from Jan Sangh won in 1971, BJP’s account opened after 36 years of establishment
The dominance of Congress and Left in Bengal was broken by Mamata Banerjee in 2011 and Mamata’s stronghold has been demolished by BJP in 2026. But it took 46 years for BJP to reach here. It took 36 years for the party’s first MLA to reach the Bengal Assembly. In 2016, three BJP leaders went to the House for the first time as MLAs. In the 1971 elections, Prafulla Kumar Sarkar of Jan Sangh won from Jalangi seat. In some other seats, Jan Sangh candidates also came second and third. Jan Sangh had contested 23 seats and got 0.82 percent votes. Jan Sangh contested 16 seats in 1972 but did not win even a single seat. Vote share also remained at 0.19.
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The 1977 assembly elections were fought under the banner of the Janata Party. With 20 percent votes on 289 seats, Janata Party won 29 seats. After this election, Jan Sangh people left the Janata Party and formed a new party in the name of BJP. You can understand the complete account of BJP’s contested seats, won seats and vote share from the 1982 assembly elections in Bengal till now from the chart below and can realize that the development journey of BJP, which was stalled in Bengal for many elections, accelerated after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, which has culminated in today’s electoral victory.
Assembly ElectionsContested SeatsWinned SeatsVote Share2026294204 (not final)45.62 (not final)20212937737.972016291310.16201128804.06200629 (from Mamta alliance)01.93200126605.19199629206.451991291011.3419875700.5119825200.58
BJP gets initial victory in Lok Sabha in alliance with Mamata Banerjee’s TMC
Although today BJP has ousted Mamata Banerjee and TMC from power, but during the time of Left Front government, BJP got its initial victory in the Lok Sabha elections from Bengal only with the TMC alliance. Mamata Banerjee, who formed TMC in 1998, joined hands with the BJP-led NDA. In the 1998 general elections, NDA won 9 out of 42 seats in Bengal – 7 MPs from TMC and 2 from BJP reached Delhi. In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, NDA got 10 out of 42 seats, TMC got 8 and BJP got 2 seats. NDA suffered a huge loss in the 2004 elections. TMC could win only 1 seat, while BJP was out on zero.
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In 2009, Mamata Banerjee joined the Congress-led UPA alliance. BJP won 1 seat. The remaining seats were divided between the Left Front and UPA. In the 2014 elections, even when there was a Modi wave in the country, Bengal gave 34 out of 42 seats to Mamata. BJP could win only 2 seats. Amit Shah got involved in Operation Bengal before the 2016 assembly elections. In the 2019 general elections, BJP won 18 seats and Mamata’s MPs reduced from 34 to 22. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Mamata won 29 seats, while BJP was limited to 12 only.
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BJP’s massive victory in the Bengal assembly elections will bring fundamental changes in politics. After Congress and Left, the return of Mamata Banerjee will pose a big challenge for TMC in future elections. This crisis can also become the foundation of coordination between anti-BJP parties in future.