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West Bengal state general election, 2011

← 2006 April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18) — May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10) 2016 →

294 seats
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mamata Banerjee Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Party AITC CPI(M)
Alliance UPA LF
Leader since 1 January 1998 6 November 2000
Leader's seat Did not stand[1] Jadavpur
(Lost)
Last election 30 seats, 10.2% 233 seats, 79.2%
Seats before 30 233
Seats won 227 62
Seats after 227, 77.2% 62, 21.0%
Seat change Increase196 Decrease171

Assembly election results map (by district). Bright green denotes the districts won by Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, and Red denotes those won by the CPI(M).

Chief Minister before election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)

Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee
AITC

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