# 2022 West Bengal local elections

Municipal elections was held in West Bengal on 27 February 2022 to elect members of all 108 municipalities in the state. The election to four remaining wards were held in 26 June.
The All India Trinamool Congress had won overwhelming majority of 102 municipalities out of 108. CPI(M) had won 1 municipal body. BJP which was the last largest opposition party in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election failed to win a single municipality.

## 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 |

## Contested parties

Other small parties contested in this election like CPI(ML)LIB, GJM etc. They had not made any important result, so we make them out of our report.
| Party | Symbol | Alliance |
| All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | | AITC+ |
| Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) | As IND | AITC+ |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | | Left Front |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | | Left Front |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | | Left Front |
| All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | | Left Front |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | | NDA |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | | UPA |
| Hamro Party | As IND | None |
| Independents (IND) | None | None |

## Results

* TMC (63%)
* LF (14%)
* BJP (13%)
* INC (5%)
* Others (5%)
The ruling party in the state, Trinamool Congress, had a landslide victory by winning 102 out of 108 municipalities. CPI(M) and newly formed Humro 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 TMC with the support of independent candidates.
Following is a list of performances of the contested political parties and alliances (on 27 February,2022) :
| Party | Party | Symbol | Alliance | Municipal bodies won | Total No. of wards won | Total No. of wards won | % votes secured |
| | All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | | AITC+ | 102 (30 with no opposition) | 1872 (131 without any contest) | 1875 | 63 |
| | Independents (AITC Removed candidates) | | AITC+ | 0 | no idea | 1875 | 63 |
| | Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) | As IND | AITC+ | 0 | 3 | 1875 | 63 |
| | All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | | LF | 1 (Taherpur) | 68 | 4 | 14 |
| | Communist Party of India (CPI) | | LF | 1 (Taherpur) | 68 | 3 | 14 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | | LF | 1 (Taherpur) | 68 | 59 | 14 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | | LF | 1 (Taherpur) | 68 | 2 | 14 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | | | | | 65 | 13 |
| | Indian National Congress (INC) | | UPA | 1 (Jhaldah) | 63 | 63 | 5 |
| | Hamro Party | As IND | UPA | 1 (Darjeeling) [Later not able to form board] | 18 | 18 | 1.1 |
| | Independents | As IND | None | 0 | 89 | 89 | 4.6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 Hung 108 Total | 2276 Total 105 Undeclared | 2276 Total 105 Undeclared | 100 |

## By-election

Source:
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 | AITC | CPI(M) | 1171 |
| June 26 | North 24 Pargana | South Dum Dum Municipality | 29 | AITC | BJP | 9532 |
| June 26 | North 24 Pargana | Dumdum municipality | 4 | AITC | CPI(M) | 2747 |
| June 26 | North 24 Pargana | Panihati Municipality | 8 | AITC | CPI(M) | 2273 |
| June 26 | Purulia | Jhalda Municipality | 2 | INC | AITC | 778 |
| Aug 21 | North 24 Pargana | Bongaon Municipality | 14 | AITC | BJP | 2118 |