Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal

The dataset contains political party type and name-wise Seats Contested, Seats Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats in assembly elections of West Bengal for each election year. Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.

Rows: 1608
Columns: 9
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971 to 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021, 2026
Last Updated: 13 May 2026

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2026	West Bengal	National Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Seats Contested	293	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Party for Democratic Socialism	PDS	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Indian Unity Centre	IUC	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jan Sangh Party	JASP	Seats Contested	4	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim	JeSM	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	JLKM	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Justice and Development Party	JSTDVPMTP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jatiya Unnayan Party	JUNP	Seats Contested	6	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Kamatapur People's Party (United)	KPPU	Seats Contested	13	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Mera Bharat Mahan Party	MBMP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	18	1608	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	1608	The Indian state for which the assembly seat statistics are reported.
party_type	String	5	1608	The classification of the political party, such as national party, state party, or registered unrecognised party.
party_name	String	196	1605	The full name of the political party associated with the assembly seat figures.
party_abbreviation	String	203	1608	The abbreviated form of the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	1608	The category of assembly seat figure reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	Float64	183	1602	The number of assembly seats corresponding to the given party and seats type, expressed as an absolute count.
unit	String	1	1608	The unit of measurement for the reported value, given in absolute numbers.
note	String	1	0	Optional remarks or annotations providing additional context for the record.

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal

Rows: 1608
Columns: 9
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971 to 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021, 2026
Last Updated: 13 May 2026

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2026	West Bengal	National Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Seats Contested	293	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Party for Democratic Socialism	PDS	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Indian Unity Centre	IUC	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jan Sangh Party	JASP	Seats Contested	4	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim	JeSM	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	JLKM	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Justice and Development Party	JSTDVPMTP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Jatiya Unnayan Party	JUNP	Seats Contested	6	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Kamatapur People's Party (United)	KPPU	Seats Contested	13	value in absolute number
2026	West Bengal	Registered Unrecognised Party	Mera Bharat Mahan Party	MBMP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number

Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	18	1608	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	1608	The Indian state for which the assembly seat statistics are reported.
party_type	String	5	1608	The classification of the political party, such as national party, state party, or registered unrecognised party.
party_name	String	196	1605	The full name of the political party associated with the assembly seat figures.
party_abbreviation	String	203	1608	The abbreviated form of the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	1608	The category of assembly seat figure reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	Float64	183	1602	The number of assembly seats corresponding to the given party and seats type, expressed as an absolute count.
unit	String	1	1608	The unit of measurement for the reported value, given in absolute numbers.
note	String	1	0	Optional remarks or annotations providing additional context for the record.

Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal

Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of West Bengal

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