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2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election

The 2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election was held on 19 December 2021 to elect 144 members of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) which governs Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.[7] A total of 40,48,357 electors were eligible to vote in the election.[8][9] The results were announced on 21 December.[10]

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) won the election by an overwhelming majority and captured 134 out of 144 wards. Firhad Hakim was elected as the mayor of Kolkata.[6] In this election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 3 seats, Left Front won 2 seats (CPI and CPI(M) won 1 seat each), Indian National Congress (INC) won 2 seats and independent candidates won 3 seats.

Schedule

Voter statistics

In this election, there were a total of 4,048,357 eligible electors. On 19 December 2,611,312 voters (64.50% of the total voters) exercised their franchise, of which 1,425,568 were male, 1,185,723 female and 21 registered voters were of the third gender.[3]

Parties and alliances

Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:[3][17]

Candidates

A total of 950 candidates contested in this election. Among them 402 candidates were women.[2] A list of the candidates (ward-wise) of the four main parties/alliance(s) is presented below:[3]

Results

The results were declared on 21 December 2021.

Results by Parties

Vote share by alliance

  AITC (72.13%)
  LF (11.89%)
  BJP (9.21%)
  INC (4.12%)
  IND (2.43%)
  Others (0.22%)

Vote share by Party

  AITC (72.13%)
  CPI(M) (9.65%)
  BJP (9.21%)
  INC (4.12%)
  CPI (1.02%)
  RSP (0.78%)
  AIFB (0.44%)
  BSP (0.06%)
  IND (2.43%)
  Others (0.16%)

Seat share by alliance

  AITC (93.06%)
  BJP (2.08%)
  LF (1.39%)
  INC (1.39%)
  Others (2.08%)

Results by Wards

The Ward-wise Results were announced by the West Bengal State Election Commission after the counting.[19]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ SUCI(communist) contested 20 seats. CPI(ML)LIB and JD(U) fielded 3 candidates each. AB, BNARP and PDS fielded one candidate each.
  2. ^ a b Members of RCPI contested under the symbol of CPI(M) in Ward no. 31 and 87.

Citations

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