Kolkata records 88% turnout in second phase of West Bengal assembly elections

BJP state leaders interpreted the Kolkata turnout as a fallout of anti-incumbency sensed two years earlier.

As of 8pm, turnout in the 11 seats under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation was: Chowringhee 86.52%, Entally 91.89%, Beliaghata 90.52%, Jorasanko 86.55%, Shyampukur 87.91%, Manicktala 90.05%, Kashipur-Belgachhia 88.89%, Kolkata Port 89.66%, Bhabanipur 86.59%, Rashbehari 86.35%, Ballygunge 87.73%.

West Bengal’s second and final phase voting concluded on April 29, 2026 with Kolkata recording around 88% turnout by 8pm. In Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat the turnout was 87.59%, and in North Lok Sabha seat it was 89.19%. There were no incidents of violence reported.

Union home minister Amit Shah claimed that BJP would win at least 110 of the 152 seats in the first phase.

The first phase of West Bengal elections on April 23, 2026 recorded a turnout of 92.35% across 152 constituencies in 16 districts.

Booth-level analysis of the 2024 Lok Sabha poll results showed that the TMC trailed BJP in 47 of Kolkata's 144 municipal corporation wards, with four wards in Bhabanipur assembly seat; in Shyampukur, the TMC trailed by around 1,600 votes, and in Jorasanko by about 7,400 votes.

In the 2011 assembly elections, the TMC won 185 seats, the Congress 42, and the Left Front 40. All 11 Kolkata assembly seats were captured by TMC.

Kolkata had 20 assembly seats until the 2008 delimitation.

In the 2006 West Bengal assembly polls, the CPI(M)-led Left Front won 176 seats, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 30 seats, and the Congress won 21 seats. Despite the Left’s strong presence, Banerjee’s candidates captured nine of the 20 Kolkata seats.