Party wise strength
In 2019 LS polls: TMC-22, BJP-18, Congress-2
(After Asansol BJP MP Babul Supriya defected to the TMC, the seat was won by it in the by-election taking its present tally to 23 and reducing the BJP’s strength to 17)
Bengal schedule:
First phase (3 LS constituencies): April 19 – Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri.
Second phase (3 LS constituencies): April 26 – Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat.
Third phase (4 LS constituencies): May 7 – Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Jangipur and Murshidabad.
Fourth phase (8 LS constituencies): May 13 – Baharampur, Krishnagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur and Birbhum.
Fifth phase (7 LS constituencies): May 20 – Bongaon Barrackpore, Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore, Hooghly, Arambag.
Sixth phase (8 LS constituencies): May 25 – Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Midnipur, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur
Seventh phase (9 LS constituencies): June 1 – Barasat, Basirhat, Dum Dum, Kolkata Uttar, Kolkata Dakshin, Jadavpur, Mathurapur, Jaynagar and Diamond Harbour.
