Home True: BJP has never won an assembly election in West Bengal.

True: BJP has never won an assembly election in West Bengal.

By: Ishita Goel J

February 24 2021

Share Article: facebook logo twitter logo linkedin logo
True: BJP has never won an assembly election in West Bengal.

Fact-Check

The Verdict True

Since 1982, BJP has contested eight assembly elections in West Bengal and has not won a single election in the state to date.

Since 1982, BJP has contested eight assembly elections in West Bengal and has not won a single election in the state to date. In West Bengal, the 17th Assembly election is likely to be held in April-May 2021. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was founded in 1980, and it contested the West Bengal Assembly Election for the first time in 1982, following which the party kept participating in all the subsequent assembly elections in the state (1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016). According to the Election Commission of India's records, BJP has never won the Assembly elections in West Bengal. When the BJP forayed into contesting the assembly election in West Bengal, the CPI(M) led Left Front was in power, and they ruled for 34 years until the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won with an absolute majority in the 2011 assembly election.

Would you like to submit a claim to fact-check or contact our editorial team?

0 Global Fact-Checks Completed

We rely on information to make meaningful decisions that affect our lives, but the nature of the internet means that misinformation reaches more people faster than ever before