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West Bengal is going to polls in 7 phases to elect 42 members of Parliament from the state. In the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019, BJP had won 18 seats, AITC 22, and INC 2.
The total number of constituencies in West Bengal are 42. The full list of constituencies are as follows - Alipurduars, Arambag, Asansol, Baharampur, Balurghat, Bangaon, Bankura, Barasat, Bardhaman Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba, Barrackpur, Basirhat, Birbhum, Bishnupur, Bolpur, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Diamond Harbour, Dum Dum, Ghatal, Hooghly, Howrah, Jadavpur, Jalpaiguri, Jangipur, Jaynagar, Jhargram, Kanthi, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar, Krishnanagar, Maldaha Dakshin, Maldaha Uttar, Mathurapur, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Purulia, Raiganj, Ranaghat, Sreerampur, Tamluk, Uluberia.
A resurgent BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has registered two successive election victories - in 2014 and 2019. The Modi juggernaut has helped the saffron party consolidate its position in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.