West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Indian political body
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| February 22 2025 | 27th Party Congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) held in Dankuni, Hooghly District, with Mohammed Salim re-elected as Secretary |
| 2024 | Further electoral decline, with vote share reduced to 5.7%, signaling continued political marginalization in West Bengal. |
| 2024 | Indian general election conducted, with polls showing seat and vote share projections for West Bengal political parties including AITC, BJP, and SDA |
| 2023 | The party saw a modest improvement in local elections, increasing their vote share to 14% across Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, and Zilla Parishads in West Bengal. |
| 2023 | West Bengal local elections held, with polling data indicating vote share distribution among political parties |
| 2022 | CPI(M) participated in multiple municipal corporation elections across West Bengal, including Asansol (1.89% votes), Bidhannagar (10.95% votes), Chandernagore (26.40% votes, main opposition), Siliguri (14.41% votes), all as an opposition party. |
| 2022 | West Bengal local elections conducted, featuring polling data showing vote share trends |
| March 14 2022 | 26th Party Congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) held in Pramode Dasgupta Bhaban, Kolkata, with Mohammed Salim elected as Secretary |
| 2021 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) suffers a dramatic electoral defeat, securing only 26 seats with a drastically reduced vote share of 4.73%. |
| 2021 | CPI(M) contested in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election, securing 9.65% of votes and remaining in the opposition. |
| 2021 | West Bengal Legislative Assembly election took place, with detailed seat and vote share projections for major political parties |
| 2019 | Continued electoral downturn with vote share plummeting to 6.3% and only 2 seats won. |
| 2018 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) experienced a significant decline in local elections, winning only 6% of Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, and Zilla Parishads in West Bengal. |
| March 5 2018 | 25th Party Congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) held in Pramode Dasgupta Bhaban, Kolkata, with Surjya Kanta Mishra elected as Secretary |
| 2016 | Party further declines under Surjya Kanta Mishra's leadership, winning only 14 seats and experiencing a vote share drop to 19.75%. |
| 2015 | Biman Bose concludes his 9-year leadership, and Surjya Kanta Mishra takes over as state secretary. |
| May 28 2015 | Indian National Congress MLA Rabindranath Chatterjee of Katwa announced he joined the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC), allegedly to distance himself from a murder case involving an AITMC supporter named Intrajit Singh. |
| 2014 | Significant electoral decline, winning only 23.0% of votes and 7 seats, marking a notable reduction in political power. |
| 2013 | CPI(M) participated in the Howrah Municipal Corporation election as an opposition party. |
| 2011 | Under Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's leadership, the party loses power, dropping from Government to Opposition with a significant loss of 136 seats and vote share declining to 30.08%. |
| May 10 2011 | Conclusion of the six-phase election for all 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. |
| April 18 2011 | Beginning of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, which was held in six phases across the state. |
| April 17 2011 | Election Commission of India issued an appeal for all registered voters to participate in the electoral process. |
| April 16 2011 | Indian border with Bangladesh at the Maldaha constituency was sealed two days before the election to prevent potential disruptions, with 112 central paramilitary companies deployed to secure 260 voting booths. |
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