The 2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election was held on 19 December 2021 to elect 144 members of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) which governs

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, the capital of the

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. A total of 40,48,357 electors were eligible to vote in the election. The results were announced on 21 December. The

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(AITC) won the election by an overwhelming majority and captured 134 out of 144 wards. Firhad Hakim was elected as the mayor of Kolkata. In this election,

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(BJP) won 3 seats, Left Front won 2 seats (

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and CPI(M) won 1 seat each),

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(INC) won 2 seats and

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s won 3 seats.

Schedule

Voter statistics

In this election, there were a total of 4,048,357 eligible electors. On 19 December 2,611,312 voters (64.50% of the total voters) exercised their franchise, of which 1,425,568 were male, 1,185,723 female and 21 registered voters were of the

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Parties and alliances

Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:

Candidates

A total of 950 candidates contested in this election. Among them 402 candidates were women. A list of the candidates (ward-wise) of the four main parties/alliance(s) is presented below:

Results

The results were declared on 21 December 2021.

Results by Parties

Results by Wards

The Ward-wise Results were announced by the

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after the counting.

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Citations

{{Authority control Kolkata Municipal Corporation 2021 elections in India

Local elections in West Bengal