GWES West Bengal

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Political analysis

of

West Bengal

Submitted by:

Vinitkumar Awasthi 04Tushar Nagori 60


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History:-

Politics in West Bengal is dominated by the following major political parties:

Communist Party of india(Marxist),

The Indian National Congress (also known as Congress(I)),

and the Trinamool Congress.

All three are leading a regional bloc of parties; the CPI(M) heads the Left

Front and the Trinamool Congress has emerged as the main component of the

UPA in the state, while the Congress(I) generally head informal alliances of

various minor parties that align ahead of elections.

In 1977 the Left Front won the state assembly elections, and the state was

ruled by communistsand other left groups till 2011. The erstwhile left front

led West Bengal state government holds the Indian record for the longest

period of governance.


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Until 3 November,2000, Jyoti Basu was the Chief Minister of the state.

After his resignation, due to health reasons, Buddhadev Bhattacharya

became the Chief Minister of West Bengal who continued in office until 13

May,2011.

In the run-up to the 2011 elections, the state witnessed several violent

clashes between the workers of the opposition parties and the ruling left

party cadres.

In 2011 Assembly Election, Trinamool Congress- Indian National

Congress alliance won by a huge margin with Mamata

Banerjee becoming the first woman chief minister of West Bengal after

34 years of Communist rule


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Major political parties of West

Bengal

All India Trinamool Congress Communist Party of India


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Ideology

All India Trinamool Congress

Populism

Socialism

Secularism

Communist Party of India

Communism

MarxismLeninism


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Structure of government of WB

ExecutiveGovernor M.K. Narayanan

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

LegislatureAssembly- West Bengal Legislative

AssemblySpeaker Biman Bandopadhdhay

Members in Assembly 295

JudiciaryHigh Court- Calcutta High Court

Chief Justice- Arun Mishra


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Parliament seats of West Bengal

General 32

SC, 8

ST, 2

In Lok Sabha


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Party Name 1999 2004 2009

All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 2 3 2

All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 8 1 19

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2 - 2

Communist Party of India (CPI) 3 3 2

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 21 26 9

Indian National Congress (INC) 3 - 6

Independent (IND) - 6 1

Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 3 3 2

Total 42 42 42

Parliamentary Election (Lok Sabha)

Result from 1999-09


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West Bengal Assembly Election Results

2011

Trinamool

Congress, 184

Indian national

Congress, 42

Left Front, 62

Others, 5


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Administrative Information

No of Sub-dividions 66

No. of Municipalities (2004) 120

No of Municipal Corporation (2004) 6

No of Blocks 341

No of Mouza 40782

No of Police Stations (2004) 456

No of Gram Panchayats3354

Inhabited Villages(2001) 37945

Area (Sq. K.M.) 88752

No of Family Welfare Centre 506

No of PHCs 922

% of Electrified Villages 83.6Electrified Household (%) (01.04.05) 24.34

Unemployment Rate (2013) 4.5

Literacy Rate 2011 census 77.07%

Av. Population per Bank Offices(RBI-2011) 14643


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Employment

2001

Work participation rate()

Male Female

Rural 54.1 (52.11) 20.9 (30.79)

Urban 53.7 (50.60) 11.6 (11.88)

% of main worker ()Rural 45.8 (44.51) 9.1 (16.77)

Urban 50.2 (47.46) 9.2 (9.12)

% of marginal worker () Rural 8.3 (7.85) 11.8 (14.21)

Urban 3.6 (3.38) 2.4 (2.43)

% of agricultural labourers 22.7 (20.82) 32.2 (39.43)

No. of registration during

the year through

employment exch.(2004)

353944

No. of Placements effected

during 200411530


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Indices

NHDR-2001 Value Rank

Human Development Index () 0.404(0.381) 20

Gender Disparity Index () 0.631 (0.676) 26


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