The 2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election was held on 19 December 2021 to elect 144 members of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) which governs Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. A total of 40,48,357 electors were eligible to vote in the election. The results were announced on 21 December.
The All India Trinamool Congress (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, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 3 seats, Left Front won 2 seats (CPI and CPI(M) won 1 seat each), Indian National Congress (INC) won 2 seats and independent candidates won 3 seats.
Schedule Poll eventScheduleNotification date25 Nov 2021Last Date for filing nomination1 Dec 2021Last Date for withdrawal of nomination18 Dec 2021Date of poll19 Dec 2021Date of counting of votes21 Dec 2021
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 third gender.
Parties and alliances Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:
PartySymbolAllianceNo. of contesting candidatesAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC)None144Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)6Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)142Indian National Congress (INC)121Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)1Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))Left Front96Communist Party of India (CPI)13All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)11Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)9Independents (IND)NoneOthers29
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: