24-593: West Bengal State Electricity Board ( WBSEB ) was a state government electricity regulation board in West Bengal in India . It was formed on 1 May 1955. In 2007, the Government of West Bengal unbundled the erstwhile WBSEB into two companies namely West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company (WBSETCL). The two enterprises were formed on 1 April 2007 under
48-517: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal , also known as the West Bengal Government , is the principal administrative authority of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by
72-418: Is a major power utility of the state with consumer strength over 1.97 crore. 5 zones, 19 regional offices, 67 distribution divisions and 490 customer care centers make up the backbone to the power distribution system of the state. WBSEDCL is divided into 5 zones: Kolkata, Burdwan, Midnapore, Berhampore and Siliguri. West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited This article about an Indian company
96-599: The Vidhan Sabha in the Indian state of West Bengal . The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. Like in the 2011 election , the poll was held in six phases, with the first phase divided into two days. The first phase was held in Naxalite-Maoist affected red corridor areas with two polling dates: 4 April and 11 April. The other phases were held on 17, 21, 25, 30 April and 5 May. The result of
120-599: The 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and 215 seats (out of 294) in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election . On 18 January 1862, under the Indian Councils Act of 1861 , a 12-member Legislative Council for Bengal was founded by the Governor-General of India with the Lt Governor of Bengal and some nominated members. The strength of this council was gradually increased by subsequent acts. Under
144-684: The Left Front providing outside support to the UPA-I government in 2004-2008 was cited in support. This gradually materialized into an "alliance" between INC and Left Front in all the seats except a few in Murshidabad district and Maldah district . Given the political history of West Bengal, the materialisation of an alliance between the Congress & the CPI(M), 2 parties that have been bitter rivals of each other in
168-534: The Mayor of Siliguri. This success then got popularity as 'Siliguri Model'. After the success of the model, in the long run, some Congress and CPI(M) leaders advocated for a Left-Congress alliance. on the grounds that on summing up individual voteshare of the Congress & Left Front in state polled during the 2014 general elections, were large enough in many areas to defeat the Trinamool Congress. The precedence of
192-550: The National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the Chief Minister who is the chief executive authority and head of government. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Kolkata , the capital of West Bengal , houses
216-650: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The temporary secretariat is located in the Nabanna building in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The Calcutta High Court is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is unicameral , consisting of 294 Member of
240-453: The Congress to create her own party), stood vindicated. The CPI(M) (which had famously refused the Congress' proposal of making veteran Communist leader and one of its founders Jyoti Basu the country's prime minister in 1990, 1991 & 1996 in order to not to been seen deviating from the cause of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat ) was similarly accused of compromising with its ideological stance & indulging in hypocrisy by
264-749: The Election Commission of India urged the central government to allow it to carry out a limited delimitation exercise in West Bengal to ensure voting rights to people who came to India following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh . As per updated voter list for the year 2016 published by the Election Commission of India in January 2016, West Bengal has surpassed the rest of the country in elector-population ratio with 0.68. The final electoral roll in West Bengal for 2016 with 6.55 crore voters has 3.39 crore male and 3.16 crore female voters. Prior to
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#1732848915804288-472: The Indian Councils Act of 1892, the maximum strength of the council was increased to 20 members out of which seven members were to be elected. After the Indian Councils Act of 1909, the number raised to 50 members. 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Mamata Banerjee AITC Mamata Banerjee AITC Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of
312-619: The Legislative Assembly (MLA). Including one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community it was 295 before is abolition. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved. The current chief minister is Mamata Banerjee , who assumed the office on 20 May 2011. She is the founder and leader of the Trinamool Congress party, which won 184 seats (out of 294) in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , 211 seats (out of 294) in
336-539: The TMC & BJP for entering into seat-sharing agreement with the Congress. The ruling All India Trinamool Congress announced its candidate list for all the 294 seats, as they were fighting alone this time. But after the announcement, the candidate from Kalimpong and former Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader, Harka Bahadur Chettri, stated that he will fight as an Independent candidate under the entity of his newly formed political party, Jana Andolan Party , and will be supported by
360-594: The Trinamool Congress. The BJP announced its candidate list for 291 seats in several phases, leaving 3 seats of the Darjeeling Hills for their allies, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha . 79.22% voting was recorded in the third phase of West Bengal polls held on 21 April 2016. 79.51% voting was recorded in second phase of West Bengal polls. The election results were announced along with other four state assemblies on 19 May 2016. AITC won 211 seats, and thus
384-511: The West Bengal elections, on 3 January 2016, a mob turned violent and vandalised Kaliachak Police station, block development office and public property in Kaliachak , Malda district . Mamata Banerjee's government was severely criticised for not handling the situation better. The Saradha Group financial scandal , the Narada Sting operation (which showcased the prominent ministers & MPs of
408-495: The election was declared on 19 May. In the previous election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress in a coalition with INC won a majority and ended the 34-year rule of the Left Front government. In the previous assembly election in 2011, the All India Trinamool Congress , under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, won a majority and ended the 34-year rule of the Left Front government. During 2011 election,
432-649: The heavy defeats in the 2011 Assembly elections and the 2014 Indian General Election, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) welcomed ideas of the alliance even with parties not conforming to the communist ideology in general. The first signs came in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation election in 2015, when the CPI(M) made some local understanding with Congress to keep TMC and BJP out of power; resulting in CPI(M) leader Ashok Bhattacharya being appointed as
456-463: The main theme of TMC was paribartan (meaning "change"), implying it was time to change the Left Front reign of 34-years in the state. However, during the five year rule of TMC, urban population, in particular, were in general unhappy with the government. Also, newspapers reported that chief minister Banerjee has been only trying to consolidate votes from the sizable Muslim minority. In January 2016,
480-772: The provisions of West Bengal Power Reform Scheme, 2007. WBSETCL is responsible for transmitting power at 66 kV, 132 kV, 220 kV and 400 kV in the state of West Bengal. WBSETCL achieved the Best Power Availability Award (Gold Shield) for the year 2007–2008 as a transmission licensee in India from Ministry of Power Government of India. WBSEDCL is responsible for distributing power in the state of power at 33 kV level and below. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited has come into effect from 1 April 2007 after restructuring of erstwhile West Bengal State Electricity Board in compliance of Electricity Act 2003. WBSEDCL
504-704: The ruling party of accepting bribes), lack of any major industrial investments, and law & order issue surfaced as major issues and proved to be an acid test for Trinamool Congress. The Kolkata flyover collapse also happened during the poll process. Assembly elections in West Bengal are to be held in phases from 4 April to 5 May 2016. On 4 March 2016, Election Commission of India announced that 22 assembly constituencies in West Bengal would have Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines attached along with EVMs . Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were to be in place in more than 5,993 polling stations. AITC released its candidate list on 5 March,
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#1732848915804528-442: The same day the elections were announced. On 10 March, BJP released its first candidate list of 52 members. Left Front consisting of CPI(M) , CPI , RSP and All India Forward Bloc along with INC released their respective candidate list in several rounds after consultations and bargaining. Trinamool Congress+ Mahajot ( Left Front + United Progressive Alliance ) National Democratic Alliance Following
552-548: The state since India's independence in 1947 & have a history of unleashing political violence against each other's cadres, (like 1970 Sainbari murders , during the Emergency era & the 1993 Kolkata firing ) took the political circles of the state by surprise. After much dispute and secession of 2 far-left groups : SUCI(C) and CPI(ML)L from the Left Front , both Congress and Communists formed an understanding basis of what they called "seat-sharing", strongly objecting to
576-413: The use of the word-"alliance". Trinamool Congress claimed that by forging an electoral understanding with the Left Front in the state, the Congress party was insulting the memory of those party workers who had died in political violence perpetrated by the Left Front, & Mamata Banerjee's allegation in 1998 about the state Congress having become a 'B-team' of the Left Front (due to which she broke away from
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