Trinomool Congress's Electoral Victory in 2011 Assembly Election in West Bengal: A Study in Electoral Geography

The study of electoral geography is considered as one of the modern subfield of political geography which essentially focusing on the interaction of place, space and electoral process. Electoral geography review the influence of geographical context on voter's decision making process, parties and electoral system and build a interface between political science and human geography. The present paper attempt to analyze and described the first electoral victory of Trinomool Congress in 2011 Assembly election in west Bengal. Trinomool Congress came in West Bengal in 1998 as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress. The 2011 Assembly electoral victory of T.M.C is a remarkable success and defeat of thirty four (34) years longest ruler party Left Front. T.M.C won 227 seats out of 294 seats in 2011 Assembly election and lead the government of West Bengal. The study is based on secondary source of data and election data taken from Election Commission of India, New Delhi, and Centre for the study of Developing Societies (CSDS) Delhi, Chief Electoral Office, Kolkata. The present paper helps to prove a democratic form of government.