About & history
- Abbreviation
- AITC
- Founded
- 1998
- Founder(s)
- Mamata Banerjee
- Main base
- West Bengal
Founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 after she left the Congress. It ended 34 years of Left Front rule in West Bengal in 2011.
Milestones
- 1998 Founded by Mamata Banerjee
- 2011 Wins West Bengal Assembly; Mamata Banerjee becomes Chief Minister
Election record at a glance
- Contested 6 Lok Sabha general elections under this name, from 1999 to 2024.
- First won Lok Sabha seats in 1999 (8). Best result: 34 seats in 2014. Total seats won across all elections: 114.
- Highest vote share: 4.37% in 2024.
- In 2024 it contested 48 seats in 4 states/UTs and won 29, with 4.37% of all votes polled.
- In Tamil Nadu it has contested 1 Lok Sabha election without winning a seat.
Lok Sabha record, 1952–2024
In Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha 2024 — state-wise
Lok Sabha MPs elected in 2024
Rajya Sabha members now
Sources: Election Commission of India (Lok Sabha results 1951–2024); Digital Sansad (Rajya Sabha). Vote share = party votes ÷ all votes polled (incl. NOTA from 2014). Party history is a short summary.