1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.8%
  First party Second party
 
Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png
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Leader Jyoti Basu Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF
Leader since 1964 1991
Leader's seat Satgachhia Chowrangee
Last election 39.30%, 187 seats 41.81%, 40 seats
Seats won 182 43
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 3
Coalition vote 10,954,379 10,875,834
Percentage 35.37% 35.12%
Swing Decrease 3.93 pp Decrease 6.71 pp

Chief Minister before election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

Chief Minister after election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1991. The election took place simultaneously with the 1991 Indian general election.[1][2] The term of the assembly elected in 1987 lasted until February 1992, but the West Bengal Government asked the Election Commission of India to arrange the election at an earlier date.[3]

Parties contesting the election

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Left Front

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The campaign of the Left Front focused on issues relating to secularism, communal harmony and the Mandal Commission.[4][5]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), the dominant partner in the Left Front, opted to deny reelection to 23 incumbent legislators, including one minister (Abdul Bari).[5] In total CPI(M) fielded 204 candidates, AIFB 34, RSP 23, CPI 12, WBSP 4, MFB 2, DSP 2, RCPI 2, CRLI 1, Janata Dal 8 and the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 1.[6][7]

Congress

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The Indian National Congress (Indira) had seat-sharing arrangement, whereby INC(I) contested 285 seats, the Jharkhand Party 4, the GNLF 3, UCPI 1 and 1 independent.[7]

Jubilant over the CPI(M)-led alliance of Communist parties losing power in 1988 in Tripura, another Indian state with a Bengali majority under Communist rule since 1977, the Indian National Congress (I) brought back former Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray into the party ahead of the 1991 elections, and appointed him head of the West Bengal party unit.[5] Whilst the Congress was keen to exploit Ray's popularity, who campaigned on the issues of corruption like the 'Bengal Lamp scam' raised by PWD minister of the Left Front Jatin Chakraborty & the 1990 Bantala rape case (committed in an attempt to hide corruption) and highlighted the deindustrialisation of the state caused due to Jyoti Basu's support to the hyperactivity of Communist labour unions, the CPI(M) organ Ganashakti published articles on a daily basis reminding voters of Ray's role in perpetrating state-sponsored anti-Communist violence during the Emergency era.[5]

The INC(I) was suffering from internal divisions in West Bengal at the time of the election.[4] The West Bengal state party HQ was attacked by disgruntled Congressmen.[4] In the midst of a rally in Diamond Harbour, with ex Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as speaker, rival Congress factions clashed.[4]

At the time, the United Communist Party of India was a Congress ally.[3] UCPI fielded a single candidate in Chandrakona constituency, who finished in second place.[6]

Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Bharatiya Janata Party fielded 291 candidates across the state.[6][8] This was the first time BJP fielded such a large number of candidates in West Bengal assembly elections.[8] Rather than focusing primarily on the Ram-mandir issue, which was highlighted in the BJP campaigns across the country, the West Bengal BJP campaign concentrated on agitations against illegal infiltration of Bengali Muslims from Bangladesh.[9] The campaign sought to invoke memories of Partition among the Bengali Hindus, especially among the Bangal community.[9] Whilst support for BJP increased amongst Bengali Hindu society, its main stronghold in the state remained non-Bengali Hindu populations in Calcutta (especially among Marwaris and Gujaratis).[9]

Socialist Unity Centre of India

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The Socialist Unity Centre of India fielded 59 candidates, contesting as independents.[7] It had launched an electoral front ahead of the polls, along with some Naxalite factions, the Workers Party of India, a RCPI faction and the Bolshevik Party of India.[10] SUCI won two seats.[7]

Results

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The election was won by the Left Front, marking its fourth consecutive assembly election victory.[11] The Left Front and allies won 245 out of the 294 seats.[6][11] BJP managed to increase its share of votes from 0.51% in 1987 to 11.34%. It was the best ever performance of BJP in the state until 2014 general elections.

Party Candidates Seats Votes %
Left Front & allies Communist Party of India (Marxist)
204 182 10,954,379 35.37
All India Forward Bloc 34 29 1,707,676 5.51
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 18 1,073,445 3.47
Communist Party of India 12 6 542,964 1.75
West Bengal Socialist Party 4 4 208,147 0.67
Marxist Forward Bloc 2 2 130,454 0.42
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) 2 2 98,905 0.39
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 2 1 92,544 0.30
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1 0 50,414 0.16
Janata Dal 8 1 208,951 0.67
Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 1 0 35,489 0.11
Communist Revolutionary League of India 1 0 22,716 0.07
Congress & allies Indian National Congress (Indira) 284 43 10,875,834 35.12
Gorkha National Liberation Front 3 3 146,541 0.47
Jharkhand Party 6 1 140,391 0.45
United Communist Party of India 1 0 40,806 0.13
Congress-supported independent 1 0 40,426 0.13
Bharatiya Janata Party 291 0 3,513,121 11.34
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 23 0 95,038 0.31
Bahujan Samaj Party 97 0 88,836 0.29
Janata Party 78 0 50,037 0.16
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 18 0 41,828 0.14
Indian People's Front 23 0 39,004 0.13
Indian Union Muslim League 28 0 28,156 0.09
Amra Bangalee 60 0 22,295 0.07
Workers Party of India 6 0 10,670 0.03
Hul Jharkhand Party 3 0 9,239 0.03
Doordashti Party 26 0 4,980 0.02
Marxist Communist Party of India 5 0 3,804 0.01
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 5 0 1,553 0.01
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 6 0 1,485 0.00
Indian National Congress (O) Anti Merger Group 5 0 1,309 0.00
All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 2 0 988 0.00
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Gouranga Sit) 1 0 983 0.00
Shiv Sena 1 0 880 0.00
Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) 1 0 876 0.00
Bolshevik Party of India 1 0 335 0.00
Bharat Dal 1 0 203 0.00
Lok Dal 1 0 121 0.00
Bidhan Dal 1 0 92 0.00
Independents
Including Socialist Unity Centre of India candidates
631 2 684,130 2.21%
Total 1,903 294 30,970,045 100
Source: Election Commission of India[12]

Since a CPI(M)-led alliance of Communist parties in Kerala had lost the elections in Kerala held simultaneously that year to a Congress-led alliance, West Bengal was the lone Indian state to be under Communist rule until 1993 when the Communists were re-elected back to power in Tripura.

Elected members

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Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
Mekliganj SC Paresh Chandra Adhikary All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi SC Sudhir Pramanik Communist Party of India
Mathabhanga SC Dinesh Chandra Dukua Communist Party of India
Cooch Behar North None Bimal Kanti Basu All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar West None Soumindra Chanra Das All India Forward Bloc
Sitai None Dipal Sengupta All India Forward Bloc
Dinhata None Kamal Kanti Guha All India Forward Bloc
Natabari None Sibendranarayan Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Tufanganj SC Debendra Nath Barman Communist Party of India
Kumargram ST Salib Topo Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini ST Monohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
Alipurduars None Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata SC Jogesh Chandra Barman Communist Party of India
Madarihat ST Sushil Kujur Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri SC Banamali Roy Communist Party of India
Nagrakata ST Chaitan Munda Communist Party of India
Mainaguri SC Nityananda Adhikary Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal ST Jagannath Oraon Communist Party of India
Kranti None Sudhan Raha Communist Party of India
Jalpaiguri None Anupam Sen Indian National Congress
Rajganj SC Jatindra Nath Roy Communist Party of India
Kalimpong None Nima Tshering Moktan Independent
Darjeeling None Narendra Kumai Independent
Kurseong None Nar Bahadur Chettri Independent
Siliguri None Asok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India
Phansidewa ST Prokash Minj Communist Party of India
Chopra None Mohamuddin Communist Party of India
Islampur None Choudhury Md. Abdul Karim Indian National Congress
Goalpokhar None Md. Ramjan Ali All India Forward Bloc
Karandighi None Haji Sajjad Hossain Indian National Congress
Raiganj SC Khagendra Nath Sinha Communist Party of India
Kaliaganj SC Ramani Kanta Deb Sarma Communist Party of India
Kushmandi SC Narmada Chandra Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Itahar None Abedin Zainaj Indian National Congress
Gangarampur None Minati Ghosh Communist Party of India
Tapan ST Khara Soren Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj None Dwijendras Nath Oroy Communist Party of India
Balurghat None Biswanath Chowdhury Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur ST Sarkar Murmu Communist Party of India
Gajol ST Debnath Murmu Communist Party of India
Kharba None Nazmul Haque Communist Party of India
Harishchandrapur None Birendra Kumar Moitra All India Forward Bloc
Ratua None Mamtaz Begum Communist Party of India
Araidanga None Sabitri Mitra Indian National Congress
Malda SC Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Englishbazar None Prabhat Acharya Communist Party of India
Manikchak None Subodh Chaudhury Communist Party of India
Suzapur None Rubi Noor Indian National Congress
Kaliachak None Dinesh Joardar Communist Party of India
Farakka None Abul Hasnat Khan Communist Party of India
Aurangabad None Touab Ali Communist Party of India
Suti None Shish Mahammad Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sagardighi SC Das Paresh Nath Communist Party of India
Jangipur None Abdul Haque Revolutionary Socialist Party
Lalgola None Abu Hena Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola None Syed Mawabjani Meerza Communist Party of India
Nabagram None Sisir Kumar Sarkar Communist Party of India
Murshidabad None Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Jalangi None Unus Sarkar Communist Party of India
Domkal None Anesur Rahaman Communist Party of India
Naoda None Nasiruddin Khan Indian National Congress
Hariharpara None Mozammel Hoque Communist Party of India
Berhampore None Sankar Das Paul Indian National Congress
Beldanga None Nurul Islam Chowdhury Indian National Congress
Kandi None Atish Ch. Sinha Indian National Congress
Khargram SC Biswanath Mondal Communist Party of India
Barwan None Debabratta Bandapadyay Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur None Id. Mohammad Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur None Chitta Ranjan Biswas Communist Party of India
Palashipara None Kamalendju Sanyal (sasthi) Communist Party of India
Nakashipara None Shaik Khabiruddin Ahmed Communist Party of India
Kaliganj None Abdus Salam Munshi Indian National Congress
Chapra None Mir Quasem Mondal Communist Party of India
Krishnaganj SC Sushil Biswas Communist Party of India
Krishnagar East None Sibdas Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Krishnagar West None Sunil Kumar Ghosh Communist Party of India
Nabadwip None Biswanath Mitra Communist Party of India
Santipur None Ajoy Dey Indian National Congress
Hanskhali SC Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India
Ranaghat East SC Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India
Ranaghat West None Subhaas Basu Communist Party of India
Chakdaha None Satasadhan Chakraborty Communist Party of India
Haringhata None Nani Gopal Malakar Communist Party of India
Bagdaha SC Kamalakshi Biswas All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon None Bhupendra Nath Seth Indian National Congress
Gaighata None Pabir Banerjee Indian National Congress
Habra None Kamal Sengupta (bose) Communist Party of India
Ashokenagar None Nani Kar Communist Party of India
Amdanga None Hashim Abdul Halim Communist Party of India
Barasat None Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc
Rajarhat SC Rabindra Nath Mandal Communist Party of India
Deganga None Md. Yakub All India Forward Bloc
Swarupnagar None Mustafa Bin Quasem Communist Party of India
Baduria None Quazi Abdul Gaffar Indian National Congress
Basirhat None Narayan Mukheree Communist Party of India
Hasnabad None Goutam Deb Communist Party of India
Haroa SC Kshiti Ranjan Modal Communist Party of India
Sandeshkhali SC Dhiren Mondal Communist Party of India
Hingalganj SC Gayen Nripen Communist Party of India
Gosaba SC Ganesh Chandra Moindal Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti SC Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali SC Prabodh Independent
Joynagar None Deba Prasad Sarkar Independent
Baruipur None Shovan Dev Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress
Canning West SC Bimal Mistry Communist Party of India
Canning East None Abdur Razzak Molla Communist Party of India
Bhangar None Badal Jamadar Communist Party of India
Jadavpur None Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India
Sonarpur SC Bhadreswar Mondal Communist Party of India
Bishnupur East SC Sundar Naskar Communist Party of India
Bishnupur West None Kashinath Adak Communist Party of India
Behala East None Kum-kum Chakraborti Communist Party of India
Behala West None Nirmal Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Garden Reach None Fazle Azim Molla Indian National Congress
Maheshtala None Abdul Basar Communist Party of India
Budge Budge None Dipak Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Satgachia None Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India
Falta None Arati Das Gupta Communist Party of India
Diamond Harbour None Abdul Quiyom Molla Communist Party of India
Magrahat West None Anuradha Putatunda Communist Party of India
Magrahat East SC Nirmal Sinha Communist Party of India
Mandirbazar SC Subhas Roy Communist Party of India
Mathurapur None Satya Ranjan Pabuli Indian National Congress
Kulpi SC Krishnadhan Halder Communist Party of India
Patharpratima None Janmejey Manna Communist Party of India
Kakdwip None Hrishikesh Maity Communist Party of India
Bijpur None Jagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India
Naihati None Adhikari Tarun Indian National Congress
Bhatpara None Bidyt Ganguly Communist Party of India
Jagatdal None Nihar Basu All India Forward Bloc
Noapara None Madan Mohan Nath Communist Party of India
Titagarh None Pravin Kumar Shaw Communist Party of India
Khardah None Asim Kumar Das Gupta Communist Party of India
Panihati None Tania Chakrabarty Communist Party of India
Kamarhati None Santi Ghatak Communist Party of India
Baranagar None Matish Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum None Sankar Kumar Sen Communist Party of India
Belgachia East None Subhash Chakraborty Communist Party of India
Cossipur None Dipak Chanda Communist Party of India
Shyampukur None Santi Ranjan Ganguly All India Forward Bloc
Jorabagan None Subrata Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Jorasanko None Deokinandan Poddar Indian National Congress
Bara Bazar None Khaitan Rajesh Indian National Congress
Bow Bazar None Sudip Bandyopadhyay Indian National Congress
Chowringhee None Siddhartha Shanker Ray Indian National Congress
Kabitirtha None Kalimuddin Shams All India Forward Bloc
Alipore None Sougata Roy Indian National Congress
Rashbehari Avenue None Hoimi Basu Indian National Congress
Tollygunge None Sur Prasanta Kumar Communist Party of India
Dhakuria None Kshiti Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ballygunge None Sachin Sen Communist Party of India
Entally None Md. Nizamuddin Communist Party of India
Taltola SC Debesh Das Communist Party of India
Beliaghata None Manabendra Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Sealdah None Somendra Nath Misra Indian National Congress
Vidyasagar None Lakshmi Kanta Dey Communist Party of India
Burtola None Sadhan Pande Indian National Congress
Manicktola None Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India
Belgachia West None Rajdeo Goala Communist Party of India
Bally None Patit Paban Pathak Communist Party of India
Howrah North None Lagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India
Howrah Central None Ambika Banerjee Indian National Congress
Howrah South None Pralay Talukdar Communist Party of India
Shibpur None Jatu Lahiri Indian National Congress
Domjur None Padmanidhi Dhar Communist Party of India
Jagatballavpur None M. Anakaruddin Communist Party of India
Panchla None Sailen Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Sankrail SC Haran Hazra Communist Party of India
Sagar None Prabhanjan Mondal Communist Party of India
Uluberia North SC Raj Kumar Mondal Communist Party of India
Uluberia South None Rabindra Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Shyampur None Sangib Kumar Das Indian National Congress
Bagnan None Nirupama Chattopadhayay Communist Party of India
Kalyanpur None Nitai Charan Adak Communist Party of India
Amta None Barindra Nath Koley Communist Party of India
Udaynarayanpur None Panna Lal Maji Communist Party of India
Jangipara None Manindra Jana Communist Party of India
Chanditala None Malin Ghosh Communist Party of India
Uttarpara None Santasir Chatterjee Communist Party of India
Serampore None Arun Goswami Indian National Congress
Champdani None Abdul Mannan Indian National Congress
Chandernagore None Chatterjee Sandhya Communist Party of India
Singur None Bidyut Kumar Das Communist Party of India
Haripal None Kali Krasad Biswas Communist Party of India
Tarakeswar None Santi Chatterjee Independent
Chinsurah None Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia None Prabir Sen Gupta Communist Party of India
Balagarh SC Abinash Pramanik Communist Party of India
Pandua None Debnarayan Chakraborty Communist Party of India
Polba None Brajo Gopal Neogy Communist Party of India
Dhaniakhali SC Kripa Sindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah None Bishnu Bera Communist Party of India
Khanakul SC Sachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India
Arambagh None Benode Das Communist Party of India
Goghat SC Shiba Prasad Malick All India Forward Bloc
Chandrakona None Umapati Chakrabortty Communist Party of India
Ghatal SC Ratan Chandra Pakhira Communist Party of India
Daspur None Prabhas Podikar Communist Party of India
Nandanpur None Chhaya Bera Communist Party of India
Panskura West None Omar Ali Communist Party of India
Panskura East None Sisir Sarkar Communist Party of India
Tamluk None Anil Mudi Indian National Congress
Moyna None Manik Bhowmik Indian National Congress
Mahishadal None Sukumar Das Indian National Congress
Sutahata SC Seth Lakshman Chandra Communist Party of India
Nandigram None Sakti Bal Communist Party of India
Narghat None Nada Brahmamoy Communist Party of India
Bhagabanpur None Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India
Khajuri SC Sunirmal Paik Communist Party of India
Contai North None Mukul Bikash Maity Indian National Congress
Contai South None Sailaja Kumar Das Indian National Congress
Ramnagar None Mrinal Kanti Roy Communist Party of India
Egra None Sinha Probodh Chandra Communist Party of India
Mugberia None Krianmoy Nanda Communist Party of India
Pataspur None Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra Communist Party of India
Sabang None Manas Ranjan Bhunia Indian National Congress
Pingla None Hari Pada Jana Democratic Socialist Party
Debra None Ski. Jahangir Karim Communist Party of India
Keshpur SC Dal Nanda Rani Communist Party of India
Garhbeta East None Gosh Susanta Communist Party of India
Garhbeta West SC Duley Krishna Prasad Communist Party of India
Salbani None Sundar Hazra Communist Party of India
Midnapore None Kamaksha Ghosh Communist Party of India
Kharagpur Town None Gyan Msingh Sohanpal Indian National Congress
Kharagpur Rural None Sk. Nazmul Haque Communist Party of India
Keshiari ST Maheswar Murmu Communist Party of India
Narayangarh None Surja Kanta Mishra Communist Party of India
Dantan None Patra Ranjit Communist Party of India
Nayagram ST Ananta Saren Communist Party of India
Gopiballavpur None Atul Chandra Das Communist Party of India
Jhargram None Buddha Deb Bhakat Communist Party of India
Binpur ST Naren Hansda All India Jharkhand Party
Banduan ST Lakhi Ram Kisku Communist Party of India
Manbazar None Kamala Kanta Mahata Communist Party of India
Balrampur ST Bhandu Majhi Communist Party of India
Arsa None Nishi Kanta Mehta All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda None Satyan Ranjank Mahata All India Forward Bloc
Jaipur None Bindeswar Mahata All India Forward Bloc
Purulia None Mamata Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Para SC Bilasi Bala Sahis Communist Party of India
Raghunathpur SC Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India
Kashipur ST Surendra Nath Majhi Communist Party of India
Hura None Ambarish Mukhopadhyaya Communist Party of India
Taldangra None Amiya Patra Communist Party of India
Raipur ST Lipen Kisku Communist Party of India
Ranibandh ST Arati Bembram Communist Party of India
Indpur SC Madan Bawri Communist Party of India
Chhatna None Subhas Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati SC Angad Bauri Communist Party of India
Barjora None Jayasri Mitra Communist Party of India
Bankura None Partha De Communist Party of India
Onda None Anil Mukherjee All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur None Achintya Krishna Ray Communist Party of India
Kotulpur None Gouri Pada Dutta Communist Party of India
Indas SC Nanda Dulal Majhi Communist Party of India
Kulti None Acharje Manik Lal All India Forward Bloc
Barabani None S. R. Das Communist Party of India
Hirapur None Mumtaz Hassan Janata Dal
Sonamukhi SC Haradhan Bauri Communist Party of India
Asansol None Goutam Roy Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Raniganj None Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Jamuria None Chowdhury Bikash Communist Party of India
Ukhra SC Bagdi Lakhan Communist Party of India
Durgapur-i None Dilip Mazumdar Communist Party of India
Durgapur-ii None Tarun Chatterje Communist Party of India
Kanksa SC Krishna Chandra Halder Communist Party of India
Ausgram SC Sreedhar Malik Communist Party of India
Bhatar None Meheboo Zaredi Communist Party of India
Galsi None Idrish Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North None Benoy Krishna Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Burdwan South None Shayam Prosad Bose Communist Party of India
Khandaghosh SC Daula Shiba Prasad Communist Party of India
Raina None Chatterjee Dhirendra Nath Communist Party of India
Jamalpur SC Samar Hazara Communist Party of India
Memari None Konar Maharani Communist Party of India
Kalna None Anju Kar Communist Party of India
Nadanghat None Biren Ghosh Communist Party of India
Manteswar None Abu Ayes Mondal Communist Party of India
Purbasthali None Monoranjan Nath Communist Party of India
Katwa None Anjan Chatterjee Communist Party of India
Mangalkot None Samar Baora Communist Party of India
Ketugram SC Raicharan Majhi Communist Party of India
Nanur SC Ananda Gopal Das Communist Party of India
Bolpur None Tapan Hore Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur None Manik Chandra Mandal Communist Party of India
Dubrajpur None Bhakti Bhusan Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar SC Bijoy Bagdi All India Forward Bloc
Suri None Tapan Roy Communist Party of India
Mahammad Bazar None Dhiren Sen Communist Party of India
Mayureswar SC Dhiren Let Communist Party of India
Rampurhat None Sashanka Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Hansan SC Trilochon Das Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Nalhati None Sattick Kumar Ray All India Forward Bloc
Murarai None Motahar Hossain Indian National Congress

See also

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References

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