1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

State assembly election in india

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 280 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
141 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 66.51%
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Leader  | Jyoti Basu | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Ajoy Mukherjee
Party  | CPI(M) | INC(R) | Bangla Congress
Alliance  | UF |  | UF
Leader since  | 1964  | 1962  | 1967
Leader's seat  | Baranagar | Arambagh | Tamluk
Last election  | 18.10%, 43 seats  | 41.1%, 127 seats  | 10.16%, 34 seats
Seats won  | 80 | 55  | 33
Seat change  |  37  |  72  |  1
Popular vote  | 2,676,981  | 5,538,622 | 1,094,654
Percentage  | 20.0%  | 41.3% | 8.2%
Swing  |  1.9 pp |  0.2 pp |  1.9 pp

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| Chief Minister before election

President's rule

| Elected Chief Minister

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
Bangla Congress

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Elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in February 1969 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1][2] United Front formed the government with Ajoy Mukherjee as the Chief Minister. United Front won a landslide 214 seats and 49.7% of the votes.[3]

## Background

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In the previous assembly election, the Indian National Congress was defeated due to unpopularity of state PCC chief Bijoy Singh Nahar's autocratic style of functioning & chief minister Prafulla Chandra Sen's unpopular decision of implementing food rationing in the state to handle the food crisis caused by famine in the state. The first non-Congress government was formed on 1 March 1967 with Ajoy Mukherjee of Bangla Congress from the United Front (also consisting of CPI, AIFB & BPI) as the chief-minister & Jyoti Basu of CPI(M) from the United Left Front (also consisting of RSP, SUCI(C), SSP, MFB, WPI & RCPI) as the deputy chief minister. However, the coalition government soon fell apart due to the demand of land reforms raised by the Land Minister, CPI(M) leader Hare Krishna Konar, which threatened the rural landed-gentry support-base of the Bangla Congress & legalisation of gherao policy by Labour Minister, SUCI(C) leader Subodh Banerjee. Frequent strikes & assaulting of big businessmen and industrialists by Communist labour unions was causing them to gradually shift their operations out of the state. In spite of requests from industries minister, Bangla Congress leader Sushil Kumar Dhara, deputy chief-minister Basu refused to remove Banerjee from the labour ministry on grounds of CPI(M)'s ideological similarities with SUCI(C). So, Mukherjee himself sat on a hunger strike at Curzon Park (renamed as Surendranath Park) just in front of Writer's Building, the state secretariat building, demanding Banerjee's resignation. However, there he was heckled by cadres of CPI(M) & SUCI(C).[4]

There were further differences within the government over CPI(M)'s initial soft approach towards Naxalbari uprising on grounds of CPI(M)'s ideological similarities & shared adoration for Mao Zedong with the rebels. CPI(M) also organised strikes demanding the resignation of the Food Minister, independent MLA Prafulla Chandra Ghosh over his poor handling of the food crisis.

In midst of these events, Ghosh formed his own party 'Progressive Democratic Front' with 16 elected members of the Bangla Congress & sent a letter to the Governor Dharma Vira laying claim to the government with the support of the Congress. The Governor dissolved the Ajoy Mukherjee-Jyoti Basu led government without conducting a no-trust vote in the Legislative Assembly & sworn in Ghosh as the new chief minister on 21 November 1967. Mukherjee & Basu put aside their differences & together organised protests against Ghosh's government, leading to increasing political violence between the cadres of CPI(M) & Congress. In midst of the food crisis & escalating political violence among political parties and that between Naxalites & others in the state, President's Rule had to be introduced on 20 February 1968, following which, the previous legislative assembly was dissolved.[5]

## Results

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 2,676,981| 19.97| 80|  37
| Indian National Congress| 5,538,622| 41.32| 55|  72
| Bangla Congress| 1,094,654| 8.17| 33|  1
| Communist Party of India| 938,472| 7.00| 30|  14
| All India Forward Bloc| 671,664| 5.01| 21|  8
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)| 375,983| 2.80| 12|  6
| Samyukta Socialist Party| 249,362| 1.86| 9|  2
| Socialist Unity Centre of India| 202,721| 1.51| 7|  3
| Praja Socialist Party| 175,890| 1.31| 5|  2
| Lok Sewak Sangh| 99,844| 0.74| 4| NA
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League| 71,665| 0.53| 4| NA
| Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal)| 208,574| 1.56| 3| NA
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India| 51,181| 0.38| 2| NA
| Workers Party of India| 47,391| 0.35| 2| NA
| Indian National Democratic Front| 118,650| 0.89| 1| NA
| Marxist Forward Bloc| 27,143| 0.20| 1| NA
| Others| 374,421| 2.79| 0| 0
| Independents| 481,092| 3.59| 11|  20
Total| 13,404,310| 100.00| 280| 0
Valid votes| 13,404,310| 97.43|
Invalid/blank votes| 353,762| 2.57|
Total votes| 13,758,072| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 20,685,110| 66.51|
Source: ECI[6]

## Elected members

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Constituency  | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)  | Member  | Party

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Mekliganj | None | Amarendra Nath Roy Prouhan |  | All India Forward Bloc
Mathabhanga | SC | Birendra Nath Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Cooch Behar West | SC | Prasenjit Barman |  | Indian National Congress
Sitai | None | Fazle Haque |  | Indian National Congress
Dinhata | None | Animesh Mukharjee |  | Indian National Congress
Cooch Behar North | None | Bimal Kanti Basu |  | All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar South | None | Santosh Kumar Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Tufanganj | SC | Akshay Kumar Barma |  | Indian National Congress
Kumargram | None | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee |  | Indian National Congress
Kalchini | ST | Denis Lakra |  | Indian National Congress
Alipurduars | None | Nani Bhattacharya |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata | SC | Jagadananda Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Madarihat | ST | A. H. Besterwitch |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri | None | Anildhar Guma Neogi |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Nagrakata | ST | Budhu Bhagat |  | Indian National Congress
Mainaguri | SC | Jajneswar Ray |  | Indian National Congress
Mal | ST | Antoni Topno |  | Indian National Congress
Jalpaiguri | None | Nares Chandra Chakravorty |  | Communist Party of India
Rajganj | SC | Kiran Chandra Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Kalimpong | None | P.L . Subba |  | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
Darjeeling | None | Deo Prakash Rai |  | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
Jore Bungalow | None | Nandalal Gurung |  | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
Siliguri | None | Prem Thapa |  | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
Phansidewa | ST | Iswar Chandra Tirkey |  | Indian National Congress
Chopra | None | Choudhury Abdul Karim |  | Indian National Democratic Front
Goalpokhar | None | Mohamad Salimuddin |  | Praja Socialist Party
Karandighi | None | Suresh Chandra Sinha |  | All India Forward Bloc
Raiganj | None | Manash Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Kaliaganj | SC | Barman Syama Prasad |  | Indian National Congress
Itahar | None | Abedin Zainal |  | Indian National Congress
Kushmandi | SC | Jatindra Mohan Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Gangarampur | None | Ahindra Sarkar |  | Communist Party of India
Kumarganj | None | Abinash Basu |  | Bangla Congress
Balurghat | None | Mukal Basu |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Tapan | ST | Nathaniel Murmu |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur | ST | Nimai Chand Murmu |  | Communist Party of India
Gajol | ST | Lakshan Saren |  | Indian National Congress
Kharba | None | Golam Yazdani |  | Independent
Harishchandrapur | None | Md. Elias Razi |  | Workers Party of India
Ratua | None | Mohammad Ali |  | Independent
Malda | None | Md. Gafurur Rahaman |  | Indian National Congress
Englishbazar | None | Bimal Kanti Das |  | Communist Party of India
Manikchak | None | Arun Chandra Jha |  | Indian National Congress
Suzapur | None | A . B . A . G . Khan Choudhry |  | Indian National Congress
Kaliachak | None | Shamsuddin Ahmad |  | Indian National Congress
Farakka | None | Sk. Sahadat Hossain |  | Bangla Congress
Suti | None | Md. Sohorab |  | Indian National Congress
Jangipur | None | Abdul Haque |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sagardighi | SC | Kuber Chand Haldar |  | Bangla Congress
Lalgola | None | Abdus Sattar |  | Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola | None | Sailendra Nath Adhicary |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Nabagram | None | Birendra Narayan Roy |  | Independent
Murshidabad | None | Mohammad Idris Ali |  | Indian National Congress
Jalangi | None | Azizur Rahman |  | Indian National Congress
Domkal | None | Biswas Ekram-ul - Haque |  | Indian National Congress
Naoda | None | Khan Nasiruddin |  | Progressive Muslim League
Hariharpara | None | Ahammad Aktabuddin |  | Progressive Muslim League
Berhampore | None | Sanat Kumar Raha |  | Communist Party of India
Beldanga | None | Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh |  | Independent
Kandi | None | Kumar J . C . Sinha |  | Independent
Khargram | SC | Kumarish Chandra Moulick |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Barwan | None | Amalendra Lal Ray |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur | None | Satyapada Bhattacharyya |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur | None | Nalinaksha Sanyal |  | Indian National Congress
Tehatta | None | Surat Ali Khan |  | Indian National Congress
Kaliganj | None | S . M . Fazlur Rahman |  | Indian National Congress
Nakashipara | SC | Nil Kamal Sarkar |  | Indian National Congress
Chapra | None | Salil Behari Hundle |  | Bangla Congress
Nabadwip | None | Sachnidra Mohan Nandy |  | Indian National Congress
Krishnagar West | None | Amritendu Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Krishnagar East | None | Kashi Kanta Maitra |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Hanskhali | SC | Charuminir Sarkar |  | Bangla Congress
Santipur | None | M. Makshed Ali |  | Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Ranaghat West | None | Kundu Gourchandra |  | Communist Party of India
Ranaghat East | SC | Nitaipada Sarkar |  | Communist Party of India
Chakdah | None | Subal Chandra Mandal |  | Bangla Congress
Haringhata | None | Baksh Mohammad Karin |  | Independent
Bagdaha | SC | Apurba Lal Majumdar |  | All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon | None | Ajit Kumar Ganguly |  | Communist Party of India
Gaighata | None | Parul Saha |  | Bangla Congress
Ashokenagar | None | Sadhan Kumar Sen |  | Communist Party of India
Barasat | None | Saral Deb |  | All India Forward Bloc
Rajarhat | SC | Rabindra Nath Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Deganga | None | Harun - Or - Rashid |  | Progressive Muslim League
Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghosh |  | Indian National Congress
Swarupnagar | None | Jaminiranjan Sen |  | Communist Party of India
Baduria | None | Mir Abdus Sayeed |  | Communist Party of India
Basirhat | None | A.b. Bandyopadhyaya |  | Communist Party of India
Hasnabad | None | Abdur Razzaque Khan |  | Communist Party of India
Hingalganj | SC | Hazari Lal Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Gosaba | SC | Ganesh Chandra Mondal |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sandeshkhali | ST | Sarat Sardar |  | Communist Party of India
Haroa | SC | Brajendra Nath Sarkar |  | Bangla Congress
Basanti | None | Ashoke Chaudhuri |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Canning | SC | Naryan Naskar |  | Indian National Congress
Kultali | SC | Prabodh Purkait |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Joynagar | None | Subodh Banerjee |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Baruipur | SC | Kumud Ranjan Mondal |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Sonarpur | SC | Gangadhar Naskar |  | Communist Party of India
Bhangar | None | A.k.m. Ishaque |  | Indian National Congress
Jadavpur | None | Bikesh Chandra Guha |  | Communist Party of India
Behala East | None | Niranjan Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Behala West | None | Rabin Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Garden Reach | None | Arun Sen |  | Communist Party of India
Maheshtola | None | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari |  | Communist Party of India
Budge Budge | None | Khiti Bhusan Roy Barman |  | Communist Party of India
Bishnupur West | None | Provash Chandra Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Bishnupur East | SC | Sundar Kumar Haskar |  | Communist Party of India
Falta | None | Jyotish Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Diamond Harbour | None | Abdul Quiyom Molla |  | Communist Party of India
Magrahat East | SC | Radhika Rajan Pramanik |  | Communist Party of India
Magrahat West | None | Sachindranath Mondal |  | Bangla Congress
Kulpi | SC | Murari Mohan Halder |  | Bangla Congress
Mathurapur | SC | Renupada Halder |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Patharpratima | None | Rabin Mondal |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Kakdwip | None | Hansadhwaj Dhara |  | Indian National Congress
Sagar | None | Gobardhan Dingal |  | Bangla Congress
Bijpur | None | Jagadish Chandra Das |  | Communist Party of India
Naihati | None | Gopal Basu |  | Communist Party of India
Bhatpara | None | Sitaram Gupta |  | Communist Party of India
Noapara | None | Jamini Bhuson Saha |  | Communist Party of India
Titagarh | None | Mohammed Amin |  | Communist Party of India
Khardah | None | Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty |  | Communist Party of India
Panihati | None | G.k. Bhattacharyya |  | Communist Party of India
Kamarhati | None | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee |  | Communist Party of India
Baranagar | None | Jyoti Basu |  | Communist Party of India
Dum Dum | None | Tarun Kumar Sen Gupta |  | Communist Party of India
Cossipur | None | Basu Vishnugopal |  | Communist Party of India
Shampukur | None | Basu Hemanta Kumar |  | All India Forward Bloc
Jorabagan | None | Roy Nepal Chandra |  | Indian National Congress
Jorasanko | None | Deokinandan Poddar |  | Indian National Congress
Bara Bazar | None | Saraogi Ram Krishna |  | Indian National Congress
Bow Bazar | None | Bijoy Singh Nahar |  | Indian National Congress
Chowringhee | None | Ray Siddhartha Shankar |  | Indian National Congress
Kabitirtha | None | Kalimuddin Shams |  | All India Forward Bloc
Alipore | None | Mani Sanyal |  | Communist Party of India
Kalighat | None | Sadhan Gupta |  | Communist Party of India
Rashbehari Avenue | None | Bejoy Kumar Banerjee |  | Independent
Tollygunge | None | Niranjan Sen Gupta |  | Communist Party of India
Dhakuria | None | Somnath Lahiri |  | Communist Party of India
Ballygunge | None | Jyotibhusan Bhattacharya |  | Workers Party of India
Beliaghata South | None | Manranjan Baral |  | Communist Party of India
Entally | None | A.M.O. Ghani |  | Communist Party of India
Taltola | None | Abul Hassan |  | Communist Party of India
Sealdah | None | Jatin Chakraborty |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Vidyasagar | None | Samar Kumar Pudra |  | Communist Party of India
Beliaghata North | None | Krishnapada Ghosh |  | Communist Party of India
Manicktola | None | Ila Mitra |  | Communist Party of India
Burtola | None | Nikhil Das |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Belgachia | None | Lakshmicharan Sen |  | Communist Party of India
Bally | None | Patit Paban Pathak |  | Communist Party of India
Howrah North | None | Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee |  | Indian National Congress
Howrah Central | None | Anadi Das |  | Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Howrah South | None | Pralay Talukdar |  | Communist Party of India
Panchla | None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharyya |  | All India Forward Bloc
Domjur | None | Joykesh Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Jagatballavpur | None | Tarapada Dey |  | Communist Party of India
Panchla | None | Bibhuti Bhushin Ghosh |  | All India Forward Bloc
Sankrail | SC | Haran Chandra Hazra |  | Communist Party of India
Uluberia North | SC | Kalipada Mondal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Uluberia South | None | Biswanath Das Ghose |  | All India Forward Bloc
Shyampur | None | Sasabindu Bora |  | All India Forward Bloc
Bangnan | None | Nirupama Chatterjee |  | Communist Party of India
Kalyanpur | None | Sunil Kumar Mitra |  | Bangla Congress
Amta | None | Nitai Bhandari |  | Communist Party of India
Udaynarayanpur | None | Panna Lal Maji |  | Communist Party of India
Jangipara | None | Maninda Nath Jana |  | Communist Party of India
Chanditala | None | Mohamed Abdul Latif |  | Independent
Uttarapara | None | Monoranjan Hazra |  | Communist Party of India
Serampore | None | Panchugopal Bhaduri |  | Communist Party of India
Champdani | None | Haripada Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Chandernagore | None | Bhabani Mukehjee |  | Communist Party of India
Singur | None | Gopal Bandopadhaya |  | Communist Party of India
Haripal | None | Amales Chadra Hazumdar |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Chinsurah | None | Sambhu Charan Bhose |  | All India Forward Bloc
Polba | None | Brajo Gopal Neogy |  | Communist Party of India
Balagarh | SC | Hbinash Pramanik |  | Communist Party of India
Pandua | None | Deb Narayan Chakrabarty |  | Communist Party of India
Dhaniakhali | SC | Kripa Sindhu Saha |  | All India Forward Bloc
Tarakeswar | None | Ram Chatterjee |  | Marxist Forward Bloc
Pursurah | None | Santi Mohun Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Khanakul | SC | Madan Saha |  | Communist Party of India
Arambagh | None | Prafulla Chandra Sen |  | Indian National Congress
Goghat | SC | Ajit Kumar Biswas |  | All India Forward Bloc
Chandrakona | None | Saroshi Choudhury |  | Communist Party of India
Ghatal | SC | Nanda Rani Dal |  | Communist Party of India
Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattacharjya |  | Communist Party of India
Panskura West | None | Ahindra Mishra |  | Bangla Congress
Panskura East | None | Geeta Mukhopadhyay |  | Communist Party of India
Moyna | None | Kanai Bhowmick |  | Communist Party of India
Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mikhopadhyay |  | Bangla Congress
Mahishadal | None | Sushil Kumar Dhara |  | Bangla Congress
Sutahata | SC | Harahari Deb |  | Indian National Congress
Nandigram | None | Bhupal Chandra Panda |  | Communist Party of India
Narghat | None | Subodh Chandra Maity |  | Indian National Congress
Bhagabanpur | None | Maity Abha |  | Indian National Congress
Khajuri | SC | Das Paresh |  | Bangla Congress
Contai North | None | Subodh Gopal Guchhait |  | Praja Socialist Party
Contai South | None | Das Sudhir |  | Praja Socialist Party
Ramnagar | None | Balailal Das Mahapatra |  | Praja Socialist Party
Egra | None | Pahati Bibhuti |  | Praja Socialist Party
Mugberia | None | Roy Chaudhury Biswabrata |  | Bangla Congress
Pataspur | None | K.d. Mahapatra |  | Communist Party of India
Pingla | None | Gouranga Samanta |  | Communist Party of India
Debra | None | Bijoy Krishna Samanta |  | Indian National Congress
Keshpur | SC | Gangapada Kuar |  | Bangla Congress
Garhbeta East | SC | Krishna Prasad Duley |  | Communist Party of India
Garhbeta West | None | Roy Soroj |  | Communist Party of India
Salbani | None | Amulya Ratan Mahata |  | Bangla Congress
Midnapur | None | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh |  | Communist Party of India
Kharagpur | None | Gan Singh Sohanpal |  | Indian National Congress
Kharagpur Local | None | Deben Das |  | Communist Party of India
Narayangarh | None | Laha Mihirkumar |  | Bangla Congress
Dantan | None | Debendra Nath Das |  | Bangla Congress
Keshiari | ST | Budhan Chandra Tudu |  | Indian National Congress
Nayagarm | ST | Hansda Jagatrati |  | Bangla Congress
Gopiballavpur | None | Kar Dhananjoy |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Jhargram | None | De Panchkari |  | Bangla Congress
Binpur | ST | Saren Joyram |  | Communist Party of India
Banduan | ST | Budheswar Majhi |  | Indian National Congress
Manbazar | None | Girish Mahato |  | Lok Sewak Sangh
Balarampur | ST | Gobardhan Majhi |  | Lok Sewak Sangh
Arsa | None | Dahan Chandra Kuiri |  | All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda | None | Debendra Nath Mahata |  | Indian National Congress
Jaipur | None | Ram Krishna Mahato |  | Indian National Congress
Purulia | None | Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta |  | Lok Sewak Sangh
Para | SC | Tinkori Bouri |  | Bangla Congress
Raghunathpur | SC | Hari Pado Bouri |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Kashipur | None | Prabir Kumar Mallick |  | Communist Party of India
Hura | None | Saharendra Ojha |  | Lok Sewak Sangh
Taldangra | None | Mohini Mohan Panda |  | Communist Party of India
Raipur | ST | Bhabatosh Soren |  | Bangla Congress
Ranibandh | ST | Suchand Saren |  | Communist Party of India
Indpur | SC | Gour Lohar |  | Bangla Congress
Chhatna | None | Singh Sudarson |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Gangajalghati | SC | Mandal Nabadurga |  | Bangla Congress
Barjora | None | Aswini Kumar Raj |  | Communist Party of India
Bankura | None | Bireswar Ghosh |  | Communist Party of India
Onda | None | Anil Kumar Mukherjee |  | All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur | None | Sasthidas Sarkar |  | Bangla Congress
Kotulpur | None | Niranjan Bhadra |  | Bangla Congress
Indas | SC | Abani Kumar Saha |  | Bangla Congress
Sonamukhi | SC | Sukhendu Khan |  | Communist Party of India
Hirapur | None | Bamapada Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Kulti | None | Tarak Nath Chakraborty |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Barabani | None | Sunil Basu Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Asansol | None | Lokes Ghosh |  | Communist Party of India
Raniganj | None | Haradhan Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Jamuria | SC | Amarendra Mondal |  | Indian National Congress
Ukhra | SC | Lakhan Bagdi |  | Communist Party of India
Durgapur | None | Dilip Kumar Mazumdar |  | Communist Party of India
Faridpur | None | Manoranjan Baksi |  | Bangla Congress
Ausgram | SC | Krishna Chandra Halder |  | Communist Party of India
Bhatar | None | Aswini Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Galsi | None | Phakir Chandra Roy |  | Independent
Burdwan North | None | Debarata Datta |  | Communist Party of India
Burdwan South | None | Benoy Krishna Choudhuri |  | Communist Party of India
Khandaghosh | SC | Gobardhan Pakray |  | Samyukta Socialist Party
Raina | None | Guha Panchu Gopal |  | Communist Party of India
Jamalpur | SC | Basudeb Malik |  | Bangla Congress
Memari | None | Konar Benoy Krishna |  | Communist Party of India
Kalna | None | Hare Krishna Konar |  | Communist Party of India
Nadanghat | None | Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah |  | Communist Party of India
Manteswar | None | K.n. Hazra Choudhury |  | Communist Party of India
Purbasthali | None | Mollah Humayun Kabir  |  | Communist Party of India
Katwa | None | Thakur Nityananda |  | Indian National Congress
Mangalkot | None | Nikhilananda Sar |  | Communist Party of India
Ketugram | SC | Ramgati Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Nanur | SC | Banamali Das |  | Communist Party of India
Bolpur | None | Pannalal Das Gupta |  | Independent
Labhpur | None | Radhanath Chttoraj |  | Communist Party of India
Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhusan Mondal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar | SC | Siddheswar Mandal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Suri | None | Protiva Mukherjee |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Mahammad Bazar | None | Dwarika Prasonna Roy |  | Bangla Congress
Mayureswar | SC | Panchanan Let |  | Communist Party of India
Rampurhat | None | Sasanka Sekhar Mongal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Hansan | SC | Mondal Mrityunjoy |  | All India Forward Bloc
Nalhati | None | Golam Mamiuddin |  | Independent
Murarai | None | Bazle Ahmad |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India

## References

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1. ^ "West Bengal 1969". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
2. ^ The Times of India News Service. "65 Straight Contests in W. Bengal". ProQuest. The Times of India. ProQuest 614137477. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
3. ^ Subrata K. Mitra (7 May 2007). The Puzzle of India's Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory. Routledge. p. 99\. ISBN 978-1-134-27493-2.
4. ^ "As a debutant MP, Pranab quickly earned the respect of his Rajya Sabha colleagues".
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6. ^ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1969". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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