1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Assembly election in West Bengal

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Jyoti Basu | Ananda Gopal Mukherjee
Party  | CPI(M) | INC(I)
Alliance  | LF | INC(I)+IC(S)
Leader since  | 1964  | 1982
Leader's seat  | Satgachhia | Did not contest[a]
Last election  | 35.46%, 178 seats  | New
Seats won  | 174 | 49
Seat change  |  4  |  49
Popular vote  | 8,655,371 | 8,035,272
Percentage  | 38.49% | 35.73%
Swing  |  3.03 pp |  35.73 pp

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| Chief Minister before election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

| Chief Minister after election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1982. The Left Front, which had won the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, emerged victoriously. The Indian National Congress emerged as the main opposition party in the state, as the Janata Party was disintegrating.

## Background

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On 6 January 1982 the West Bengal government requested that assembly elections be held on 15 March 1982, due to the approaching Monsoon season starting in April.[1] However, in the end the election was held in May 1982, parallel to state assembly elections in Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.[2]

## Left Front

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Ahead of the 1982 assembly elections, the Left Front had gained three new members; the Communist Party of India (CPI), the West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP) and the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP).[3] Some of the older, smaller Left Front constituents were uncomfortable with the expansion of the alliance, claiming that CPI(M) was diluting it politically.[3] There were also disagreements on distribution of ministerial portfolios after the expansion of the alliance.[3] The Left Front campaign was heavily centred on the success of its land reform program & its empowerment of rural areas by conducting elections to the newly formed 3-tier panchayat system in 1978.

## Congress (I)-Congress (S) alliance

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As of the early 1980s the Congress(I) was heavily divided in West Bengal. Divisions existed in each of the appointed ad hoc district committees across the state.[4]

In 1978 Sharad Pawar named former West Bengal Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi as president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (Socialist).[5] However Congress(I) and Congress(S) contested the 1982 in alliance.[6] The IC(S) performed poorly in the 1982 assembly elections and a merger of the West Bengal units of the Congress(S) into the Congress(I) took place soon after the 1982 polls.[5]

Congress(I) emerged as the largest opposition party in the election. Most of the seats previously held by the Janata Party were won by Congress(I) while also retaining the seats held by the Congress(R).[6] With the Janata Party eradicated from the assembly, West Bengal politics became polarized between the Left Front and Congress(I) for many years until 1998.[7]

## Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Bharatiya Janata Party contested the West Bengal assembly election for the first time in 1982.[8] The primary objective of the party was to create a nucleus for a future third force in West Bengal politics.[8] The party supported the call of the West Bengal government to hold the elections in March 1982.[9]

## Gorkhaland agitation

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In the wake of the 1980 Gorkhaland movement, a poll boycott campaign took place in the Darjeeling hills with the slogan "No State, No Vote".[10][11] Organizations calling for a poll boycott included the Pranta Parishad and the Gorkha National Liberation Front of Subhash Ghisingh.[12] Voter participation in Darjeeling stood at 59.40%, compared to the statewide 76.96%.[13] CPI(M) emerged as the sole party of relevance in the hills to oppose a separate Gorkhaland state.[12] CPI(M) won three out of the four assembly seats in the Nepali-dominated areas, the fourth going to an All India Gorkha League candidate (contesting as an independent).[11]

## Results

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The Left Front emerged victorious, winning 238 out of 294 seats in the election.[7] The combined Left Front vote was 11,869,003 votes (52.7% of the votes cast in the state).[13]

According to an unnamed Western diplomat, quoted in India Today in regards to the polls, "Bengali democracy has come really close to the East European variant of the 'people's democracy' where nobody expects an upsetting victory or defeat".[6] Nevertheless, whilst the overall outcome was a landslide victory for the Left Front, the left also suffered a number of set-backs.[6] Six incumbent Left Front ministers were defeated in their respective constituencies.[13] The CPI(M) Information Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya lost the Cossipur seat to Congress(I) candidate Prafulla Kanti Ghosh by 728 votes.[6][13] The CPI(M) Education Minister Partha De, noted for his policy of removing English language from the primary school curriculum, lost the Bankura seat.[6] The incumbent Food Minister, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India leader Sudhindranath Kumar, lost his seat Howrah Central.[14] Finance Minister and CPI(M) heavy-weight Ashok Mitra lost the Rash Behari Avenue seat to Congress(I) candidate Haimi Bose.[6] As Finance Minister Mitra had cracked down on the Sanchaita Savings Company, whose 'get-rich-quick' scheme had some 4,000 depositors in his constituency.[6]

In Calcutta Congress(I) managed to win 11 out of 22 seats.[6] Santosh Rana of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) lost his Gopiballavpur seat to CPI(M).[13]

The ninth West Bengal Legislative Assembly was constituted on 24 May 1982.[15] CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu remained as Chief Minister, being sworn in for a second term.[6][16] Hasim Abdul Halim of CPI(M) became speaker of the Legislative Assembly, a post he would hold until 2011.[17]

Party  | Candidates  | Seats  | Votes  | %

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Left Front | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 209  | 174  | 8,655,371  | 38.49
All India Forward Bloc | 34  | 28  | 1,327,849  | 5.90
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23  | 19  | 901,723  | 4.01
Communist Party of India | 12  | 7  | 407,660  | 1.81
Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 3  | 2  | 106,973  | 0.48
Marxist Forward Bloc | 2  | 2  | 80,307  | 0.36
Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1  | 0  | 34,185  | 0.15
West Bengal Socialist Party and
Democratic Socialist Party | 10  | 6  | 354,935  | 1.58
Indian National Congress (I) | 250  | 49  | 8,035,272  | 35.73
Indian Congress (Socialist) | 28  | 4  | 885,535  | 3.94
Socialist Unity Centre of India | 34  | 2  | 232,573  | 1.03
Janata Party | 93  | 0  | 187,513  | 0.83
Bharatiya Janata Party | 52  | 0  | 129,994  | 0.58
Indian Union Muslim League | 4  | 0  | 129,116  | 0.57
Lok Dal | 16  | 0  | 22,361  | 0.10
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1  | 0  | 1,268  | 0.01
Independents  | 432  | 1  | 994,701  | 4.42
Total | 1,204 | 294 | 22,487,336 | 100
Source: ECI [18]

## Elected members

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Constituency  | Reserved for
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Mekliganj | SC | Sada Kanta Roy |  | All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi | SC | Sudhir Pramanik |  | Communist Party of India
Mathabhanga | SC | Dinesh Chandra Dakua |  | Communist Party of India
Cooch Behar North | None | Aparajita Goppi |  | All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar West | None | Bimal Kanti Basu |  | All India Forward Bloc
Sitai | None | Dipak Sen Gupta |  | All India Forward Bloc
Dinhata | None | Kamal Guha |  | All India Forward Bloc
Natabari | None | Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury |  | Communist Party of India
Tufanganj | SC | Manindra Nath Barma |  | Communist Party of India
Kumargram | ST | Subodh Uraon |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini | ST | Manohar Tirkey |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Alipurduars | None | Nani Bhattacharya |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata | SC | Jogendra Nath Singh Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Madarihat | ST | Sushil Kujur |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri | SC | Banamali Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Nagrakata | ST | Punai Uraon |  | Communist Party of India
Mainaguri | SC | Tarak Bandhu Roy |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal | ST | Mohanlal Oraon |  | Communist Party of India
Kranti | None | Parimal Mitra |  | Communist Party of India
Jalpaiguri | None | Nirmal Bose |  | All India Forward Bloc
Rayganj | SC | Dhirendra Nath Ray |  | Communist Party of India
Kalimpong | None | Renu Leena Subba |  | Independent
Darjeeling | None | Dawa Lama |  | Communist Party of India
Kurseong | None | H. B. Rai |  | Communist Party of India
Siliguri | None | Biren Bose |  | Communist Party of India
Phansidewa | ST | Patras Minz |  | Communist Party of India
Chopra | None | Mahammad Bacha Munshi |  | Communist Party of India
Islampur | None | Choudhary Md. Abdulkarim |  | Indian National Congress
Goalpokhar | None | Mohammad Ramjan Ali |  | All India Forward Bloc
Karandighi | None | Suresh Singha |  | All India Forward Bloc
Raiganj | SC | Dipendra Barman |  | Indian National Congress
Kaliaganj | SC | Naba Kumar Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Kushmandi | SC | Dhirendra Nath Sarkar |  | Indian National Congress
Itahar | None | Abedin Zainal |  | Indian Congress
Gangarampur | None | Moslehuddin Ahmed |  | Indian Congress
Tapan | ST | Khara Soren |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj | None | Dwijendra Nath Ray |  | Communist Party of India
Balurghat | None | Biswanath Choudhury |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur | ST | Sarkar Murmu |  | Communist Party of India
Gajol | ST | Sufal Murmu |  | Communist Party of India
Kharba | None | Mahbubul Hoque |  | Indian National Congress
Harishchandrapur | None | Abdul Wahed |  | Indian National Congress
Ratua | None | Samar Mukherjee |  | Indian National Congress
Araidanga | None | Habib Mustafa |  | Communist Party of India
Malda | SC | Phani Bhusan Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Englishbazar | None | Sailen Sarkar |  | Communist Party of India
Manikchak | None | Jokhilal Mandal |  | Indian National Congress
Suzapur | None | Humayoun Chowdhury |  | Indian National Congress
Kaliachak | None | Promode Ranjan Bose |  | Communist Party of India
Farakka | None | Abul Hasnat Khan |  | Communist Party of India
Aurangabad | None | Lutfal Haque |  | Indian National Congress
Suti | None | Shish Mohammad |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sagardighi | SC | Biswas Hazari |  | Communist Party of India
Jangipur | None | Habibur Rahaman |  | Indian National Congress
Lalgola | None | Abdus Sattar |  | Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola | None | Kazi Hafizur Rahman |  | Indian National Congress
Nabagram | None | Birendra Narayan Ray |  | Communist Party of India
Murshidabad | None | Chhaya Ghosh |  | All India Forward Bloc
Jalangi | None | Atahar Rahaman |  | Communist Party of India
Domkal | None | Md. Abdul Bari |  | Communist Party of India
Naoda | None | Jayanta Kumar Biswas |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Hariharpara | None | Sk. Imajuddin |  | Indian National Congress
Berhampore | None | Debabrata Bandapadhyay |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Beldanga | None | Nurual Islam Choudhury |  | Indian National Congress
Kandi | None | Atish Chandra Sinha |  | Indian National Congress
Khargram | SC | Dinabandhu Majhi |  | Communist Party of India
Barwan | None | Amalendra Roy |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur | None | Satyapada Bhattacharya |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur | None | Chittaranjan Biswas |  | Communist Party of India
Palashipara | None | Madhabendu Mahanta |  | Communist Party of India
Nakashipara | None | Mir Fakir Mohammad |  | Communist Party of India
Kaliganj | None | Debsaran Ghosh |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Chapra | None | Sahabuddin Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Krishnaganj | SC | Jnanendra Nath Biswas |  | Communist Party of India
Krishnagar East | None | Sadhan Chattopadhy Y |  | Communist Party of India
Krishnagar West | None | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay |  | Communist Party of India
Nabadwip | None | Debi Prasad Basu |  | Communist Party of India
Santipur | None | Bimalananda Mukherjee |  | Independent
Hanskhali | SC | Sukumar Mandal |  | Communist Party of India
Ranaghat East | SC | Satish Biswas |  | Communist Party of India
Ranaghat West | None | Gourchandra Kundu |  | Communist Party of India
Chakdaha | None | Subhas Basu |  | Communist Party of India
Haringhata | None | Nanigopal Malakar |  | Communist Party of India
Bagdaha | SC | Kamalakshmi Biswas |  | All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon | None | Bhupendra Nath Seth |  | Indian National Congress
Gaighata | None | Kanti Biswar |  | Communist Party of India
Habra | None | Nirode Roy Choudhury |  | 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 | Martaza Hossain |  | All India Forward Bloc
Swarupnagar | None | Anisur Rahaman Biswas |  | Communist Party of India
Baduria | None | Quazi Abdul Gaffar |  | Indian National Congress
Basirhat | None | Narayandas Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Hasnabad | None | Amiya Bhusan Banerjee |  | Communist Party of India
Haroa | SC | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Sandeshkhali | SC | Kumud Ranjan Biswas |  | Communist Party of India
Hingalganj | SC | Sudhangshu Sekhar Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Gosaba | SC | Ganesh Mondal |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti | SC | Subhas Naskar |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali | SC | Prabodh Purkait |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Joynagar | None | Deva Prasad Sarkar |  | Socialist Unity Centre of India
Baruipur | None | Hemen Mojumdar |  | Communist Party of India
Canning West | SC | Chitta Ranjan Mridha |  | Communist Party of India
Canning East | None | Abdur Razzak Molla |  | Communist Party of India
Bhangar | None | Daud Khan |  | Communist Party of India
Jadavpur | None | Sankar Gupta |  | Communist Party of India
Sonarpur | SC | Gangadhar Naskar |  | Communist Party of India
Bishnupur East | SC | Sundar Naskar |  | Communist Party of India
Bishnupur West | None | Provash Chandra Roy |  | 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 | Shamsuzzoha |  | Indian National Congress
Maheshtala | None | Mir Abdus Sayeed |  | Communist Party of India
Budge Budge | None | Kshitibhusan Roybarman |  | Communist Party of India
Satgachia | None | Jyoti Basu |  | Communist Party of India
Falta | None | Nimai Das |  | Communist Party of India
Diamond Harbour | None | Abdul Quiyam Molla |  | Communist Party of India
Magrahat West | None | Abdus Sobahan Gazi |  | Communist Party of India
Magrahat East | SC | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik |  | Communist Party of India
Mandirbazar | SC | Subhash Chandra Ray |  | Communist Party of India
Mathurapur | None | Satya Ranjan Bapuli |  | Indian National Congress
Kulpi | SC | Krishandhan Halder |  | Communist Party of India
Patharpratima | None | Gunadhar Maity |  | Communist Party of India
Kakdwip | None | Hrishikesh Maity |  | Communist Party of India
Sagar | None | Prabhanjan Kumar Mandal |  | Communist Party of India
Bijpur | None | Jagadish Chandra Das |  | Communist Party of India
Naihati | None | Ajit Basu |  | Communist Party of India
Bhatpara | None | Sitaram Gupta |  | Communist Party of India
Jagatdal | None | Nihar Basu |  | All India Forward Bloc
Noapara | None | Jamini Saha |  | Communist Party of India
Titagarh | None | Ganga Prasad Sha |  | Indian National Congress
Khardah | None | Kamal Sarkar |  | Communist Party of India
Panihati | None | Gopal Krishna Bhattacharyya |  | Communist Party of India
Kamarhati | None | Radhika Ranjan Baneji |  | Communist Party of India
Baranagar | None | Matish Roy |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum | None | Santi Ranjan Ghatak |  | Communist Party of India
Belgachia East | None | Subhas Chakraborty |  | Communist Party of India
Cossipur | None | Prafullya Kanti Ghosh |  | Indian National Congress
Shyampukur | None | Kiran Chaudhuri |  | Indian National Congress
Jorabagan | None | Subrata Mukherjee |  | Indian National Congress
Jorasanko | None | Deokinnandan Poddar |  | Indian National Congress
Bara Bazar | None | Rajesh Khaitan |  | Indian National Congress
Bow Bazar | None | Abdul Rauf Ansari |  | Indian National Congress
Chowringhee | None | Sisir Kumar Bose |  | Indian National Congress
Kabitirtha | None | Kalimuddin Shams |  | All India Forward Bloc
Alipore | None | Anup Kumar Chandra |  | Indian National Congress
Rashbehari Avenue | None | Hoimi Basu |  | Indian National Congress
Tollygunge | None | Prasanta Kumar Sur |  | Communist Party of India
Dhakuria | None | Jatin Chakraborty |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ballygunge | None | Sachin Sen |  | Communist Party of India
Entally | None | Md. Nizamuddin |  | Communist Party of India
Taltola | SC | Sumanta Kumar Hira |  | Communist Party of India
Beliaghata | None | Krishna Pada Ghosh |  | Communist Party of India
Sealdah | None | Somendra Nath Mitra |  | Indian National Congress
Vidyasagar | None | Lakshmi Kant Dey |  | Communist Party of India
Burtola | None | Ajit Kumar Panja |  | Indian National Congress
Manicktola | None | Shyamal Chakrabarty |  | Communist Party of India
Belgachia West | None | Rathindra Nath Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Bally | None | Patit Paban Pathak |  | Communist Party of India
Howrah North | None | Ashoke Ghosh |  | Indian National Congress
Howrah Central | None | Ambica Banerjee |  | Indian National Congress
Howrah South | None | Pralay Talukdar |  | Communist Party of India
Shibpur | None | Kanailal Bhattacharya |  | All India Forward Bloc
Domjur | None | Joykesh Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Jagatballavpur | None | M.ansaruddin |  | Communist Party of India
Panchla | None | Anwar Ali Sk. |  | Indian National Congress
Sankrail | SC | Haran Hazra |  | 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 | Gourhari Adak |  | All India Forward Bloc
Bagnan | None | Nerupama Chatterjee |  | Communist Party of India
Kalyanpur | None | Nitai Charan Adak |  | Communist Party of India
Amta | None | Barindra Nath Koley |  | Communist Party of India
Udaynarayanpur | None | Pannalal Maji |  | Communist Party of India
Jangipara | None | Manindra Nath Jana |  | Communist Party of India
Chanditala | None | Malin Ghose |  | Communist Party of India
Uttarpara | None | Santasri Chattapadhyay |  | Communist Party of India
Serampore | None | Arun Kumar Goswami |  | Indian National Congress
Champdani | None | Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay |  | Communist Party of India
Chandernagore | None | Bhabani Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Singur | None | Tarapada Sadhykhan |  | Indian National Congress
Haripal | None | Balai Bandyopadhya |  | Communist Party of India
Tarakeswar | None | Ram Chatterjee |  | Independent
Chinsurah | None | Ghosh Sambhu Charan |  | All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia | None | Prabir Sengupta |  | Communist Party of India
Balagarh | SC | Abinash Pramanik |  | Communist Party of India
Pandua | None | Chakraborty Deb Narayan |  | Communist Party of India
Polba | None | Brajo Gopal Neogy |  | Communist Party of India
Dhaniakhali | SC | Kripa Sindhu Saha |  | All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah | None | Santi Mohun Roy |  | Indian National Congress
Khanakul | SC | Sachindra Nath Hajra |  | Communist Party of India
Arambagh | None | Abdul Mannan |  | Indian National Congress
Goghat | SC | Shiba Parsad Malick |  | All India Forward Bloc
Chandrakona | None | Umpati Chakraborty |  | Communist Party of India
Ghatal | SC | Gopal Mandal |  | Communist Party of India
Daspur | None | Prabhas Poodikar |  | Communist Party of India
Nandanpur | None | Chhaya Bera |  | Communist Party of India
Panskura West | None | Omar Ali |  | Communist Party of India
Panskura East | None | Swadesranjan Maji |  | Independent
Tamluk | None | Biswanath Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Moyna | None | Pulak Bera |  | Communist Party of India
Mahishadal | None | Dinabandu Mondal |  | Communist Party of India
Sutahata | SC | Lakshman Chandra Seth |  | Communist Party of India
Nandigram | None | Bhupal Panda |  | Communist Party of India
Narghat | None | Bankim Behari Maity |  | Independent
Bhagabanpur | None | Prasanta Kumar Pradhran |  | Communist Party of India
Khajuri | SC | Sunirmal Paik |  | Independent
Contai North | None | Maity Mukul Bikash |  | Indian National Congress
Contai South | None | Adhikary Sisir |  | Indian National Congress
Ramnagar | None | Abanti Mishra |  | Indian National Congress
Egra | None | Sinha Prabodh Chandra |  | Independent
Mugberia | None | Kiranmoy Nanda |  | Independent
Pataspur | None | Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra |  | Communist Party of India
Sabang | None | Manas Bhunia |  | Indian National Congress
Pingla | None | Haripada Jana |  | Independent
Debra | None | Syed Moazzam Hossain |  | Communist Party of India
Keshpur | SC | Kumar Himansu |  | Communist Party of India
Garhbeta East | None | Suvendu Mandal |  | Communist Party of India
Garhbeta West | SC | Anadi Malla |  | Communist Party of India
Salbani | None | Sundar Hazra |  | Communist Party of India
Midnapore | None | Kamakhya Ghosh |  | Communist Party of India
Kharagpur Town | None | Gyan Singh Sohanpal |  | Indian Congress
Kharagpur Rural | None | Sk.siraj Ali |  | Communist Party of India
Keshiari | ST | Maheswar Murmu |  | Communist Party of India
Narayangarh | None | Bibhuti Bhusan De |  | Communist Party of India
Dantan | None | Kanai Bhowmik |  | Communist Party of India
Nayagram | ST | Ananta Saren |  | Communist Party of India
Gopiballavpur | None | De Sunil |  | Communist Party of India
Jhargram | None | Abani Bhusan Satpati |  | Communist Party of India
Binpur | ST | Sambhu Nath Mandi |  | Communist Party of India
Banduan | ST | Sudhangshu Sarkar Majhi |  | Communist Party of India
Manbazar | None | Kamala Kanta Mahato |  | Communist Party of India
Balrampur | ST | Bikram Tudu |  | Communist Party of India
Arsa | None | Dhrubeswar Chttopadhaya |  | All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda | None | Subhas Chandra Mahato |  | Indian National Congress
Jaipur | None | Santi Ram Mahato |  | Indian National Congress
Purulia | None | Sukumar Roy |  | Indian Congress
Para | SC | Gobinda Bouri |  | Communist Party of India
Raghunathpur | SC | Natabar Bagdi |  | Communist Party of India
Kashipur | ST | Surendra Nath Majhi |  | Communist Party of India
Hura | None | Ambarish Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Taldangra | None | Mohini Mohan Panda |  | Communist Party of India
Raipur | ST | Upen Kisku |  | Communist Party of India
Ranibandh | ST | Rampada Mandi |  | Communist Party of India
Indpur | SC | Bauri Madan |  | Communist Party of India
Chhatna | None | Goswani Subhas |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati | SC | Bouri Nabani |  | Communist Party of India
Barjora | None | Bhattcharya Lal Behari |  | Communist Party of India
Bankura | None | Kashinath Mishra |  | Indian National Congress
Onda | None | Anil Mukhopadhyay |  | All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur | None | Achintya Krishna Ray |  | Communist Party of India
Kotulpur | None | Gunadhar Choudhury |  | Communist Party of India
Indas | SC | Badan Bora |  | Communist Party of India
Sonamukhi | SC | Sukhendu Khan |  | Communist Party of India
Kulti | None | Madhu Benerjee |  | All India Forward Bloc
Barabani | None | Ajt Chakrabarty |  | Communist Party of India
Hirapur | None | Bamapada Mukherjee |  | Communist Party of India
Asansol | None | Bejoy Pal |  | Communist Party of India
Raniganj | None | Haradhan Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Jamuria | None | Bikash Chowdhury |  | Communist Party of India
Ukhra | SC | Lakhan Bagdi |  | Communist Party of India
Durgapur-i | None | Dilip Mazumdar |  | Communist Party of India
Durgapur-ii | None | Tarun Chatterjee |  | Communist Party of India
Kanksa | SC | Lakshi Narayan Saha |  | Communist Party of India
Ausgram | SC | Sreedhar Malik |  | Communist Party of India
Bhatar | None | Sayed Md. Masih |  | Communist Party of India
Galsi | None | Sen Deb Ranjan |  | All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North | None | Goswami Ramnarayan |  | Communist Party of India
Burdwan South | None | Chowdhury Benoy Krishna |  | Communist Party of India
Khandaghosh | SC | Purna Chandra Malik |  | Communist Party of India
Raina | None | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee |  | Communist Party of India
Jamalpur | SC | Sunil Santra |  | Independent
Memari | None | Moharani Konar |  | Communist Party of India
Kalna | None | Anju Kar |  | Communist Party of India
Nadanghat | None | S.a.m. Habibullah |  | Communist Party of India
Manteswar | None | Hemanta Roy |  | Communist Party of India
Purbasthali | None | Monoranjan Nath |  | Communist Party of India
Katwa | None | Haramohan Sinha |  | Communist Party of India
Mangalkot | None | Nikhilananda Sar |  | Communist Party of India
Ketugram | SC | Raicharan Majhi |  | Communist Party of India
Nanur | SC | Banamali Das |  | Communist Party of India
Bolpur | None | Jyotsna Kumar Gupta |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur | None | Sunil Majumder |  | Communist Party of India
Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhusan Mandal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar | SC | Siddheswar Mandal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Suri | None | Chattaraj Suniti |  | Indian National Congress
Mahammad Bazar | None | Dhiren Sen |  | Communist Party of India
Mayureswar | SC | Dhirendra Let |  | Communist Party of India
Rampurhat | None | Sasanka Sekhar Mondal |  | All India Forward Bloc
Hansan | SC | Trilochan Mal |  | Independent
Nalhati | None | Sattik Kumar Roy |  | All India Forward Bloc
Murarai | None | Motahar Hossain |  | Indian National Congress

## Notes

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1. ^ Mukherjee was the sitting MP for Asansol

## References

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