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
Turnout| 76.8%
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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  |  5  |  3
Coalition vote  | 10,954,379 | 10,875,834
Percentage  | 35.37% | 35.12%
Swing  |  3.93 pp |  6.71 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 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  | %

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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
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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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* 1991 Kandua hand-chopping

## References

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12. ^ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991. The Committee. pp. 4, 69.

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