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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]
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]
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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] | |||||
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Md. 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 | Pijish 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 . Besterwitcoh | 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 Chakravorty | 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 | S. Abdul 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 | |
Jyoti Basu was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also the member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly 11 times. In his political career, spanning over seven decades, he was noted to have been the India's longest serving chief minister in an elected democracy, at the time of his resignation. He declined the post of Prime Minister after the 1996 Indian general election after the CPM refused to let him head a multi-party coalition as would not be able to implement Marxist programs and relinquished the prime ministership to Deve Gowda.
The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in 1966 and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in two United Front governments, the first lasting from 15 March 1967 to 2 November 1967, the second from 25 February 1969 to 19 March 1970.
The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibdas Ghosh, Nihar Mukherjee and others in 1948.
Politics in West Bengal is dominated by the following major political parties: the All India Trinamool Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Bharatiya Janata Party, the National People's Party and the Indian National Congress. For many decades, the state underwent gruesome and terrible political violence. Since the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, it has been governed by the Trinamool Congress party. Previously, it was ruled by Left Front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for over three decades.
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.
The United Front was a political coalition in West Bengal, India, formed shortly after the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It was conceived on 25 February 1967, through the joining of the United Left Front and the People's United Left Front, along with other parties. Soon after its formation, a massive rally was held in Calcutta, at which an 18-point programme of the Front was presented. Ajoy Mukherjee, leader of the Bangla Congress, was the head of the United Front.
The history of West Bengal began in 1947, when the Hindu-dominated western part of British Bengal Province became the Indian state of West Bengal.
Arambagh is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed the first non-Congress government of the state.
The Left Front is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed in January 1977, the founding parties being the Communist Party of India (Marxist), All India Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India and the Biplobi Bangla Congress. Other parties joined in later years, most notably the Communist Party of India.
Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977. The polls took place after the ousting of Indira Gandhi's government at the Centre.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. The election was mainly a clash between the Left Front led by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and the Indian National Congress(I) led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The former held the state government and the latter the national government. The election was won by the Left Front, for the third time in a row.
Sudhindranath Kumar was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India. He served as general secretary of the party 1960–1984, represented Howrah Central constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and served as Food Minister of the state in 1969 and 1977–1982.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election.
Bhabatosh Soren was an Indian politician. He hailed from Jalguria village, Bankura District, and was a leader of the Santhal people. A lawyer by profession, Soren was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1967–1971 and served as Minister for Forests in the state government 1969–1970.
Charu Mihir Sarkar was an Indian politician who was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1971 and served as Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front state cabinets.
The Second Ajoy Mukherjee ministry was the coalition government that ruled the Indian state of West Bengal for 13 months, 1969–1970. The Second United Front Cabinet was formed after the 1967 First United Front Cabinet had been dismissed in 1967, President's Rule introduced and a mid-term election held in 1969. The United Front got a renewed popular mandate in the 1969 election, with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) calling the shots but with a non-leftist Chief Minister. The 13-month reign of the Second United Front Cabinet was marked by the struggle for comprehensive land reform, labour disputes, political violence and coalition infighting.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972.
Jagannath Majumdar (1911–1999) was a Bengali revolutionary, freedom fighter in British India and a political leader after Indian Independence from Nadia, West Bengal. He was a part of the Indian National Congress and was a 3 term member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
