1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Jyoti Basu Prafulla Chandra Sen Purabi Mukhopadhyay Party CPI(M) JP INC(R) Alliance LF Leader since 1964 1977 1977 Leader's seat Satgachhia Did not contest [a] Did not contest [b] Last election 27.45%, 14 seats New 49.08%, 216 seats Seats won 178 29 20 Seat change 164 New 196 Popular vote 6,568,999 2,869,391 3,298,063 Percentage 35.46% 20.02% 23.02% Swing 8.01 pp New 26.06 pp Alliance seats 231 29 20 Seat change New alliance New party 196
Chief Minister before election Siddhartha Shankar Ray INC Chief Minister after election Jyoti Basu CPI(M)

Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977. ^[1] The polls took place after the ousting of Indira Gandhi's government at the Centre.

The Left Front won a landslide victory. The 1977 election marked the beginning of the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal, with Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Jyoti Basu leading the first Left Front cabinet. The election finally put to rest, the decade-long political instability that had begun since 1967.

Background

After the Janata Party won the national parliamentary election in March 1977 the new government in Delhi opted to dissolve the assemblies in nine states where the Indian National Congress (R) had lost the parliamentary polls and call for fresh elections. ^[2] West Bengal was one of these states. ^[2] The Congress(R) opposed the dissolution of the assemblies, the incumbent West Bengal Congress(R) government petitioned the Supreme Court of India. ^[2] The Supreme Court rejected the petition on 30 April 1977 and the West Bengal assembly was dissolved on order from the acting president B.D. Jatti. ^[2]

Ahead of the March 1977 parliamentary election the Left Front (a new alliance led by the CPI(M) consisting of RSP, AIFB, MFB, RCPI & Biplobi Bangla Congress) and the Janata Party had contested with a seat-sharing agreement. ^[2] With the assembly elections approaching, the two sides sought to build a seat-sharing agreement. ^[2] But the negotiation turned fruitless, and the Left Front and Janata Party parted ways. ^[2] The Left Front had offered the Janata Party 56% of the seats and the post as Chief Minister to Janata Party leader Prafulla Chandra Sen, but the Janata Party insisted on 70% of the seats. ^[3]

There were 25,984,474 eligible voters, voter turn-out stood at 56.15%. ^[4]

Campaign

In most areas the West Bengal assembly election saw a triangular contest between the Left Front, the Congress(R) and the Janata Party for the 294 seats across the constituency. ^[2] The Left Front fielded 293 candidates; CPI(M) contested 224 seats, the All India Forward Bloc 36, the Revolutionary Socialist Party 23, the Marxist Forward Bloc 3, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India 4, the Biplobi Bangla Congress 2 and 1 Left Front supported independent. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Congress(R) contested 290 seats and Janata Party 289 seats. ^[4] Left Front heavily campaigned on the massive-rigging perpetrated by the Congress(R) in the previous state election, state-sponsored anti-Communist violence & Emergency-era abuses perpetrated by the government of Siddharta Shankar Ray, with its slogan being কংগ্রেসের কালো হাত ভেঙ্গে দাও, গুড়িয়ে দাও (Break off & smash the black hand of the Congress in Bengali).

Seat Allotment

   Left Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Jyoti Basu	224
	All India Forward Bloc			R. K. Haldulkar	36
	Revolutionary Socialist Party			Tridib Chaudhuri	23
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India			Bimalananda Mukherjee	4
	Marxist Forward Bloc			Pratim Chatterjee	3
	Biplobi Bangla Congress				2
	LF-Independent				1
Total					293

   Indira Congress

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress (R)			Purabi Mukhopadhyay	290
Total					290

   Janata Party

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Janata Party			Prafulla Chandra Sen	289
Total					289

Results

The Left Front won the election, winning 231 out of the 294 seats. ^{[7] [4] [5]} The electoral result came as a surprise to the Left Front itself, as it had offered 52% of the seats in the pre-electoral seat sharing talks with the Janata Party. ^{[2] [8]} On 21 June 1977 the Left Front formed a government with Jyoti Basu as its Chief Minister. ^{[8] [9]} The first cabinet meeting of the Left Front government ordered the release of political prisoners. ^[10]

Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) leader Santosh Rana was elected as an independent from Gopiballavpur. ^[11]

Party		Candidates	Seats	Votes	%
Left Front	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	224	178	5,080,828	35.46
	All India Forward Bloc	36	25	750,229	5.24
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	23	20	536,625	3.74
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India	4	3	75,156	0.52
	Marxist Forward Bloc	3	3	58,466	0.41
	Biplobi Bangla Congress	2	1	35,457	0.25
	LF independent	1	1	32,238	0.22
Janata Party		289	29	2,869,391	20.02
Indian National Congress (R)		290	20	3,298,063	23.02
Communist Party of India		63	2	375,560	2.62
Socialist Unity Centre of India		29	4	211,752	1.48
Indian Union Muslim League		32	1	54,942	0.38
Workers Party of India		2	1	29,221	0.20
Jharkhand Party		2	0	5,701	0.04
Republican Party of India		3	0	1,652	0.01
All India Gorkha League		2	0	810	0.01
Bharater Biplobi Communist Party		1	0	489	0.00
Independents		566	7	912,612	6.37
Total		1,572	294	14,329,201	100
Source: ECI

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Mekliganj	SC	Sada Kant Roy		All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi	SC	Sudhir Pramanik		CPI(M)
Mathabhanga	SC	Dinesh Chandra Dakua		CPI(M)
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 Kanti Guha		All India Forward Bloc
Natabari	None	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury		CPI(M)
Tufanganj	SC	Manindra Nath Barma		CPI(M)
Kumargram	ST	John Arther Baxla		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini	ST	Manohar Tirkey		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Alipurduars	None	Nani Bhattacharya		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata	SC	Jogendra Nath Singh Roy		CPI(M)
Madarihat	ST	A. H. Besterwitch		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri	SC	Banamali Roy		CPI(M)
Nagrakata	ST	Punai Oraon		CPI(M)
Mainaguri	SC	Tarak Bandhu Roy		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal	ST	Mohan Lal Oraon		CPI(M)
Kranti	None	Parimal Mitra		CPI(M)
Jalpaiguri	None	Nirmal Kumar Bose		All India Forward Bloc
Rajganj	SC	Dhirendra Nath Roy		CPI(M)
Kalimpong	None	Subha Renuleena		Independent
Darjeeling	None	Deo Prakash Rai		Independent
Kurseong	None	Dawa Norbula		Indian National Congress
Siliguri	None	Biren Bose		CPI(M)
Phansidewa	ST	Patras Minz		CPI(M)
Chopra	None	Moha Bachcha Munsi		CPI(M)
Islampur	None	Chowdhary Abdul Karim		Independent
Goalpokhar	None	Ramjan Ali		Independent
Karandighi	None	Haji Sajjad Hussain		Indian National Congress
Raiganj	SC	Khagendra Nath Sinha		CPI(M)
Kaliaganj	SC	Naba Kumar Roy		Indian National Congress
Kushmandi	SC	Dhirendra Nath Sarkar		Indian National Congress
Itahar	None	Zaimal Abedin		Indian National Congress
Gangarampur	None	Ahindra Sarkar		CPI(M)
Tapan	ST	Natheniel Murmu		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj	None	Jamini Kisore Mojumdar		CPI(M)
Balurghat	None	Biswanath Choudhauri		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur	ST	Murmu Sarkar		CPI(M)
Gajol	ST	Sufal Murmu		CPI(M)
Kharba	None	Golam Yazdani		Independent
Harishchandrapur	None	Birendra Kumar Maitra		Janata Party
Ratua	None	Mohammad Ali		CPI(M)
Araidanga	None	Habib Mustafa		CPI(M)
Malda	SC	Subhendu Choudhury		CPI(M)
Englishbazar	None	Sailen Sarkar		CPI(M)
Manikchak	None	Subodh Choudhury		CPI(M)
Suzapur	None	Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chowdhury		Indian National Congress
Kaliachak	None	Samsuddin Ahmmad		Indian National Congress
Farakka	None	Abul Hasnat Khan		CPI(M)
Aurangabad	None	Lutfal Haque		Indian National Congress
Suti	None	Md. Sohorab		Indian National Congress
Sagardighi	SC	Hazari Biswas		CPI(M)
Jangipur	None	Habibur Rahaman		Indian National Congress
Lalgola	None	Abdus Sattar		Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola	None	Kazi Hafizur Rahaman		Independent
Nabagram	None	Birendra Narayan Ray		CPI(M)
Murshidabad	None	Chhaya Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc
Jalangi	None	Atahar Rahaman		CPI(M)
Domkal	None	Md. Abdul Bari		CPI(M)
Naoda	None	Jayanta Kumar Biswas		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Hariharpara	None	Shaikh Imajuddin		Indian National Congress
Berhampore	None	Debabrata Bandopadhyay		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Beldanga	None	Timir Baran Bhadury		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kandi	None	Atish Chandra Sinha		Indian National Congress
Khargram	SC	Dinabandhu Majhi		CPI(M)
Barwan	None	Amalendra Roy		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur	None	Satyapada Bhattacharyya		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur	None	Samarendra Nath Sanyal		CPI(M)
Palashipara	None	Madhabendu Mohanta		CPI(M)
Nakashipara	None	Mir Fakir Mohammad		CPI(M)
Kaliganj	None	Debsaran Ghosh		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Chapra	None	Sahabuddin Mondal		CPI(M)
Krishnaganj	SC	Jnanendranath Biswas		CPI(M)
Krishnagar East	None	Kashikanta Maitra		Janata Party
Krishnagar West	None	Amritendu Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Nabadwip	None	Debi Prosad Basu		CPI(M)
Santipur	None	Bimalananda Mukherjee		Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Hanskhali	SC	Sukumar Mondal		CPI(M)
Ranaghat East	SC	Satish Chandra Biswas		CPI(M)
Ranaghat West	None	Kundu Gourchandra		CPI(M)
Chakdaha	None	Binoy Kumar Biswas		Independent
Haringhata	None	Malakar Nanigopal		CPI(M)
Bagdah	SC	Kamalakshi Biswas		All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon	None	Ranjit Mitra		CPI(M)
Gaighata	None	Kanti Chandra Biswas		CPI(M)
Habra	None	Nirode Roy Chowdhury		CPI(M)
Ashokenagar	None	Nani Kar		CPI(M)
Amdanga	None	Hashim Abdul Halim		CPI(M)
Barasat	None	Saral Deb		All India Forward Bloc
Rajarhat	SC	Rabindra Nath Mandal		CPI(M)
Deganga	None	A. K. M. Hassan Uzzaman		Indian Union Muslim League
Swarupnagar	None	Anisur Rahman		CPI(M)
Baduria	None	Mostafa Bin Quasem		CPI(M)
Basirhat	None	Narayan Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Hasnabad	None	Amiya Banerjee		CPI(M)
Haroa	SC	Kshiti Ranjan Mondal		CPI(M)
Sandeshkhali	SC	Kumud Ranjan Biswas		CPI(M)
Hingalganj	SC	Sudhangshu Mondal		CPI(M)
Gosaba	SC	Ganesh Chandra Mondal		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti	SC	Kalipada Barman		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali	SC	Probodh Purkait		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Joynagar	None	Deba Prosad Sarkar		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Baruipur	None	Hemen Majumdar		CPI(M)
Canning West	SC	Chitta Ranjan Mridha		CPI(M)
Canning East	None	Abdur Razzak Molla		CPI(M)
Bhangar	None	Daud Khan		CPI(M)
Jadavpur	None	Dinesh Majumdar		CPI(M)
Sonarpur	SC	Gangadhar Naskar		CPI(M)
Bishnupur East	SC	Sundar Naskar		CPI(M)
Bishnupur West	None	Provesh Chandra Ray		CPI(M)
Behala East	None	Niranjan Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Behala West	None	Rabin Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Garden Reach	None	Chhedilal Singh		CPI(M)
Maheshtala	None	Sudhir Bhandari		CPI(M)
Budge Budge	None	Khitibhusan Burmon		CPI(M)
Satgachia	None	Jyoti Basu		CPI(M)
Falta	None	Nemai Chandra Das		CPI(M)
Diamond Harbour	None	Abdul Quiyom Molla		CPI(M)
Magrahat West	None	Chhobhan Gazi		CPI(M)
Magrahat East	SC	Radjika Ranjan Pramanik		CPI(M)
Mandirbazar	SC	Renupada Halder		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Mathurapur	None	Satya Ranjan Bapuli		Indian National Congress
Kulpi	SC	Krishnadhan Halder		CPI(M)
Patharpratima	None	Gunadhar Maiti		CPI(M)
Kakdwip	None	Hrishikesh Maity		CPI(M)
Sagar	None	Provanjan Mondal		CPI(M)
Bijpur	None	Jagadish Chandra Das		CPI(M)
Naihati	None	Gopal Basu		CPI(M)
Bhatpara	None	Sita Ram Gupta		CPI(M)
Jagatdal	None	Nihar Kumar Basu		All India Forward Bloc
Noapara	None	Jamini Bhusan Saha		CPI(M)
Titagarh	None	Mohammed Amin		CPI(M)
Khardah	None	Kamal Sarkar		CPI(M)
Panihati	None	Gopal Krishna Bhattacharyya		CPI(M)
Kamarhati	None	Radhika Ranjan Banerjee		CPI(M)
Baranagar	None	Matish Ray		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum	None	Tarun Sen Gupta		CPI(M)
Belgachia East	None	Subhas Chakraborty		CPI(M)
Cossipur	None	Buddhadev Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)
Shyampukur	None	Nalini Kanta Guha		All India Forward Bloc
Jorabagan	None	Haripada Bharati		Janata Party
Jorasanko	None	Vishnu Kant Shastri		Janata Party
Bara Bazar	None	Rabi Shankar Pandey		Janata Party
Bow Bazar	None	Abul Hassan		CPI(M)
Chowringhee	None	Sandip Das		Janata Party
Kabitirtha	None	Kalimuddin Shams		All India Forward Bloc
Alipore	None	Ashoke Kumar Bose		CPI(M)
Rashbehari Avenue	None	Ashok Mitra		CPI(M)
Tollygunge	None	Prasanta Kumar Sur		CPI(M)
Dhakuria	None	Jatin Chakraborty		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ballygunge	None	Sachin Sen		CPI(M)
Entally	None	Md. Nezamuddin		CPI(M)
Taltola	SC	Sumanta Kr. Hira		CPI(M)
Beliaghata	None	Krishna Pada Ghosh		CPI(M)
Sealdah	None	Binoy Banerjee		Janata Party
Vidyasagar	None	Samar Kumar Rudra		CPI(M)
Burtola	None	Nikhil Das		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Manicktola	None	Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury		CPI(M)
Belgachia West	None	Lakshmi Charan Sen		CPI(M)
Bally	None	Patipaban Pathak		CPI(M)
Howrah North	None	Chitabrata Mazumdar		CPI(M)
Howrah Central	None	Sudhindra Nath Kumar		Independent
Howrah South	None	Praley Talukdar		CPI(M)
Shibpur	None	Kanai Lal Bhattacharyya		All India Forward Bloc
Domjur	None	Joykesh Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Jagatballavpur	None	M. Ansaruddin		CPI(M)
Panchla	None	Santosh Kumar Das		All India Forward Bloc
Sankrail	SC	Haran Hazra		CPI(M)
Uluberia North	SC	Raj Kumar Mndal		CPI(M)
Uluberia South	None	Aurobinda Ghosal		All India Forward Bloc
Shyampur	None	Sasabindu Bera		Janata Party
Bagnan	None	Nirupama Chatterjee		CPI(M)
Kalyanpur	None	Nitai Charan Adak		CPI(M)
Amta	None	Barindra Nath Koley		CPI(M)
Udaynarayanpur	None	Pannalal Majhi		CPI(M)
Jangipara	None	Manindra Nath Jana		CPI(M)
Chanditala	None	Malin Ghosh		CPI(M)
Uttarpara	None	Santashree Chattopadhyay		CPI(M)
Serampore	None	Kamal Krishna Bahattacharayya		CPI(M)
Champdani	None	Saidndra Nath Chattopadhyay		CPI(M)
Chandernagore	None	Bhabani Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Singur	None	Gopal Bandnopadhyay		CPI(M)
Haripal	None	Balai Bandhopadhyay		CPI(M)
Tarakeswar	None	Ram Chatterjee		Independent
Chinsurah	None	Sambhu Charan Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia	None	Prabir Kumar Sen Gupta		CPI(M)
Balagarh	SC	Abimnash Pramanik		CPI(M)
Pandua	None	Deb Narayan Chakrabarty		CPI(M)
Polba	None	Brojogopal Neogy		CPI(M)
Dhaniakhali	SC	Kripa Sindhu Saha		All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah	None	Manoranjan Hazra		CPI(M)
Khanakul	SC	Panchanan Digpati		Janata Party
Arambagh	None	Ajoy Kr. Dey		Janata Party
Goghat	SC	Nanuram Roy		Janata Party
Chandrakona	None	Umapati Chakrabarty		CPI(M)
Ghatal	SC	Gopal Mondal		CPI(M)
Daspur	None	Prabhas Chandra Phadikar		CPI(M)
Nandanpur	None	Manoranjan Roy		CPI(M)
Panskura West	None	Sk. Omar Ali		Communist Party of India
Panskura East	None	Swades Ranjan Maji		Janata Party
Tamluk	None	Biswanath Mukhopadhyay		Communist Party of India
Moyna	None	Pulak Bera		CPI(M)
Mahishadal	None	Saswati Bag		Janata Party
Sutahata	SC	Shiba Nath Das		Janata Party
Nandigram	None	Prabir Jana		Janata Party
Narghat	None	Bankim Behari Maiti		Janata Party
Bhagabanpur	None	Haripada Jana		Janata Party
Khajuri	SC	Sunirmal Paik		Janata Party
Contai North	None	Rasbehari Pal		Janata Party
Contai South	None	Satya Brata Maiti		Janata Party
Ramnagar	None	Balailal Das Mahapatra		Janata Party
Egra	None	Prabodh Chandra Sinha		Janata Party
Mugberia	None	Kiranmay Nanda		Janata Party
Pataspur	None	Janmejoy Ojha		Janata Party
Sabang	None	Gouranga Samanta		Biplobi Bangla Congress
Pingla	None	Haripada Jana		Janata Party
Debra	None	Syed Moazzam Hossain		CPI(M)
Keshpur	SC	Rajani Kanta Doloi		Indian National Congress
Garhbeta East	None	Subhendu Mondal		CPI(M)
Garhbeta West	SC	Santosh Bisui		CPI(M)
Salbani	None	Sundar Hazra		CPI(M)
Midnapore	None	Bankim Behari Pal		Janata Party
Kharagpur Town	None	Sudhir Dassharma		Janata Party
Kharagpur Rural	None	Sheikh Siraj Ali		CPI(M)
Keshiari	ST	Khudiram Singh		CPI(M)
Narayangarh	None	Krishna Das Roy		Indian National Congress
Dantan	None	Pradyot Kumar Mahanti		Janata Party
Nayagram	ST	Budhadeb Singh		CPI(M)
Gopiballavpur	None	Santosh Rana		Independent
Jhargram	None	Ram Chandra Satpathy		CPI(M)
Binpur	ST	Sambhunath Mandi		CPI(M)
Banduan	ST	Sudhangshu Sekhar Majhi		CPI(M)
Manbazar	None	Nakul Chandra Mahata		CPI(M)
Balrampur	ST	Bikram Tudu		CPI(M)
Arsa	None	Daman Chandra Kuiry		All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda	None	Satya Ranjan Mahato		All India Forward Bloc
Jaipur	None	Ram Krishna Mahato		Indian National Congress
Purulia	None	Mahadeb Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Para	SC	Gobinda Bauri		CPI(M)
Raghunathpur	SC	Bijoy Bauri		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Kashipur	ST	Surendra Nath Majhi		CPI(M)
Hura	None	Ambarish Mukhopadhyay		CPI(M)
Taldangra	None	Mohini Mohan Panda		CPI(M)
Raipur	ST	Apindra Kisku		CPI(M)
Ranibandh	ST	Suchand Soren		CPI(M)
Indpur	SC	Binode Behari Maji		Janata Party
Chhatna	None	Subhas Goswami		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati	SC	Nabani Barui		CPI(M)
Barjora	None	Aswini Kumar Raj		CPI(M)
Bankura	None	Partha De		CPI(M)
Onda	None	Anil Mukherjee		All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur	None	Achintya Krishna Roy		CPI(M)
Kotulpur	None	Gunadhar Choudhary		CPI(M)
Indas	SC	Badan Bora		CPI(M)
Sonamukhi	SC	Sukhendu Khan		CPI(M)
Kulti	None	Madhu Banerjee		Marxist Forward Bloc
Barabani	None	Sunil Basu Roy		CPI(M)
Hirapur	None	Bamapada Mukherjee		CPI(M)
Asansol	None	Haradhan Roy		CPI(M)
Raniganj	None	Haradhan Roy		CPI(M)
Jamuria	None	Bikash Chowdhury		CPI(M)
Ukhra	SC	Lakhan Bagdi		CPI(M)
Durgapur-i	None	Dilip Kumar Majundar		CPI(M)
Durgapur-ii	None	Tarun Chatterjee		CPI(M)
Kanksa	SC	Lakshinarayan Saha		CPI(M)
Ausgram	SC	Shreedhar Malik		CPI(M)
Bhatar	None	Bholanath Sen		Indian National Congress
Galsi	None	Debranjan Sen		All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North	None	Dwarka Nath Tah		CPI(M)
Burdwan South	None	Benoy Krishna Chowdhry		CPI(M)
Khandaghosh	SC	Purna Chandra Malik		CPI(M)
Raina	None	Ram Narayan Goswami		CPI(M)
Jamalpur	SC	Sunil Santra		Marxist Forward Bloc
Memari	None	Benoy Konar		CPI(M)
Kalna	None	Guruprasad Sinha Roy		CPI(M)
Nadanghat	None	Syed Abdul Habibullah		CPI(M)
Manteswar	None	Hemanta Kumar Roy		CPI(M)
Purbasthali	None	Manoranjan Nath		CPI(M)
Katwa	None	Haramohan Sinha		CPI(M)
Mangalkot	None	Nikhilananda Sar		CPI(M)
Ketugram	SC	Raicharan Majhi		CPI(M)
Nanur	SC	Banamali Das		CPI(M)
Bolpur	None	Jyotsna Kumar Gupta		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur	None	Sunil Kumar Mazumdar		CPI(M)
Dubrajpur	None	Bhakti Bhusan Mandal		All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar	SC	Siddheswar Mandal		All India Forward Bloc
Suri	None	Suniti Chattaraj		Indian National Congress
Mahammad Bazar	None	Dhirendra Nath Sen		CPI(M)
Mayureswar	SC	Panchanan Let (bara)		CPI(M)
Rampurhat	None	Shanshaka Sekhar Mondal		All India Forward Bloc
Hansan	SC	Trilochan Mal		Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Nalhati	None	Bhabaui Prasad Chattopadyay		All India Forward Bloc
Murarai	None	Motahar Hossain		Indian National Congress

Notes

1. Sen was the sitting MP for Arambagh
2. Mukhopadhyay was a Rajya Sabha MP representing West Bengal

References

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