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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.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the national parties of India. The party was founded through a splitting from the Communist Party of India in 1964 and it quickly became the dominant faction.
The Revolutionary Communist Party of India is a political party in India. The party was founded as the Communist League by Saumyendranath Tagore in 1934, breaking away from the Communist Party of India (CPI). RCPI led armed uprisings after the independence of India, but later shifted to parliamentary politics. The party is active in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The party was represented in the West Bengal while being a part of Second United Front Cabinet (1969) as well as in various state government during the Left Front rule in the state (1977–2011). In Assam, the party won four Legislative Assembly seats in 1978, but its political influence has since declined in the state.
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.
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Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Assembly.
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The 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election was held on 18 February for 59 of the state's 60 constituencies. The counting of votes took place on 3 March 2018. With 43.59% of the vote, the BJP secured a majority of seats (36) and subsequently formed the government with Biplab Kumar Deb as Chief Minister. The former governing Left Front alliance while receiving 44.35% of the vote secured only 16 seats.
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972.
