1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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%
First party Second party   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
Chief Minister before election Jyoti Basu CPI(M) Chief Minister after election Jyoti Basu CPI(M)

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

Left Front

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

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

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

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

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	%
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

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
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 Adhikari		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

• 1991 Kandua hand-chopping

References

1. M. L. Ahuja (2000). Handbook of General Elections and Electoral Reforms in India, 1952–1999. Mittal Publications. p. 49. ISBN   978-81-7099-766-5.
2. The Hindu. The case against simultaneous polls
3. Ananth V. Krishna (1 September 2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. p. 385. ISBN   978-81-317-3465-0.
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8. Pratap Chandra Swain (2001). Bharatiya Janata Party: Profile and Performance. APH Publishing. p. 214. ISBN   978-81-7648-257-8.
9. Christophe Jaffrelot (1999). The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India). Penguin Books India. p. 441. ISBN   978-0-14-024602-5.
10. Shiv Lal (1992). Election Archives and International Politics (191–196 ed.). Shiv Lal. p. 194.
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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.

External links

• West Bangal General Legislative Election Results at the Election Commission of India