1999 Indian general election in West Bengal

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1999 Indian general election in West Bengal
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  1998 1 October 1999 [1] 2004  

All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout75.05% [2] (Decrease2.svg 4.22 pp)
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
CPI(M) Anil Biswas 35.5721−3
AITC Mamata Banerjee 26.048+1
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 13.293+2
RSP Manoj Bhattacharya 4.253−1
CPI Manju Kumar Majumdar3.4730
BJP Tapan Sikdar 11.1320
AIFB Debabrata Biswas 3.4520
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
Constituencies in the state. Constituencies in yellow and in pink represent seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

The 1999 Indian general election in West Bengal was held on 1st October to elect 42 members of the 12th Lok Sabha.

Contents

Election schedule

Poll event
PhaseV
Notification Date03 September [3]
Last Date for filing nomination10 September [4]
Scrutiny of nomination15 September [5]
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination17 September [6]
Date of poll01 October [7]
Date of counting of votes/Result05 October [8]
No. of constituencies42

Parties and alliances

   Left Front
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPIM election symbol.png Anil Biswas 32 [9]
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP-flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png Manoj Bhattacharya 4 [10]
All India Forward Bloc AIFB Flag 2023.png Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg Debabrata Biswas 3 [11]
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg Swapan Banerjee3 [12]
Total42
   National Democratic Alliance
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress flag (2).svg All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg Mamata Banerjee 28 [13]
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Tapan Sikdar 13 [14]
Independent politician No image available.svg Indian Election Symbol Nagrik.png Natabar Bagdi1 [15]
Total42
   United Progressive Alliance
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 41 [lower-alpha 1] [16]
Jharkhand Party (Naren) No image available.svg Indian Election Symbol Nagara.svg Naren Hansda 2 [lower-alpha 2] [17]
Total42+1 [lower-alpha 3]
Others
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) SUCI flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Battery-Torch.png Provash Ghosh 42

Candidates

Constituency
LF NDA UPA
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan AITC Ambika Charan Choudhury INC Sabita Roy
2 Alipurduars (ST) RSP BJP INC
3 Jalpaiguri CPI(M) AITC INC
4 Darjeeling CPI(M) AITC INC
5 Raiganj CPI(M) AITC INC
6 Balurghat (SC) RSP BJP INC
7 Malda CPI(M) BJP INC
8 Jangipur CPI(M) AITC INC
9 Murshidabad CPI(M) AITC INC
10 Baharampur RSP AITC INC
11 Krishnanagar CPI(M) BJP INC
12 Nabadwip (SC) CPI(M) AITC INC
13 Barasat AIFB AITC INC
14 Basirhat CPI AITC INC
15 Jaynagar (SC) RSP BJP INC
16 Mathurapur (SC) CPI(M) AITC INC
17 Diamond Harbour CPI(M) AITC INC
18 Jadavpur CPI(M) AITC INC
19 Barrackpore CPI(M) AITC INC
20 Dum Dum CPI(M) BJP INC
21 Calcutta North West CPI(M) AITC INC
22 Calcutta North East CPI(M) AITC INC
23 Calcutta South CPI(M) AITC INC
24 Howrah CPI(M) AITC INC
25 Uluberia CPI(M) AITC INC
26 Serampore CPI(M) AITC INC
27 Hooghly CPI(M) AITC INC
28 Arambagh CPI(M) AITC INC
29 Panskura CPI AITC INC
30 Tamluk CPI(M) AITC INC
31 Contai CPI(M) AITC INC
32 Midnapore CPI BJP INC
33 Jhargram (ST) CPI(M) AITC JKP(N)
34 Purulia AIFB BJP INC
35 Bankura CPI(M) IND INC
36 Vishnupur (SC) CPI(M) Sandhya Bauri AITC Adhibas Duley INC Mallika Mandal
JKP(N) Ajit Saha
37 Durgapur (SC) CPI(M) BJP INC
38 Asansol CPI(M) AITC INC
39 Burdwan CPI(M) BJP INC
40 Katwa CPI(M) AITC INC
41 Bolpur CPI(M) AITC INC
42 Birbhum (SC) CPI(M) BJP INC

Results

Results by constituency

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
No.NamePartyAllianceCandidateVotes%PartyAllianceCandidateVotes%
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AIFB LF Amar Roy Pradhan 443,14849.69%Ambika Charan Choudhury AITC NDA 334,98337.56%108,165
2 Alipurduars (ST) RSP LF Joachim Baxla 389,91951.25%Dhirendra Narjinarai BJP NDA 236,78631.12%153,133
3 Jalpaiguri CPI(M) LF Minati Sen 405,78548.78%Kalyan Chakraborty AITC NDA 296,84835.69%108,937
4 Darjeeling CPI(M) LF S. P. Lepcha 256,82644.24% Nar Bahadur Khatiwada INC UPA 144,85724.96%111,969
5 Raiganj INC UPA Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 409,33146.74% Subrata Mukherjee CPI(M) LF 334,07638.15%75,255
6 Balurghat (SC) RSP LF Ranen Barman 375,66944.67%Subhash Chandra Barman BJP NDA 312,74837.19%62,921
7 Malda INC UPA A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 325,83340.22% Sailen Sarkar CPI(M) LF 301,28037.19%24,553
8 Jangipur CPI(M) LF Abul Hasnat Khan 352,58045.47%Mainul Haque INC UPA 291,26337.56%61,317
9 Murshidabad CPI(M) LF Moinul Hassan 391,36647.30% Abdul Mannan Hossain INC UPA 268,00632.39%123,360
10 Baharampur INC UPA Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 434,07346.86% Promothes Mukherjee RSP LF 338,68236.56%35,391
11 Krishnagar BJP NDA Satyabrata Mookherjee 366,95443.82%Dilip Chakraborty CPI(M) LF 344,72041.16%22,234
12 Nabadwip (SC) AITC NDA Ananda Mohan Biswas 459,31945.84% Asim Bala CPI(M) LF 420,18441.93%39,135
13 Barasat AITC NDA Ranjit Kumar Panja 518,52050.28%Saral Deb AIFB LF 421,62040.88%96,900
14 Basirhat CPI LF Ajay Chakraborty 407,90347.64% M. Nuruzzaman AITC NDA 325,31637.99%82,587
15 Jaynagar (SC) RSP LF Sanat Kumar Mandal 396,38349.39%Krishna Pada Majumder BJP NDA 284,08235.40%112,301
16 Mathurapur (SC) CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
17 Diamond Harbour CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
18 Jadavpur AITC NDA CPI(M) LF
19 Barrackpore CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
20 Dum Dum BJP NDA CPI(M) LF
21 Calcutta North West AITC NDA CPI(M) LF
22 Calcutta North East AITC NDA CPI(M) LF
23 Calcutta South AITC NDA CPI(M) LF
24 Howrah CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
25 Uluberia CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
26 Serampore AITC NDA CPI(M) LF
27 Hooghly CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
28 Arambagh CPI(M) LF BJP NDA
29 Panskura CPI LF AITC NDA
30 Tamluk CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
31 Contai AITC NDA CPI(M) LF
32 Medinipur CPI LF BJP NDA
33 Jhargram (ST) CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
34 Purulia AIFB LF BJP NDA
35 Bankura CPI(M) LF IND NDA
36 Vishnupur (SC) CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
37 Durgapur (SC) CPI(M) LF BJP NDA
38 Asansol CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
39 Burdwan CPI(M) LF BJP NDA
40 Katwa CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
41 Bolpur CPI(M) LF AITC NDA
42 Birbhum (SC) CPI(M) LF BJP NDA

Results by alliance or party

Seat Share by party

   CPI(M) (50%)
   AITC (19.05%)
   INC (7.14%)
   RSP (7.14%)
   CPI (7.14%)
   BJP (4.76%)
   AIFB (4.76%)

Vote Share by party

   CPI(M) (35.57%)
   AITC (26.04%)
   INC (13.29%)
   BJP (11.13%)
   RSP (4.25%)
   CPI (3.47%)
   AIFB (3.45%)
   IND (1.89%)
   Others (0.95%)

Seat Share by alliance

   LF (69.05%)
   NDA (23.81%)
   UPA (7.14%)

Vote Share by alliance

   LF (46.74%)
   NDA (37.91%)
   UPA (13.58%)
   IND (1.11%)
   Others (0.66%)
29103
LFNDAUPA
21833322
CPI(M)AITCINCRSPCPIBJPAIFB
Parties/ AlliancePopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
LF CPI(M) 12,553,99135.57%Increase2.svg 0.16 pp 3221Decrease2.svg 3
RSP 1,500,6534.25%Decrease2.svg 0.23 pp 43Decrease2.svg 1
CPI 1,223,8793.47%Decrease2.svg 0.17 pp 33Steady2.svg
AIFB 1,215,9113.45%Increase2.svg 0.15 pp 32Steady2.svg
Total16,494,43446.74%Increase2.svg 0.36 pp 4229Decrease2.svg 4
NDA AITC 9,189,63126.04%Increase2.svg 1.61 pp 288Increase2.svg 1
BJP 3,928,42411.13%Increase2.svg 0.93 pp 132Increase2.svg 1
IND 274,7220.78%New10New
Total13,118,05537.91%Increase2.svg 1.32 pp 4110Increase2.svg 2
UPA INC 4,688,93213.29%Decrease2.svg 1.91 pp 413Increase2.svg 2
JKP(N) 101,4410.29%Decrease2.svg 0.21 pp 20Steady2.svg
Total4,790,37313.58%Decrease2.svg 2.12 pp 433Increase2.svg 2
Others223,4270.66%Increase2.svg 0.37 pp 600Steady2.svg
IND 391,9541.11%Increase2.svg 0.07 pp 1210Steady2.svg
Total35,292,965100%-30942-

See also

Notes

  1. Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
  2. Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
  3. Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.

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