1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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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 Adhikary | 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
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