1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in February 1969 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1] United Front formed the government with Ajoy Mukherjee as the Chief Minister. United Front won a landslide 214 seats and 49.7% of the votes.[2]
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Background
President's Rule had been introduced in the state on 20 February 1968.[3] Following which, the previous legislative assembly was dissolved.[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,676,981 | 19.97 | 80 | – | |
| Indian National Congress | 5,538,622 | 41.32 | 55 | – | |
| Bangla Congress | 1,094,654 | 8.17 | 33 | – | |
| Communist Party of India | 938,472 | 7.00 | 30 | – | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 671,664 | 5.01 | 21 | – | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 375,983 | 2.80 | 12 | – | |
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 249,362 | 1.86 | 9 | – | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 202,721 | 1.51 | 7 | – | |
| Praja Socialist Party | 175,890 | 1.31 | 5 | – | |
| Lok Sewak Sangh | 99,844 | 0.74 | 4 | – | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 71,665 | 0.53 | 4 | – | |
| Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal) | 208,574 | 1.56 | 3 | – | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 51,181 | 0.38 | 2 | – | |
| Workers Party of India | 47,391 | 0.35 | 2 | – | |
| Indian National Democratic Front | 118,650 | 0.89 | 1 | – | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 27,143 | 0.20 | 1 | – | |
| Others | 374,421 | 2.79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 481,092 | 3.59 | 11 | – | |
| Total | 13,404,310 | 100.00 | 280 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,404,310 | 97.43 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 353,762 | 2.57 | |||
| Total votes | 13,758,072 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,685,110 | 66.51 | |||
| Source: ECI[4] | |||||
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mekliganj | None | Amarendra Nath Roy Prouhan | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Mathabhanga | SC | Birendra Nath Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Cooch Behar West | SC | Prasenjit Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| Sitai | None | Md. Fazle Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| Dinhata | None | Animesh Mukharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Cooch Behar North | None | Bimal Kanti Basu | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Cooch Behar South | None | Santosh Kumar Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Tufanganj | SC | Akshay Kumar Barma | Indian National Congress | |
| Kumargram | None | Pijish Kanti Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Kalchini | ST | Denis Lakra | Indian National Congress | |
| Alipurduars | None | Nani Bhattacharya | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Falakata | SC | Jagadananda Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Madarihat | ST | A . H . Besterwitcoh | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Dhupguri | None | Anildhar Guma Neogi | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Nagrakata | ST | Budhu Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
| Mainaguri | SC | Jajneswar Ray | Indian National Congress | |
| Mal | ST | Antoni Topno | Indian National Congress | |
| Jalpaiguri | None | Nares Chandra Chakravorty | Communist Party of India | |
| Rajganj | SC | Kiran Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Kalimpong | None | P . L . Subba | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | |
| Darjeeling | None | Deo Prakash Rai | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | |
| Jore Bungalow | None | Nandalal Gurung | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | |
| Siliguri | None | Prem Thapa | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | |
| Phansidewa | ST | Iswar Chandra Tirkey | Indian National Congress | |
| Chopra | None | Choudhury Abdul Karim | Indian National Democratic Front | |
| Goalpokhar | None | Mohamad Salimuddin | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Karandighi | None | Suresh Chandra Sinha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Raiganj | None | Manash Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Kaliaganj | SC | Barman Syama Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Itahar | None | Abedin Zainal | Indian National Congress | |
| Kushmandi | SC | Jatindra Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Gangarampur | None | Ahindra Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| Kumarganj | None | Abinash Basu | Bangla Congress | |
| Balurghat | None | Mukal Basu | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Tapan | ST | Nathaniel Murmu | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Habibpur | ST | Nimai Chand Murmu | Communist Party of India | |
| Gajol | ST | Lakshan Saren | Indian National Congress | |
| Kharba | None | Golam Yazdani | Independent | |
| Harishchandrapur | None | Md. Elias Razi | Workers Party of India | |
| Ratua | None | Mohammad Ali | Independent | |
| Malda | None | Md. Gafurur Rahaman | Indian National Congress | |
| Englishbazar | None | Bimal Kanti Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Manikchak | None | Arun Chandra Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| Suzapur | None | A . B . A . G . Khan Choudhry | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliachak | None | Shamsuddin Ahmad | Indian National Congress | |
| Farakka | None | Sk. Sahadat Hossain | Bangla Congress | |
| Suti | None | Md. Sohorab | Indian National Congress | |
| Jangipur | None | Abdul Haque | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Sagardighi | SC | Kuber Chand Haldar | Bangla Congress | |
| Lalgola | None | Abdus Sattar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagabangola | None | Sailendra Nath Adhicary | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Nabagram | None | Birendra Narayan Roy | Independent | |
| Murshidabad | None | Mohammad Idris Ali | Indian National Congress | |
| Jalangi | None | Azizur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
| Domkal | None | Biswas Ekram-ul - Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| Naoda | None | Khan Nasiruddin | Progressive Muslim League | |
| Hariharpara | None | Ahammad Aktabuddin | Progressive Muslim League | |
| Berhampore | None | Sanat Kumar Raha | Communist Party of India | |
| Beldanga | None | Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh | Independent | |
| Kandi | None | Kumar J . C . Sinha | Independent | |
| Khargram | SC | Kumarish Chandra Moulick | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Barwan | None | Amalendra Lal Ray | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Bharatpur | None | Satyapada Bhattacharyya | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Karimpur | None | Nalinaksha Sanyal | Indian National Congress | |
| Tehatta | None | Surat Ali Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliganj | None | S . M . Fazlur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
| Nakashipara | SC | Nil Kamal Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| Chapra | None | Salil Behari Hundle | Bangla Congress | |
| Nabadwip | None | Sachnidra Mohan Nandy | Indian National Congress | |
| Krishnagar West | None | Amritendu Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Krishnagar East | None | Kashi Kanta Maitra | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Hanskhali | SC | Charuminir Sarkar | Bangla Congress | |
| Santipur | None | M. Makshed Ali | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | |
| Ranaghat West | None | Kundu Gourchandra | Communist Party of India | |
| Ranaghat East | SC | Nitaipada Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| Chakdah | None | Subal Chandra Mandal | Bangla Congress | |
| Haringhata | None | Baksh Mohammad Karin | Independent | |
| Bagdaha | SC | Apurba Lal Majumdar | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Bongaon | None | Ajit Kumar Ganguly | Communist Party of India | |
| Gaighata | None | Parul Saha | Bangla Congress | |
| Ashokenagar | None | Sadhan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| Barasat | None | Saral Deb | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajarhat | SC | Rabindra Nath Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Deganga | None | Harun - Or - Rashid | Progressive Muslim League | |
| Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| Swarupnagar | None | Jaminiranjan Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| Baduria | None | Mir Abdus Sayeed | Communist Party of India | |
| Basirhat | None | A.b. Bandyopadhyaya | Communist Party of India | |
| Hasnabad | None | Abdur Razzaque Khan | Communist Party of India | |
| Hingalganj | SC | Hazari Lal Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Gosaba | SC | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Sandeshkhali | ST | Sarat Sardar | Communist Party of India | |
| Haroa | SC | Brajendra Nath Sarkar | Bangla Congress | |
| Basanti | None | Ashoke Chaudhuri | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Canning | SC | Naryan Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
| Kultali | SC | Prabodh Purkait | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Joynagar | None | Subodh Banerjee | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Baruipur | SC | Kumud Ranjan Mondal | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Sonarpur | SC | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhangar | None | A.k.m. Ishaque | Indian National Congress | |
| Jadavpur | None | Bikesh Chandra Guha | 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 | Arun Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| Maheshtola | None | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | Communist Party of India | |
| Budge Budge | None | Khiti Bhusan Roy Barman | Communist Party of India | |
| Bishnupur West | None | Provash Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Bishnupur East | SC | Sundar Kumar Haskar | Communist Party of India | |
| Falta | None | Jyotish Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Diamond Harbour | None | Abdul Quiyom Molla | Communist Party of India | |
| Magrahat East | SC | Radhika Rajan Pramanik | Communist Party of India | |
| Magrahat West | None | Sachindranath Mondal | Bangla Congress | |
| Kulpi | SC | Murari Mohan Halder | Bangla Congress | |
| Mathurapur | SC | Renupada Halder | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Patharpratima | None | Rabin Mondal | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Kakdwip | None | Hansadhwaj Dhara | Indian National Congress | |
| Sagar | None | Gobardhan Dingal | Bangla Congress | |
| Bijpur | None | Jagadish Chandra Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Naihati | None | Gopal Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhatpara | None | Sitaram Gupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Noapara | None | Jamini Bhuson Saha | Communist Party of India | |
| Titagarh | None | Mohammed Amin | Communist Party of India | |
| Khardah | None | Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | |
| Panihati | None | G.k. Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India | |
| Kamarhati | None | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Baranagar | None | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Dum Dum | None | Tarun Kumar Sen Gupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Cossipur | None | Basu Vishnugopal | Communist Party of India | |
| Shampukur | None | Basu Hemanta Kumar | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jorabagan | None | Roy Nepal Chandra | Indian National Congress | |
| Jorasanko | None | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bara Bazar | None | Saraogi Ram Krishna | Indian National Congress | |
| Bow Bazar | None | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress | |
| Chowringhee | None | Ray Siddhartha Shankar | Indian National Congress | |
| Kabitirtha | None | Kalimuddin Shams | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Alipore | None | Mani Sanyal | Communist Party of India | |
| Kalighat | None | Sadhan Gupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Rashbehari Avenue | None | Bejoy Kumar Banerjee | Independent | |
| Tollygunge | None | Niranjan Sen Gupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Dhakuria | None | Somnath Lahiri | Communist Party of India | |
| Ballygunge | None | Jyotibhusan Bhattacharya | Workers Party of India | |
| Beliaghata South | None | Manranjan Baral | Communist Party of India | |
| Entally | None | A.m.o. Ghani | Communist Party of India | |
| Taltola | None | Abul Hassan | Communist Party of India | |
| Sealdah | None | Jatin Chakravorty | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Vidyasagar | None | Samar Kumar Pudra | Communist Party of India | |
| Beliaghata North | None | Krishnapada Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Manicktola | None | Ila Mitra | Communist Party of India | |
| Burtola | None | Nikhil Das | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Belgachia | None | Lakshmicharan Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| Bally | None | Patit Paban Pathak | Communist Party of India | |
| Howrah North | None | Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Howrah Central | None | Anadi Das | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | |
| Howrah South | None | Pralay Talukdar | Communist Party of India | |
| Panchla | None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharyya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Domjur | None | Joykesh Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Jagatballavpur | None | Tarapada Dey | Communist Party of India | |
| Panchla | None | Bibhuti Bhushin Ghosh | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Sankrail | SC | Haran Chandra Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| Uluberia North | SC | Kalipada Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Uluberia South | None | Biswanath Das Ghose | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Shyampur | None | Sasabindu Bora | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Bangnan | None | Nirupama Chatterjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Kalyanpur | None | Sunil Kumar Mitra | Bangla Congress | |
| Amta | None | Nitai Bhandari | Communist Party of India | |
| Udaynarayanpur | None | Panna Lal Maji | Communist Party of India | |
| Jangipara | None | Maninda Nath Jana | Communist Party of India | |
| Chanditala | None | Mohamed Abdul Latif | Independent | |
| Uttarapara | None | Monoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| Serampore | None | Panchugopal Bhaduri | Communist Party of India | |
| Champdani | None | Haripada Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Chandernagore | None | Bhabani Mukehjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Singur | None | Gopal Bandopadhaya | Communist Party of India | |
| Haripal | None | Amales Chadra Hazumdar | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Chinsurah | None | Sambhu Charan Bhose | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Polba | None | Brajo Gopal Neogy | Communist Party of India | |
| Balagarh | SC | Hbinash Pramanik | Communist Party of India | |
| Pandua | None | Deb Narayan Chakrabarty | Communist Party of India | |
| Dhaniakhali | SC | Kripa Sindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Tarakeswar | None | Ram Chatterjee | Marxist Forward Bloc | |
| Pursurah | None | Santi Mohun Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Khanakul | SC | Madan Saha | Communist Party of India | |
| Arambagh | None | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| Goghat | SC | Ajit Kumar Biswas | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Chandrakona | None | Saroshi Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Ghatal | SC | Nanda Rani Dal | Communist Party of India | |
| Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattacharjya | Communist Party of India | |
| Panskura West | None | Ahindra Mishra | Bangla Congress | |
| Panskura East | None | Geeta Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| Moyna | None | Kanai Bhowmick | Communist Party of India | |
| Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mikhopadhyay | Bangla Congress | |
| Mahishadal | None | Sushil Kumar Dhara | Bangla Congress | |
| Sutahata | SC | Harahari Deb | Indian National Congress | |
| Nandigram | None | Bhupal Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India | |
| Narghat | None | Subodh Chandra Maity | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagabanpur | None | Maity Abha | Indian National Congress | |
| Khajuri | SC | Das Paresh | Bangla Congress | |
| Contai North | None | Subodh Gopal Guchhait | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Contai South | None | Das Sudhir | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Ramnagar | None | Balailal Das Mahapatra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Egra | None | Pahati Bibhuti | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Mugberia | None | Roy Chaudhury Biswabrata | Bangla Congress | |
| Pataspur | None | K.d. Mahapatra | Communist Party of India | |
| Pingla | None | Gouranga Samanta | Communist Party of India | |
| Debra | None | Bijoy Krishna Samanta | Indian National Congress | |
| Keshpur | SC | Gangapada Kuar | Bangla Congress | |
| Garhbeta East | SC | Krishna Prasad Duley | Communist Party of India | |
| Garhbeta West | None | Roy Soroj | Communist Party of India | |
| Salbani | None | Amulya Ratan Mahata | Bangla Congress | |
| Midnapur | None | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Kharagpur | None | Gan Singh Sohanpal | Indian National Congress | |
| Kharagpur Local | None | Deben Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Narayangarh | None | Laha Mihirkumar | Bangla Congress | |
| Dantan | None | Debendra Nath Das | Bangla Congress | |
| Keshiari | ST | Budhan Chandra Tudu | Indian National Congress | |
| Nayagarm | ST | Hansda Jagatrati | Bangla Congress | |
| Gopiballavpur | None | Kar Dhananjoy | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Jhargram | None | De Panchkari | Bangla Congress | |
| Binpur | ST | Saren Joyram | Communist Party of India | |
| Banduan | ST | Budheswar Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| Manbazar | None | Girish Mahato | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Balarampur | ST | Gobardhan Majhi | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Arsa | None | Dahan Chandra Kuiri | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jhalda | None | Debendra Nath Mahata | Indian National Congress | |
| Jaipur | None | Ram Krishna Mahato | Indian National Congress | |
| Purulia | None | Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Para | SC | Tinkori Bouri | Bangla Congress | |
| Raghunathpur | SC | Hari Pado Bouri | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Kashipur | None | Prabir Kumar Mallick | Communist Party of India | |
| Hura | None | Saharendra Ojha | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Taldangra | None | Mohini Mohan Panda | Communist Party of India | |
| Raipur | ST | Bhabatosh Soren | Bangla Congress | |
| Ranibandh | ST | Suchand Saren | Communist Party of India | |
| Indpur | SC | Gour Lohar | Bangla Congress | |
| Chhatna | None | Singh Sudarson | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Gangajalghati | SC | Mandal Nabadurga | Bangla Congress | |
| Barjora | None | Aswini Kumar Raj | Communist Party of India | |
| Bankura | None | Bireswar Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Onda | None | Anil Kumar Mukherjee | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Vishnupur | None | Sasthidas Sarkar | Bangla Congress | |
| Kotulpur | None | Niranjan Bhadra | Bangla Congress | |
| Indas | SC | Abani Kumar Saha | Bangla Congress | |
| Sonamukhi | SC | Sukhendu Khan | Communist Party of India | |
| Hirapur | None | Bamapada Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Kulti | None | Tarak Nath Chakraborty | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Barabani | None | Sunil Basu Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Asansol | None | Lokes Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Raniganj | None | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamuria | SC | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| Ukhra | SC | Lakhan Bagdi | Communist Party of India | |
| Durgapur | None | Dilip Kumar Mazumdar | Communist Party of India | |
| Faridpur | None | Manoranjan Baksi | Bangla Congress | |
| Ausgram | SC | Krishna Chandra Halder | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhatar | None | Aswini Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Galsi | None | Phakir Chandra Roy | Independent | |
| Burdwan North | None | Debarata Datta | Communist Party of India | |
| Burdwan South | None | Benoy Krishna Choudhuri | Communist Party of India | |
| Khandaghosh | SC | Gobardhan Pakray | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| Raina | None | Guha Panchu Gopal | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamalpur | SC | Basudeb Malik | Bangla Congress | |
| Memari | None | Konar Benoy Krishna | Communist Party of India | |
| Kalna | None | Hare Krishna Konar | Communist Party of India | |
| Nadanghat | None | S. Abdul Mansur Habibullah | Communist Party of India | |
| Manteswar | None | K.n. Hazra Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Purbasthali | None | Mollah Humayun Kabir | Communist Party of India | |
| Katwa | None | Thakur Nityananda | Indian National Congress | |
| Mangalkot | None | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India | |
| Ketugram | SC | Ramgati Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Nanur | SC | Banamali Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Bolpur | None | Pannalal Das Gupta | Independent | |
| Labhpur | None | Radhanath Chttoraj | Communist Party of India | |
| Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhusan Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajnagar | SC | Siddheswar Mandal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Suri | None | Protiva Mukherjee | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Mahammad Bazar | None | Dwarika Prasonna Roy | Bangla Congress | |
| Mayureswar | SC | Panchanan Let | Communist Party of India | |
| Rampurhat | None | Sasanka Sekhar Mongal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Hansan | SC | Mondal Mrityunjoy | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Nalhati | None | Golam Mamiuddin | Independent | |
| Murarai | None | Bazle Ahmad | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
References
- "West Bengal 1969". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Subrata K. Mitra (7 May 2007). The Puzzle of India's Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory. Routledge. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-134-27493-2.
- Ramashray Roy (1975). The Uncertain Verdict: A Study of the 1969 Elections in Four Indian States. University of California Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-520-02475-5.
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