1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1996.
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The election took place simultaneously with the 1996 Indian general election.[1][2]
Parties
Left Front
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) had fielded 70 new candidates, but many of them failed to get elected.[3] The All India Forward Bloc had suffered a split before the election, with the emergence of the Forward Bloc (Socialist).[3]
The Left Front supported Janata Dal candidates in five constituencies.
Indian National Congress
In the Congress Party, there was confrontation between West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Somen Mitra and Indian Youth Congress leader Mamata Banerjee.[4] Banerjee played an important role in rallying public support for the party.[4][5]
The Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury contested the Nabagram seat from jail, being imprisoned on murder charges.[6] His speeches were recorded from prison and played at campaign meetings.[6]
The Indian National Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had entered into alliance.[7]
Results
The Left Front won the election, entering into government for a fifth consecutive term.[3] Winning 203 out of 294 seats, the 1996 election represented the first major electoral set-back for the Left Front since its foundation.[8][9] The electoral losses were primarily felt in Calcutta and the industrial areas, and nine incumbent Left Front ministers failed to get re-elected.[8] All JD candidates finished in second place and RCPI lost its representation in the assembly.[9] However, in terms of votes the Left Front and the five JD candidates got 18,143,795 votes (49.3%).[10] Jyoti Basu's fifth Left Front government was sworn in, with 48 ministers representing all 13 districts of the state.[8]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front and allies | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 213 | 153 | 13,670,198 | 37.16 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 21 | 1,912,183 | 5.20 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,367,439 | 3.72 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 6 | 642,993 | 1.75 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 150,099 | 0.41 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 2 | 2 | 129,367 | 0.35 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) | 2 | 0 | 105,366 | 0.29 | |
| Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 1 | 60,453 | 0.16 | |
| Janata Dal | 5 | 0 | 105,697 | 0.29 | |
| Indian National Congress | 288 | 82 | 14,523,964 | 39.48 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 292 | 0 | 2,372,480 | 6.45 | |
| Gorkha National Liberation Front | 3 | 3 | 161,498 | 0.44 | |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 8 | 1 | 145,503 | 0.40 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 26 | 0 | 134,436 | 0.37 | |
| Forward Bloc (Socialist) | 20 | 1 | 123,316 | 0.34 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 48 | 0 | 67,853 | 0.18 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 30 | 0 | 47,206 | 0.13 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 3 | 0 | 43,261 | 0.12 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 29 | 0 | 20,555 | 0.06 | |
| Muslim League | 20 | 0 | 19,221 | 0.05 | |
| Amra Bangalee | 46 | 0 | 17,330 | 0.05 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) | 5 | 0 | 11,593 | 0.03 | |
| Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League | 5 | 0 | 5,359 | 0.01 | |
| Indian National League | 7 | 0 | 4,480 | 0.01 | |
| Social Action Party | 16 | 0 | 4,476 | 0.01 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 5 | 0 | 3,533 | 0.01 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 2 | 0 | 3,309 | 0.01 | |
| Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 2 | 0 | 2,448 | 0.01 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 2 | 0 | 1,218 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Democratic People's Party | 3 | 0 | 515 | 0.00 | |
| All India Christian Democratic and Backward People's Party | 1 | 0 | 392 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 1 | 0 | 251 | 0.00 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 2 | 0 | 178 | 0.00 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0.00 | |
| Independents | 844 | 4 | 898,677 | 2.44 | |
| Total | 2,035 | 294 | 36,788,753 | 100 | |
| Source: Election Commission of India[9] | |||||
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mekliganj | SC | Ramesh 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 | Mihir Goswami | Indian National Congress | |
| Cooch Behar West | None | Soumindra Chandra Das | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Sitai | None | Md. Fazle Haque | Independent | |
| Dinhata | None | Kamal Guha | Forward Bloc | |
| Natabari | None | Sibendra Narayan Chowdhuri | Communist Party of India | |
| Tufanganj | SC | Puspa Chandra Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Kumargram | ST | Salib Toppo | 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 | Bachcha Mohan Ray | 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 | Gaulan Lepcha | Gorkha National Liberation Front | |
| Darjeeling | None | Nar Bahadur Chettri | Gorkha National Liberation Front | |
| Kurseong | None | Shanta Chhetri | Gorkha National Liberation Front | |
| Siliguri | None | Asok Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India | |
| Phansidewa | ST | Prokash Minj | Communist Party of India | |
| Chopra | None | Mahamuddin | Communist Party of India | |
| Islampur | None | Chowdhury Abdul Karim | Indian National Congress | |
| Goalpokhar | None | Hafiz Alam Sairani | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Karandighi | None | Suresh Chandra Singha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Raiganj | SC | Dilip Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliaganj | SC | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress | |
| Kushmandi | SC | Roy Narmada Chandra | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Itahar | None | Sri Kumar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Gangarampur | None | Minati Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Tapan | ST | Khara Soren | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kumarganj | None | Roy Dwijendra Nath | Communist Party of India | |
| Balurghat | None | Choudhury Biswanath | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Habibpur | ST | Jadu Hembram | Communist Party of India | |
| Gajol | ST | Debnath Murmu | Communist Party of India | |
| Kharba | None | Mahbubul Hoque | Indian National Congress | |
| Harishchandrapur | None | Birendra Kumar Maitra | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Ratua | None | Samar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Araidanga | None | Sabitri Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Malda | SC | Phani Bhusan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Englishbazar | None | Goutam Chakravartty | Indian National Congress | |
| Manikchak | None | Ram Prabesh Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| Suzapur | None | Rubi Noor | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliachak | None | Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Farakka | None | Mainul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| Aurangabad | None | Humayun Reja | Indian National Congress | |
| Suti | None | Md. Sohrab | Indian National Congress | |
| Sagardighi | SC | Das Paresh Nath | Communist Party of India | |
| Jangipur | None | Habibur Rahaman | Indian National Congress | |
| Lalgola | None | Abu Hena | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagabangola | None | Abu Sufian Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| Nabagram | None | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Murshidabad | None | Mozammel Haque | Independent | |
| Jalangi | None | Unus Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| Domkal | None | Anisur Rahaman | Communist Party of India | |
| Naoda | None | Jayanta Kumar Biswas | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Hariharpara | None | Mozammel Haque | Communist Party of India | |
| Berhampore | None | Maya Rani Paul | Indian National Congress | |
| Beldanga | None | Timir Baran Bhaduri | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kandi | None | Atish Chandra Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Khargram | SC | Biswanath Mandal | Communist Party of India | |
| Barwan | None | Debabrata Banerjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Bharatpur | None | Id Mahammad | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Karimpur | None | Chittaranjan Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| Palashipara | None | Kamalendu Sanyal (sasthi) | Communist Party of India | |
| Nakashipara | None | Shaikh Khabir Uddin 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 De | Indian National Congress | |
| Hanskhali | SC | Biswas Shashanka Shekhor | Indian National Congress | |
| Ranaghat East | SC | Binay Krishna Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| Ranaghat West | None | Sankar Singha | Indian National Congress | |
| Chakdaha | None | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | |
| Haringhata | None | Mili Hira | Communist Party of India | |
| Bagdaha | SC | Kamalakshi Biswas | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Bongaon | None | Pankaj Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Gaighata | None | Manmatha Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Habra | None | Baren Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Ashokenagar | None | Nirode Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Amdanga | None | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India | |
| Barasat | None | Ashoke Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajarhat | SC | Rabindra Nath Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Deganga | None | Md. Yakub | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Swarupnagar | None | Mostafa Bin Quassem | Communist Party of India | |
| Baduria | None | Quazi Abdul Guffar | Indian National Congress | |
| Basirhat | None | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Hasnabad | None | Gautam Deb | Communist Party of India | |
| Haroa | SC | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Sandeshkhali | SC | Kanti Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| Hingalganj | SC | Nripen Gayen | Communist Party of India | |
| Gosaba | SC | Ganesh Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Basanti | SC | Subhas Naskar | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kultali | SC | Prabod Purkait | Independent | |
| Joynagar | None | Deba Prasad Sarkar | Independent | |
| Baruipur | None | Sobhan Deb 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 Zamadar | Communist Party of India | |
| Jadavpur | None | Buddhadev Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Sonarpur | SC | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Bishnupur East | SC | Ananda Kumar Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| Bishnupur West | None | Sankar Saran Naskar | Communist Party of India | |
| Behala East | None | Kumkum Chakraborti | Communist Party of India | |
| Behala West | None | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Garden Reach | None | Mohammed Amin | Communist Party of India | |
| Maheshtala | None | Mursalin Molla | Communist Party of India | |
| Budge Budge | None | Ashok Kumar Deb | Indian National Congress | |
| Satgachia | None | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Falta | None | Sudhir Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Diamond Harbour | None | Sheikh Daulat Ali | Indian National Congress | |
| Magrahat West | None | Abul Basar Laskar | Indian National Congress | |
| Magrahat East | SC | Nirmal Sinha | Communist Party of India | |
| Mandirbazar | SC | Nikunja Paik | Communist Party of India | |
| Mathurapur | None | Satya Ranjan Bapuli | Indian National Congress | |
| Kulpi | SC | Sakuntala Paik | Communist Party of India | |
| Patharpratima | None | Gopal Krishna Dey | Indian National Congress | |
| Kakdwip | None | Ashok Giri | Communist Party of India | |
| Sagar | None | Prabhanjan Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Bijpur | None | Kamal Sengupta Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Naihati | None | Ranjit Kundu | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhatpara | None | Bidyut Ganguli | Communist Party of India | |
| Jagatdal | None | Anay Gopal Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Noapara | None | Madan Mohan Nath | Communist Party of India | |
| Titagarh | None | Prabin Kumar Shaw | Communist Party of India | |
| Khardah | None | Asim Kumar Dasgupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Panihati | None | Nirmal Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| Kamarhati | None | Santi Ghatak | Communist Party of India | |
| Baranagar | None | Amar Choudhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Dum Dum | None | Sankar Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| Belgachia East | None | Subhas Chakraborty | Communist Party of India | |
| Cossipur | None | Bandyopadhyay Tarak | Indian National Congress | |
| Shyampukur | None | Santi Ranjan Ganguly | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jorabagan | None | Sanjoy Bakshi | Indian National Congress | |
| Jorasanko | None | Deokinandan Poddar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bara Bazar | None | Rajesh Khaitan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bow Bazar | None | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Chowringhee | None | Subarata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Kabitirtha | None | Ram Pyare Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| Alipore | None | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Rashbehari Avenue | None | Hoimi Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| Tollygunge | None | Pankaj Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Dhakuria | None | Kshiti Goswami | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Ballygunge | None | Rabin Deb | Communist Party of India | |
| Entally | None | Sultan Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
| Taltola | SC | Tapati Saha | Communist Party of India | |
| Beliaghata | None | Manabendra Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Sealdah | None | Somendra Nath Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Vidyasagar | None | Tapas Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Burtola | None | Sadhan Pande | Indian National Congress | |
| Manicktola | None | Paresh Paul | Indian National Congress | |
| Belgachia West | None | Rajdeo Goala | Communist Party of India | |
| Bally | None | Kanika Ganguly | Communist Party of India | |
| Howrah North | None | Lagan Deo Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| Howrah Central | None | Ambica 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. Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India | |
| Panchla | None | Gulsan Mullick | Indian National Congress | |
| Sankrail | SC | Sital Kumar Sardar | Indian National Congress | |
| Uluberia North | SC | Ramjanam Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| Uluberia South | None | Ghose Rabindra | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Shyampur | None | Sanjib Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Bagnan | None | Sabuj Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| Kalyanpur | None | Asit Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Amta | None | Pratyush Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Udaynarayanpur | None | Nanigopal Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Jangipara | None | Ibha Dey | Communist Party of India | |
| Chanditala | None | Akbor Ali Khandoker | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttarpara | None | Jyoti Krishna Chattapadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| Serampore | None | Jyoti Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Champdani | None | Abdul Mannan | Indian National Congress | |
| Chandernagore | None | Kamal Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Singur | None | Das Bidyut Kumar | Communist Party of India | |
| Haripal | None | Kali Prasad Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| Tarakeswar | None | Pratim Chatterjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Chinsurah | None | Naren Dey | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Bansberia | None | Robin Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Balagarh | SC | Dibakanta Routh | Communist Party of India | |
| Pandua | None | Ali Sk. Majed | Communist Party of India | |
| Polba | None | Saktipada Khanra | Communist Party of India | |
| Dhaniakhali | SC | Kripasindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Pursurah | None | Nimai Mal | Communist Party of India | |
| Khanakul | SC | Banshi Badan Maitra | Communist Party of India | |
| Arambagh | None | Binoy Datta | Communist Party of India | |
| Goghat | SC | Shiba Prasad Malick | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Chandrakona | None | Gurupada Dutta | Communist Party of India | |
| Ghatal | SC | Ratan Pakhira | Communist Party of India | |
| Daspur | None | Mukhopadhaya Chitta Ranjan | Communist Party of India | |
| Nandanpur | None | Chhaya Bera | Communist Party of India | |
| Panskura West | None | Chitta Ranjan Das Thakur | Communist Party of India | |
| Panskura East | None | Biplab Ray Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Tamluk | None | Anil Mudi | Indian National Congress | |
| Moyna | None | Dipak Bera | Communist Party of India | |
| Mahishadal | None | Sukumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Sutahata | SC | Tushar Kanti Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| Nandigram | None | Debisankar Panda | Indian National Congress | |
| Narghat | None | Brahmamoy Nanda | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhagabanpur | None | Khanra Ajit | Indian National Congress | |
| Khajuri | SC | Mondal Ramchandra | Communist Party of India | |
| Contai North | None | Chakradhar Maikap | Communist Party of India | |
| Contai South | None | Sailaja Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Ramnagar | None | Mrinal Kanti Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Egra | None | Sinha Prabodh Chandra | Communist Party of India | |
| Mugberia | None | Kiranmoy Nanda | Communist Party of India | |
| Pataspur | None | Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra | Communist Party of India | |
| Sabang | None | Bangal Makhanlal | Independent | |
| Pingla | None | Ram Pada Samanta | Communist Party of India | |
| Debra | None | Sk. Jahangir Karim | Communist Party of India | |
| Keshpur | SC | Dal Nandarani | Communist Party of India | |
| Garhbeta East | None | Susanta Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Garhbeta West | SC | Krishnaprasad Duley | Communist Party of India | |
| Salbani | None | Khagendra Nath Mahato | Communist Party of India | |
| Midnapore | None | Purnendu Sengupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Kharagpur Town | None | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | Indian National Congress | |
| Kharagpur Rural | None | Haque Nazmul | Communist Party of India | |
| Keshiari | ST | Maheswar Murmu | Communist Party of India | |
| Narayangarh | None | Surjya Kanta Mishra | Communist Party of India | |
| Dantan | None | Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Nayagram | ST | Subhas Chandra Saren | Communist Party of India | |
| Gopiballavpur | None | Rana Sakti | Communist Party of India | |
| Jhargram | None | Buddhadev Bhakat | Communist Party of India | |
| Binpur | ST | Naren Hansda | Jharkhand Party | |
| Banduan | ST | Lakhiram 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 | Satya Ranjan Mahato | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jaipur | None | Shantiram Mahato | Indian National Congress | |
| 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 | Rabindranath Hembram | Communist Party of India | |
| Hura | None | Abinas Mahato | Communist Party of India | |
| Taldangra | None | Monoranjan Patra | Communist Party of India | |
| Raipur | ST | Upen Kisku | Communist Party of India | |
| Ranibandh | ST | Deblina Hembram | Communist Party of India | |
| Indpur | SC | Kirity Bagdi | Communist Party of India | |
| Chhatna | None | Subhas Goswami | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Gangajalghati | SC | Angad Bauri | Communist Party of India | |
| Barjora | None | Susmita Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| Bankura | None | Partha De | Communist Party of India | |
| Onda | None | Anil Mukherjee | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Vishnupur | None | Jayanta Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Kotulpur | None | Gouripada Dutta | Communist Party of India | |
| Indas | SC | Nandadulal Majhi | Communist Party of India | |
| Sonamukhi | SC | Haradhan Bauri | Communist Party of India | |
| Kulti | None | Acharyya Maniklal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Barabani | None | Manik Upadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Hirapur | None | Shyamadas Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Asansol | None | Tapas Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Raniganj | None | Chowdhury Bansa Gopal | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamuria | None | Pelab Kabi | Communist Party of India | |
| Ukhra | SC | Bagdi Lakhan | Communist Party of India | |
| Durgapur-i | None | Mrinal Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Durgapur-ii | None | Debabrata Benerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Kanksa | SC | Ankura Saresh | Communist Party of India | |
| Ausgram | SC | Kartick Chandra Bag | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhatar | None | Subhas Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Galsi | None | Idrish Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Burdwan North | None | Nisith Adhikary | Communist Party of India | |
| Burdwan South | None | Shyamaprosad Bose | Communist Party of India | |
| Khandaghosh | SC | Dalui Shibaprasad | Communist Party of India | |
| Raina | None | Shyamaprosad Pal | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamalpur | SC | Samar Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| Memari | None | Tapas Chattopadhyay | 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 | Dutta Himangshu | Communist Party of India | |
| Katwa | None | Rabindra Nath Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Mangalkot | None | Sadhana Mallik | Communist Party of India | |
| Ketugram | SC | Majhi Tamal | Communist Party of India | |
| Nanur | SC | Anandagopal Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Bolpur | None | Tapan Hore | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Labhpur | None | Manik Chandra Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhusan Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajnagar | SC | Bijoy Bagdi | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Suri | None | Suniti Chattaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahammad Bazar | None | Dhiren Sen | Communist Party of India | |
| Mayureswar | SC | Dhiren Let | Communist Party of India | |
| Rampurhat | None | Mahammad Hannan | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Hansan | SC | Asit Kumar Mal | Indian National Congress | |
| Nalhati | None | Kalimuddin Shams | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Murarai | None | Motahar Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
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