1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

24 April 1991

All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.80%
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Jyoti Basu Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF -
Leader since 1964 1972
Leader's seat Satgachhia Chowrangee
Last election 53.0%, 251 seats 41.81%, 40 seats
Seats won 182 43
Seat change Decrease5 Increase3
Popular vote 11,418,822 10,875,834
Percentage 36.87% 35.12%
Swing Decrease2.43% Decrease6.69%

Chief Minister before election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

Elected Chief Minister

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, All India Forward Bloc 34, RSP 23, CPI 12, West Bengal Socialist Party 4, Marxist Forward Bloc 2, DSP 2, RCPI 2, CRLI 1, JD 8 and the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 1.[6][7]

Congress

The Indian National Congress had seat-sharing arrangement, whereby INC 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 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 Indian National Congress was keen to exploit Ray's popularity, campaigned on the allegations of corruption raised by senior cabinet minister of the Left Front like Jatin Chakraborty & Benoy Choudhuri 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 during the Emergency.[5]

The Indian National Congress 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 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, and managed to increase its share of votes from 0.51% in 1987 to 11.34%.[6][8] It was the best ever performance of BJP in the state until 2014 general elections 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]

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 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
MekliganjSCParesh Chandra Adhikary All India Forward Bloc
SitalkuchiSCSudhir Pramanik Communist Party of India
MathabhangaSCDinesh Chandra Dukua Communist Party of India
Cooch Behar NorthNoneBimal Kanti Basu All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar WestNoneSoumindra Chanra Das All India Forward Bloc
SitaiNoneDipal Sengupta All India Forward Bloc
DinhataNoneKamal Kanti Guha All India Forward Bloc
NatabariNoneSibendranarayan Chowdhury Communist Party of India
TufanganjSCDebendra Nath Barman Communist Party of India
KumargramSTSalib Topo Revolutionary Socialist Party
KalchiniSTMonohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
AlipurduarsNoneNirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
FalakataSCJogesh Chandra Barman Communist Party of India
MadarihatSTSushil Kujur Revolutionary Socialist Party
DhupguriSCBanamali Roy Communist Party of India
NagrakataSTChaitan Munda Communist Party of India
MainaguriSCNityananda Adhikary Revolutionary Socialist Party
MalSTJagannath Oraon Communist Party of India
KrantiNoneSudhan Raha Communist Party of India
JalpaiguriNoneAnupam Sen Indian National Congress
RajganjSCJatindra Nath Roy Communist Party of India
KalimpongNoneNima Tshering Moktan Independent
DarjeelingNoneNarendra Kumai Independent
KurseongNoneNar Bahadur Chettri Independent
SiliguriNoneAsok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India
PhansidewaSTProkash Minj Communist Party of India
ChopraNoneMohamuddin Communist Party of India
IslampurNoneChoudhury Md. Abdul Karim Indian National Congress
GoalpokharNoneMd. Ramjan Ali All India Forward Bloc
KarandighiNoneHaji Sajjad Hossain Indian National Congress
RaiganjSCKhagendra Nath Sinha Communist Party of India
KaliaganjSCRamani Kanta Deb Sarma Communist Party of India
KushmandiSCNarmada Chandra Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
ItaharNoneAbedin Zainaj Indian National Congress
GangarampurNoneMinati Ghosh Communist Party of India
TapanSTKhara Soren Revolutionary Socialist Party
KumarganjNoneDwijendras Nath Oroy Communist Party of India
BalurghatNoneBiswanath Chowdhury Revolutionary Socialist Party
HabibpurSTSarkar Murmu Communist Party of India
GajolSTDebnath Murmu Communist Party of India
KharbaNoneNazmul Haque Communist Party of India
HarishchandrapurNoneBirendra Kumar Moitra All India Forward Bloc
RatuaNoneMamtaz Begum Communist Party of India
AraidangaNoneSabitri Mitra Indian National Congress
MaldaSCSubhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India
EnglishbazarNonePrabhat Acharya Communist Party of India
ManikchakNoneSubodh Chaudhury Communist Party of India
SuzapurNoneRubi Noor Indian National Congress
KaliachakNoneDinesh Joardar Communist Party of India
FarakkaNoneAbul Hasnat Khan Communist Party of India
AurangabadNoneTouab Ali Communist Party of India
SutiNoneShish Mahammad Revolutionary Socialist Party
SagardighiSCDas Paresh Nath Communist Party of India
JangipurNoneAbdul Haque Revolutionary Socialist Party
LalgolaNoneAbu Hena Indian National Congress
BhagabangolaNoneSyed Mawabjani Meerza Communist Party of India
NabagramNoneSisir Kumar Sarkar Communist Party of India
MurshidabadNoneChhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
JalangiNoneUnus Sarkar Communist Party of India
DomkalNoneAnesur Rahaman Communist Party of India
NaodaNoneNasiruddin Khan Indian National Congress
HariharparaNoneMozammel Hoque Communist Party of India
BerhamporeNoneSankar Das Paul Indian National Congress
BeldangaNoneNurul Islam Chowdhury Indian National Congress
KandiNoneAtish Ch. Sinha Indian National Congress
KhargramSCBiswanath Mondal Communist Party of India
BarwanNoneDebabratta Bandapadyay Revolutionary Socialist Party
BharatpurNoneId. Mohammad Revolutionary Socialist Party
KarimpurNoneChitta Ranjan Biswas Communist Party of India
PalashiparaNoneKamalendju Sanyal (sasthi) Communist Party of India
NakashiparaNoneShaik Khabiruddin Ahmed Communist Party of India
KaliganjNoneAbdus Salam Munshi Indian National Congress
ChapraNoneMir Quasem Mondal Communist Party of India
KrishnaganjSCSushil Biswas Communist Party of India
Krishnagar EastNoneSibdas Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Krishnagar WestNoneSunil Kumar Ghosh Communist Party of India
NabadwipNoneBiswanath Mitra Communist Party of India
SantipurNoneAjoy Dey Indian National Congress
HanskhaliSCNayan Sarkar Communist Party of India
Ranaghat EastSCBinay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India
Ranaghat WestNoneSubhaas Basu Communist Party of India
ChakdahaNoneSatasadhan Chakraborty Communist Party of India
HaringhataNoneNani Gopal Malakar Communist Party of India
BagdahaSCKamalakshi Biswas All India Forward Bloc
BongaonNoneBhupendra Nath Seth Indian National Congress
GaighataNonePabir Banerjee Indian National Congress
HabraNoneKamal Sengupta (bose) Communist Party of India
AshokenagarNoneNani Kar Communist Party of India
AmdangaNoneHashim Abdul Halim Communist Party of India
BarasatNoneSaral Deb All India Forward Bloc
RajarhatSCRabindra Nath Mandal Communist Party of India
DegangaNoneMd. Yakub All India Forward Bloc
SwarupnagarNoneMustafa Bin Quasem Communist Party of India
BaduriaNoneQuazi Abdul Gaffar Indian National Congress
BasirhatNoneNarayan Mukheree Communist Party of India
HasnabadNoneGoutam Deb Communist Party of India
HaroaSCKshiti Ranjan Modal Communist Party of India
SandeshkhaliSCDhiren Mondal Communist Party of India
HingalganjSCGayen Nripen Communist Party of India
GosabaSCGanesh Chandra Moindal Revolutionary Socialist Party
BasantiSCSubhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party
KultaliSCPrabodh Independent
JoynagarNoneDeba Prasad Sarkar Independent
BaruipurNoneShovan Dev Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress
Canning WestSCBimal Mistry Communist Party of India
Canning EastNoneAbdur Razzak Molla Communist Party of India
BhangarNoneBadal Jamadar Communist Party of India
JadavpurNoneBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India
SonarpurSCBhadreswar Mondal Communist Party of India
Bishnupur EastSCSundar Naskar Communist Party of India
Bishnupur WestNoneKashinath Adak Communist Party of India
Behala EastNoneKum-kum Chakraborti Communist Party of India
Behala WestNoneNirmal Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Garden ReachNoneFazle Azim Molla Indian National Congress
MaheshtalaNoneAbdul Basar Communist Party of India
Budge BudgeNoneDipak Mukherjee Communist Party of India
SatgachiaNoneJyoti Basu Communist Party of India
FaltaNoneArati Das Gupta Communist Party of India
Diamond HarbourNoneAbdul Quiyom Molla Communist Party of India
Magrahat WestNoneAnuradha Putatunda Communist Party of India
Magrahat EastSCNirmal Sinha Communist Party of India
MandirbazarSCSubhas Roy Communist Party of India
MathurapurNoneSatya Ranjan Pabuli Indian National Congress
KulpiSCKrishnadhan Halder Communist Party of India
PatharpratimaNoneJanmejey Manna Communist Party of India
KakdwipNoneHrishikesh Maity Communist Party of India
BijpurNoneJagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India
NaihatiNoneAdhikari Tarun Indian National Congress
BhatparaNoneBidyt Ganguly Communist Party of India
JagatdalNoneNihar Basu All India Forward Bloc
NoaparaNoneMadan Mohan Nath Communist Party of India
TitagarhNonePravin Kumar Shaw Communist Party of India
KhardahNoneAsim Kumar Das Gupta Communist Party of India
PanihatiNoneTania Chakrabarty Communist Party of India
KamarhatiNoneSanti Ghatak Communist Party of India
BaranagarNoneMatish Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum DumNoneSankar Kumar Sen Communist Party of India
Belgachia EastNoneSubhash Chakraborty Communist Party of India
CossipurNoneDipak Chanda Communist Party of India
ShyampukurNoneSanti Ranjan Ganguly All India Forward Bloc
JorabaganNoneSubrata Mukherjee Indian National Congress
JorasankoNoneDeokinandan Poddar Indian National Congress
Bara BazarNoneKhaitan Rajesh Indian National Congress
Bow BazarNoneSudip Bandyopadhyay Indian National Congress
ChowringheeNoneSiddhartha Shanker Ray Indian National Congress
KabitirthaNoneKalimuddin Shams All India Forward Bloc
AliporeNoneSougata Roy Indian National Congress
Rashbehari AvenueNoneHoimi Basu Indian National Congress
TollygungeNoneSur Prasanta Kumar Communist Party of India
DhakuriaNoneKshiti Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
BallygungeNoneSachin Sen Communist Party of India
EntallyNoneMd. Nizamuddin Communist Party of India
TaltolaSCDebesh Das Communist Party of India
BeliaghataNoneManabendra Mukherjee Communist Party of India
SealdahNoneSomendra Nath Misra Indian National Congress
VidyasagarNoneLakshmi Kanta Dey Communist Party of India
BurtolaNoneSadhan Pande Indian National Congress
ManicktolaNoneShyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India
Belgachia WestNoneRajdeo Goala Communist Party of India
BallyNonePatit Paban Pathak Communist Party of India
Howrah NorthNoneLagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India
Howrah CentralNoneAmbika Banerjee Indian National Congress
Howrah SouthNonePralay Talukdar Communist Party of India
ShibpurNoneJatu Lahiri Indian National Congress
DomjurNonePadmanidhi Dhar Communist Party of India
JagatballavpurNoneM. Anakaruddin Communist Party of India
PanchlaNoneSailen Mondal All India Forward Bloc
SankrailSCHaran Hazra Communist Party of India
SagarNonePrabhanjan Mondal Communist Party of India
Uluberia NorthSCRaj Kumar Mondal Communist Party of India
Uluberia SouthNoneRabindra Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
ShyampurNoneSangib Kumar Das Indian National Congress
BagnanNoneNirupama Chattopadhayay Communist Party of India
KalyanpurNoneNitai Charan Adak Communist Party of India
AmtaNoneBarindra Nath Koley Communist Party of India
UdaynarayanpurNonePanna Lal Maji Communist Party of India
JangiparaNoneManindra Jana Communist Party of India
ChanditalaNoneMalin Ghosh Communist Party of India
UttarparaNoneSantasir Chatterjee Communist Party of India
SeramporeNoneArun Goswami Indian National Congress
ChampdaniNoneAbdul Mannan Indian National Congress
ChandernagoreNoneChatterjee Sandhya Communist Party of India
SingurNoneBidyut Kumar Das Communist Party of India
HaripalNoneKali Krasad Biswas Communist Party of India
TarakeswarNoneSanti Chatterjee Independent
ChinsurahNoneNaren Dey All India Forward Bloc
BansberiaNonePrabir Sen Gupta Communist Party of India
BalagarhSCAbinash Pramanik Communist Party of India
PanduaNoneDebnarayan Chakraborty Communist Party of India
PolbaNoneBrajo Gopal Neogy Communist Party of India
DhaniakhaliSCKripa Sindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
PursurahNoneBishnu Bera Communist Party of India
KhanakulSCSachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India
ArambaghNoneBenode Das Communist Party of India
GoghatSCShiba Prasad Malick All India Forward Bloc
ChandrakonaNoneUmapati Chakrabortty Communist Party of India
GhatalSCRatan Chandra Pakhira Communist Party of India
DaspurNonePrabhas Podikar Communist Party of India
NandanpurNoneChhaya Bera Communist Party of India
Panskura WestNoneOmar Ali Communist Party of India
Panskura EastNoneSisir Sarkar Communist Party of India
TamlukNoneAnil Mudi Indian National Congress
MoynaNoneManik Bhowmik Indian National Congress
MahishadalNoneSukumar Das Indian National Congress
SutahataSCSeth Lakshman Chandra Communist Party of India
NandigramNoneSakti Bal Communist Party of India
NarghatNoneNada Brahmamoy Communist Party of India
BhagabanpurNonePrasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India
KhajuriSCSunirmal Paik Communist Party of India
Contai NorthNoneMukul Bikash Maity Indian National Congress
Contai SouthNoneSailaja Kumar Das Indian National Congress
RamnagarNoneMrinal Kanti Roy Communist Party of India
EgraNoneSinha Probodh Chandra Communist Party of India
MugberiaNoneKrianmoy Nanda Communist Party of India
PataspurNoneKamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra Communist Party of India
SabangNoneManas Ranjan Bhunia Indian National Congress
PinglaNoneHari Pada Jana Democratic Socialist Party
DebraNoneSki. Jahangir Karim Communist Party of India
KeshpurSCDal Nanda Rani Communist Party of India
Garhbeta EastNoneGosh Susanta Communist Party of India
Garhbeta WestSCDuley Krishna Prasad Communist Party of India
SalbaniNoneSundar Hazra Communist Party of India
MidnaporeNoneKamaksha Ghosh Communist Party of India
Kharagpur TownNoneGyan Msingh Sohanpal Indian National Congress
Kharagpur RuralNoneSk. Nazmul Haque Communist Party of India
KeshiariSTMaheswar Murmu Communist Party of India
NarayangarhNoneSurja Kanta Mishra Communist Party of India
DantanNonePatra Ranjit Communist Party of India
NayagramSTAnanta Saren Communist Party of India
GopiballavpurNoneAtul Chandra Das Communist Party of India
JhargramNoneBuddha Deb Bhakat Communist Party of India
BinpurSTNaren Hansda All India Jharkhand Party
BanduanSTLakhi Ram Kisku Communist Party of India
ManbazarNoneKamala Kanta Mahata Communist Party of India
BalrampurSTBhandu Majhi Communist Party of India
ArsaNoneNishi Kanta Mehta All India Forward Bloc
JhaldaNoneSatyan Ranjank Mahata All India Forward Bloc
JaipurNoneBindeswar Mahata All India Forward Bloc
PuruliaNoneMamata Mukherjee Communist Party of India
ParaSCBilasi Bala Sahis Communist Party of India
RaghunathpurSCNatabar Bagdi Communist Party of India
KashipurSTSurendra Nath Majhi Communist Party of India
HuraNoneAmbarish Mukhopadhyaya Communist Party of India
TaldangraNoneAmiya Patra Communist Party of India
RaipurSTLipen Kisku Communist Party of India
RanibandhSTArati Bembram Communist Party of India
IndpurSCMadan Bawri Communist Party of India
ChhatnaNoneSubhas Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
GangajalghatiSCAngad Bauri Communist Party of India
BarjoraNoneJayasri Mitra Communist Party of India
BankuraNonePartha De Communist Party of India
OndaNoneAnil Mukherjee All India Forward Bloc
VishnupurNoneAchintya Krishna Ray Communist Party of India
KotulpurNoneGouri Pada Dutta Communist Party of India
IndasSCNanda Dulal Majhi Communist Party of India
KultiNoneAcharje Manik Lal All India Forward Bloc
BarabaniNoneS. R. Das Communist Party of India
HirapurNoneMumtaz Hassan Janata Dal
SonamukhiSCHaradhan Bauri Communist Party of India
AsansolNoneGoutam Roy Chowdhury Communist Party of India
RaniganjNoneBansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India
JamuriaNoneChowdhury Bikash Communist Party of India
UkhraSCBagdi Lakhan Communist Party of India
Durgapur-iNoneDilip Mazumdar Communist Party of India
Durgapur-iiNoneTarun Chatterje Communist Party of India
KanksaSCKrishna Chandra Halder Communist Party of India
AusgramSCSreedhar Malik Communist Party of India
BhatarNoneMeheboo Zaredi Communist Party of India
GalsiNoneIdrish Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan NorthNoneBenoy Krishna Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Burdwan SouthNoneShayam Prosad Bose Communist Party of India
KhandaghoshSCDaula Shiba Prasad Communist Party of India
RainaNoneChatterjee Dhirendra Nath Communist Party of India
JamalpurSCSamar Hazara Communist Party of India
MemariNoneKonar Maharani Communist Party of India
KalnaNoneAnju Kar Communist Party of India
NadanghatNoneBiren Ghosh Communist Party of India
ManteswarNoneAbu Ayes Mondal Communist Party of India
PurbasthaliNoneMonoranjan Nath Communist Party of India
KatwaNoneAnjan Chatterjee Communist Party of India
MangalkotNoneSamar Baora Communist Party of India
KetugramSCRaicharan Majhi Communist Party of India
NanurSCAnanda Gopal Das Communist Party of India
BolpurNoneTapan Hore Revolutionary Socialist Party
LabhpurNoneManik Chandra Mandal Communist Party of India
DubrajpurNoneBhakti Bhusan Mondal All India Forward Bloc
RajnagarSCBijoy Bagdi All India Forward Bloc
SuriNoneTapan Roy Communist Party of India
Mahammad BazarNoneDhiren Sen Communist Party of India
MayureswarSCDhiren Let Communist Party of India
RampurhatNoneSashanka Mondal All India Forward Bloc
HansanSCTrilochon Das Revolutionary Communist Party of India
NalhatiNoneSattick Kumar Ray All India Forward Bloc
MuraraiNoneMotahar Hossain Indian National Congress

See also

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