1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

State assembly election in india 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Bharat Legislative 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 1967 no 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 1971 9 February 1969 All 280 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jyoti Basu Baranagar Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png 120 100 120 20 10 UF 80 18.10%, 43 seats 37 Indian National Congress (R) Prafulla Chandra Sen Arambagh PrafullaChandraSen.png 110 100 120 5 0 55 41.1%, 127 seats 72 Bangla Congress Ajoy Mukherjee Tamluk Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg 130 100 120 10 5 UF 33 10.16%, 34 seats 1 Chief Minister President's rule Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress 141 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members 1964 20% 2,676,981 1962 5,538,622 41.3% 1967 8.2% 1,094,654 1.9 pp 0.2 pp 1.9 pp 66.51% Elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in February 1969 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3185-west-bengal-1969/ West Bengal 1969 Election Commission of India eci.gov.in en-IN 24 July 2020The Times of India News Service 65 Straight Contests in W. Bengal https://www.proquest.com/docview/614137477 ProQuest The Times of India 2024-03-27 614137477 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.Subrata K. Mitra The Puzzle of India's Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory https://books.google.com/books?id=GuILNHwcT4AC&pg=PA99 7 May 2007 Routledge 978-1-134-27493-2 99 Background In the previous assembly election, the Indian National Congress was defeated due to unpopularity of state PCC chief Bijoy Singh Nahar's autocratic style of functioning & chief minister Prafulla Chandra Sen's unpopular decision of implementing food rationing in the state to handle the food crisis caused by famine in the state. The first non-Congress government was formed on 1 March 1967 with Ajoy Mukherjee of Bangla Congress from the United Front (also consisting of CPI, AIFB & BPI) as the chief-minister & Jyoti Basu of CPI(M) from the United Left Front (also consisting of RSP, SUCI(C), SSP, MFB, WPI & RCPI) as the deputy chief minister. However, the coalition government soon fell apart due to the demand of land reforms raised by the Land Minister, CPI(M) leader Hare Krishna Konar, which threatened the rural landed-gentry support-base of the Bangla Congress & legalisation of gherao policy by Labour Minister, SUCI(C) leader Subodh Banerjee. Frequent strikes & protests against big businessmen and industrialists by Communist labour unions was causing them to gradually shift their operations out of the state. In spite of requests from industries minister, Bangla Congress leader Sushil Kumar Dhara, deputy chief-minister Basu refused to remove Banerjee from the labour ministry on grounds of CPI(M)'s ideological similarities with SUCI(C). So, Mukherjee himself sat on a hunger strike at Curzon Park (renamed as Surendranath Park) just in front of Writer's Building, the state secretariat building, demanding Banerjee's resignation. However, there he was heckled by cadres of CPI(M) & SUCI(C).https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/president-pranab-mukherjee-as-rajya-sabha-lok-sabha-mp-110881-2012-07-23 As a debutant MP, Pranab quickly earned the respect of his Rajya Sabha colleagues There were further differences within the government over CPI(M)'s initial soft approach towards Naxalbari uprising on grounds of CPI(M)'s ideological similarities & shared adoration for Mao Zedong with the rebels. CPI(M) also organised strikes demanding the resignation of the Food Minister, independent MLA Prafulla Chandra Ghosh over his poor handling of the food crisis. In midst of these events, Ghosh formed his own party 'Progressive Democratic Front' with 16 elected members of the Bangla Congress & sent a letter to the Governor Dharma Vira laying claim to the government with the support of the Congress. The Governor dissolved the Ajoy Mukherjee-Jyoti Basu led government without conducting a no-trust vote in the Legislative Assembly & sworn in Ghosh as the new chief minister on 21 November 1967. Mukherjee & Basu put aside their differences & together organised protests against Ghosh's government, leading to increasing political violence between the cadres of CPI(M) & Congress. In midst of the food crisis & escalating political violence among political parties and that between Naxalites & others in the state, President's Rule had to be introduced on 20 February 1968, following which, the previous legislative assembly was dissolved.Ramashray Roy The Uncertain Verdict: A Study of the 1969 Elections in Four Indian States https://archive.org/details/uncertainverdict0000royr registration 1975 University of California Press 978-0-520-02475-5 33 Results File:India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1969.svg Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2676981 80 37 Indian National Congress 5538622 55 72 Bangla Congress 1094654 33 1 Communist Party of India 938472 30 14 All India Forward Bloc 671664 21 8 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 375983 12 6 Samyukta Socialist Party 249362 9 2 Socialist Unity Centre of India 202721 7 3 Praja Socialist Party 175890 5 2 Lok Sewak Sangh 99844 4 NA Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 71665 4 NA Progressive Muslim League 208574 3 NA Revolutionary Communist Party of India 51181 2 NA Workers Party of India 47391 2 NA Indian National Democratic Front 118650 1 NA Marxist Forward Bloc 27143 1 NA Others 374421 0 0 Independents 481092 11 20 0 353762 20685110 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3185-west-bengal-1969/ West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election, 1969 14 August 2018 Election Commission of India 24 February 2023 Elected members ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty 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 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 Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Indian National Congress Kalchini ST Denis Lakra Indian National Congress Alipurduars None Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Falakata SC Jagadananda Roy Indian National Congress Madarihat ST A. H. Besterwitch Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 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 (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Kumarganj None Abinash Basu Bangla Congress Balurghat None Mukal Basu Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Tapan ST Nathaniel Murmu Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Habibpur ST Nimai Chand Murmu Communist Party of India Gajol ST Lakshan Saren Indian National Congress Kharba None Golam Yazdani Independent (politician) Harishchandrapur None Md. Elias Razi Workers Party of India Ratua None Mohammad Ali Independent (politician) 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 (India) 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 (politician) 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 (West Bengal) Hariharpara None Ahammad Aktabuddin Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal) Berhampore None Sanat Kumar Raha Communist Party of India Beldanga None Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh Independent (politician) Kandi None Kumar J . C . Sinha Independent (politician) Khargram SC Kumarish Chandra Moulick Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Barwan None Amalendra Lal Ray Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Bharatpur None Satyapada Bhattacharyya Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 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 (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Ranaghat East SC Nitaipada Sarkar Communist Party of India Chakdah None Subal Chandra Mandal Bangla Congress Haringhata None Baksh Mohammad Karin Independent (politician) 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 (Marxist) Deganga None Harun - Or - Rashid Progressive Muslim League (West Bengal) 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 (Marxist) 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 (India) Sandeshkhali ST Sarat Sardar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Haroa SC Brajendra Nath Sarkar Bangla Congress Basanti None Ashoke Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Canning SC Naryan Naskar Indian National Congress Kultali SC Prabodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Joynagar None Subodh Banerjee Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Baruipur SC Kumud Ranjan Mondal Samyukta Socialist Party Sonarpur SC Gangadhar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bhangar None A.k.m. Ishaque Indian National Congress Jadavpur None Bikesh Chandra Guha Communist Party of India (Marxist) Behala East None Niranjan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Behala West None Rabin Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Garden Reach None Arun Sen Communist Party of India Maheshtola None Sudhir Chandra Bhandari Communist Party of India (Marxist) Budge Budge None Khiti Bhusan Roy Barman Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bishnupur West None Provash Chandra Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bishnupur East SC Sundar Kumar Haskar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Falta None Jyotish Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Diamond Harbour None Abdul Quiyom Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist) Magrahat East SC Radhika Rajan Pramanik Communist Party of India (Marxist) Magrahat West None Sachindranath Mondal Bangla Congress Kulpi SC Murari Mohan Halder Bangla Congress Mathurapur SC Renupada Halder Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Patharpratima None Rabin Mondal Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Kakdwip None Hansadhwaj Dhara Indian National Congress Sagar None Gobardhan Dingal Bangla Congress Bijpur None Jagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Naihati None Gopal Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bhatpara None Sitaram Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Noapara None Jamini Bhuson Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) Titagarh None Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist) Khardah None Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) Panihati None G.k. Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kamarhati None Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Baranagar None Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Dum Dum None Tarun Kumar Sen Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Cossipur None Basu Vishnugopal Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Rashbehari Avenue None Bejoy Kumar Banerjee Independent (politician) Tollygunge None Niranjan Sen Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Entally None A.M.O. Ghani Communist Party of India Taltola None Abul Hassan Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sealdah None Jatin Chakraborty Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Vidyasagar None Samar Kumar Pudra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Beliaghata North None Krishnapada Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Manicktola None Ila Mitra Communist Party of India Burtola None Nikhil Das Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Belgachia None Lakshmicharan Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bally None Patit Paban Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Panchla None Kanai Lal Bhattacharyya All India Forward Bloc Domjur None Joykesh Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jagatballavpur None Tarapada Dey Communist Party of India (Marxist) Panchla None Bibhuti Bhushin Ghosh All India Forward Bloc Sankrail SC Haran Chandra Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Kalyanpur None Sunil Kumar Mitra Bangla Congress Amta None Nitai Bhandari Communist Party of India (Marxist) Udaynarayanpur None Panna Lal Maji Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jangipara None Maninda Nath Jana Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chanditala None Mohamed Abdul Latif Independent (politician) Uttarapara None Monoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Serampore None Panchugopal Bhaduri Communist Party of India Champdani None Haripada Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Chandernagore None Bhabani Mukehjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Singur None Gopal Bandopadhaya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Balagarh SC Hbinash Pramanik Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pandua None Deb Narayan Chakrabarty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Ghatal SC Nanda Rani Dal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Daspur None Mrigendra Bhattacharjya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Communist) 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 (Marxist) Raipur ST Bhabatosh Soren Bangla Congress Ranibandh ST Suchand Saren Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) 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 (Marxist) Hirapur None Bamapada Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kulti None Tarak Nath Chakraborty Samyukta Socialist Party Barabani None Sunil Basu Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Asansol None Lokes Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) Raniganj None Haradhan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jamuria SC Amarendra Mondal Indian National Congress Ukhra SC Lakhan Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist) Durgapur None Dilip Kumar Mazumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Faridpur None Manoranjan Baksi Bangla Congress Ausgram SC Krishna Chandra Halder Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bhatar None Aswini Roy Communist Party of India Galsi None Phakir Chandra Roy Independent (politician) Burdwan North None Debarata Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Burdwan South None Benoy Krishna Choudhuri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Khandaghosh SC Gobardhan Pakray Samyukta Socialist Party Raina None Guha Panchu Gopal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jamalpur SC Basudeb Malik Bangla Congress Memari None Konar Benoy Krishna Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalna None Hare Krishna Konar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nadanghat None Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah Communist Party of India (Marxist) Manteswar None K.n. Hazra Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) Purbasthali None Mollah Humayun Kabir Communist Party of India (Marxist) Katwa None Thakur Nityananda Indian National Congress Mangalkot None Nikhilananda Sar Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ketugram SC Ramgati Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nanur SC Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bolpur None Pannalal Das Gupta Independent (politician) Labhpur None Radhanath Chttoraj Communist Party of India (Marxist) 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 (Communist) Mahammad Bazar None Dwarika Prasonna Roy Bangla Congress Mayureswar SC Panchanan Let Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rampurhat None Sasanka Sekhar Mongal All India Forward Bloc Hansan SC Mondal Mrityunjoy All India Forward Bloc Nalhati None Golam Mamiuddin Independent (politician) Murarai None Bazle Ahmad Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) References Category:State Assembly elections in West Bengal Category:1960s in West Bengal West Bengal