1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Elections in state of India December 2023 December 2023 India legislative no 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 1991 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2001 13 May 1996 All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 82.94% ( 6.14 pp) 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members 100px Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png 110 100 120 15 10 Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Left Front (West Bengal) Satgachhia 36.87%, 182 seats 153 29 13,670,198 37.16% 1.05 pp Hand INC.svg 140 100 120 10 0 Somen Mitra Sealdah INC(I) INC + GNLF 35.12%, 43 seats 82 39 14,523,964 39.48% 4.36 pp 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg 300px Seatwise Result Map of the election West Bengal Assembly Alliance Result 1996.svg Alliance wise Result 300px Chief Minister Chief Minister after election Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Alliance seats 203 85 Seat change 42 39 Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1996. The election took place simultaneously with the 1996 Indian general election.M. L. Ahuja Handbook of General Elections and Electoral Reforms in India, 1952–1999 https://books.google.com/books?id=PCrZLq_gEcUC&pg=PA49 2000 Mittal Publications 978-81-7099-766-5 49The Hindu. The case against simultaneous polls This was the last election Jyoti Basu contested, as he retired from politics in 2000. Parties Left Front The Communist Party of India (Marxist) had fielded 70 new candidates, but many of them failed to get elected. The All India Forward Bloc had suffered a split before the election, with the emergence of the Forward Bloc (Socialist). The Left Front supported Janata Dal candidates in five constituencies. Indian National Congress Factionalism was rife within the state Congress unit. After being out of power in the state for about 20 years with no significant increase in either vote-share or number of seats in the last 15 years, most state Congress leaders had given up the hopes of defeating the Left Front & sought to re-evaluate their strategy. The elections took place alongside the general elections, in which there were 4 major players - the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Hindu right wing alliance, the centre-left alliance led by Janata Dal made up of Congress dissidents, the centrist alliance of the Congress party & the leftist alliance of Communist parties, out of which the BJP & JD didn't have much influence in the state. In 1991, the Congress under P. V. Narasimha Rao was able to form a minority government with the support of the Janata Dal, however Rao's tenure saw the Congress rife with defection of some of its senior leaders & charges of corruption. The political climate of India was charged with the issue of Ram-mandir, following the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992. The BJP made the construction of Ram-mandir on the Ram Janmabhoomi site its primary electoral promise while the Janata Dal banked on the implementation of the Mandal Commission report as its main electoral plank in order to counter the BJP, leading to conflict between OBC & SC groups. However, the Mandir-Mandal issue didn't have much impact in the politics of the state which had been under Communist rule since 1977. As the Janata Dal was open to supporting both BJP & Congress, the support of the Left Front became the more important on the national stage. CPI(M) stalwart & the incumbent Chief Minister Jyoti Basu had been even offered the post of Prime Minister by the Congress when the Janata Dal government of V. P. Singh collapsed in 1990 due to BJP's withdrawal of support & again when the Congress withdrew its support from Chandra Shekhar's government in 1991. In midst of such political instability, 2 factions developed within the state Congress unit. One faction led by Pranab Mukherjee was in favour of forging an electoral understanding with the Left Front in the state in order to gain their support on the national level. The other faction led by anti-Communist leaders like Siddharta Shankar Ray & Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was stauchly opposed to it. The rivalry between these 2 groups played out in open during the 1992 elections to the post of state PCC president. The pro-Communist faction sided with Mukherjee's protégé, 4-time Sealdah MLA Somen Mitra, while the anti-Communist faction sided with Ray's protégé, state Youth Congress president & South Kolkata MP Mamata Banerjee.No ‘Ekla Cholo’ For Pranab Mukherjee, He Believed In ‘Sabka Saath https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-ekla-cholo-for-him-he-believed-in-sabka-saath/articleshow/77862203.cms timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mukherjee played a decisive role in ensuring Mitra's victory in this election by having Banerjee's main supporter Ray sent out of the state as India's ambassador to the US at that time. Somen Mitra's and Mamata Banerjee's factions continued to fight over the choice of candidates to be fielded. Banerjee played an important role in rallying public support for the party & fielding many new faces from the Youth Congress as the party's candidate.India Today. West Bengal: Advantage Left Frontrediff.com. The X Factor The Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury contested the Nabagram seat from jail, being imprisoned on murder charges.Indian Express. TMC’s Madan Mitra electoral battle from jail looks a winner His speeches were recorded from prison and played at campaign meetings. The Indian National Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had entered into alliance.Communist Party of India (Marxist). Review of the May 2001 Assembly Elections (may 2001) Seat Allotment Left Front (West Bengal) Left Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 50px 50px Jyoti Basu 210 225 Janata Dal Janata Dal 50px Vishwanath Pratap Singh 5 Socialist Party West Bengal Socialist Party 50px Kiranmoy Nanda 4 Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) Democratic Socialist Party 50px Prabodh Chandra Sinha 2 Marxist Forward Bloc Marxist Forward Bloc 50px Pratim Chatterjee 2 Communist Party Revolutionary Communist Party of India 50px Baneswar SaikiaRevolutionary Communist Party of India. Leadership 1 Biplobi Bangla Congress Biplobi Bangla Congress 50px 1 All India Forward Bloc All India Forward Bloc 50px 50px Chitta Basu 34 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Revolutionary Socialist Party 50px 50px Kshiti Goswami 23 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India 50px 50px Indrajit Gupta 12 Total 294 Indian National Congress Congress Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 50px 50px Somen Mitra 288 Gorkha National Liberation Front Gorkha National Liberation Front 50px 50px 3 Total 291 Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party 50px 50px Tapan Sikdar 292 Total 292 Results The Left Front won the election, entering into government for a fifth consecutive term.India Today. Shrinking mandate Winning 203 out of 294 seats, the 1996 election represented the first major electoral set-back for the Left Front since its foundation.Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL The electoral losses were primarily felt in Calcutta and the industrial areas, and nine incumbent Left Front ministers failed to get re-elected. All JD candidates finished in second place and RCPI lost its representation in the assembly. However, in terms of votes the Left Front and the five JD candidates got 18,143,795 votes (49.3%).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1991 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL Jyoti Basu's fifth Left Front government was sworn in, with 48 ministers representing all 13 districts of the state.N. Jose Chander Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience https://books.google.com/books?id=G_QtMGIczhMC&pg=PA105 1 January 2004 Concept Publishing Company 978-81-8069-092-1 105–111 Results by alliance or party Alliance/ PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContested WonChangerowspan="7" Left Front (West Bengal)Left FrontCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)37.92 1.05217157 32All India Forward BlocAll India Forward Bloc5.20 0.31 3421 8Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Revolutionary Socialist Party3.72 0.252318 — Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India1.75 0.21126 1Janata DalJanata Dal0.29 0.3950 1Revolutionary Communist Party of IndiaRevolutionary Communist Party of India (R)0.2920 Total 49.17 — 293 202 — rowspan="3" Indian National CongressINC+Indian National CongressIndian National Congress39.48 4.3628882 39Gorkha National Liberation FrontGorkha National Liberation Front0.4433 Total 39.92 — 291 85 — Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party6.45 4.892920— Jharkhand Party (Naren)Jharkhand Party (Naren)0.4081Jharkhand Mukti MorchaJharkhand Mukti Morcha0.37260Forward Bloc (Socialist)Forward Bloc (Socialist)0.34201Bahujan Samaj PartyBahujan Samaj Party0.18480Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)0.13300Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha LeagueAkhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (Budhiman Garung)0.1230All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)0.06290OthersOther Parties0.281510Independent politicianIndependent politician2.61 0.408445 1Total100% — 2,035294 — Results by Constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Mekliganj (SC) Ramesh Roy All India Forward BlocAIFB 40,982 32.42 Sunil Chandra Ray Indian National Congress INC 38,999 30.851,9831.57 2 Sitalkuchi (SC) Sudhir Pramanik Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 74,984 57.91 Birendra Narayan Barma Indian National Congress INC 42,227 32.6132,75725.30 3 Mathabhanga (SC) Dinesh Chandra Dakua Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,052 52.12 Jatindra Nath Barman Indian National Congress INC 46,731 38.0317,32114.09 4 Cooch Behar North Mihir Goswami Indian National CongressINC 59,375 47.25 Aparajita Goppi All India Forward Bloc AIFB 52,511 41.796,8645.46 5 Cooch Behar West Soumindra Chandra Das All India Forward BlocAIFB 67,686 48.08 Ahammed Abdul Jalil Indian National Congress INC 53,950 38.3213,7369.76 6 Sitai Md. Fazle Haque Independent politicianIND 79,912 54.79 Nripendra Nath Ray All India Forward Bloc AIFB 43,702 29.9636,21024.83 7 Dinhata Kamal Guha Forward Bloc (Socialist)FB(S) 70,531 49.58 Dipak Sen Gupta All India Forward Bloc AIFB 37,520 26.3733,01123.21 8 Natabari Sibendra Narayan Chowdhuri Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 57,830 48.12 Rabindra Nath Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 48,172 40.099,6588.03 9 Tufanganj (SC) Puspa Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,436 54.76 Sachindr Chandra Das Indian National Congress INC 39,583 32.6326,85322.13 10 Kumargram (ST) Salib Toppo Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 59,032 52.21 Krishna Chik Baraik Indian National Congress INC 41,580 36.7717,45215.44 11 Kalchini (ST) Monohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 48,141 46.20 Khudiram Pahan Indian National Congress INC 45,287 43.462,8542.74 12 Alipurduars Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 68,476 52.42 Manindralal Rakshit Indian National Congress INC 51,985 39.7916,49112.63 13 Falakata (SC) Jogesh Chandra Barman Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,756 53.05 Gajendra Nath Barman Indian National Congress INC 47,327 38.7717,42914.28 14 Madarihat (ST) Sushil Kujur Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 57,663 54.42 Puspa Rani Lily Kindo Indian National Congress INC 33,085 31.2224,57823.20 15 Dhupguri (SC) Banamali Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 57,714 49.51 Nripendra Nath Roy Indian National Congress INC 35,679 30.6122,03518.90 16 Nagrakata (ST) Chaitan Munda Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 71,274 58.52 Victor Lakra Indian National Congress INC 36,400 29.8834,87428.64 17 Mainaguri (SC) Bachcha Mohan Ray Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 66,153 54.23 Manmatha Ray Basunia Indian National Congress INC 42,468 34.8123,68519.42 18 Mal (ST) Jagannath Oraon Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 60,559 54.79 Turi Kule Munda Indian National Congress INC 44,550 40.3116,00914.48 19 Kranti Sudhan Raha Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 61,803 55.79 Subhas Das Indian National Congress INC 39,774 35.9022,02919.89 20 Jalpaiguri Anupam Sen Indian National CongressINC 48,597 43.85 Sudhansu Majumder All India Forward Bloc AIFB 44,889 40.513,7083.34 21 Rajganj (SC) Jatindra Nath Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 99,053 52.57 Ajit Kumar Ray Indian National Congress INC 61,079 32.4137,97420.16 22 Kalimpong Gaulan Lepcha Gorkha National Liberation FrontGNLF 50,362 55.13 Norden Lama Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League ABGL 17,121 18.7433,24136.39 23 Darjeeling Nar Bahadur Chettri Gorkha National Liberation FrontGNLF 51,501 50.89 Kamala Sanskrityayana Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 26,034 25.7225,46725.17 24 Kurseong Shanta Chhetri Gorkha National Liberation FrontGNLF 59,635 54.23 Tulsi Bhattarai Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 40,674 36.9918,96117.24 25 Siliguri Asok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 1,06,062 55.32 Sankar Malakar Indian National Congress INC 51,989 27.1154,07328.21 26 Phansidewa (ST) Prokash Minj Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 85,845 50.79 Chhabilal Minj Indian National Congress INC 67,439 39.9018,40610.89 27 Chopra Mahamuddin Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 56,952 48.81 Hamidul Rahaman Indian National Congress INC 53,560 45.903,3922.91 28 Islampur Chowdhury Abdul Karim Indian National CongressINC 50,334 43.95 Md. Faruque Azam Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 48,939 42.731,3951.22 29 Goalpokhar Hafiz Alam Sairani All India Forward BlocAIFB 55,998 54.46 Md. Mustafa Indian National Congress INC 23,935 23.2832,06331.18 30 Karandighi Suresh Chandra Singha All India Forward BlocAIFB 56,251 40.97 Haji Sajjad Hussain Indian National Congress INC 50,480 36.765,7714.21 31 Raiganj (SC) Dilip Kumar Das Indian National CongressINC 56,203 39.18 Khagendra Nath Sinha Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 53,913 37.582,2901.60 32 Kaliaganj (SC) Pramatha Nath Ray Indian National CongressINC 55,500 43.00 Ramani Kanta Debsarma Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 50,545 39.164,9553.84 33 Kushmandi (SC) Roy Narmada Chandra Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 59,176 47.22 Krishna Chandra Sarkar Indian National Congress INC 49,232 39.299,9447.93 34 Itahar Sri Kumar Mukherjee Communist Party of IndiaCPI 59,280 47.02 Abedin Zainal Indian National Congress INC 58,724 46.585560.44 35 Gangarampur Minati Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 84,218 55.62 Ashish Majumdar Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 61,881 40.8722,33714.75 36 Tapan (ST) Khara Soren Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 65,142 53.91 Lakshmi Ram Hembram Indian National Congress INC 39,745 32.8925,39721.02 37 Kumarganj Roy Dwijendra Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,816 46.22 Parinita Singha Roy Indian National Congress INC 47,606 35.0315,21011.19 38 Balurghat Choudhury Biswanath Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 55,183 47.93 Khan Biplab Indian National Congress INC 46,562 40.458,6217.48 39 Habibpur (ST) Jadu Hembram Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 55,288 48.00 Lucas Hembram Indian National Congress INC 37,395 32.4617,89315.54 40 Gajol (ST) Debnath Murmu Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 55,819 47.61 Benjamin Hemram Indian National Congress INC 40,660 34.6815,15912.93 41 Kharba Mahbubul Hoque Indian National CongressINC 59,807 47.13 Nazmul Hoque Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 53,077 41.836,7305.30 42 Harishchandrapur Birendra Kumar Maitra All India Forward BlocAIFB 56,429 47.00 Alam Mostaque Indian National Congress INC 53,940 44.922,4892.08 43 Ratua Samar Mukherjee Indian National CongressINC 53,347 48.13 Mozammel Haque Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 50,381 45.452,9662.68 44 Araidanga Sabitri Mitra Indian National CongressINC 55,306 50.25 Setara Begum Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 48,629 44.196,6776.06 45 Malda (SC) Phani Bhusan Roy Indian National CongressINC 62,040 44.68 Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 55,501 39.976,5394.71 46 Englishbazar Goutam Chakravartty Indian National CongressINC 53,653 41.23 Ashok Bhattacharjya Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 42,992 33.0410,6618.19 47 Manikchak Ram Prabesh Mondal Indian National CongressINC 55,954 52.06 Subodh Choudhuri Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 45,766 42.5810,1889.48 48 Suzapur Rubi Noor Indian National CongressINC 69,826 61.13 Abdur Rauf Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 36,673 32.1133,15329.02 49 Kaliachak Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury Indian National CongressINC 64,440 46.50 Biswanath Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 54,092 39.0410,3487.46 50 Farakka Mainul Haque Indian National CongressINC 53,480 46.44 Abul Hasnat Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 45,917 39.877,5636.57 51 Aurangabad Humayun Reja Indian National CongressINC 57,485 46.54 Touab Ali Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 52,842 42.784,6433.76 52 Suti Md. Sohrab Indian National CongressINC 46,800 40.24 Shish Mohammad Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP 46,369 39.874310.37 53 Sagardighi (SC) Das Paresh Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 58,259 51.06 Nrisingha Kumar Mondal Indian National Congress INC 51,562 45.196,6975.87 54 Jangipur Habibur Rahaman Indian National CongressINC 58,181 46.36 Abdul Haque Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP 57,490 45.816910.55 55 Lalgola Abu Hena Indian National CongressINC 64,337 50.42 Md. Johaque Ali Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 55,650 43.618,6876.81 56 Bhagabangola Abu Sufian Sarkar Indian National CongressINC 58,865 48.02 Nawab Jani Meerza Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 58,012 47.338530.69 57 Nabagram Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Indian National CongressINC 76,852 55.84 Muzaffar Hossain Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 56,523 41.0720,32914.77 58 Murshidabad Mozammel Haque Independent politicianIND 54,049 35.14 Abdul Ohab Mondal Indian National Congress INC 45,637 29.678,4125.47 59 Jalangi Unus Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 79,348 53.32 Samsuzzoha Biswas Indian National Congress INC 58,174 39.0921,17414.23 60 Domkal Anisur Rahaman Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 77,736 52.29 Sadeque Reza Indian National Congress INC 62,896 42.3114,8409.98 61 Naoda Jayanta Kumar Biswas Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 75,268 53.07 Nasiruddin Khan Indian National Congress INC 58,462 41.2216,80611.85 62 Hariharpara Mozammel Haque Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 59,804 43.21 Mannan Hossain Indian National Congress INC 54,018 39.035,7864.18 63 Berhampore Maya Rani Paul Indian National CongressINC 81,452 49.89 Biswanath Banerjee Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP 62,159 38.0719,29311.82 64 Beldanga Timir Baran Bhaduri Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 67,965 49.58 Nurul Islam Choudhury Indian National Congress INC 59,854 43.668,1115.92 65 Kandi Atish Chandra Sinha Indian National CongressINC 65,490 49.10 Syed Wahed Reja Communist Party of India CPI 59,354 44.506,1364.60 66 Khargram (SC) Biswanath Mandal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 61,369 47.96 Madhab Chandra Marjit Indian National Congress INC 57,545 44.973,8242.99 67 Barwan Debabrata Banerjee Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 59,537 50.57 Ali Hossain Mondal Indian National Congress INC 49,335 41.9010,2028.67 68 Bharatpur Id Mahammad Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 58,266 53.38 Satya Narayan Banerjee Indian National Congress INC 43,960 40.2714,30613.11 69 Karimpur Chittaranjan Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,561 47.56 Chira Ranjan Mandal Indian National Congress INC 44,215 32.5720,34614.99 70 Palashipara Kamalendu Sanyal (Sasthi) Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,306 47.29 Ujjal Biswas Indian National Congress INC 53,382 38.6511,9248.64 71 Nakashipara Shaikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 54,600 43.75 Dhrubajyoti Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 53,135 42.571,4651.18 72 Kaliganj Abdus Salam Munshi Indian National CongressINC 50,665 42.67 Dhananjoy Modak Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP 49,291 41.511,3741.16 73 Chapra Mir Quasem Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,854 49.87 Julfikar Khan Indian National Congress INC 52,558 39.8013,29610.07 74 Krishnaganj (SC) Sushil Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 58,868 47.16 Bidhan Chandra Poddar Indian National Congress INC 57,170 45.801,6981.36 75 Krishnagar East Sibdas Mukherjee Indian National CongressINC 62,066 46.14 Radhanath Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 59,181 44.002,8852.14 76 Krishnagar West Sunil Kumar Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 58,386 50.56 Biswarup Mukherjee Indian National Congress INC 39,653 34.3318,73316.23 77 Nabadwip Biswanath Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 54,704 47.49 Kartik Chatterjee Indian National Congress INC 42,729 37.1011,97510.39 78 Santipur Ajoy De Indian National CongressINC 78,163 49.28 Bimalananda Mukherjee Revolutionary Communist Party of India RCPI 67,793 42.7410,3706.54 79 Hanskhali (SC) Biswas Shashanka Shekhor Indian National CongressINC 78,662 49.60 Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 72,789 45.905,8733.70 80 Ranaghat East (SC) Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 82,678 48.37 Akhil Kumar Majumder Indian National Congress INC 71,705 41.9510,9736.42 81 Ranaghat West Sankar Singha Indian National CongressINC 74,360 48.06 Nag Sourendra Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 70,238 45.394,1222.67 82 Chakdaha Satyasadhan Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 97,454 51.66 Sukumar Sarkar Indian National Congress INC 75,838 40.2021,61611.46 83 Haringhata Mili Hira Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 84,251 50.13 Ratna Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 66,252 39.4217,99910.71 84 Bagdaha (SC) Kamalakshi Biswas All India Forward BlocAIFB 59,588 47.20 Kalidas Adhikari Indian National Congress INC 56,988 45.142,6002.06 85 Bongaon Pankaj Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 68,251 47.83 Bhupendra Nath Seth Indian National Congress INC 66,583 46.661,6681.17 86 Gaighata Manmatha Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 74,022 47.99 Prabir Banerjee Indian National Congress INC 68,625 44.495,3973.50 87 Habra Baren Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,254 43.67 Abdul Hamid Mandal Indian National Congress INC 64,311 43.039430.64 88 Ashokenagar Nirode Roy Choudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 61,789 45.11 Dhiman Roy Indian National Congress INC 43,280 31.5918,50913.52 89 Amdanga Hashim Abdul Halim Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 71,941 50.07 Md. Rafiqul Islam Indian National Congress INC 65,172 45.366,7694.71 90 Barasat Ashoke Mukherjee Indian National CongressINC 1,06,471 46.88 Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc AIFB 1,04,633 46.071,8380.81 91 Rajarhat (SC) Rabindra Nath Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 96,947 47.90 Tanmoy Mondal Indian National Congress INC 89,656 44.307,2913.60 92 Deganga Md. Yakub All India Forward BlocAIFB 60,876 49.63 Idris Ali Indian National Congress INC 47,127 38.4213,74911.21 93 Swarupnagar Mostafa Bin Quassem Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 61,279 48.02 Dipti Jana Indian National Congress INC 55,357 43.385,9224.64 94 Baduria Quazi Abdul Guffar Indian National CongressINC 58,967 47.84 Md. Shelim Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 53,664 43.545,3034.30 95 Basirhat Narayan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,329 44.77 Asit Mazumder Indian National Congress INC 66,148 44.641810.13 96 Hasnabad Gautam Deb Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 55,956 49.20 Rafikul Islam Mondal Indian National Congress INC 51,762 45.514,1943.69 97 Haroa (SC) Kshiti Ranjan Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 75,668 55.93 Lakshmi Kanta Mondal Indian National Congress INC 48,726 36.0126,94219.92 98 Sandeshkhali (SC) Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,467 54.63 Ranjit Kumardas Indian National Congress INC 43,589 36.3821,87818.25 99 Hingalganj (SC) Nripen Gayen Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,866 54.76 Bidyut Kayal Indian National Congress INC 44,026 38.3518,84016.41 100 Gosaba (SC) Ganesh Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 54,312 51.48 Sujit Pramanik Indian National Congress INC 43,526 41.2610,78610.22 101 Basanti (SC) Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 69,834 51.18 Jayanta Naskar Indian National Congress INC 60,372 44.259,4626.93 102 Kultali (SC) Prabod Purkait Independent politicianIND 62,453 48.80 Ram Sankar Haldar Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 52,160 40.7610,2938.04 103 Joynagar Deba Prasad Sarkar Independent politicianIND 52,718 43.41 Rabindra Nath Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 27,224 22.4225,49420.99 104 Baruipur Sobhan Deb Chattopadhyay Indian National CongressINC 75,314 49.16 Sujan Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 73,788 48.161,5261.00 105 Canning West (SC) Bimal Mistry Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,543 46.02 Gobinda Chandra Naskar Indian National Congress INC 59,038 42.105,5053.92 106 Canning East Abdur Razzak Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 89,062 76.19 Akram Laskar Indian National Congress INC 22,297 19.0766,76557.12 107 Bhangar Badal Zamadar Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 81,180 62.46 Azibar Rahaman Indian National Congress INC 43,120 33.1838,06029.28 108 Jadavpur Buddhadev Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 1,08,548 55.58 Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Indian National Congress INC 72,364 37.0536,18418.53 109 Sonarpur (SC) Bhadreswar Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 98,765 50.02 Nirmal Mondal Indian National Congress INC 89,706 45.439,0594.59 110 Bishnupur East (SC) Ananda Kumar Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 52,374 49.21 Mahadeb Naskar Indian National Congress INC 48,863 45.913,5113.30 111 Bishnupur West Sankar Saran Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 59,431 48.54 Aruna Ghosh Dostider Indian National Congress INC 54,294 44.345,1374.20 112 Behala East Kumkum Chakraborti Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 98,593 49.90 Sonali Guha Indian National Congress INC 89,459 45.289,1344.62 113 Behala West Nirmal Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 85,695 47.58 Kumud Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress INC 83,903 46.581,7921.00 114 Garden Reach Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,006 52.80 Fazle Azim Molla Indian National Congress INC 51,838 41.4714,16811.33 115 Maheshtala Mursalin Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 72,274 51.78 Gouranga Mukherjee Indian National Congress INC 58,463 41.8913,8119.89 116 Budge Budge Ashok Kumar Deb Indian National CongressINC 66,553 52.16 Dipak Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 55,192 43.2611,3618.90 117 Satgachia Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 58,597 48.69 Bag Chitta Ranjan Indian National Congress INC 47,487 39.4611,1109.23 118 Falta Sudhir Bhattacharjee Indian National CongressINC 51,558 49.19 Arati Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 46,909 44.754,6494.44 119 Diamond Harbour Sheikh Daulat Ali Indian National CongressINC 61,744 47.00 Abdul Quiyom Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 55,643 42.356,1014.65 120 Magrahat West Abul Basar Laskar Indian National CongressINC 54,898 46.30 Anuradha Putatunda Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 54,825 46.24730.06 121 Magrahat East (SC) Nirmal Sinha Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,045 49.72 Namita Saha Indian National Congress INC 57,918 46.414,1273.31 122 Mandirbazar (SC) Nikunja Paik Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 57,805 47.04 Tapan Sardar Indian National Congress INC 55,927 45.511,8781.53 123 Mathurapur Satya Ranjan Bapuli Indian National CongressINC 63,952 45.59 Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 61,297 43.702,6551.89 124 Kulpi (SC) Sakuntala Paik Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 53,779 49.47 Kirtibas Sarder Indian National Congress INC 51,566 47.432,2132.04 125 Patharpratima Gopal Krishna Dey Indian National CongressINC 54,995 47.48 Janmejay Manna Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 54,854 47.361410.12 126 Kakdwip Ashok Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 58,362 49.42 Mantu Ram Pakhira Indian National Congress INC 56,130 47.532,2321.89 127 Sagar Prabhanjan Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 69,285 51.46 Haripada Sen Indian National Congress INC 62,874 46.706,4114.76 128 Bijpur Kamal Sengupta Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,800 53.85 Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy Indian National Congress INC 51,334 42.6613,46611.19 129 Naihati Ranjit Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,522 52.37 Adhikary Tarun Indian National Congress INC 51,757 40.7414,76511.63 130 Bhatpara Bidyut Ganguli Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 48,232 49.61 Dharmpal Gupta Indian National Congress INC 34,592 35.5813,64014.03 131 Jagatdal Anay Gopal Sinha Indian National CongressINC 59,534 45.57 Nihar Basu All India Forward Bloc AIFB 59,417 45.481170.09 132 Noapara Madan Mohan Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 48,394 48.65 Sris Das Indian National Congress INC 44,030 44.264,3644.39 133 Titagarh Prabin Kumar Shaw Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 41,906 47.54 Ashok Shukla Indian National Congress INC 41,359 46.925470.62 134 Khardah Asim Kumar Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 85,517 52.32 Chinmoy Chatterjee Indian National Congress INC 64,988 39.7620,52912.56 135 Panihati Nirmal Ghosh Indian National CongressINC 72,572 46.18 Tania Chakrabarty (Basu) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 71,703 45.628690.56 136 Kamarhati Santi Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,691 50.99 Sambhunath Dutta Indian National Congress INC 52,921 41.0812,7709.91 137 Baranagar Amar Choudhury Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 84,785 48.51 Silbhadra Dutta Indian National Congress INC 76,895 44.007,8904.51 138 Dum Dum Sankar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 92,102 53.20 Nitai Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 62,555 36.1329,54717.07 139 Belgachia East Subhas Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 1,05,328 48.33 Arunava Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 96,388 44.238,9404.10 140 Cossipur Bandyopadhyay Tarak Indian National CongressINC 33,799 46.23 Anup Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 33,337 45.604620.63 141 Shyampukur Santi Ranjan Ganguly All India Forward BlocAIFB 30,759 48.05 Samir Chakraborty Indian National Congress INC 28,124 43.942,6354.11 142 Jorabagan Sanjoy Bakshi Indian National CongressINC 21,552 37.77 Sarala Maheswari Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 19,844 34.771,7083.00 143 Jorasanko Deokinandan Poddar Indian National CongressINC 23,787 49.74 Satish Narayan Bajaj All India Forward Bloc AIFB 16,073 33.617,71416.13 144 Bara Bazar Rajesh Khaitan Indian National CongressINC 16,748 37.01 Md. Asiruddin Janata Dal JD 15,911 35.168371.85 145 Bow Bazar Sudip Bandyopadhyay Indian National CongressINC 36,579 59.37 Sujit Mandal Janata Dal JD 17,181 27.8819,39831.49 146 Chowringhee Subarata Mukherjee Indian National CongressINC 48,648 60.62 Paul Mantosh Janata Dal JD 19,968 24.8828,68035.74 147 Kabitirtha Ram Pyare Ram Indian National CongressINC 62,923 61.61 Moinuddin Shams. 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Ansaruddin Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 69,056 49.53 Nityananda Maity Indian National Congress INC 63,119 45.275,9374.26 168 Panchla Gulsan Mullick Indian National CongressINC 65,091 49.41 Sailen Mondal All India Forward Bloc AIFB 56,777 43.108,3146.31 169 Sankrail (SC) Sital Kumar Sardar Indian National CongressINC 65,599 47.04 Basudeb Dhali Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 60,611 43.464,9883.58 170 Uluberia North (SC) Ramjanam Majhi Indian National CongressINC 61,560 48.83 Asta Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 54,001 42.837,5596.00 171 Uluberia South Ghose Rabindra All India Forward BlocAIFB 57,913 48.82 Pulak Roy Indian National Congress INC 48,553 40.939,3607.89 172 Shyampur Sanjib Kumar Das Indian National CongressINC 59,081 48.54 Jaladhar Samanta All India Forward Bloc AIFB 55,554 45.643,5272.90 173 Bagnan Sabuj Dutta Indian National CongressINC 62,805 48.57 Nirupama Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 60,075 46.462,7302.11 174 Kalyanpur Asit Mitra Indian National CongressINC 55,701 49.51 Maqsud Ahmed Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 54,061 48.051,6401.46 175 Amta Pratyush Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,001 53.47 Prasun Bakuly Indian National Congress INC 51,807 44.6810,1948.79 176 Udaynarayanpur Nanigopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,955 54.66 Syamal Ranjan Karar Indian National Congress INC 46,102 38.8018,85315.86 177 Jangipara Ibha Dey Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,269 50.90 Dwipen Mukherjee Indian National Congress INC 57,171 44.588,0986.32 178 Chanditala Akbor Ali Khandoker Indian National CongressINC 72,490 48.78 Ghosh Malin Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 70,376 47.362,1141.42 179 Uttarpara Jyoti Krishna Chattapadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 75,680 48.84 Pabitra Gupta Indian National Congress INC 69,929 45.135,7513.71 180 Serampore Jyoti Chowdhury Indian National CongressINC 55,923 49.81 Asimes Goswami Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 40,011 35.6415,91214.17 181 Champdani Abdul Mannan Indian National CongressINC 74,233 48.17 Sunil Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 65,231 42.339,0025.84 182 Chandernagore Kamal Mukherjee Indian National CongressINC 69,565 49.93 Sandhya Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 62,531 44.887,0345.05 183 Singur Das Bidyut Kumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,445 50.69 Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya Indian National Congress INC 58,739 44.817,7065.88 184 Haripal Kali Prasad Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 63,998 52.91 Samiran Mitra Indian National Congress INC 53,091 43.8910,9079.02 185 Tarakeswar Pratim Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 70,127 57.46 Ajit Kumar Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 48,608 39.8321,51917.63 186 Chinsurah Naren Dey All India Forward BlocAIFB 68,281 47.20 Tapan Dasgupta Indian National Congress INC 66,998 46.321,2830.88 187 Bansberia Robin Mukherjee Indian National CongressINC 62,528 49.25 Prabir Sengupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 59,281 46.693,2472.56 188 Balagarh (SC) Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,182 52.31 Biswanath Malik Indian National Congress INC 51,231 40.4914,95111.82 189 Pandua Ali Sk. Majed Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 77,911 54.75 Madhusudan Banerjee Indian National Congress INC 52,801 37.1125,11017.64 190 Polba Saktipada Khanra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,985 50.52 Mainul Haque Indian National Congress INC 57,872 46.425,1134.10 191 Dhaniakhali (SC) Kripasindhu Saha All India Forward BlocAIFB 76,412 60.68 Asima Patra Indian National Congress INC 44,474 35.3231,93825.36 192 Pursurah Nimai Mal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 71,802 59.03 Gour Mohan Maity Indian National Congress INC 46,237 38.0125,56521.02 193 Khanakul (SC) Banshi Badan Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 73,196 55.16 Basudeb Hajra Indian National Congress INC 54,478 41.0518,71814.11 194 Arambagh Binoy Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 91,939 62.43 Abdus Sukur Indian National Congress INC 47,839 32.4844,10029.95 195 Goghat (SC) Shiba Prasad Malick All India Forward BlocAIFB 90,288 69.15 Lakshmi Charan Kanri Indian National Congress INC 26,975 20.6663,31348.49 196 Chandrakona Gurupada Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 79,017 58.96 Maloy Bhattacharya Indian National Congress INC 47,696 35.5931,32123.37 197 Ghatal (SC) Ratan Pakhira Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 69,342 56.54 Rajani Kanta Dolui Indian National Congress INC 51,158 41.7118,18414.83 198 Daspur Mukhopadhaya Chitta Ranjan Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 56,560 51.69 Goswami Jagannath Indian National Congress INC 50,770 46.405,7905.29 199 Nandanpur Chhaya Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 55,826 50.96 Nirmal Maity Indian National Congress INC 51,769 47.254,0573.71 200 Panskura West Chitta Ranjan Das Thakur Communist Party of IndiaCPI 57,644 47.03 Khan Jakiur Rahaman Indian National Congress INC 54,190 44.213,4542.82 201 Panskura East Biplab Ray Chowdhury Indian National CongressINC 62,496 47.65 Sarkar Sisir Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 62,359 47.551370.10 202 Tamluk Anil Mudi Indian National CongressINC 61,409 46.99 Surajit Bagchi Communist Party of India CPI 61,079 46.743300.25 203 Moyna Dipak Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 63,420 48.94 Manik Bhowmik Indian National Congress INC 63,324 48.87960.07 204 Mahishadal Sukumar Das Indian National CongressINC 58,754 50.83 Chakraborty Surya Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 52,464 45.396,2905.44 205 Sutahata (SC) Tushar Kanti Mandal Indian National CongressINC 81,461 50.81 Nityananda Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 76,238 47.555,2233.26 206 Nandigram Debisankar Panda Indian National CongressINC 61,885 49.23 Sakti Bal Communist Party of India CPI 61,747 49.121380.11 207 Narghat Brahmamoy Nanda Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 68,440 51.88 Suvendu Kumar Bej Indian National Congress INC 60,265 45.688,1756.20 208 Bhagabanpur Khanra Ajit Indian National CongressINC 51,556 47.99 Pradhan Prasanta Kumar Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 51,263 47.722930.27 209 Khajuri (SC) Mondal Ramchandra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 60,289 55.51 Paik Sunirmal Indian National Congress INC 45,709 42.0814,58013.43 210 Contai North Chakradhar Maikap Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 55,807 47.97 Mukul Bikash Maiti Indian National Congress INC 54,574 46.911,2331.06 211 Contai South Sailaja Kumar Das Indian National CongressINC 54,466 48.56 Sukhendu Maity Communist Party of India CPI 46,665 41.607,8016.96 212 Ramnagar Mrinal Kanti Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 63,538 48.32 Dipak Kumar Das Indian National Congress INC 63,488 48.28500.04 213 Egra Sinha Prabodh Chandra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,144 51.28 Sohan Jyoti Maiti Indian National Congress INC 50,430 41.6111,7149.67 214 Mugberia Kiranmoy Nanda Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,331 56.20 Narayan Mukherjee Indian National Congress INC 46,306 39.8419,02516.36 215 Pataspur Kamakhya Nandan Das Communist Party of IndiaCPI 65,483 51.77 Paresh Chandra Bhunia Indian National Congress INC 57,009 45.078,4746.70 216 Sabang Bangal Makhanlal Independent politicianIND 60,453 49.91 Manas Bhunia Indian National Congress INC 59,628 49.238250.68 217 Pingla Ram Pada Samanta Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 67,223 56.76 Swapan Dobe Indian National Congress INC 47,891 40.4419,33216.32 218 Debra Sk. Jahangir Karim Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 71,478 57.40 Rabindra Nath Bera Indian National Congress INC 42,224 33.9129,25423.49 219 Keshpur (SC) Dal Nandarani Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 83,846 65.07 Sannyasi Dolai Indian National Congress INC 40,376 31.3343,47033.74 220 Garhbeta East Susanta Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 78,739 66.66 Tapan Chakraborty Indian National Congress INC 27,363 23.1651,37643.50 221 Garhbeta West (SC) Krishnaprasad Duley Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 75,573 62.33 Siddhartha Bisai Indian National Congress INC 26,777 22.0848,79640.25 222 Salbani Khagendra Nath Mahato Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,073 60.21 Tapas Das Jharkhand Party (Naren) JP(N) 25,459 23.5639,61436.65 223 Midnapore Purnendu Sengupta Communist Party of IndiaCPI 73,008 50.80 Dinen Roy Indian National Congress INC 57,112 39.7415,89611.06 224 Kharagpur Town Gyan Singh Sohanpal Indian National CongressINC 39,983 42.13 Kalidas Nayak 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Jhargram Buddhadev Bhakat Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 87,886 66.43 Chaitnya Murmu Indian National Congress INC 19,975 15.1067,91151.33 232 Binpur (ST) Naren Hansda Jharkhand Party (Naren)JP(N) 50,981 47.83 Durga Tudu Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 50,497 47.374840.46 233 Banduan (ST) Lakhiram Kisku Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 53,680 56.19 Sital Chandra Hembram Indian National Congress INC 18,097 18.9435,58337.25 234 Manbazar Kamala Kanta Mahata Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 53,155 49.24 Sitaram Mahata Indian National Congress INC 47,514 44.025,6415.22 235 Balrampur (ST) Bhandu Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 61,405 63.95 Dulali Mandi Indian National Congress INC 19,876 20.7041,52943.25 236 Arsa Nishi Kanta Mehta All India Forward BlocAIFB 46,914 45.96 Kamakshya Prasad Deo Indian National Congress INC 38,030 37.268,8848.70 237 Jhalda Satya Ranjan Mahato All India Forward BlocAIFB 48,030 45.96 Subhas Mahato Indian National Congress INC 44,835 42.903,1953.06 238 Jaipur Shantiram Mahato Indian National CongressINC 52,519 49.28 Bindeswar Mahato All India Forward Bloc AIFB 48,060 45.094,4594.19 239 Purulia Mamata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 59,120 48.06 Sukumar Roy Indian National Congress INC 56,738 46.122,3821.94 240 Para (SC) Bilasi Bala Sahis Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,837 59.52 Gobordhan Bagti Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 20,352 18.6844,48540.84 241 Raghunathpur (SC) Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 47,701 49.33 Nabakumar Bouri Indian National Congress INC 32,235 33.3315,46616.00 242 Kashipur (ST) Rabindranath Hembram Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 54,487 56.93 Patar Subhas Chandra Indian National Congress INC 28,373 29.6426,11427.29 243 Hura Abinas Mahato Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 54,490 54.58 Baghambar Mahato Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 23,606 23.6530,88430.93 244 Taldangra Monoranjan Patra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 76,810 60.94 Kamakshya Prasad Deo Indian National Congress INC 31,781 25.2245,02935.72 245 Raipur (ST) Upen Kisku Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 67,754 55.54 Smritirekha Kisku Indian National Congress INC 26,278 21.5441,47634.00 246 Ranibandh (ST) Deblina Hembram Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 58,474 55.86 Anil Hansda Indian National Congress INC 26,065 24.9032,40930.96 247 Indpur (SC) Kirity Bagdi Communist Party of IndiaCPI 60,482 59.22 Layek Bibekananda Indian National Congress INC 15,966 15.6344,51643.59 248 Chhatna Subhas Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 49,362 51.57 Swapan Mondal Indian National Congress INC 36,860 38.5112,50213.06 249 Gangajalghati (SC) Angad Bauri Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 63,949 59.43 Guiram Maji Indian National Congress INC 40,346 37.4923,60321.94 250 Barjora Susmita Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,842 51.96 Tapasi Banerjee Indian National Congress INC 53,121 41.3013,72110.66 251 Bankura Partha De Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,325 50.91 Asis Chakrabartty Indian National Congress INC 49,449 39.1414,87611.77 252 Onda Anil Mukherjee All India Forward BlocAIFB 68,070 56.16 Arup Khan Indian National Congress INC 33,742 27.8434,32828.32 253 Vishnupur Jayanta Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 67,000 56.13 Buddhadeb Mukherjee Indian National Congress INC 42,750 35.8124,25020.32 254 Kotulpur Gouripada Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 84,250 63.80 Nikhil Bose Indian National Congress INC 36,434 27.5947,81636.21 255 Indas (SC) Nandadulal Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 76,851 63.22 Naba Kumar Rajak Indian National Congress INC 25,958 21.3550,89341.87 256 Sonamukhi (SC) Haradhan Bauri Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,376 56.21 Pulakesh Saha Indian National Congress INC 39,884 34.8224,49221.39 257 Kulti Acharyya Maniklal All India Forward BlocAIFB 49,852 44.03 Ajit Kr. Ghatak Indian National Congress INC 47,987 42.381,8651.65 258 Barabani Manik Upadhyay Indian National CongressINC 61,225 50.40 Paresh Maji Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 51,959 42.779,2667.63 259 Hirapur Shyamadas Banerjee Indian National CongressINC 31,813 33.13 Mumtaz Hassan Janata Dal JD 25,873 26.945,9406.19 260 Asansol Tapas Banerjee Indian National CongressINC 58,845 50.06 Goutam Roychowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 47,211 40.1611,6349.90 261 Raniganj Chowdhury Bansa Gopal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 71,337 62.81 Senapati Mondal Indian National Congress INC 35,689 31.4235,64831.39 262 Jamuria Pelab Kabi Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 68,758 63.06 Adhikari Santosh Indian National Congress INC 32,936 30.2135,82232.85 263 Ukhra (SC) Bagdi Lakhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 67,298 48.21 Jethu Ram Indian National Congress INC 58,722 42.078,5766.14 264 Durgapur-I Mrinal Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 59,630 51.84 Mrigendranath Pal Indian National Congress INC 42,635 37.0716,99514.77 265 Durgapur-II Debabrata Benerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 95,298 50.78 Malay Kanti Dutta Indian National Congress INC 67,906 36.1827,39214.60 266 Kanksa (SC) Ankura Saresh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 74,242 61.65 Himangshu Mondal Indian National Congress INC 30,754 25.5443,48836.11 267 Ausgram (SC) Kartick Chandra Bag Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 81,278 66.19 Sukumar Saha Indian National Congress INC 32,797 26.7148,48139.48 268 Bhatar Subhas Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 70,340 58.99 Susanta Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 39,336 32.9931,00426.00 269 Galsi Idrish Mondal All India Forward BlocAIFB 70,242 60.82 Syed Imdad Ali Indian National Congress INC 31,327 27.1238,91533.70 270 Burdwan North Nisith Adhikary Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 93,617 62.48 Raimoni Das Indian National Congress INC 46,081 30.7547,53631.73 271 Burdwan South Shyamaprosad Bose Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 82,667 50.58 Ghosh Sadhan Kumar Indian National Congress INC 68,377 41.8414,2908.74 272 Khandaghosh (SC) Dalui Shibaprasad Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 77,102 66.39 Basudev Mandal Indian National Congress INC 32,041 27.5945,06138.80 273 Raina Shyamaprosad Pal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 79,664 65.25 Arabinda Bhattacheryya Indian National Congress INC 34,055 27.8945,60937.36 274 Jamalpur (SC) Samar Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 79,972 58.65 Baidya Nath Das Indian National Congress INC 45,247 33.1834,72525.47 275 Memari Tapas Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 94,636 60.36 Naba Kumar Chatterjee Indian National Congress INC 49,826 31.7844,81028.58 276 Kalna Anju Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 72,329 52.40 Lakshman Kumar Roy Indian National Congress INC 55,825 40.4416,50411.96 277 Nadanghat Biren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 69,770 47.02 Swapan Debnath Indian National Congress INC 58,802 39.6310,9687.39 278 Manteswar Abu Ayes Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 67,757 57.51 Debabrata Roy Indian National Congress INC 44,451 37.7323,30619.78 279 Purbasthali Dutta Himangshu Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 61,076 47.53 Ansar Mondal Indian National Congress INC 41,233 32.0919,84315.44 280 Katwa Rabindra Nath Chatterjee Indian National CongressINC 70,517 50.42 Anjan Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 63,172 45.177,3455.25 281 Mangalkot Sadhana Mallik Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 60,677 54.58 Absar Nurul Mondal Indian National Congress INC 40,186 36.1520,49118.43 282 Ketugram (SC) Majhi Tamal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 66,613 56.64 Narayan Chandra Poddar Indian National Congress INC 42,719 36.3223,89420.32 283 Nanur (SC) Anandagopal Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 62,252 56.66 Sibkinkar Saha Indian National Congress INC 41,029 37.3421,22319.32 284 Bolpur Tapan Hore Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP 65,121 61.19 Sibsankar Banerjee Indian National Congress INC 24,031 22.5841,09038.61 285 Labhpur Manik Chandra Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 64,383 60.48 Deb Ranjan Mukhopadhayay Indian National Congress INC 35,155 33.0229,22827.46 286 Dubrajpur Bhakti Bhusan Mondal All India Forward BlocAIFB 66,312 57.02 Arun Kumar Chakravorty Indian National Congress INC 36,538 31.4229,77425.60 287 Rajnagar (SC) Bijoy Bagdi All India Forward BlocAIFB 55,760 54.84 Asesh Mondal Indian National Congress INC 27,926 27.4627,83427.38 288 Suri Suniti Chattaraj Indian National CongressINC 67,227 49.87 Tapan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 60,488 44.876,7395.00 289 Mahammad Bazar Dhiren Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 65,812 56.41 Rajaram Ghosh Indian National Congress INC 38,671 33.1427,14123.27 290 Mayureswar (SC) Dhiren Let Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 57,791 56.27 Arjun Saha Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 25,273 24.6132,51831.66 291 Rampurhat Mahammad Hannan All India Forward BlocAIFB 51,139 44.77 Satyen Das Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 40,916 35.8210,2238.95 292 Hansan (SC) Asit Kumar Mal Indian National CongressINC 55,256 51.77 Mihir Bain Revolutionary Communist Party of India RCPI 37,573 35.2117,68316.56 293 Nalhati Kalimuddin Shams All India Forward BlocAIFB 51,401 48.47 Sharif Hossain Indian National Congress INC 39,715 37.4511,68611.02 294 Murarai Motahar Hossain Indian National CongressINC 56,616 49.36 Moyazzem Hossain Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 51,335 44.765,2814.60 Aftermath The Congress lost power in the general elections to the BJP, however BJP was unable to obtain majority in the Parliament on its own. Jyoti Basu, who had been re-elected as CM for a record 5th time, was offered the post of Prime Minister by both the Congress & the Janata Dal following the resignation of BJP's Atal Bihari Vajpayee within 13 days of assuming power due to lack of numbers in the Lok Sabha, lack of a consensual prime-ministerial candidate in the Congress & V. P. Singh refusing to become prime minister again. However CPI(M)'s highest decision-making body refused this offer, believing that if it accepted Basu's prime-ministership, then due to lack of numbers in the Lok Sabha, it would have to bend to the will of the Congress, which it saw as a bourgeois organisation. Jyoti Basu later remarked that this decision of the CPI(M) was a "historic blunder". Thus being denied prime-ministership, Basu put forward the name of Janata Dal leader & Karnataka CM H. D. Deve Gowda as the prime-ministerial candidate, which was accepted by the Congress, Janata-Dal, Left Front & other parties allied with them. Deve Gowda resigned after a year due to withdrawal of Congress' support & was succeeded by his Minister of External Affairs, Janata Dal leader Inder Kumar Gujral. Gujral resigned a year later, due to split in the Janata Dal caused by Lalu Prasad Yadav's expulsion due to his involvement in the fodder scam & the Congress withdrawing its support due to Gujral's refusal to expel DMK from the government, whose leader M. Karunanidhi had been implicated in assisting Rajiv Gandhi's murder in Jain Commission's report. In January 1998, following disagreements with both AICC President Sitaram Kesri & state PCC president Somen Mitra over the Congress party's approach towards the Left Front, Mamata Banerjee left the Congress & formed her own party, consisting mostly of the supporters of Siddhartha Shankar Ray. Her party, in alliance with BJP, won 7 seats from the state in the general elections held on February that year, while the Congress retained only one seat & lost 7 others from the state. Somen Mitra resigned as the state PCC chief after this debacle & was succeeded by A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, the lone Congress MP from the state. References External links West Bangal General Legislative Election Results at the Election Commission of India West Bengal Category:State Assembly elections in West Bengal Category:1990s in West Bengal Category:1996 in Indian politics