1977 Indian general election in West Bengal

none 1977 Indian general election in West Bengal India parliamentary 1971 Indian general election in West Bengal 1971 All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 34.29%, 20 seats 17 3 3,839,091 26.15% Indian National Congress 100px 28.20%, 13 seats 3 10 4,312,418 29.37% Janata Party New 15 15 3,151,318 21.46% no 1980 Indian general election in West Bengal 1980 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress Morarji Desai Janata Party List of members of the 6th Lok Sabha#West Bengal List of members of the 5th Lok Sabha#West Bengal Alliance seats 39 3 39 The 1977 Indian general election was held in West Bengal to elect 42 members of the 6th Lok Sabha. This election took place after the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. In the aftermath, the newly formed Janata Party formed an alliance with the CPI(M)-led front, while the CPI aligned with the Indian National Congress (INC).General Election, 1977 (Vol I, II) https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240317194759/https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4116-general-election-1977-vol-i-ii/ 2024-03-17 2026-02-14 Election Commission of India en-INIndiaVotes PC: West Bengal 1977 https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1977/west-bengal/6/www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1977/west-bengal/6/9 2026-02-14 IndiaVotesGhosh Atig 2017 People, Politics and Protests VIII. LEFT FRONT GOVERNMENT IN WEST BENGAL (1971-1982) http://www.mcrg.ac.in/PP93.pdf Policies and PracticesWest Bengal (India) Jatindra Chandra Sengupta West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ 1978 State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers 420 Parties and alliances Janata Party + Left Front Janata Party Janata Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)50px50px20Janata PartyJanata PartyMorarji Desai15Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)Revolutionary Socialist Party50px50px3All India Forward BlocAll India Forward Bloc50px50px3Independent politicianIndependent1Total42 Indian National Congress + Communist Party of India Indian National Congress INC + CPI PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressIndian National Congress50px34Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India50px50px8Total42 Others PartySeats contestedSocialist Unity Centre of IndiaSocialist Unity Centre of India2Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha LeagueAll India Gorkha League1Republican Party of IndiaRepublican Party of India1Independent politicianIndependent78 List of Candidates List of Candidates from Prominent Parties ConstituencyJanata + Left AllianceINC + CPI # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Cooch Behar (SC) All India Forward Bloc Amar Roy Pradhan Indian National Congress Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury 2 Alipurduars (ST) Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Pius Tirkey Indian National Congress Tuna Oraon 3 Jalpaiguri Independent IND Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Indian National Congress Maya Ray 4 Darjeeling Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Ratanlal Brahmin Indian National Congress Krishna Bahadur Chhetri 5 Raiganj Janata Party Md. Hayat Ali Indian National Congress Abedin Anowarul 6 Balurghat (SC) Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Palas Barman Indian National Congress Rasendra Nath Barman 7 Malda Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Dinesh Chandra Joarder Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee 8 Jangipur Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Sasankasekher Sanyal Indian National Congress Lutfal Haque 9 Murshidabad Janata Party Syed Kazim Ali Mirza Indian National Congress Azizur Rahman 10 Berhampore Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Tridib Chaudhuri Indian National Congress Sudip Bandyopadhyay 11 Krishnagar Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Renu Pada Das Indian National Congress Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay 12 Nabadwip (SC) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Bibha Ghosh Goswami Communist Party of India Nitaipada Sarkar 13 Barasat All India Forward Bloc Chitta Basu Communist Party of India Ranen Sen 14 Basirhat Janata Party Alhaj M. A. Hannan Indian National Congress A. K. M. Ishaque 15 Joynagar (SC) Janata Party Sakti Kumar Sarkar Indian National Congress Nirmal Kanti Mondal 16 Mathurapur (SC) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Mukunda Kumar Mondal Indian National Congress Purnendu Sekhar Naskar 17 Diamond Harbour Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Jyotirmoy Basu Indian National Congress Biren Mahanti 18 Jadavpur Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party of India Mohammad Elias 19 Barrackpore Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Mahammad Ismail Indian National Congress Saugata Roy 20 Dum Dum Janata Party Ashok Krishna Dutt Communist Party of India Indrajit Gupta 21 Calcutta North West Janata Party Bijoy Singh Nahar Indian National Congress Ashoke Kumar Sen 22 Calcutta North East Janata Party Pratap Chandra Chunder Communist Party of India Hirendranath Mukherjee 23 Calcutta South Janata Party Dilip Chakravarty Indian National Congress Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 24 Howrah Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Samar Mukherjee Indian National Congress Nityananda Dey 25 Uluberia Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya Indian National Congress Nirmalendu Bhattacharya 26 Serampore Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya Communist Party of India Jadu Gopal Sen 27 Hooghly Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Bijoy Krishna Modak Indian National Congress Bishnu Charan Banerjee 28 Arambagh Janata Party Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian National Congress Santi Mohan Roy 29 Panskura Janata Party Abha Maiti Indian National Congress Phulrenu Guha 30 Tamluk Janata Party Sushil Kumar Dhara Indian National Congress Satis Chandra Samanta 31 Contai Janata Party Samar Guha Indian National Congress Sudhangshu Panda 32 Midnapore Janata Party Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Communist Party of India Narayan Choubey 33 Jhargram (ST) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Jadunath Kisku Indian National Congress Amiya Kumar Kisku 34 Purulia All India Forward Bloc Chittaranjan Mahata Indian National Congress Pashupati Mahato 35 Bankura Janata Party Bijoy Mondal Indian National Congress Shankar Narayan Singh Deo 36 Vishnupur (SC) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Ajit Kumar Saha Indian National Congress Gour Chandra Lohar 37 Durgapur (SC) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Krishna Chandra Halder Indian National Congress Manoranjan Pramanik 38 Asansol Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Robin Sen Indian National Congress Syed Mohammad Jalal 39 Burdwan Janata Party Raj Krishna Dawn Indian National Congress Shyama Prasad Kundu 40 Katwa Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah Indian National Congress Dhirendranath Basu 41 Bolpur Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Saradish Roy Communist Party of India Durga Banerjee 42 Birbhum (SC) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Gadadhar Saha Indian National Congress Birendaban Saha Election Statistics # Const. Name Electors Poll Date Votes Voters Poll % 1 Cooch Behar (SC) 570,556 16 March 1977 350,184 363,908 63.78% 2 Alipurduars (ST) 523,297 295,162 312,975 59.81% 3 Jalpaiguri 529,606 302,981 315,866 59.64% 4 Darjeeling 624,898 261,953 272,135 43.55% 5 Raiganj 563,672 336,476 347,199 61.60% 6 Balurghat (SC) 557,919 357,661 369,396 66.21% 7 Malda 550,001 358,965 368,914 67.08% 8 Jangipur 565,255 317,291 328,222 58.07% 9 Murshidabad 587,057 351,915 363,744 61.96% 10 Berhampore 645,013 380,587 391,275 60.66% 11 Krishnagar 534,845 321,433 331,367 61.96% 12 Nabadwip (SC) 635,456 360,854 371,933 58.53% 13 Barasat 609,986 362,741 372,416 61.05% 14 Basirhat 583,782 342,228 351,244 60.17% 15 Joynagar (SC) 626,050 369,183 380,213 60.73% 16 Mathurapur (SC) 601,885 387,518 397,485 66.04% 17 Diamond Harbour 608,458 379,376 389,100 63.95% 18 Jadavpur 624,264 347,144 356,636 57.13% 19 Barrackpore 650,725 457,519 470,018 72.23% 20 Dum Dum 698,781 422,006 431,362 61.73% 21 Calcutta North West 595,840 313,880 321,742 54.00% 22 Calcutta North East 641,747 352,141 361,255 56.29% 23 Calcutta South 654,202 388,354 398,561 60.92% 24 Howrah 669,642 377,239 389,263 58.13% 25 Uluberia 610,328 395,826 404,839 66.33% 26 Serampore 628,219 380,327 392,237 62.44% 27 Hooghly 560,707 357,512 367,205 65.49% 28 Arambagh 580,700 389,305 398,708 68.66% 29 Panskura 519,863 363,271 373,170 71.78% 30 Tamluk 603,246 412,155 421,330 69.84% 31 Contai 581,866 380,162 388,122 66.70% 32 Midnapore 578,798 325,998 338,254 58.44% 33 Jhargram (ST) 575,907 344,059 358,585 62.26% 34 Purulia 582,892 294,143 303,660 52.10% 35 Bankura 603,383 307,940 320,481 53.11% 36 Vishnupur (SC) 601,160 363,103 376,332 62.60% 37 Durgapur (SC) 677,500 346,235 359,280 53.03% 38 Asansol 647,254 276,773 287,229 44.38% 39 Burdwan 638,853 354,473 363,202 56.85% 40 Katwa 575,293 360,300 369,898 64.30% 41 Bolpur 550,289 256,932 266,128 48.36% 42 Birbhum (SC) 553,221 278,604 288,116 52.08% Results by Party Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="6" Janata PartyJP+ Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 38,39,091 26.15 8.14 20 17 3 Janata Party JP 31,51,318 21.46 15 15 All India Forward Bloc AIFB 6,31,200 4.30 1.60 3 3 3 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP 5,78,786 3.94 1.90 3 3 2 Independent IND 1,73,484 1.18 1 1 1 Total 83,73,879 57.03 42 39 rowspan="3" Indian National CongressINCIndian National CongressINC43,12,41829.37 1.17343 10 Communist Party of India CPI9,52,9976.49 4.0580 3 Total 52,65,415 35.86 42 3 Other Others 2,22,649 1.52 9 0 Independent (politician) IND 8,19,966 5.58 78 0 Total 1,46,81,909 100% - 171 42 - Detailed Results ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Cooch Behar (SC)Amrendranath Roy PradhanAll India Forward BlocAIFB2,26,52164.69Benoy Krishna DaschowdhuryIndian National CongressINC1,23,66335.311,02,85829.382Alipurduars (ST)Pius TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP1,67,86556.87Tuna OraonIndian National CongressINC1,27,29743.1340,56813.743JalpaiguriKhagendra Nath DasguptaIndependent politicianIND1,73,48457.26Maya RayIndian National CongressINC1,15,78638.2257,69819.044DarjeelingKrishna Bahadur ChettriIndian National CongressINC1,09,52041.81Ratanlal BrahmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM91,04034.7518,4807.065RaiganjMd. Hayat AliJanata PartyJP1,88,69456.08Abedin AnowarulIndian National CongressINC1,21,57036.1367,12419.956Balurghat (SC)Palas BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP2,06,11257.63Rasendra Nath BurmanIndian National CongressINC1,51,54942.3754,56315.267MaldaDinesh Chandra JoardarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,88,10352.40Pranab Kumar MukherjeeIndian National CongressINC1,58,39544.1329,7088.278JangipurSasankasekher SanyalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,55,00848.85Lutfal Haque (Haji)Indian National CongressINC1,52,82248.162,1860.699MurshidabadSyed Kazim Ali MeerzaJanata PartyJP1,40,92740.05Azizur RahmanIndian National CongressINC1,04,83829.7936,08910.2610BerhamporeTridib ChaudhuriRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP2,04,80953.81Sudip BandyopadhyayIndian National CongressINC1,02,62926.971,02,18026.8411KrishnagarRenupada DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,98,83061.86Shibsankar BandyopadhayayIndian National CongressINC1,07,46233.4391,36828.4312Nabadwip (SC)Bibha Ghosh (Goswami)Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,93,71453.68Nitaipada SarkarCommunist Party of IndiaCPI1,06,42829.4987,28624.1913BarasatChitta BasuAll India Forward BlocAIFB2,03,69456.15Ranen SenCommunist Party of IndiaCPI87,90024.231,15,79431.9214BasirhatAlhaj M.A. HannanJanata PartyJP1,68,64449.28A.K.M. IshaqueIndian National CongressINC1,56,45845.7212,1863.5615Joynagar (SC)Sakti Kumar SarkarJanata PartyJP1,80,58748.92Nirmal Kanti MondalIndian National CongressINC1,19,95032.4960,63716.4316Mathurapur (SC)Mukunda Kumar MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,88,22748.57Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National CongressINC1,46,63537.8441,59210.7317Diamond HarbourJyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,67,89070.61Biren MahantiIndian National CongressINC1,11,48629.391,56,40441.2218JadavpurSomnath ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,36,08568.01Mohammad EliasCommunist Party of IndiaCPI97,45028.071,38,63539.9419BarrackporeSougata RoyIndian National CongressINC2,95,55164.60Mahammad IsmailCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,54,53733.781,41,01430.8220Dum DumAsoke Krishna DuttJanata PartyJP2,15,76651.13Indrajit GuptaCommunist Party of IndiaCPI1,93,98645.9721,7805.1621Calcutta North WestBijoy Singh NaharJanata PartyJP1,79,68157.25Ashoke Kumar SenIndian National CongressINC1,10,04835.0669,63322.1922Calcutta North EastPratap Chandra ChunderJanata PartyJP2,37,78767.53Hirendra Nath MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaCPI1,08,02830.681,29,75936.8523Calcutta SouthDilip ChakravartyJanata PartyJP2,25,55658.08Priya Ranjan Das MunshiIndian National CongressINC1,57,61640.5967,94017.4924HowrahSamar MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,36,53062.70Nityananda DeyIndian National CongressINC1,31,79934.941,04,73127.7625UluberiaShyamaprasanna BhattacharyyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,25,58356.99Nirmalendu BhattacharjeeIndian National CongressINC1,11,08428.061,14,49928.9326SeramporeDinen BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,60,07168.38Jadu Gopal SenCommunist Party of IndiaCPI1,20,25631.621,39,81536.7627HooghlyBijoy Krishna ModakCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,23,81862.60Bishnu Charan BanerjeeIndian National CongressINC1,17,55932.881,06,25929.7228ArambaghPrafulla Chandra SenJanata PartyJP2,98,37176.64Santi Mohan RoyIndian National CongressINC90,93423.362,07,43753.2829PanskuraAbha MaitiJanata PartyJP2,30,70463.51Phulrenu GuhaIndian National CongressINC1,32,56736.4998,13727.0230TamlukSushil Kumar DharaJanata PartyJP2,54,04961.64Satis Chandra SamantaIndian National CongressINC1,35,47432.871,18,57528.7731ContaiGuha SamarJanata PartyJP2,84,50974.84Sudhangshu PandaIndian National CongressINC89,99523.671,94,51451.1732MidnaporeGhosal Sudhir KumarJanata PartyJP1,80,06155.23Choubey NarayanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI1,45,93744.7734,12410.4633Jhargram (ST)Jadunath KiskuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,59,43346.34Amiya Kumar KiskuIndian National CongressINC1,11,83832.5147,59513.8334PuruliaChittaranjan MahataAll India Forward BlocAIFB2,00,98568.33Pashupati MahatoIndian National CongressINC84,43328.701,16,55239.6335BankuraMondal BijoyJanata PartyJP1,75,66457.04Shankar Narayan Singh DeoIndian National CongressINC95,58731.0480,07726.0036Vishnupur (SC)Ajit Kumar SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,44,37067.30Gour Chandra LoharIndian National CongressINC1,13,99631.391,30,37435.9137Durgapur (SC)Krishna Chandra HaldarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM2,18,83363.20Manoranjan PramanikIndian National CongressINC1,27,40236.8091,43126.4038AsansolRobin SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,63,49259.07Syed Mohammad JalalIndian National CongressINC91,26532.9772,22726.1039BurdwanRaj Krishna DawnJanata PartyJP1,90,31853.69Shyama Prasad KunduIndian National CongressINC1,19,31533.6671,00320.0340KatwaDhirendra Nath BasuIndian National CongressINC1,79,92749.94Syed Mansur HabibullahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,68,04746.6411,8803.3041BolpurSaradish RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,28,96350.19Durga BanerjeeCommunist Party of IndiaCPI93,01236.2035,95113.9942Birbhum (SC)Gadadhar SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM1,36,51749.00Birendaban SahaIndian National CongressINC1,05,96838.0430,54910.96 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Pratap Chandra ChunderCalcutta North EastCabinet MinisterEducation, Social Welfare and Culture26 March197728 July1979Janata Party JP2Saugata RoyBarrackporeMinister of StatePetroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers4 August197914 January1980Indian National Congress (Urs) INC(U) See also Politics of West Bengal 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election References West Bengal Category:Indian general elections in West Bengal