1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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. This was the last election Jyoti Basu contested, as he retired from politics in 2000.

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

13 May 1996
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.94% ( 6.14 pp)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jyoti Basu Somen Mitra Party CPI(M) INC(I) Alliance LF INC + GNLF Leader's seat Satgachhia Sealdah Last election 36.87%, 182 seats 35.12%, 43 seats Seats won 153 82 Seat change 29 39 Popular vote 13,670,198 14,523,964 Percentage 37.16% 39.48% Swing 1.05 pp 4.36 pp Alliance seats 203 85 Seat change 42 39
Alliance wise Result
Chief Minister before election Jyoti Basu CPI(M) Chief Minister after election Jyoti Basu CPI(M)

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. 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.

The Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury contested the Nabagram seat from jail, being imprisoned on murder charges. His speeches were recorded from prison and played at campaign meetings.

The Indian National Congress and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had entered into alliance.

Seat Allotment

  Left Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Jyoti Basu	210	225
	Janata Dal			Vishwanath Pratap Singh	5
	West Bengal Socialist Party			Kiranmoy Nanda	4
	Democratic Socialist Party			Prabodh Chandra Sinha	2
	Marxist Forward Bloc			Pratim Chatterjee	2
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India			Baneswar Saikia	1
	Biplobi Bangla Congress				1
	All India Forward Bloc			Chitta Basu	34
	Revolutionary Socialist Party			Kshiti Goswami	23
	Communist Party of India			Indrajit Gupta	12
Total					294

  Congress Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Somen Mitra	288
	Gorkha National Liberation Front				3
Total					291

  Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Tapan Sikdar	292
Total					292

Results

The Left Front won the election, entering into government for a fifth consecutive term. Winning 203 out of 294 seats, the 1996 election represented the first major electoral set-back for the Left Front since its foundation. 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%). Jyoti Basu's fifth Left Front government was sworn in, with 48 ministers representing all 13 districts of the state.

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	Change
	Left Front		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	13,949,664	37.92	1.05	217	157	32
			All India Forward Bloc	1,912,183	5.20	0.31	34	21	8
			Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,367,439	3.72	0.25	23	18	—
			Communist Party of India	642,993	1.75	0.21	12	6	1
			Janata Dal	105,697	0.29	0.39	5	0	1
			Revolutionary Communist Party of India (R)	105,366	0.29		2	0
		Total		18,083,342	49.17	—	293	202	—
	INC+		Indian National Congress	14,523,964	39.48	4.36	288	82	39
			Gorkha National Liberation Front	161,498	0.44		3	3
		Total		14,685,462	39.92	—	291	85	—
	Bharatiya Janata Party			2,372,480	6.45	4.89	292	0	—
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)			145,503	0.40		8	1
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			134,436	0.37		26	0
	Forward Bloc (Socialist)			123,316	0.34		20	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party			67,853	0.18		48	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)			47,206	0.13		30	0
	Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (Budhiman Garung)			43,261	0.12		3	0
	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)			20,555	0.06		29	0
	Other Parties			106,209	0.28		151	0
	Independent politician			959,130	2.61	0.40	844	5	1
Total				36,788,753	100%	—	2,035	294	—

Results by Constituency

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Mekliganj (SC)	Ramesh Roy		AIFB	40,982	32.42	Sunil Chandra Ray		INC	38,999	30.85	1,983	1.57
2	Sitalkuchi (SC)	Sudhir Pramanik		CPI(M)	74,984	57.91	Birendra Narayan Barma		INC	42,227	32.61	32,757	25.30
3	Mathabhanga (SC)	Dinesh Chandra Dakua		CPI(M)	64,052	52.12	Jatindra Nath Barman		INC	46,731	38.03	17,321	14.09
4	Cooch Behar North	Mihir Goswami		INC	59,375	47.25	Aparajita Goppi		AIFB	52,511	41.79	6,864	5.46
5	Cooch Behar West	Soumindra Chandra Das		AIFB	67,686	48.08	Ahammed Abdul Jalil		INC	53,950	38.32	13,736	9.76
6	Sitai	Md. Fazle Haque		IND	79,912	54.79	Nripendra Nath Ray		AIFB	43,702	29.96	36,210	24.83
7	Dinhata	Kamal Guha		FB(S)	70,531	49.58	Dipak Sen Gupta		AIFB	37,520	26.37	33,011	23.21
8	Natabari	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhuri		CPI(M)	57,830	48.12	Rabindra Nath Ghosh		INC	48,172	40.09	9,658	8.03
9	Tufanganj (SC)	Puspa Chandra Das		CPI(M)	66,436	54.76	Sachindr Chandra Das		INC	39,583	32.63	26,853	22.13
10	Kumargram (ST)	Salib Toppo		RSP	59,032	52.21	Krishna Chik Baraik		INC	41,580	36.77	17,452	15.44
11	Kalchini (ST)	Monohar Tirkey		RSP	48,141	46.20	Khudiram Pahan		INC	45,287	43.46	2,854	2.74
12	Alipurduars	Nirmal Das		RSP	68,476	52.42	Manindralal Rakshit		INC	51,985	39.79	16,491	12.63
13	Falakata (SC)	Jogesh Chandra Barman		CPI(M)	64,756	53.05	Gajendra Nath Barman		INC	47,327	38.77	17,429	14.28
14	Madarihat (ST)	Sushil Kujur		RSP	57,663	54.42	Puspa Rani Lily Kindo		INC	33,085	31.22	24,578	23.20
15	Dhupguri (SC)	Banamali Roy		CPI(M)	57,714	49.51	Nripendra Nath Roy		INC	35,679	30.61	22,035	18.90
16	Nagrakata (ST)	Chaitan Munda		CPI(M)	71,274	58.52	Victor Lakra		INC	36,400	29.88	34,874	28.64
17	Mainaguri (SC)	Bachcha Mohan Ray		RSP	66,153	54.23	Manmatha Ray Basunia		INC	42,468	34.81	23,685	19.42
18	Mal (ST)	Jagannath Oraon		CPI(M)	60,559	54.79	Turi Kule Munda		INC	44,550	40.31	16,009	14.48
19	Kranti	Sudhan Raha		CPI(M)	61,803	55.79	Subhas Das		INC	39,774	35.90	22,029	19.89
20	Jalpaiguri	Anupam Sen		INC	48,597	43.85	Sudhansu Majumder		AIFB	44,889	40.51	3,708	3.34
21	Rajganj (SC)	Jatindra Nath Roy		CPI(M)	99,053	52.57	Ajit Kumar Ray		INC	61,079	32.41	37,974	20.16
22	Kalimpong	Gaulan Lepcha		GNLF	50,362	55.13	Norden Lama		ABGL	17,121	18.74	33,241	36.39
23	Darjeeling	Nar Bahadur Chettri		GNLF	51,501	50.89	Kamala Sanskrityayana		CPI(M)	26,034	25.72	25,467	25.17
24	Kurseong	Shanta Chhetri		GNLF	59,635	54.23	Tulsi Bhattarai		CPI(M)	40,674	36.99	18,961	17.24
25	Siliguri	Asok Bhattacharya		CPI(M)	1,06,062	55.32	Sankar Malakar		INC	51,989	27.11	54,073	28.21
26	Phansidewa (ST)	Prokash Minj		CPI(M)	85,845	50.79	Chhabilal Minj		INC	67,439	39.90	18,406	10.89
27	Chopra	Mahamuddin		CPI(M)	56,952	48.81	Hamidul Rahaman		INC	53,560	45.90	3,392	2.91
28	Islampur	Chowdhury Abdul Karim		INC	50,334	43.95	Md. Faruque Azam		CPI(M)	48,939	42.73	1,395	1.22
29	Goalpokhar	Hafiz Alam Sairani		AIFB	55,998	54.46	Md. Mustafa		INC	23,935	23.28	32,063	31.18
30	Karandighi	Suresh Chandra Singha		AIFB	56,251	40.97	Haji Sajjad Hussain		INC	50,480	36.76	5,771	4.21
31	Raiganj (SC)	Dilip Kumar Das		INC	56,203	39.18	Khagendra Nath Sinha		CPI(M)	53,913	37.58	2,290	1.60
32	Kaliaganj (SC)	Pramatha Nath Ray		INC	55,500	43.00	Ramani Kanta Debsarma		CPI(M)	50,545	39.16	4,955	3.84
33	Kushmandi (SC)	Roy Narmada Chandra		RSP	59,176	47.22	Krishna Chandra Sarkar		INC	49,232	39.29	9,944	7.93
34	Itahar	Sri Kumar Mukherjee		CPI	59,280	47.02	Abedin Zainal		INC	58,724	46.58	556	0.44
35	Gangarampur	Minati Ghosh		CPI(M)	84,218	55.62	Ashish Majumdar		BJP	61,881	40.87	22,337	14.75
36	Tapan (ST)	Khara Soren		RSP	65,142	53.91	Lakshmi Ram Hembram		INC	39,745	32.89	25,397	21.02
37	Kumarganj	Roy Dwijendra Nath		CPI(M)	62,816	46.22	Parinita Singha Roy		INC	47,606	35.03	15,210	11.19
38	Balurghat	Choudhury Biswanath		RSP	55,183	47.93	Khan Biplab		INC	46,562	40.45	8,621	7.48
39	Habibpur (ST)	Jadu Hembram		CPI(M)	55,288	48.00	Lucas Hembram		INC	37,395	32.46	17,893	15.54
40	Gajol (ST)	Debnath Murmu		CPI(M)	55,819	47.61	Benjamin Hemram		INC	40,660	34.68	15,159	12.93
41	Kharba	Mahbubul Hoque		INC	59,807	47.13	Nazmul Hoque		CPI(M)	53,077	41.83	6,730	5.30
42	Harishchandrapur	Birendra Kumar Maitra		AIFB	56,429	47.00	Alam Mostaque		INC	53,940	44.92	2,489	2.08
43	Ratua	Samar Mukherjee		INC	53,347	48.13	Mozammel Haque		CPI(M)	50,381	45.45	2,966	2.68
44	Araidanga	Sabitri Mitra		INC	55,306	50.25	Setara Begum		CPI(M)	48,629	44.19	6,677	6.06
45	Malda (SC)	Phani Bhusan Roy		INC	62,040	44.68	Subhendu Chowdhury		CPI(M)	55,501	39.97	6,539	4.71
46	Englishbazar	Goutam Chakravartty		INC	53,653	41.23	Ashok Bhattacharjya		CPI(M)	42,992	33.04	10,661	8.19
47	Manikchak	Ram Prabesh Mondal		INC	55,954	52.06	Subodh Choudhuri		CPI(M)	45,766	42.58	10,188	9.48
48	Suzapur	Rubi Noor		INC	69,826	61.13	Abdur Rauf		CPI(M)	36,673	32.11	33,153	29.02
49	Kaliachak	Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury		INC	64,440	46.50	Biswanath Ghosh		CPI(M)	54,092	39.04	10,348	7.46
50	Farakka	Mainul Haque		INC	53,480	46.44	Abul Hasnat Khan		CPI(M)	45,917	39.87	7,563	6.57
51	Aurangabad	Humayun Reja		INC	57,485	46.54	Touab Ali		CPI(M)	52,842	42.78	4,643	3.76
52	Suti	Md. Sohrab		INC	46,800	40.24	Shish Mohammad		RSP	46,369	39.87	431	0.37
53	Sagardighi (SC)	Das Paresh Nath		CPI(M)	58,259	51.06	Nrisingha Kumar Mondal		INC	51,562	45.19	6,697	5.87
54	Jangipur	Habibur Rahaman		INC	58,181	46.36	Abdul Haque		RSP	57,490	45.81	691	0.55
55	Lalgola	Abu Hena		INC	64,337	50.42	Md. Johaque Ali		CPI(M)	55,650	43.61	8,687	6.81
56	Bhagabangola	Abu Sufian Sarkar		INC	58,865	48.02	Nawab Jani Meerza		CPI(M)	58,012	47.33	853	0.69
57	Nabagram	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury		INC	76,852	55.84	Muzaffar Hossain		CPI(M)	56,523	41.07	20,329	14.77
58	Murshidabad	Mozammel Haque		IND	54,049	35.14	Abdul Ohab Mondal		INC	45,637	29.67	8,412	5.47
59	Jalangi	Unus Sarkar		CPI(M)	79,348	53.32	Samsuzzoha Biswas		INC	58,174	39.09	21,174	14.23
60	Domkal	Anisur Rahaman		CPI(M)	77,736	52.29	Sadeque Reza		INC	62,896	42.31	14,840	9.98
61	Naoda	Jayanta Kumar Biswas		RSP	75,268	53.07	Nasiruddin Khan		INC	58,462	41.22	16,806	11.85
62	Hariharpara	Mozammel Haque		CPI(M)	59,804	43.21	Mannan Hossain		INC	54,018	39.03	5,786	4.18
63	Berhampore	Maya Rani Paul		INC	81,452	49.89	Biswanath Banerjee		RSP	62,159	38.07	19,293	11.82
64	Beldanga	Timir Baran Bhaduri		RSP	67,965	49.58	Nurul Islam Choudhury		INC	59,854	43.66	8,111	5.92
65	Kandi	Atish Chandra Sinha		INC	65,490	49.10	Syed Wahed Reja		CPI	59,354	44.50	6,136	4.60
66	Khargram (SC)	Biswanath Mandal		CPI(M)	61,369	47.96	Madhab Chandra Marjit		INC	57,545	44.97	3,824	2.99
67	Barwan	Debabrata Banerjee		RSP	59,537	50.57	Ali Hossain Mondal		INC	49,335	41.90	10,202	8.67
68	Bharatpur	Id Mahammad		RSP	58,266	53.38	Satya Narayan Banerjee		INC	43,960	40.27	14,306	13.11
69	Karimpur	Chittaranjan Biswas		CPI(M)	64,561	47.56	Chira Ranjan Mandal		INC	44,215	32.57	20,346	14.99
70	Palashipara	Kamalendu Sanyal (Sasthi)		CPI(M)	65,306	47.29	Ujjal Biswas		INC	53,382	38.65	11,924	8.64
71	Nakashipara	Shaikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed		CPI(M)	54,600	43.75	Dhrubajyoti Ghosh		INC	53,135	42.57	1,465	1.18
72	Kaliganj	Abdus Salam Munshi		INC	50,665	42.67	Dhananjoy Modak		RSP	49,291	41.51	1,374	1.16
73	Chapra	Mir Quasem Mondal		CPI(M)	65,854	49.87	Julfikar Khan		INC	52,558	39.80	13,296	10.07
74	Krishnaganj (SC)	Sushil Biswas		CPI(M)	58,868	47.16	Bidhan Chandra Poddar		INC	57,170	45.80	1,698	1.36
75	Krishnagar East	Sibdas Mukherjee		INC	62,066	46.14	Radhanath Biswas		CPI(M)	59,181	44.00	2,885	2.14
76	Krishnagar West	Sunil Kumar Ghosh		CPI(M)	58,386	50.56	Biswarup Mukherjee		INC	39,653	34.33	18,733	16.23
77	Nabadwip	Biswanath Mitra		CPI(M)	54,704	47.49	Kartik Chatterjee		INC	42,729	37.10	11,975	10.39
78	Santipur	Ajoy De		INC	78,163	49.28	Bimalananda Mukherjee		RCPI(R)	67,793	42.74	10,370	6.54
79	Hanskhali (SC)	Biswas Shashanka Shekhor		INC	78,662	49.60	Nayan Sarkar		CPI(M)	72,789	45.90	5,873	3.70
80	Ranaghat East (SC)	Binay Krishna Biswas		CPI(M)	82,678	48.37	Akhil Kumar Majumder		INC	71,705	41.95	10,973	6.42
81	Ranaghat West	Sankar Singha		INC	74,360	48.06	Nag Sourendra Nath		CPI(M)	70,238	45.39	4,122	2.67
82	Chakdaha	Satyasadhan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	97,454	51.66	Sukumar Sarkar		INC	75,838	40.20	21,616	11.46
83	Haringhata	Mili Hira		CPI(M)	84,251	50.13	Ratna Ghosh		INC	66,252	39.42	17,999	10.71
84	Bagdaha (SC)	Kamalakshi Biswas		AIFB	59,588	47.20	Kalidas Adhikari		INC	56,988	45.14	2,600	2.06
85	Bongaon	Pankaj Ghosh		CPI(M)	68,251	47.83	Bhupendra Nath Seth		INC	66,583	46.66	1,668	1.17
86	Gaighata	Manmatha Roy		CPI(M)	74,022	47.99	Prabir Banerjee		INC	68,625	44.49	5,397	3.50
87	Habra	Baren Basu		CPI(M)	65,254	43.67	Abdul Hamid Mandal		INC	64,311	43.03	943	0.64
88	Ashokenagar	Nirode Roy Choudhury		CPI(M)	61,789	45.11	Dhiman Roy		INC	43,280	31.59	18,509	13.52
89	Amdanga	Hashim Abdul Halim		CPI(M)	71,941	50.07	Md. Rafiqul Islam		INC	65,172	45.36	6,769	4.71
90	Barasat	Ashoke Mukherjee		INC	1,06,471	46.88	Saral Deb		AIFB	1,04,633	46.07	1,838	0.81
91	Rajarhat (SC)	Rabindra Nath Mondal		CPI(M)	96,947	47.90	Tanmoy Mondal		INC	89,656	44.30	7,291	3.60
92	Deganga	Md. Yakub		AIFB	60,876	49.63	Idris Ali		INC	47,127	38.42	13,749	11.21
93	Swarupnagar	Mostafa Bin Quassem		CPI(M)	61,279	48.02	Dipti Jana		INC	55,357	43.38	5,922	4.64
94	Baduria	Quazi Abdul Guffar		INC	58,967	47.84	Md. Shelim		CPI(M)	53,664	43.54	5,303	4.30
95	Basirhat	Narayan Mukherjee		CPI(M)	66,329	44.77	Asit Mazumder		INC	66,148	44.64	181	0.13
96	Hasnabad	Gautam Deb		CPI(M)	55,956	49.20	Rafikul Islam Mondal		INC	51,762	45.51	4,194	3.69
97	Haroa (SC)	Kshiti Ranjan Mondal		CPI(M)	75,668	55.93	Lakshmi Kanta Mondal		INC	48,726	36.01	26,942	19.92
98	Sandeshkhali (SC)	Kanti Biswas		CPI(M)	65,467	54.63	Ranjit Kumardas		INC	43,589	36.38	21,878	18.25
99	Hingalganj (SC)	Nripen Gayen		CPI(M)	62,866	54.76	Bidyut Kayal		INC	44,026	38.35	18,840	16.41
100	Gosaba (SC)	Ganesh Mondal		RSP	54,312	51.48	Sujit Pramanik		INC	43,526	41.26	10,786	10.22
101	Basanti (SC)	Subhas Naskar		RSP	69,834	51.18	Jayanta Naskar		INC	60,372	44.25	9,462	6.93
102	Kultali (SC)	Prabod Purkait		IND	62,453	48.80	Ram Sankar Haldar		CPI(M)	52,160	40.76	10,293	8.04
103	Joynagar	Deba Prasad Sarkar		IND	52,718	43.41	Rabindra Nath Basu		CPI(M)	27,224	22.42	25,494	20.99
104	Baruipur	Sobhan Deb Chattopadhyay		INC	75,314	49.16	Sujan Chakraborty		CPI(M)	73,788	48.16	1,526	1.00
105	Canning West (SC)	Bimal Mistry		CPI(M)	64,543	46.02	Gobinda Chandra Naskar		INC	59,038	42.10	5,505	3.92
106	Canning East	Abdur Razzak Molla		CPI(M)	89,062	76.19	Akram Laskar		INC	22,297	19.07	66,765	57.12
107	Bhangar	Badal Zamadar		CPI(M)	81,180	62.46	Azibar Rahaman		INC	43,120	33.18	38,060	29.28
108	Jadavpur	Buddhadev Bhattacharjee		CPI(M)	1,08,548	55.58	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar		INC	72,364	37.05	36,184	18.53
109	Sonarpur (SC)	Bhadreswar Mondal		CPI(M)	98,765	50.02	Nirmal Mondal		INC	89,706	45.43	9,059	4.59
110	Bishnupur East (SC)	Ananda Kumar Biswas		CPI(M)	52,374	49.21	Mahadeb Naskar		INC	48,863	45.91	3,511	3.30
111	Bishnupur West	Sankar Saran Naskar		CPI(M)	59,431	48.54	Aruna Ghosh Dostider		INC	54,294	44.34	5,137	4.20
112	Behala East	Kumkum Chakraborti		CPI(M)	98,593	49.90	Sonali Guha		INC	89,459	45.28	9,134	4.62
113	Behala West	Nirmal Mukherjee		CPI(M)	85,695	47.58	Kumud Bhattacharjee		INC	83,903	46.58	1,792	1.00
114	Garden Reach	Mohammed Amin		CPI(M)	66,006	52.80	Fazle Azim Molla		INC	51,838	41.47	14,168	11.33
115	Maheshtala	Mursalin Molla		CPI(M)	72,274	51.78	Gouranga Mukherjee		INC	58,463	41.89	13,811	9.89
116	Budge Budge	Ashok Kumar Deb		INC	66,553	52.16	Dipak Mukherjee		CPI(M)	55,192	43.26	11,361	8.90
117	Satgachia	Jyoti Basu		CPI(M)	58,597	48.69	Bag Chitta Ranjan		INC	47,487	39.46	11,110	9.23
118	Falta	Sudhir Bhattacharjee		INC	51,558	49.19	Arati Dasgupta		CPI(M)	46,909	44.75	4,649	4.44
119	Diamond Harbour	Sheikh Daulat Ali		INC	61,744	47.00	Abdul Quiyom Molla		CPI(M)	55,643	42.35	6,101	4.65
120	Magrahat West	Abul Basar Laskar		INC	54,898	46.30	Anuradha Putatunda		CPI(M)	54,825	46.24	73	0.06
121	Magrahat East (SC)	Nirmal Sinha		CPI(M)	62,045	49.72	Namita Saha		INC	57,918	46.41	4,127	3.31
122	Mandirbazar (SC)	Nikunja Paik		CPI(M)	57,805	47.04	Tapan Sardar		INC	55,927	45.51	1,878	1.53
123	Mathurapur	Satya Ranjan Bapuli		INC	63,952	45.59	Kanti Bhusan Gangopadhyay		CPI(M)	61,297	43.70	2,655	1.89
124	Kulpi (SC)	Sakuntala Paik		CPI(M)	53,779	49.47	Kirtibas Sarder		INC	51,566	47.43	2,213	2.04
125	Patharpratima	Gopal Krishna Dey		INC	54,995	47.48	Janmejay Manna		CPI(M)	54,854	47.36	141	0.12
126	Kakdwip	Ashok Giri		CPI(M)	58,362	49.42	Mantu Ram Pakhira		INC	56,130	47.53	2,232	1.89
127	Sagar	Prabhanjan Mondal		CPI(M)	69,285	51.46	Haripada Sen		INC	62,874	46.70	6,411	4.76
128	Bijpur	Kamal Sengupta Basu		CPI(M)	64,800	53.85	Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy		INC	51,334	42.66	13,466	11.19
129	Naihati	Ranjit Kundu		CPI(M)	66,522	52.37	Adhikary Tarun		INC	51,757	40.74	14,765	11.63
130	Bhatpara	Bidyut Ganguli		CPI(M)	48,232	49.61	Dharmpal Gupta		INC	34,592	35.58	13,640	14.03
131	Jagatdal	Anay Gopal Sinha		INC	59,534	45.57	Nihar Basu		AIFB	59,417	45.48	117	0.09
132	Noapara	Madan Mohan Nath		CPI(M)	48,394	48.65	Sris Das		INC	44,030	44.26	4,364	4.39
133	Titagarh	Prabin Kumar Shaw		CPI(M)	41,906	47.54	Ashok Shukla		INC	41,359	46.92	547	0.62
134	Khardah	Asim Kumar Dasgupta		CPI(M)	85,517	52.32	Chinmoy Chatterjee		INC	64,988	39.76	20,529	12.56
135	Panihati	Nirmal Ghosh		INC	72,572	46.18	Tania Chakrabarty (Basu)		CPI(M)	71,703	45.62	869	0.56
136	Kamarhati	Santi Ghatak		CPI(M)	65,691	50.99	Sambhunath Dutta		INC	52,921	41.08	12,770	9.91
137	Baranagar	Amar Choudhury		RSP	84,785	48.51	Silbhadra Dutta		INC	76,895	44.00	7,890	4.51
138	Dum Dum	Sankar Sen		CPI(M)	92,102	53.20	Nitai Ghosh		INC	62,555	36.13	29,547	17.07
139	Belgachia East	Subhas Chakraborty		CPI(M)	1,05,328	48.33	Arunava Ghosh		INC	96,388	44.23	8,940	4.10
140	Cossipur	Bandyopadhyay Tarak		INC	33,799	46.23	Anup Das		CPI(M)	33,337	45.60	462	0.63
141	Shyampukur	Santi Ranjan Ganguly		AIFB	30,759	48.05	Samir Chakraborty		INC	28,124	43.94	2,635	4.11
142	Jorabagan	Sanjoy Bakshi		INC	21,552	37.77	Sarala Maheswari		CPI(M)	19,844	34.77	1,708	3.00
143	Jorasanko	Deokinandan Poddar		INC	23,787	49.74	Satish Narayan Bajaj		AIFB	16,073	33.61	7,714	16.13
144	Bara Bazar	Rajesh Khaitan		INC	16,748	37.01	Md. Asiruddin		JD	15,911	35.16	837	1.85
145	Bow Bazar	Sudip Bandyopadhyay		INC	36,579	59.37	Sujit Mandal		JD	17,181	27.88	19,398	31.49
146	Chowringhee	Subarata Mukherjee		INC	48,648	60.62	Paul Mantosh		JD	19,968	24.88	28,680	35.74
147	Kabitirtha	Ram Pyare Ram		INC	62,923	61.61	Moinuddin Shams.		AIFB	30,982	30.34	31,941	31.27
148	Alipore	Saugata Roy		INC	51,590	58.71	Rathindranath Roychowdhury		CPI(M)	30,879	35.14	20,711	23.57
149	Rashbehari Avenue	Hoimi Basu		INC	48,253	58.97	Ranjan Banerjee		CPI(M)	27,625	33.76	20,628	25.21
150	Tollygunge	Pankaj Banerjee		INC	53,871	48.19	Ashis Roy		CPI(M)	51,189	45.79	2,682	2.40
151	Dhakuria	Kshiti Goswami		RSP	66,593	49.15	Sukhendu Shekhar Roy		INC	59,542	43.95	7,051	5.20
152	Ballygunge	Rabin Deb		CPI(M)	69,185	47.51	Dibyendu Biswas		INC	67,704	46.50	1,481	1.01
153	Entally	Sultan Ahmed		INC	48,434	49.43	Ziauddin Ahmed		CPI(M)	42,794	43.67	5,640	5.76
154	Taltola (SC)	Tapati Saha		CPI(M)	49,751	53.61	Sambhunath Kow (Lalu)		INC	37,255	40.15	12,496	13.46
155	Beliaghata	Manabendra Mukherjee		CPI(M)	56,681	51.74	Krishna Debnath		INC	47,022	42.92	9,659	8.82
156	Sealdah	Somendra Nath Mitra		INC	33,950	66.16	Arun Prakash Chatterjee		CPI	12,985	25.30	20,965	40.86
157	Vidyasagar	Tapas Roy		INC	38,065	50.87	Abir Lal Mukherjee		CPI(M)	31,571	42.19	6,494	8.68
158	Burtola	Sadhan Pande		INC	50,368	63.70	Parimal Routh		RSP	22,121	27.98	28,247	35.72
159	Manicktola	Paresh Paul		INC	62,088	48.17	Shyamal Chakraborty		CPI(M)	61,581	47.78	507	0.39
160	Belgachia West	Rajdeo Goala		CPI(M)	55,498	52.52	Sadhan Das		INC	43,112	40.79	12,386	11.73
161	Bally	Kanika Ganguly		CPI(M)	54,996	50.54	Bani Kumar Singha		INC	39,369	36.18	15,627	14.36
162	Howrah North	Lagan Deo Singh		CPI(M)	68,432	55.21	Asok Ghosh		INC	47,714	38.50	20,718	16.71
163	Howrah Central	Ambica Banerjee		INC	56,763	59.17	Sureswar Dutta		JD	26,764	27.90	29,999	31.27
164	Howrah South	Pralay Talukdar		CPI(M)	46,915	45.17	Arup Ray		INC	44,662	43.00	2,253	2.17
165	Shibpur	Jatu Lahiri		INC	1,02,985	50.62	Prabir Kumar Banerjee		AIFB	88,111	43.31	14,874	7.31
166	Domjur	Padmanidhi Dhar		CPI(M)	95,319	51.81	Bhabani Prasad Bhattacharyya		INC	82,649	44.92	12,670	6.89
167	Jagatballavpur	M. Ansaruddin		CPI(M)	69,056	49.53	Nityananda Maity		INC	63,119	45.27	5,937	4.26
168	Panchla	Gulsan Mullick		INC	65,091	49.41	Sailen Mondal		AIFB	56,777	43.10	8,314	6.31
169	Sankrail (SC)	Sital Kumar Sardar		INC	65,599	47.04	Basudeb Dhali		CPI(M)	60,611	43.46	4,988	3.58
170	Uluberia North (SC)	Ramjanam Majhi		INC	61,560	48.83	Asta Das		CPI(M)	54,001	42.83	7,559	6.00
171	Uluberia South	Ghose Rabindra		AIFB	57,913	48.82	Pulak Roy		INC	48,553	40.93	9,360	7.89
172	Shyampur	Sanjib Kumar Das		INC	59,081	48.54	Jaladhar Samanta		AIFB	55,554	45.64	3,527	2.90
173	Bagnan	Sabuj Dutta		INC	62,805	48.57	Nirupama Chatterjee		CPI(M)	60,075	46.46	2,730	2.11
174	Kalyanpur	Asit Mitra		INC	55,701	49.51	Maqsud Ahmed		CPI(M)	54,061	48.05	1,640	1.46
175	Amta	Pratyush Mukherjee		CPI(M)	62,001	53.47	Prasun Bakuly		INC	51,807	44.68	10,194	8.79
176	Udaynarayanpur	Nanigopal Chowdhury		CPI(M)	64,955	54.66	Syamal Ranjan Karar		INC	46,102	38.80	18,853	15.86
177	Jangipara	Ibha Dey		CPI(M)	65,269	50.90	Dwipen Mukherjee		INC	57,171	44.58	8,098	6.32
178	Chanditala	Akbor Ali Khandoker		INC	72,490	48.78	Ghosh Malin		CPI(M)	70,376	47.36	2,114	1.42
179	Uttarpara	Jyoti Krishna Chattapadhyay		CPI(M)	75,680	48.84	Pabitra Gupta		INC	69,929	45.13	5,751	3.71
180	Serampore	Jyoti Chowdhury		INC	55,923	49.81	Asimes Goswami		CPI(M)	40,011	35.64	15,912	14.17
181	Champdani	Abdul Mannan		INC	74,233	48.17	Sunil Sarkar		CPI(M)	65,231	42.33	9,002	5.84
182	Chandernagore	Kamal Mukherjee		INC	69,565	49.93	Sandhya Chattopadhyay		CPI(M)	62,531	44.88	7,034	5.05
183	Singur	Das Bidyut Kumar		CPI(M)	66,445	50.69	Dwijaprosad Bhattacharya		INC	58,739	44.81	7,706	5.88
184	Haripal	Kali Prasad Biswas		CPI(M)	63,998	52.91	Samiran Mitra		INC	53,091	43.89	10,907	9.02
185	Tarakeswar	Pratim Chatterjee		CPI(M)	70,127	57.46	Ajit Kumar Ghosh		INC	48,608	39.83	21,519	17.63
186	Chinsurah	Naren Dey		AIFB	68,281	47.20	Tapan Dasgupta		INC	66,998	46.32	1,283	0.88
187	Bansberia	Robin Mukherjee		INC	62,528	49.25	Prabir Sengupta		CPI(M)	59,281	46.69	3,247	2.56
188	Balagarh (SC)	Dibakanta Routh		CPI(M)	66,182	52.31	Biswanath Malik		INC	51,231	40.49	14,951	11.82
189	Pandua	Ali Sk. Majed		CPI(M)	77,911	54.75	Madhusudan Banerjee		INC	52,801	37.11	25,110	17.64
190	Polba	Saktipada Khanra		CPI(M)	62,985	50.52	Mainul Haque		INC	57,872	46.42	5,113	4.10
191	Dhaniakhali (SC)	Kripasindhu Saha		AIFB	76,412	60.68	Asima Patra		INC	44,474	35.32	31,938	25.36
192	Pursurah	Nimai Mal		CPI(M)	71,802	59.03	Gour Mohan Maity		INC	46,237	38.01	25,565	21.02
193	Khanakul (SC)	Banshi Badan Maitra		CPI(M)	73,196	55.16	Basudeb Hajra		INC	54,478	41.05	18,718	14.11
194	Arambagh	Binoy Datta		CPI(M)	91,939	62.43	Abdus Sukur		INC	47,839	32.48	44,100	29.95
195	Goghat (SC)	Shiba Prasad Malick		AIFB	90,288	69.15	Lakshmi Charan Kanri		INC	26,975	20.66	63,313	48.49
196	Chandrakona	Gurupada Dutta		CPI(M)	79,017	58.96	Maloy Bhattacharya		INC	47,696	35.59	31,321	23.37
197	Ghatal (SC)	Ratan Pakhira		CPI(M)	69,342	56.54	Rajani Kanta Dolui		INC	51,158	41.71	18,184	14.83
198	Daspur	Mukhopadhaya Chitta Ranjan		CPI(M)	56,560	51.69	Goswami Jagannath		INC	50,770	46.40	5,790	5.29
199	Nandanpur	Chhaya Bera		CPI(M)	55,826	50.96	Nirmal Maity		INC	51,769	47.25	4,057	3.71
200	Panskura West	Chitta Ranjan Das Thakur		CPI	57,644	47.03	Khan Jakiur Rahaman		INC	54,190	44.21	3,454	2.82
201	Panskura East	Biplab Ray Chowdhury		INC	62,496	47.65	Sarkar Sisir		CPI(M)	62,359	47.55	137	0.10
202	Tamluk	Anil Mudi		INC	61,409	46.99	Surajit Bagchi		CPI	61,079	46.74	330	0.25
203	Moyna	Dipak Bera		CPI(M)	63,420	48.94	Manik Bhowmik		INC	63,324	48.87	96	0.07
204	Mahishadal	Sukumar Das		INC	58,754	50.83	Chakraborty Surya		CPI(M)	52,464	45.39	6,290	5.44
205	Sutahata (SC)	Tushar Kanti Mandal		INC	81,461	50.81	Nityananda Bera		CPI(M)	76,238	47.55	5,223	3.26
206	Nandigram	Debisankar Panda		INC	61,885	49.23	Sakti Bal		CPI	61,747	49.12	138	0.11
207	Narghat	Brahmamoy Nanda		CPI(M)	68,440	51.88	Suvendu Kumar Bej		INC	60,265	45.68	8,175	6.20
208	Bhagabanpur	Khanra Ajit		INC	51,556	47.99	Pradhan Prasanta Kumar		CPI(M)	51,263	47.72	293	0.27
209	Khajuri (SC)	Mondal Ramchandra		CPI(M)	60,289	55.51	Paik Sunirmal		INC	45,709	42.08	14,580	13.43
210	Contai North	Chakradhar Maikap		CPI(M)	55,807	47.97	Mukul Bikash Maiti		INC	54,574	46.91	1,233	1.06
211	Contai South	Sailaja Kumar Das		INC	54,466	48.56	Sukhendu Maity		CPI	46,665	41.60	7,801	6.96
212	Ramnagar	Mrinal Kanti Roy		CPI(M)	63,538	48.32	Dipak Kumar Das		INC	63,488	48.28	50	0.04
213	Egra	Sinha Prabodh Chandra		CPI(M)	62,144	51.28	Sohan Jyoti Maiti		INC	50,430	41.61	11,714	9.67
214	Mugberia	Kiranmoy Nanda		CPI(M)	65,331	56.20	Narayan Mukherjee		INC	46,306	39.84	19,025	16.36
215	Pataspur	Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra		CPI	65,483	51.77	Paresh Chandra Bhunia		INC	57,009	45.07	8,474	6.70
216	Sabang	Bangal Makhanlal		IND	60,453	49.91	Manas Bhunia		INC	59,628	49.23	825	0.68
217	Pingla	Ram Pada Samanta		CPI(M)	67,223	56.76	Swapan Dobe		INC	47,891	40.44	19,332	16.32
218	Debra	Sk. Jahangir Karim		CPI(M)	71,478	57.40	Rabindra Nath Bera		INC	42,224	33.91	29,254	23.49
219	Keshpur (SC)	Dal Nandarani		CPI(M)	83,846	65.07	Sannyasi Dolai		INC	40,376	31.33	43,470	33.74
220	Garhbeta East	Susanta Ghosh		CPI(M)	78,739	66.66	Tapan Chakraborty		INC	27,363	23.16	51,376	43.50
221	Garhbeta West (SC)	Krishnaprasad Duley		CPI(M)	75,573	62.33	Siddhartha Bisai		INC	26,777	22.08	48,796	40.25
222	Salbani	Khagendra Nath Mahato		CPI(M)	65,073	60.21	Tapas Das		JKP(N)	25,459	23.56	39,614	36.65
223	Midnapore	Purnendu Sengupta		CPI	73,008	50.80	Dinen Roy		INC	57,112	39.74	15,896	11.06
224	Kharagpur Town	Gyan Singh Sohanpal		INC	39,983	42.13	Kalidas Nayak		CPI(M)	24,859	26.19	15,124	15.94
225	Kharagpur Rural	Haque Nazmul		CPI(M)	73,097	57.22	Ranjit Basu		INC	43,880	34.35	29,217	22.87
226	Keshiari (ST)	Maheswar Murmu		CPI(M)	82,366	66.95	Gouri Tudu		INC	31,035	25.23	51,331	41.72
227	Narayangarh	Surjya Kanta Mishra		CPI(M)	79,565	60.78	Durgesh Mishra		INC	39,911	30.49	39,654	30.29
228	Dantan	Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee		CPI	77,024	63.81	Sunil Baran Giri		INC	28,639	23.73	48,385	40.08
229	Nayagram (ST)	Subhas Chandra Saren		CPI(M)	57,954	57.90	Madhu Sudan Saren		INC	17,987	17.97	39,967	39.93
230	Gopiballavpur	Rana Sakti		CPI(M)	73,308	63.19	Rekha Rani Mahata		INC	20,504	17.67	52,804	45.52
231	Jhargram	Buddhadev Bhakat		CPI(M)	87,886	66.43	Chaitnya Murmu		INC	19,975	15.10	67,911	51.33
232	Binpur (ST)	Naren Hansda		JKP(N)	50,981	47.83	Durga Tudu		CPI(M)	50,497	47.37	484	0.46
233	Banduan (ST)	Lakhiram Kisku		CPI(M)	53,680	56.19	Sital Chandra Hembram		INC	18,097	18.94	35,583	37.25
234	Manbazar	Kamala Kanta Mahata		CPI(M)	53,155	49.24	Sitaram Mahata		INC	47,514	44.02	5,641	5.22
235	Balrampur (ST)	Bhandu Majhi		CPI(M)	61,405	63.95	Dulali Mandi		INC	19,876	20.70	41,529	43.25
236	Arsa	Nishi Kanta Mehta		AIFB	46,914	45.96	Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo		INC	38,030	37.26	8,884	8.70
237	Jhalda	Satya Ranjan Mahato		AIFB	48,030	45.96	Subhas Mahato		INC	44,835	42.90	3,195	3.06
238	Jaipur	Shantiram Mahato		INC	52,519	49.28	Bindeswar Mahato		AIFB	48,060	45.09	4,459	4.19
239	Purulia	Mamata Mukherjee		CPI(M)	59,120	48.06	Sukumar Roy		INC	56,738	46.12	2,382	1.94
240	Para (SC)	Bilasi Bala Sahis		CPI(M)	64,837	59.52	Gobordhan Bagti		JMM	20,352	18.68	44,485	40.84
241	Raghunathpur (SC)	Natabar Bagdi		CPI(M)	47,701	49.33	Nabakumar Bouri		INC	32,235	33.33	15,466	16.00
242	Kashipur (ST)	Rabindranath Hembram		CPI(M)	54,487	56.93	Patar Subhas Chandra		INC	28,373	29.64	26,114	27.29
243	Hura	Abinas Mahato		CPI(M)	54,490	54.58	Baghambar Mahato		JMM	23,606	23.65	30,884	30.93
244	Taldangra	Monoranjan Patra		CPI(M)	76,810	60.94	Debaprasad Singha Barathakur		INC	31,781	25.22	45,029	35.72
245	Raipur (ST)	Upen Kisku		CPI(M)	67,754	55.54	Smritirekha Kisku		INC	26,278	21.54	41,476	34.00
246	Ranibandh (ST)	Deblina Hembram		CPI(M)	58,474	55.86	Anil Hansda		INC	26,065	24.90	32,409	30.96
247	Indpur (SC)	Kirity Bagdi		CPI	60,482	59.22	Layek Bibekananda		INC	15,966	15.63	44,516	43.59
248	Chhatna	Subhas Goswami		RSP	49,362	51.57	Swapan Mondal		INC	36,860	38.51	12,502	13.06
249	Gangajalghati (SC)	Angad Bauri		CPI(M)	63,949	59.43	Guiram Maji		INC	40,346	37.49	23,603	21.94
250	Barjora	Susmita Biswas		CPI(M)	66,842	51.96	Tapasi Banerjee		INC	53,121	41.30	13,721	10.66
251	Bankura	Partha De		CPI(M)	64,325	50.91	Asis Chakrabartty		INC	49,449	39.14	14,876	11.77
252	Onda	Anil Mukherjee		AIFB	68,070	56.16	Arup Khan		INC	33,742	27.84	34,328	28.32
253	Vishnupur	Jayanta Chowdhury		CPI(M)	67,000	56.13	Buddhadeb Mukherjee		INC	42,750	35.81	24,250	20.32
254	Kotulpur	Gouripada Dutta		CPI(M)	84,250	63.80	Nikhil Bose		INC	36,434	27.59	47,816	36.21
255	Indas (SC)	Nandadulal Majhi		CPI(M)	76,851	63.22	Naba Kumar Rajak		INC	25,958	21.35	50,893	41.87
256	Sonamukhi (SC)	Haradhan Bauri		CPI(M)	64,376	56.21	Pulakesh Saha		INC	39,884	34.82	24,492	21.39
257	Kulti	Acharyya Maniklal		AIFB	49,852	44.03	Ajit Kr. Ghatak		INC	47,987	42.38	1,865	1.65
258	Barabani	Manik Upadhyay		INC	61,225	50.40	Paresh Maji		CPI(M)	51,959	42.77	9,266	7.63
259	Hirapur	Shyamadas Banerjee		INC	31,813	33.13	Mumtaz Hassan		JD	25,873	26.94	5,940	6.19
260	Asansol	Tapas Banerjee		INC	58,845	50.06	Goutam Roychowdhury		CPI(M)	47,211	40.16	11,634	9.90
261	Raniganj	Chowdhury Bansa Gopal		CPI(M)	71,337	62.81	Senapati Mondal		INC	35,689	31.42	35,648	31.39
262	Jamuria	Pelab Kabi		CPI(M)	68,758	63.06	Adhikari Santosh		INC	32,936	30.21	35,822	32.85
263	Ukhra (SC)	Bagdi Lakhan		CPI(M)	67,298	48.21	Jethu Ram		INC	58,722	42.07	8,576	6.14
264	Durgapur-I	Mrinal Banerjee		CPI(M)	59,630	51.84	Mrigendranath Pal		INC	42,635	37.07	16,995	14.77
265	Durgapur-II	Debabrata Benerjee		CPI(M)	95,298	50.78	Malay Kanti Dutta		INC	67,906	36.18	27,392	14.60
266	Kanksa (SC)	Ankura Saresh		CPI(M)	74,242	61.65	Himangshu Mondal		INC	30,754	25.54	43,488	36.11
267	Ausgram (SC)	Kartick Chandra Bag		CPI(M)	81,278	66.19	Sukumar Saha		INC	32,797	26.71	48,481	39.48
268	Bhatar	Subhas Mondal		CPI(M)	70,340	58.99	Susanta Ghosh		INC	39,336	32.99	31,004	26.00
269	Galsi	Idrish Mondal		AIFB	70,242	60.82	Syed Imdad Ali		INC	31,327	27.12	38,915	33.70
270	Burdwan North	Nisith Adhikary		CPI(M)	93,617	62.48	Raimoni Das		INC	46,081	30.75	47,536	31.73
271	Burdwan South	Shyamaprosad Bose		CPI(M)	82,667	50.58	Ghosh Sadhan Kumar		INC	68,377	41.84	14,290	8.74
272	Khandaghosh (SC)	Dalui Shibaprasad		CPI(M)	77,102	66.39	Basudev Mandal		INC	32,041	27.59	45,061	38.80
273	Raina	Shyamaprosad Pal		CPI(M)	79,664	65.25	Arabinda Bhattacheryya		INC	34,055	27.89	45,609	37.36
274	Jamalpur (SC)	Samar Hazra		CPI(M)	79,972	58.65	Baidya Nath Das		INC	45,247	33.18	34,725	25.47
275	Memari	Tapas Chattopadhyay		CPI(M)	94,636	60.36	Naba Kumar Chatterjee		INC	49,826	31.78	44,810	28.58
276	Kalna	Anju Kar		CPI(M)	72,329	52.40	Lakshman Kumar Roy		INC	55,825	40.44	16,504	11.96
277	Nadanghat	Biren Ghosh		CPI(M)	69,770	47.02	Swapan Debnath		INC	58,802	39.63	10,968	7.39
278	Manteswar	Abu Ayes Mondal		CPI(M)	67,757	57.51	Debabrata Roy		INC	44,451	37.73	23,306	19.78
279	Purbasthali	Dutta Himangshu		CPI(M)	61,076	47.53	Ansar Mondal		INC	41,233	32.09	19,843	15.44
280	Katwa	Rabindra Nath Chatterjee		INC	70,517	50.42	Anjan Chatterjee		CPI(M)	63,172	45.17	7,345	5.25
281	Mangalkot	Sadhana Mallik		CPI(M)	60,677	54.58	Absar Nurul Mondal		INC	40,186	36.15	20,491	18.43
282	Ketugram (SC)	Majhi Tamal		CPI(M)	66,613	56.64	Narayan Chandra Poddar		INC	42,719	36.32	23,894	20.32
283	Nanur (SC)	Anandagopal Das		CPI(M)	62,252	56.66	Sibkinkar Saha		INC	41,029	37.34	21,223	19.32
284	Bolpur	Tapan Hore		RSP	65,121	61.19	Sibsankar Banerjee		INC	24,031	22.58	41,090	38.61
285	Labhpur	Manik Chandra Mondal		CPI(M)	64,383	60.48	Deb Ranjan Mukhopadhayay		INC	35,155	33.02	29,228	27.46
286	Dubrajpur	Bhakti Bhusan Mondal		AIFB	66,312	57.02	Arun Kumar Chakravorty		INC	36,538	31.42	29,774	25.60
287	Rajnagar (SC)	Bijoy Bagdi		AIFB	55,760	54.84	Asesh Mondal		INC	27,926	27.46	27,834	27.38
288	Suri	Suniti Chattaraj		INC	67,227	49.87	Tapan Roy		CPI(M)	60,488	44.87	6,739	5.00
289	Mahammad Bazar	Dhiren Sen		CPI(M)	65,812	56.41	Rajaram Ghosh		INC	38,671	33.14	27,141	23.27
290	Mayureswar (SC)	Dhiren Let		CPI(M)	57,791	56.27	Arjun Saha		BJP	25,273	24.61	32,518	31.66
291	Rampurhat	Mahammad Hannan		AIFB	51,139	44.77	Satyen Das		BJP	40,916	35.82	10,223	8.95
292	Hansan (SC)	Asit Kumar Mal		INC	55,256	51.77	Mihir Bain		RCPI(R)	37,573	35.21	17,683	16.56
293	Nalhati	Kalimuddin Shams		AIFB	51,401	48.47	Sharif Hossain (Dalim Master)		INC	39,715	37.45	11,686	11.02
294	Murarai	Motahar Hossain		INC	56,616	49.36	Moyazzem Hossain		CPI(M)	51,335	44.76	5,281	4.60

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.

External links

• West Bangal General Legislative Election Results at the Election Commission of India