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{{Short description|Assembly Election of West Bengal, India}}
{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
| election_name = 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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| next_election = 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
| next_election = 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1982
| next_year = 1982
| election_date = 14 June 1977
| seats_for_election = All 294 seats in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 148
| outgoing_members = 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Results by constituency
| elected_members = 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members
| leader1 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| leader1 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| image1 = [[File:Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png|100x100px]]
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png|bSize=120 |cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=20|oTop=10}}
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| percentage1 = 35.46%
| leaders_seat1 = [[Satgachhia Assembly constituency|Satgachhia]]
| seats1 = 178
| percentage1 = '''35.46%'''
| last_election1 = 14
| seats1 = '''178'''
| last_election1 = 27.45%, 14 seats
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 164
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 164
| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.01%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.01 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| alliance1 = [[Left Front (West Bengal)| Left Front]]
| alliance1 = Left Front (West Bengal)
| party2 = [[Janata Party]]
| party2 = Janata Party
| leader2 = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
| leader2 = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
| image2 =  
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=PrafullaChandraSen.png|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=5|oTop=0}}
| leaders_seat2 = Did not contest{{efn|Sen was the sitting MP for [[Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency|Arambagh]]}}
| percentage2 = 20.02%
| percentage2 = 20.02%
| seats2 = 29
| seats2 = 29
| last_election2 = new
| last_election2 = ''New''
| seat_change2 = -
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| swing2 = -
| swing2 = ''New''
| party3 = Indian National Congress  
| alliance2 =
| leader3 = [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
| party3 = [[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]
| image3 =  
| leader3 = [[Purabi Mukhopadhyay]]
| leaders_seat3 = Did not contest{{efn|Mukhopadhyay was a [[Rajya Sabha]] MP representing West Bengal}}
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| percentage3 = 23.02%
| percentage3 = 23.02%
| seats3 = 20
| seats3 = 20
| last_election3 = 216
| last_election3 = 49.08%, 216 seats
| seat_change3 = {{loss}} 196
| seat_change3 = {{loss}} 196
| swing3 = {{loss}} 26.06%
| swing3 = {{loss}} 26.06 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| alliance3 =
| leader_since1 = 1964
| leader_since2 = 1977
| leader_since3 = 1977
| popular_vote1 = '''6,568,999'''
| popular_vote2 = 2,869,391
| popular_vote3 = 3,298,063
| title = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| after_party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] after election
| 1blank = Alliance seats
| 1data1 = '''231'''
| 1data2 = 29
| 1data3 = 20
| 2blank = Seat change
| 2data1 = ''New alliance''
| 2data2 = ''New party''
| 2data3 = {{decrease}} 196
}}
}}


{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
'''[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] elections''' was held in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] on 14 June 1977.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1978">{{cite book|author1=West Bengal (India)|author2=Jatindra Chandra Sengupta|title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|page=420}}</ref> The polls took place after the ousting of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government at the Centre. The [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] won a landslide victory. The 1977 election marked the beginning of the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal, with [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader [[Jyoti Basu]] leading the first Left Front cabinet.
'''[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] elections''' was held in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] on 14 June 1977.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1978">{{cite book|author1=West Bengal (India)|author2=Jatindra Chandra Sengupta|title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TluAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|page=420}}</ref> The polls took place after the ousting of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government at the Centre.  
 
The [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] won a landslide victory. The 1977 election marked the beginning of the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal, with [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader [[Jyoti Basu]] leading the first Left Front cabinet. The election finally put to rest, the decade-long political instability that had begun since [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]].


==Background==
==Background==
After the [[Janata Party]] won the [[1977 Indian general election|national parliamentary election]] in March 1977 the new government in Delhi opted to dissolve the assemblies in nine states where the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (R)]] had lost the parliamentary polls and call for fresh elections.<ref name="Chander2004"/> West Bengal was one of these states.<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Congress(R) opposed the dissolution of the assemblies, the incumbent West Bengal Congress(R) government petitioned the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Supreme Court rejected the petition on 30 April 1977 and the West Bengal assembly was dissolved on order from the acting president [[B.D. Jatti]].<ref name="Chander2004">{{cite book|author=N. Jose Chander|title=Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_QtMGIczhMC&pg=PA105|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-092-1|page=105}}</ref>
After the [[Janata Party]] won the [[1977 Indian general election|national parliamentary election]] in March 1977 the new government in Delhi opted to dissolve the assemblies in nine states where the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (R)]] had lost the parliamentary polls and call for fresh elections.<ref name="Chander2004"/> West Bengal was one of these states.<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Congress(R) opposed the dissolution of the assemblies, the incumbent West Bengal Congress(R) government petitioned the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Supreme Court rejected the petition on 30 April 1977 and the West Bengal assembly was dissolved on order from the acting president [[B.D. Jatti]].<ref name="Chander2004">{{cite book|author=N. Jose Chander|title=Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_QtMGIczhMC&pg=PA105|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-092-1|page=105}}</ref>


Ahead of the March 1977 parliamentary election the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] (a new alliance led by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]) and the Janata Party had contested with a seat-sharing agreement.<ref name="Chander2004"/> With the assembly elections approaching, the two sides sought to build a seat-sharing agreement.<ref name="Chander2004"/> But the negotiation turned fruitless, and the Left Front and Janata Party parted ways.<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Left Front had offered the Janata Party 56% of the seats and the post as Chief Minister to Janata Party leader [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], but the Janata Party insisted on 70% of the seats.<ref>The Wire. ''[http://thewire.in/33521/why-has-nobody-called-it-yet-an-analysis-of-the-west-bengal-elections/ Why Has Nobody Called It Yet? An Analysis of the West Bengal Elections]''</ref>
Ahead of the March 1977 parliamentary election the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] (a new alliance led by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] consisting of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]], [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]], [[Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB]], [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|RCPI]] & [[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]) and the Janata Party had contested with a seat-sharing agreement.<ref name="Chander2004"/> With the assembly elections approaching, the two sides sought to build a seat-sharing agreement.<ref name="Chander2004"/> But the negotiation turned fruitless, and the Left Front and Janata Party parted ways.<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Left Front had offered the Janata Party 56% of the seats and the post as Chief Minister to Janata Party leader [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], but the Janata Party insisted on 70% of the seats.<ref>The Wire. ''[http://thewire.in/33521/why-has-nobody-called-it-yet-an-analysis-of-the-west-bengal-elections/ Why Has Nobody Called It Yet? An Analysis of the West Bengal Elections]''</ref>


There were 25,984,474 eligible voters, voter turn-out stood at 56.15%.<ref name=s1977/>
There were 25,984,474 eligible voters, voter turn-out stood at 56.15%.<ref name=s1977/>


==Campaign==
==Campaign==
In most areas the West Bengal assembly election saw a triangular contest between the Left Front, the Congress(R) and the Janata Party for the 294 seats across the constituency.<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Left Front fielded 293 candidates; CPI(M) contested 224 seats, the [[All India Forward Bloc]] 36, the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] 23, the [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] 3, the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]] 4, the [[Biplobi Bangla Congress]] 2 and 1 Left Front supported independent.<ref name=s1977/><ref name="Mukherjee1991"/><ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=419}}</ref> Congress(R) contested 290 seats and Janata Party 289 seats.<ref name=s1977/>
In most areas the West Bengal assembly election saw a triangular contest between the Left Front, the Congress(R) and the Janata Party for the 294 seats across the constituency.<ref name="Chander2004"/> The Left Front fielded 293 candidates; CPI(M) contested 224 seats, the [[All India Forward Bloc]] 36, the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] 23, the [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] 3, the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]] 4, the [[Biplobi Bangla Congress]] 2 and 1 Left Front supported independent.<ref name=s1977/><ref name="Mukherjee1991"/><ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=419}}</ref> Congress(R) contested 290 seats and Janata Party 289 seats.<ref name=s1977/> Left Front heavily campaigned on the massive-rigging perpetrated by the Congress(R) in the previous state election, state-sponsored [[Anti-communist mass killings|anti-Communist violence]] & [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency-era abuses]] perpetrated by the government of [[Siddharta Shankar Ray]], with its slogan being ''কংগ্রেসের কালো হাত ভেঙ্গে দাও, গুড়িয়ে দাও'' (''Break off & smash the black hand of the Congress'' in Bengali).
 
== Seat Allotment==
==={{legend2|{{party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]}}===
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Contesting Seats
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:CPIM election symbol.png|50px]]
| [[Jyoti Basu]]
| 224
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| [[File:AIFB Flag 2023.png|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg|50px]]
| R. K. Haldulkar
| 36
|-
| {{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| [[File:RSP-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png|50px]]
| [[Tridib Chaudhuri]]
| 23
|-
| {{party color cell|Revolutionary Communist Party of India}}
| [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]
|
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
| [[Bimalananda Mukherjee]]
| 4
|-
| {{party color cell|Marxist Forward Bloc}}
| [[Marxist Forward Bloc]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
| [[Pratim Chatterjee]]
| 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Biplobi Bangla Congress}}
| [[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
|
| 2
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent}}
| [[Independent politician|LF-Independent]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
|
| 1
|-
! colspan=5| Total
! 293
|}
 
==={{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}|[[Indian National Congress (R)|Indira Congress]]}}===
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Contesting Seats
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|
| [[File:Cow and Calf INC.svg|100px]]
| [[Purabi Mukhopadhyay]]
| 290
|-
! colspan=5 | Total
! 290
|}
 
==={{legend2|{{party color|Janata Party}}|[[Janata Party]]}}===
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Contesting Seats
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder images here per WP:IPH -->
|
| [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
| 289
|-
! colspan=5 | Total
! 289
|}


==Results==
==Results==
The Left Front won the election, winning 231 out of the 294 seats.<ref name=nlr>''New Left Review''. ''[https://newleftreview.org/II/70/kheya-bag-red-bengal-s-rise-and-fall RED BENGAL’S RISE AND FALL]''</ref><ref name=s1977>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><ref name="Mukherjee1991">{{cite book|author=Bharati Mukherjee|title=Political Culture and Leadership in India: A Study of West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYg9LlHn21cC&pg=PA31|date=1 January 1991|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-320-9|pages=30–31}}</ref> The electoral result came as a surprise to the Left Front itself, as it had offered 52% of the seats in the pre-electoral seat sharing talks with the Janata Party.<ref name="Chander2004"/><ref name=biman>''People's Democracy''. [http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_biman%20basu.htm West Bengal: How The Left Front And Its Government Emerged] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815214713/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_biman%20basu.htm |date=15 August 2017 }}</ref> On 21 June 1977 the Left Front formed a government with [[Jyoti Basu]] as its Chief Minister.<ref name=biman/><ref name=bud>''People's Democracy''. ''[http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_buddhadev.htm Thirty Years of Left Front Government in West Bengal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401020426/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_buddhadev.htm |date=1 April 2015 }}''</ref> The first cabinet meeting of the Left Front government ordered the release of political prisoners.<ref name=ht>''Hindustan Times''. ''[http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/timeline-of-left-front-government-in-west-bengal/story-muPwAyT5OH4wDKgimtqEJJ.html Timeline of Left Front government in West Bengal]''</ref>
The Left Front won the election, winning 231 out of the 294 seats.<ref name=nlr>''New Left Review''. ''[https://newleftreview.org/II/70/kheya-bag-red-bengal-s-rise-and-fall RED BENGAL’S RISE AND FALL]''</ref><ref name=s1977>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref><ref name="Mukherjee1991">{{cite book|author=Bharati Mukherjee|title=Political Culture and Leadership in India: A Study of West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYg9LlHn21cC&pg=PA31|date=1 January 1991|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-320-9|pages=30–31}}</ref> The electoral result came as a surprise to the Left Front itself, as it had offered 52% of the seats in the pre-electoral seat sharing talks with the Janata Party.<ref name="Chander2004"/><ref name=biman>''People's Democracy''. [http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_biman%20basu.htm West Bengal: How The Left Front And Its Government Emerged] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815214713/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_biman%20basu.htm |date=15 August 2017 }}</ref> On 21 June 1977 the Left Front formed a government with [[Jyoti Basu]] as its Chief Minister.<ref name=biman/><ref name=bud>''People's Democracy''. ''[http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_buddhadev.htm Thirty Years of Left Front Government in West Bengal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401020426/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0624/06242007_buddhadev.htm |date=1 April 2015 }}''</ref> The first cabinet meeting of the Left Front government ordered the release of political prisoners.<ref name=ht>''Hindustan Times''. ''[http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/timeline-of-left-front-government-in-west-bengal/story-muPwAyT5OH4wDKgimtqEJJ.html Timeline of Left Front government in West Bengal]''</ref>


[[Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] leader [[Santosh Rana]] was elected as an independent from [[Gopiballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gopiballavpur]].<ref>''Times of India''. ''[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/CPIML-MLA-Santosh-Rana-quits-party/articleshow/50986771.cms CPI(ML) MLA Santosh Rana quits party]''</ref>
[[Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] leader [[Santosh Rana]] was elected as an independent from [[Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency|Gopiballavpur]].<ref>''Times of India''. ''[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/CPIML-MLA-Santosh-Rana-quits-party/articleshow/50986771.cms CPI(ML) MLA Santosh Rana quits party]''</ref>


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|align=left colspan=6|Source: [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf ECI]
|}
|}
==Elected members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for<br/>([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/[[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Mekliganj || SC || Sada Kant Roy || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Sitalkuchi || SC || Sudhir Pramanik || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mathabhanga || SC || Dinesh Chandra Dakua || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Cooch Behar North || None || Aparajita Goppi || {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Cooch Behar West || None || Bimal Kanti Basu || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Sitai || None || Dipak Sen Gupta || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Dinhata || None || Kamal Kanti Guha || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Natabari || None || Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Tufanganj || SC || Manindra Nath Barma ||  {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kumargram || ST || John Arther Baxla || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Kalchini || ST || Manohar Tirkey || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Alipurduars || None || Nani Bhattacharya || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Falakata || SC || Jogendra Nath Singh Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Madarihat || ST || A. H. Besterwitch || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Dhupguri || SC || Banamali Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Nagrakata || ST || Punai Oraon || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mainaguri || SC || [[Tarak Bandhu Roy]] || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Mal || ST || Mohan Lal Oraon || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kranti || None || Parimal Mitra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jalpaiguri || None || Nirmal Kumar Bose || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Rajganj || SC || Dhirendra Nath Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kalimpong || None || Subha Renuleena || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Darjeeling || None || Deo Prakash Rai || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Kurseong || None || Dawa Norbula || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Siliguri || None || Biren Bose || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Phansidewa || ST || Patras Minz || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chopra || None || Moha Bachcha Munsi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Islampur || None || Chowdhary Abdul Karim || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Goalpokhar || None || Ramjan Ali || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Karandighi || None || Haji Sajjad Hussain || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Raiganj || SC || Khagendra Nath Sinha || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kaliaganj || SC || Naba Kumar Roy || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kushmandi || SC || Dhirendra Nath Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Itahar || None || Zaimal Abedin || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gangarampur || None || Ahindra Sarkar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Tapan || ST || Natheniel Murmu || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Kumarganj || None || Jamini Kisore Mojumdar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Balurghat || None || Biswanath Choudhauri || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Habibpur || ST || Murmu Sarkar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Gajol || ST || Sufal Murmu || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kharba || None || Golam Yazdani || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Harishchandrapur || None || Birendra Kumar Maitra || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Ratua || None || Mohammad Ali || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Araidanga || None || Habib Mustafa || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Malda || SC || Subhendu Choudhury || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Englishbazar || None || Sailen Sarkar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Manikchak || None || Subodh Choudhury || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Suzapur || None || Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chowdhury || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kaliachak || None || Samsuddin Ahmmad || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Farakka || None || Abul Hasnat Khan || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Aurangabad || None || Lutfal Haque || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Suti || None || Md. Sohorab || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sagardighi || SC || Hazari Biswas || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jangipur || None || Habibur Rahaman || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Lalgola || None || Abdus Sattar || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bhagabangola || None || Kazi Hafizur Rahaman || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Nabagram || None || Birendra Narayan Ray || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Murshidabad || None || Chhaya Ghosh || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Jalangi || None || Atahar Rahaman || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Domkal || None || Md. Abdul Bari || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Naoda || None || Jayanta Kumar Biswas || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Hariharpara || None || Shaikh Imajuddin || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Berhampore || None || Debabrata Bandopadhyay || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Beldanga || None || Timir Baran Bhadury || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Kandi || None || Atish Chandra Sinha || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Khargram || SC || Dinabandhu Majhi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Barwan || None || Amalendra Roy || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Bharatpur || None || Satyapada Bhattacharyya || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Karimpur || None || Samarendra Nath Sanyal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Palashipara || None || Madhabendu Mohanta || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Nakashipara || None || Mir Fakir Mohammad || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kaliganj || None || Debsaran Ghosh || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Chapra || None || Sahabuddin Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Krishnaganj || SC || Jnanendranath Biswas || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Krishnagar East || None || Kashikanta Maitra || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Krishnagar West || None || Amritendu Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Nabadwip || None || Debi Prosad Basu || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Santipur || None || Bimalananda Mukherjee || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Hanskhali || SC || Sukumar Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ranaghat East || SC || Satish Chandra Biswas || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ranaghat West || None || Kundu Gourchandra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chakdaha || None || Binoy Kumar Biswas || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Haringhata || None || Malakar Nanigopal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| [[Bagdah Assembly constituency|Bagdah]]|| SC || [[Kamalakshi Biswas]]|| {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Bongaon || None || Ranjit Mitra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Gaighata || None || Kanti Chandra Biswas || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Habra || None || Nirode Roy Chowdhury || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ashokenagar || None || Nani Kar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Amdanga || None || Hashim Abdul Halim || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Barasat || None || Saral Deb || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Rajarhat || SC || Rabindra Nath Mandal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Deganga || None || A. K. M. Hassan Uzzaman || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian Union Muslim League}}
|-
| Swarupnagar || None || Anisur Rahman || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Baduria || None || Mostafa Bin Quasem || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Basirhat || None || Narayan Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Hasnabad || None || Amiya Banerjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Haroa || SC || Kshiti Ranjan Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sandeshkhali || SC || Kumud Ranjan Biswas || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Hingalganj || SC || Sudhangshu Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Gosaba || SC || Ganesh Chandra Mondal || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Basanti || SC || Kalipada Barman || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Kultali || SC || Probodh Purkait || {{Full party name with color|1=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)}}
|-
| Joynagar || None || Deba Prosad Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|1=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)}}
|-
| Baruipur || None || Hemen Majumdar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Canning West || SC || Chitta Ranjan Mridha || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Canning East || None || Abdur Razzak Molla || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bhangar || None || Daud Khan || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jadavpur || None || Dinesh Majumdar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sonarpur || SC || Gangadhar Naskar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bishnupur East || SC || Sundar Naskar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bishnupur West || None || Provesh Chandra Ray || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Behala East || None || Niranjan Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Behala West || None || Rabin Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Garden Reach || None || Chhedilal Singh || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Maheshtala || None || Sudhir Bhandari || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Budge Budge || None || Khitibhusan Burmon || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Satgachia || None || Jyoti Basu || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Falta || None || Nemai Chandra Das || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Diamond Harbour || None || [[Abdul Quiyom Molla]]|| {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Magrahat West || None || Chhobhan Gazi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Magrahat East || SC || Radjika Ranjan Pramanik || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mandirbazar || SC || Renupada Halder || {{Full party name with color|1=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)}}
|-
| Mathurapur || None || Satya Ranjan Bapuli || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kulpi || SC || Krishnadhan Halder || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Patharpratima || None || Gunadhar Maiti || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kakdwip || None || Hrishikesh Maity || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sagar || None || Provanjan Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bijpur || None || Jagadish Chandra Das || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Naihati || None || Gopal Basu || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bhatpara || None || Sita Ram Gupta || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jagatdal || None || Nihar Kumar Basu || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Noapara || None || Jamini Bhusan Saha || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Titagarh || None || Mohammed Amin || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Khardah || None || Kamal Sarkar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Panihati || None || Gopal Krishna Bhattacharyya || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kamarhati || None || Radhika Ranjan Banerjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Baranagar || None || Matish Ray || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Dum Dum || None || Tarun Sen Gupta || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Belgachia East || None || Subhas Chakraborty || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Cossipur || None || Buddhadev Bhattacharjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Shyampukur || None || Nalini Kanta Guha || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Jorabagan || None || Haripada Bharati || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Jorasanko || None || Vishnu Kant Shastri || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Bara Bazar || None || Rabi Shankar Pandey || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Bow Bazar || None || [[Abul Hassan (born 1917)|Abul Hassan]] || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chowringhee || None || Sandip Das || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Kabitirtha || None || Kalimuddin Shams || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Alipore || None || Ashoke Kumar Bose || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Rashbehari Avenue || None || Ashok Mitra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Tollygunge || None || Prasanta Kumar Sur || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Dhakuria || None || [[Jatin Chakraborty]] || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Ballygunge || None || Sachin Sen || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Entally || None || Md. Nezamuddin || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Taltola || SC || Sumanta Kr. Hira || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Beliaghata || None || Krishna Pada Ghosh || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sealdah || None || Binoy Banerjee || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Vidyasagar || None || Samar Kumar Rudra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Burtola || None || Nikhil Das || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Manicktola || None || Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Belgachia West || None || Lakshmi Charan Sen || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bally || None || Patipaban Pathak || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Howrah North || None || Chitabrata Mazumdar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Howrah Central || None || Sudhindra Nath Kumar || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Howrah South || None || Praley Talukdar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Shibpur || None || Kanai Lal Bhattacharyya || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Domjur || None || Joykesh Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jagatballavpur || None || M. Ansaruddin || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Panchla || None || Santosh Kumar Das || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Sankrail || SC || Haran Hazra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Uluberia North || SC || Raj Kumar Mndal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Uluberia South || None || Aurobinda Ghosal || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Shyampur || None || Sasabindu Bera || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Bagnan || None || Nirupama Chatterjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kalyanpur || None || Nitai Charan Adak || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Amta || None || Barindra Nath Koley || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Udaynarayanpur || None || Pannalal Majhi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jangipara || None || Manindra Nath Jana || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chanditala || None || Malin Ghosh || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Uttarpara || None || Santashree Chattopadhyay || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Serampore || None || Kamal Krishna Bahattacharayya || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Champdani || None || Saidndra Nath Chattopadhyay || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Chandernagore || None || Bhabani Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Singur || None || Gopal Bandnopadhyay || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Haripal || None || Balai Bandhopadhyay || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Tarakeswar || None || Ram Chatterjee || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Chinsurah || None || Sambhu Charan Ghosh || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Bansberia || None || Prabir Kumar Sen Gupta || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Balagarh || SC || Abimnash Pramanik || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Pandua || None || Deb Narayan Chakrabarty || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Polba || None || Brojogopal Neogy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Dhaniakhali || SC || Kripa Sindhu Saha || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Pursurah || None || Manoranjan Hazra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Khanakul || SC || Panchanan Digpati || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Arambagh || None || Ajoy Kr. Dey || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Goghat || SC || Nanuram Roy || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Chandrakona || None || Umapati Chakrabarty || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ghatal || SC || Gopal Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Daspur || None || Prabhas Chandra Phadikar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Nandanpur || None || Manoranjan Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Panskura West || None || [[Sk. Omar Ali]] || {{Full party name with color|1=Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Panskura East || None || Swades Ranjan Maji || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Tamluk || None || Biswanath Mukhopadhyay || {{Full party name with color|1=Communist Party of India}}
|-
| Moyna || None || Pulak Bera || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mahishadal || None || Saswati Bag || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Sutahata || SC || Shiba Nath Das || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Nandigram || None || Prabir Jana || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Narghat || None || Bankim Behari Maiti || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Bhagabanpur || None || Haripada Jana || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Khajuri || SC || Sunirmal Paik || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Contai North || None || Rasbehari Pal || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Contai South || None || Satya Brata Maiti || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Ramnagar || None || Balailal Das Mahapatra || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Egra || None || Prabodh Chandra Sinha || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Mugberia || None || Kiranmay Nanda || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Pataspur || None || Janmejoy Ojha || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Sabang || None || Gouranga Samanta || {{Full party name with color|1=Biplobi Bangla Congress}}
|-
| Pingla || None || Haripada Jana || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Debra || None || [[Syed Moazzam Hossain]] || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Keshpur || SC || Rajani Kanta Doloi || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Garhbeta East || None || Subhendu Mondal || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Garhbeta West || SC || Santosh Bisui || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Salbani || None || Sundar Hazra || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Midnapore || None || Bankim Behari Pal || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Kharagpur Town || None || Sudhir Dassharma || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Kharagpur Rural || None || [[Sheikh Siraj Ali]] || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Keshiari || ST || Khudiram Singh || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Narayangarh || None || Krishna Das Roy || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dantan || None || Pradyot Kumar Mahanti || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Nayagram || ST || Budhadeb Singh || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Gopiballavpur || None || Santosh Rana || {{Full party name with color|1=Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Jhargram || None || Ram Chandra Satpathy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Binpur || ST || Sambhunath Mandi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Banduan || ST || Sudhangshu Sekhar Majhi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Manbazar || None || Nakul Chandra Mahata || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Balrampur || ST || Bikram Tudu || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Arsa || None || Daman Chandra Kuiry || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Jhalda || None || Satya Ranjan Mahato || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Jaipur || None || Ram Krishna Mahato || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Purulia || None || Mahadeb Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Para || SC || Gobinda Bauri || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Raghunathpur || SC || Bijoy Bauri || {{Full party name with color|1=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)}}
|-
| Kashipur || ST || Surendra Nath Majhi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Hura || None || Ambarish Mukhopadhyay || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Taldangra || None || Mohini Mohan Panda || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Raipur || ST || Apindra Kisku || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ranibandh || ST || Suchand Soren || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Indpur || SC || Binode Behari Maji || {{Full party name with color|1=Janata Party}}
|-
| Chhatna || None || Subhas Goswami || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Gangajalghati || SC || Nabani Barui || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Barjora || None || Aswini Kumar Raj || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bankura || None || Partha De || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Onda || None || Anil Mukherjee || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Vishnupur || None || Achintya Krishna Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kotulpur || None || Gunadhar Choudhary || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Indas || SC || Badan Bora || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Sonamukhi || SC || Sukhendu Khan || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kulti || None || Madhu Banerjee || {{Full party name with color|1=Marxist Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Barabani || None || Sunil Basu Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Hirapur || None || Bamapada Mukherjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Asansol || None || Haradhan Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Raniganj || None || Haradhan Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jamuria || None || Bikash Chowdhury || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ukhra || SC || Lakhan Bagdi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Durgapur-i || None || Dilip Kumar Majundar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Durgapur-ii || None || Tarun Chatterjee || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kanksa || SC || Lakshinarayan Saha || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ausgram || SC || Shreedhar Malik || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bhatar || None || Bholanath Sen || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Galsi || None || Debranjan Sen || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Burdwan North || None || Dwarka Nath Tah || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Burdwan South || None || Benoy Krishna Chowdhry || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Khandaghosh || SC || Purna Chandra Malik || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Raina || None || Ram Narayan Goswami || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Jamalpur || SC || Sunil Santra || {{Full party name with color|1=Marxist Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Memari || None || Benoy Konar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Kalna || None || Guruprasad Sinha Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Nadanghat || None || Syed Abdul Habibullah || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Manteswar || None || Hemanta Kumar Roy || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Purbasthali || None || Manoranjan Nath || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Katwa || None || Haramohan Sinha || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mangalkot || None || Nikhilananda Sar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Ketugram || SC || Raicharan Majhi || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Nanur || SC || Banamali Das || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Bolpur || None || Jyotsna Kumar Gupta || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| Labhpur || None || Sunil Kumar Mazumdar || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Dubrajpur || None || Bhakti Bhusan Mandal || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Rajnagar || SC || Siddheswar Mandal || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Suri || None || Suniti Chattaraj || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mahammad Bazar || None || Dhirendra Nath Sen || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Mayureswar || SC || Panchanan Let (bara) || {{Party name with color|1=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
| Rampurhat || None || Shanshaka Sekhar Mondal || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Hansan || SC || [[Trilochan Mal]] || {{Full party name with color|1=Revolutionary Communist Party of India}}
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| Nalhati || None || Bhabaui Prasad Chattopadyay || {{Full party name with color|1=All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
| Murarai || None || Motahar Hossain || {{Full party name with color|1=Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}
==Notes==
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==References==
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1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
← 1972 14 June 1977 1982 →
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Leader Jyoti Basu Prafulla Chandra Sen Purabi Mukhopadhyay
Party CPI (M) JP INC(R)
Alliance Left Front (West Bengal)
Leader since 1964 1977 1977
Leader's seat Satgachhia Did not contest[lower-alpha 2] Did not contest[lower-alpha 1]
Last election 27.45%, 14 seats New 49.08%, 216 seats
Seats won 178 29 20
Seat change Increase 164 New Decrease 196
Popular vote 6,568,999 2,869,391 3,298,063
Percentage 35.46% 20.02% 23.02%
Swing Increase 8.01 pp New Decrease 26.06 pp
Alliance seats 231 29 20
Seat change New alliance New party Decrease 196
Chief Minister before election

Siddhartha Shankar Ray
INC

Chief Minister after election

Jyoti Basu
CPI (M)


Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal on 14 June 1977.[1] The polls took place after the ousting of Indira Gandhi's government at the Centre.

The Left Front won a landslide victory. The 1977 election marked the beginning of the 34-year Left Front rule in West Bengal, with Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Jyoti Basu leading the first Left Front cabinet. The election finally put to rest, the decade-long political instability that had begun since 1967.

Background[edit | edit source]

After the Janata Party won the national parliamentary election in March 1977 the new government in Delhi opted to dissolve the assemblies in nine states where the Indian National Congress (R) had lost the parliamentary polls and call for fresh elections.[2] West Bengal was one of these states.[2] The Congress(R) opposed the dissolution of the assemblies, the incumbent West Bengal Congress(R) government petitioned the Supreme Court of India.[2] The Supreme Court rejected the petition on 30 April 1977 and the West Bengal assembly was dissolved on order from the acting president B.D. Jatti.[2]

Ahead of the March 1977 parliamentary election the Left Front (a new alliance led by the CPI(M) consisting of RSP, AIFB, MFB, RCPI & Biplobi Bangla Congress) and the Janata Party had contested with a seat-sharing agreement.[2] With the assembly elections approaching, the two sides sought to build a seat-sharing agreement.[2] But the negotiation turned fruitless, and the Left Front and Janata Party parted ways.[2] The Left Front had offered the Janata Party 56% of the seats and the post as Chief Minister to Janata Party leader Prafulla Chandra Sen, but the Janata Party insisted on 70% of the seats.[3]

There were 25,984,474 eligible voters, voter turn-out stood at 56.15%.[4]

Campaign[edit | edit source]

In most areas the West Bengal assembly election saw a triangular contest between the Left Front, the Congress(R) and the Janata Party for the 294 seats across the constituency.[2] The Left Front fielded 293 candidates; CPI(M) contested 224 seats, the All India Forward Bloc 36, the Revolutionary Socialist Party 23, the Marxist Forward Bloc 3, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India 4, the Biplobi Bangla Congress 2 and 1 Left Front supported independent.[4][5][6] Congress(R) contested 290 seats and Janata Party 289 seats.[4] Left Front heavily campaigned on the massive-rigging perpetrated by the Congress(R) in the previous state election, state-sponsored anti-Communist violence & Emergency-era abuses perpetrated by the government of Siddharta Shankar Ray, with its slogan being কংগ্রেসের কালো হাত ভেঙ্গে দাও, গুড়িয়ে দাও (Break off & smash the black hand of the Congress in Bengali).

Seat Allotment[edit | edit source]

  Left Front[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jyoti Basu 224
All India Forward Bloc R. K. Haldulkar 36
Revolutionary Socialist Party Tridib Chaudhuri 23
Revolutionary Communist Party of India Bimalananda Mukherjee 4
Marxist Forward Bloc Pratim Chatterjee 3
Biplobi Bangla Congress 2
LF-Independent 1
Total 293

  Indira Congress[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress (R) Purabi Mukhopadhyay 290
Total 290

  Janata Party[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Janata Party Prafulla Chandra Sen 289
Total 289

Results[edit | edit source]

The Left Front won the election, winning 231 out of the 294 seats.[7][4][5] The electoral result came as a surprise to the Left Front itself, as it had offered 52% of the seats in the pre-electoral seat sharing talks with the Janata Party.[2][8] On 21 June 1977 the Left Front formed a government with Jyoti Basu as its Chief Minister.[8][9] The first cabinet meeting of the Left Front government ordered the release of political prisoners.[10]

Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) leader Santosh Rana was elected as an independent from Gopiballavpur.[11]

Party Candidates Seats Votes %
Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 224 178 5,080,828 35.46
All India Forward Bloc 36 25 750,229 5.24
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 20 536,625 3.74
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 4 3 75,156 0.52
Marxist Forward Bloc 3 3 58,466 0.41
Biplobi Bangla Congress 2 1 35,457 0.25
LF independent 1 1 32,238 0.22
Janata Party 289 29 2,869,391 20.02
Indian National Congress (R) 290 20 3,298,063 23.02
Communist Party of India 63 2 375,560 2.62
Socialist Unity Centre of India 29 4 211,752 1.48
Indian Union Muslim League 32 1 54,942 0.38
Workers Party of India 2 1 29,221 0.20
Jharkhand Party 2 0 5,701 0.04
Republican Party of India 3 0 1,652 0.01
All India Gorkha League 2 0 810 0.01
Bharater Biplobi Communist Party 1 0 489 0.00
Independents 566 7 912,612 6.37
Total 1,572 294 14,329,201 100
Source: ECI

Elected members[edit | edit source]

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) 		Member Party
Mekliganj SC Sada Kant Roy All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi SC Sudhir Pramanik CPI (M)
Mathabhanga SC Dinesh Chandra Dakua CPI (M)
Cooch Behar North None Aparajita Goppi All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar West None Bimal Kanti Basu All India Forward Bloc
Sitai None Dipak Sen Gupta All India Forward Bloc
Dinhata None Kamal Kanti Guha All India Forward Bloc
Natabari None Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury CPI (M)
Tufanganj SC Manindra Nath Barma CPI (M)
Kumargram ST John Arther Baxla Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini ST Manohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
Alipurduars None Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata SC Jogendra Nath Singh Roy CPI (M)
Madarihat ST A. H. Besterwitch Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri SC Banamali Roy CPI (M)
Nagrakata ST Punai Oraon CPI (M)
Mainaguri SC Tarak Bandhu Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal ST Mohan Lal Oraon CPI (M)
Kranti None Parimal Mitra CPI (M)
Jalpaiguri None Nirmal Kumar Bose All India Forward Bloc
Rajganj SC Dhirendra Nath Roy CPI (M)
Kalimpong None Subha Renuleena Independent
Darjeeling None Deo Prakash Rai Independent
Kurseong None Dawa Norbula Indian National Congress
Siliguri None Biren Bose CPI (M)
Phansidewa ST Patras Minz CPI (M)
Chopra None Moha Bachcha Munsi CPI (M)
Islampur None Chowdhary Abdul Karim Independent
Goalpokhar None Ramjan Ali Independent
Karandighi None Haji Sajjad Hussain Indian National Congress
Raiganj SC Khagendra Nath Sinha CPI (M)
Kaliaganj SC Naba Kumar Roy Indian National Congress
Kushmandi SC Dhirendra Nath Sarkar Indian National Congress
Itahar None Zaimal Abedin Indian National Congress
Gangarampur None Ahindra Sarkar CPI (M)
Tapan ST Natheniel Murmu Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj None Jamini Kisore Mojumdar CPI (M)
Balurghat None Biswanath Choudhauri Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur ST Murmu Sarkar CPI (M)
Gajol ST Sufal Murmu CPI (M)
Kharba None Golam Yazdani Independent
Harishchandrapur None Birendra Kumar Maitra Janata Party
Ratua None Mohammad Ali CPI (M)
Araidanga None Habib Mustafa CPI (M)
Malda SC Subhendu Choudhury CPI (M)
Englishbazar None Sailen Sarkar CPI (M)
Manikchak None Subodh Choudhury CPI (M)
Suzapur None Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chowdhury Indian National Congress
Kaliachak None Samsuddin Ahmmad Indian National Congress
Farakka None Abul Hasnat Khan CPI (M)
Aurangabad None Lutfal Haque Indian National Congress
Suti None Md. Sohorab Indian National Congress
Sagardighi SC Hazari Biswas CPI (M)
Jangipur None Habibur Rahaman Indian National Congress
Lalgola None Abdus Sattar Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola None Kazi Hafizur Rahaman Independent
Nabagram None Birendra Narayan Ray CPI (M)
Murshidabad None Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Jalangi None Atahar Rahaman CPI (M)
Domkal None Md. Abdul Bari CPI (M)
Naoda None Jayanta Kumar Biswas Revolutionary Socialist Party
Hariharpara None Shaikh Imajuddin Indian National Congress
Berhampore None Debabrata Bandopadhyay Revolutionary Socialist Party
Beldanga None Timir Baran Bhadury Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kandi None Atish Chandra Sinha Indian National Congress
Khargram SC Dinabandhu Majhi CPI (M)
Barwan None Amalendra Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur None Satyapada Bhattacharyya Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur None Samarendra Nath Sanyal CPI (M)
Palashipara None Madhabendu Mohanta CPI (M)
Nakashipara None Mir Fakir Mohammad CPI (M)
Kaliganj None Debsaran Ghosh Revolutionary Socialist Party
Chapra None Sahabuddin Mondal CPI (M)
Krishnaganj SC Jnanendranath Biswas CPI (M)
Krishnagar East None Kashikanta Maitra Janata Party
Krishnagar West None Amritendu Mukherjee CPI (M)
Nabadwip None Debi Prosad Basu CPI (M)
Santipur None Bimalananda Mukherjee Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Hanskhali SC Sukumar Mondal CPI (M)
Ranaghat East SC Satish Chandra Biswas CPI (M)
Ranaghat West None Kundu Gourchandra CPI (M)
Chakdaha None Binoy Kumar Biswas Independent
Haringhata None Malakar Nanigopal CPI (M)
Bagdah SC Kamalakshi Biswas All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon None Ranjit Mitra CPI (M)
Gaighata None Kanti Chandra Biswas CPI (M)
Habra None Nirode Roy Chowdhury CPI (M)
Ashokenagar None Nani Kar CPI (M)
Amdanga None Hashim Abdul Halim CPI (M)
Barasat None Saral Deb All India Forward Bloc
Rajarhat SC Rabindra Nath Mandal CPI (M)
Deganga None A. K. M. Hassan Uzzaman Indian Union Muslim League
Swarupnagar None Anisur Rahman CPI (M)
Baduria None Mostafa Bin Quasem CPI (M)
Basirhat None Narayan Mukherjee CPI (M)
Hasnabad None Amiya Banerjee CPI (M)
Haroa SC Kshiti Ranjan Mondal CPI (M)
Sandeshkhali SC Kumud Ranjan Biswas CPI (M)
Hingalganj SC Sudhangshu Mondal CPI (M)
Gosaba SC Ganesh Chandra Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti SC Kalipada Barman Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali SC Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India
Joynagar None Deba Prosad Sarkar Socialist Unity Centre of India
Baruipur None Hemen Majumdar CPI (M)
Canning West SC Chitta Ranjan Mridha CPI (M)
Canning East None Abdur Razzak Molla CPI (M)
Bhangar None Daud Khan CPI (M)
Jadavpur None Dinesh Majumdar CPI (M)
Sonarpur SC Gangadhar Naskar CPI (M)
Bishnupur East SC Sundar Naskar CPI (M)
Bishnupur West None Provesh Chandra Ray CPI (M)
Behala East None Niranjan Mukherjee CPI (M)
Behala West None Rabin Mukherjee CPI (M)
Garden Reach None Chhedilal Singh CPI (M)
Maheshtala None Sudhir Bhandari CPI (M)
Budge Budge None Khitibhusan Burmon CPI (M)
Satgachia None Jyoti Basu CPI (M)
Falta None Nemai Chandra Das CPI (M)
Diamond Harbour None Abdul Quiyom Molla CPI (M)
Magrahat West None Chhobhan Gazi CPI (M)
Magrahat East SC Radjika Ranjan Pramanik CPI (M)
Mandirbazar SC Renupada Halder Socialist Unity Centre of India
Mathurapur None Satya Ranjan Bapuli Indian National Congress
Kulpi SC Krishnadhan Halder CPI (M)
Patharpratima None Gunadhar Maiti CPI (M)
Kakdwip None Hrishikesh Maity CPI (M)
Sagar None Provanjan Mondal CPI (M)
Bijpur None Jagadish Chandra Das CPI (M)
Naihati None Gopal Basu CPI (M)
Bhatpara None Sita Ram Gupta CPI (M)
Jagatdal None Nihar Kumar Basu All India Forward Bloc
Noapara None Jamini Bhusan Saha CPI (M)
Titagarh None Mohammed Amin CPI (M)
Khardah None Kamal Sarkar CPI (M)
Panihati None Gopal Krishna Bhattacharyya CPI (M)
Kamarhati None Radhika Ranjan Banerjee CPI (M)
Baranagar None Matish Ray Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum None Tarun Sen Gupta CPI (M)
Belgachia East None Subhas Chakraborty CPI (M)
Cossipur None Buddhadev Bhattacharjee CPI (M)
Shyampukur None Nalini Kanta Guha All India Forward Bloc
Jorabagan None Haripada Bharati Janata Party
Jorasanko None Vishnu Kant Shastri Janata Party
Bara Bazar None Rabi Shankar Pandey Janata Party
Bow Bazar None Abul Hassan CPI (M)
Chowringhee None Sandip Das Janata Party
Kabitirtha None Kalimuddin Shams All India Forward Bloc
Alipore None Ashoke Kumar Bose CPI (M)
Rashbehari Avenue None Ashok Mitra CPI (M)
Tollygunge None Prasanta Kumar Sur CPI (M)
Dhakuria None Jatin Chakraborty Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ballygunge None Sachin Sen CPI (M)
Entally None Md. Nezamuddin CPI (M)
Taltola SC Sumanta Kr. Hira CPI (M)
Beliaghata None Krishna Pada Ghosh CPI (M)
Sealdah None Binoy Banerjee Janata Party
Vidyasagar None Samar Kumar Rudra CPI (M)
Burtola None Nikhil Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
Manicktola None Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury CPI (M)
Belgachia West None Lakshmi Charan Sen CPI (M)
Bally None Patipaban Pathak CPI (M)
Howrah North None Chitabrata Mazumdar CPI (M)
Howrah Central None Sudhindra Nath Kumar Independent
Howrah South None Praley Talukdar CPI (M)
Shibpur None Kanai Lal Bhattacharyya All India Forward Bloc
Domjur None Joykesh Mukherjee CPI (M)
Jagatballavpur None M. Ansaruddin CPI (M)
Panchla None Santosh Kumar Das All India Forward Bloc
Sankrail SC Haran Hazra CPI (M)
Uluberia North SC Raj Kumar Mndal CPI (M)
Uluberia South None Aurobinda Ghosal All India Forward Bloc
Shyampur None Sasabindu Bera Janata Party
Bagnan None Nirupama Chatterjee CPI (M)
Kalyanpur None Nitai Charan Adak CPI (M)
Amta None Barindra Nath Koley CPI (M)
Udaynarayanpur None Pannalal Majhi CPI (M)
Jangipara None Manindra Nath Jana CPI (M)
Chanditala None Malin Ghosh CPI (M)
Uttarpara None Santashree Chattopadhyay CPI (M)
Serampore None Kamal Krishna Bahattacharayya CPI (M)
Champdani None Saidndra Nath Chattopadhyay CPI (M)
Chandernagore None Bhabani Mukherjee CPI (M)
Singur None Gopal Bandnopadhyay CPI (M)
Haripal None Balai Bandhopadhyay CPI (M)
Tarakeswar None Ram Chatterjee Independent
Chinsurah None Sambhu Charan Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia None Prabir Kumar Sen Gupta CPI (M)
Balagarh SC Abimnash Pramanik CPI (M)
Pandua None Deb Narayan Chakrabarty CPI (M)
Polba None Brojogopal Neogy CPI (M)
Dhaniakhali SC Kripa Sindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah None Manoranjan Hazra CPI (M)
Khanakul SC Panchanan Digpati Janata Party
Arambagh None Ajoy Kr. Dey Janata Party
Goghat SC Nanuram Roy Janata Party
Chandrakona None Umapati Chakrabarty CPI (M)
Ghatal SC Gopal Mondal CPI (M)
Daspur None Prabhas Chandra Phadikar CPI (M)
Nandanpur None Manoranjan Roy CPI (M)
Panskura West None Sk. Omar Ali Communist Party of India
Panskura East None Swades Ranjan Maji Janata Party
Tamluk None Biswanath Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India
Moyna None Pulak Bera CPI (M)
Mahishadal None Saswati Bag Janata Party
Sutahata SC Shiba Nath Das Janata Party
Nandigram None Prabir Jana Janata Party
Narghat None Bankim Behari Maiti Janata Party
Bhagabanpur None Haripada Jana Janata Party
Khajuri SC Sunirmal Paik Janata Party
Contai North None Rasbehari Pal Janata Party
Contai South None Satya Brata Maiti Janata Party
Ramnagar None Balailal Das Mahapatra Janata Party
Egra None Prabodh Chandra Sinha Janata Party
Mugberia None Kiranmay Nanda Janata Party
Pataspur None Janmejoy Ojha Janata Party
Sabang None Gouranga Samanta Biplobi Bangla Congress
Pingla None Haripada Jana Janata Party
Debra None Syed Moazzam Hossain CPI (M)
Keshpur SC Rajani Kanta Doloi Indian National Congress
Garhbeta East None Subhendu Mondal CPI (M)
Garhbeta West SC Santosh Bisui CPI (M)
Salbani None Sundar Hazra CPI (M)
Midnapore None Bankim Behari Pal Janata Party
Kharagpur Town None Sudhir Dassharma Janata Party
Kharagpur Rural None Sheikh Siraj Ali CPI (M)
Keshiari ST Khudiram Singh CPI (M)
Narayangarh None Krishna Das Roy Indian National Congress
Dantan None Pradyot Kumar Mahanti Janata Party
Nayagram ST Budhadeb Singh CPI (M)
Gopiballavpur None Santosh Rana Independent
Jhargram None Ram Chandra Satpathy CPI (M)
Binpur ST Sambhunath Mandi CPI (M)
Banduan ST Sudhangshu Sekhar Majhi CPI (M)
Manbazar None Nakul Chandra Mahata CPI (M)
Balrampur ST Bikram Tudu CPI (M)
Arsa None Daman Chandra Kuiry All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda None Satya Ranjan Mahato All India Forward Bloc
Jaipur None Ram Krishna Mahato Indian National Congress
Purulia None Mahadeb Mukherjee CPI (M)
Para SC Gobinda Bauri CPI (M)
Raghunathpur SC Bijoy Bauri Socialist Unity Centre of India
Kashipur ST Surendra Nath Majhi CPI (M)
Hura None Ambarish Mukhopadhyay CPI (M)
Taldangra None Mohini Mohan Panda CPI (M)
Raipur ST Apindra Kisku CPI (M)
Ranibandh ST Suchand Soren CPI (M)
Indpur SC Binode Behari Maji Janata Party
Chhatna None Subhas Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati SC Nabani Barui CPI (M)
Barjora None Aswini Kumar Raj CPI (M)
Bankura None Partha De CPI (M)
Onda None Anil Mukherjee All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur None Achintya Krishna Roy CPI (M)
Kotulpur None Gunadhar Choudhary CPI (M)
Indas SC Badan Bora CPI (M)
Sonamukhi SC Sukhendu Khan CPI (M)
Kulti None Madhu Banerjee Marxist Forward Bloc
Barabani None Sunil Basu Roy CPI (M)
Hirapur None Bamapada Mukherjee CPI (M)
Asansol None Haradhan Roy CPI (M)
Raniganj None Haradhan Roy CPI (M)
Jamuria None Bikash Chowdhury CPI (M)
Ukhra SC Lakhan Bagdi CPI (M)
Durgapur-i None Dilip Kumar Majundar CPI (M)
Durgapur-ii None Tarun Chatterjee CPI (M)
Kanksa SC Lakshinarayan Saha CPI (M)
Ausgram SC Shreedhar Malik CPI (M)
Bhatar None Bholanath Sen Indian National Congress
Galsi None Debranjan Sen All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North None Dwarka Nath Tah CPI (M)
Burdwan South None Benoy Krishna Chowdhry CPI (M)
Khandaghosh SC Purna Chandra Malik CPI (M)
Raina None Ram Narayan Goswami CPI (M)
Jamalpur SC Sunil Santra Marxist Forward Bloc
Memari None Benoy Konar CPI (M)
Kalna None Guruprasad Sinha Roy CPI (M)
Nadanghat None Syed Abdul Habibullah CPI (M)
Manteswar None Hemanta Kumar Roy CPI (M)
Purbasthali None Manoranjan Nath CPI (M)
Katwa None Haramohan Sinha CPI (M)
Mangalkot None Nikhilananda Sar CPI (M)
Ketugram SC Raicharan Majhi CPI (M)
Nanur SC Banamali Das CPI (M)
Bolpur None Jyotsna Kumar Gupta Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur None Sunil Kumar Mazumdar CPI (M)
Dubrajpur None Bhakti Bhusan Mandal All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar SC Siddheswar Mandal All India Forward Bloc
Suri None Suniti Chattaraj Indian National Congress
Mahammad Bazar None Dhirendra Nath Sen CPI (M)
Mayureswar SC Panchanan Let (bara) CPI (M)
Rampurhat None Shanshaka Sekhar Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Hansan SC Trilochan Mal Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Nalhati None Bhabaui Prasad Chattopadyay All India Forward Bloc
Murarai None Motahar Hossain Indian National Congress

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Mukhopadhyay was a Rajya Sabha MP representing West Bengal
  2. ↑ Sen was the sitting MP for Arambagh

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ West Bengal (India); Jatindra Chandra Sengupta (1978). West Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadiā. State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers. p. 420.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 N. Jose Chander (1 January 2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. p. 105. ISBN 978-81-8069-092-1.
  3. ↑ The Wire. Why Has Nobody Called It Yet? An Analysis of the West Bengal Elections
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bharati Mukherjee (1 January 1991). Political Culture and Leadership in India: A Study of West Bengal. Mittal Publications. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-81-7099-320-9.
  6. ↑ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 419.
  7. ↑ New Left Review. RED BENGAL’S RISE AND FALL
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 People's Democracy. West Bengal: How The Left Front And Its Government Emerged Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ People's Democracy. Thirty Years of Left Front Government in West Bengal Archived 1 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Hindustan Times. Timeline of Left Front government in West Bengal
  11. ↑ Times of India. CPI(ML) MLA Santosh Rana quits party
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