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Indian political election in West Bengal
1999 Indian general election in West Bengal|
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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha |
Turnout | 75.05%[2] ( 4.22 pp) |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
The 1999 Indian general election in West Bengal was held on 1 October to elect 42 members of the 12th Lok Sabha.
Poll event
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Phase
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V
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Notification Date
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03 September[3]
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Last Date for filing nomination
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10 September[4]
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Scrutiny of nomination
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15 September[5]
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Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
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17 September[6]
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Date of poll
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01 October[7]
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Date of counting of votes/Result
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05 October[8]
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No. of constituencies
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42
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Parties and alliances
[edit]
Left Front
National Democratic Alliance
United Progressive Alliance
Others
Results by constituency
[edit]
Constituency
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Winner
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Runner Up
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Margin
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No.
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Name
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Party
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Alliance
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Party
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Alliance
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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1
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Cooch Behar (SC)
|
|
AIFB
|
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LF
|
Amar Roy Pradhan
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443,148
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49.69%
|
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AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Ambika Charan Choudhury
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334,983
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37.56%
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108,165
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2
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Alipurduars (ST)
|
|
RSP
|
|
LF
|
Joachim Baxla
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389,919
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51.25%
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BJP
|
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NDA
|
Dhirendra Narjinarai
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236,786
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31.12%
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153,133
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3
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Jalpaiguri
|
|
CPI(M)
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LF
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Minati Sen
|
405,785
|
48.78%
|
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AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Kalyan Chakraborty
|
296,848
|
35.69%
|
108,937
|
4
|
Darjeeling
|
|
CPI(M)
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|
LF
|
S. P. Lepcha
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256,826
|
44.24%
|
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INC
|
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UPA
|
Nar Bahadur Khatiwada
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144,857
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24.96%
|
111,969
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5
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Raiganj
|
|
INC
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|
UPA
|
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
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409,331
|
46.74%
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CPI(M)
|
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LF
|
Subrata Mukherjee
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334,076
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38.15%
|
75,255
|
6
|
Balurghat (SC)
|
|
RSP
|
|
LF
|
Ranen Barman
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375,669
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44.67%
|
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BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Subhash Chandra Barman
|
312,748
|
37.19%
|
62,921
|
7
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Malda
|
|
INC
|
|
UPA
|
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
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325,833
|
40.22%
|
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CPI(M)
|
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LF
|
Sailen Sarkar
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301,280
|
37.19%
|
24,553
|
8
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Jangipur
|
|
CPI(M)
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|
LF
|
Abul Hasnat Khan
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352,580
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45.47%
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INC
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UPA
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Mainul Haque
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291,263
|
37.56%
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61,317
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9
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Murshidabad
|
|
CPI(M)
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LF
|
Moinul Hassan
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391,366
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47.30%
|
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INC
|
|
UPA
|
Abdul Mannan Hossain
|
268,006
|
32.39%
|
123,360
|
10
|
Baharampur
|
|
INC
|
|
UPA
|
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
|
434,073
|
46.86%
|
|
RSP
|
|
LF
|
Promothes Mukherjee
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338,682
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36.56%
|
95,391
|
11
|
Krishnagar
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Satyabrata Mookherjee
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366,954
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43.82%
|
|
CPI(M)
|
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LF
|
Dilip Chakraborty
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344,720
|
41.16%
|
22,234
|
12
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Nabadwip (SC)
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|
AITC
|
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NDA
|
Ananda Mohan Biswas
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459,319
|
45.84%
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Asim Bala
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420,184
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41.93%
|
39,135
|
13
|
Barasat
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Ranjit Kumar Panja
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518,520
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50.28%
|
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AIFB
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LF
|
Saral Deb
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421,620
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40.88%
|
96,900
|
14
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Basirhat
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CPI
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LF
|
Ajay Chakraborty
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407,903
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47.64%
|
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AITC
|
|
NDA
|
M. Nuruzzaman
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325,316
|
37.99%
|
82,587
|
15
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Jaynagar (SC)
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RSP
|
|
LF
|
Sanat Kumar Mandal
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396,383
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49.39%
|
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BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Krishna Pada Majumder
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284,082
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35.40%
|
112,301
|
16
|
Mathurapur (SC)
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|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Radhika Ranjan Pramanik
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382,962
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46.78%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Gobind Chandra Naskar
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331,237
|
40.46%
|
51,725
|
17
|
Diamond Harbour
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Samik Lahiri
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402,761
|
47.70%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Sardar Amjad Ali
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331,598
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42.23%
|
71,163
|
18
|
Jadavpur
|
|
AITC
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NDA
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Krishna Bose
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485,366
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48.97%
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CPI(M)
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LF
|
Kanti Ganguly
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418,601
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42.23%
|
66,765
|
19
|
Barrackpore
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Tarit Baran Topdar
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399,269
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48.06%
|
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AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Jayanta Bhattacharya
|
358,494
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43.15%
|
40,775
|
20
|
Dum Dum
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BJP
|
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NDA
|
Tapan Sikdar
|
614,471
|
51.59%
|
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CPI(M)
|
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LF
|
Anil Bhattacharya
|
479,910
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40.29%
|
134,561
|
21
|
Calcutta North West
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|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Sudip Bandyopadhyay
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206,684
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46.60%
|
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CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Rajdeo Goala
|
112,514
|
25.37%
|
94,170
|
22
|
Calcutta North East
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Ajit Kumar Panja
|
297,491
|
45.17%
|
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CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Mohammed Salim
|
255,917
|
38.86%
|
41,574
|
23
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Calcutta South
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|
AITC
|
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NDA
|
Mamata Banerjee
|
469,103
|
58.26%
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Subhankar Chakraborty
|
255,095
|
31.68%
|
214,008
|
24
|
Howrah
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Swadesh Chakraborty
|
490,537
|
49.98%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
|
387,088
|
39.44%
|
103,449
|
25
|
Uluberia
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Hannan Mollah
|
399,397
|
49.40%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Sudipta Roy
|
331,820
|
41.04%
|
67,577
|
26
|
Serampore
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Akbar Ali Khondkar
|
411,406
|
45.14%
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Sudarsan Roy Chaudhary
|
363,642
|
39.90%
|
47,764
|
27
|
Hooghly
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Rupchand Pal
|
440,674
|
47.94%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Tapan Dasgupta
|
428,189
|
46.58%
|
12,485
|
28
|
Arambagh
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Anil Basu
|
503,920
|
53.98%
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Chunilal Chakraborty
|
387,199
|
41.48%
|
116,721
|
29
|
Panskura
|
|
CPI
|
|
LF
|
Geeta Mukherjee
|
401,431
|
49.19%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Gouri Ghosh
|
354,573
|
43.45%
|
46,858
|
30
|
Tamluk
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Lakshman Chandra Seth
|
455,168
|
50.04%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Nirmalendu Bhattacharya
|
400,342
|
44.01%
|
54,826
|
31
|
Contai
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Nitish Sengupta
|
395,048
|
48.45%
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Sudhir Kumar Giri
|
382,915
|
46.96%
|
12,133
|
32
|
Medinipur
|
|
CPI
|
|
LF
|
Indrajit Gupta
|
414,545
|
48.63%
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Manronjan Dutta
|
385,772
|
45.25%
|
28,773
|
33
|
Jhargram (ST)
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Rupchand Murmu
|
402,325
|
50.82%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Dakhin Murmu
|
293,644
|
37.09%
|
108,691
|
34
|
Purulia
|
|
AIFB
|
|
LF
|
Bir Singh Mahato
|
351,143
|
51.55%
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Tapati Mahato
|
176,273
|
25.88%
|
174,870
|
35
|
Bankura
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Basudeb Acharia
|
381,720
|
52.73%
|
|
IND
|
|
NDA
|
Natabar Bagdi
|
274,722
|
37.95%
|
106,998
|
36
|
Vishnupur (SC)
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Sandhya Bauri
|
483,084
|
57.89%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Abhibas Duley
|
301,514
|
36.13%
|
181,570
|
37
|
Durgapur (SC)
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Sunil Khan
|
461,940
|
53.15%
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Anil Kumar Saha
|
343,977
|
39.58%
|
117,963
|
38
|
Asansol
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Bikash Chowdhury
|
377,265
|
46.27%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Moloy Ghatak
|
339,401
|
41.63%
|
37,864
|
39
|
Burdwan
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Nikhilananda Sar
|
598,170
|
61.56%
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Anup Mukherjee
|
296,487
|
30.51%
|
301,683
|
40
|
Katwa
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Mahboob Zahedi
|
461,502
|
50.25%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Amal Kumar Dutta
|
353,140
|
38.45%
|
108,362
|
41
|
Bolpur
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Somnath Chatterjee
|
464,199
|
59.36%
|
|
AITC
|
|
NDA
|
Suniti Chhataraj
|
277,810
|
35.53%
|
186,389
|
42
|
Birbhum (SC)
|
|
CPI(M)
|
|
LF
|
Ram Chandra Dome
|
373,687
|
51.65%
|
|
BJP
|
|
NDA
|
Madan Lal Choudhury
|
216,531
|
29.93%
|
157,156
|
Results by alliance or party
[edit]
21
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
CPI(M)
|
AITC
|
INC
|
RSP
|
CPI
|
BJP
|
AIFB
|
Parties/ Alliance
|
Popular vote
|
Seats
|
Votes
|
%
|
±pp
|
Contested
|
Won
|
+/−
|
|
LF
|
|
CPI(M)
|
12,553,991
|
35.57%
|
0.16 pp
|
32
|
21
|
3
|
|
RSP
|
1,500,653
|
4.25%
|
0.23 pp
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
|
CPI
|
1,223,879
|
3.47%
|
0.17 pp
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
AIFB
|
1,215,911
|
3.45%
|
0.15 pp
|
3
|
2
|
|
Total
|
16,494,434
|
46.74%
|
0.36 pp
|
42
|
29
|
4
|
|
NDA
|
|
AITC
|
9,189,631
|
26.04%
|
1.61 pp
|
28
|
8
|
1
|
|
BJP
|
3,928,424
|
11.13%
|
0.93 pp
|
13
|
2
|
1
|
|
IND
|
274,722
|
0.78%
|
New
|
1
|
0
|
New
|
Total
|
13,118,055
|
37.91%
|
1.32 pp
|
41
|
10
|
2
|
|
UPA
|
|
INC
|
4,688,932
|
13.29%
|
1.91 pp
|
41
|
3
|
2
|
|
JKP(N)
|
101,441
|
0.29%
|
0.21 pp
|
2
|
0
|
|
Total
|
4,790,373
|
13.58%
|
2.12 pp
|
43
|
3
|
2
|
|
Others
|
223,427
|
0.66%
|
0.37 pp
|
60
|
0
|
|
|
IND
|
391,954
|
1.11%
|
0.07 pp
|
121
|
0
|
|
Total
|
35,292,965
|
100%
|
-
|
309
|
42
|
-
|