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West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1969

The 5th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
280
141 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
80 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
1,019
19 women, 7 elected
Turnout
64.80%
1.34 cr of 2.07 cr

The house

280 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

280SEATS
  • CPM80
  • INC55
  • BAC33
  • CPI30
  • FBL21
  • RSP12
  • IND11
  • SSP9
  • SUC7
  • PSP5
  • Others17

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (1967)

INC
-72
CPM
+37
IND
-20
CPI
+14
FBL
+8

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)80+379754.1%26,76,98119.97%+1.861
INCIndian National Congress55-7228041.3%55,38,62241.32%+0.192
BACBAC33-14947.2%10,94,6548.17%-1.990
CPICommunist Party of India30+143653.1%9,38,4727.00%+0.470
FBLAll India Forward Bloc21+82850.9%6,71,6645.01%+0.580
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party12—1747.2%3,75,9832.81%—0
INDIndependent11-2010110.3%4,81,0923.59%-9.9082
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party9+21541.1%2,49,3621.86%-0.272
SUCSUC7—756.2%2,02,7211.51%—0
PSPPraja Socialist Party5-22416.7%1,75,8901.31%-0.5717
LSSLSS4—647.9%99,8440.74%—0
IGLIGL4—457.2%71,6650.54%—0
PMLPML3—4011.0%2,08,5741.56%—31
RCIRCI2—426.6%51,1810.38%—2
WPIWPI2—252.8%47,3910.35%—0
NDFNDF1—972.6%1,18,6500.89%—94
MFBMFB1—151.8%27,1430.20%—0
LKDLok Dal0—585.1%1,39,5751.04%—52
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh0-1505.5%1,19,3070.89%-0.4446
PBIPBI0—591.3%36,4440.27%—59
BJDBiju Janata Dal0—163.5%25,0810.19%—16
HMSHMS0—85.7%19,6270.15%—7
RPIRPI0092.1%10,7960.08%+0.079
SWASwatantra Party0-145.2%8,9270.07%-0.744
BBCBBC0—27.0%7,5120.06%—2
PBKPBK0—34.0%6,7800.05%—3
MILMIL0—20.4%3720.00%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1969

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
RAGHUNATHPURWest BengalSUCHARI PADO BOURIINCTILAK BOURI18,72455.24%
TAMLUKWest BengalBACAJOY KUMAR MIKHOPADHYAYINCKUMAR CHADRA JANA28,18952.20%
SUZAPURWest BengalINCA . B . A . G . KHAN CHOUDHRYBACHAZI TALEB ALI MANDAL24,07048.51%
PANIHATIWest BengalCPMG.K. BHATTACHARYYAINCSYAM SUNDAR BANERJEE31,31740.92%
BHATARWest BengalCPIASWINI ROYINCSANTIMOY HEZRAM15,54940.55%
GARDEN REACHWest BengalCPIARUN SENLKDS.M. ABDULLAH19,91738.35%
CHANDITALAWest BengalINDMOHAMED ABDUL LATIFINCAHIBHUSAN CHATTOPADHYAY16,29436.45%
KHANDAGHOSHWest BengalSSPGOBARDHAN PAKRAYINCPRAMATHANATH DHIBAR13,04836.16%
PURULIAWest BengalLSSBIBHUTI BHUSAN DAS GUPTAINCSUDARSAN MAHATA13,21435.86%
PANCHLAWest BengalFBLKANAI LAL BHATTACHARYYAINCMRITUNJOY BANERJEE20,20934.02%

Closest results of Feb 1969

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
HABIBPURWest BengalCPINIMAI CHAND MURMUINCBOILA MURMU340.07%
RAIGANJWest BengalCPMMANASH ROYINCMOHIT RANJAN SIKDAR440.10%
KARIMPURWest BengalINCNALINAKSHA SANYALCPMSAMARENDRA NATH SANYAL500.10%
JAIPURWest BengalINCRAM KRISHNA MAHATOLSSASHOKE CHOUDHURY1110.38%
COSSIPURWest BengalCPMBASU VISHNUGOPALINCSUSHIL KUMAR PAUL1950.38%
HARISHCHANDRAPURWest BengalWPIMD. ELIAS RAZIINCBIRENDRA KUMAR MAITRA1950.40%
HOWRAH NORTHWest BengalINCNIRMAL KUMAR MUKHERJEECPMCHITABRATA MAJUNDAR2390.45%
DEBRAWest BengalINCBIJOY KRISHNA SAMANTABACKSHUDIRAM CHAKRAVARTTY1980.45%
MANIKCHAKWest BengalINCARUN CHANDRA JHACPIDURGAPRASAD SEN1880.46%
DOMKALWest BengalINCBISWAS EKRAM-UL - HAQUECPMMAHAMMAD ABDUL BARI2350.48%