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West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1991

The 11th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
189 seats · majority
Candidates
1,903
74 women, 21 elected
Turnout
74.83%
3.1 cr of 4.14 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • CPM189
  • INC43
  • FBL29
  • RSP18
  • IND6
  • CPI5
  • JD1
  • JKP1
  • Others2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (1987)

CPI
-6
INC
+3
FBL
+3
IND
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)189+221350.0%1,14,18,82236.87%-2.420
INCIndian National Congress43+328436.3%1,08,75,83435.12%-6.704
FBLAll India Forward Bloc29+33448.1%17,07,6765.51%-0.330
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party1802345.2%10,73,4453.47%-0.480
INDIndependent6-36361.5%9,31,1153.01%-1.94628
CPICommunist Party of India5-61144.8%4,77,7371.54%-0.370
JDJanata Dal1—927.1%2,09,3880.68%—1
JKPJKP1—522.5%1,01,3030.33%—2
DSPPCDSPPC1—151.4%51,4020.17%—0
RCPIRBRCPIRB1—142.0%37,8780.12%—0
BJPBharatiya Janata Party0029111.5%35,13,12111.34%+10.83240
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha0—234.2%95,0380.31%—21
BSPBahujan Samaj Party0—970.8%88,8360.29%—97
JPJP0—781.1%88,6880.29%—77
RCPIRani Chennamma Party0—142.8%54,6660.18%—0
CPI(ML)CPI(ML)0—182.2%41,8280.14%—18
UCPIUCPI0—136.2%40,8060.13%—0
IPFIPF0—231.5%39,0040.13%—23
ABGLABGL0—140.5%35,4890.12%—0
MULIndian Union Muslim League0-1281.0%28,1560.09%-0.5328
AMBAMB0—600.4%22,2950.07%—60
WPIWPI0—61.6%10,6700.03%—6
HJPHJP0—33.4%9,2390.03%—3
DDPDDP0—260.2%4,9800.02%—26
MCPIMCPI0—50.7%3,8040.01%—5
HMSHMS0—50.3%1,5530.01%—5
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh0—60.3%1,4850.01%—6
INC(O)INC(O)0—50.3%1,3090.00%—5
DMMDMM0—20.6%9880.00%—2
RCPIGSRCPIGS0—11.1%9830.00%—1
SHSShiv Sena0—10.8%8800.00%—1
ICSSCSICSSCS0010.9%8760.00%-0.011
BPIBPI0—10.4%3350.00%—1
BDBhartiyaBahujanKranti Dal0—10.2%2030.00%—1
LKDLok Dal0010.2%1210.00%-0.041
BDDBDD0—10.1%920.00%—1

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 1991

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
CANNING EASTWest BengalCPMABDUR RAZZAK MOLLAINCABDUS SATTAR MOLLAH49,51850.11%
DANTANWest BengalCPMPATRA RANJITINCPANCHANAN MAHANTI45,64845.75%
BALRAMPURWest BengalCPMBHANDU MAJHIINCSUBHAS MUDI38,62444.52%
PARAWest BengalCPMBILASI BALA SAHISINCDURGA DAS BAURI41,42242.25%
GOPIBALLAVPURWest BengalCPMATUL CHANDRA DASINCPRASUN SARANGI39,22439.97%
KESHIARIWest BengalCPMMAHESWAR MURMUINCREKHA KISHU40,70539.62%
KHANDAGHOSHWest BengalCPMDAULA SHIBA PRASADINCSRI SANKAR NATH MAJI40,42939.24%
KALIMPONGWest BengalINDNIMA TSHERING MOKTANCPIMOHAN SINGH RAI (DUKHUN)31,92639.22%
KANKSAWest BengalCPMKRISHNA CHANDRA HALDERINCMANIK LAL BOURI40,49539.22%
AUSGRAMWest BengalCPMSREEDHAR MALIKINCCHHAYA RANI CHOWDHURY41,55239.15%

Closest results of Feb 1991

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
TOLLYGUNGEWest BengalCPMSUR PRASANTA KUMARINCPANKAJ BANERJEE3220.33%
GAIGHATAWest BengalINCPABIR BANERJEECPMKANTI BISWAS5690.42%
KALIAGANJWest BengalCPMRAMANI KANTA DEB SARMAINCPRAMATHA NATH ROY6450.61%
MOYNAWest BengalINCMANIK BHOWMIKCPMBERA DIPAKRANJAN7450.69%
BANSBERIAWest BengalCPMPRABIR SEN GUPTAINCROBIN MUKHERJEE8340.76%
KANDIWest BengalINCATISH CH. SINHACPISYED WAHED REZA9770.86%
ENTALLYWest BengalCPMMD. NIZAMUDDININCSULTAN AHMED7731.02%
SANTIPURWest BengalINCAJOY DEYRCPIASIM GHOSH1,4411.13%
NABAGRAMWest BengalCPMSISIR KUMAR SARKARINCADHIR RANJAN CHOUDHURI1,4011.25%
NAIHATIWest BengalINCADHIKARI TARUNJDSHYAMAL BHATTACHARJEE1,2981.25%