West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 1989
42 constituencies in West Bengal, 78.33% turnout.
Seats
42
Candidates
336
11 women, 3 elected
Turnout
78.33%
3.17 cr of 4.04 cr
Leading party
CPM
27 of 42 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 27 | +9 | 31 | 1,21,50,017 | 38.38% | +2.46 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 4 | -12 | 41 | 1,31,00,945 | 41.38% | -6.78 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 4 | +1 | 4 | 14,85,897 | 4.69% | +0.07 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 3 | +1 | 3 | 12,49,902 | 3.95% | -0.18 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12,33,745 | 3.90% | +0.13 |
| GNLFGNLF | 1 | +1 | 1 | 4,35,070 | 1.37% | — |
| INDIndependent | 0 | 0 | 144 | 6,70,016 | 2.12% | +0.20 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5,29,618 | 1.67% | +1.27 |
| JKDJKD | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,87,360 | 0.59% | — |
| JDJanata Dal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,64,854 | 0.52% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1,32,995 | 0.42% | +0.18 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 20 | 98,349 | 0.31% | — |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 19 | 63,280 | 0.20% | — |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53,782 | 0.17% | — |
| CPI(ML)CPI(ML) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32,297 | 0.10% | — |
| JNPJPJNPJP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25,839 | 0.08% | — |
| DDPDDP | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19,881 | 0.06% | — |
| MIMMIM | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14,481 | 0.05% | — |
| GOLBGGOLBG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,426 | 0.01% | — |
| WBSBMWBSBM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,411 | 0.01% | — |
| INC(O)INC(O) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,735 | 0.01% | — |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,527 | 0.00% | — |
- CPM27 (64%)
- INC4 (10%)
- RSP4 (10%)
- FBL3 (7%)
- CPI3 (7%)
- GNLF1 (2%)
- CPM27
- INC4
- RSP4
- FBL3
- CPI3
- GNLF1
- CPM27
- INC4
- RSP4
- FBL3
- CPI3
- GNLF1
Constituency performance
From the 42 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
HOWRAH
won by 1,432 (0.18%)
Biggest victory
DURGAPUR
won by 2,62,624 (36.80%)
Highest turnout
BASIRHAT
85.16%
Lowest turnout
CALCUTTA NORTH WEST
62.06%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Lok Sabha election (1984), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained29 (69%)
- Changed hands13 (31%)
29 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 13 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
West Bengal, every Lok Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC
- RSP
- FBL
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 42 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–42 of 42
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIPURDUARS | RSPPIUS TIRKEY | INCDENIS LAKRA | 85,64312.25% | 77.2% |
| ARAMBAGH | CPMANIL BASU | INCSK HASAN IMAM | 64,4988.05% | 84.7% |
| ASANSOL | CPMHARADHAN ROY | INCPRADIP BHATTACHARJEE | 42,2375.60% | 68.3% |
| BALURGHAT | RSPPALAS BARMAN | INCSATYENDRA NATH ROY | 33,5264.27% | 82.8% |
| BANKURA | CPMBASUDEB ACHARIA | INCASHIS CHAKRABARTY | 1,24,39818.25% | 74.5% |
| BARASAT | FBLCHITTA BASU | INCTARUN KANTI GHOSH | 55,3696.24% | 84.6% |
| BARRACKPORE | CPMTARIT BARAN TOPDER | INCDEBI GHOSAL | 37,0915.15% | 78.4% |
| BASIRHAT | CPIMONORANJAN SUR | INCSARDAR AMJAD ALI | 20,3432.68% | 85.2% |
| BERHAMPORE | RSPMANI BHATTACHARYA | INCSANKAR DAS PAUL | 62,7968.06% | 74.5% |
| BIRBHUM | CPMDOME RAMCHANDRA | INCBADAL BAGDI | 61,9499.11% | 74.9% |
| BOLPUR | CPMCHATTERJEE SOMNATH | INCSACHINANDAN SAU | 1,63,59323.45% | 77.7% |
| BURDWAN | CPMSUDHIR RAY | INCPRODYUT GUHA | 1,95,53023.26% | 82.0% |
| CALCUTTA NORTH EAST | INCAJIT KUMAR PANJA | CPMSATYASADHAN CHAKRABORTY | 27,6294.67% | 71.2% |
| CALCUTTA NORTH WEST | INCDEBI PRASAD PAL | JDASHOKE KUMAR SEN | 54,73212.70% | 62.1% |
| CALCUTTA SOUTH | CPMBIPLAB DASGUPTA | INCBHOLANATH SEN | 25,1563.46% | 71.7% |
| CONTAI | CPMSUDHIR GIRI | INCABHA MAITI | 27,0803.84% | 82.0% |
| COOCH BEHAR | FBLAMAR ROY PRADHAN | INCSABITA ROY | 53,4706.50% | 85.1% |
| DARJEELING | GNLFINDERJEET | CPMANANDA PATHAK | 1,45,10518.84% | 72.5% |
| DIAMOND HARBOUR | CPMAMAL DATTA | INCMAYA GHOSH | 43,0455.87% | 78.0% |
| DUM DUM | CPMNIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE | INCASUTOSH LAW | 1,17,00411.60% | 77.7% |
| DURGAPUR | CPMPURNA CHANDRA MALIK | INCGOPAL MONDAL | 2,62,62436.80% | 69.9% |
| HOOGHLY | CPMRUPCHAND PAL | INCUMASANKAR HALDER | 69,5478.79% | 82.2% |
| HOWRAH | CPMSUSHANTA CHAKARBORTY | INCPRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSHI | 1,4320.18% | 72.4% |
| JADAVPUR | CPMMALINI BHATTACHARYA | INCMAMATA BANERJEE | 30,9003.52% | 77.7% |
| JALPAIGURI | CPMMANIK SANYAL | INCSRIRAM SINGH | 1,12,12815.38% | 77.9% |
| JANGIPUR | CPMABEDIN ZAINAL | INCMOHAMMAD SOHRAB | 39,1815.45% | 77.2% |
| JHARGRAM | CPMMATILAL HANSDA | INCPANCHANAN HANSDA | 2,30,89833.06% | 79.6% |
| JOYNAGAR | RSPSANAT KUMAR MANDAL | INCARDHENDU SEKHAR NASKAR | 63,8078.57% | 79.9% |
| KATWA | CPMSAIFUDDIN CHAUDHURY | INCNURUL ISLAM | 1,09,10913.65% | 82.4% |
| KRISHNAGAR | CPMAJOY MUKHERJEE | INCBHATTACHARYA JYOTIRMOY(NITU) | 16,1532.17% | 80.9% |
| MALDA | INCABUL BARKAT ATAUL GHANI KHAN CHOUDHURY | CPMSUNIL SEN | 29,8974.13% | 80.5% |
| MATHURAPUR | CPMRADHIKARANJAN PRAMANIK | INCMANORANJAN HALDER | 22,6323.10% | 83.4% |
| MIDNAPORE | CPIINDRAJIT GUPTA | INCGOURI CHOUBEY | 1,32,32017.66% | 79.4% |
| MURSHIDABAD | CPMMASUDAL HOSSAIN SYED | INCAZIZUR RAHMAN | 56,5446.99% | 82.0% |
| NABADWIP | CPMASIM BALA | INCANANDA MOHAN BISWAS | 52,6635.82% | 84.2% |
| PANSKURA | CPIGITA MUKHERJEE | INCCHITTARANJAN CHAKRABORTY | 1,26,30217.35% | 84.4% |
| PURULIA | FBLCHITTA RANJAN MAHATA | INCSITARAM MAHATO | 1,38,89520.51% | 75.8% |
| RAIGANJ | INCGOLAM YAZDANI | CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 2,8990.39% | 75.4% |
| SERAMPORE | CPMSUDARSAN RAY CHOWDHURI | INCBIMAL KANTI GHOSH | 66,4588.25% | 75.5% |
| TAMLUK | CPMSATYAGOPAL MISTRA | INCJOYANTA BHATTACHARYYA | 24,6563.14% | 84.3% |
| ULUBERIA | CPMHANAN MOLLAH | INCANWAR ALI SK | 52,0966.93% | 79.2% |
| VISHNUPUR | CPMSUKHENDU KHAN | INCJAYANTA KUMAR MALLICK | 1,87,58925.59% | 80.8% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.