West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 1991

42 constituencies in West Bengal, 75.08% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

393

19 women, 4 elected

Turnout

75.08%

3.11 cr of 4.14 cr

Leading party

CPM

27 of 42 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	27	0	30	1,09,34,583	35.19%	-3.19
INC Indian National Congress	5	+1	39	1,08,34,675	34.86%	-6.52
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	4	0	4	14,02,615	4.51%	-0.18
CPI Communist Party of India	3	0	3	11,45,564	3.69%	-0.21
FBL All India Forward Bloc	3	0	3	11,33,038	3.65%	-0.30
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	42	36,24,974	11.66%	+9.99
IND Independent	0	0	154	10,06,171	3.24%	+1.12
JD Janata Dal	0	0	2	3,39,351	1.09%	+0.57
JKP JKP	0	0	2	2,25,519	0.73%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	27	1,16,158	0.37%	+0.06
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	4	79,405	0.26%	+0.09
JP JP	0	0	20	74,732	0.24%	—
DDP DDP	0	0	26	43,366	0.14%	+0.08
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	8	30,215	0.10%	-0.32
CPI(ML)CPI(ML)	0	0	3	21,815	0.07%	-0.03
IPF IPF	0	0	1	15,587	0.05%	—
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	4	12,105	0.04%	+0.03
HJP HJP	0	0	2	11,615	0.04%	—
HSS HSS	0	0	5	5,325	0.02%	—
HMS HMS	0	0	4	3,535	0.01%	—
MCPI MCPI	0	0	1	3,208	0.01%	—
AMB AMB	0	0	1	2,769	0.01%	-0.19
MIM MIM	0	0	1	2,077	0.01%	-0.04
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	2	1,963	0.01%	—
DMM DMM	0	0	1	1,952	0.01%	—
WPI WPI	0	0	1	1,781	0.01%	—
JNP Janata Party	0	0	1	1,746	0.01%	—
BKUS BKUS	0	0	1	694	0.00%	—
SUP SUP	0	0	1	216	0.00%	—

CPM27 (64%)
INC5 (12%)
RSP4 (10%)
CPI3 (7%)
FBL3 (7%)

CPM27
INC5
RSP4
CPI3
FBL3

CPM27
INC5
RSP4
CPI3
FBL3

Constituency performance

From the 42 results in West Bengal

Closest contest

TAMLUK

won by 1,062 (0.14%)

Biggest victory

BOLPUR

won by 2,26,624 (32.54%)

Highest turnout

COOCH BEHAR

83.45%

Lowest turnout

CALCUTTA NORTH WEST

57.00%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Lok Sabha election (1989), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained39 (93%)
Changed hands3 (7%)

39 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 3 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

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 42 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–42 of 42

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ALIPURDUARS	RSPPIUS TIRKEY	INCPHILIP MINJ	1,30,11218.81%	75.3%
ARAMBAGH	CPMANIL BASU	INCSK. HASAN IMAM	1,48,27218.61%	81.6%
ASANSOL	CPMHARADHAN ROY	INCDEBA PRASAD ROY	94,85813.53%	62.3%
BALURGHAT	RSPPALAS BARMAN	INCRASENDRA NATH BARMAN	86,08111.05%	80.5%
BANKURA	CPMBASUDEV ACHARIA	INCBRAJABASI BISWAS	1,82,62327.50%	70.5%
BARASAT	FBLCHITTA BASU	INCASHOK KRISHNA DUTT	44,4215.06%	81.7%
BARRACKPORE	CPMTARIT BARBAN TOPDAR	INCDEVI GHOSHAL	59,8528.79%	73.2%
BASIRHAT	CPIMONORANJAN SUR	INCSARDAR AMJAD ALI	71,6429.42%	82.8%
BERHAMPORE	RSPNANI BHATACHARYYA	INCKUMAR DIPTI SENGUPTA	79,2099.98%	74.2%
BIRBHUM	CPMDOME RAMCHANDRA	INCSUBHENDU MONDAL	1,63,03124.24%	73.0%
BOLPUR	CPMCHATTERJEE SOMNATH	INDJIVAN MUKHOPADHYAY	2,26,62432.54%	75.3%
BURDWAN	CPMSUDHIR RAY	INCASIT BARAN PATRA	2,21,89226.37%	79.3%
CALCUTTA NORTH EAST	INCAJIT KUMAR PANJA	JDPRATAP CHANDRA	71,45612.80%	65.0%
CALCUTTA NORTH WEST	INCDEBI PROSAD PAL	JDDILIP CHAKRAVARTY	31,8197.92%	57.0%
CALCUTTA SOUTH	INCMAMATA BANERJEE (W)	CPMBIPLAB DAS GUPTA	93,66313.36%	67.2%
CONTAI	CPMSUDHIR GIRI	INCABHA MAITI (W)	23,1163.38%	78.7%
COOCH BEHAR	FBLAMAR ROY PRADHAN	INCSABITA RAY (W)	1,32,23216.14%	83.5%
DARJEELING	INCINDER JEET	CPMANANDA PATHAK	51,8977.03%	67.3%
DIAMOND HARBOUR	CPMAMAL DUTTA	INCMAYA GHOSH (W)	45,5126.46%	73.2%
DUM DUM	CPMNIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE	INCLAL BAHADUR SINGH	1,04,86510.82%	73.2%
DURGAPUR	CPMPURNA CHANDRA MALIK	INCBHAGABAT MAJI	1,84,61624.62%	72.0%
HOOGHLY	CPMRUPCHAND PAL	INCUMASNKAR HALDER	55,6597.12%	78.0%
HOWRAH	CPMSUSANTA CHAKRABORTY S/O SUDHIR	INCPRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSHI	7,3800.94%	67.5%
JADAVPUR	CPMMALINI BHATTACHARYA (W)	INCSANTOSH BHATTACHARYA	50,3015.90%	72.6%
JALPAIGURI	CPMJITENDRA NATH DAS	INCTUSHAR KANTI CHOUDHURI	1,14,35615.74%	76.5%
JANGIPUR	CPMABEDIN ZAINAL	INCMANNAN HOSSAIN	46,6396.55%	75.4%
JHARGRAM	CPMRUPCHAND MURMU	JKPAMIYA KISKU	1,52,30722.61%	76.2%
JOYNAGAR	RSPSANAT KUMAR MANDAL	INCNARAIYAN NASKAR	1,32,30517.99%	76.9%
KATWA	CPMSAIFUDDIN CHOWDHRY	INDNURUL ISLAM	1,54,72419.22%	79.7%
KRISHNAGAR	CPMAJOY MUKHOPADHYAY	INCJYOTIRMOY BHATTACHARJEE (NITU)	59,5757.95%	80.7%
MALDA	INCABDUL BARKAT ATAUL GHANI KHAN CHOUDHARY	CPMSAILEN SARKAR	1,8200.26%	76.9%
MATHURAPUR	CPMRADHIKA RANJAN PRAMANICK	INCMONORANJAN HALDHER	19,7462.71%	80.6%
MIDNAPORE	CPIINDRAJIT GUPTA	INCBIRENDRA BIJOY MALLADEV	1,63,52322.62%	75.3%
MURSHIDABAD	CPMMASUDAL HOSSAIN SYED	INCALI HOSSAIN MONDAL	1,12,60114.25%	79.4%
NABADWIP	CPMASIM BALA	INCAPUURBALAL MAJUMDAR	66,5777.43%	81.9%
PANSKURA	CPIGITA MUKHERJEE (W)	INCSUDHANSHU BHOWMIK	1,26,30017.73%	81.7%
PURULIA	FBLCHITTA RANJAN MAHATA	INCSANAT MUKHERJEE	1,25,94019.31%	71.3%
RAIGANJ	CPMSYBARTA MUKERJEE	INCGOLAM YAZDANI	29,9684.04%	72.9%
SERAMPORE	CPMSUDARSAN ROY CHOWDHURY	INCBIMALKANTI GHOSH	44,4975.61%	70.8%
TAMLUK	CPMSATYAGOPAL MISRA	INCJAYANTA BHATTACHARYA	1,0620.14%	81.2%
ULUBERIA	CPMHANNAN MOLLAH	INCMINATI ADHIKARI (W)	77,48110.44%	75.0%
VISHNUPUR	CPMSUKHENDU KHAN	INCSADHAN MAJHI	1,90,27326.38%	77.1%

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.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 1991?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 27 of 42 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 1991?

Turnout was 75.08% — 3.11 cr of 4.14 cr registered electors voted.

How many Lok Sabha seats does West Bengal have?

West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha seats.