West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 1996
42 constituencies in West Bengal, 80.51% turnout.
Seats
42
Candidates
397
23 women, 5 elected
Turnout
80.51%
3.67 cr of 4.56 cr
Leading party
CPM
23 of 42 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 23 | -4 | 31 | 1,34,67,522 | 36.70% | +1.51 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 9 | +4 | 42 | 1,47,11,538 | 40.09% | +5.22 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17,45,683 | 4.76% | +0.24 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13,97,109 | 3.81% | +0.12 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12,53,700 | 3.42% | -0.23 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 42 | 25,25,864 | 6.88% | -4.78 |
| INDIndependent | 0 | 0 | 194 | 7,50,248 | 2.04% | -1.19 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1,87,040 | 0.51% | +0.25 |
| FBSFBS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,72,685 | 0.47% | — |
| JDJanata Dal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,47,686 | 0.40% | -0.69 |
| JKPNJKPN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94,655 | 0.26% | — |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 13 | 44,502 | 0.12% | +0.11 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41,466 | 0.11% | -0.26 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27,537 | 0.08% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26,767 | 0.07% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26,507 | 0.07% | -0.03 |
| HJKPHJKP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24,011 | 0.07% | — |
| AIICTAIICT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18,377 | 0.05% | — |
| PBRMLPBRML | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8,624 | 0.02% | — |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8,295 | 0.02% | — |
| JKPJKP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4,265 | 0.01% | -0.71 |
| JMMMJMMM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4,058 | 0.01% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3,461 | 0.01% | — |
| BMSMBMSM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,834 | 0.01% | — |
| BKUSBKUS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,670 | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| SMPSMP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,487 | 0.00% | — |
| IDPPIDPP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,438 | 0.00% | — |
- CPM23 (55%)
- INC9 (21%)
- RSP4 (10%)
- CPI3 (7%)
- FBL3 (7%)
- CPM23
- INC9
- RSP4
- CPI3
- FBL3
- CPM23
- INC9
- RSP4
- CPI3
- FBL3
Constituency performance
From the 42 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
SERAMPORE
won by 5,463 (0.56%)
Biggest victory
JHARGRAM
won by 3,47,264 (43.12%)
Highest turnout
TAMLUK
88.52%
Lowest turnout
CALCUTTA NORTH WEST
63.42%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Lok Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained36 (86%)
- Changed hands6 (14%)
36 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 6 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
- CPI
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 42 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–42 of 42
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIPURDUARS | RSPJOACHIM BAXLA | INCPIUS TIRKEY | 1,37,81016.73% | 82.3% |
| ARAMBAGH | CPMANIL BASU | INCMONORANJAN HAZRA | 2,26,33324.77% | 85.6% |
| ASANSOL | CPMHARADHAN ROY | INCSUKUMAR BANDYOPADHYAY | 46,9505.78% | 67.3% |
| BALURGHAT | RSPBARMAN RANEN | INCSATYENDRA NATH ROY | 1,43,70716.00% | 84.1% |
| BANKURA | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | INCGOURI SANKAR DEY | 2,28,98730.63% | 75.2% |
| BARASAT | FBLCHITTA BASU | INCRANJIT KUMAR PANJA | 35,3473.37% | 84.4% |
| BARRACKPORE | CPMTARIT BARAN TOPDAR | INCGHOSAL DEBI | 50,8946.31% | 79.7% |
| BASIRHAT | CPIAJAY CHAKRABORTY | INCDILIP MAJUMDER | 86,0169.61% | 87.5% |
| BERHAMPORE | RSPPRAMOTHES MUKHERJEE | INCSIDDHARTHA SHANKAR RAY | 44,3574.81% | 79.0% |
| BIRBHUM | CPMRAMCHANDRA DOME | INCMAMATA SAHA | 1,11,02013.88% | 80.4% |
| BOLPUR | CPMSOMNATH CHATTERJEE | INCSUNIL DAS | 2,53,64632.57% | 79.7% |
| BURDWAN | CPMBALAI RAY | INCRITESH KUMAR DUTTA | 2,62,71427.22% | 84.3% |
| CALCUTTA NORTH EAST | INCAJIT KUMAR PANJA | CPMDIPEN GHOSH | 64,98510.06% | 71.2% |
| CALCUTTA NORTH WEST | INCDEBI PROSAD PAL | JDSHYAMAL BHATTACHERJEE | 64,95114.76% | 63.4% |
| CALCUTTA SOUTH | INCMAMATA BANERJEE | CPMBHARATI MUKHERJEE | 1,03,26112.37% | 71.5% |
| CONTAI | CPMSUDHIR GIRI | INCNITISH SENGUPTA | 24,0422.95% | 87.5% |
| COOCH BEHAR | FBLAMAR ROY PRADHAN | INCSABITA ROY | 89,0349.55% | 87.6% |
| DARJEELING | CPMR B RAI | INCK B CHETTRI | 77,1249.91% | 64.2% |
| DIAMOND HARBOUR | CPMSAMIK LAHIRI | INCAMJAD ALI SARDAR | 22,5262.59% | 78.7% |
| DUM DUM | CPMNIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE | INCASHUTOSH LAHA | 58,2914.76% | 79.3% |
| DURGAPUR | CPMSUNIL KHAN | INCCHITTARANJAN PRAMANIK | 1,81,71320.39% | 78.2% |
| HOOGHLY | CPMRUPCHAND PAL | INCGOURI SANKAR BANERJEE | 38,4974.20% | 83.7% |
| HOWRAH | INCPRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSI | CPMSUSANTA CHAKRABORTY | 33,9313.54% | 73.1% |
| JADAVPUR | INCKRISHNA BOSE | CPMMALINI BHATTACHARYA | 13,0381.24% | 80.2% |
| JALPAIGURI | CPMJITENDRA NATH DAS | INCDEB PRASAD ROY | 1,12,46212.60% | 83.8% |
| JANGIPUR | INCMD. IDRIS ALI | CPMABEDIN ZAINAL | 13,1221.52% | 82.4% |
| JHARGRAM | CPMRUPCHAND MURMU | INCSUBODH HANSDA | 3,47,26443.12% | 85.3% |
| JOYNAGAR | RSPSANAT KUMAR MANDAL | INCJOGESH ROY | 1,43,92716.57% | 81.7% |
| KATWA | CPMMAHABOOB ZAHEDI | INCNURUL ISLAM | 1,06,20211.28% | 84.5% |
| KRISHNAGAR | CPMAJOAY MUKHOPADHYAY | INCSRI JYOTIRMOY BHATTACHARYA | 38,9104.38% | 83.1% |
| MALDA | INCABUL BARKAT ATAUL G K CHOUDHURY | CPMSAILEN SARKAR | 89,82210.50% | 84.5% |
| MATHURAPUR | CPMRADHIKA RANJAN PRAMANIK | INCSUJIT PATWARI | 16,0681.88% | 84.0% |
| MIDNAPORE | CPIINDRAJIT GUPTA | INCD P ROY | 2,10,64924.27% | 82.5% |
| MURSHIDABAD | CPMMASUDAL HOSSAIN SYED | INCANARUL HOSSAIN KHAN | 37,1853.82% | 85.5% |
| NABADWIP | CPMASIM BALA | INCPROTAP KANTI ROY | 39,0683.52% | 85.1% |
| PANSKURA | CPIGEETA MUKHERJEE | INCPADMA KHASTGIR | 1,11,38813.41% | 88.3% |
| PURULIA | FBLBIR SING MAHATO | INCGOBINDA MUKHERJEE | 1,09,87014.93% | 76.1% |
| RAIGANJ | CPMSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | INCGOLAM YAZDANI | 10,9561.25% | 78.7% |
| SERAMPORE | INCPRADIP BHATTACHARYA | CPMSUDARSAN ROY CHAUDHURI | 5,4630.56% | 77.4% |
| TAMLUK | INCJAYANTA BHATTACHARYA | CPMSETH LAKSHMAN CHANDRA | 7,9100.85% | 88.5% |
| ULUBERIA | CPMHANNAN MOLLAH | INCMINATI ADHIKARI | 27,8423.29% | 81.2% |
| VISHNUPUR | CPMSANDHYA BAURI | INCASHIS RAJAK | 2,65,84632.15% | 81.7% |
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 1996?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 23 of 42 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal, Lok Sabha election 1996?
Turnout was 80.51% — 3.67 cr of 4.56 cr registered electors voted.
How many Lok Sabha seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha seats.