West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1969

280 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 64.80% turnout.

Seats

280

Candidates

1,019

19 women, 7 elected

Turnout

64.80%

1.34 cr of 2.07 cr

Leading party

CPM

80 of 280 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	80	+37	97	26,76,981	19.97%	+1.86
INC Indian National Congress	55	-72	280	55,38,622	41.32%	+0.19
BAC BAC	33	-1	49	10,94,654	8.17%	-1.99
CPI Communist Party of India	30	+14	36	9,38,472	7.00%	+0.47
FBL All India Forward Bloc	21	+8	28	6,71,664	5.01%	+0.58
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	12	+12	17	3,75,983	2.80%	—
IND Independent	11	-20	101	4,81,092	3.59%	-9.90
SSP Samyukta Socialist Party	9	+2	15	2,49,362	1.86%	-0.27
SUC SUC	7	+7	7	2,02,721	1.51%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	5	-2	24	1,75,890	1.31%	-0.57
LSS LSS	4	+4	6	99,844	0.74%	—
IGL IGL	4	+4	4	71,665	0.53%	—
PML PML	3	+3	40	2,08,574	1.56%	—
RCI RCI	2	+2	4	51,181	0.38%	—
WPI WPI	2	+2	2	47,391	0.35%	—
NDF NDF	1	+1	97	1,18,650	0.89%	—
MFB MFB	1	+1	1	27,143	0.20%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	58	1,39,575	1.04%	—
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	-1	50	1,19,307	0.89%	-0.44
PBI PBI	0	0	59	36,444	0.27%	—
BJD Biju Janata Dal	0	0	16	25,081	0.19%	—
HMS HMS	0	0	8	19,627	0.15%	—
RPI RPI	0	0	9	10,796	0.08%	+0.07
SWA Swatantra Party	0	-1	4	8,927	0.07%	-0.74
BBC BBC	0	0	2	7,512	0.06%	—
PBK PBK	0	0	3	6,780	0.05%	—
MIL MIL	0	0	2	372	0.00%	—

CPM80 (29%)
INC55 (20%)
BAC33 (12%)
CPI30 (11%)
FBL21 (8%)
RSP12 (4%)
Others49 (18%)

CPM80
INC55
BAC33
CPI30
FBL21
RSP12
Others49

CPM80
INC55
BAC33
CPI30
FBL21
RSP12
IND11
SSP9
SUC7
PSP5
Others17

Constituency performance

From the 280 results in West Bengal

Closest contest

HABIBPUR

won by 34 (0.07%)

Biggest victory

RAGHUNATHPUR

won by 18,724 (55.24%)

Highest turnout

SAGAR

81.29%

Lowest turnout

PARA

35.22%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained120 (43%)
Changed hands140 (50%)
New seat20 (7%)

120 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 140 changed hands. 20 did not exist at the previous election.

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 Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 280 seats, alphabetical · showing 151–200 of 280

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
KARIMPUR	INCNALINAKSHA SANYAL	CPMSAMARENDRA NATH SANYAL	500.10%	71.7%
KASHIPUR	CPIPRABIR KUMAR MALLICK	INCSAMARESH KISHORE LAL SINGH	9,97331.33%	46.8%
KATWA	INCTHAKUR NITYANANDA	CPMHARA MOHAN SINHA	2,1024.12%	66.8%
KESHIARI	INCBUDHAN CHANDRA TUDU	BACISWAR CHANDRA MANSHA	4,11210.82%	59.5%
KESHPUR	BACGANGAPADA KUAR	INCRANAJI KANTA DOLOI	2,8775.56%	77.6%
KETUGRAM	CPMRAMGATI MONDAL	INCPRAMHAKAR MANDAL	5,65513.47%	54.5%
KHAJURI	BACDAS PARESH	INCBIMAL PAIK	4000.86%	71.4%
KHANAKUL	CPMMADAN SAHA	INCBASUDEV HAJRA	4,85810.16%	67.0%
KHANDAGHOSH	SSPGOBARDHAN PAKRAY	INCPRAMATHANATH DHIBAR	13,04836.16%	54.6%
KHARAGPUR	INCGAN SINGH SOHANPAL	CPICHOUBERY NARAYAN	4,59710.82%	57.6%
KHARAGPUR LOCAL	CPIDEBEN DAS	INCBIJOY KRISHNA PATRA	1,3993.16%	68.5%
KHARBA	INDGOLAM YAZDANI	INCMAHABUBUL HAQUE	6,79313.17%	76.3%
KHARDAH	CPMSADHAN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY	INCBAIDYANATH GHOSE	9,60715.60%	73.0%
KHARGRAM	RSPKUMARISH CHANDRA MOULICK	INCSUDHIR KUMAR MONDAL	9,30223.29%	52.2%
KOTULPUR	BACNIRANJAN BHADRA	INCAKSHAY KUMAR KOLAY	1,7893.71%	70.5%
KRISHNAGAR EAST	SSPKASHI KANTA MAITRA	INCBANERJEE SMARAJIT	9,62720.57%	65.0%
KRISHNAGAR WEST	CPMAMRITENDU MUKHERJEE	INCCHANDI PRASAD MUKHERJEE	4,23010.66%	67.7%
KULPI	BACMURARI MOHAN HALDER	INCN.K. HALDER S/O G. HALDER	2,4654.94%	68.6%
KULTALI	SUCPRABODH PURKAIT	INCANANDI MOHAN TANTI	3,6916.41%	69.3%
KULTI	SSPTARAK NATH CHAKRABORTY	INCJAYNARAYAN SHARMA	8,29524.25%	49.3%
KUMARGANJ	BACABINASH BASU	INCMAHARAJA BOSE	2,9717.23%	65.0%
KUMARGRAM	INCPIJISH KANTI MUKHERJEE	CPMRANJIT DAS GUPTA	5,43713.65%	62.3%
KUSHMANDI	INCJATINDRA MOHAN ROY	CPIBHUPAL CHANDRA SARKAR	3340.95%	55.9%
LABHPUR	CPMRADHANATH CHTTORAJ	INCKALI KINKAR MUKHOPADHYAY	3,60111.17%	54.1%
LALGOLA	INCABDUS SATTAR	INDSYED KAZIM ALI MEERZA	12,11528.51%	66.2%
MADARIHAT	RSPA . H . BESTERWITCOH	INCDHIRENDRA NARJINARAI	6561.89%	54.2%
MAGRAHAT EAST	CPMRADHIKA RAJAN PRAMANIK	INCARDHENDU SEKHAR NASKAR	1,9743.31%	78.0%
MAGRAHAT WEST	BACSACHINDRANATH MONDAL	LKDSUDHENDU MUNDLE	4,6067.81%	73.7%
MAHAMMAD BAZAR	BACDWARIKA PRASONNA ROY	INCNITAI PADA GHOSH	1,9145.70%	54.3%
MAHESHTOLA	CPMSUDHIR CHANDRA BHANDARI	INCBHUPENDRA NATH BIJALI	10,15316.89%	75.7%
MAHISHADAL	BACSUSHIL KUMAR DHARA	INCSARADINDU SAMANTA	17,11129.54%	76.8%
MAINAGURI	INCJAJNESWAR RAY	PSPPANCHANAN MALLICK	4,64312.24%	56.8%
MAL	INCANTONI TOPNO	CPIARJUN ORAON	10,60126.59%	57.9%
MALDA	INCMD. GAFURUR RAHAMAN	BACRANOJIT KUMAR AGRAWALA	7,05916.74%	63.0%
MANBAZAR	LSSGIRISH MAHATO	INCSITARAM MAHATO	4,47810.30%	53.7%
MANGALKOT	CPMNIKHILANANDA SAR	INCNURUNNESA SATTAR	10,75826.22%	57.8%
MANICKTOLA	CPIILA MITRA	INCPRADIP KUMAR SARKAR	10,19518.79%	66.6%
MANIKCHAK	INCARUN CHANDRA JHA	CPIDURGAPRASAD SEN	1880.46%	58.4%
MANTESWAR	CPMK.N. HAZRA CHOUDHURY	INCNARAYAN CHANDRA CHOUDHURY	10,91722.98%	65.9%
MATHABHANGA	INCBIRENDRA NATH ROY	CPMDINESH CHANDRA DAKUA	1,3672.95%	61.8%
MATHURAPUR	SUCRENUPADA HALDER	INCBRINDABAN GAYEN	1,5132.46%	74.8%
MAYURESWAR	CPMPANCHANAN LET	INCKANAI SHAH	8,47225.48%	51.3%
MEKLIGANJ	FBLAMARENDRA NATH ROY PROUHAN	INCMADHUSUDAN ROY	2,8555.82%	67.7%
MEMARI	CPMKONAR BENOY KRISHNA	INCPARAMANANDA BISHAYEE	9,55217.89%	70.4%
MIDNAPUR	CPIKAMAKHYA CHARAN GHOSH	INCPRI BHOLANATH	5,16610.56%	65.8%
MOYNA	CPIKANAI BHOWMICK	INCPRANAB BAHUBALINDRA	10,98118.15%	77.6%
MUGBERIA	BACROY CHAUDHURY BISWABRATA	INCKHATUA PANKAJ BEHARI	5,03910.29%	73.8%
MURARAI	SUCBAZLE AHMAD	INCMOTAHAT HOSSAIN	4,45010.58%	67.8%
MURSHIDABAD	INCMOHAMMAD IDRIS ALI	INDSYED KAZIM ALI MEERZA	2,2165.20%	56.3%
NABADWIP	INCSACHNIDRA MOHAN NANDY	CPMDEBI PRASAD BASU	2,8515.81%	64.8%

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.

Frequently asked

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

Who won the West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1969?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 80 of 280 seats in West Bengal, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1969?

Turnout was 64.80% — 1.34 cr of 2.07 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?

West Bengal has 280 assembly seats.