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 +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 80 | +37 | 97 | 26,76,981 | 19.97% | +1.86 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 55 | -72 | 280 | 55,38,622 | 41.32% | +0.19 |
| BACBAC | 33 | -1 | 49 | 10,94,654 | 8.17% | -1.99 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 30 | +14 | 36 | 9,38,472 | 7.00% | +0.47 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 21 | +8 | 28 | 6,71,664 | 5.01% | +0.58 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 12 | +12 | 17 | 3,75,983 | 2.80% | — |
| INDIndependent | 11 | -20 | 101 | 4,81,092 | 3.59% | -9.90 |
| SSPSamyukta Socialist Party | 9 | +2 | 15 | 2,49,362 | 1.86% | -0.27 |
| SUCSUC | 7 | +7 | 7 | 2,02,721 | 1.51% | — |
| PSPPraja Socialist Party | 5 | -2 | 24 | 1,75,890 | 1.31% | -0.57 |
| LSSLSS | 4 | +4 | 6 | 99,844 | 0.74% | — |
| IGLIGL | 4 | +4 | 4 | 71,665 | 0.53% | — |
| PMLPML | 3 | +3 | 40 | 2,08,574 | 1.56% | — |
| RCIRCI | 2 | +2 | 4 | 51,181 | 0.38% | — |
| WPIWPI | 2 | +2 | 2 | 47,391 | 0.35% | — |
| NDFNDF | 1 | +1 | 97 | 1,18,650 | 0.89% | — |
| MFBMFB | 1 | +1 | 1 | 27,143 | 0.20% | — |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1,39,575 | 1.04% | — |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | -1 | 50 | 1,19,307 | 0.89% | -0.44 |
| PBIPBI | 0 | 0 | 59 | 36,444 | 0.27% | — |
| BJDBiju Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25,081 | 0.19% | — |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19,627 | 0.15% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10,796 | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| SWASwatantra Party | 0 | -1 | 4 | 8,927 | 0.07% | -0.74 |
| BBCBBC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7,512 | 0.06% | — |
| PBKPBK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6,780 | 0.05% | — |
| MILMIL | 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
- CPM
- INC
- BAC
- CPI
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 280 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–250 of 280
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NABAGRAM | INDBIRENDRA NARAYAN ROY | INCAMALENDU KUMAR BAGCHI | 8,99619.87% | 67.5% |
| NADANGHAT | CPMS. ABDUL MANSUR HABIBULLAH | INCPARESH CHANDRA GOSWAMI | 3,9767.51% | 74.0% |
| NAGRAKATA | INCBUDHU BHAGAT | CPMPUNAI URAON | 2,5628.29% | 52.9% |
| NAIHATI | CPMGOPAL BASU | INCGOLOKESH BHATTACHARJEE | 8,40812.48% | 74.3% |
| NAKASHIPARA | INCNIL KAMAL SARKAR | BACAMRITA LAL SARKAR | 4,1269.45% | 65.6% |
| NALHATI | INDGOLAM MAMIUDDIN | INCSYED SHAH MAIJNUL HUQUE | 6,28220.86% | 50.3% |
| NANDIGRAM | CPIBHUPAL CHANDRA PANDA | INCPRABIR CHANDRA JANA | 7,91912.95% | 76.5% |
| NANUR | CPMBANAMALI DAS | INCSRISTIDHAR JOSH | 7,79620.41% | 53.6% |
| NAODA | PMLKHAN NASIRUDDIN | RSPJAYANTAKUMAR BISWAS | 1,7623.20% | 78.5% |
| NARAYANGARH | BACLAHA MIHIRKUMAR | INCKRISHNA DAS ROY | 9571.81% | 77.5% |
| NARGHAT | INCSUBODH CHANDRA MAITY | BACSATISH SAHOO | 3,1505.45% | 77.8% |
| NAYAGARM | BACHANSDA JAGATRATI | INCHANSDA SUBODH CHANDRA | 8,95824.00% | 53.6% |
| NOAPARA | CPMJAMINI BHUSON SAHA | INCSUVENDU ROY | 7,33312.33% | 73.4% |
| ONDA | FBLANIL KUMAR MUKHERJEE | INCDUTTA SUDHARANI | 8901.91% | 59.2% |
| PANCHLA | FBLBIBHUTI BHUSHIN GHOSH | INCPASUPATI MUKHOPADHYA | 14,17527.77% | 70.1% |
| PANCHLA | FBLKANAI LAL BHATTACHARYYA | INCMRITUNJOY BANERJEE | 20,20934.02% | 68.0% |
| PANDUA | CPMDEB NARAYAN CHAKRABARTY | INCKUNDU RAJ NARAYAN | 7,83416.45% | 69.8% |
| PANIHATI | CPMG.K. BHATTACHARYYA | INCSYAM SUNDAR BANERJEE | 31,31740.92% | 68.2% |
| PANSKURA EAST | CPIGEETA MUKHOPADHYAY | INCSYAMADAS BHATTACHERJEE | 15,55027.57% | 78.3% |
| PANSKURA WEST | BACAHINDRA MISHRA | INCHAREKRISHNA PATTANAYEK | 7,04112.33% | 78.5% |
| PARA | BACTINKORI BOURI | INCBISWESHWAR BOURI | 2,72110.42% | 35.2% |
| PATASPUR | CPIK.D. MAHAPATRA | INCJANARDAN SAHU | 1,4092.48% | 81.0% |
| PATHARPRATIMA | SUCRABIN MONDAL | INCHARI SADHAN MONDAL | 10,74418.02% | 75.5% |
| PHANSIDEWA | INCISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEY | CPMPATRAS MINZ | 9,74624.80% | 56.6% |
| PINGLA | CPIGOURANGA SAMANTA | INCBIJOY DAS | 5,0459.02% | 80.1% |
| POLBA | CPMBRAJO GOPAL NEOGY | INCS.P. MUKHOPADHYAY | 4,3518.43% | 70.1% |
| PURBASTHALI | CPMMOLLAH HUMAYUN KABIR | INCRAM DEBI | 3,4727.14% | 70.0% |
| PURSURAH | INCSANTI MOHUN ROY | CPIGOUR MOHAN GANGULI | 3,2925.80% | 75.0% |
| PURULIA | LSSBIBHUTI BHUSAN DAS GUPTA | INCSUDARSAN MAHATA | 13,21435.86% | 48.7% |
| RAGHUNATHPUR | SUCHARI PADO BOURI | INCTILAK BOURI | 18,72455.24% | 48.7% |
| RAIGANJ | CPMMANASH ROY | INCMOHIT RANJAN SIKDAR | 440.10% | 65.9% |
| RAINA | CPMGUHA PANCHU GOPAL | INCDASHARATHI TAH | 7,03714.81% | 65.7% |
| RAIPUR | BACBHABATOSH SOREN | INCJABUNATH MURMU | 1,1332.20% | 59.8% |
| RAJARHAT | CPMRABINDRA NATH MONDAL | INCKHAGENDRA NATH MONDAL | 4,6788.79% | 69.2% |
| RAJGANJ | INCKIRAN CHANDRA ROY | SSPBHABENDRA NATH ROY HAKIM | 7,68019.09% | 59.2% |
| RAJNAGAR | FBLSIDDHESWAR MANDAL | INCSAHA NIHAR | 1,9685.96% | 41.7% |
| RAMNAGAR | PSPBALAILAL DAS MAHAPATRA | INCTRAILOKYA NATH PRADHAN | 5,41110.39% | 64.3% |
| RAMPURHAT | FBLSASANKA SEKHAR MONGAL | INCDEBABRATA BANDYOPADHYAY | 7,00519.27% | 52.6% |
| RANAGHAT EAST | CPINITAIPADA SARKAR | INCBISWAS SUSANTA KUMAR | 5,69412.13% | 70.7% |
| RANAGHAT WEST | CPMKUNDU GOURCHANDRA | INCBENOY KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY | 8,04813.63% | 71.3% |
| RANIBANDH | CPMSUCHAND SAREN | INCRASH BEHARI SARDAR | 2,9856.85% | 56.4% |
| RANIGANJ | CPMHARADHAN ROY | INCSAMARESH CHANDRA GHOSH | 5,46412.60% | 58.2% |
| RASHBEHARI AVENUE | INDBEJOY KUMAR BANERJEE | INCHARENDRA NATH GHOSH | 4,72011.98% | 60.7% |
| RATUA | INDMOHAMMAD ALI | INCSOWRINDRA MOHAN MISRA | 2,1785.56% | 67.5% |
| SAGAR | BACGOBARDHAN DINGAL | INCTRILOKES MISRA | 12,52320.84% | 81.3% |
| SAGARDIGHI | BACKUBER CHAND HALDAR | INCAMBIKA CHARAN DAS | 5,63619.92% | 42.0% |
| SALBANI | BACAMULYA RATAN MAHATA | INCSUDHIR KUMAR GHOSAL | 11,39125.10% | 67.2% |
| SANDESHKHALI | CPMSARAT SARDAR | INCDEBENDRA NATH SINHA | 11,58024.66% | 68.0% |
| SANKRAIL | CPMHARAN CHANDRA HAZRA | INCNITYANANDA BHUNIYA | 12,06423.74% | 73.0% |
| SANTIPUR | RCIM. MAKSHED ALI | INCHARIDAS DAY | 2,4485.32% | 67.7% |
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 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.
