West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1971
279 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 58.56% turnout.
Seats
279
Candidates
1,405
0 women, 0 elected
Turnout
58.56%
1.29 cr of 2.2 cr
Leading party
CPM
113 of 279 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 113 | +33 | 241 | 42,41,557 | 32.86% | +12.89 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 105 | +50 | 239 | 37,67,314 | 29.19% | -12.13 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 13 | -17 | 110 | 10,91,578 | 8.46% | +1.46 |
| INDIndependent | 12 | +1 | 207 | 8,24,986 | 6.39% | +2.80 |
| SUCSUC | 7 | 0 | 24 | 2,04,711 | 1.59% | +0.07 |
| BACBAC | 5 | -28 | 137 | 6,95,376 | 5.39% | -2.78 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 3 | -18 | 52 | 3,74,141 | 2.90% | -2.11 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 3 | -9 | 40 | 2,64,323 | 2.05% | -0.76 |
| PSPPraja Socialist Party | 3 | -2 | 20 | 1,47,176 | 1.14% | -0.17 |
| RCIRCI | 3 | +1 | 7 | 46,153 | 0.36% | -0.02 |
| NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation) | 2 | +2 | 219 | 7,23,229 | 5.60% | — |
| JKPJKP | 2 | +2 | 23 | 80,543 | 0.62% | — |
| WPIWPI | 2 | 0 | 3 | 62,927 | 0.49% | +0.13 |
| MFBMFB | 2 | +1 | 3 | 50,974 | 0.39% | +0.19 |
| IGLIGL | 2 | -2 | 3 | 38,380 | 0.30% | -0.24 |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 1 | +1 | 23 | 1,05,251 | 0.82% | -0.07 |
| BBCBBC | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16,384 | 0.13% | +0.07 |
| SSPSamyukta Socialist Party | 0 | -9 | 24 | 69,567 | 0.54% | -1.32 |
| LSSLSS | 0 | -4 | 11 | 52,980 | 0.41% | -0.33 |
| PMLPML | 0 | -3 | 2 | 13,821 | 0.11% | -1.45 |
| SMLSML | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11,853 | 0.09% | — |
| BIBBIB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8,918 | 0.07% | — |
| SOCSOC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7,696 | 0.06% | — |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6,038 | 0.05% | -0.10 |
| RSMRSM | 0 | 0 | 3 | 551 | 0.00% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 510 | 0.00% | -0.08 |
- CPM113 (41%)
- INC105 (38%)
- CPI13 (5%)
- IND12 (4%)
- SUC7 (3%)
- BAC5 (2%)
- Others24 (9%)
- CPM113
- INC105
- CPI13
- IND12
- SUC7
- BAC5
- Others24
- CPM113
- INC105
- CPI13
- IND12
- SUC7
- BAC5
- FBL3
- RSP3
- Others18
Constituency performance
From the 279 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
KHARGRAM
won by 19 (0.05%)
Biggest victory
RANIGANJ
won by 24,408 (52.28%)
Highest turnout
SAGAR
76.96%
Lowest turnout
JORABAGAN
30.77%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1969), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained126 (45%)
- Changed hands130 (47%)
- New seat23 (8%)
126 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 130 changed hands. 23 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
- CPI
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 279 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 279
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIPORE | INCKANAI LAL SARKAR | CPIMONI SANYAL | 4,72511.66% | 46.4% |
| ALIPURDVARS | INCNARAYAN BHATTACHARYA | CPMRANJIT DAS GUPTA | 9,23618.89% | 61.3% |
| AMTA | CPMBAPINDRA KOLEY | INCGUNKAR SINGH | 18,95437.78% | 63.4% |
| ARAMBAGH | NCOPRAFULLA CHANDRA SEN | CPMCHATTOPADHYAY SASTIRAM | 15,53030.93% | 61.8% |
| ARSA | INCNITAI CHANDRA DESHMUKH | FBLDAMAN CHANDRA KUIRY | 3,2499.74% | 42.2% |
| ASANSOL | CPMLOKESH GHOSE | CPINIRANJAN DIHIDAR | 7581.78% | 46.0% |
| ASHOKENAGAR | CPMNANI KAR | INCKESHAB CHANDRA BHATTACHARYA | 5,25410.83% | 55.2% |
| AUSGRAM | CPMSRIDHAR MALIK | BACBANSIDHAR SAHA | 10,59620.91% | 61.1% |
| BADURIA | INCGHAZI ABDUL GAFFAR | CPMSHRIKH ALI AHMAD | 9,95422.13% | 60.9% |
| BAGDAHA | FBLAPURBA LAL MAJUMDER | CPMKANTI CHANDRA BISWAS | 5,27012.98% | 64.0% |
| BAGNAN | CPMNIRUPAMA CHATTAR JEE | INCAMALENDU BIKAS MAITY | 10,48320.11% | 70.6% |
| BALAGARH | CPMABINASH PRAMANIK | INCBIREN SARKAR | 3,9628.28% | 70.5% |
| BALARAMPUR | CPMBIKRAM TUDU | INCGITA HEMBRAN | 1,3464.29% | 44.3% |
| BALLYGUNGE | INCSUBRATA MUKHOBADHAYA | WPIJYOTIBHUSAN BHATTACHARYA | 3,71210.23% | 51.0% |
| BALTY | CPMPATIT PABAN PATHAK | INCBHABANI SANKAR MUKHERJEE | 5,17310.94% | 44.5% |
| BALURGHAT | INCBIRESWAR ROY | RSPJATIN CHAKRABORTY | 2,1683.98% | 71.1% |
| BANDUAN | INCSITAL CHANDRA HEMBRAM | LSSKANDRU MAJHI | 5711.59% | 46.6% |
| BANKURA | INCKASHI NATH MISRA | CPMSUMITRA CHATTERJEE | 5,49611.60% | 53.7% |
| BARA BAZAR | INCRAMKRISHNA SARAOGI | BJSDURGA PRASAD NATHANY | 11,33027.35% | 41.9% |
| BARABANI | CPMBASUROY SUNIL | INCSUKUMAR BANDOPADHAYA | 6,33415.25% | 53.1% |
| BARANAGAR | CPMJOYTI BASU | BACAJOY KUMAR MUKHOPADHYA | 11,05314.62% | 69.5% |
| BARASAT | FBLSARAL DEB | CPMSAILESH DAS GUPTA | 1,3842.66% | 53.9% |
| BARJORA | CPMASWINI KUMAR RAI | BACSUDHANGSHU SAKHAR TEWARI | 10,97520.90% | 61.4% |
| BARUIPUR | CPMBIMAL MISTRY | INCRAM KANTA MANDAL | 4460.82% | 69.9% |
| BARWAN | INCGHOSH MOULIK SUNIL MOHAN | RSPAMALFNDRA LAL ROY | 5,85916.24% | 43.9% |
| BASANTI | INCPANCHANAN SINHA | CPMDAUD KHAN | 3,3906.05% | 62.2% |
| BASIRHAT | INCLALIT KUMAR GHOSH | CPMNARAYAN MUKHERJEE | 10,30428.28% | 45.1% |
| BEHALA EAST | CPMNIRANJAN MUKHERJEE | INCBIRENGHATAK | 3,7689.05% | 53.7% |
| BEHALA WEST | CPMRABIN MUKHERJEE | CPIBISWANATH CHAKRARARTY | 4,6597.90% | 54.9% |
| BELDANGA | RSPTIMIR BARAN BHADURI | INDMUHAMED KHUDA BUKHSH | 8,44816.44% | 63.8% |
| BELGACHIA | CPMLAKSHMI CHARAN SEN | INCGANAPATI SUR | 2,7775.88% | 56.8% |
| BELIAGHATA SOUTH | INCARDHENDU SEKHAR NASKAR | CPMMONORAJAN BORAL | 1,6894.88% | 52.4% |
| BELIAGHATYA NORTH | CPMKRISHNA PADA GHOSE | FBLSUBODH KUMAR DEY | 2,9736.81% | 63.3% |
| BERHAMPORE | INCSANKAR DAS PAUI | CPMPRAN RANJAN CHOWDHURY | 9,35224.65% | 49.2% |
| BHAGABANPUR | CPMPRADHAN PRASANTA KUMAR | NCOHARIPADA JANA | 7071.41% | 68.6% |
| BHAGARANGOLA | INDMD. SAMAUN BISWAS | BJSMANINDRA NATH MANDAI | 4,67513.14% | 52.9% |
| BHANAGAR | INDA K M HASSAN UZZAMAN | CPMABDUR RAZZAK MOLLA | 4531.02% | 56.6% |
| BHARATPUR | CPMKHONDEKOR MDNURE AHASAN | INCKUMAR JAGADISH CHANDDRA SINH | 4,22810.91% | 50.4% |
| BHATAR | CPMANATH BANDHU GHOSE | BACSUSHIL KUMAR GHOSH | 6,03915.28% | 53.5% |
| BHATRARA | INCSATYANARAYAN SINGH | CPMSITARAM GUPTA | 2,5703.19% | 70.9% |
| BIJPUR | INCJAGADISH CHANDRA DAS | CPMJAGADISH CHANDRA DAS | 1,2502.14% | 67.5% |
| BINPUR | JKPSHYAM CHARAN MURMU | INCFAKIR HANSDA | 7661.70% | 58.7% |
| BISHNUPUR EAST | INCRAM KRISHNA BAR | CPMSUNDER KUMAR NASKAR | 7861.61% | 67.4% |
| BISHNUPUR WEST | CPMPROVASH CHANDRA ROY | INCSHAIK MQUFBUL HAQUE | 13,69224.13% | 74.3% |
| BOLPUR | CPMPRASANTA MUKHERJEE | BACRANJIT KUMAR CHOUDHURY | 2,1186.45% | 44.1% |
| BONGAON | CPIAJIT KUMAR GANGULY | CPMRANJIT MITRA | 2,9106.48% | 65.4% |
| BOW BAZAR | INCBIJOY SINGH NAHAR | CPMHASIM ABDUL HALIM | 10,39030.26% | 42.2% |
| BUDGE BUDGE | CPMKHITIBHUSAN ROY BARMAN | CPISAD IMANI BAG | 16,79731.44% | 57.4% |
| BURDWAN NORTH | CPMDEBABRATA DATTA | INCJIBAN KRISHNA BISWAS | 15,52428.66% | 65.7% |
| BURDWAN SOUTH | CPMBENOY KRISHNA CHODHURY | INCPRADIP KUMAR BHATTACHERJEE | 1,2722.25% | 52.2% |
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.