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 201–250 of 279
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NABAGRAM | INDBIRENDRA NARAYAN ROY | INCABDUL BAPI BISWAS | 10,22525.57% | 56.2% |
| NADANGHAT | CPMSYEDABUL MANSUR HABIBULLAH | NCOPARESH CHANDRA GOSWAMI | 11,97320.81% | 74.3% |
| NAGRAKATA | CPMPUNAI ORAON | INCAZIOS LAKRA | 13,26933.63% | 63.2% |
| NAIHATI | CPMGOPAL BASU | INDTARAPADA MUKHOBADHYAY | 11,06016.19% | 65.0% |
| NAKASHIPARA | INDGOVINDO CHANDRA MONDAL | INDNIL KAMAL SARKAR | 2,4125.93% | 55.7% |
| NALHATI | INDGOLAN MOHINDDIN | INDMOHIAZAHURALISIAM | 4,32516.84% | 42.2% |
| NANDIGRAM | CPIBHUPAL CHANDRA PANDA | NCOPRABIR CHANDRA JANA | 11,54518.44% | 74.1% |
| NANUR | CPMBANAMALI DAS | BACILA DAS | 6,06616.46% | 49.4% |
| NAODA | INDKHAN NASIRUDDIN | BJSRAMESH CHANDRA BISWAS | 9,44419.69% | 65.7% |
| NARAYANGARH | INCBRAJA KISHORE MAITY | CPIBIBHUTI BHUSAN MAITY | 13,82327.07% | 68.8% |
| NARGHAT | BACBANKIM BEHARI MAITY | CPISWADES KUMAR MANNA | 910.17% | 71.2% |
| NAYAGRAM | INCDASARATHI SAREN | CPMBUDDHADEV SINGH | 6,29314.96% | 57.5% |
| NOAPARA | CPMJAMINI BHUSAN SAHA | INCSUVENDU ROY | 19,19628.04% | 70.7% |
| ONDA | CPMMANIK DATTA | INCARUN CHANDRA PATRA | 5,08112.20% | 51.6% |
| PANCHLA | CPMASOKE KUMAR GHOSH | FBLBIBHUTI BHUSAN GHOSH | 2,1854.33% | 66.9% |
| PANDUA | CPMDERNARAYAN CHAKRABARTY | BACSAILENDRA CHOTTOPADHYA | 10,67520.79% | 71.5% |
| PANIHATI | CPMGOPAL KRISHNA BHATTACHER JEE | CPINANDADULAL SRIMANI | 34,26639.05% | 67.7% |
| PANSKURA EAST | CPIGEETA MUKHOPADHYAYA | BACBIRBHADRA GOURI | 19,12638.55% | 66.4% |
| PANSKURA WEST | CPISK OMAR ALI | INCCHITTA RANJAN CHAKRAVARTY | 8,53615.97% | 70.0% |
| PARA | INCSARAT DAS | SUCSAILEN BOURI | 3,70213.37% | 35.6% |
| PATASPUR | INCPRAFULLA MAITY | CPIANIL MAHAPATRA | 3,0365.86% | 71.6% |
| PATHARPRATHIMA | SUCRABIN MONDAL | CPMGUNADHAR MAITY | 15,12624.08% | 74.3% |
| PATUA | INCNIREN CHANDRA SINHA | CPMMOHAMMAD ALI | 6191.55% | 63.8% |
| PHANSIDEWA | INCISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEY | CPMPATRAS MINZ | 4,58110.41% | 52.1% |
| PINGLA | INCBIJOY DAS | CPIKAMAKHYANANDAN DAS MAHAPATR | 11,63821.47% | 73.4% |
| POLBA | CPMBROJA GOPAL NEOGI | INCBHAWANI PROSAD SINHA ROY | 4,1007.90% | 66.1% |
| PURBASTHALI | CPMMOLLA HUMAYUN KABIR | INCRADHA GOBINDA PRASAD MALLICK | 15,07531.40% | 65.6% |
| PURSURAH | INCMAHADEV MUKHOPADHYAY | CPMMRINAL MAJUMDER | 8,14315.63% | 64.5% |
| PURULIA | INCSAAT KUMAR MUKHERJEE | LSSBIBHUTI BHUSAN DASGUPTA | 5,82015.89% | 46.2% |
| RAGHUNATHPUR | SUCHARI PADA BOURI | INCDURGA DAS BOURI | 1,2954.44% | 41.3% |
| RAIGANJ | INCRAMENDRA NATH DUTTA | CPMMANASH ROY | 2,0074.06% | 64.6% |
| RAINA | CPMGOKULANANDA ROY | INCSUKUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY | 12,40723.70% | 64.3% |
| RAIPUR | JKPSAREN BABULAL | INCBABULAL HEMRAM | 700.16% | 49.7% |
| RAJARHAT | INCKHAGENDRA NATH MONDAL | CPMRABINDRA NATH MONDAL | 4,6908.25% | 63.3% |
| RAJGANJ | INCBHAGWAN SINGH ROY | CPMDHIRENDRA NATH ROY | 1,4514.34% | 43.8% |
| RAJNAGAR | CPMNANDA BAURI | INCNABANI DHAR MANDAL | 4471.67% | 32.7% |
| RAMNAGAR | NCOBISHAL RADHAGOBINDA | INCHEMANTA DUTTA | 1,1862.73% | 52.1% |
| RAMPURHAT | CPMBRAJA MOHAN MUKHERJEE | INCANADA GOPAL ROY | 4,44314.39% | 42.8% |
| RANAGHAT | CPMKUNDU GOUR CHANDRA | INCBINOY KUMAR CHATTOPADYAY | 1,4852.36% | 68.6% |
| RANGAGHAT EAST | CPMBISWAS NARESH CHANDRA | INCSUSHIL KUMAR ROY | 2,2844.63% | 66.8% |
| RANIBANDH | CPMSUCHABO SAREN | BACBAIDYA NATH HANSDA | 11,84628.68% | 53.2% |
| RANIGANJ | CPMHARADHAN ROY | INCRABINDRA MUKHERJEE | 24,40852.28% | 56.2% |
| RASHBEHARI | INCLAKSHMI KANTA BASU | CPMSACHIN SEN | 11,89132.18% | 53.6% |
| SAGAR | CPMPRAVANJAN KUMAR MONDAL | INCTRILOKESH MISRA | 9,21314.67% | 77.0% |
| SAGARDIGHI | INCATUL CHANDRA SARKAR | RSPDASJOYCHAND | 1,6356.90% | 33.6% |
| SALBANI | CPMSUNDAAR HAZRA | CPITHAKUR DAS MAHATA | 3,0696.39% | 68.4% |
| SANDESHKHALI | CPMSARAT SARDER | INCDEBENDRA NATH SINHA | 470.10% | 66.7% |
| SANKRAIL | CPMHARAN CHANDRA HAZRA | INCARABINDA NASKAR | 11,85924.42% | 68.8% |
| SANTIPUR | RCIBIMALANANDA MUKHERJEE | INCASAAMANHA DE | 2880.68% | 57.3% |
| SEALDAH | INCBENOY BANERJEE | CPMSUNDHANSUL PALIT | 9,88125.61% | 46.2% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1971?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 113 of 279 seats in West Bengal, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1971?
Turnout was 58.56% — 1.29 cr of 2.2 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 279 assembly seats.
