West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1991
294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 74.83% turnout.
Seats
294
Candidates
1,903
74 women, 21 elected
Turnout
74.83%
3.1 cr of 4.14 cr
Leading party
CPM
189 of 294 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 189 | +2 | 213 | 1,14,18,822 | 36.87% | -2.42 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 43 | +3 | 284 | 1,08,75,834 | 35.12% | -6.69 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 29 | +3 | 34 | 17,07,676 | 5.51% | -0.33 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 18 | 0 | 23 | 10,73,445 | 3.47% | -0.48 |
| INDIndependent | 6 | -3 | 636 | 9,31,115 | 3.01% | -1.94 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 5 | -6 | 11 | 4,77,737 | 1.54% | -0.37 |
| JDJanata Dal | 1 | +1 | 9 | 2,09,388 | 0.68% | — |
| JKPJKP | 1 | +1 | 5 | 1,01,303 | 0.33% | — |
| DSPPCDSPPC | 1 | +1 | 1 | 51,402 | 0.17% | — |
| RCPIRBRCPIRB | 1 | +1 | 1 | 37,878 | 0.12% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 291 | 35,13,121 | 11.34% | +10.83 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 23 | 95,038 | 0.31% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 97 | 88,836 | 0.29% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 78 | 88,688 | 0.29% | — |
| RCPIRani Chennamma Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54,666 | 0.18% | — |
| CPI(ML)CPI(ML) | 0 | 0 | 18 | 41,828 | 0.14% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40,806 | 0.13% | — |
| IPFIPF | 0 | 0 | 23 | 39,004 | 0.13% | — |
| ABGLABGL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35,489 | 0.11% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | -1 | 28 | 28,156 | 0.09% | -0.53 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 60 | 22,295 | 0.07% | — |
| WPIWPI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10,670 | 0.03% | — |
| HJPHJP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9,239 | 0.03% | — |
| DDPDDP | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4,980 | 0.02% | — |
| MCPIMCPI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3,804 | 0.01% | — |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,553 | 0.01% | — |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,485 | 0.00% | — |
| INC(O)INC(O) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,309 | 0.00% | — |
| DMMDMM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 988 | 0.00% | — |
| RCPIGSRCPIGS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 983 | 0.00% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 880 | 0.00% | — |
| ICSSCSICSSCS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 876 | 0.00% | -0.01 |
| BPIBPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 335 | 0.00% | — |
| BDBhartiyaBahujanKranti Dal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 203 | 0.00% | — |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 0.00% | -0.04 |
| BDDBDD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 0.00% | — |
- CPM189 (64%)
- INC43 (15%)
- FBL29 (10%)
- RSP18 (6%)
- IND6 (2%)
- CPI5 (2%)
- Others4 (1%)
- CPM189
- INC43
- FBL29
- RSP18
- IND6
- CPI5
- Others4
- CPM189
- INC43
- FBL29
- RSP18
- IND6
- CPI5
- JD1
- JKP1
- Others2
Constituency performance
From the 294 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
TOLLYGUNGE
won by 322 (0.33%)
Biggest victory
CANNING EAST
won by 49,518 (50.11%)
Highest turnout
SABANG
90.25%
Lowest turnout
BARA BAZAR
45.93%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1987), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained238 (81%)
- Changed hands56 (19%)
238 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 56 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 Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC
- FBL
- RSP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIPORE | INCSOUGATA ROY | CPMTARHIN ROY CHOWDHURY | 16,10320.24% | 61.6% |
| ALIPURDUARS | RSPNIRMAL DAS | INCBIASWA RANJAN SARKER | 15,00113.29% | 75.5% |
| AMDANGA | CPMHASHIM ABDUL HALIM | INCIDRIS ALI | 14,12412.26% | 83.1% |
| AMTA | CPMBARINDRA NATH KOLEY | INCAFTAB UDDIN MONDAL | 13,09912.49% | 76.8% |
| ARAIDANGA | INCSABITRI MITRA | CPMHABIB MUSTAFA | 2,0842.20% | 81.6% |
| ARAMBAGH | CPMBENODE DAS | INCJALIM SINGHA ROY | 21,27716.63% | 79.9% |
| ARSA | FBLNISHI KANTA MEHTA | INCHARE KRISHNA MAHATO | 23,30527.08% | 64.8% |
| ASANSOL | CPMGOUTAM ROY CHOWDHURY | BJPBAJRANGI GUPTA | 12,24212.09% | 60.8% |
| ASHOKENAGAR | CPMNANI KAR | INCKESHAB BHATTACHARJEE | 4,6653.99% | 80.4% |
| AURANGABAD | CPMTOUAB ALI | INCHUMAYUN REBA | 2,4822.44% | 76.4% |
| AUSGRAM | CPMSREEDHAR MALIK | INCCHHAYA RANI CHOWDHURY | 41,55239.15% | 75.0% |
| BADURIA | INCQUAZI ABDUL GAFFAR | CPMMOHAMMAD SHELIM | 3,3393.11% | 84.3% |
| BAGDAHA | FBLKAMALAKSHI BISWAS | INCRAM CHANDRA BOSE | 6,7836.14% | 86.2% |
| BAGNAN | CPMNIRUPAMA CHATTOPADHAYAY | INCSANAT KUMAR MISRA | 3,4463.07% | 77.1% |
| BALAGARH | CPMABINASH PRAMANIK | INCMALIK BISWANATH | 16,97915.42% | 80.7% |
| BALLY | CPMPATIT PABAN PATHAK | INCSUPRYO BASU | 13,72014.52% | 64.5% |
| BALLYGUNGE | CPMSACHIN SEN | INCSUSOBHAN BASU | 4,3483.80% | 64.7% |
| BALRAMPUR | CPMBHANDU MAJHI | INCSUBHAS MUDI | 38,62444.52% | 73.2% |
| BALURGHAT | RSPBISWANATH CHOWDHURY | INCKHAN BIPLAB | 7,7137.38% | 81.7% |
| BANDUAN | CPMLAKHI RAM KISKU | JMMBIR SINGH MURMU | 24,62428.48% | 71.8% |
| BANKURA | CPMPARTHA DE | INCKASHI NATH MISRA | 8,7747.67% | 74.2% |
| BANSBERIA | CPMPRABIR SEN GUPTA | INCROBIN MUKHERJEE | 8340.76% | 76.1% |
| BARA BAZAR | INCKHAITAN RAJESH | JDSATYA NARAYAN BAJAJ | 4,47710.39% | 45.9% |
| BARABANI | CPMS. R. DAS | INCMANIK UPADHAYAY | 2,4632.22% | 71.4% |
| BARANAGAR | RSPMATISH ROY | INCAJOY GHOSAL | 11,4728.10% | 72.0% |
| BARASAT | FBLSARAL DEB | INCSOUREN SEN | 22,45813.58% | 77.3% |
| BARJORA | CPMJAYASRI MITRA | INCZABYASACHI ROY | 23,61921.53% | 74.9% |
| BARUIPUR | INCSHOVAN DEV CHATTOPADHYAY | CPMHEMEN MOJUMDAR | 3,2252.64% | 79.1% |
| BARWAN | RSPDEBABRATTA BANDAPADYAY | INCSUDIP MOHAN GHOSH MOULIK | 23,20222.23% | 70.8% |
| BASANTI | RSPSUBHAS NASKAR | INCBIPIN BEHARI SARDAR | 23,18521.70% | 72.2% |
| BASIRHAT | CPMNARAYAN MUKHEREE | INCDILIP MAJUMDAR | 2,2831.86% | 81.3% |
| BEHALA EAST | CPMKUM-KUM CHAKRABORTI | INCSAILEN DAS GUPTA | 16,64610.69% | 73.0% |
| BEHALA WEST | CPMNIRMAL MUKHERJEE | INCLAKSHMI KANTA BASU | 9,7176.70% | 71.1% |
| BELDANGA | INCNURUL ISLAM CHOWDHURY | RSPSK. NOWSHAD ALI | 4,1453.57% | 73.0% |
| BELGACHIA EAST | CPMSUBHASH CHAKRABORTY | INCKUMARES BASU | 12,0236.99% | 68.6% |
| BELGACHIA WEST | CPMRAJDEO GOALA | INCSUDIPTO ROY | 3,4753.77% | 70.8% |
| BELIAGHATA | CPMMANABENDRA MUKHERJEE | INCSURESH BISWAS | 15,78116.44% | 69.7% |
| BERHAMPORE | INCSANKAR DAS PAUL | RSPIPSITA GUPLA | 16,66512.55% | 73.9% |
| BHAGABANGOLA | CPMSYED MAWABJANI MEERZA | INCISLAM NAZRUL | 16,27416.72% | 76.2% |
| BHAGABANPUR | CPMPRASANTA PRADHAN | INCASOKTARU PANDA | 8,3719.24% | 79.1% |
| BHANGAR | CPMBADAL JAMADAR | INCNUZUZZAMAN MOLLA | 25,98723.67% | 83.0% |
| BHARATPUR | RSPID. MOHAMMAD | INCABDUL MALEK | 31,87931.78% | 71.3% |
| BHATAR | CPMMEHEBOO ZAREDI | INCBHOLA NATH SEN | 7,6636.95% | 79.5% |
| BHATPARA | CPMBIDYT GANGULY | INCKEDER SINGH | 11,61313.50% | 64.8% |
| BIJPUR | CPMJAGADISH CHANDRA DAS | INCMIMALANDA DATTA | 15,06614.55% | 73.6% |
| BINPUR | JKPNAREN HANSDA | CPMDURGA TUDU | 18,99520.76% | 72.2% |
| BISHNUPUR EAST | CPMSUNDAR NASKAR | INCRAM KRISHAN BAR | 9,74810.86% | 78.5% |
| BISHNUPUR WEST | CPMKASHINATH ADAK | INCARUNA GHOSH DASTIDAR | 11,70211.39% | 76.2% |
| BOLPUR | RSPTAPAN HORE | INCSUSHOVAN BANARJEE | 10,79510.83% | 73.5% |
| BONGAON | INCBHUPENDRA NATH SETH | CPMRANAJIT MITRA | 1,6321.31% | 83.5% |
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 1991?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 189 of 294 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1991?
Turnout was 74.83% — 3.1 cr of 4.14 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.