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 51–100 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOW BAZAR | INCSUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | JDJYOTILAK GUHAROY | 11,73321.58% | 52.4% |
| BUDGE BUDGE | CPMDIPAK MUKHERJEE | INCASHOKE DEB | 5,1294.89% | 74.5% |
| BURDWAN NORTH | CPMBENOY KRISHNA CHOWDHURY | INCSADHAN GHOSH | 43,27533.48% | 79.3% |
| BURDWAN SOUTH | CPMSHAYAM PROSAD BOSE | INCSHYAM DAS BANERJEE | 13,4259.85% | 72.6% |
| BURTOLA | INCSADHAN PANDE | RSPPARIMAL ROUTH | 20,57328.94% | 61.8% |
| CANNING EAST | CPMABDUR RAZZAK MOLLA | INCABDUS SATTAR MOLLAH | 49,51850.11% | 78.4% |
| CANNING WEST | CPMBIMAL MISTRY | INCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR | 13,48711.61% | 75.0% |
| CHAKDAHA | CPMSATASADHAN CHAKRABORTY | INCSUKUMAR ROY | 23,88315.96% | 81.3% |
| CHAMPDANI | INCABDUL MANNAN | CPMSUNIL SARKAR | 3,6702.97% | 68.3% |
| CHANDERNAGORE | CPMCHATTERJEE SANDHYA | INCKAMAL MUKHERJEE | 2,6882.32% | 70.5% |
| CHANDITALA | CPMMALIN GHOSH | INCAKBAR ALI KHANDAKAR | 9,3808.13% | 71.1% |
| CHANDRAKONA | CPMUMAPATI CHAKRABORTTY | UCPISATYA BOSAL | 23,17220.56% | 82.0% |
| CHAPRA | CPMMIR QUASEM MONDAL | INCARUN KUMAR GHOSH | 27,69625.01% | 82.5% |
| CHHATNA | RSPSUBHAS GOSWAMI | INCSANTI SINGHA | 17,72321.88% | 60.8% |
| CHINSURAH | FBLNAREN DEY | INCTAPAN DASGUPTA | 2,1811.89% | 73.6% |
| CHOPRA | CPMMOHAMUDDIN | INCCHOUDHURY MD. MANJUR AFAQUE | 11,74512.20% | 80.1% |
| CHOWRINGHEE | INCSIDDHARTHA SHANKER RAY | CPMASHOK MITRA | 16,83324.14% | 55.8% |
| CONTAI NORTH | INCMUKUL BIKASH MAITY | JDANIL KUMAR MANNA | 4,2104.34% | 78.7% |
| CONTAI SOUTH | INCSAILAJA KUMAR DAS | CPISUKHENDU MAITY | 5,4695.83% | 76.5% |
| COOCH BEHAR NORTH | FBLBIMAL KANTI BASU | INCMIHIR GOSWAMI | 11,0239.95% | 79.1% |
| COOCH BEHAR WEST | FBLSOUMINDRA CHANRA DAS | INCRAMKRISHNA PAL | 32,19025.56% | 82.7% |
| COSSIPUR | CPMDIPAK CHANDA | INCPRAFULAL KANTI GHOSH | 4,6227.03% | 64.1% |
| DANTAN | CPMPATRA RANJIT | INCPANCHANAN MAHANTI | 45,64845.75% | 76.5% |
| DARJEELING | INDNARENDRA KUMAI | ABGLJ. D. S. RAI | 12,23313.97% | 59.5% |
| DASPUR | CPMPRABHAS PODIKAR | INCASIT BANDTOPADHYAY | 8,5718.93% | 73.4% |
| DEBRA | CPMSKI. JAHANGIR KARIM | INCSK. MOIHAMMAD DAUD | 21,45819.51% | 85.0% |
| DEGANGA | FBLMD. YAKUB | INCASHANULLAH | 13,37813.34% | 79.7% |
| DHAKURIA | RSPKSHITI GOSWAMI | INDJATIN CHAKRAVORTY | 13,26611.20% | 70.2% |
| DHANIAKHALI | FBLKRIPA SINDHU SAHA | INCASIMA PATRA | 27,52224.53% | 83.4% |
| DHUPGURI | CPMBANAMALI ROY | INCBIRENDRA NATH BARMAN | 19,35820.26% | 80.8% |
| DIAMOND HARBOUR | CPMABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA | INCNAZRUL ISLAM MOLLA | 19,03018.13% | 72.4% |
| DINHATA | FBLKAMAL KANTI GUHA | INCALDKE NANDY | 18,60115.14% | 82.3% |
| DOMJUR | CPMPADMANIDHI DHAR | INCSACHIN RAY | 16,27011.31% | 73.8% |
| DOMKAL | CPMANESUR RAHAMAN | INCSARKER MOKTER HOSSAIN | 24,61520.40% | 81.0% |
| DUBRAJPUR | FBLBHAKTI BHUSAN MONDAL | INCGHOSH BISHNU CHARAN | 23,09223.14% | 73.3% |
| DUM DUM | CPMSANKAR KUMAR SEN | INCRMESH BHATTACHARJEE | 27,17219.20% | 74.0% |
| DURGAPUR-I | CPMDILIP MAZUMDAR | INCNARAYAN HAZARA CHOWDHURY | 16,11316.11% | 67.0% |
| DURGAPUR-II | CPMTARUN CHATTERJE | INCLASIT CHATTERAJ | 23,23215.99% | 68.0% |
| EGRA | CPMSINHA PROBODH CHANDRA | INCKAR TAPAN KANTI | 3,9073.91% | 75.7% |
| ENGLISHBAZAR | CPMPRABHAT ACHARYA | INCPRADIP KAR | 2,3932.22% | 78.1% |
| ENTALLY | CPMMD. NIZAMUDDIN | INCSULTAN AHMED | 7731.02% | 60.0% |
| FALAKATA | CPMJOGESH CHANDRA BARMAN | INCGAJENDRA NATH BARMAN | 7,0047.02% | 79.8% |
| FALTA | CPMARATI DAS GUPTA | INCSUDHIR BHATTACHARJEE | 4,6835.34% | 73.4% |
| FARAKKA | CPMABUL HASNAT KHAN | INCMAINUL HAQUE | 5,8806.14% | 77.5% |
| GAIGHATA | INCPABIR BANERJEE | CPMKANTI BISWAS | 5690.42% | 85.1% |
| GAJOL | CPMDEBNATH MURMU | INCNABAKUMAR HEMBRAM | 22,02621.07% | 76.7% |
| GALSI | FBLIDRISH MONDAL | INCCHAMPAK | 37,00437.31% | 73.7% |
| GANGAJALGHATI | CPMANGAD BAURI | INCPHATIK CHANDRA MANDAL | 26,38428.42% | 69.7% |
| GANGARAMPUR | CPMMINATI GHOSH | INCBIPLAB MITRA | 4,8313.75% | 80.4% |
| GARDEN REACH | INCFAZLE AZIM MOLLA | CPMDILIP SEN | 11,29411.71% | 68.8% |
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 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.
