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 101–150 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARHBETA EAST | CPMGOSH SUSANTA | INCTAPAN CHAKRABORTY | 34,02035.27% | 81.8% |
| GARHBETA WEST | CPMDULEY KRISHNA PRASAD | INCKINKAR RUIDAS | 26,66726.60% | 79.7% |
| GHATAL | CPMRATAN CHANDRA PAKHIRA | INCNIMAI BAG | 14,83613.85% | 81.5% |
| GOALPOKHAR | FBLMD. RAMJAN ALI | INCNIZAMUDDIN AHAMED | 8,6459.05% | 58.4% |
| GOGHAT | FBLSHIBA PRASAD MALICK | INCSOVE DHARA | 44,69737.68% | 80.4% |
| GOPIBALLAVPUR | CPMATUL CHANDRA DAS | INCPRASUN SARANGI | 39,22439.97% | 78.4% |
| GOSABA | RSPGANESH CHANDRA MOINDAL | INCJITENDRA NATH GAYEN | 14,85415.96% | 78.4% |
| HABIBPUR | CPMSARKAR MURMU | INCGOPINATH MURMU | 13,57114.06% | 75.1% |
| HABRA | CPMKAMAL SENGUPTA (BOSE) | INCBIMAN DUTTA | 3,1422.53% | 81.2% |
| HANSAN | RCPIRBTRILOCHON DAS | INCASIT KUMAR MAL | 6,1116.78% | 74.7% |
| HANSKHALI | CPMNAYAN SARKAR | INCSHASHANKA SHEKHOR BISWAS | 5,7264.48% | 82.2% |
| HARIHARPARA | CPMMOZAMMEL HOQUE | INCKHAANARUL HOSSAIN | 1,8931.67% | 78.0% |
| HARINGHATA | CPMNANI GOPAL MALAKAR | INCPRATAP ROY | 19,02514.19% | 83.1% |
| HARIPAL | CPMKALI KRASAD BISWAS | INCTUSAR SINHA ROY | 7,0826.88% | 80.4% |
| HARISHCHANDRAPUR | FBLBIRENDRA KUMAR MOITRA | INCABDUL WAHED | 11,72011.48% | 75.6% |
| HAROA | CPMKSHITI RANJAN MODAL | INCKUMUDDS RANAN ROY | 25,33522.70% | 80.6% |
| HASNABAD | CPMGOUTAM DEB | INCANATH BANDHU MITRA | 6,6467.06% | 81.6% |
| HINGALGANJ | CPMGAYEN NRIPEN | INCSANKAR ROY | 17,42716.86% | 81.5% |
| HIRAPUR | JDMUMTAZ HASSAN | INCSUHRID BASU MALLICK | 1,5251.74% | 60.5% |
| HOWRAH CENTRAL | INCAMBIKA BANERJEE | JDSURESWAR DUTTA | 23,31527.92% | 64.1% |
| HOWRAH NORTH | CPMLAGAN DEO SINGH | INCASOK GHOSH | 21,18721.48% | 62.4% |
| HOWRAH SOUTH | CPMPRALAY TALUKDAR | INCMRIYUNJOY BANERJEE | 2,9503.59% | 62.6% |
| HURA | CPMAMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYA | INCMADAN MOHAN MAHATO | 25,97228.32% | 72.8% |
| INDAS | CPMNANDA DULAL MAJHI | INCSANATAN SANTRA | 39,39037.40% | 80.4% |
| INDPUR | CPIMADAN BAWRI | INCSHIB SANKAR MONDAL | 33,73937.16% | 68.9% |
| ISLAMPUR | INCCHOUDHURY MD. ABDUL KARIM | CPMMD. FARAQUE AZAM | 5,1035.25% | 66.8% |
| ITAHAR | INCABEDIN ZAINAJ | CPICHAKI SWADESH | 5,1084.78% | 79.8% |
| JADAVPUR | CPMBUDDHADEB BHATTACHARJEE | INCJYOTI PRASNNA DAS THAKUR | 35,02323.38% | 74.0% |
| JAGATBALLAVPUR | CPMM. ANAKARUDDIN | INCPULAK SARKAR | 20,84417.74% | 75.4% |
| JAGATDAL | FBLNIHAR BASU | INCANAY GOPAL SINHA | 5,6265.32% | 73.3% |
| JAIPUR | FBLBINDESWAR MAHATA | INCSANTI RAM MAHATO | 6,2016.85% | 67.7% |
| JALANGI | CPMUNUS SARKAR | INCRANJIT HALDAR | 37,63830.64% | 83.2% |
| JALPAIGURI | INCANUPAM SEN | FBLNIRMAL KUMAR BASU | 1,9312.00% | 75.8% |
| JAMALPUR | CPMSAMAR HAZARA | INCAJAY PRAMANIK | 36,63830.80% | 83.0% |
| JAMURIA | CPMCHOWDHURY BIKASH | INCTAPAS BANERJEE | 36,12237.55% | 64.6% |
| JANGIPARA | CPMMANINDRA JANA | INCGYATRI ROY | 30,46528.06% | 77.7% |
| JANGIPUR | RSPABDUL HAQUE | INCKHABIBUR RAHAMAN | 9,4239.98% | 65.5% |
| JHALDA | FBLSATYAN RANJANK MAHATA | INCSUBHAS CHANDRA MAHATA | 5,9266.65% | 69.3% |
| JHARGRAM | CPMBUDDHA DEB BHAKAT | INCNIKHIL MAITI | 36,04533.67% | 72.5% |
| JORABAGAN | INCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | BJPSHANTI LAL JAIN | 7,49113.21% | 49.5% |
| JORASANKO | INCDEOKINANDAN PODDAR | FBLSUKUMAR DASS | 8,67218.49% | 54.8% |
| JOYNAGAR | INDDEBA PRASAD SARKAR | INCPRASANTA SARKHEL | 12,18411.35% | 77.2% |
| KABITIRTHA | FBLKALIMUDDIN SHAMS | INCRAM PYARE RAM | 1,3511.47% | 58.5% |
| KAKDWIP | CPMHRISHIKESH MAITY | INCGOURI SANKAR BHATTACHARJEE | 7,2487.52% | 81.7% |
| KALCHINI | RSPMONOHAR TIRKEY | INCKHUDIRAM ORAO | 2,8533.54% | 65.8% |
| KALIACHAK | CPMDINESH JOARDAR | INCAHMED SHAMSUDDIN | 1,8071.53% | 78.0% |
| KALIAGANJ | CPMRAMANI KANTA DEB SARMA | INCPRAMATHA NATH ROY | 6450.61% | 87.2% |
| KALIGANJ | INCABDUS SALAM MUNSHI | RSPGHOSH DEB SARAN | 3,7783.57% | 76.9% |
| KALIMPONG | INDNIMA TSHERING MOKTAN | CPIMOHAN SINGH RAI (DUKHUN) | 31,92639.22% | 63.4% |
| KALNA | CPMANJU KAR | INCDHIRENDRA NATH CHATTOPADHAYAY | 26,65022.47% | 82.5% |
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.
