West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1996
294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 80.64% turnout.
Seats
294
Candidates
2,035
114 women, 20 elected
Turnout
80.64%
3.68 cr of 4.56 cr
Leading party
CPM
157 of 294 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 157 | -32 | 217 | 1,39,49,664 | 37.92% | +1.05 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 82 | +39 | 288 | 1,45,23,964 | 39.48% | +4.36 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 21 | -8 | 34 | 19,12,183 | 5.20% | -0.32 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 18 | 0 | 23 | 13,67,439 | 3.72% | +0.25 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 6 | +1 | 12 | 6,42,993 | 1.75% | +0.21 |
| INDIndependent | 5 | -1 | 844 | 9,59,130 | 2.61% | -0.40 |
| GNLFGNLF | 3 | +3 | 3 | 1,61,498 | 0.44% | — |
| JKPNJKPN | 1 | +1 | 8 | 1,45,503 | 0.40% | — |
| FBSFBS | 1 | +1 | 20 | 1,23,316 | 0.34% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 292 | 23,72,480 | 6.45% | -4.89 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1,34,436 | 0.37% | +0.06 |
| JDJanata Dal | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1,05,697 | 0.29% | -0.39 |
| RCPIRRCPIR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,05,366 | 0.29% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 48 | 67,853 | 0.18% | -0.10 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 30 | 47,206 | 0.13% | — |
| ABGLABGL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43,261 | 0.12% | 0.00 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 33 | 31,857 | 0.09% | +0.08 |
| AIICTAIICT | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20,555 | 0.06% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19,221 | 0.05% | -0.04 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 46 | 17,330 | 0.05% | -0.02 |
| JMMMJMMM | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11,593 | 0.03% | — |
| PBRMLPBRML | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5,359 | 0.01% | — |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4,480 | 0.01% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4,476 | 0.01% | — |
| JKPJKP | 0 | -1 | 5 | 3,533 | 0.01% | -0.32 |
| HJKPHJKP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,309 | 0.01% | — |
| BMSMBMSM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,448 | 0.01% | — |
| SWJPSWJP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,218 | 0.00% | — |
| IDPPIDPP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 515 | 0.00% | — |
| AICDBPPAICDBPP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 392 | 0.00% | — |
| IUMLIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 251 | 0.00% | — |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 0.00% | — |
| ABJSABJS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0.00% | — |
- CPM157 (53%)
- INC82 (28%)
- FBL21 (7%)
- RSP18 (6%)
- CPI6 (2%)
- IND5 (2%)
- Others5 (2%)
- CPM157
- INC82
- FBL21
- RSP18
- CPI6
- IND5
- Others5
- CPM157
- INC82
- FBL21
- RSP18
- CPI6
- IND5
- GNLF3
- JKPN1
- Others1
Constituency performance
From the 294 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
RAMNAGAR
won by 50 (0.04%)
Biggest victory
CANNING EAST
won by 66,765 (57.11%)
Highest turnout
SABANG
95.80%
Lowest turnout
BARA BAZAR
53.55%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained223 (76%)
- Changed hands71 (24%)
223 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 71 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 | JDSUJIT MANDAL | 19,39831.48% | 55.2% |
| BUDGE BUDGE | INCASHOK KUMAR DEB | CPMDIPAK MUKHERJEE | 11,3618.90% | 81.8% |
| BURDWAN NORTH | CPMNISITH ADHIKARY | INCRAIMONI DAS | 47,53631.72% | 85.0% |
| BURDWAN SOUTH | CPMSHYAMAPROSAD BOSE | INCGHOSH SADHAN KUMAR | 14,2908.74% | 81.0% |
| BURTOLA | INCSADHAN PANDE | RSPPARIMAL ROUTH | 28,24735.73% | 69.7% |
| CANNING EAST | CPMABDUR RAZZAK MOLLA | INCAKRAM LASKAR | 66,76557.11% | 84.8% |
| CANNING WEST | CPMBIMAL MISTRY | INCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR | 5,5053.93% | 80.0% |
| CHAKDAHA | CPMSATYASADHAN CHAKRABORTY | INCSUKUMAR SARKAR | 21,61611.46% | 84.5% |
| CHAMPDANI | INCABDUL MANNAN | CPMSUNIL SARKAR | 9,0025.84% | 75.1% |
| CHANDERNAGORE | INCKAMAL MUKHERJEE | CPMSANDHYA CHATTOPADHYAY | 7,0345.05% | 78.4% |
| CHANDITALA | INCAKBOR ALI KHANDOKER | CPMGHOSH MALIN | 2,1141.42% | 79.6% |
| CHANDRAKONA | CPMGURUPADA DUTTA | INCMALOY BHATTACHARYA | 31,32123.37% | 88.6% |
| CHAPRA | CPMMIR QUASEM MONDAL | INCJULFIKAR KHAN | 13,29610.07% | 85.0% |
| CHHATNA | RSPSUBHAS GOSWAMI | INCSWAPAN MONDAL | 12,50213.06% | 70.3% |
| CHINSURAH | FBLNAREN DEY | INCTAPAN DASGUPTA | 1,2830.89% | 81.7% |
| CHOPRA | CPMMAHAMUDDIN | INCHAMIDUL RAHAMAN | 3,3922.91% | 85.3% |
| CHOWRINGHEE | INCSUBARATA MUKHERJEE | JDPAUL MANTOSH | 28,68035.74% | 59.1% |
| CONTAI NORTH | CPMCHAKRADHAR MAIKAP | INCMUKUL BIKASH MAITI | 1,2331.06% | 88.8% |
| CONTAI SOUTH | INCSAILAJA KUMAR DAS | CPISUKHENDU MAITY | 7,8016.95% | 82.3% |
| COOCH BEHAR NORTH | INCMIHIR GOSWAMI | FBLAPARAJITA GOPPI | 6,8645.46% | 84.3% |
| COOCH BEHAR WEST | FBLSOUMINDRA CHANDRA DAS | INCAHAMMED ABDUL JALIL | 13,7369.76% | 87.3% |
| COSSIPUR | INCBANDYOPADHYAY TARAK | CPMANUP DAS | 4620.63% | 71.2% |
| DANTAN | CPINANDA GOPAL BHATTACHARJEE | INCSUNIL BARAN GIRI | 48,38540.09% | 83.8% |
| DARJEELING | GNLFNAR BAHADUR CHETTRI | CPMKAMALA SANSKRITYAYANA | 25,46725.16% | 66.4% |
| DASPUR | CPMMUKHOPADHAYA CHITTA RANJAN | INCGOSWAMI JAGANNATH | 5,7905.29% | 82.4% |
| DEBRA | CPMSK. JAHANGIR KARIM | INCRABINDRA NATH BERA | 29,25423.49% | 89.5% |
| DEGANGA | FBLMD. YAKUB | INCIDRIS ALI | 13,74911.21% | 86.0% |
| DHAKURIA | RSPKSHITI GOSWAMI | INCSUKHENDU SHEKHAR ROY | 7,0515.20% | 75.4% |
| DHANIAKHALI | FBLKRIPASINDHU SAHA | INCASIMA PATRA | 31,93825.36% | 87.3% |
| DHUPGURI | CPMBANAMALI ROY | INCNRIPENDRA NATH ROY | 22,03518.90% | 85.8% |
| DIAMOND HARBOUR | INCSHEIKH DAULAT ALI | CPMABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA | 6,1014.64% | 81.2% |
| DINHATA | FBSKAMAL GUHA | FBLDIPAK SEN GUPTA | 33,01123.20% | 85.2% |
| DOMJUR | CPMPADMANIDHI DHAR | INCBHABANI PRASAD BHATTACHARYYA | 12,6706.89% | 79.0% |
| DOMKAL | CPMANISUR RAHAMAN | INCSADEQUE REZA | 14,8409.98% | 87.1% |
| DUBRAJPUR | FBLBHAKTI BHUSAN MONDAL | INCARUN KUMAR CHAKRAVORTY | 29,77425.60% | 79.5% |
| DUM DUM | CPMSANKAR SEN | INCNITAI GHOSH | 29,54717.07% | 80.2% |
| DURGAPUR-I | CPMMRINAL BANERJEE | INCMRIGENDRANATH PAL | 16,99514.78% | 73.5% |
| DURGAPUR-II | CPMDEBABRATA BENERJEE | INCMALAY KANTI DUTTA | 27,39214.60% | 74.1% |
| EGRA | CPMSINHA PRABODH CHANDRA | INCSOHAN JYOTI MAITI | 11,7149.67% | 86.4% |
| ENGLISHBAZAR | INCGOUTAM CHAKRAVARTTY | CPMASHOK BHATTACHARJYA | 10,6618.19% | 83.4% |
| ENTALLY | INCSULTAN AHMED | CPMZIAUDDIN AHMED | 5,6405.76% | 65.9% |
| FALAKATA | CPMJOGESH CHANDRA BARMAN | INCGAJENDRA NATH BARMAN | 17,42914.28% | 85.3% |
| FALTA | INCSUDHIR BHATTACHARJEE | CPMARATI DASGUPTA | 4,6494.44% | 80.8% |
| FARAKKA | INCMAINUL HAQUE | CPMABUL HASNAT KHAN | 7,5636.57% | 82.5% |
| GAIGHATA | CPMMANMATHA ROY | INCPRABIR BANERJEE | 5,3973.50% | 87.3% |
| GAJOL | CPMDEBNATH MURMU | INCBENJAMIN HEMRAM | 15,15912.93% | 81.5% |
| GALSI | FBLIDRISH MONDAL | INCSYED IMDAD ALI | 38,91533.69% | 81.1% |
| GANGAJALGHATI | CPMANGAD BAURI | INCGUIRAM MAJI | 23,60321.93% | 75.7% |
| GANGARAMPUR | CPMMINATI GHOSH | BJPASHISH MAJUMDAR | 22,33714.75% | 82.9% |
| GARDEN REACH | CPMMOHAMMED AMIN | INCFAZLE AZIM MOLLA | 14,16811.33% | 72.4% |
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.