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 101–150 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARHBETA EAST | CPMSUSANTA GHOSH | INCTAPAN CHAKRABORTY | 51,37643.49% | 89.3% |
| GARHBETA WEST | CPMKRISHNAPRASAD DULEY | INCSIDDHARTHA BISAI | 48,79640.24% | 88.1% |
| GHATAL | CPMRATAN PAKHIRA | INCRAJANI KANTA DOLUI | 18,18414.83% | 84.4% |
| GOALPOKHAR | FBLHAFIZ ALAM SAIRANI | INCMD. MUSTAFA | 32,06331.18% | 59.9% |
| GOGHAT | FBLSHIBA PRASAD MALICK | INCLAKSHMI CHARAN KANRI | 63,31348.49% | 83.6% |
| GOPIBALLAVPUR | CPMRANA SAKTI | INCREKHA RANI MAHATA | 52,80445.52% | 86.5% |
| GOSABA | RSPGANESH MONDAL | INCSUJIT PRAMANIK | 10,78610.22% | 81.5% |
| HABIBPUR | CPMJADU HEMBRAM | INCLUCAS HEMBRAM | 17,89315.53% | 83.4% |
| HABRA | CPMBAREN BASU | INCABDUL HAMID MANDAL | 9430.63% | 85.3% |
| HANSAN | INCASIT KUMAR MAL | RCPIRMIHIR BAIN | 17,68316.57% | 82.5% |
| HANSKHALI | INCBISWAS SHASHANKA SHEKHOR | CPMNAYAN SARKAR | 5,8733.70% | 87.0% |
| HARIHARPARA | CPMMOZAMMEL HAQUE | INCMANNAN HOSSAIN | 5,7864.18% | 85.1% |
| HARINGHATA | CPMMILI HIRA | INCRATNA GHOSH | 17,99910.71% | 86.7% |
| HARIPAL | CPMKALI PRASAD BISWAS | INCSAMIRAN MITRA | 10,9079.02% | 84.7% |
| HARISHCHANDRAPUR | FBLBIRENDRA KUMAR MAITRA | INCALAM MOSTAQUE | 2,4892.07% | 83.1% |
| HAROA | CPMKSHITI RANJAN MONDAL | INCLAKSHMI KANTA MONDAL | 26,94219.91% | 87.3% |
| HASNABAD | CPMGAUTAM DEB | INCRAFIKUL ISLAM MONDAL | 4,1943.69% | 88.1% |
| HINGALGANJ | CPMNRIPEN GAYEN | INCBIDYUT KAYAL | 18,84016.41% | 85.4% |
| HIRAPUR | INCSHYAMADAS BANERJEE | JDMUMTAZ HASSAN | 5,9406.19% | 64.8% |
| HOWRAH CENTRAL | INCAMBICA BANERJEE | JDSURESWAR DUTTA | 29,99931.27% | 69.3% |
| HOWRAH NORTH | CPMLAGAN DEO SINGH | INCASOK GHOSH | 20,71816.72% | 67.2% |
| HOWRAH SOUTH | CPMPRALAY TALUKDAR | INCARUP RAY | 2,2532.17% | 67.4% |
| HURA | CPMABINAS MAHATO | JMMBAGHAMBAR MAHATO | 30,88430.94% | 75.3% |
| INDAS | CPMNANDADULAL MAJHI | INCNABA KUMAR RAJAK | 50,89341.86% | 85.4% |
| INDPUR | CPIKIRITY BAGDI | INCLAYEK BIBEKANANDA | 44,51643.59% | 72.5% |
| ISLAMPUR | INCCHOWDHURY ABDUL KARIM | CPMMD. FARUQUE AZAM | 1,3951.22% | 73.1% |
| ITAHAR | CPISRI KUMAR MUKHERJEE | INCABEDIN ZAINAL | 5560.44% | 84.6% |
| JADAVPUR | CPMBUDDHADEV BHATTACHARJEE | INCKAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR | 36,18418.53% | 79.6% |
| JAGATBALLAVPUR | CPMM. ANSARUDDIN | INCNITYANANDA MAITY | 5,9374.26% | 80.7% |
| JAGATDAL | INCANAY GOPAL SINHA | FBLNIHAR BASU | 1170.09% | 80.5% |
| JAIPUR | INCSHANTIRAM MAHATO | FBLBINDESWAR MAHATO | 4,4594.18% | 75.2% |
| JALANGI | CPMUNUS SARKAR | INCSAMSUZZOHA BISWAS | 21,17414.23% | 88.1% |
| JALPAIGURI | INCANUPAM SEN | FBLSUDHANSU MAJUMDER | 3,7083.35% | 82.7% |
| JAMALPUR | CPMSAMAR HAZRA | INCBAIDYA NATH DAS | 34,72525.47% | 86.7% |
| JAMURIA | CPMPELAB KABI | INCADHIKARI SANTOSH | 35,82232.85% | 70.1% |
| JANGIPARA | CPMIBHA DEY | INCDWIPEN MUKHERJEE | 8,0986.32% | 83.6% |
| JANGIPUR | INCHABIBUR RAHAMAN | RSPABDUL HAQUE | 6910.55% | 85.1% |
| JHALDA | FBLSATYA RANJAN MAHATO | INCSUBHAS MAHATO | 3,1953.06% | 74.8% |
| JHARGRAM | CPMBUDDHADEV BHAKAT | INCCHAITNYA MURMU | 67,91151.33% | 83.8% |
| JORABAGAN | INCSANJOY BAKSHI | CPMSARALA MAHESWARI | 1,7082.99% | 59.2% |
| JORASANKO | INCDEOKINANDAN PODDAR | FBLSATISH NARAYAN BAJAJ | 7,71416.13% | 60.4% |
| JOYNAGAR | INDDEBA PRASAD SARKAR | CPMRABINDRA NATH BASU | 25,49420.99% | 79.0% |
| KABITIRTHA | INCRAM PYARE RAM | FBLMOINUDDIN SHAMS. | 31,94131.28% | 59.3% |
| KAKDWIP | CPMASHOK GIRI | INCMANTU RAM PAKHIRA | 2,2321.89% | 86.0% |
| KALCHINI | RSPMONOHAR TIRKEY | INCKHUDIRAM PAHAN | 2,8542.74% | 75.7% |
| KALIACHAK | INCABU HASEM KHAN CHOWDHURY | CPMBISWANATH GHOSH | 10,3487.47% | 84.7% |
| KALIAGANJ | INCPRAMATHA NATH RAY | CPMRAMANI KANTA DEBSARMA | 4,9553.84% | 83.2% |
| KALIGANJ | INCABDUS SALAM MUNSHI | RSPDHANANJOY MODAK | 1,3741.16% | 76.2% |
| KALIMPONG | GNLFGAULAN LEPCHA | ABGLNORDEN LAMA | 33,24136.39% | 65.5% |
| KALNA | CPMANJU KAR | INCLAKSHMAN KUMAR ROY | 16,50411.96% | 87.3% |
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 1996?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 157 of 294 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Feb 1996?
Turnout was 80.64% — 3.68 cr of 4.56 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.
