1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1982. The Left Front, which had won the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, emerged victoriously. The Indian National Congress emerged as the main opposition party in the state, as the Janata Party was disintegrating.

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jyoti Basu Ananda Gopal Mukherjee Party CPI(M) INC(I) Alliance LF INC(I)+IC(S) Leader since 1964 1982 Leader's seat Satgachhia Did not contest[a] Last election 35.46%, 178 seats New Seats won 174 49 Seat change 4 49 Popular vote 8,655,371 8,035,272 Percentage 38.49% 35.73% Swing 3.03 pp 35.73 pp
Chief Minister before election Jyoti Basu CPI(M) Chief Minister after election Jyoti Basu CPI(M)

Background

On 6 January 1982 the West Bengal government requested that assembly elections be held on 15 March 1982, due to the approaching Monsoon season starting in April.^[1] However, in the end the election was held in May 1982, parallel to state assembly elections in Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.^[2]

Left Front

Ahead of the 1982 assembly elections, the Left Front had gained three new members; the Communist Party of India (CPI), the West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP) and the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP).^[3] Some of the older, smaller Left Front constituents were uncomfortable with the expansion of the alliance, claiming that CPI(M) was diluting it politically.^[3] There were also disagreements on distribution of ministerial portfolios after the expansion of the alliance.^[3] The Left Front campaign was heavily centred on the success of its land reform program & its empowerment of rural areas by conducting elections to the newly formed 3-tier panchayat system in 1978.

Congress (I)-Congress (S) alliance

As of the early 1980s the Congress(I) was heavily divided in West Bengal. Divisions existed in each of the appointed ad hoc district committees across the state.^[4]

In 1978 Sharad Pawar named former West Bengal Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi as president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (Socialist).^[5] However Congress(I) and Congress(S) contested the 1982 in alliance.^[6] The IC(S) performed poorly in the 1982 assembly elections and a merger of the West Bengal units of the Congress(S) into the Congress(I) took place soon after the 1982 polls.^[5]

Congress(I) emerged as the largest opposition party in the election. Most of the seats previously held by the Janata Party were won by Congress(I) while also retaining the seats held by the Congress(R).^[6] With the Janata Party eradicated from the assembly, West Bengal politics became polarized between the Left Front and Congress(I) for many years until 1998.^[7]

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party contested the West Bengal assembly election for the first time in 1982.^[8] The primary objective of the party was to create a nucleus for a future third force in West Bengal politics.^[8] The party supported the call of the West Bengal government to hold the elections in March 1982.^[9]

Gorkhaland agitation

In the wake of the 1980 Gorkhaland movement, a poll boycott campaign took place in the Darjeeling hills with the slogan "No State, No Vote".^[10][11] Organizations calling for a poll boycott included the Pranta Parishad and the Gorkha National Liberation Front of Subhash Ghisingh.^[12] Voter participation in Darjeeling stood at 59.40%, compared to the statewide 76.96%.^[13] CPI(M) emerged as the sole party of relevance in the hills to oppose a separate Gorkhaland state.^[12] CPI(M) won three out of the four assembly seats in the Nepali-dominated areas, the fourth going to an All India Gorkha League candidate (contesting as an independent).^[11]

Results

The Left Front emerged victorious, winning 238 out of 294 seats in the election.^[7] The combined Left Front vote was 11,869,003 votes (52.7% of the votes cast in the state).^[13]

According to an unnamed Western diplomat, quoted in India Today in regards to the polls, "Bengali democracy has come really close to the East European variant of the 'people's democracy' where nobody expects an upsetting victory or defeat".^[6] Nevertheless, whilst the overall outcome was a landslide victory for the Left Front, the left also suffered a number of set-backs.^[6] Six incumbent Left Front ministers were defeated in their respective constituencies.^[13] The CPI(M) Information Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya lost the Cossipur seat to Congress(I) candidate Prafulla Kanti Ghosh by 728 votes.^[6][13] The CPI(M) Education Minister Partha De, noted for his policy of removing English language from the primary school curriculum, lost the Bankura seat.^[6] The incumbent Food Minister, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India leader Sudhindranath Kumar, lost his seat Howrah Central.^[14] Finance Minister and CPI(M) heavy-weight Ashok Mitra lost the Rash Behari Avenue seat to Congress(I) candidate Haimi Bose.^[6] As Finance Minister Mitra had cracked down on the Sanchaita Savings Company, whose 'get-rich-quick' scheme had some 4,000 depositors in his constituency.^[6]

In Calcutta Congress(I) managed to win 11 out of 22 seats.^[6] Santosh Rana of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) lost his Gopiballavpur seat to CPI(M).^[13]

The ninth West Bengal Legislative Assembly was constituted on 24 May 1982.^[15] CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu remained as Chief Minister, being sworn in for a second term.^[6][16] Hasim Abdul Halim of CPI(M) became speaker of the Legislative Assembly, a post he would hold until 2011.^[17]

Party		Candidates	Seats	Votes	%
Left Front	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	209	174	8,655,371	38.49
	All India Forward Bloc	34	28	1,327,849	5.90
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	23	19	901,723	4.01
	Communist Party of India	12	7	407,660	1.81
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India	3	2	106,973	0.48
	Marxist Forward Bloc	2	2	80,307	0.36
	Biplobi Bangla Congress	1	0	34,185	0.15
	West Bengal Socialist Party and Democratic Socialist Party	10	6	354,935	1.58
Indian National Congress (I)		250	49	8,035,272	35.73
Indian Congress (Socialist)		28	4	885,535	3.94
Socialist Unity Centre of India		34	2	232,573	1.03
Janata Party		93	0	187,513	0.83
Bharatiya Janata Party		52	0	129,994	0.58
Indian Union Muslim League		4	0	129,116	0.57
Lok Dal		16	0	22,361	0.10
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		1	0	1,268	0.01
Independents		432	1	994,701	4.42
Total		1,204	294	22,487,336	100
Source: ECI [18]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Mekliganj	SC	Sada Kanta Roy		All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi	SC	Sudhir Pramanik		Communist Party of India
Mathabhanga	SC	Dinesh Chandra Dakua		Communist Party of India
Cooch Behar North	None	Aparajita Goppi		All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar West	None	Bimal Kanti Basu		All India Forward Bloc
Sitai	None	Dipak Sen Gupta		All India Forward Bloc
Dinhata	None	Kamal Guha		All India Forward Bloc
Natabari	None	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury		Communist Party of India
Tufanganj	SC	Manindra Nath Barma		Communist Party of India
Kumargram	ST	Subodh Uraon		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini	ST	Manohar Tirkey		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Alipurduars	None	Nani Bhattacharya		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata	SC	Jogendra Nath Singh Roy		Communist Party of India
Madarihat	ST	Sushil Kujur		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri	SC	Banamali Roy		Communist Party of India
Nagrakata	ST	Punai Uraon		Communist Party of India
Mainaguri	SC	Tarak Bandhu Roy		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal	ST	Mohanlal Oraon		Communist Party of India
Kranti	None	Parimal Mitra		Communist Party of India
Jalpaiguri	None	Nirmal Bose		All India Forward Bloc
Rayganj	SC	Dhirendra Nath Ray		Communist Party of India
Kalimpong	None	Renu Leena Subba		Independent
Darjeeling	None	Dawa Lama		Communist Party of India
Kurseong	None	H. B. Rai		Communist Party of India
Siliguri	None	Biren Bose		Communist Party of India
Phansidewa	ST	Patras Minz		Communist Party of India
Chopra	None	Mahammad Bacha Munshi		Communist Party of India
Islampur	None	Choudhary Md. Abdulkarim		Indian National Congress
Goalpokhar	None	Mohammad Ramjan Ali		All India Forward Bloc
Karandighi	None	Suresh Singha		All India Forward Bloc
Raiganj	SC	Dipendra Barman		Indian National Congress
Kaliaganj	SC	Naba Kumar Roy		Indian National Congress
Kushmandi	SC	Dhirendra Nath Sarkar		Indian National Congress
Itahar	None	Abedin Zainal		Indian Congress
Gangarampur	None	Moslehuddin Ahmed		Indian Congress
Tapan	ST	Khara Soren		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj	None	Dwijendra Nath Ray		Communist Party of India
Balurghat	None	Biswanath Choudhury		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur	ST	Sarkar Murmu		Communist Party of India
Gajol	ST	Sufal Murmu		Communist Party of India
Kharba	None	Mahbubul Hoque		Indian National Congress
Harishchandrapur	None	Abdul Wahed		Indian National Congress
Ratua	None	Samar Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
Araidanga	None	Habib Mustafa		Communist Party of India
Malda	SC	Phani Bhusan Roy		Indian National Congress
Englishbazar	None	Sailen Sarkar		Communist Party of India
Manikchak	None	Jokhilal Mandal		Indian National Congress
Suzapur	None	Humayoun Chowdhury		Indian National Congress
Kaliachak	None	Promode Ranjan Bose		Communist Party of India
Farakka	None	Abul Hasnat Khan		Communist Party of India
Aurangabad	None	Lutfal Haque		Indian National Congress
Suti	None	Shish Mohammad		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sagardighi	SC	Biswas Hazari		Communist Party of India
Jangipur	None	Habibur Rahaman		Indian National Congress
Lalgola	None	Abdus Sattar		Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola	None	Kazi Hafizur Rahman		Indian National Congress
Nabagram	None	Birendra Narayan Ray		Communist Party of India
Murshidabad	None	Chhaya Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc
Jalangi	None	Atahar Rahaman		Communist Party of India
Domkal	None	Md. Abdul Bari		Communist Party of India
Naoda	None	Jayanta Kumar Biswas		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Hariharpara	None	Sk. Imajuddin		Indian National Congress
Berhampore	None	Debabrata Bandapadhyay		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Beldanga	None	Nurual Islam Choudhury		Indian National Congress
Kandi	None	Atish Chandra Sinha		Indian National Congress
Khargram	SC	Dinabandhu Majhi		Communist Party of India
Barwan	None	Amalendra Roy		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur	None	Satyapada Bhattacharya		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur	None	Chittaranjan Biswas		Communist Party of India
Palashipara	None	Madhabendu Mahanta		Communist Party of India
Nakashipara	None	Mir Fakir Mohammad		Communist Party of India
Kaliganj	None	Debsaran Ghosh		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Chapra	None	Sahabuddin Mondal		Communist Party of India
Krishnaganj	SC	Jnanendra Nath Biswas		Communist Party of India
Krishnagar East	None	Sadhan Chattopadhy Y		Communist Party of India
Krishnagar West	None	Amritendu Mukhopadhyay		Communist Party of India
Nabadwip	None	Debi Prasad Basu		Communist Party of India
Santipur	None	Bimalananda Mukherjee		Independent
Hanskhali	SC	Sukumar Mandal		Communist Party of India
Ranaghat East	SC	Satish Biswas		Communist Party of India
Ranaghat West	None	Gourchandra Kundu		Communist Party of India
Chakdaha	None	Subhas Basu		Communist Party of India
Haringhata	None	Nanigopal Malakar		Communist Party of India
Bagdaha	SC	Kamalakshmi Biswas		All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon	None	Bhupendra Nath Seth		Indian National Congress
Gaighata	None	Kanti Biswar		Communist Party of India
Habra	None	Nirode Roy Choudhury		Communist Party of India
Ashokenagar	None	Nani Kar		Communist Party of India
Amdanga	None	Hashim Abdul Halim		Communist Party of India
Barasat	None	Saral Deb		All India Forward Bloc
Rajarhat	SC	Rabindra Nath Mandal		Communist Party of India
Deganga	None	Martaza Hossain		All India Forward Bloc
Swarupnagar	None	Anisur Rahaman Biswas		Communist Party of India
Baduria	None	Quazi Abdul Gaffar		Indian National Congress
Basirhat	None	Narayandas Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Hasnabad	None	Amiya Bhusan Banerjee		Communist Party of India
Haroa	SC	Kshiti Ranjan Mondal		Communist Party of India
Sandeshkhali	SC	Kumud Ranjan Biswas		Communist Party of India
Hingalganj	SC	Sudhangshu Sekhar Mondal		Communist Party of India
Gosaba	SC	Ganesh Mondal		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti	SC	Subhas Naskar		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali	SC	Prabodh Purkait		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Joynagar	None	Deva Prasad Sarkar		Socialist Unity Centre of India
Baruipur	None	Hemen Mojumdar		Communist Party of India
Canning West	SC	Chitta Ranjan Mridha		Communist Party of India
Canning East	None	Abdur Razzak Molla		Communist Party of India
Bhangar	None	Daud Khan		Communist Party of India
Jadavpur	None	Sankar Gupta		Communist Party of India
Sonarpur	SC	Gangadhar Naskar		Communist Party of India
Bishnupur East	SC	Sundar Naskar		Communist Party of India
Bishnupur West	None	Provash Chandra Roy		Communist Party of India
Behala East	None	Niranjan Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Behala West	None	Rabin Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Garden Reach	None	Shamsuzzoha		Indian National Congress
Maheshtala	None	Mir Abdus Sayeed		Communist Party of India
Budge Budge	None	Kshitibhusan Roybarman		Communist Party of India
Satgachia	None	Jyoti Basu		Communist Party of India
Falta	None	Nimai Das		Communist Party of India
Diamond Harbour	None	Abdul Quiyam Molla		Communist Party of India
Magrahat West	None	Abdus Sobahan Gazi		Communist Party of India
Magrahat East	SC	Radhika Ranjan Pramanik		Communist Party of India
Mandirbazar	SC	Subhash Chandra Ray		Communist Party of India
Mathurapur	None	Satya Ranjan Bapuli		Indian National Congress
Kulpi	SC	Krishandhan Halder		Communist Party of India
Patharpratima	None	Gunadhar Maity		Communist Party of India
Kakdwip	None	Hrishikesh Maity		Communist Party of India
Sagar	None	Prabhanjan Kumar Mandal		Communist Party of India
Bijpur	None	Jagadish Chandra Das		Communist Party of India
Naihati	None	Ajit Basu		Communist Party of India
Bhatpara	None	Sitaram Gupta		Communist Party of India
Jagatdal	None	Nihar Basu		All India Forward Bloc
Noapara	None	Jamini Saha		Communist Party of India
Titagarh	None	Ganga Prasad Sha		Indian National Congress
Khardah	None	Kamal Sarkar		Communist Party of India
Panihati	None	Gopal Krishna Bhattacharyya		Communist Party of India
Kamarhati	None	Radhika Ranjan Baneji		Communist Party of India
Baranagar	None	Matish Roy		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum	None	Santi Ranjan Ghatak		Communist Party of India
Belgachia East	None	Subhas Chakraborty		Communist Party of India
Cossipur	None	Prafullya Kanti Ghosh		Indian National Congress
Shyampukur	None	Kiran Chaudhuri		Indian National Congress
Jorabagan	None	Subrata Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
Jorasanko	None	Deokinnandan Poddar		Indian National Congress
Bara Bazar	None	Rajesh Khaitan		Indian National Congress
Bow Bazar	None	Abdul Rauf Ansari		Indian National Congress
Chowringhee	None	Sisir Kumar Bose		Indian National Congress
Kabitirtha	None	Kalimuddin Shams		All India Forward Bloc
Alipore	None	Anup Kumar Chandra		Indian National Congress
Rashbehari Avenue	None	Hoimi Basu		Indian National Congress
Tollygunge	None	Prasanta Kumar Sur		Communist Party of India
Dhakuria	None	Jatin Chakraborty		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ballygunge	None	Sachin Sen		Communist Party of India
Entally	None	Md. Nizamuddin		Communist Party of India
Taltola	SC	Sumanta Kumar Hira		Communist Party of India
Beliaghata	None	Krishna Pada Ghosh		Communist Party of India
Sealdah	None	Somendra Nath Mitra		Indian National Congress
Vidyasagar	None	Lakshmi Kant Dey		Communist Party of India
Burtola	None	Ajit Kumar Panja		Indian National Congress
Manicktola	None	Shyamal Chakrabarty		Communist Party of India
Belgachia West	None	Rathindra Nath Roy		Communist Party of India
Bally	None	Patit Paban Pathak		Communist Party of India
Howrah North	None	Ashoke Ghosh		Indian National Congress
Howrah Central	None	Ambica Banerjee		Indian National Congress
Howrah South	None	Pralay Talukdar		Communist Party of India
Shibpur	None	Kanailal Bhattacharya		All India Forward Bloc
Domjur	None	Joykesh Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Jagatballavpur	None	M.ansaruddin		Communist Party of India
Panchla	None	Anwar Ali Sk.		Indian National Congress
Sankrail	SC	Haran Hazra		Communist Party of India
Uluberia North	SC	Raj Kumar Mondal		Communist Party of India
Uluberia South	None	Rabindra Ghosh		All India Forward Bloc
Shyampur	None	Gourhari Adak		All India Forward Bloc
Bagnan	None	Nerupama Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
Kalyanpur	None	Nitai Charan Adak		Communist Party of India
Amta	None	Barindra Nath Koley		Communist Party of India
Udaynarayanpur	None	Pannalal Maji		Communist Party of India
Jangipara	None	Manindra Nath Jana		Communist Party of India
Chanditala	None	Malin Ghose		Communist Party of India
Uttarpara	None	Santasri Chattapadhyay		Communist Party of India
Serampore	None	Arun Kumar Goswami		Indian National Congress
Champdani	None	Sailendra Nath Chattopadhyay		Communist Party of India
Chandernagore	None	Bhabani Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Singur	None	Tarapada Sadhykhan		Indian National Congress
Haripal	None	Balai Bandyopadhya		Communist Party of India
Tarakeswar	None	Ram Chatterjee		Independent
Chinsurah	None	Ghosh Sambhu Charan		All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia	None	Prabir Sengupta		Communist Party of India
Balagarh	SC	Abinash Pramanik		Communist Party of India
Pandua	None	Chakraborty Deb Narayan		Communist Party of India
Polba	None	Brajo Gopal Neogy		Communist Party of India
Dhaniakhali	SC	Kripa Sindhu Saha		All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah	None	Santi Mohun Roy		Indian National Congress
Khanakul	SC	Sachindra Nath Hajra		Communist Party of India
Arambagh	None	Abdul Mannan		Indian National Congress
Goghat	SC	Shiba Parsad Malick		All India Forward Bloc
Chandrakona	None	Umpati Chakraborty		Communist Party of India
Ghatal	SC	Gopal Mandal		Communist Party of India
Daspur	None	Prabhas Poodikar		Communist Party of India
Nandanpur	None	Chhaya Bera		Communist Party of India
Panskura West	None	Omar Ali		Communist Party of India
Panskura East	None	Swadesranjan Maji		Independent
Tamluk	None	Biswanath Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Moyna	None	Pulak Bera		Communist Party of India
Mahishadal	None	Dinabandu Mondal		Communist Party of India
Sutahata	SC	Lakshman Chandra Seth		Communist Party of India
Nandigram	None	Bhupal Panda		Communist Party of India
Narghat	None	Bankim Behari Maity		Independent
Bhagabanpur	None	Prasanta Kumar Pradhran		Communist Party of India
Khajuri	SC	Sunirmal Paik		Independent
Contai North	None	Maity Mukul Bikash		Indian National Congress
Contai South	None	Adhikary Sisir		Indian National Congress
Ramnagar	None	Abanti Mishra		Indian National Congress
Egra	None	Sinha Prabodh Chandra		Independent
Mugberia	None	Kiranmoy Nanda		Independent
Pataspur	None	Kamakhya Nandan Das Mahapatra		Communist Party of India
Sabang	None	Manas Bhunia		Indian National Congress
Pingla	None	Haripada Jana		Independent
Debra	None	Syed Moazzam Hossain		Communist Party of India
Keshpur	SC	Kumar Himansu		Communist Party of India
Garhbeta East	None	Suvendu Mandal		Communist Party of India
Garhbeta West	SC	Anadi Malla		Communist Party of India
Salbani	None	Sundar Hazra		Communist Party of India
Midnapore	None	Kamakhya Ghosh		Communist Party of India
Kharagpur Town	None	Gyan Singh Sohanpal		Indian Congress
Kharagpur Rural	None	Sk.siraj Ali		Communist Party of India
Keshiari	ST	Maheswar Murmu		Communist Party of India
Narayangarh	None	Bibhuti Bhusan De		Communist Party of India
Dantan	None	Kanai Bhowmik		Communist Party of India
Nayagram	ST	Ananta Saren		Communist Party of India
Gopiballavpur	None	De Sunil		Communist Party of India
Jhargram	None	Abani Bhusan Satpati		Communist Party of India
Binpur	ST	Sambhu Nath Mandi		Communist Party of India
Banduan	ST	Sudhangshu Sarkar Majhi		Communist Party of India
Manbazar	None	Kamala Kanta Mahato		Communist Party of India
Balrampur	ST	Bikram Tudu		Communist Party of India
Arsa	None	Dhrubeswar Chttopadhaya		All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda	None	Subhas Chandra Mahato		Indian National Congress
Jaipur	None	Santi Ram Mahato		Indian National Congress
Purulia	None	Sukumar Roy		Indian Congress
Para	SC	Gobinda Bouri		Communist Party of India
Raghunathpur	SC	Natabar Bagdi		Communist Party of India
Kashipur	ST	Surendra Nath Majhi		Communist Party of India
Hura	None	Ambarish Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Taldangra	None	Mohini Mohan Panda		Communist Party of India
Raipur	ST	Upen Kisku		Communist Party of India
Ranibandh	ST	Rampada Mandi		Communist Party of India
Indpur	SC	Bauri Madan		Communist Party of India
Chhatna	None	Goswani Subhas		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati	SC	Bouri Nabani		Communist Party of India
Barjora	None	Bhattcharya Lal Behari		Communist Party of India
Bankura	None	Kashinath Mishra		Indian National Congress
Onda	None	Anil Mukhopadhyay		All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur	None	Achintya Krishna Ray		Communist Party of India
Kotulpur	None	Gunadhar Choudhury		Communist Party of India
Indas	SC	Badan Bora		Communist Party of India
Sonamukhi	SC	Sukhendu Khan		Communist Party of India
Kulti	None	Madhu Benerjee		All India Forward Bloc
Barabani	None	Ajt Chakrabarty		Communist Party of India
Hirapur	None	Bamapada Mukherjee		Communist Party of India
Asansol	None	Bejoy Pal		Communist Party of India
Raniganj	None	Haradhan Roy		Communist Party of India
Jamuria	None	Bikash Chowdhury		Communist Party of India
Ukhra	SC	Lakhan Bagdi		Communist Party of India
Durgapur-i	None	Dilip Mazumdar		Communist Party of India
Durgapur-ii	None	Tarun Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
Kanksa	SC	Lakshi Narayan Saha		Communist Party of India
Ausgram	SC	Sreedhar Malik		Communist Party of India
Bhatar	None	Sayed Md. Masih		Communist Party of India
Galsi	None	Sen Deb Ranjan		All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North	None	Goswami Ramnarayan		Communist Party of India
Burdwan South	None	Chowdhury Benoy Krishna		Communist Party of India
Khandaghosh	SC	Purna Chandra Malik		Communist Party of India
Raina	None	Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee		Communist Party of India
Jamalpur	SC	Sunil Santra		Independent
Memari	None	Moharani Konar		Communist Party of India
Kalna	None	Anju Kar		Communist Party of India
Nadanghat	None	S.a.m. Habibullah		Communist Party of India
Manteswar	None	Hemanta Roy		Communist Party of India
Purbasthali	None	Monoranjan Nath		Communist Party of India
Katwa	None	Haramohan Sinha		Communist Party of India
Mangalkot	None	Nikhilananda Sar		Communist Party of India
Ketugram	SC	Raicharan Majhi		Communist Party of India
Nanur	SC	Banamali Das		Communist Party of India
Bolpur	None	Jyotsna Kumar Gupta		Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur	None	Sunil Majumder		Communist Party of India
Dubrajpur	None	Bhakti Bhusan Mandal		All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar	SC	Siddheswar Mandal		All India Forward Bloc
Suri	None	Chattaraj Suniti		Indian National Congress
Mahammad Bazar	None	Dhiren Sen		Communist Party of India
Mayureswar	SC	Dhirendra Let		Communist Party of India
Rampurhat	None	Sasanka Sekhar Mondal		All India Forward Bloc
Hansan	SC	Trilochan Mal		Independent
Nalhati	None	Sattik Kumar Roy		All India Forward Bloc
Murarai	None	Motahar Hossain		Indian National Congress

Notes

1. Mukherjee was the sitting MP for Asansol

References

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