Lok Sabha General Election 1951
West Bengal
26 parliamentary constituencies — party tallies, map, and winners.
Party Wise Results
West Bengal — seats, contested & votes| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC · Indian National Congress | 24 | 26 | 42.10% | 3,205,162 |
| CPI · Communist Party of India | 5 | 9 | 9.46% | 720,304 |
| BJS · Bharatiya Jana Sang | 2 | 5 | 5.94% | 452,279 |
| RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 4 | 2.40% | 183,005 |
| HMS · Hindu Mahasabha | 1 | 6 | 4.27% | 324,870 |
| IND · Independent | 0 | 22 | 18.46% | 1,405,747 |
| KMPP · Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 0 | 9 | 8.92% | 679,149 |
| FBL(MG) · Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 0 | 5 | 4.52% | 344,233 |
| SP · Samajwadi Party | 0 | 6 | 2.00% | 152,299 |
| FBL(RG) · Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) | 0 | 2 | 1.07% | 81,738 |
| RCPI · Revolutionary Communist Party Of India | 0 | 1 | 0.34% | 26,245 |
| BPI · Bolshevik Party Of India | 0 | 1 | 0.34% | 25,792 |
| RRP · Ram Rajya Parishad | 0 | 2 | 0.17% | 13,110 |
| Total | 34 | — | 100% | 7,613,933 |
Party Wise Results
Seats won (Doughnut)West Bengal Constituency Map
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Party Wise Vote Share
Votes polled in West Bengal (Pie)Constituencies
Winner · vote share · margin| Constituency | Winner | Vote share | Margin over runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
|
North Bengal
#1
|
Upendra Nath Barman
INC
|
20.60% | 90,645 |
|
West Dinajpur
#2
|
Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay
INC
|
59.45% | 28,232 |
|
Malda
#3
|
Surendra Mohan Ghose
INC
|
56.09% | 41,933 |
|
Birbhum
#4
|
Anil Kumar Chanda
INC
|
23.19% | 26,423 |
|
Murshidabad
#5
|
Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh
INC
|
66.90% | 72,231 |
|
Berhampore
#6
|
Tridib Chaudhuri
Male
RSP
|
46.17% | 28,393 |
|
Bankura
#7
|
Jagannath Koley
INC
|
19.26% | 18,773 |
|
Midnapore Jhargram
#8
|
Bandopadhyaya Durga Charan
BJS
|
26.61% | 60,323 |
|
Ghatal
#9
|
Chowdhury Nikunja Behari
CPI
|
40.71% | 4,519 |
|
Tamluk
#10
|
Samanta, Satish Chandra
INC
|
39.59% | 17,769 |
|
Contai
#11
|
Dass, Basanta Kumar
INC
|
37.92% | 127 |
|
Uluberia
#12
|
Satyaban Roy
INC
|
41.48% | 7,398 |
|
Howrah
#13
|
Santosh Kumar Dutta
INC
|
34.22% | 1,766 |
|
Serampore
#14
|
Tusar Kanti Chattopadhyaya
CPI
|
40.71% | 8,936 |
|
Hooghly
#15
|
N. C. Chatterjee
HMS
|
36.19% | 4,900 |
|
Burdwan
#16
|
Atulla Ghose
INC
|
23.42% | 29,745 |
|
Kalna Katwa
#17
|
Jonab Abdus Sattar
INC
|
39.15% | 21,891 |
|
Nabadwip
#18
|
Lakshmi Kanta Maitra
INC
|
57.52% | 39,521 |
|
Santipur
#19
|
Arun Chandra Guha
INC
|
49.98% | 54,194 |
|
Basirhat
#20
|
Chakravartty Renu
CPI
|
27.50% | 43,466 |
|
Barrackpore
#21
|
Das Ramananda
INC
|
51.24% | 51,504 |
|
Diamond Harbour
#22
|
Basu Kamal
CPI
|
17.79% | 22,305 |
|
Calcutta South West
#23
|
Ashim Krishna Dutt
INC
|
51.11% | 34,198 |
|
Calcutta South East
#24
|
Syama Prosad Mookerjee
BJS
|
44.97% | 20,982 |
|
Calcutta North East
#25
|
Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
Male
CPI
|
50.28% | 35,790 |
|
Calcutta North West
#26
|
Meghnath Shah
RSP
|
53.05% | 22,956 |