Lok Sabha General Election 1971
West Bengal
40 parliamentary constituencies — party tallies, map, and winners.
Party Wise Results
West Bengal — seats, contested & votes| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPM · Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 20 | 38 | 34.29% | 4,485,105 |
| INC · Indian National Congress | 13 | 31 | 28.20% | 3,687,665 |
| CPI · Communist Party of India | 3 | 15 | 10.54% | 1,378,813 |
| IND · Independent | 1 | 20 | 5.79% | 756,659 |
| BAC · Bangla Congress | 1 | 14 | 3.97% | 518,781 |
| RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 5 | 2.04% | 266,186 |
| PSP · Praja Socialist Party | 1 | 3 | 1.29% | 169,119 |
| NCO · Indian National Congress (Org) | 0 | 34 | 7.02% | 917,947 |
| FBL · Forward Bloc | 0 | 10 | 2.70% | 353,179 |
| SUC · Socialist Unity Centre Of India | 0 | 3 | 0.87% | 113,140 |
| SSP · Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 0 | 4 | 0.86% | 112,189 |
| BJS · Bharatiya Jana Sang | 0 | 4 | 0.85% | 111,675 |
| IGL · All India Gorkha League | 0 | 1 | 0.55% | 72,131 |
| JKP · Jharkhand Party | 0 | 2 | 0.49% | 63,477 |
| LSS · Lok Sewak Sangh | 0 | 2 | 0.48% | 62,527 |
| HMS · Hindu Mahasabha | 0 | 1 | 0.07% | 9,755 |
| Total | 40 | — | 100% | 13,078,348 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cooch Behar
#1
|
Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury
Male
INC
|
43.38% | 70,604 |
|
Jalpaiguri
#2
|
Tuna Oraon
Male
INC
|
39.17% | 52,967 |
|
Darjeeling
#3
|
Ratanlall Brahman
Male
CPM
|
33.19% | 12,277 |
|
Raiganj
#4
|
Sidhartha Sankar Ray
Male
INC
|
49.55% | 64,007 |
|
Balurghat
#5
|
Rasendra Nath Barman
Male
INC
|
47.58% | 85,278 |
|
Malda
#6
|
Dinesh Chandrajoarder
Male
CPM
|
41.94% | 33,766 |
|
Jangipur
#7
|
Lutfal Haque
Male
INC
|
34.66% | 49,356 |
|
Murshidabad
#8
|
Chowdhury Abu Taleb
Male
IND
|
34.38% | 20,382 |
|
Berhampore
#9
|
Tridib Choudhuri
Male
RSP
|
25.42% | 10,757 |
|
Krishnanagar
#10
|
Renupada Das
Male
CPM
|
36.96% | 33,631 |
|
Nabadwip
#11
|
Bibha Ghosh
Male
CPM
|
46.88% | 10,600 |
|
Barasat
#12
|
Ranendra Nath Sen
Male
CPI
|
33.29% | 9,239 |
|
Basirhat
#13
|
A. K. M. Ishaque
Male
INC
|
41.26% | 54,910 |
|
Joynagar
#14
|
Sakti Kumar Sarkar
Male
INC
|
41.61% | 74,236 |
|
Mathurapur
#15
|
Madhurjya Haldar
Male
CPM
|
27.02% | 1,585 |
|
Diamond Harbour
#16
|
Jyotirmoy Basu
Male
CPM
|
53.35% | 73,336 |
|
Alipore
#17
|
Indrajit Gupta
Male
CPI
|
49.00% | 26,958 |
|
Barrackpore
#18
|
Md. Ismail
Male
CPM
|
56.29% | 83,775 |
|
Calcutta North West
#19
|
Asoke Kumar Sen
Male
INC
|
57.27% | 73,279 |
|
Calcutta North East
#20
|
Hiren Mukherjee
Male
CPI
|
40.34% | 2,291 |
|
Calcutta South
#21
|
Priya Ranjandas Munsi
Male
INC
|
50.65% | 22,039 |
|
Howrah
#22
|
Samar Mukherjee
Male
CPM
|
47.70% | 25,042 |
|
Uluberia
#23
|
Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya
Male
CPM
|
45.93% | 52,720 |
|
Serampore
#24
|
Dinendra Nath Bhattacharyya
Male
CPM
|
48.94% | 62,458 |
|
Hooghly
#25
|
Bijoy Krishna Modak
Male
CPM
|
47.47% | 31,471 |
|
Arambagh
#26
|
Manoranjan Hazra
Male
CPM
|
40.84% | 22,220 |
|
Ghatal
#27
|
Jagadish Bhattacharyya
Male
CPM
|
35.71% | 1,322 |
|
Tamluk
#28
|
Satis Chandra Samanta
Male
BAC
|
36.15% | 7,271 |
|
Contai
#29
|
Samar Guha
Male
PSP
|
41.70% | 70,359 |
|
Midnapore
#30
|
Subodh Chandra Hansda
Male
INC
|
40.28% | 22,009 |
|
Jhargram
#31
|
Amiya Kumar Kisku
Male
INC
|
30.23% | 14,693 |
|
Purulia
#32
|
Debendra Nath Mahata
Male
INC
|
51.80% | 76,043 |
|
Bankura
#33
|
Sankar Narayan Singh Deo
Male
INC
|
33.01% | 25,498 |
|
Vishnupur
#34
|
Ajit Kumar Saha
Male
CPM
|
33.29% | 2,460 |
|
Ausgram
#35
|
Halder Krishna Chandra
Male
CPM
|
46.40% | 90,912 |
|
Asansol
#36
|
Robin Sen
Male
CPM
|
49.38% | 33,660 |
|
Burdwan
#37
|
Chatterjee Somnath
Male
CPM
|
56.72% | 64,080 |
|
Katwa
#38
|
Saroj Mukherjee
Male
CPM
|
56.91% | 68,487 |
|
Bolpur
#39
|
Saradish Roy
Male
CPM
|
45.39% | 36,625 |
|
Birbhum
#40
|
Gadadhar Saha
Male
CPM
|
39.59% | 8,385 |