Lok Sabha · Lok Sabha General Election 1996
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
All candidates fielded in Lok Sabha General Election 1996 — with winner / runner-up, votes and margin.
75
Contested
32
Won
43
Lost
20,496,810
Total votes
Candidates
| # | Party candidate | Opponent | Constituency | State | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
Winner
580,455 votes
· 47.39%
|
Ashutosh Laha
Runner-up
INC
· 522,164 votes
|
Dum Dum · 20 | West Bengal | 58,291 |
| 2 |
Balai Ray
Winner
578,279 votes
· 59.92%
|
Ritesh Kumar Dutta
Runner-up
INC
· 315,565 votes
|
Burdwan · 39 | West Bengal | 262,714 |
| 3 |
Anil Basu
Winner
544,289 votes
· 59.57%
|
Monoranjan Hazra
Runner-up
INC
· 317,956 votes
|
Arambagh · 28 | West Bengal | 226,333 |
| 4 |
Asim Bala
Winner
522,151 votes
· 46.98%
|
Protap Kanti Roy
Runner-up
INC
· 483,083 votes
|
Nabadwip · 12 | West Bengal | 39,068 |
| 5 |
Sunil Khan
Winner
496,250 votes
· 55.68%
|
Chittaranjan Pramanik
Runner-up
INC
· 314,537 votes
|
Durgapur · 37 | West Bengal | 181,713 |
| 6 |
Malini Bhattacharya
Runner-up
486,216 votes
· 46.17%
|
Krishna Bose
Winner
INC
· 499,254 votes
|
Jadavpur · 18 | West Bengal | 13,038 |
| 7 |
Rupchand Murmu
Winner
485,498 votes
· 60.28%
|
Subodh Hansda
Runner-up
INC
· 138,234 votes
|
Jhargram · 33 | West Bengal | 347,264 |
| 8 |
Sandhya Bauri
Winner
480,777 votes
· 58.14%
|
Ashis Rajak
Runner-up
INC
· 214,931 votes
|
Vishnupur · 36 | West Bengal | 265,846 |
| 9 |
Mahaboob Zahedi
Winner
475,264 votes
· 50.46%
|
Nurul Islam
Runner-up
INC
· 369,062 votes
|
Katwa · 40 | West Bengal | 106,202 |
| 10 |
Somnath Chatterjee
Winner
471,549 votes
· 60.55%
|
Sunil Das
Runner-up
INC
· 217,903 votes
|
Bolpur · 41 | West Bengal | 253,646 |
| 11 |
Rupchand Pal
Winner
452,353 votes
· 49.30%
|
Gouri Sankar Banerjee
Runner-up
INC
· 413,856 votes
|
Hooghly · 27 | West Bengal | 38,497 |
| 12 |
Masudal Hossain Syed
Winner
452,273 votes
· 46.50%
|
Anarul Hossain Khan
Runner-up
INC
· 415,088 votes
|
Murshidabad · 9 | West Bengal | 37,185 |
| 13 |
Sudarsan Roy Chaudhuri
Runner-up
443,742 votes
· 45.87%
|
Pradip Bhattacharya
Winner
INC
· 449,205 votes
|
Serampore · 26 | West Bengal | 5,463 |
| 14 |
Seth Lakshman Chandra
Runner-up
442,563 votes
· 47.82%
|
Jayanta Bhattacharya
Winner
INC
· 450,473 votes
|
Tamluk · 30 | West Bengal | 7,910 |
| 15 |
Jitendra Nath Das
Winner
434,577 votes
· 48.70%
|
Deb Prasad Roy
Runner-up
INC
· 322,115 votes
|
Jalpaiguri · 3 | West Bengal | 112,462 |
| 16 |
Susanta Chakraborty
Runner-up
425,128 votes
· 44.35%
|
Priya Ranjan Das Munsi
Winner
INC
· 459,059 votes
|
Howrah · 24 | West Bengal | 33,931 |
| 17 |
Acharia Basudeb
Winner
420,402 votes
· 56.24%
|
Gouri Sankar Dey
Runner-up
INC
· 191,415 votes
|
Bankura · 35 | West Bengal | 228,987 |
| 18 |
O. Bharathan
Winner
415,895 votes
· 51.17%
|
Unnikrishnan K.P.
Runner-up
INC
· 335,950 votes
|
Badagara · 3 | Kerala | 79,945 |
| 19 |
Hannan Mollah
Winner
415,592 votes
· 49.07%
|
Minati Adhikari
Runner-up
INC
· 387,750 votes
|
Uluberia · 25 | West Bengal | 27,842 |
| 20 |
Samik Lahiri
Winner
411,844 votes
· 47.37%
|
Amjad Ali Sardar
Runner-up
INC
· 389,318 votes
|
Diamond Harbour · 17 | West Bengal | 22,526 |
| 21 |
Radhika Ranjan Pramanik
Winner
410,110 votes
· 48.10%
|
Sujit Patwari
Runner-up
INC
· 394,042 votes
|
Mathurapur · 16 | West Bengal | 16,068 |
| 22 |
Ajoay Mukhopadhyay
Winner
408,389 votes
· 45.94%
|
Sri Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya
Runner-up
INC
· 369,479 votes
|
Krishnagar · 11 | West Bengal | 38,910 |
| 23 |
Ramchandra Dome
Winner
402,893 votes
· 50.35%
|
Mamata Saha
Runner-up
INC
· 291,873 votes
|
Birbhum · 42 | West Bengal | 111,020 |
| 24 |
Tarit Baran Topdar
Winner
399,466 votes
· 49.54%
|
Ghosal Debi
Runner-up
INC
· 348,572 votes
|
Barrackpore · 19 | West Bengal | 50,894 |
| 25 |
Sudhir Giri
Winner
397,028 votes
· 48.71%
|
Nitish Sengupta
Runner-up
INC
· 372,986 votes
|
Contai · 31 | West Bengal | 24,042 |
| 26 |
Subrata Mukherjee
Winner
383,051 votes
· 43.79%
|
Golam Yazdani
Runner-up
INC
· 372,095 votes
|
Raiganj · 5 | West Bengal | 10,956 |
| 27 |
Abedin Zainal
Runner-up
379,820 votes
· 44.04%
|
Md. Idris Ali
Winner
INC
· 392,942 votes
|
Jangipur · 8 | West Bengal | 13,122 |
| 28 |
Haradhan Roy
Winner
376,806 votes
· 46.37%
|
Sukumar Bandyopadhyay
Runner-up
INC
· 329,856 votes
|
Asansol · 38 | West Bengal | 46,950 |
| 29 |
Veerabhadram Tammineni
Winner
374,675 votes
· 42.82%
|
P.V. Rangaiah Naidu
Runner-up
INC
· 311,384 votes
|
Khammam · 40 | Andhra Pradesh | 63,291 |
| 30 |
T. Govindan
Winner
371,997 votes
· 46.63%
|
I. Rama Rai
Runner-up
INC
· 297,267 votes
|
Kasaragod · 1 | Kerala | 74,730 |
| 31 |
R B Rai
Winner
357,291 votes
· 45.91%
|
K B Chettri
Runner-up
INC
· 280,167 votes
|
Darjeeling · 4 | West Bengal | 77,124 |
| 32 |
Badal Choudhury
Winner
346,457 votes
· 50.70%
|
Ashok Kumar Bhattacharyya
Runner-up
INC
· 265,646 votes
|
Tripura West · 1 | Tripura | 80,811 |
| 33 |
T J Anjalose
Runner-up
343,590 votes
· 46.22%
|
V M Sudheeran
Winner
INC
· 369,539 votes
|
Alleppey · 15 | Kerala | 25,949 |
| 34 |
N N Krishnadas
Winner
343,264 votes
· 47.77%
|
V S Vijayaraghavan
Runner-up
INC
· 319,841 votes
|
Palghat · 7 | Kerala | 23,423 |
| 35 |
Bharati Mukherjee
Runner-up
334,991 votes
· 40.14%
|
Mamata Banerjee
Winner
INC
· 438,252 votes
|
Calcutta South · 23 | West Bengal | 103,261 |
| 36 |
A.Sampath
Winner
330,079 votes
· 48.53%
|
Thalekkunnil Basheer
Runner-up
INC
· 281,996 votes
|
Chirayinkil · 19 | Kerala | 48,083 |
| 37 |
Baju Ban Riyan
Winner
327,929 votes
· 54.35%
|
Kashiram Reang
Runner-up
INC
· 173,560 votes
|
Tripura East · 2 | Tripura | 154,369 |
| 38 |
Sailen Sarkar
Runner-up
327,605 votes
· 38.29%
|
Abul Barkat Ataul G K Choudhury
Winner
INC
· 417,427 votes
|
Malda · 7 | West Bengal | 89,822 |
| 39 |
V.Viswanatha Menon
Runner-up
325,044 votes
· 44.43%
|
P. C.Chacko
Winner
INC
· 349,801 votes
|
Mukundapuram · 10 | Kerala | 24,757 |
| 40 |
S. Ajayakumar
Winner
324,022 votes
· 47.45%
|
Vijayalakshmi K K
Runner-up
INC
· 300,958 votes
|
Ottapalam · 8 | Kerala | 23,064 |
| 41 |
C.H.Ashiq
Runner-up
321,030 votes
· 41.37%
|
E.Ahammed
Winner
MUL
· 376,001 votes
|
Manjeri · 5 | Kerala | 54,971 |
| 42 |
Mallu Swarajyam
Runner-up
312,048 votes
· 37.88%
|
Narsimha Reddy Baddam
Winner
INC
· 355,924 votes
|
Miryalguda · 42 | Andhra Pradesh | 43,876 |
| 43 |
Dipen Ghosh
Runner-up
270,870 votes
· 41.93%
|
Ajit Kumar Panja
Winner
INC
· 335,855 votes
|
Calcutta North East · 22 | West Bengal | 64,985 |
| 44 |
M.R.Gopalakrishnan
Runner-up
269,448 votes
· 43.61%
|
P.J.Kurien
Winner
INC
· 290,524 votes
|
Mavelikara · 16 | Kerala | 21,076 |
| 45 |
Uddhab Barman
Winner
250,451 votes
· 36.75%
|
Abdus Samad Ahmed
Runner-up
UMFA
· 182,948 votes
|
Barpeta · 6 | Assam | 67,503 |
| 46 |
Sivaji Patnaik
Runner-up
219,870 votes
· 34.97%
|
Soumya Ranjan Pattnaik
Winner
INC
· 298,289 votes
|
Bhubaneswar · 9 | Orissa | 78,419 |
| 47 |
Premchand Ram
Runner-up
213,280 votes
· 28.68%
|
Kameshwar Paswan
Winner
BJP
· 310,194 votes
|
Nawada · 42 | Bihar | 96,914 |
| 48 |
Tummallagunta Prapancha Bhanu Raju
Runner-up
201,313 votes
· 29.59%
|
Panabaka Lakshmi
Winner
INC
· 269,498 votes
|
Nellore · 19 | Andhra Pradesh | 68,185 |
| 49 |
Chand Singh Chopra
Lost
156,770 votes
· 21.11%
|
Surjeet Singh Barnala
Winner
SAD
· 238,131 votes
|
Sangrur · 10 | Punjab | 75,652 |
| 50 |
Raj Kishore
Runner-up
150,299 votes
· 26.72%
|
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
Winner
BJP
· 250,991 votes
|
Varanasi · 52 | Uttar Pradesh | 100,692 |
| 51 |
Subhashini Ali
Runner-up
146,460 votes
· 25.69%
|
Jagatveer Singh Dron
Winner
BJP
· 297,550 votes
|
Kanpur · 65 | Uttar Pradesh | 151,090 |
| 52 |
Ozare Rajaram Natnu
Lost
136,369 votes
· 25.31%
|
Chintaman Wanaga
Winner
BJP
· 226,388 votes
|
Dahanu · 11 | Maharashtra | 72,518 |
| 53 |
Noorul Huda
Lost
120,703 votes
· 21.67%
|
Sontosh Mohan Deb
Winner
INC
· 237,804 votes
|
Silchar · 2 | Assam | 68,141 |
| 54 |
Thambusamy V
Lost
108,069 votes
· 15.56%
|
Selvarasu M
Winner
CPI
· 394,330 votes
|
Nagapattinam · 30 | Tamil Nadu | 221,346 |
| 55 |
K. L. Malabade
Lost
88,329 votes
· 12.81%
|
Awade Kallappa Baburao
Winner
INC
· 237,510 votes
|
Ichalkaranji · 47 | Maharashtra | 28,510 |
| 56 |
Ghangare Ramchandra Marotrao
Lost
86,372 votes
· 15.98%
|
Mude Vijay Annaji
Winner
BJP
· 190,803 votes
|
Wardha · 27 | Maharashtra | 21,975 |
| 57 |
Natarajan P.R.
Lost
85,355 votes
· 10.45%
|
Ramanathan M.
Winner
DMK
· 463,807 votes
|
Coimbatore · 20 | Tamil Nadu | 262,787 |
| 58 |
Jeyaraj P.
Lost
82,615 votes
· 12.79%
|
Arunachalam, M.
Winner
TMC(M)
· 290,663 votes
|
Tenkasi · 37 | Tamil Nadu | 95,926 |
| 59 |
Maruthi Manpade
Lost
71,023 votes
· 14.68%
|
Ramachandra Veerappa
Winner
BJP
· 234,707 votes
|
Bidar · 1 | Karnataka | 159,413 |
| 60 |
Mohan P
Lost
70,567 votes
· 9.81%
|
Ram Babu A.G.S
Winner
TMC(M)
· 334,055 votes
|
Madurai · 24 | Tamil Nadu | 189,806 |
| 61 |
Varada Rajan W.R
Lost
66,479 votes
· 7.86%
|
Somu N.V.N
Winner
DMK
· 559,048 votes
|
Madras North · 1 | Tamil Nadu | 389,617 |
| 62 |
Ajit Sarkar
Lost
65,678 votes
· 9.78%
|
Rajesh Ranjan
Winner
SP
· 443,111 votes
|
Purnea · 24 | Bihar | 316,155 |
| 63 |
Amara Ram
Lost
56,452 votes
· 9.33%
|
Hari Singh
Winner
INC
· 264,523 votes
|
Sikar · 5 | Rajasthan | 38,009 |
| 64 |
Rangarajan T.K
Lost
52,185 votes
· 7.53%
|
Adaikkalraj.L
Winner
TMC(M)
· 434,149 votes
|
Tiruchirappalli · 27 | Tamil Nadu | 264,708 |
| 65 |
Master Bhagat Ram
Lost
50,843 votes
· 8.25%
|
Harbhajan Lakha
Winner
BSP
· 295,868 votes
|
Phillaur · 5 | Punjab | 49,867 |
| 66 |
Har Kanwal Singh
Lost
29,381 votes
· 5.05%
|
Kanshi Ram
Winner
BSP
· 230,011 votes
|
Hoshiarpur · 6 | Punjab | 10,944 |
| 67 |
Mahalingam.P.S
Lost
28,646 votes
· 4.15%
|
Ganesan V
Winner
DMK
· 336,164 votes
|
Chidambaram · 12 | Tamil Nadu | 176,266 |
| 68 |
Naresh Kumar
Lost
19,276 votes
· 4.14%
|
K D Sultanpuri
Winner
INC
· 261,965 votes
|
Simla · 1 | Himachal Pradesh | 91,133 |
| 69 |
Tapan Kumar Bepari
Lost
18,363 votes
· 14.32%
|
Manoranjan Bhakta
Winner
INC
· 74,642 votes
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands · 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 43,545 |
| 70 |
Yamuna Prasad Shastri
Lost
12,175 votes
· 2.07%
|
Buddha Hasen Patel
Winner
BSP
· 158,379 votes
|
Rewa · 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 12,382 |
| 71 |
Nathu Prasad
Lost
10,983 votes
· 3.81%
|
Meira Kumar
Winner
INC
· 151,336 votes
|
Karol Bagh · 7 | NCT of Delhi | 41,890 |
| 72 |
Mahboob Alam
Lost
9,934 votes
· 1.56%
|
Tariq Anwar
Winner
INC
· 267,927 votes
|
Katihar · 25 | Bihar | 88,286 |
| 73 |
Akhilendra Pratap Singh
Lost
7,222 votes
· 1.23%
|
Anand Ratna Maurya
Winner
BJP
· 189,179 votes
|
Chandauli · 51 | Uttar Pradesh | 31,151 |
| 74 |
Chaman Lal
Lost
6,030 votes
· 2.33%
|
Satya Pal Jain
Winner
BJP
· 101,137 votes
|
Chandigarh · 1 | Chandigarh | 23,969 |
| 75 |
Makwana Batukbhai Ghusabhai
Lost
2,318 votes
· 0.70%
|
Chikhaliya Bhavnaben Devarajbhai
Winner
BJP
· 202,748 votes
|
Junagadh · 6 | Gujarat | 108,672 |