The 1991 Lok Sabha (Parliament) election in West Bengal was held to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) from 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state. Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) emerged as the leading party, winning 27 seats. Indian National Congress came second with 5 seats.
A total of 41,392,460 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 31,761,339 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 76.7%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 94,782 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 1,062 votes and the largest margin reaching 226,624 votes.
A total of 5 political parties won at least one seat in this election. India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. The party or coalition winning a majority of Lok Sabha seats forms the central government and appoints the Prime Minister.
Seat data is not available for this selection.
Seat breakdown: Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) (27), Indian National Congress (5), Revolutionary Socialist Party (4), All India Forward Bloc (3), Communist Party Of India (3).
Click on any constituency name to view the full candidate-wise breakdown with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and party affiliations.
| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winner | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 489-Cooch Behar | SC | West Bengal | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc | 981865 | 833066 | 84.90% | 132232 | 15.90% | 1991 |
| 2 | 490-Alipurduars | ST | West Bengal | Pius Tirkey | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 918815 | 711036 | 77.40% | 130112 | 18.30% | 1991 |
| 3 | 491-Jalpaiguri | GEN | West Bengal | Jitendra Nath Das | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 948985 | 743975 | 78.40% | 114356 | 15.40% | 1991 |
| 4 | 492-Darjeeling | GEN | West Bengal | Inder Jeet | Indian National Congress | 1096220 | 779568 | 71.10% | 51897 | 6.70% | 1991 |
| 5 | 493-Raiganj | GEN | West Bengal | Sybarta Mukerjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1016789 | 763113 | 75.10% | 29968 | 3.90% | 1991 |
| 6 | 494-Balurghat | SC | West Bengal | Palas Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 968371 | 794795 | 82.10% | 86081 | 10.80% | 1991 |
| 7 | 497-Jangipur | GEN | West Bengal | Abedin Zainal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 943696 | 728077 | 77.20% | 46639 | 6.40% | 1991 |
| 8 | 498-Baharampur | GEN | West Bengal | Nani Bhatacharyya | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1069213 | 812803 | 76.00% | 79209 | 9.70% | 1991 |
| 9 | 499-Murshidabad | GEN | West Bengal | Masudal Hossain Syed | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 995079 | 806098 | 81.00% | 112601 | 14.00% | 1991 |
| 10 | 500-Krishnanagar | GEN | West Bengal | Ajoy Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 928523 | 764555 | 82.30% | 59575 | 7.80% | 1991 |
| 11 | 503-Barrackpur | GEN | West Bengal | Tarit Barban Topdar | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 930330 | 695973 | 74.80% | 59852 | 8.60% | 1991 |
| 12 | 504-Dum Dum | GEN | West Bengal | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1324332 | 989892 | 74.80% | 104865 | 10.60% | 1991 |
| 13 | 505-Barasat | GEN | West Bengal | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc | 1075164 | 893572 | 83.10% | 44421 | 5.00% | 1991 |
| 14 | 506-Basirhat | GEN | West Bengal | Monoranjan Sur | Communist Party Of India | 919022 | 774768 | 84.30% | 71642 | 9.20% | 1991 |
| 15 | 507-Jaynagar | SC | West Bengal | Sanat Kumar Mandal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 956356 | 754350 | 78.90% | 132305 | 17.50% | 1991 |
| 16 | 508-Mathurapur | SC | West Bengal | Radhika Ranjan Pramanick | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 902852 | 737795 | 81.70% | 19746 | 2.70% | 1991 |
| 17 | 509-Diamond Harbour | GEN | West Bengal | Amal Dutta | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 961802 | 720436 | 74.90% | 45512 | 6.30% | 1991 |
| 18 | 510-Jadavpur | GEN | West Bengal | Malini Bhattacharya (W) | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1173319 | 867072 | 73.90% | 50301 | 5.80% | 1991 |
| 19 | 511-Kolkata Dakshin | GEN | West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee (W) | Indian National Congress | 1042903 | 714395 | 68.50% | 93663 | 13.10% | 1991 |
| 20 | 513-Howrah | GEN | West Bengal | Susanta Chakraborty S/o Sudhir | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1166213 | 801451 | 68.70% | 7380 | 0.90% | 1991 |
| 21 | 514-Uluberia | GEN | West Bengal | Hannan Mollah | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 989854 | 756137 | 76.40% | 77481 | 10.20% | 1991 |
| 22 | 515-Srerampur | GEN | West Bengal | Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1121057 | 810618 | 72.30% | 44497 | 5.50% | 1991 |
| 23 | 516-Hooghly | GEN | West Bengal | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1002466 | 796160 | 79.40% | 55659 | 7.00% | 1991 |
| 24 | 517-Arambagh | GEN | West Bengal | Anil Basu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 976896 | 810177 | 82.90% | 148272 | 18.30% | 1991 |
| 25 | 518-Tamluk | GEN | West Bengal | Satyagopal Misra | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 939938 | 773742 | 82.30% | 1062 | 0.10% | 1991 |
| 26 | 519-Kanthi | GEN | West Bengal | Sudhir Giri | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 870090 | 696283 | 80.00% | 23116 | 3.30% | 1991 |
| 27 | 521-Jhargram | ST | West Bengal | Rupchand Murmu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 883949 | 690183 | 78.10% | 152307 | 22.10% | 1991 |
| 28 | 523-Purulia | GEN | West Bengal | Chitta Ranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc | 914959 | 672089 | 73.50% | 125940 | 18.70% | 1991 |
| 29 | 524-Bankura | GEN | West Bengal | Basudev Acharia | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 942357 | 682903 | 72.50% | 182623 | 26.70% | 1991 |
| 30 | 525-Bishnupur | SC | West Bengal | Sukhendu Khan | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 935084 | 738614 | 79.00% | 190273 | 25.80% | 1991 |
| 31 | 528-Asansol | GEN | West Bengal | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1126207 | 722290 | 64.10% | 94858 | 13.10% | 1991 |
| 32 | 529-Bolpur | GEN | West Bengal | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 925057 | 713844 | 77.20% | 226624 | 31.70% | 1991 |
| 33 | 530-Birbhum | SC | West Bengal | Dome Ramchandra | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 920781 | 692508 | 75.20% | 163031 | 23.50% | 1991 |
| 34 | 624-Burdwan | GEN | West Bengal | Sudhir Ray | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1061300 | 855125 | 80.60% | 221892 | 25.90% | 1991 |
| 35 | 625-Calcutta North East | GEN | West Bengal | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | 858170 | 573443 | 66.80% | 71456 | 12.50% | 1991 |
| 36 | 626-Calcutta North West | GEN | West Bengal | Debi Prosad Pal | Indian National Congress | 704483 | 409564 | 58.10% | 31819 | 7.80% | 1991 |
| 37 | 627-Durgapur | SC | West Bengal | Purna Chandra Malik | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1041160 | 767870 | 73.80% | 184616 | 24.00% | 1991 |
| 38 | 628-Katwa | GEN | West Bengal | Saifuddin Chowdhry | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1010077 | 819632 | 81.20% | 154724 | 18.90% | 1991 |
| 39 | 629-Malda | GEN | West Bengal | Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhary | Indian National Congress | 922467 | 722873 | 78.40% | 1820 | 0.30% | 1991 |
| 40 | 630-Nabadwip | SC | West Bengal | Asim Bala | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1094215 | 912199 | 83.40% | 66577 | 7.30% | 1991 |
| 41 | 631-Panskura | GEN | West Bengal | Gita Mukherjee (W) | Communist Party Of India | 871446 | 723796 | 83.10% | 126300 | 17.40% | 1991 |
| 42 | 708-Midnapur | GEN | West Bengal | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party Of India | 960598 | 734499 | 76.50% | 163523 | 22.30% | 1991 |
Data-driven analysis of the 1991 West Bengal Lok Sabha election results, covering competitiveness, candidate performance, and voter behaviour.
The victory margin is the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the runner-up. A constituency with a margin under 5,000 votes is considered closely fought. The average margin in West Bengal 1991 was 94,782 votes.
The 10 parliamentary constituencies decided by the narrowest margins.
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
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Candidates receiving less than one-sixth (16.67%) of valid votes forfeit their security deposit. A high forfeiture rate indicates a party fielded candidates in constituencies with little voter support.
NOTA (None of the Above) allows voters to reject all candidates. When NOTA votes exceed the victory margin, it signals significant voter dissatisfaction.
| Constituency | NOTA Votes | Win Margin | NOTA > Margin? |
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Parliament. Members of Parliament (MPs) are directly elected by voters in their respective parliamentary constituencies through universal adult suffrage.
West Bengal is divided into 42 parliamentary constituencies. The constituencies are categorized as: GEN (32 seats), SC (8 seats), ST (2 seats). SC and ST reserved constituencies ensure representation for historically marginalized communities.
India follows the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins the seat. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).