Explore the complete constituency-wise results of the 1996 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. This page lists every parliamentary constituency in the state with the winning candidate, their party affiliation, total votes polled, voter turnout percentage, and victory margin.
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. Click on any constituency name below to view the full candidate-wise breakdown, vote shares, and detailed analysis.
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| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winning Candidate | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 489-Cooch Behar | SC | West Bengal | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc | 1064791 | 953613 | 89.60% | 89034 | 9.30% | 1996 |
| 2 | 490-Alipurduars | ST | West Bengal | Joachim Baxla | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1000857 | 854456 | 85.40% | 137810 | 16.10% | 1996 |
| 3 | 491-Jalpaiguri | GEN | West Bengal | Jitendra Nath Das | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1065484 | 919243 | 86.30% | 112462 | 12.20% | 1996 |
| 4 | 492-Darjeeling | GEN | West Bengal | R B Rai | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1212950 | 843297 | 69.50% | 77124 | 9.10% | 1996 |
| 5 | 493-Raiganj | GEN | West Bengal | Subrata Mukherjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1111134 | 901716 | 81.20% | 10956 | 1.20% | 1996 |
| 6 | 494-Balurghat | SC | West Bengal | Barman Ranen | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1067771 | 926427 | 86.80% | 143707 | 15.50% | 1996 |
| 7 | 497-Jangipur | GEN | West Bengal | Md. Idris Ali | Indian National Congress | 1047225 | 887589 | 84.80% | 13122 | 1.50% | 1996 |
| 8 | 498-Baharampur | GEN | West Bengal | Pramothes Mukherjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1166530 | 945166 | 81.00% | 44357 | 4.70% | 1996 |
| 9 | 499-Murshidabad | GEN | West Bengal | Masudal Hossain Syed | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1137493 | 996549 | 87.60% | 37185 | 3.70% | 1996 |
| 10 | 500-Krishnanagar | GEN | West Bengal | Ajoay Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1069985 | 911616 | 85.20% | 38910 | 4.30% | 1996 |
| 11 | 503-Barrackpur | GEN | West Bengal | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1012225 | 825298 | 81.50% | 50894 | 6.20% | 1996 |
| 12 | 504-Dum Dum | GEN | West Bengal | Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1544506 | 1252429 | 81.10% | 58291 | 4.70% | 1996 |
| 13 | 505-Barasat | GEN | West Bengal | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc | 1241826 | 1072009 | 86.30% | 35347 | 3.30% | 1996 |
| 14 | 506-Basirhat | GEN | West Bengal | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party Of India | 1023023 | 912574 | 89.20% | 86016 | 9.40% | 1996 |
| 15 | 507-Jaynagar | SC | West Bengal | Sanat Kumar Mandal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1063564 | 894592 | 84.10% | 143927 | 16.10% | 1996 |
| 16 | 508-Mathurapur | SC | West Bengal | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1015000 | 875404 | 86.30% | 16068 | 1.80% | 1996 |
| 17 | 509-Diamond Harbour | GEN | West Bengal | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1105494 | 889735 | 80.50% | 22526 | 2.50% | 1996 |
| 18 | 510-Jadavpur | GEN | West Bengal | Krishna Bose | Indian National Congress | 1313111 | 1075315 | 81.90% | 13038 | 1.20% | 1996 |
| 19 | 511-Kolkata Dakshin | GEN | West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | Indian National Congress | 1167381 | 852458 | 73.00% | 103261 | 12.10% | 1996 |
| 20 | 513-Howrah | GEN | West Bengal | Priya Ranjan Das Munsi | Indian National Congress | 1311094 | 985507 | 75.20% | 33931 | 3.40% | 1996 |
| 21 | 514-Uluberia | GEN | West Bengal | Hannan Mollah | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1043340 | 863906 | 82.80% | 27842 | 3.20% | 1996 |
| 22 | 515-Srerampur | GEN | West Bengal | Pradip Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | 1249680 | 990773 | 79.30% | 5463 | 0.60% | 1996 |
| 23 | 516-Hooghly | GEN | West Bengal | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1095875 | 934941 | 85.30% | 38497 | 4.10% | 1996 |
| 24 | 517-Arambagh | GEN | West Bengal | Anil Basu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1067420 | 931653 | 87.30% | 226333 | 24.30% | 1996 |
| 25 | 518-Tamluk | GEN | West Bengal | Jayanta Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | 1045585 | 938889 | 89.80% | 7910 | 0.80% | 1996 |
| 26 | 519-Kanthi | GEN | West Bengal | Sudhir Giri | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 931232 | 829074 | 89.00% | 24042 | 2.90% | 1996 |
| 27 | 521-Jhargram | ST | West Bengal | Rupchand Murmu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 943958 | 827962 | 87.70% | 347264 | 41.90% | 1996 |
| 28 | 522-Medinipur | GEN | West Bengal | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party Of India | 1051814 | 889188 | 84.50% | 210649 | 23.70% | 1996 |
| 29 | 523-Purulia | GEN | West Bengal | Bir Sing Mahato | All India Forward Bloc | 967200 | 765833 | 79.20% | 109870 | 14.30% | 1996 |
| 30 | 524-Bankura | GEN | West Bengal | Acharia Basudeb | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 994144 | 774916 | 78.00% | 228987 | 29.50% | 1996 |
| 31 | 525-Bishnupur | SC | West Bengal | Sandhya Bauri | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1011830 | 851257 | 84.10% | 265846 | 31.20% | 1996 |
| 32 | 528-Asansol | GEN | West Bengal | Haradhan Roy | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1207881 | 841736 | 69.70% | 46950 | 5.60% | 1996 |
| 33 | 529-Bolpur | GEN | West Bengal | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 977226 | 802298 | 82.10% | 253646 | 31.60% | 1996 |
| 34 | 530-Birbhum | SC | West Bengal | Ramchandra Dome | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 994683 | 827366 | 83.20% | 111020 | 13.40% | 1996 |
| 35 | 624-Burdwan | GEN | West Bengal | Balai Ray | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1144191 | 983515 | 86.00% | 262714 | 26.70% | 1996 |
| 36 | 625-Calcutta North East | GEN | West Bengal | Ajit Kumar Panja | Indian National Congress | 907284 | 660413 | 72.80% | 64985 | 9.80% | 1996 |
| 37 | 626-Calcutta North West | GEN | West Bengal | Debi Prosad Pal | Indian National Congress | 693995 | 452757 | 65.20% | 64951 | 14.30% | 1996 |
| 38 | 627-Durgapur | SC | West Bengal | Sunil Khan | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1139493 | 917970 | 80.60% | 181713 | 19.80% | 1996 |
| 39 | 628-Katwa | GEN | West Bengal | Mahaboob Zahedi | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1114733 | 960916 | 86.20% | 106202 | 11.10% | 1996 |
| 40 | 629-Malda | GEN | West Bengal | Abul Barkat Ataul G K Choudhury | Indian National Congress | 1013006 | 876253 | 86.50% | 89822 | 10.30% | 1996 |
| 41 | 630-Nabadwip | SC | West Bengal | Asim Bala | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1306288 | 1135004 | 86.90% | 39068 | 3.40% | 1996 |
| 42 | 631-Panskura | GEN | West Bengal | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party Of India | 940752 | 845529 | 89.90% | 111388 | 13.20% | 1996 |
The 1996 Lok Sabha election in West Bengal covered 42 parliamentary constituencies. The average voter turnout across the state was 82.7%, reflecting the level of democratic participation among registered electors.
Each constituency in the table above uses India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system, where the candidate receiving the highest number of votes wins the seat regardless of whether they secure an absolute majority. The margin column shows how closely contested each seat was — narrower margins indicate more competitive races.
How to read this data: Click any constituency name to see the full candidate list with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and visual comparisons. The Type column indicates whether a constituency is General (GEN), Scheduled Caste (SC), or Scheduled Tribe (ST) reserved.