The 1999 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 21 seats. All India Trinamool Congress came second with 8 seats.
A total of 47,649,856 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 35,761,182 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 75.0%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 94,405 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 12,133 votes and the largest margin reaching 301,683 votes.
A total of 7 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) (21), All India Trinamool Congress (8), Communist Party Of India (3), Indian National Congress (3), Revolutionary Socialist Party (3) and 2 other parties.
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 | 1116523 | 902487 | 80.80% | 108165 | 12.00% | 1999 |
| 2 | 490-Alipurduars | ST | West Bengal | Joachim Baxla | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1039377 | 777585 | 74.80% | 153133 | 19.70% | 1999 |
| 3 | 491-Jalpaiguri | GEN | West Bengal | Minati Sen | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1101898 | 844223 | 76.60% | 108937 | 12.90% | 1999 |
| 4 | 492-Darjeeling | GEN | West Bengal | S.P. Lepcha | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1276753 | 590023 | 46.20% | 111969 | 19.00% | 1999 |
| 5 | 493-Raiganj | GEN | West Bengal | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress | 1144667 | 885408 | 77.40% | 75255 | 8.50% | 1999 |
| 6 | 494-Balurghat | SC | West Bengal | Barman Ranen | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1107468 | 851433 | 76.90% | 62921 | 7.40% | 1999 |
| 7 | 497-Jangipur | GEN | West Bengal | Abul Hasnat Khan | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1087203 | 785797 | 72.30% | 61317 | 7.80% | 1999 |
| 8 | 498-Baharampur | GEN | West Bengal | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | 1212554 | 937646 | 77.30% | 95391 | 10.20% | 1999 |
| 9 | 499-Murshidabad | GEN | West Bengal | Moinul Hassan | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1172830 | 836120 | 71.30% | 123360 | 14.80% | 1999 |
| 10 | 500-Krishnanagar | GEN | West Bengal | Satyabrata Mookherjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1084449 | 845489 | 78.00% | 22234 | 2.60% | 1999 |
| 11 | 503-Barrackpur | GEN | West Bengal | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1040220 | 845189 | 81.30% | 40775 | 4.80% | 1999 |
| 12 | 504-Dum Dum | GEN | West Bengal | Tapan Sikdar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1598044 | 1209926 | 75.70% | 134561 | 11.10% | 1999 |
| 13 | 505-Barasat | GEN | West Bengal | Dr.Ranjit Kumar Panja | All India Trinamool Congress | 1303217 | 1043590 | 80.10% | 96900 | 9.30% | 1999 |
| 14 | 506-Basirhat | GEN | West Bengal | Ajoy Chakraborty | Communist Party Of India | 1071134 | 866835 | 80.90% | 82587 | 9.50% | 1999 |
| 15 | 507-Jaynagar | SC | West Bengal | Sanat Kumar Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1116858 | 815915 | 73.10% | 112301 | 13.80% | 1999 |
| 16 | 508-Mathurapur | SC | West Bengal | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1076730 | 828886 | 77.00% | 51725 | 6.20% | 1999 |
| 17 | 509-Diamond Harbour | GEN | West Bengal | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1136879 | 858209 | 75.50% | 71163 | 8.30% | 1999 |
| 18 | 510-Jadavpur | GEN | West Bengal | Krishna Bose | All India Trinamool Congress | 1403413 | 1005286 | 71.60% | 66765 | 6.60% | 1999 |
| 19 | 511-Kolkata Dakshin | GEN | West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | 1202607 | 805268 | 67.00% | 214008 | 26.60% | 1999 |
| 20 | 513-Howrah | GEN | West Bengal | Swadesh Chakraborty | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1381960 | 995422 | 72.00% | 103449 | 10.40% | 1999 |
| 21 | 514-Uluberia | GEN | West Bengal | Hannan Mollah | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1101065 | 818915 | 74.40% | 67577 | 8.30% | 1999 |
| 22 | 515-Srerampur | GEN | West Bengal | Akbor Ali Khandoker | All India Trinamool Congress | 1325375 | 925995 | 69.90% | 47764 | 5.20% | 1999 |
| 23 | 516-Hooghly | GEN | West Bengal | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1160870 | 930831 | 80.20% | 12485 | 1.30% | 1999 |
| 24 | 517-Arambagh | GEN | West Bengal | Anil Basu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1143407 | 944408 | 82.60% | 116721 | 12.40% | 1999 |
| 25 | 518-Tamluk | GEN | West Bengal | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1098196 | 919886 | 83.80% | 54826 | 6.00% | 1999 |
| 26 | 519-Kanthi | GEN | West Bengal | Neetish Sengupta | All India Trinamool Congress | 990917 | 823941 | 83.20% | 12133 | 1.50% | 1999 |
| 27 | 521-Jhargram | ST | West Bengal | Rupchand Murmu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 991504 | 803200 | 81.00% | 108681 | 13.50% | 1999 |
| 28 | 522-Medinipur | GEN | West Bengal | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party Of India | 1099512 | 862567 | 78.50% | 28773 | 3.30% | 1999 |
| 29 | 523-Purulia | GEN | West Bengal | Birsingh Mahato | All India Forward Bloc | 1008066 | 692271 | 68.70% | 174870 | 25.30% | 1999 |
| 30 | 524-Bankura | GEN | West Bengal | Acharia Basudeb | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1041325 | 741303 | 71.20% | 106998 | 14.40% | 1999 |
| 31 | 525-Bishnupur | SC | West Bengal | Sandhya Bauri | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1071817 | 846339 | 79.00% | 181570 | 21.50% | 1999 |
| 32 | 528-Asansol | GEN | West Bengal | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1265480 | 829147 | 65.50% | 37864 | 4.60% | 1999 |
| 33 | 529-Bolpur | GEN | West Bengal | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1037427 | 792871 | 76.40% | 186389 | 23.50% | 1999 |
| 34 | 530-Birbhum | SC | West Bengal | Ram Chandra Dome | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1043876 | 734173 | 70.30% | 157156 | 21.40% | 1999 |
| 35 | 624-Burdwan | GEN | West Bengal | Sar Nikhilananda | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1216764 | 984678 | 80.90% | 301683 | 30.60% | 1999 |
| 36 | 625-Calcutta North East | GEN | West Bengal | Ajit Kumar Panja | All India Trinamool Congress | 924613 | 658740 | 71.20% | 41574 | 6.30% | 1999 |
| 37 | 626-Calcutta North West | GEN | West Bengal | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress | 704009 | 444043 | 63.10% | 94170 | 21.20% | 1999 |
| 38 | 627-Durgapur | SC | West Bengal | Sunil Khan | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1212641 | 885335 | 73.00% | 117963 | 13.30% | 1999 |
| 39 | 628-Katwa | GEN | West Bengal | Mahboob Zahedi | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 1183616 | 933089 | 78.80% | 108362 | 11.60% | 1999 |
| 40 | 629-Malda | GEN | West Bengal | Abul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress | 1047279 | 819770 | 78.30% | 24553 | 3.00% | 1999 |
| 41 | 630-Nabadwip | SC | West Bengal | Ananda Mohan Biswas | All India Trinamool Congress | 1320358 | 1014379 | 76.80% | 39135 | 3.90% | 1999 |
| 42 | 631-Panskura | GEN | West Bengal | Gita Mukherjee | Communist Party Of India | 986955 | 824564 | 83.60% | 46858 | 5.70% | 1999 |
Data-driven analysis of the 1999 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 1999 was 94,405 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).