West Bengal Lok Sabha Election Results 1999

Explore the complete constituency-wise results of the 1999 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.

42
Constituencies
47649856
Total Electors
35761182
Votes Polled
75.0%
Avg Turnout
Seat Share

Seat data is not available for this selection.

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 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

Understanding West Bengal 1999 Lok Sabha Results

The 1999 Lok Sabha election in West Bengal covered 42 parliamentary constituencies. The average voter turnout across the state was 75.0%, 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.

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