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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. The election was mainly a clash between the Left Front led by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and the Indian National Congress(I) led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The former held the state government and the latter the national government. The election was won by the Left Front, for the third time in a row.
Contestants
[edit]Left Front
[edit]The governing Left Front denied tickets to 62 sitting legislators.[1] In many cases CPI(M), the dominant force in the Left Front, was seeking to rejuvenate the legislature and fielded 35 student leaders as new candidates.[1]
The star campaigner of the Left Front was Chief Minister Jyoti Basu of CPI(M), who had pledged to visit all constituencies where CPI(M) had fielded candidates.[1] During the campaign Basu claimed that the Delhi government discriminated against West Bengal in allocation of resources.[1]
Congress(I)
[edit]'Natun Bangla' ('New Bengal') was the key slogan of the Congress(I) campaign.[1] The star campaigner of Congress(I) was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was flown in from Delhi and toured the state.[1][2] At the time Gandhi enjoyed significant popularity, especially amongst urban upper-middle class sectors.[2] Gandhi was accompanied by West Bengal Congress(I) chief Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on the campaign trail.[1] Striking a populist tone in midst of deindustrialisation in the state caused by militant activism of Communist labour unions, Gandhi promised development in West Bengal and to create a million new jobs.[1]
The Congress(I) campaign, whilst being boosted by Gandhi, suffered from internal dissent in party ranks.[1] The state Congress cadre were divided into the pro-Rajiv Gandhi camp, led by A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury and the anti-Rajiv Gandhi camp led by Pranab Mukherjee,[3] who saw not Rajiv but himself as the bonafide successor of Indira Gandhi's political legacy. Feeling sidelined by Rajiv, who dropped him from the Union Cabinet after the 1984 general elections, Mukherjee broke away from the Congress (Indira) in 1986 to found his own party, the Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress. In protest of Mukherjee's exit, his supporters within the Congress(I), notably Subrata Mukherjee & Somen Mitra refused to co-operate with the top leadership.
Gorkhaland issue
[edit]Whilst an accord had been struck between Gandhi and Gorkha National Liberation Front leader Subhash Ghisingh ahead of the polls, violence escalated in the Darjeeling hills.[1] In the run-up to the polls, several policemen were killed in the area.[1]
Results
[edit]The Left Front won 251 out of 294 seats. It obtained 13,918,403 votes (52.96% of the statewide vote).[4]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 212 | 187 | 10,285,723 | 39.12 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 26 | 1,534,795 | 5.84 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,036,138 | 3.94 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 11 | 503,854 | 1.92 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 3 | 1 | 118,985 | 0.42 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 107,732 | 0.41 | |
| Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 0 | 42,261 | 0.16 | |
| West Bengal Socialist Party and Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) |
7 | 6 | 288,915 | 1.10 | |
| Indian National Congress (I) | 294 | 40 | 10,989,520 | 41.81 | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 46 | 2 | 237,674 | 0.90 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 36 | 1 | 162,850 | 0.62 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 57 | 0 | 134,867 | 0.51 | |
| Janata Party | 30 | 0 | 41,475 | 0.16 | |
| Lok Dal | 18 | 0 | 10,032 | 0.04 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | 4 | 0 | 3,335 | 0.01 | |
| Independents | 718 | 0 | 784,937 | 2.99 | |
| Total | 1,497 | 294 | 26,283,093 | 100 | |
| Source: Election Commission of India | |||||
It was the last time till date that the Indian National Congress contested without being in any alliance in West Bengal's state elections.
Elected members
[edit]| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mekliganj | SC | Sada Kanta | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Sitalkuchi | SC | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mathabhanga | SC | Dinesh Chandra Dakua | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Cooch Behar North | None | Aparajita Goppi | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Cooch Behar West | None | Bimal Kanti Basu | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Sitai | None | Dipak Sen Gupta | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Dinhata | None | Kamal Guha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Natabari | None | Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Tufanganj | SC | Manindra Nath Barma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kumargram | ST | Subodh Barwa | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kalchini | ST | Khudiram Pahan | Indian National Congress | |
| Alipurduars | None | Nani Bhattacharya | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Falakata | SC | Jagendra Nath Singha Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Madarihat | ST | Sushil Kujur | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Dhupguri | SC | Banamali Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nagrakata | ST | Sukra Oraon | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mainaguri | SC | Tarak Bandhu Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Mal | ST | Mohanlal Oraon | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kranti | None | Sudhan Raha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jalpaiguri | None | Nirmal Kumar Bose | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajganj | SC | Dhirendra Nath Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kalimpong | None | Mohansing Rai | Communist Party of India | |
| Darjeeling | None | Dawa Lama | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kurseong | None | Harka Bahadur Rai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Siliguri | None | Gour Chakroborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Phansidewa | ST | Prakash Minj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Chopra | None | Mahamudin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Islampur | None | Md. Faruque Azam | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Goalpokhar | None | Mohammad Ranjan Ali | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Karandighi | None | Suresh Chandra Singha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Raiganj | SC | Khagendra Nath Sinha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kaliaganj | SC | Ramani Kanta Deb Sarma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kushmandi | SC | Roy Narmada | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Itahar | None | Swadesh Chaki | Communist Party of India | |
| Gangarampur | None | Minati Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Tapan | ST | Khara Soren | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kumarganj | None | Dwijendra Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Balurghat | None | Biswanath Choudhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Habibpur | ST | Sarkar Murmu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Gajol | ST | Suphal Murmu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kharba | None | Nazmul Hoque | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Harishchandrapur | None | Birendra Kumar Mitra | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Ratua | None | Mumtaz Begum | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Araidanga | None | Habib Mustafa | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Malda | SC | Subhendu Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Englishbazar | None | Sailen Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Manikchak | None | Subodh Chowdhuari | Communist Party of India | |
| Suzapur | None | Humayoun Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliachak | None | Dinesh Joardar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Farakka | None | Abul Hasnat Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Aurangabad | None | Touab Ali | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Suti | None | Shish Mohammad | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Sagardighi | SC | Paresh Nath Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jangipur | None | Habibur Rahaman | Indian National Congress | |
| Lalgola | None | Abdus Sattar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagabangola | None | Syed Nawab Jani Meerja | Independent | |
| Nabagram | None | Birendra Narayan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Murshidabad | None | Mannan Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
| Jalangi | None | Atahar Rahaman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Domkal | None | Abdul Bari Mahammad | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Naoda | None | Jayanta Kumar Biswas | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Hariharpara | None | Mozammel Hoque | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Berhampore | None | Debabrata Bandapadhyay | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Beldanga | None | Nurul Islam Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Kandi | None | Syed Wahed Reza | Communist Party of India | |
| Khargram | SC | Bishwanath Mandal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Barwan | None | Amalendra Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Bharatpur | None | Satya Pada Bhattacharyya | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Karimpur | None | Biswas Chittaranjan(anandapally) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Palashipara | None | Madhabendu Mohanta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nakashipara | None | Sinha Santosh Kumar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kaliganj | None | S.m. Fazlur Rahaman | Indian National Congress | |
| Chapra | None | Mir Qusem | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Krishnaganj | SC | Nayan Chandra Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Krishnagar East | None | Sadhan Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Krishnagar West | None | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nabadwip | None | Biswanath Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Santipur | None | Bimalananda Mukherjee | Independent | |
| Hanskhali | SC | Sukumar Mandal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ranaghat East | SC | Binay Krishna Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ranaghat West | None | Gourchandra Kundu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Chakdaha | None | Subhash Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Haringhata | None | Nani Gopal Malakar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bagdaha | SC | Apurba Lal Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bongaon | None | Ranjit Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Gaighata | None | Kanti Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Habra | None | Kamal Sen Gupta (bose) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ashokenagar | None | Nani Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Amdanga | None | Hashim Abdul Halim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Barasat | None | Saral Ded | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajarhat | SC | Rabindar Nath Mandal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Deganga | None | A.k.m.uzzaman | Indian Union Muslim League | |
| Swarupnagar | None | Anisur Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Baduria | None | Md. Shelim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Basirhat | None | Narayan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Hasnabad | None | Goutam Deb | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Haroa | SC | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sandeshkhali | SC | Kumud Ranjan Biswas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Hingalganj | SC | Sudhanshu Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Gosaba | SC | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Basanti | SC | Subhas Naskar | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kultali | SC | Prabodh Purkait | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Joynagar | None | Deba Prasad Sarkar | Socialist Unity Centre of India | |
| Baruipur | None | Hemen Mojumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Canning West | SC | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
| Canning East | None | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bhangar | None | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jadavpur | None | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sonarpur | SC | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bishnupur East | SC | Sundar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bishnupur West | None | Kashi Nath Adak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Behala East | None | Niranjan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Behala West | None | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Garden Reach | None | Fazle Azim Molla | Indian National Congress | |
| Maheshtala | None | Abul Basar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Budge Budge | None | Kshiti Bhusan Roy Barman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Satgachia | None | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Falta | None | Arti Das Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Diamond Harbour | None | Abdul Quiyom Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Magrahat West | None | Abdus Chhohan Gazi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Magrahat East | SC | Radhika Ranjan Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mandirbazar | SC | Subhash Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mathurapur | None | Bapuli Satya Ranjan | Indian National Congress | |
| Kulpi | SC | Krishnadhan Halder | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Patharpratima | None | Gunadhar Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kakdwip | None | Hrishikesh Maity | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sagar | None | Prabhanjan Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bijpur | None | Jagadish Chandra Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Naihati | None | Tarun Adhikary | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhatpara | None | Satyanaryan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Jagatdal | None | Nihar Basu | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Noapara | None | Jamini Bhusan Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Titagarh | None | Ganga Prasad Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| Khardah | None | Asim Kumar Dasgupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Panihati | None | Gopalkrishna Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kamarhati | None | Radhika Ranjan Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Baranagar | None | Matish Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Dum Dum | None | Santi Ranjan Ghatak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Belgachia East | None | Subhash Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Cossipur | None | Dipak Chanda | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Shyampukur | None | Kiron Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Jorabagan | None | Subrata Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Jorasanko | None | Deoki Nandan Poddar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bara Bazar | None | Rajesh Khaitan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bow Bazar | None | Sudip Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Chowringhee | None | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Kabitirtha | None | Ram Pyare Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| Alipore | None | Saugata Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Rashbehari Avenue | None | Hoimi Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| Tollygunge | None | Prosanta Kumar Sur | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Dhakuria | None | Jatin Chakroborty | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Ballygunge | None | Sachin Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Entally | None | Sultan Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
| Taltola | SC | Sumanta Kumar Hira | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Beliaghata | None | Manabendra Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sealdah | None | Somendra Nath Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Vidyasagar | None | Lakshmi Kanta Dey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Burtola | None | Sadhan Pande | Indian National Congress | |
| Manicktola | None | Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Belgachia West | None | Sudipto Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Bally | None | Supriya Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| Howrah North | None | Asok Ghosh | Indian National Congress | |
| Howrah Central | None | Ambica Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Howrah South | None | Mrityunjoy Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Shibpur | None | Satyendra Nath Ghose | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Domjur | None | Joykesh Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jagatballavpur | None | M. Ansaruddin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Panchla | None | Sailendra Nath Mondol | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Sankrail | SC | Haran Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Uluberia North | SC | Raj Kumar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Uluberia South | None | Amar Banerjee (chobi) | Indian National Congress | |
| Shyampur | None | Gourhari Adak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bagnan | None | Nirupama Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kalyanpur | None | Nitai Charan Adak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Amta | None | Barindra Nath Koley | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Udaynarayanpur | None | Pannalal Maji | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jangipara | None | Manindar Nath Jana | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Chanditala | None | Ghosh Malin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Uttarpara | None | Santashri Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Serampore | None | Arun Kumar Goswami | Indian National Congress | |
| Champdani | None | Sunil Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Chandernagore | None | Sandhya Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Singur | None | Bidyut Kr. Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Haripal | None | Balai Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Tarakeswar | None | Santi Chatterjee | Independent | |
| Chinsurah | None | Narendra Nath Dey | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Bansberia | None | Prabir Sen Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Balagarh | SC | Abinash Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Pandua | None | Deb Narayan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Polba | None | Brojo Gopal Neogy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Dhaniakhali | SC | Kirpasindhu Saha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Pursurah | None | Buishnupada Bera | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Khanakul | SC | Schindra Nath Hajra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Arambagh | None | Benode Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Goghat | SC | Malick Shibprashad | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Chandrakona | None | Umapati Chakrabortty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ghatal | SC | Ratanchandra Pakhira | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Daspur | None | Prabhas Phodikar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nandanpur | None | Chhaya Bera | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Panskura West | None | Omar Ali | Communist Party of India | |
| Panskura East | None | Sibaram Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Tamluk | None | Surajit Saran Bagchi | Communist Party of India | |
| Moyna | None | Pulin Bera | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mahishadal | None | Surya Chakarbarti | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sutahata | SC | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nandigram | None | Saktiprasad Bal | Communist Party of India | |
| Narghat | None | Bankim Behari Maity | Independent | |
| Bhagabanpur | None | Pradhan Prasanta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Khajuri | SC | Sunirmal Paik | Independent | |
| Contai North | None | Ram Sankar Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Contai South | None | Sukhendu Maiti | Communist Party of India | |
| Ramnagar | None | Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Egra | None | Sinha Prabodh Chandra | Independent | |
| Mugberia | None | Kiranmay Nanda | Independent | |
| Pataspur | None | Kamakshyanandan Das Mahapatra | Communist Party of India | |
| Sabang | None | Manas Ranjan Bhunia | Indian National Congress | |
| Pingla | None | Hari Pada Jana | Independent | |
| Debra | None | Sk. Jahangir Karim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Keshpur | SC | Himansu Kumar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Garhbeta East | None | Susanta Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Garhbeta West | SC | Krishnaprasad Duley | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Salbani | None | Sundar Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Midnapore | None | Kamakhya Charan Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Kharagpur Town | None | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | Indian National Congress | |
| Kharagpur Rural | None | Najmul Haque | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Keshiari | ST | Maheswar Murmu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Narayangarh | None | Bibhuti Bhusan De | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Dantan | None | Kanai Bhomik | Communist Party of India | |
| Nayagram | ST | Ananta Saren | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Gopiballavpur | None | De Sunil | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jhargram | None | Abani Bhusan Satpathi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Binpur | ST | Durga Tudu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Banduan | ST | Lakshi Ram Kisku | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Manbazar | None | Kamalakanta Mahata | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Balrampur | ST | Bikram Tudu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Arsa | None | Kumar Pandab | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jhalda | None | Satyaranjan Mahato | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jaipur | None | Bindeswar Mahato | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Purulia | None | Mamata Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Para | SC | Gobinda Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Raghunathpur | SC | Natabar Bagdi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kashipur | ST | Surendra Nath Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Hura | None | Ambarish Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Taldangra | None | Amiya Patra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Raipur | ST | Upen Kisku | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ranibandh | ST | Rampada Mandi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Indpur | SC | Madan Bauri | Communist Party of India | |
| Chhatna | None | Subjas Goswami | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Gangajalghati | SC | Nabani Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Barjora | None | Jayasree Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bankura | None | Partha De | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Onda | None | Anil Mukherjee | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Vishnupur | None | Achintya Krishna Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kotulpur | None | Gouri Pada Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Indas | SC | Badan Bora | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sonamukhi | SC | Sukhendu Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kulti | None | Tuhin Samanta | Indian National Congress | |
| Barabani | None | Ajit Kumar Chakarbarty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Hirapur | None | Suhrid Basu Mallik | Indian National Congress | |
| Asansol | None | Prabuddha Laha | Indian National Congress | |
| Raniganj | None | Bansa Gopal Choudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jamuria | None | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ukhra | SC | Bagdi Lakhan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Durgapur-i | None | Dilip Mazumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Durgapur-ii | None | Tarun Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kanksa | SC | Krishna Chandra Halder | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ausgram | SC | Sridhar Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bhatar | None | Syed Md. Masih | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Galsi | None | Sen Deb Ranjan | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Burdwan North | None | Chowdhury Binoy Krishna | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Burdwan South | None | Sen Nirupam | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Khandaghosh | SC | Shibaprasad Dalui | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Raina | None | Dhirendranath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Jamalpur | SC | Sunil Santra | Independent | |
| Memari | None | Konar Maharani | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Kalna | None | Anju Kar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nadanghat | None | Mansur Habibullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Manteswar | None | Hemanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Purbasthali | None | Manoranjan Nath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Katwa | None | Anjan Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mangalkot | None | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Ketugram | SC | Raicharan Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Nanur | SC | Ananda Gopal Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Bolpur | None | Tarapada Ghosh | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Labhpur | None | Majumdar Sunil | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhusan Mandal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajnagar | SC | Bijoy Bagdi | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Suri | None | Tapan Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mahammad Bazar | None | Dhiren Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Mayureswar | SC | Dhiren Let | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Rampurhat | None | Sasanka Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Hansan | SC | Asit Kumar Mal | Indian National Congress | |
| Nalhati | None | Sattick Kumar Roy | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Murarai | None | Motahar Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
Notes
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[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k India Today. West Bengal: Basu vs Gandhi
- ^ a b Sumantra Bose (16 September 2013). Transforming India. Harvard University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-674-72819-6.
- ^ "Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency battle between S.S. Ray and Congress(I) candidate appears unequal". India Today. 31 December 1984. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1987 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL