Indian political election in West Bengal
All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha Turnout 75.05%[2] ( 4.22 pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
The 1999 Indian general election in West Bengal was held on 1st October to elect 42 members of the 12th Lok Sabha .
Election schedule
Poll event
Phase
V
Notification Date
03 September[3]
Last Date for filing nomination
10 September[4]
Scrutiny of nomination
15 September[5]
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
17 September[6]
Date of poll
01 October [7]
Date of counting of votes/Result
05 October [8]
No. of constituencies
42
Parties and alliances
Left Front
National Democratic Alliance
United Progressive Alliance
Others
Candidates
Results
Results by constituency
Constituency
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
No.
Name
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
1
Cooch Behar (SC)
AIFB
LF
Amar Roy Pradhan
443,148
49.69%
Ambika Charan Choudhury
AITC
NDA
334,983
37.56%
108,165
2
Alipurduars (ST)
RSP
LF
Joachim Baxla
389,919
51.25%
Dhirendra Narjinarai
BJP
NDA
236,786
31.12%
153,133
3
Jalpaiguri
CPI(M)
LF
Minati Sen
405,785
48.78%
Kalyan Chakraborty
AITC
NDA
296,848
35.69%
108,937
4
Darjeeling
CPI(M)
LF
S. P. Lepcha
256,826
44.24%
Nar Bahadur Khatiwada
INC
UPA
144,857
24.96%
111,969
5
Raiganj
INC
UPA
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
409,331
46.74%
Subrata Mukherjee
CPI(M)
LF
334,076
38.15%
75,255
6
Balurghat (SC)
RSP
LF
Ranen Barman
375,669
44.67%
Subhash Chandra Barman
BJP
NDA
312,748
37.19%
62,921
7
Malda
INC
UPA
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
325,833
40.22%
Sailen Sarkar
CPI(M)
LF
301,280
37.19%
24,553
8
Jangipur
CPI(M)
LF
Abul Hasnat Khan
352,580
45.47%
Mainul Haque
INC
UPA
291,263
37.56%
61,317
9
Murshidabad
CPI(M)
LF
Moinul Hassan
391,366
47.30%
Abdul Mannan Hossain
INC
UPA
268,006
32.39%
123,360
10
Baharampur
INC
UPA
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
434,073
46.86%
Promothes Mukherjee
RSP
LF
338,682
36.56%
35,391
11
Krishnagar
BJP
NDA
Satyabrata Mookherjee
366,954
43.82%
Dilip Chakraborty
CPI(M)
LF
344,720
41.16%
22,234
12
Nabadwip (SC)
AITC
NDA
Ananda Mohan Biswas
459,319
45.84%
Asim Bala
CPI(M)
LF
420,184
41.93%
39,135
13
Barasat
AITC
NDA
Ranjit Kumar Panja
518,520
50.28%
Saral Deb
AIFB
LF
421,620
40.88%
96,900
14
Basirhat
CPI
LF
Ajay Chakraborty
407,903
47.64%
M. Nuruzzaman
AITC
NDA
325,316
37.99%
82,587
15
Jaynagar (SC)
RSP
LF
Sanat Kumar Mandal
396,383
49.39%
Krishna Pada Majumder
BJP
NDA
284,082
35.40%
112,301
16
Mathurapur (SC)
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
17
Diamond Harbour
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
18
Jadavpur
AITC
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
19
Barrackpore
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
20
Dum Dum
BJP
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
21
Calcutta North West
AITC
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
22
Calcutta North East
AITC
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
23
Calcutta South
AITC
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
24
Howrah
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
25
Uluberia
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
26
Serampore
AITC
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
27
Hooghly
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
28
Arambagh
CPI(M)
LF
BJP
NDA
29
Panskura
CPI
LF
AITC
NDA
30
Tamluk
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
31
Contai
AITC
NDA
CPI(M)
LF
32
Medinipur
CPI
LF
BJP
NDA
33
Jhargram (ST)
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
34
Purulia
AIFB
LF
BJP
NDA
35
Bankura
CPI(M)
LF
IND
NDA
36
Vishnupur (SC)
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
37
Durgapur (SC)
CPI(M)
LF
BJP
NDA
38
Asansol
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
39
Burdwan
CPI(M)
LF
BJP
NDA
40
Katwa
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
41
Bolpur
CPI(M)
LF
AITC
NDA
42
Birbhum (SC)
CPI(M)
LF
BJP
NDA
Results by alliance or party
21
8
3
3
3
2
2
CPI(M)
AITC
INC
RSP
CPI
BJP
AIFB
Parties/ Alliance
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
LF
CPI(M)
12,553,991
35.57%
0.16 pp
32
21
3
RSP
1,500,653
4.25%
0.23 pp
4
3
1
CPI
1,223,879
3.47%
0.17 pp
3
3
AIFB
1,215,911
3.45%
0.15 pp
3
2
Total
16,494,434
46.74%
0.36 pp
42
29
4
NDA
AITC
9,189,631
26.04%
1.61 pp
28
8
1
BJP
3,928,424
11.13%
0.93 pp
13
2
1
IND
274,722
0.78%
New
1
0
New
Total
13,118,055
37.91%
1.32 pp
41
10
2
UPA
INC
4,688,932
13.29%
1.91 pp
41
3
2
JKP(N)
101,441
0.29%
0.21 pp
2
0
Total
4,790,373
13.58%
2.12 pp
43
3
2
Others
223,427
0.66%
0.37 pp
60
0
IND
391,954
1.11%
0.07 pp
121
0
Total
35,292,965
100%
-
309
42
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See also
Notes
References
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