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Indian political election in West Bengal
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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 75.05% ( 4.22 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the "complete results below."
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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 | |
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Phase | V |
Notification Date | 03 September |
Last Date for filing nomination | 10 September |
Scrutiny of nomination | 15 September |
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 17 September |
Date of poll | 01 October |
Date of counting of votes/Result | 05 October |
No. of constituencies | 42 |
Parties and alliances※
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Anil Biswas | 32 | |||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | Manoj Bhattacharya | 4 | |||
All India Forward Bloc | Debabrata Biswas | 3 | |||
Communist Party of India | Swapan Banerjee | 3 | |||
Total | 42 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Banerjee | 28 | |||
Bharatiya Janata Party | Tapan Sikdar | 13 | |||
Independent politician | Natabar Bagdi | 1 | |||
Total | 42 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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Indian National Congress | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 41 | ||||
Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Naren Hansda | 2 | ||||
Total | 42+1 |
- Others
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | Provash Ghosh | 42 |
Candidates※
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Results※
Results by constituency※
Results by alliance. Or party※
29 | 10 | 3 |
LF | NDA | UPA |
21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
CPI(M) | AITC | INC | RSP | CPI | BJP | AIFB |
Parties/ Alliance | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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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 | - |
See also※
- Politics of West Bengal
- 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
- 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Notes※
- ^ Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
- ^ Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
- ^ Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
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