1999 Indian general election in West Bengal

The 1999 Indian general election in West Bengal was held on 1st October to elect 42 members of the 12th Lok Sabha.

1999 Indian general election in West Bengal
1 October 1999[1]
All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout75.05%[2] ( 4.22 pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
CPI(M) Anil Biswas 35.57 21 −3
AITC Mamata Banerjee 26.04 8 +1
INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 13.29 3 +2
RSP Manoj Bhattacharya 4.25 3 −1
CPI Manju Kumar Majumdar 3.47 3 0
BJP Tapan Sikdar 11.13 2 0
AIFB Debabrata Biswas 3.45 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Constituencies in the state. Constituencies in yellow and in pink represent seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP		 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

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
Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Anil Biswas 32[9]
Revolutionary Socialist Party Manoj Bhattacharya 4[10]
All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas 3[11]
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee 3[12]
Total 42
  National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 28[13]
Bharatiya Janata Party Tapan Sikdar 13[14]
Independent politician Natabar Bagdi 1[15]
Total 42
  United Progressive Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury 41[lower-alpha 1][16]
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Naren Hansda 2[lower-alpha 2][17]
Total 42+1[lower-alpha 3]
Others
Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh 42

Candidates
Constituency
LF NDA UPA
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan AITC Ambika Charan Choudhury INC Sabita Roy
2 Alipurduars (ST) RSP BJP INC
3 Jalpaiguri CPI(M) AITC INC
4 Darjeeling CPI(M) AITC INC
5 Raiganj CPI(M) AITC INC
6 Balurghat (SC) RSP BJP INC
7 Malda CPI(M) BJP INC
8 Jangipur CPI(M) AITC INC
9 Murshidabad CPI(M) AITC INC
10 Baharampur RSP AITC INC
11 Krishnanagar CPI(M) BJP INC
12 Nabadwip (SC) CPI(M) AITC INC
13 Barasat AIFB AITC INC
14 Basirhat CPI AITC INC
15 Jaynagar (SC) RSP BJP INC
16 Mathurapur (SC) CPI(M) AITC INC
17 Diamond Harbour CPI(M) AITC INC
18 Jadavpur CPI(M) AITC INC
19 Barrackpore CPI(M) AITC INC
20 Dum Dum CPI(M) BJP INC
21 Calcutta North West CPI(M) AITC INC
22 Calcutta North East CPI(M) AITC INC
23 Calcutta South CPI(M) AITC INC
24 Howrah CPI(M) AITC INC
25 Uluberia CPI(M) AITC INC
26 Serampore CPI(M) AITC INC
27 Hooghly CPI(M) AITC INC
28 Arambagh CPI(M) AITC INC
29 Panskura CPI AITC INC
30 Tamluk CPI(M) AITC INC
31 Contai CPI(M) AITC INC
32 Midnapore CPI BJP INC
33 Jhargram (ST) CPI(M) AITC JKP(N)
34 Purulia AIFB BJP INC
35 Bankura CPI(M) IND INC
36 Vishnupur (SC) CPI(M) Sandhya Bauri AITC Adhibas Duley INC Mallika Mandal
JKP(N) Ajit Saha
37 Durgapur (SC) CPI(M) BJP INC
38 Asansol CPI(M) AITC INC
39 Burdwan CPI(M) BJP INC
40 Katwa CPI(M) AITC INC
41 Bolpur CPI(M) AITC INC
42 Birbhum (SC) CPI(M) BJP INC

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

Seat Share by party

  CPI(M) (50%)
  AITC (19.05%)
  INC (7.14%)
  RSP (7.14%)
  CPI (7.14%)
  BJP (4.76%)
  AIFB (4.76%)

Vote Share by party

  CPI(M) (35.57%)
  AITC (26.04%)
  INC (13.29%)
  BJP (11.13%)
  RSP (4.25%)
  CPI (3.47%)
  AIFB (3.45%)
  IND (1.89%)
  Others (0.95%)

Seat Share by alliance

  LF (69.05%)
  NDA (23.81%)
  UPA (7.14%)

Vote Share by alliance

  LF (46.74%)
  NDA (37.91%)
  UPA (13.58%)
  IND (1.11%)
  Others (0.66%)
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
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

Notes
  1. Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
  2. Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.
  3. Friendly Contest on Vishnupur (SC) between JKP(N) and INC.

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