1999 Indian general election in West Bengal explained

Election Name:1999 Indian general election in West Bengal
Country:India
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Turnout:75.05%[1] (4.22 pp)
Previous Election:1998
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2004
Next Year:2004
Election Date:1 October 1999[2]
Seats For Election:All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Outgoing Members:List of members of the 12th Lok Sabha#West Bengal
Elected Members:List of members of the 13th Lok Sabha#West Bengal
Party1:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Leader1:Anil Biswas
Last Election1:24
Percentage1:35.57
Seats1:21
Party2:All India Trinamool Congress
Leader2:Mamata Banerjee
Last Election2:7
Percentage2:26.04
Seats2:8
Party3:Indian National Congress
Leader3:A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
Last Election3:1
Percentage3:13.29
Seats3:3
Party4:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Leader4:Manoj Bhattacharya
Last Election4:4
Percentage4:4.25
Seats4:3
Party5:Communist Party of India
Leader5:Manju Kumar Majumdar
Last Election5:3
Percentage5:3.47
Seats5:3
Party6:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader6:Tapan Sikdar
Last Election6:2
Percentage6:11.13
Seats6:2
Party7:All India Forward Bloc
Leader7:Debabrata Biswas
Last Election7:2
Percentage7:3.45
Seats7:2
Map:File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
Prime Minister
Before Election:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Before Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Posttitle:Prime Minister after
After Election:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
After Party:Bharatiya Janata Party

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
PhaseV
Notification Date03 September[3]
Last Date for filing nomination10 September[4]
Scrutiny of nomination15 September[5]
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination17 September[6]
Date of poll01 October[7]
Date of counting of votes/Result05 October[8]
No. of constituencies42

Parties and alliances

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist)Anil Biswas32[9]
Revolutionary Socialist PartyManoj Bhattacharya4[10]
All India Forward BlocDebabrata Biswas3[11]
Communist Party of IndiaSwapan Banerjee3[12]
Total42
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
All India Trinamool CongressMamata Banerjee28[13]
Bharatiya Janata PartyTapan Sikdar13[14]
Independent politicianNatabar Bagdi1[15]
Total42
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National CongressA. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury41[16]
Jharkhand Party (Naren)Naren Hansda2[17]
Total42+1
Others

Candidates

Constituencycolspan="3"
LFNDAUPA
1Cooch Behar (SC)Amar Roy PradhanAmbika Charan ChoudhurySabita Roy
2Alipurduars (ST)
3Jalpaiguri
4Darjeeling
5Raiganj
6Balurghat (SC)
7Malda
8Jangipur
9Murshidabad
10Baharampur
11Krishnanagar
12Nabadwip (SC)
13Barasat
14Basirhat
15Jaynagar (SC)
16Mathurapur (SC)
17Diamond Harbour
18Jadavpur
19Barrackpore
20Dum Dum
21Calcutta North West
22Calcutta North East
23Calcutta South
24Howrah
25Uluberia
26Serampore
27Hooghly
28Arambagh
29Panskura
30Tamluk
31Contai
32Midnapore
33Jhargram (ST)
34Purulia
35Bankura
36Vishnupur (SC)Sandhya BauriAdhibas DuleyMallika Mandal
Ajit Saha
37Durgapur (SC)
38Asansol
39Burdwan
40Katwa
41Bolpur
42Birbhum (SC)

Results

Results by constituency

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
No.NamePartyAllianceCandidateVotes%PartyAllianceCandidateVotes%
1Cooch Behar (SC)Amar Roy Pradhan443,14849.69%Ambika Charan Choudhury334,98337.56%108,165
2Alipurduars (ST)Joachim Baxla389,91951.25%Dhirendra Narjinarai236,78631.12%153,133
3JalpaiguriMinati Sen405,78548.78%Kalyan Chakraborty296,84835.69%108,937
4DarjeelingS. P. Lepcha256,82644.24%Nar Bahadur Khatiwada144,85724.96%111,969
5RaiganjPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi409,33146.74%Subrata Mukherjee334,07638.15%75,255
6Balurghat (SC)Ranen Barman375,669 44.67%Subhash Chandra Barman312,74837.19%62,921
7MaldaA. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury325,83340.22%Sailen Sarkar301,28037.19%24,553
8JangipurAbul Hasnat Khan352,580 45.47%Mainul Haque291,26337.56%61,317
9MurshidabadMoinul Hassan391,36647.30%Abdul Mannan Hossain268,00632.39%123,360
10BaharampurAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury434,073 46.86%Promothes Mukherjee338,68236.56%35,391
11KrishnagarSatyabrata Mookherjee366,95443.82%Dilip Chakraborty344,720 41.16%22,234
12Nabadwip (SC)Ananda Mohan Biswas459,31945.84%Asim Bala420,18441.93%39,135
13BarasatRanjit Kumar Panja518,520 50.28%Saral Deb421,62040.88%96,900
14BasirhatAjay Chakraborty407,903 47.64%M. Nuruzzaman325,31637.99%82,587
15Jaynagar (SC)Sanat Kumar Mandal396,38349.39%Krishna Pada Majumder284,08235.40%112,301
16Mathurapur (SC)
17Diamond Harbour
18Jadavpur
19Barrackpore
20Dum Dum
21Calcutta North West
22Calcutta North East
23Calcutta South
24Howrah
25Uluberia
26Serampore
27Hooghly
28Arambagh
29Panskura
30Tamluk
31Contai
32Medinipur
33Jhargram (ST)
34Purulia
35Bankura
36Vishnupur (SC)
37Durgapur (SC)
38Asansol
39Burdwan
40Katwa
41Bolpur
42Birbhum (SC)

Results by alliance or party

29103
LFNDAUPA
21833322
CPI(M)AITCINCRSPCPIBJPAIFB
Parties/ AlliancePopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppContestedWon+/−
LFCPI(M)12,553,99135.57% 0.16 pp3221 3
RSP1,500,6534.25% 0.23 pp43 1
CPI1,223,8793.47% 0.17 pp33
AIFB1,215,9113.45% 0.15 pp32
Total16,494,43446.74% 0.36 pp4229 4
NDAAITC9,189,63126.04% 1.61 pp288 1
BJP3,928,42411.13% 0.93 pp132 1
IND274,7220.78%New10New
Total13,118,05537.91% 1.32 pp4110 2
UPAINC4,688,93213.29% 1.91 pp413 2
JKP(N)101,4410.29% 0.21 pp20
Total4,790,37313.58% 2.12 pp433 2
Others223,4270.66% 0.37 pp600
IND391,9541.11% 0.07 pp1210
Total35,292,965100%-30942-

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  2. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  3. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  4. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  5. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  6. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  7. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  8. https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/?do=download&r=9777&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=dcaf4726e15ffefaeeea2200d109ecd8
  9. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  10. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  11. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  12. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  13. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  14. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  15. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  16. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/
  17. https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4125-general-election-1999-vol-i-ii-iii/

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