State · 197140 of 518 seats
West Bengal
West Bengal elects 40 . COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST) won 20 of 40 seats.
62Out of every 100 voters here, 62 voted. India: 55.
The numbers
Turnout
61.93%
+6.7 pts vs India
Electors
2.21crore
in 40 constituencies
Women MPs
0
of 0 women candidates
Candidates
195
0 women · NOTA 0.0%
Who won the 40 seats
one tile per constituency, grouped by party
Votes vs seats
pale = share of votes · solid = share of seats
Share of votesShare of seats
CPI(M)34% → 50%
INC28% → 33%
CPI11% → 8%
Independent6% → 3%
BAC4% → 3%
RSP2% → 3%
PSP1% → 3%
Vote share
bars: % of valid votes · right: seats
Notable contests
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Constituencies
40 · tap one for the full result
Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury · INC1,50,86943.4%Nagendra Nath Roy · CPI(M)80,26523.1%Third · FBL77,09022.2%
Turnout 63.6%Electors 5,65,683Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tuna Oraon · INC1,13,10439.2%Birsen Kujar · CPI(M)60,13720.8%Third · RSP40,44314.0%
Turnout 62.7%Electors 4,88,587Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ratanlall Brahman · CPI(M)84,40833.2%Gurung G. S. · IGL72,13128.4%Third · Independent66,03526.0%
Turnout 53.5%Electors 5,02,303Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sidhartha Sankar Ray · INC1,47,36049.5%Subodh Sen · CPI(M)83,35328.0%Third · FBL34,95611.8%
Turnout 54.8%Electors 5,68,200Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Rasendra Nath Barman · INC1,59,89647.6%Pijush Kanti Das · CPI(M)74,61822.2%Third · RSP54,61216.3%
Turnout 70.4%Electors 4,96,362Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dinesh Chandrajoarder · CPI(M)1,37,07141.9%Uma Roy · INC1,03,30531.6%Third · NCO53,28916.3%
Turnout 69.1%Electors 4,92,836Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Lutfal Haque · INC1,04,17034.7%Barun Roy · RSP54,81418.2%Third · CPI(M)53,02617.6%
Turnout 57.0%Electors 5,56,704Candidates 8NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Chowdhury Abu Taleb · Independent93,71634.4%Syed Badrudduja · Independent73,33426.9%Third · Independent45,30716.6%
Turnout 57.8%Electors 4,98,691Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Tridib Choudhuri · RSP75,31625.4%Karim Rezaul · INC64,55921.8%Third · Independent58,26219.7%
Turnout 58.0%Electors 5,38,838Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Renupada Das · CPI(M)1,08,87237.0%Ila Pal Chaudhuri · INC75,24125.6%Third · Independent44,42915.1%
Turnout 62.0%Electors 5,03,387Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bibha Ghosh · CPI(M)1,76,54346.9%Promotha Ranjan Thakur · INC1,65,94344.1%Third · NCO20,1115.3%
Turnout 68.0%Electors 5,76,005Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ranendra Nath Sen · CPI1,11,80633.3%Hemanta Gangopadhyay · CPI(M)1,02,56730.5%Third · Independent65,00019.4%
Turnout 64.1%Electors 5,45,889Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
A. K. M. Ishaque · INC1,28,64041.3%Md. Abdullarasul · CPI(M)73,73023.6%Third · CPI53,75517.2%
Turnout 60.2%Electors 5,37,387Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sakti Kumar Sarkar · INC1,58,94341.6%Nirmal Kumar Sinha · CPI(M)84,70722.2%Third · SUC76,42320.0%
Turnout 70.2%Electors 5,61,119Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Madhurjya Haldar · CPI(M)1,11,65627.0%Bimalendu Sekhar Naskar · INC1,10,07126.6%Third · CPI91,68822.2%
Turnout 74.7%Electors 5,77,659Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jyotirmoy Basu · CPI(M)2,04,98753.4%Ambar Prosad Bandopadhaya · INC1,31,65134.3%Third · Independent24,7276.4%
Turnout 69.7%Electors 5,69,286Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Indrajit Gupta · CPI1,73,79549.0%Kamal Sarkar · CPI(M)1,46,83741.4%Third · Independent34,0819.6%
Turnout 57.4%Electors 6,42,566Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Md. Ismail · CPI(M)2,84,59056.3%Renu Chakraborty · CPI2,00,81539.7%Third · NCO20,1954.0%
Turnout 68.7%Electors 7,60,565Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Asoke Kumar Sen · INC1,44,05557.3%Prasanta Kumar Sur · CPI(M)70,77628.1%Third · BJS34,39713.7%
Turnout 41.0%Electors 6,29,041Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Hiren Mukherjee · CPI1,13,23040.3%Piyus Kanti Das Gupta · CPI(M)1,10,93939.5%Third · NCO56,49020.1%
Turnout 54.3%Electors 5,38,997Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Priya Ranjandas Munsi · INC1,44,95250.6%Ganesh Ghosh · CPI(M)1,22,91343.0%Third · NCO9,9713.5%
Turnout 59.0%Electors 5,01,831Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Samar Mukherjee · CPI(M)1,50,91747.7%Mrityunjoy Banerjee · INC1,25,87539.8%Third · FBL22,4647.1%
Turnout 55.2%Electors 5,99,034Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya · CPI(M)1,76,19245.9%Murari Mohan Manna · INC1,23,47232.2%Third · FBL59,05015.4%
Turnout 71.9%Electors 5,52,167Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Dinendra Nath Bhattacharyya · CPI(M)1,67,53048.9%Jadu Gopal Sen · CPI1,05,07230.7%Third · NCO61,64118.0%
Turnout 65.3%Electors 5,51,119Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Bijoy Krishna Modak · CPI(M)2,02,67247.5%Phani Ghosh · INC1,71,20140.1%Third · FBL29,4576.9%
Turnout 70.0%Electors 6,30,767Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Manoranjan Hazra · CPI(M)1,37,84240.8%Santi Mohan Ray · INC1,15,62234.3%Third · NCO58,92817.5%
Turnout 67.7%Electors 5,23,073Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Jagadish Bhattacharyya · CPI(M)1,28,36635.7%Parihal Ghosh · INC1,27,04435.3%Third · CPI62,82417.5%
Turnout 73.1%Electors 5,09,019Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Satis Chandra Samanta · BAC1,42,29436.1%Aruna Asaf Ali · CPI1,35,02334.3%Third · CPI(M)58,87215.0%
Turnout 73.9%Electors 5,52,570Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Samar Guha · PSP1,41,54041.7%Abha Maity · NCO71,18121.0%Third · CPI(M)61,08218.0%
Turnout 67.5%Electors 5,34,463Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Subodh Chandra Hansda · INC1,40,32640.3%Choubey Narayan · CPI1,18,31734.0%Third · CPI(M)39,56911.4%
Turnout 68.8%Electors 5,29,679Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Amiya Kumar Kisku · INC1,02,76230.2%Jadu Nath Kisku · CPI(M)88,06925.9%Third · JKP54,93116.2%
Turnout 68.1%Electors 5,28,392Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Debendra Nath Mahata · INC1,30,26451.8%Bhajahari Mahato · LSS54,22121.6%Third · NCO23,9709.5%
Turnout 48.8%Electors 5,39,571Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Sankar Narayan Singh Deo · INC81,14433.0%Mahadeb Mukherjee · CPI(M)55,64622.6%Third · CPI46,72319.0%
Turnout 48.0%Electors 5,45,829Candidates 7NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Ajit Kumar Saha · CPI(M)98,43833.3%Khan Guru Pada · INC95,97832.5%Third · BAC42,55314.4%
Turnout 59.1%Electors 5,35,867Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Halder Krishna Chandra · CPI(M)1,60,10046.4%Mahadeb Saha · BAC69,18820.1%Third · CPI57,38716.6%
Turnout 57.9%Electors 6,29,094Candidates 5NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Robin Sen · CPI(M)1,32,26849.4%Narayan Choudhury · INC98,60836.8%Third · SSP21,3648.0%
Turnout 51.6%Electors 5,42,914Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Chatterjee Somnath · CPI(M)2,03,64556.7%Bholanath Sen · INC1,39,56538.9%Third · NCO15,8554.4%
Turnout 64.4%Electors 5,77,512Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Saroj Mukherjee · CPI(M)2,10,42256.9%Dwaipayan Sen · INC1,41,93538.4%Third · NCO17,3804.7%
Turnout 72.2%Electors 5,30,377Candidates 3NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Saradish Roy · CPI(M)1,15,59145.4%Phulrenu Guha · INC78,96631.0%Third · FBL26,42910.4%
Turnout 52.8%Electors 5,13,097Candidates 6NOTA 0 (0.0%)
Gadadhar Saha · CPI(M)80,71239.6%Kanai Saha · INC72,32735.5%Third · FBL40,17619.7%
Turnout 43.9%Electors 4,91,845Candidates 4NOTA 0 (0.0%)
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About this data
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the 1971 Lok Sabha election (detailed results, list of winners, list of parties). Vote shares are of valid votes, excluding NOTA, as ECI reports them. Turnout here is votes counted (including NOTA) divided by electors, so it runs slightly below ECI's official figure, which also counts rejected votes.
Held before Meghalaya and Mizoram became separate: the Assam seats include theirs.
Constituencies of today's Telangana (15), Jharkhand (13), Chhattisgarh (10), Uttarakhand (5) are placed there by name; at the time they were part of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and a few boundaries straddled the present state lines.
1 seat was won unopposed, so no poll was held there.
Map boundaries are approximate and for illustration.