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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1999

Seats
42
Electors ?
47,649,856
Votes polled ?
35,761,182
Turnout ?
75.0%

Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources

Seats won

Party tally (source summary)
PartySeatsSeat shareVote share
CPM2150%50.64%
AITC819%48.59%
CPI37.1%48.48%
RSP37.1%48.44%
INC37.1%44.61%
FBL24.8%50.62%
BJP24.8%47.70%

Vote share (share of votes) and seat share (share of seats) are different measures.

Constituencies

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Winners by constituency, 1999
ConstituencyWinnerPartyMarginTurnout
Alipurduars (ST)Joachim BaxlaRSP153,13374.8%
Arambagh (SC)Anil BasuCPM116,72182.6%
AsansolBikash ChowdhuryCPM37,86465.5%
BalurghatBarman RanenRSP62,92176.9%
BankuraAcharia BasudebCPM106,99871.2%
BarasatDr.Ranjit Kumar PanjaAITC96,90080.1%
BarrackporeTarit Baran TopdarCPM40,77581.3%
BasirhatAjoy ChakrabortyCPI82,58780.9%
BerhamporeAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINC95,39177.3%
BirbhumRam Chandra DomeCPM157,15670.3%
Bolpur (SC)Somnath ChatterjeeCPM186,38976.4%
BurdwanSar NikhilanandaCPM301,68380.9%
Calcutta North EastAjit Kumar PanjaAITC41,57471.2%
Calcutta North WestSudip BandyopadhyayAITC94,17063.1%
Calcutta SouthMamata BanerjeeAITC214,00867.0%
ContaiNeetish SenguptaAITC12,13383.1%
Cooch Behar (SC)Amar Roy PradhanFBL108,16580.8%
DarjeelingS.P. LepchaCPM111,96946.2%
Diamond HarbourSamik LahiriCPM71,16375.5%
Dum DumTapan SikdarBJP134,56175.7%
Durgapur (SC)Sunil KhanCPM117,96373.0%
HooghlyRupchand PalCPM12,48580.2%
HowrahSwadesh ChakrabortyCPM103,44972.0%
JadavpurKrishna BoseAITC66,76571.6%
Jalpaiguri (SC)Minati SenCPM108,93776.6%
JangipurAbul Hasnat KhanCPM61,31772.3%
Jhargram (ST)Rupchand MurmuCPM108,68181.0%
Joynagar (SC)Sanat Kumar MondalRSP112,30173.1%
KatwaMahboob ZahediCPM108,36278.8%
KrishnagarSatyabrata MookherjeeBJP22,23478.0%
MaldaAbul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan ChoudhuryINC24,55378.3%
Mathurapur (SC)Radhika Ranjan PramanikCPM51,72577.0%
MidnaporeIndrajit GuptaCPI28,77378.4%
MurshidabadMoinul HassanCPM123,36071.3%
NabadwipAnanda Mohan BiswasAITC39,13576.8%
Panskura (SC)Gita MukherjeeCPI46,85883.5%
PuruliaBirsingh MahatoFBL174,87068.7%
RaiganjPriya Ranjan DasmunsiINC75,25577.4%
SeramporeAkbor Ali KhandokerAITC47,76469.9%
TamlukLakshman Chandra SethCPM54,82683.8%
UluberiaHannan MollahCPM67,57774.4%
VishnupurSandhya BauriCPM181,57079.0%