WEST BENGAL · 1971
Seats40
Electors2.21 Cr
Votes polled1.37 Cr
Median turnout63.6%
Other years: 20242019201420092004199919981996199119891984198019771967196219571952
Party standings
Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)
20
of 40 seats · 50%
1 short of a majority
Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)
20
Indian National Congress
13
Communist Party Of India
3
Bangla Congress
1
Praja Socialist Party
1
Revolutionary Socialist Party
1
Independent
1
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 457 | Cooch BeharSC | Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury | INC | 359,788 | 70,604 | 19.6 | 63.6 |
| 458 | JalpaiguriST | Tuna Oraon | INC | 306,173 | 52,967 | 17.3 | 62.7 |
| 459 | Darjeeling | Ratanlall Brahman | CPIM | 268,931 | 12,277 | 4.6 | 53.5 |
| 460 | Raiganj | Sidhartha Sankar Ray | INC | 311,567 | 64,007 | 20.5 | 54.8 |
| 461 | BalurghatSC | Rasendra Nath Barman | INC | 349,541 | 85,278 | 24.4 | 70.4 |
| 462 | Malda | Dinesh Chandrajoarder | CPIM | 340,623 | 33,766 | 9.9 | 69.1 |
| 463 | Jangipur | Lutfal Haque | INC | 317,319 | 49,356 | 15.6 | 57.0 |
| 464 | Murshidabad | Chowdhury Abu Taleb | IND | 287,999 | 20,382 | 7.1 | 57.8 |
| 465 | Berhampore | Tridib Choudhuri | RSP | 312,302 | 10,757 | 3.4 | 58.0 |
| 466 | Krishnanagar | Renupada Das | CPIM | 312,342 | 33,631 | 10.8 | 62.1 |
| 467 | NabadwipSC | Bibha Ghosh | CPIM | 391,659 | 10,600 | 2.7 | 68.0 |
| 468 | Barasat | Ranendra Nath Sen | CPI | 349,894 | 9,239 | 2.6 | 64.1 |
| 469 | Basirhat | A. K. M. Ishaque | INC | 323,367 | 54,910 | 17.0 | 60.2 |
| 470 | JoynagarSC | Sakti Kumar Sarkar | INC | 393,696 | 74,236 | 18.9 | 70.2 |
| 471 | MathurapurSC | Madhurjya Haldar | CPIM | 431,325 | 1,585 | 0.4 | 74.7 |
| 472 | Diamond Harbour | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPIM | 396,845 | 73,336 | 18.5 | 69.7 |
| 473 | Alipore | Indrajit Gupta | CPI | 368,717 | 26,958 | 7.3 | 57.4 |
| 474 | Barrackpore | Md. Ismail | CPIM | 522,103 | 83,775 | 16.0 | 68.7 |
| 475 | Calcutta North West | Asoke Kumar Sen | INC | 257,684 | 73,279 | 28.4 | 41.0 |
| 476 | Calcutta North East | Hiren Mukherjee | CPI | 292,503 | 2,291 | 0.8 | 54.3 |
| 477 | Calcutta South | Priya Ranjandas Munsi | INC | 296,088 | 22,039 | 7.4 | 59.0 |
| 478 | Howrah | Samar Mukherjee | CPIM | 330,787 | 25,042 | 7.6 | 55.2 |
| 479 | Uluberia | Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya | CPIM | 396,925 | 52,720 | 13.3 | 71.9 |
| 480 | Serampore | Dinendra Nath Bhattacharyya | CPIM | 360,050 | 62,458 | 17.3 | 65.3 |
| 481 | Hooghly | Bijoy Krishna Modak | CPIM | 441,659 | 31,471 | 7.1 | 70.0 |
| 482 | Arambagh | Manoranjan Hazra | CPIM | 354,073 | 22,220 | 6.3 | 67.7 |
| 483 | Ghatal | Jagadish Bhattacharyya | CPIM | 372,171 | 1,322 | 0.4 | 73.1 |
| 484 | Tamluk | Satis Chandra Samanta | BC | 408,393 | 7,271 | 1.8 | 73.9 |
| 485 | Contai | Samar Guha | PSP | 360,838 | 70,359 | 19.5 | 67.5 |
| 486 | Midnapore | Subodh Chandra Hansda | INC | 364,697 | 22,009 | 6.0 | 68.9 |
| 487 | JhargramST | Amiya Kumar Kisku | INC | 359,606 | 14,693 | 4.1 | 68.1 |
| 488 | Purulia | Debendra Nath Mahata | INC | 263,046 | 76,043 | 28.9 | 48.8 |
| 489 | Bankura | Sankar Narayan Singh Deo | INC | 262,110 | 25,498 | 9.7 | 48.0 |
| 490 | VishnupurSC | Ajit Kumar Saha | CPIM | 316,885 | 2,460 | 0.8 | 59.1 |
| 491 | AusgramSC | Halder Krishna Chandra | CPIM | 363,981 | 90,912 | 25.0 | 57.9 |
| 492 | Asansol | Robin Sen | CPIM | 280,338 | 33,660 | 12.0 | 51.6 |
| 493 | Burdwan | Somnath Chatterjee | CPIM | 372,040 | 64,080 | 17.2 | 64.4 |
| 494 | Katwa | Saroj Mukherjee | CPIM | 382,733 | 68,487 | 17.9 | 72.2 |
| 495 | Bolpur | Saradish Roy | CPIM | 270,782 | 36,625 | 13.5 | 52.8 |
| 496 | BirbhumSC | Gadadhar Saha | CPIM | 215,720 | 8,385 | 3.9 | 43.9 |