1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Jyoti Basu Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Party CPI(M) INC(I)
Alliance LF
Leader since 1964 1987
Leader's seat Satgachhia Did not contest[a]
Last election 38.49%, 174 seats 35.73%, 49 seats
Seats won 187 40
Seat change Increase13 Decrease 9
Popular vote 10,327,984 10,989,520
Percentage 39.30% 41.81%
Swing Increase 0.89 pp Increase 6.08 pp
Chief Minister before election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

Chief Minister after election

Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. The election was mainly a clash between the Left Front led by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and the Indian National Congress(I) led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The former held the state government and the latter the national government. The election was won by the Left Front, for the third time in a row.

Contestants

Left Front

The governing Left Front denied tickets to 62 sitting legislators.[1] In many cases CPI(M), the dominant force in the Left Front, was seeking to rejuvenate the legislature and fielded 35 student leaders as new candidates.[1]

The star campaigner of the Left Front was Chief Minister Jyoti Basu of CPI(M), who had pledged to visit all constituencies where CPI(M) had fielded candidates.[1] During the campaign Basu claimed that the Delhi government discriminated against West Bengal in allocation of resources.[1]

Congress(I)

'Natun Bangla' ('New Bengal') was the key slogan of the Congress(I) campaign.[1] The star campaigner of Congress(I) was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was flown in from Delhi and toured the state.[1][2] At the time Gandhi enjoyed significant popularity, especially amongst urban upper-middle class sectors.[2] Gandhi was accompanied by West Bengal Congress(I) chief Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on the campaign trail.[1] Striking a populist tone in midst of deindustrialisation in the state caused by militant activism of Communist labour unions, Gandhi promised development in West Bengal and to create a million new jobs.[1]

The Congress(I) campaign, whilst being boosted by Gandhi, suffered from internal dissent in party ranks.[1] The state Congress cadre were divided into the pro-Rajiv Gandhi camp, led by A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury and the anti-Rajiv Gandhi camp led by Pranab Mukherjee,[3] who saw not Rajiv but himself as the bonafide successor of Indira Gandhi's political legacy. Feeling sidelined by Rajiv, who dropped him from the Union Cabinet after the 1984 general elections, Mukherjee broke away from the Congress (Indira) in 1986 to found his own party, the Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress. In protest of Mukherjee's exit, his supporters within the Congress(I), notably Subrata Mukherjee & Somen Mitra refused to co-operate with the top leadership.

Gorkhaland issue

Whilst an accord had been struck between Gandhi and Gorkha National Liberation Front leader Subhash Ghisingh ahead of the polls, violence escalated in the Darjeeling hills.[1] In the run-up to the polls, several policemen were killed in the area.[1]

Results

The Left Front won 251 out of 294 seats. It obtained 13,918,403 votes (52.96% of the statewide vote).[4]

Party Candidates Seats Votes %
Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 212 187 10,285,723 39.12
All India Forward Bloc 34 26 1,534,795 5.84
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 18 1,036,138 3.94
Communist Party of India 12 11 503,854 1.92
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 3 1 118,985 0.42
Marxist Forward Bloc 2 2 107,732 0.41
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1 0 42,261 0.16
West Bengal Socialist Party and
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) 		7 6 288,915 1.10
Indian National Congress (I) 294 40 10,989,520 41.81
Socialist Unity Centre of India 46 2 237,674 0.90
Indian Union Muslim League 36 1 162,850 0.62
Bharatiya Janata Party 57 0 134,867 0.51
Janata Party 30 0 41,475 0.16
Lok Dal 18 0 10,032 0.04
Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) 4 0 3,335 0.01
Independents 718 0 784,937 2.99
Total 1,497 294 26,283,093 100
Source: Election Commission of India

It was the last time till date that the Indian National Congress contested without being in any alliance in West Bengal's state elections.

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) 		Member Party
Mekliganj SC Sada Kanta All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi SC Sudhir Pramanik Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mathabhanga SC Dinesh Chandra Dakua Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Cooch Behar North None Aparajita Goppi All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar West None Bimal Kanti Basu All India Forward Bloc
Sitai None Dipak Sen Gupta All India Forward Bloc
Dinhata None Kamal Guha All India Forward Bloc
Natabari None Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tufanganj SC Manindra Nath Barma Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kumargram ST Subodh Barwa Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini ST Khudiram Pahan Indian National Congress
Alipurduars None Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata SC Jagendra Nath Singha Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Madarihat ST Sushil Kujur Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri SC Banamali Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nagrakata ST Sukra Oraon Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mainaguri SC Tarak Bandhu Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal ST Mohanlal Oraon Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kranti None Sudhan Raha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jalpaiguri None Nirmal Kumar Bose All India Forward Bloc
Rajganj SC Dhirendra Nath Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kalimpong None Mohansing Rai Communist Party of India
Darjeeling None Dawa Lama Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kurseong None Harka Bahadur Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Siliguri None Gour Chakroborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Phansidewa ST Prakash Minj Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Chopra None Mahamudin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Islampur None Md. Faruque Azam Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Goalpokhar None Mohammad Ranjan Ali All India Forward Bloc
Karandighi None Suresh Chandra Singha All India Forward Bloc
Raiganj SC Khagendra Nath Sinha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kaliaganj SC Ramani Kanta Deb Sarma Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kushmandi SC Roy Narmada Revolutionary Socialist Party
Itahar None Swadesh Chaki Communist Party of India
Gangarampur None Minati Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tapan ST Khara Soren Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj None Dwijendra Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Balurghat None Biswanath Choudhury Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur ST Sarkar Murmu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Gajol ST Suphal Murmu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kharba None Nazmul Hoque Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Harishchandrapur None Birendra Kumar Mitra All India Forward Bloc
Ratua None Mumtaz Begum Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Araidanga None Habib Mustafa Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Malda SC Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Englishbazar None Sailen Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Manikchak None Subodh Chowdhuari Communist Party of India
Suzapur None Humayoun Chowdhury Indian National Congress
Kaliachak None Dinesh Joardar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Farakka None Abul Hasnat Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Aurangabad None Touab Ali Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Suti None Shish Mohammad Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sagardighi SC Paresh Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jangipur None Habibur Rahaman Indian National Congress
Lalgola None Abdus Sattar Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola None Syed Nawab Jani Meerja Independent
Nabagram None Birendra Narayan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Murshidabad None Mannan Hossain Indian National Congress
Jalangi None Atahar Rahaman Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Domkal None Abdul Bari Mahammad Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Naoda None Jayanta Kumar Biswas Revolutionary Socialist Party
Hariharpara None Mozammel Hoque Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Berhampore None Debabrata Bandapadhyay Revolutionary Socialist Party
Beldanga None Nurul Islam Choudhury Indian National Congress
Kandi None Syed Wahed Reza Communist Party of India
Khargram SC Bishwanath Mandal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Barwan None Amalendra Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur None Satya Pada Bhattacharyya Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur None Biswas Chittaranjan(anandapally) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Palashipara None Madhabendu Mohanta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nakashipara None Sinha Santosh Kumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kaliganj None S.m. Fazlur Rahaman Indian National Congress
Chapra None Mir Qusem Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Krishnaganj SC Nayan Chandra Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Krishnagar East None Sadhan Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Krishnagar West None Amritendu Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nabadwip None Biswanath Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Santipur None Bimalananda Mukherjee Independent
Hanskhali SC Sukumar Mandal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ranaghat East SC Binay Krishna Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ranaghat West None Gourchandra Kundu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Chakdaha None Subhash Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Haringhata None Nani Gopal Malakar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bagdaha SC Apurba Lal Majumdar Indian National Congress
Bongaon None Ranjit Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Gaighata None Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Habra None Kamal Sen Gupta (bose) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ashokenagar None Nani Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Amdanga None Hashim Abdul Halim Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Barasat None Saral Ded All India Forward Bloc
Rajarhat SC Rabindar Nath Mandal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Deganga None A.k.m.uzzaman Indian Union Muslim League
Swarupnagar None Anisur Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Baduria None Md. Shelim Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Basirhat None Narayan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Hasnabad None Goutam Deb Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Haroa SC Kshiti Ranjan Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sandeshkhali SC Kumud Ranjan Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Hingalganj SC Sudhanshu Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Gosaba SC Ganesh Chandra Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti SC Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali SC Prabodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India
Joynagar None Deba Prasad Sarkar Socialist Unity Centre of India
Baruipur None Hemen Mojumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Canning West SC Gobinda Chandra Naskar Indian National Congress
Canning East None Abdur Razzak Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bhangar None Abdur Razzak Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jadavpur None Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sonarpur SC Bhadreswar Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bishnupur East SC Sundar Naskar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bishnupur West None Kashi Nath Adak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Behala East None Niranjan Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Behala West None Rabin Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Garden Reach None Fazle Azim Molla Indian National Congress
Maheshtala None Abul Basar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Budge Budge None Kshiti Bhusan Roy Barman Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Satgachia None Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Falta None Arti Das Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Diamond Harbour None Abdul Quiyom Molla Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Magrahat West None Abdus Chhohan Gazi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Magrahat East SC Radhika Ranjan Pramanik Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mandirbazar SC Subhash Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mathurapur None Bapuli Satya Ranjan Indian National Congress
Kulpi SC Krishnadhan Halder Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Patharpratima None Gunadhar Maity Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kakdwip None Hrishikesh Maity Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sagar None Prabhanjan Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bijpur None Jagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Naihati None Tarun Adhikary Indian National Congress
Bhatpara None Satyanaryan Singh Indian National Congress
Jagatdal None Nihar Basu All India Forward Bloc
Noapara None Jamini Bhusan Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Titagarh None Ganga Prasad Shah Indian National Congress
Khardah None Asim Kumar Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Panihati None Gopalkrishna Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kamarhati None Radhika Ranjan Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Baranagar None Matish Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum None Santi Ranjan Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Belgachia East None Subhash Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Cossipur None Dipak Chanda Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Shyampukur None Kiron Chowdhury Indian National Congress
Jorabagan None Subrata Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Jorasanko None Deoki Nandan Poddar Indian National Congress
Bara Bazar None Rajesh Khaitan Indian National Congress
Bow Bazar None Sudip Bandyopadhyay Indian National Congress
Chowringhee None Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress
Kabitirtha None Ram Pyare Ram Indian National Congress
Alipore None Saugata Roy Indian National Congress
Rashbehari Avenue None Hoimi Basu Indian National Congress
Tollygunge None Prosanta Kumar Sur Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Dhakuria None Jatin Chakroborty Revolutionary Socialist Party
Ballygunge None Sachin Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Entally None Sultan Ahmed Indian National Congress
Taltola SC Sumanta Kumar Hira Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Beliaghata None Manabendra Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sealdah None Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress
Vidyasagar None Lakshmi Kanta Dey Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Burtola None Sadhan Pande Indian National Congress
Manicktola None Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Belgachia West None Sudipto Roy Indian National Congress
Bally None Supriya Basu Indian National Congress
Howrah North None Asok Ghosh Indian National Congress
Howrah Central None Ambica Banerjee Indian National Congress
Howrah South None Mrityunjoy Banerjee Indian National Congress
Shibpur None Satyendra Nath Ghose All India Forward Bloc
Domjur None Joykesh Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jagatballavpur None M. Ansaruddin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Panchla None Sailendra Nath Mondol All India Forward Bloc
Sankrail SC Haran Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uluberia North SC Raj Kumar Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uluberia South None Amar Banerjee (chobi) Indian National Congress
Shyampur None Gourhari Adak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bagnan None Nirupama Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kalyanpur None Nitai Charan Adak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Amta None Barindra Nath Koley Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Udaynarayanpur None Pannalal Maji Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jangipara None Manindar Nath Jana Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Chanditala None Ghosh Malin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uttarpara None Santashri Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Serampore None Arun Kumar Goswami Indian National Congress
Champdani None Sunil Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Chandernagore None Sandhya Chattopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Singur None Bidyut Kr. Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Haripal None Balai Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tarakeswar None Santi Chatterjee Independent
Chinsurah None Narendra Nath Dey All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia None Prabir Sen Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Balagarh SC Abinash Pramanik Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Pandua None Deb Narayan Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Polba None Brojo Gopal Neogy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Dhaniakhali SC Kirpasindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah None Buishnupada Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Khanakul SC Schindra Nath Hajra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Arambagh None Benode Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Goghat SC Malick Shibprashad All India Forward Bloc
Chandrakona None Umapati Chakrabortty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ghatal SC Ratanchandra Pakhira Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Daspur None Prabhas Phodikar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nandanpur None Chhaya Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Panskura West None Omar Ali Communist Party of India
Panskura East None Sibaram Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tamluk None Surajit Saran Bagchi Communist Party of India
Moyna None Pulin Bera Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mahishadal None Surya Chakarbarti Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sutahata SC Lakshman Chandra Seth Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nandigram None Saktiprasad Bal Communist Party of India
Narghat None Bankim Behari Maity Independent
Bhagabanpur None Pradhan Prasanta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Khajuri SC Sunirmal Paik Independent
Contai North None Ram Sankar Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Contai South None Sukhendu Maiti Communist Party of India
Ramnagar None Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Egra None Sinha Prabodh Chandra Independent
Mugberia None Kiranmay Nanda Independent
Pataspur None Kamakshyanandan Das Mahapatra Communist Party of India
Sabang None Manas Ranjan Bhunia Indian National Congress
Pingla None Hari Pada Jana Independent
Debra None Sk. Jahangir Karim Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Keshpur SC Himansu Kumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Garhbeta East None Susanta Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Garhbeta West SC Krishnaprasad Duley Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Salbani None Sundar Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Midnapore None Kamakhya Charan Ghosh Communist Party of India
Kharagpur Town None Gyan Singh Sohanpal Indian National Congress
Kharagpur Rural None Najmul Haque Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Keshiari ST Maheswar Murmu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Narayangarh None Bibhuti Bhusan De Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Dantan None Kanai Bhomik Communist Party of India
Nayagram ST Ananta Saren Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Gopiballavpur None De Sunil Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jhargram None Abani Bhusan Satpathi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Binpur ST Durga Tudu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Banduan ST Lakshi Ram Kisku Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Manbazar None Kamalakanta Mahata Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Balrampur ST Bikram Tudu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Arsa None Kumar Pandab All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda None Satyaranjan Mahato All India Forward Bloc
Jaipur None Bindeswar Mahato All India Forward Bloc
Purulia None Mamata Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Para SC Gobinda Bauri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Raghunathpur SC Natabar Bagdi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kashipur ST Surendra Nath Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Hura None Ambarish Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Taldangra None Amiya Patra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Raipur ST Upen Kisku Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ranibandh ST Rampada Mandi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indpur SC Madan Bauri Communist Party of India
Chhatna None Subjas Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati SC Nabani Bauri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Barjora None Jayasree Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bankura None Partha De Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Onda None Anil Mukherjee All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur None Achintya Krishna Ray Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kotulpur None Gouri Pada Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indas SC Badan Bora Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sonamukhi SC Sukhendu Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kulti None Tuhin Samanta Indian National Congress
Barabani None Ajit Kumar Chakarbarty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Hirapur None Suhrid Basu Mallik Indian National Congress
Asansol None Prabuddha Laha Indian National Congress
Raniganj None Bansa Gopal Choudhuri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jamuria None Bikash Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ukhra SC Bagdi Lakhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Durgapur-i None Dilip Mazumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Durgapur-ii None Tarun Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kanksa SC Krishna Chandra Halder Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ausgram SC Sridhar Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bhatar None Syed Md. Masih Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Galsi None Sen Deb Ranjan All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North None Chowdhury Binoy Krishna Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Burdwan South None Sen Nirupam Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Khandaghosh SC Shibaprasad Dalui Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Raina None Dhirendranath Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Jamalpur SC Sunil Santra Independent
Memari None Konar Maharani Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kalna None Anju Kar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nadanghat None Mansur Habibullah Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Manteswar None Hemanta Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Purbasthali None Manoranjan Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Katwa None Anjan Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mangalkot None Nikhilananda Sar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ketugram SC Raicharan Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Nanur SC Ananda Gopal Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bolpur None Tarapada Ghosh Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur None Majumdar Sunil Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Dubrajpur None Bhakti Bhusan Mandal All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar SC Bijoy Bagdi All India Forward Bloc
Suri None Tapan Ray Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mahammad Bazar None Dhiren Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mayureswar SC Dhiren Let Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Rampurhat None Sasanka Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Hansan SC Asit Kumar Mal Indian National Congress
Nalhati None Sattick Kumar Roy All India Forward Bloc
Murarai None Motahar Hossain Indian National Congress

Notes

  1. ^ Dasmunshi was the sitting MP from Howrah

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k India Today. West Bengal: Basu vs Gandhi
  2. ^ a b Sumantra Bose (16 September 2013). Transforming India. Harvard University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-674-72819-6.
  3. ^ "Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency battle between S.S. Ray and Congress(I) candidate appears unequal". India Today. 31 December 1984. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1987 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL