# Indian general election in West Bengal, 1999

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 :
| Phase | V |
| Notification Date | 03 September |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 10 September |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 15 September |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 17 September |
| Date of poll | 01 October |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 05 October |
| No. of constituencies | 42 |

## Parties and alliances
### Left Front

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | | Anil Biswas | 32 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | | | Manoj Bhattacharya | 4 |
| | All India Forward Bloc | | | Debabrata Biswas | 3 |
| | Communist Party of India | | | Manju Kumar Majumdar | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 |

### National Democratic Alliance

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | All India Trinamool Congress | | | Mamata Banerjee | 28 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Tapan Sikdar | 13 |
| | Independent politician | | | Natabar Bagdi | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 |

### United Progressive Alliance

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Indian National Congress | | | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 41 |
| | Jharkhand Party (Naren) | | | Naren Hansda | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42+1 | 42+1 |

### Others

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | | | Provash Ghosh | 42 |

## Candidates

| Constituency | Constituency | | | | | | | | | |
| Constituency | Constituency | LF | LF | LF | NDA | NDA | NDA | UPA | UPA | UPA |
| 1 | Cooch Behar (SC) | | AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | | AITC | Ambika Charan Choudhury | | INC | Sabita Roy |
| 2 | Alipurduars (ST) | | RSP | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 3 | Jalpaiguri | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 4 | Darjeeling | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 5 | Raiganj | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 6 | Balurghat (SC) | | RSP | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 7 | Malda | | CPI(M) | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 8 | Jangipur | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 9 | Murshidabad | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 10 | Baharampur | | RSP | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 11 | Krishnanagar | | CPI(M) | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 12 | Nabadwip (SC) | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 13 | Barasat | | AIFB | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 14 | Basirhat | | CPI | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 15 | Jaynagar (SC) | | RSP | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 16 | Mathurapur (SC) | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 17 | Diamond Harbour | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 18 | Jadavpur | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 19 | Barrackpore | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 20 | Dum Dum | | CPI(M) | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 21 | Calcutta North West | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 22 | Calcutta North East | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 23 | Calcutta South | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 24 | Howrah | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 25 | Uluberia | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 26 | Serampore | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 27 | Hooghly | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 28 | Arambagh | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 29 | Panskura | | CPI | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 30 | Tamluk | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 31 | Contai | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 32 | Midnapore | | CPI | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 33 | Jhargram (ST) | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | JKP(N) | |
| 34 | Purulia | | AIFB | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 35 | Bankura | | CPI(M) | | | IND | | | INC | |
| 36 | Vishnupur (SC) | | CPI(M) | Sandhya Bauri | | AITC | Adhibas Duley | | INC | Mallika Mandal |
| 36 | Vishnupur (SC) | | CPI(M) | Sandhya Bauri | | AITC | Adhibas Duley | | JKP(N) | Ajit Saha |
| 37 | Durgapur (SC) | | CPI(M) | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 38 | Asansol | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 39 | Burdwan | | CPI(M) | | | BJP | | | INC | |
| 40 | Katwa | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 41 | Bolpur | | CPI(M) | | | AITC | | | INC | |
| 42 | Birbhum (SC) | | CPI(M) | | | BJP | | | INC | |

## Results
### Results by constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| No. | Name | Party | Party | Alliance | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Party | Alliance | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Cooch Behar (SC) | | AIFB | | LF | Amar Roy Pradhan | 443,148 | 49.69% | Ambika Charan Choudhury | | AITC | | NDA | 334,983 | 37.56% | Margin | 108,165 |
| 2 | Alipurduars (ST) | | RSP | | LF | Joachim Baxla | 389,919 | 51.25% | Dhirendra Narjinarai | | BJP | | NDA | 236,786 | 31.12% | 153,133 |
| 3 | Jalpaiguri | | CPI(M) | | LF | Minati Sen | 405,785 | 48.78% | Kalyan Chakraborty | | AITC | | NDA | 296,848 | 35.69% | 108,937 |
| 4 | Darjeeling | | CPI(M) | | LF | S. P. Lepcha | 256,826 | 44.24% | Nar Bahadur Khatiwada | | INC | | UPA | 144,857 | 24.96% | 111,969 |
| 5 | Raiganj | | INC | | UPA | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 409,331 | 46.74% | Subrata Mukherjee | | CPI(M) | | LF | 334,076 | 38.15% | 75,255 |
| 6 | Balurghat (SC) | | RSP | | LF | Ranen Barman | 375,669 | 44.67% | Subhash Chandra Barman | | BJP | | NDA | 312,748 | 37.19% | 62,921 |
| 7 | Malda | | INC | | UPA | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 325,833 | 40.22% | Sailen Sarkar | | CPI(M) | | LF | 301,280 | 37.19% | 24,553 |
| 8 | Jangipur | | CPI(M) | | LF | Abul Hasnat Khan | 352,580 | 45.47% | Mainul Haque | | INC | | UPA | 291,263 | 37.56% | 61,317 |
| 9 | Murshidabad | | CPI(M) | | LF | Moinul Hassan | 391,366 | 47.30% | Abdul Mannan Hossain | | INC | | UPA | 268,006 | 32.39% | 123,360 |
| 10 | Baharampur | | INC | | UPA | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 434,073 | 46.86% | Promothes Mukherjee | | RSP | | LF | 338,682 | 36.56% | 35,391 |
| 11 | Krishnagar | | BJP | | NDA | Satyabrata Mookherjee | 366,954 | 43.82% | Dilip Chakraborty | | CPI(M) | | LF | 344,720 | 41.16% | 22,234 |
| 12 | Nabadwip (SC) | | AITC | | NDA | Ananda Mohan Biswas | 459,319 | 45.84% | Asim Bala | | CPI(M) | | LF | 420,184 | 41.93% | 39,135 |
| 13 | Barasat | | AITC | | NDA | Ranjit Kumar Panja | 518,520 | 50.28% | Saral Deb | | AIFB | | LF | 421,620 | 40.88% | 96,900 |
| 14 | Basirhat | | CPI | | LF | Ajay Chakraborty | 407,903 | 47.64% | M. Nuruzzaman | | AITC | | NDA | 325,316 | 37.99% | 82,587 |
| 15 | Jaynagar (SC) | | RSP | | LF | Sanat Kumar Mandal | 396,383 | 49.39% | Krishna Pada Majumder | | BJP | | NDA | 284,082 | 35.40% | 112,301 |
| 16 | Mathurapur (SC) | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 17 | Diamond Harbour | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 18 | Jadavpur | | AITC | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 19 | Barrackpore | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 20 | Dum Dum | | BJP | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 21 | Calcutta North West | | AITC | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 22 | Calcutta North East | | AITC | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 23 | Calcutta South | | AITC | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 24 | Howrah | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 25 | Uluberia | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 26 | Serampore | | AITC | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 27 | Hooghly | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 28 | Arambagh | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | BJP | | NDA | | | |
| 29 | Panskura | | CPI | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 30 | Tamluk | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 31 | Contai | | AITC | | NDA | | | | | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | |
| 32 | Medinipur | | CPI | | LF | | | | | | BJP | | NDA | | | |
| 33 | Jhargram (ST) | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 34 | Purulia | | AIFB | | LF | | | | | | BJP | | NDA | | | |
| 35 | Bankura | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | IND | | NDA | | | |
| 36 | Vishnupur (SC) | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 37 | Durgapur (SC) | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | BJP | | NDA | | | |
| 38 | Asansol | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 39 | Burdwan | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | BJP | | NDA | | | |
| 40 | Katwa | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 41 | Bolpur | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | AITC | | NDA | | | |
| 42 | Birbhum (SC) | | CPI(M) | | LF | | | | | | BJP | | NDA | | | |

### Results by alliance or party

Seat Share by party
Vote Share by party
Seat Share by alliance
Vote Share by alliance
| 29 | 10 | 3 |
| LF | NDA | UPA |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| CPI(M) | AITC | INC | RSP | CPI | BJP | AIFB |
| Parties/ Alliance | Parties/ Alliance | Parties/ Alliance | Parties/ Alliance | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Parties/ Alliance | Parties/ Alliance | Parties/ Alliance | Parties/ Alliance | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| | LF | | CPI(M) | 12,553,991 | 35.57% | 0.16 pp | 32 | 21 | 3 |
| | LF | | RSP | 1,500,653 | 4.25% | 0.23 pp | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| | LF | | CPI | 1,223,879 | 3.47% | 0.17 pp | 3 | 3 | |
| | LF | | AIFB | 1,215,911 | 3.45% | 0.15 pp | 3 | 2 | |
| | LF | Total | Total | 16,494,434 | 46.74% | 0.36 pp | 42 | 29 | 4 |
| | NDA | | AITC | 9,189,631 | 26.04% | 1.61 pp | 28 | 8 | 1 |
| | NDA | | BJP | 3,928,424 | 11.13% | 0.93 pp | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| | NDA | | IND | 274,722 | 0.78% | New | 1 | 0 | New |
| | NDA | Total | Total | 13,118,055 | 37.91% | 1.32 pp | 41 | 10 | 2 |
| | UPA | | INC | 4,688,932 | 13.29% | 1.91 pp | 41 | 3 | 2 |
| | UPA | | JKP(N) | 101,441 | 0.29% | 0.21 pp | 2 | 0 | |
| | UPA | Total | Total | 4,790,373 | 13.58% | 2.12 pp | 43 | 3 | 2 |
| | Others | Others | Others | 223,427 | 0.66% | 0.37 pp | 60 | 0 | |
| | IND | IND | IND | 391,954 | 1.11% | 0.07 pp | 121 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35,292,965 | 100% | - | 309 | 42 | - |