Left Front (West Bengal)
Summary of electoral history
Table:
Year

Election

Votes

%

Seats

Notes

1977

Parliament

5,049,077

33.4

23 / 42

Left Front contested only 26 out of 42 seats.

1977

Assembly

6,568,999

45.8

231 / 294

1980

Parliament

11,086,354

52.7

38 / 42

Includes 3 CPI candidates.

1982

Assembly

11,869,003

52.7

238 / 294

1984

Parliament

12,296,816

47.6

26 / 42

1987

Assembly

13,924,806

53.0

251 / 294

1989

Parliament

16,284,415

50.6

37 / 42

Includes 1 JD candidate

1991

Assembly

15,090,595

48.7

245 / 294

Includes 8 JD candidates

1991

Parliament

14,955,151

47.1

37 / 42

Includes 2 JD candidates

1996

Assembly

18,143,795

49.3

203 / 294

Includes 5 JD candidates

1996

Parliament

18,011,700

47.8

37 / 42

Includes 1 JD candidate

1998

Parliament

17,101,211

46.0

33 / 42

1999

Parliament

16,494,424

46.1

29 / 42

2001

Assembly

17,912,669

49.0

199 / 294

Includes 2 RJD and 2 JD(S) candidates

2004

Parliament

18,766,404

50.7

35 / 42

2006

Assembly

19,800,148

50.2

235 / 294

Includes 2 RJD and 2 NCP candidates

2009

Parliament

18,503,157

43.3

15 / 42

2011

Assembly

19,555,844

41.0

62 / 294

Includes 1 RJD candidate

2014

Parliament

15,287,783

29.9

2 / 42

2016

Assembly

14,216,327

26.0

32 / 294

Left Front only contested 205 seats.

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