1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election information
1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
76.80%
First party
Second party
Leader
Jyoti Basu
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Party
CPI(M)
INC(I)
Alliance
LF
INC(I) + GNLF + JKP + UCPI
Leader since
1964
1972
Leader's seat
Satgachhia
Chowrangee
Last election
53.0%, 251 seats
41.81%, 40 seats
Seats won
182
43
Seat change
5
3
Popular vote
11,418,822
10,875,834
Percentage
36.87%
35.12%
Swing
2.43%
6.69%
Chief Minister before election
Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)
Elected Chief Minister
Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1991. The election took place simultaneously with the 1991 Indian general election.[1][2] The term of the assembly elected in 1987 lasted until February 1992, but the West Bengal government asked the Election Commission of India to arrange the election at an earlier date.[3]
^M. L. Ahuja (2000). Handbook of General Elections and Electoral Reforms in India, 1952–1999. Mittal Publications. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-7099-766-5.
^The Hindu. The case against simultaneous polls
^Ananth V. Krishna (1 September 2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. p. 385. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0.
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