1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 280 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
141 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.51%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Leader Jyoti Basu Prafulla Chandra Sen Ajoy Mukherjee
Party CPI(M) INC Bangla Congress
Alliance UF UF
Leader since 1964 1962 1967
Leader's seat Baranagar Arambagh Tamluk
Arambag
Last election 18.10%, 43 seats 41.1%, 127 seats 10.16%, 34 seats
Seats won 80 55 33
Seat change Increase 37 Decrease 72 Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,676,981 5,538,622 1,094,654
Percentage 20.0% 41.3% 8.2%
Swing Increase 1.9 pp Increase 0.2 pp Decrease 1.9 pp
Chief Minister before election

President's rule

 Elected Chief Minister

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
Bangla Congress

Elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in February 1969 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1][2] United Front formed the government with Ajoy Mukherjee as the Chief Minister. United Front won a landslide 214 seats and 49.7% of the votes.[3]

  1. ^ "West Bengal 1969". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ The Times of India News Service. "65 Straight Contests in W. Bengal". ProQuest. The Times of India. ProQuest 614137477. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  3. ^ Subrata K. Mitra (7 May 2007). The Puzzle of India's Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory. Routledge. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-134-27493-2.