1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
← 1987 24 April 1991 1996 →
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.8%
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Jyoti Basu Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LF
Leader since 1964 1991
Leader's seat Satgachhia Chowrangee
Last election 39.30%, 187 seats 41.81%, 40 seats
Seats won 182 43
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 3
Coalition vote 10,954,379 10,875,834
Percentage 35.37% 35.12%
Swing Decrease 3.93 pp Decrease 6.71 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 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The Hindu. The case against simultaneous polls
  3. ^ 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.