1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
{{Short description|Assembly Election of West Bengal, India}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1946
| next_election = 1957 West Bengal state assembly election
| next_year = 1957
| election_date = 31 March 1952
| seats_for_election = All 187 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Dr._Bidhan_Chandra_Roy_in_1943_(cropped).jpg|bSize=135 |cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=22|oTop=0}}
| leader1 = Bidhan Chandra Roy
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 = Bowbazar
| seats1 = 150
| seat_change1 = N/A
| popular_vote1 = 2,889,994
| percentage1 = 38.82%
| swing1 = N/A
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png|bSize=120 |cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=20|oTop=10}}
| leader2 = Jyoti Basu
| leaders_seat2 = Baranagar
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| alliance2 =
| seats2 = 28
| seat_change2 = N/A
| popular_vote2 = 800,951
| percentage2 = 10.76%
| swing2 = N/A
| map_image = India_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_1952.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption = Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election
| title = Chief Minister
| before_election = Bidhan Chandra Roy
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = Bidhan Chandra Roy
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 94
| elected_members = 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members
| leader_since1 = 1952
| last_election1 = N/A
| leader_since2 = 1952
| last_election2 = N/A
| turnout = 42.23%
}}
File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg
The West Bengal State Assembly Election of 1952 was a part of the series of Legislative Assembly elections in 1952. It was the first ever assembly election held in West Bengal.
Alliances
On the political left, two alliances had emerged the United Socialist Organisation of India (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Socialist Republican PartyContested as independents. Rao (2003) estimates that they had 19 candidates, out of whom 4 were elected. and the Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)) and the People's United Socialist Front (comprising the Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc (Ruikar) and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India).M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 213.
Results
=Alliance wise result=
The election was won by the Indian National Congress, who got a majority of its own in the assembly. The communists became the largest opposition party.
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| CPI | 28 | SPI | 0
| INC | 150 | BJS | 9
| IND | 19 | |
| ---
| SRP | 0 | FB(R) | 1 | | ABHM | 4 | KMPP | 15 | |
| ---
| AFBM | 11 | RSP | 0 | | ABRRP | 0 | |||
| ---
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=Party wise result=
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14}} |sortable=yes}}
!colspan=9|File:India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1952.svg
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |
! Political party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote %
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
| 70px
| 236 || 150 || 63.56 || 2,889,994 || 38.82
|-
| {{party color cell|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
|
| 129 || 15 || 6.36 || 667,446 || 8.97
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India
| 70px
| 86 || 28 || 11.86 || 800,951 || 10.76
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|
| 85 || 9 || 3.81 || 415,458 || 5.58
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc (Marxist)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
|
| 48 || 11 || 4.66 || 393,591 || 5.29
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (India)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party
|
| 63 || 0 || || 215,382 || 2.89
|-
| {{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
|
| 33 || 4 || 1.69 || 1,76,762 || 2.37
|-
| style="background-color:red"|
| style="text-align:left;" |Forward Bloc (Ruikar)
|
| 32 || 2 || 0.85 || 1,07,905 || 1.45
|-
| {{party color cell|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Socialist Party
|
| 16 || 0 || || 63,173 || 0.85
|-
|{{party color cell|Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore)
|
| 10 || 0 || || 32,859 || 0.44
|-
|{{party color cell|Bolshevik Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Bolshevik Party of India
|
| 8 || 0 || || 20117 || 0.27
|-
|{{party color cell|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
|
|14 || 0 || || 7,100 || 0.10
|-
|{{party color cell|Independent (India)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Independent
|
| 614 || 19 || 8.05 || 1,653,165 || 22.21
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3| Total seats
! 238 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 17,628,239 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 7,443,903 (42.23%)
|}
Elected members
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency !Member !colspan=2|Party | |||
| Kalimpong | None | Lalit Bahadur Kharga | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Darjeeling | None | Dalbahadur Singh Gahatraj | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Jore Bungalow | None | Shiva Kumar Rai | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Kurseong Siliguri | rowspan=2| None | Tenzing Wangdi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| George Mahbert | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Jalpaiguri | rowspan=2| None | Ashrumati Devi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Western Duars | rowspan=2| None | Sasadhar Kar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Munda Antoni Topno | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Mainaguri | None | Surendra Nath Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Dhupguri | None | Rabindra Nath Sikdar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Alipur Duars | rowspan=2| None | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Dhirandra Bramha Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Central Duars | rowspan=2| None | Jajneswar Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bhagat Mangaldas | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Mekliganj | None | Satyendra Prasanna Chatterjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mathabhanga | None | Sarada Prasad Pramanick | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Dinhate | rowspan=2| None | Satish Chandra Roy Singha | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Umesh Chandra Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Cooch Behar | rowspan=2| None | Maziruddin Ahmed | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Raiganj | rowspan=2| None | Shyama Prasad Barman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gulam Hamidur Rahman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Itahar | None | Banamali Das | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gangarampur | None | Satindra Nath Basu | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Balurghat | rowspan=2| None | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Lakshman Chandra Hasda | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Gazole | None | Dharanidhar Sarkar | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Kharba | None | Tafazzal Hossain | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Harishchandrapur | None | Ramhari Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ratua | None | Md. Sayeed Mia | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Manikchak | None | Pashupati Jha | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Malda | rowspan=2| None | Nikunjabehari Gupta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Raipada Das | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} | ||
| Kalichak (north) | None | Abul Barkat Ataul Gani | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Kaliachak (south) | None | Sowrindra Mohan Misra | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nalhati | None | Yeakub Hossain | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Murarai | None | Jogendra Narayan Das | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| rowspan=2| Rampurhat | rowspan=2| None | Panchanan Let | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Srikumar Bandopadhyaya | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Nanur | rowspan=2| None | Saha Sisir Kumar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Murarka Basanta Lal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Bolpur | rowspan=2| None | Roy Hanseswar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Hansadah Bhusan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Suri | rowspan=2| None | Majhi Nishapati | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sen Gupta Gopika Bilas | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Khayrasole | None | Bandopadhyaya Khagendra Nath | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Farakka | None | Giasuddin | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Suti | SC | Lutfal Haque | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Sagardighi | rowspan=2| None | Shyamapada Bhattacharyya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kuber Chand Haldar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Lalgola | None | Kazeemali Meerza | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Murshidabad | None | Durgapada Sinha | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Raninagar | None | Jainal Abedin Kezi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jallangi | None | A . M . A . Zaman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Hariharpara | None | A . Hamid ( Haji ) | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Newada | None | Mahammad Israil | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Beldanga | None | Kshitish Chandra Ghose | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bharatpur | None | Bijoyendu Narayan Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Burwan Khargram | rowspan=2| None | Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Maulik | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sudhir Mondal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Kandi | None | Goalbadan Trivedi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Berhampore | None | Bejoy Kumar Ghosh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Chhatna | rowspan=2| None | Probodh Chandra Dutta | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} |
| Kamala Kanta Hembram | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Raipur | rowspan=2| None | Jadu Nath Murmu | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Jatindra Nath Basu | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Khatra | rowspan=2| None | Ashutosh Mallik | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amulya Ratan Ghose | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} | ||
| Taldangra | None | Purabi Mukherjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Barjora | None | Prafulla Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gangajalghati | None | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bankura | SC | Rakhahari Chatterjee | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} |
| rowspan=2| Vishnupur | rowspan=2| None | Kiran Chandra Digar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Radha Gobinda Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Sonamukhi | rowspan=2| None | Sishuram Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bhabataran Chakraborty | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Binpur | rowspan=2| None | Mongal Chandra Saren | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nripendra Gopal Mitra | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Gopiballavepore | rowspan=2| None | Dhananjoy Kar | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Jagatpati Hansda | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Jhargram | rowspan=2| None | Madan Mohan Khan | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |
| Mohendra Nath Mahato | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Narayangarh | rowspan=2| None | Surendranath Pramanik | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Krishna Chandra Satpati | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} | ||
| Pingla | None | Pulin Behari Maity | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |
| Danton | None | Jnanendra Kumar Choudhury | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |
| Kharagpur | None | Moulana Muhammad Momtaz | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Garbetta | None | Saroj Roy | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Salboni | None | Bejoy Gopal Goswami | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Patashpur | None | Janardan Sahu | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |
| rowspan=2| Keshpur | rowspan=2| None | Nagendra Doloi | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Gangapada Kuor | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Ghatal | rowspan="2" | None | Amulyacharan Dal | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Jatishchandra Ghosh | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | ||
| Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattachariya | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Panskura North | None | Rajanikanta Pramanik | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Panskura South | None | Shyama Bhattacharyya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sabang | None | Gopal Chandra Das Adhikary | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Moyna | None | Kanilal Bhowmic | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Mahisadal | None | Kumar Deba Prosad Garga | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Nandigram North | None | Subodh Chandra Maity | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nandigram South | None | Prabir Chandra Jana | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sutahata | None | Kumar Chandra Jana | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Ramnagar | None | Trailakya Nath Pradhan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Contai North | None | Sudhir Chandra Das | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Contai South | None | Natendra Nath Das | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Mohanpur | None | Basanta Kumar Panigrahi | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |
| rowspan=2| Khejri | rowspan=2| None | Koustuv Kanti Karan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Abha Maity | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Bhagawanpur | None | Rameswar Panda | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |
| Shyampur | None | Sasabindu Bera | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| rowspan=2| Uluberia | rowspan=2| None | Bijoy Mondal | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Bibhuti Bhusan Ghosh | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} | ||
| Bagnan | None | Sambhu Charan Mukhopadhaya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amta South | None | Arabinda Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amta Central | None | Tarapada Pramanik | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Amta North | None | Alamohon Dass | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Sankrail | rowspan=2| None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Kripa Sindhu Shaw | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} | ||
| Jagatballavpur | None | Amrita Lal Hazra | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Howrah North | None | Biren Banerjee | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Howrah East | None | Saila Kumr Mukhopadhyaya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Howrah West | None | Bankim Chandra Kar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Howrah South | None | Beni Charan Dutta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Domjur | None | Tarapada Dey | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Bally | None | Ratan Moni Chattopadhyaya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Singoor | rowspan=2| None | Sourendra Nath Saha | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Ajit Kumar Basu | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | ||
| Uttarpara | None | Monoranjan Hazra | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Serampore | None | Jitendra Nath Lahiri | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bhadreswar | None | Byomkerh Majumdar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Goghat | None | Radha Krishna Pal | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| rowspan=2| Arambagh | rowspan=2| None | Madan Mohan Saha | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Radha Krishna Pal | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} | ||
| Tarakeswar | None | Parbati Hazra | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Chinsurah | rowspan=2| None | Jyotish Chandra Ghosh | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Radha Nath Das | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Dhanialkhali | rowspan=2| None | Dhirendra Narayan Mukherji | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Loso Hasda | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Balagarh | None | Brindaban Chattopadhyay | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Burdwan | None | Binoy Krishna Chaudhury | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Khandaghosh | None | Jonab Mahammad Hossain | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Raina | rowspan=2| None | Dasarathi Tah | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Mritunjoy Pramanik | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Galsi | rowspan=2| None | Mahitosh Saha | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jadabendra Nath Panja | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Ausgram | rowspan=2| None | Ananda Gopal Mukhepadhyay | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kanai Lal Das | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Raniganj | rowspan=2| None | Banku Behari Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Pashupati Nath Maliah | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Kulti | rowspan=2| None | Baidyanath Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Joynarayan Sarma | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Asansol | None | Atindra Nath Bose | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Ruikar)}} |
| rowspan=2| Kalna | rowspan=2| None | Baidyanath Santal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Rash Behari Sen | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Purbasthali | None | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Manteswar | None | Annada Prasad Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Katwa | None | Subodh Chowdhury | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Mangalkot | None | Bhakta Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Ketugram | None | Tarapada Bandyopadhyay | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} |
| Karimpur | None | Haripada Chatterjee | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Tehatta | None | Raghunandan Biswas | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kaliganj | None | Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nakesipara | None | Jagannath Mazumder | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Chapra | None | Smarajit Bandopadhya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Krishnagar | None | Bejoy Lal Chattapadhya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Nabadwp | None | Niranjan Modak | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Santipur | None | Sashibhusan Khan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Ranaghat | rowspan=2| None | Bijoy Krishna Sarkar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Keshab Chandra Mitra | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Bongaon | None | Jiban Ratan Dhar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gaighata | None | Ziaul Hoque | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghosh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sarup Nagar | None | Mahammad Ishaque | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Deganga | None | Rafiuddin Ahmed | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Haroa Sandeshkhali | rowspan=2| None | Jyotish Chandra Roy Sardar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Hemanta Kumar Ghoshal | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Hasnabad | rowspan=2| None | Bijesh Chandra Sen | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Rajkrishna Mandol | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Basirhat | SC | Prafulla Banerjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Dum Dum | None | Kanai Lal Das | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Bhangar | rowspan=2| None | Hemchandra Naskar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Gangadhar Naskar | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Baruipore | rowspan=2| None | Lalit Kumar Sinha | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Abdus Shokur | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Joynagar | rowspan=2| None | Subodh Banerjee | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Dintaran Moni | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} | ||
| Baraset | None | Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bizpur | None | Bipin Behari Ganguli | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Naihati | None | Suresh Chandra Paul | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Barrackpur | None | Phanindranath Mukhopadhya | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bhatpara | None | Dayaram Beri | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Titagarh | None | Krishna Kumar Sukla | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Baranagar | SC | Jyoti Basu | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| rowspan=2| Mathurapur | rowspan=2| None | Bhusan Chandra Das | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Brindaban Gayan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Saugar | None | Haripaba Baguli | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| rowspan=2| Kulpi | rowspan=2| None | Nalini Kanta Halder | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| Prankrishna Kumar | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} | ||
| rowspan=2| Mograhat | rowspan=2| None | Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Abul Hashem | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Falta | None | Jyotish Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Diamond Harbour | SC | Charu Chandra Bhandari | {{Full party name with color|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party}} |
| rowspan=2| Bishnupur | rowspan=2| None | Basanta Kumar Mal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Provash Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | ||
| Budge Budge | None | Bankim Mukherjee | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Mohestola | None | Sudhir Chandra Bhandari | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Garden Reach | None | S . M . Abdullah | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Tollyganj | None | Jyotish Joarder | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Behala | None | Biren Roy | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Ruikar)}} |
| Cossipur | None | Biswanath Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Shampukur | None | Hemanta Kumar Bose | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Kumartuli | None | Nepal Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Burtola | None | Nirmal Chandra De | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Muchipara | None | Sankar Prasad Mitra | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jorabagan | None | Ram Lagan Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jorasanko | None | Amarendra Nath Basu | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Belgachia | None | Ganesh Ghose | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Manicktala | None | Ranendra Nath Sen | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Beliaghata | None | Suhrid Kumar Mullick Choudhury | {{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)}} |
| Barabazar | None | Iswar Das Jalan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Colootola | None | Anandi Lal Poddar | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Sealdah | None | Pannalal Bose | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Vidyasagar | None | Narayan Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |
| Taltola | None | Moulavi Shamsul Haque | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| rowspan=2| Baniapukur Ballygunge | rowspan=2| None | Pulin Behari Khatic | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Jogesh Chandra Gupta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | ||
| Bhawanipur | None | Mira Dutta Gupta | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Kalighat | None | Manikuntala Sen | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Tollygunge (north) | None | Priya Ranjan Sen | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Tollygunge (south) | None | Ambica Chakravorty | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |
| Watgunge | None | Kali Mukherjee | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Alipur | ST | Satyendra Kumar Basu | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Fort | None | Narendra Nath Sen | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Bowbazar | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| Entally | None | Debendra Chandra Dev | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
State Reorganization
On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, a portion of the Purnea district east of the river Mahananda and the Purulia sub-district of the Manbhum district in the south (except Char Thana) were transferred from Bihar to West Bengal.{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1955_7/42/reorganisation_of_statesthe_approach_and_arrangements.pdf | title=Reorganisation of States, 1955 | publisher=The Economic Weekly | date=October 15, 1955 | access-date=July 25, 2015}} Thus, assembly constituencies in West Bengal increased from 187 (238 seats) to 195 (252 seats) during 1957 assembly elections.