In the 1996 West Bengal Lok Sabha Election, Indian National Congress (INC) contested 42 constituencies and won 9 seats. Across these constituencies, INC candidates received 14,711,538 votes, accounting for 40.09% of the votes cast in the constituencies it contested. Across all 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, INC secured 40.09% vote share.
| INC Overall performance | Result |
|---|---|
| Constituencies contested | 42 |
| Seats won | 9 |
| Total votes received | 1,47,11,538 |
| Vote share in contested constituencies | 40.09% |
| Overall vote share | 40.09% |
The table below lists INC candidates, their total votes, vote share within each constituency, and final position. Select a constituency to explore the complete election results.
| Constituency | Candidate | Position | Votes Received | Party Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alipurduars | Pius Tirkey | 2 | 2,99,561 | 36.37 |
| Arambagh | Monoranjan Hazra | 2 | 3,17,956 | 34.8 |
| Asansol | Sukumar Bandyopadhyay | 2 | 3,29,856 | 40.6 |
| Balurghat | Satyendra Nath Roy | 2 | 2,96,576 | 33.02 |
| Bankura | Gouri Sankar Dey | 2 | 1,91,415 | 25.61 |
| Barasat | Ranjit Kumar Panja | 2 | 4,49,127 | 42.86 |
| Barrackpore | Ghosal Debi | 2 | 3,48,572 | 43.23 |
| Basirhat | Dilip Majumder | 2 | 3,67,110 | 41.02 |
| Berhampore | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 2 | 4,05,299 | 43.96 |
| Birbhum | Mamata Saha | 2 | 2,91,873 | 36.48 |
| Bolpur | Sunil Das | 2 | 2,17,903 | 27.98 |
| Burdwan | Ritesh Kumar Dutta | 2 | 3,15,565 | 32.7 |
| Calcutta North East | Ajit Kumar Panja | 1 | 3,35,855 | 51.98 |
| Calcutta North West | Debi Prosad Pal | 1 | 2,12,637 | 48.31 |
| Calcutta South | Mamata Banerjee | 1 | 4,38,252 | 52.51 |
| Contai | Nitish Sengupta | 2 | 3,72,986 | 45.76 |
| Cooch Behar | Sabita Roy | 2 | 3,04,633 | 32.67 |
| Darjeeling | K B Chettri | 2 | 2,80,167 | 36 |
| Diamond Harbour | Amjad Ali Sardar | 2 | 3,89,318 | 44.77 |
| Dum Dum | Ashutosh Laha | 2 | 5,22,164 | 42.64 |
| Durgapur | Chittaranjan Pramanik | 2 | 3,14,537 | 35.29 |
| Hooghly | Gouri Sankar Banerjee | 2 | 4,13,856 | 45.11 |
| Howrah | Priya Ranjan Das Munsi | 1 | 4,59,059 | 47.89 |
| Jadavpur | Krishna Bose | 1 | 4,99,254 | 47.41 |
| Jalpaiguri | Deb Prasad Roy | 2 | 3,22,115 | 36.1 |
| Jangipur | Md. Idris Ali | 1 | 3,92,942 | 45.56 |
| Jhargram | Subodh Hansda | 2 | 1,38,234 | 17.16 |
| Joynagar | Jogesh Roy | 2 | 2,74,446 | 31.6 |
| Katwa | Nurul Islam | 2 | 3,69,062 | 39.19 |
| Krishnagar | Sri Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya | 2 | 3,69,479 | 41.56 |
| Malda | Abul Barkat Ataul G K Choudhury | 1 | 4,17,427 | 48.78 |
| Mathurapur | Sujit Patwari | 2 | 3,94,042 | 46.21 |
| Midnapore | D P Roy | 2 | 2,77,920 | 32.02 |
| Murshidabad | Anarul Hossain Khan | 2 | 4,15,088 | 42.68 |
| Nabadwip | Protap Kanti Roy | 2 | 4,83,083 | 43.47 |
| Panskura | Padma Khastgir | 2 | 3,44,026 | 41.41 |
| Purulia | Gobinda Mukherjee | 2 | 2,65,689 | 36.09 |
| Raiganj | Golam Yazdani | 2 | 3,72,095 | 42.54 |
| Serampore | Pradip Bhattacharya | 1 | 4,49,205 | 46.44 |
| Tamluk | Jayanta Bhattacharya | 1 | 4,50,473 | 48.67 |
| Uluberia | Minati Adhikari | 2 | 3,87,750 | 45.78 |
| Vishnupur | Ashis Rajak | 2 | 2,14,931 | 25.99 |