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1981 By-elections
West Bengal
8 seats contested
By-elections held in West Bengal during 1981 — 8 seats were contested, not the full assembly. Results are shown as a table: a map of a handful of seats would leave the rest of the state blank, which reads as "no result" rather than "not contested". Seat shares below are of the seats contested here, not of the assembly.
Seats won by party
Also polled — no seats won
IND1.3%
Vote share of the vote across the seats contested here. Parties below 1% are not shown.
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Darjeeling | T.D.LAMA |  CPM | 25,078 | 58.6% | 7,349 | — |
| 37 | Kumarganj | R.D.NATH | CPM | 46,046 | 56.2% | 11,295 | — |
| 41 | Kharba | M.HAQUE |  INC(I) | 38,792 | 50.2% | 3,422 | — |
| 48 | Suzapur | H.CHOUDHARY | INC(I) | 42,023 | 60.9% | 19,506 | — |
| 108 | Jadavpur | K.BHATTACHARYA | CPM | 46,344 | 68.2% | 27,273 | — |
| 138 | Dum Dum | S.R.GHATAK | CPM | 50,779 | 66.4% | 26,496 | — |
| 159 | Manicktola | S.CHAKRABORTY | CPM | 34,194 | 62.3% | 15,355 | — |
| 223 | Midnapore | K.C.GHOSH |  CPI | 40,000 | 54.7% | 14,724 | — |
Election data: ECI