Name in the record
JYOTI BASU
CPM·CPI
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “JYOTI BASU” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 45-year span across 9 contests — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.
Ballot lines
9
1951–1996
Wins
8
Parties
2
States / UT
1
Every contest
Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bengal 1996 | 117. Satgachia | CPM | 58,597 | 48.7% | Won |
| West Bengal 1991 | 117. Satgachia | CPM | 54,798 | 54.1% | Won |
| West Bengal 1987 | 117. Satgachia | CPM | 51,135 | 57.1% | Won |
| West Bengal 1982 | 117. Satgachia | CPM | 50,618 | 68.3% | Won |
| West Bengal 1977 | 117. Satgachia | CPM | 45,538 | 79.9% | Won |
| West Bengal 1972 | 126. Baranagar | CPM | 30,158 | 30.4% | Lost · 2nd |
| West Bengal 1969 | 126. Baranagar | CPM | 45,261 | 61.8% | Won |
| West Bengal 1962 | 78. Baranagar | CPI | 40,830 | 57.0% | Won |
| West Bengal 1951 | 150. Barnnagar | CPI | 13,968 | 56.2% | Won |