CALCUTTA: The ruling Left Front in West Bengal Monday secured an absolute majority in the 294-member state assembly, bagging 178 seats till Monday afternoon, and Communist Party of India (Marxist) sources said.
The CPI-M, a major constituent of the Front, captured 139 seats On its own while the Opposition Congress-I so far bagged 33 seats followed by Gorkha National Liberation Front3 and Suci 2, the sources said,
‘The results of 156 of the 294 seats had been officially declared.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 21, 1991
