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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Forward Bloc (Socialist)&#039;&#039;&#039;, a break-away group from the [[All India Forward Bloc]]. FB(S) existed around 1996–1998. The party was primarily based in northern [[West Bengal]].<br /> <br /> In the [[Lok Sabha]] elections 1996 FB(S) had launched two candidates from [[West Bengal]]. [[Hiten Barman]] from [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]] got 145 078 votes (15,56%) and Mihir Kumar Roy got 27 607 votes (3,09%) in [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]. In the state Legislative Assembly election in [[West Bengal]] 1996, FB(S) had launched 20 candidates, who together got 123 316 votes. One candidate got elected, [[Kamal Guha]] from Dinhata (70 531 votes, 49,58%).<br /> <br /> In the [[Lok Sabha]] elections 1998 FB(S) was with the [[Indian National Congress]]. The party launched one candidate in [[Cooch Behar]], north [[West Bengal]], supported by Congress. The candidate, Gobinda Roy, came second with 272 974 votes (30,16%). Later FB(S) and AIFB were reunited.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Defunct political parties in West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:1996 establishments in West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Political parties established in 1996]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}}<br /> {{India-party-stub}}</div>

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