Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) called for electoral boycott.

[7] Three candidates were killed during the electoral campaign; on February 17, 1971 Debdatta Mondal (Bangla Congress candidate in Ukhra) was killed, on February 20, 1971 the All India Forward Bloc leader and Shyampukur constituency candidate Hemanta Kumar Basu was killed in broad daylight and on March 5, 1971 Pijush Chandra Ghosh (Congress(O) candidate in Dum Dum) was killed.

[8] Elections were countermanded in these three constituencies, but in Shyampukur no election was held as Ajit Kumar Biswas (the candidate nominated by the Forward Bloc in lieu of Hemanta Kumar Basu) was killed as well.

[10] Two ULDF affiliates, SSP and Gorkha League, joined the government.