2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.29%
  First party Second party Third party
  Buddhadev Bhattacharjee.jpg Mamata banerjee.jpg Unknown person.jpg
Leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Mamata Banerjee
Party CPI(M) AITC INC
Alliance LF NDA UPA
Leader's seat Jadavpur None None
Seats won 143 60 26
Seat change Decrease 14 Decrease 22 Decrease 56
Popular vote 13,402,603 11,229,396
Percentage 36.59% 30.66% 8%
Swing Decrease 1.33% n/a Decrease 31.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Unknown person.jpg Unknown person.jpg Unknown person.jpg
Party AIFB RSP CPI
Alliance LF LF LF
Leader's seat None None None
Seats won 25 17 7
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Percentage 5.7% 3.4% 1.8%
Swing Increase 0.5% Decrease 0.3% Increase 0.1%
Chief Minister before election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
LF

Chief Minister

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
LF

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001 was held in Indian state of West Bengal to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1]

Results[]

Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition.[2]

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001[1]
Political Party
 No. of candidates
 No. of elected
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 211 143 13,402,603 36.59%
All India Trinamool Congress 226 60 11,229,396 30.66%
Indian National Congress 60 26 2,921,151 7.98%
All India Forward Bloc 34 25 2,067,944 5.65%
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 17 1,256,951 3.43%
Communist Party of India 13 7 655,237 1.79%
West Bengal Socialist Party 4 4 246,407 0.67%
Gorkha National Liberation Front 5 3 190,057 0.52%
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1 1 62,611 0.09%
Independents 530 9 1,848,830 5.05%
Total 1676 294 36,626,099

Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,[3] while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ "Leaders Of Opposition (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Names and Tenure of Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Names And Tenure Of Deputy Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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