2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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30The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency (AC)s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs on May 3,and 49 ACs on May 8, 2006. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006 and, thanks to the electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the end of the day.
Total number of ACs in the state is 294. Elections were held for all 294 constituencies. Total electors numbering 48,165,156 voted in 53,293 polling stations. The electoral turnout was 81.92% of possible voters.[1]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front won the election. The previous government, formed by the Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front has been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government.[2]
Contents
1 Results
1.1 Alliance wise result
1.2 Party wise result
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Results
Source: Indian elections [3]
Alliance wise result
| LF | SEATS | NDA+ | SEATS | UPA+ | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPIM | 176-3 (by-polls) | AITC | 30+4 (by-polls) | INC | 21-2 (by-polls) | IND | 4 | |
AIFB | 23 | JKP(N) | 1 | GNLF | 3 | SUCI(C) | 2 | |
RSP | 20 | BJP | 0 | IND(INC) | 2 | BSP | 0 | |
CPI | 8-1 (by-polls) | JD(U) | 0 | JMM | 0 | JVM(P) | 0 | |
WBSP | 4 | LJP | 0 | PBRML | 0 | |||
RJD | 1 | PDS | 0 | |||||
DSP(PC) | 1 | SHSP | 0 | |||||
NCP | 0 | IPFB | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL (2006) | 233 | TOTAL (2006) | 31 | TOTAL (2006) | 26 | TOTAL (2006) | 6 | |
| TOTAL (2001) | n/a | TOTAL (2001) | n/a | TOTAL (2001) | n/a | TOTAL (2001) | n/a |
Party wise result
| | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won [1] |
|---|---|---|---|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 212 | 176 | |
Indian National Congress | 262 | 21 | |
Communist Party of India | 13 | 8 | |
 | Bahujan Samaj Party | 128 | 0 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 29 | 0 | |
Nationalist Congress Party | 2 | 0 | |
All India Trinamool Congress | 257 | 30 | |
All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 23 | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 20 | |
Samajwadi Party | 32 | 0 | |
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2 | 1 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 25 | 0 | |
Lok Jan Shakti Party | 8 | 0 | |
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 7 | 0 | |
Janata Dal (Secular) | 6 | 0 | |
Indian Union Muslim League | 6 | 0 | |
Shiv Sena | 3 | 0 | |
Janata Dal (United) | 2 | 0 | |
West Bengal Socialist Party | 4 | 4 | |
Gorkha National Liberation Front | 5 | 3 | |
Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 4 | 1 | |
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 2 | 1 | |
Amra Bangalee | 22 | 0 | |
Party for Democratic Socialism | 12 | 0 | |
Jharkhand Disom Party | 10 | 0 | |
Indian Justice Party | 6 | 0 | |
Indian People's Forward Bloc | 3 | 0 | |
Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League | 2 | 0 | |
Samajtantric Party of India | 2 | 0 | |
Jana Unnayan Mancha | 1 | 0 | |
| Social Justice Party | 1 | 0 | |
Shoshit Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | |
Republican Party of India (Athvale) | 1 | 0 | |
Rashtriya Samadhaan Party | 1 | 0 | |
Independent | 526 | 6 |
Total Number of constituencies : 294 [1]
Results declared : 294 [1]
Total contestants : 1654
See also
- Left Front Ministry in West Bengal in 2006
References
^ abcd "Election Commission of India - State Elections 2006: Partywise position in West Bengal". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2006-05-23..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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Biswas S (April 16, 2006). "Calcutta's colourless campaign". BBC. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
^ http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/west-bengal/election-result-06.html
External links
- List of Successful candidates, constituency-wise
- West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 Results - Partywise
- Election results
