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{{Short description|Elections in India in 2001}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name    = Elections in India
| country          = India
| previous_election = 2000 elections in India
| previous_year    = 2000
| election_date    = 2001
| next_election    = 2002 elections in India
| next_year        = 2002
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{{Politics of India}}
{{Politics of India}}


'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''2001'' included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the [[Rajya Sabha]].
'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''2001'' included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the [[Rajya Sabha]].
==Overall Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
| rowspan="6" |10 May 2001
| [[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Tarun Gogoi]]
|[[File:IN-AS.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Full party name with color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[A. K. Antony]]
|[[File:IN-KL.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Pondicherry]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|rowspan="2"|[[P. Shanmugham]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|rowspan="2"|[[P. Shanmugham]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:IN-PY.svg|50px]]
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}
|-
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| [[File:IN-TN.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
| [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
|[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]]
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]
|}


==Legislative Assembly elections==
==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Assam===
===Assam===
{{Main|2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 2001.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=4230676|-|seats1=71|sc1={{increase}}37
|party2=[[Asom Gana Parishad]]|votes2=2130118|seats2=20|sc2={{decrease}}39
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=995004|seats3=8|sc3={{increase}}4
|party4=[[Nationalist Congress Party]]|votes4=267173|seats4=3|sc4={{increase}}1
|party5=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee]]|votes5=118610|seats5=2|sc5={{decrease}}3
|party6=[[Samajwadi Party]]|votes6=109822|seats6=1|sc6=New
|party7=[[Samata Party]]|votes7=83815|seats7=1|sc7=New
|party8=[[All India Trinamool Congress]]|votes8=58361|seats8=1|sc8=New
|party9=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes9=189349|seats9=0|sc9={{decrease}}2
|party10=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes10=116889|seats10=0|sc10={{decrease}}3
|party11=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive)]]|votes11=98032|seats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=[[United Minorities Front, Assam]]|votes12=43712|seats12=0|sc12={{decrease}}2
|party13=[[People's Democratic Front (India)]]|votes13=35147|seats13=0|sc13=New
|party14=Others|votes14=88626|seats14=0|sc14=0
|party15=Independents|votes15=2076653|seats15=19|sc15={{increase}}8
|total_sc={{increase}}4
|invalid=188628
|electorate=14439167
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4007-assam-2001/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>
}}


===Kerala===
===Kerala===
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|2
|2
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M))
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M))
|74
|74
|24
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|-
|13
|13
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|Kerala Congress - Balakrishna Pillai]] (KCB)
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|Kerala Congress - Balakrishna Pillai]] (KCB)
|2
|2
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|'''100'''
|}
|}
===Puducherry===
===Puducherry===
{{Main|2001 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election}}
 
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 2001.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=108700|seats1=11|sc1={{increase}}2
|party2=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes2=83679|seats2=7|sc2=0
|party3=[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes3=59926|seats3=3|sc3=0
|party4=[[Puducherry Makkal Congress]]|votes4=48865|seats4=4|sc4=New
|party5=[[Tamil Maanila Congress]]|votes5=35390|seats5=2|sc5={{decrease}}3
|party6=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes6=22164|seats6=1|sc6={{increase}}1
|party20=Others|votes20=66981|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=51402|seats21=2|sc21=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=252
|electorate=658647
|source=ECI<ref name=election2001>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3436-puducherry-2001/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
}}


===Tamil Nadu===
===Tamil Nadu===
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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External Links==
==External links==
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}


{{Indian elections}}
{{Indian elections}}


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Elections in the Republic of India in 2001 included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Overall Results[edit | edit source]

Date(s) State Government before election Chief Minister before election Government after election Chief Minister after election Maps
10 May 2001 Assam Asom Gana Parishad Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Indian National Congress Tarun Gogoi
Kerala Left Democratic Front E. K. Nayanar United Democratic Front A. K. Antony
Pondicherry Indian National Congress P. Shanmugham Indian National Congress P. Shanmugham
Tamil Maanila Congress Tamil Maanila Congress
Tamil Nadu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J. Jayalalithaa
West Bengal Left Front Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Left Front Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Assam[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress4,230,67639.7571Increase37
Asom Gana Parishad2,130,11820.0220Decrease39
Bharatiya Janata Party995,0049.358Increase4
Nationalist Congress Party267,1732.513Increase1
Autonomous State Demand Committee118,6101.112Decrease3
Samajwadi Party109,8221.031New
Samata Party83,8150.791New
All India Trinamool Congress58,3610.551New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)189,3491.780Decrease2
Communist Party of India116,8891.100Decrease3
Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive)98,0320.920New
United Minorities Front, Assam43,7120.410Decrease2
People's Democratic Front (India)35,1470.330New
Others88,6260.8300
Independents2,076,65319.5119Increase8
Total10,641,987100.00126Increase4
Valid votes10,641,98798.26
Invalid/blank votes188,6281.74
Total votes10,830,615100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,439,16775.01
Source: ECI[1]

Kerala[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Party-wise vote share of 2001 Kerala Assembly Elections[2]
Sl.No: Party Contested Won Popular Votes Share (%)
1 Indian National Congress- Indira (Congress-I) 88 63 4940868 31.4
2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 74 24 3752976 23.85
3 Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 23 16 1259572 8
4 Kerala Congress - Mani (KCM) 11 9 556647 3.54
5 Communist Party of India (CPI) 24 7 1212248 7.7
6 Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) 5 4 279831 1.78
7 Janata Dal- Secular (JDS) 10 3 546917 3.48
8 Kerala Congress - Joseph (KCJ) 10 2 455748 2.9
9 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 9 2 408456 2.6
10 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 6 2 269689 1.71
11 Revolutionary Socialist Party - Bolshevik (RSPB) 4 2 215562 1.37
12 Kerala Congress - Jacob (KCA) 4 2 207618 1.32
13 Kerala Congress - Balakrishna Pillai (KCB) 2 2 113915 0.72
14 Communist Marxist Party (CMP) 3 1 145441 0.92
15 Indian National League (INL) 3 0 139775 0.89
16 CPI(M) Independents (LDF) 2 0 91058 0.58
17 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 123 0 789762 5.02
18 BJP Allies (JD(U): 4, Samata: 2, DMK: 1) 7 0 10089 0.06
19 Others/ Independents 266 1 340692 2.16
Total 676 140 15736894 100

Puducherry[edit | edit source]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress108,70022.7811Increase2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam83,67917.5470
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam59,92612.5630
Puducherry Makkal Congress48,86510.244New
Tamil Maanila Congress35,3907.422Decrease3
Bharatiya Janata Party22,1644.651Increase1
Others66,98114.0400
Independents51,40210.7720
Total477,107100.00300
Valid votes477,10799.95
Invalid/blank votes2520.05
Total votes477,359100.00
Registered voters/turnout658,64772.48
Source: ECI[3]

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left
e • d 
Alliance/Party Seats won Change Popular Vote Vote % Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance 196 +138 14,043,980 50.1%
AIADMK 132 +127 8,815,387 31.4% 52.1%
TMC(M) 23 -15 1,885,726 6.7% 47.5%
PMK 20 +16 1,557,500 5.6% 46.8%
INC 7 +7 696,205 2.5% 45.4%
CPI(M) 6 +4 470,736 1.7% 48.2%
CPI 5 -3 444,710 1.6% 48.5%
IND 2 +2 103,971 0.4% 46.6%
AIFB 1 +1 39,248 0.1% 43.3%
MUL 0 -1 30,497 0.1% 41.7%
DMK+ alliance 37 -138 10,841,157 38.7%
DMK 31 -142 8,669,864 30.9% 39.0%
BJP 4 +3 895,352 3.2% 38.7%
MADMK 2 +1 129,474 0.5% 37.1%
PT 0 – 355,171 1.3% 33.8%
MTD 0 – 257,126 0.9% 40.9%
PNK 0 – 196,740 0.7% 33.6%
MGRK 0 – 136,916 0.5% 40.8%
TB 0 – 45,002 0.2% 40.0%
CNMK 0 – 40,421 0.1% 32.4%
IND 0 – 115,091 0.4% 36.7%
Others 1 – 3,192,598 11.4%
MDMK 0 – 1,304,469 4.7% 5.1%
IND 1 – 1,509,378 6.2% 6.3%
Total 234 – 28,037,314 100% –

Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India[4] and Rediff Newspaper [5]

West Bengal[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
e • d 
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

Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2001 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kerala Assembly Elections 2001". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "The Assembly Elections 2001: Tamil Nadu".

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