2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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Turnout | 81.97% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 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 81.97% 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]
Results[edit]
Source: Indian elections [3]
Alliance wise result[edit]
LF | SEATS | NDA+ | SEATS | UPA+ | SEATS | OTHERS | SEATS |
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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 | BSP | 0 | ||||
NCP | 0 | IPFB | 0 | ||||
TOTAL (2006) | 233 | TOTAL (2006) | 31 | TOTAL (2006) | 26 | TOTAL (2006) | 6 |
TOTAL (2001) | 196 | TOTAL (2001) | 60 | TOTAL (2001) | 29 | TOTAL (2001) | n/a |
Party wise result[edit]
Total Number of constituencies : 294 [1]
Results declared : 294 [1]
Total contestants : 1654
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "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.
- ↑ Biswas S (April 16, 2006). "Calcutta's colourless campaign". BBC. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
- ↑ "West Bengal Election Result,West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 Results,West Bengal State Assembly Elections,India Assembly Elections,State Assembly Elections,Indian Assembly Election 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
External links[edit]
- West Bangal General Legislative Election Results at the Election Commission of India
- List of Successful candidates, constituency-wise
- West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 Results - Partywise
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