West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001

13 May 2001

All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly   First party Second party Third party   Leader Buddhadev Bhattacharya Mamata Banerjee Rahul Sinha Party CPI(M) AITMC BJP Alliance LF UPA NDA Leader's seat Jadavpur None none Last election 0 Seats before 0 Seats won 196 60 0 Seat change n/a Popular vote 17,629,142 11,229,396

Chief Minister before election Buddhadev Bhattacharya LF Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya 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 Buddhadev Bhattacharya 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%
	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]

Alliance wise result

LF+	SEATS	UPA+	SEATS	NDA+	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
CPIM	143	AITC	60	BJP	0	SUCI(C)	2
AIFB	25	INC	26	GJM	0	IND	0
RSP	17	GNLF	3
CPI	7	NCP	0
WBSP	4	PDS	0
DSP(PC)	1
MFB	0
RCPI	0
JD(S)	0
TOTAL (2001)	196	TOTAL (2001)	89	TOTAL (2001)	0	TOTAL (2001)	2
TOTAL (1996)	N/A	TOTAL (1996)	N/A	TOTAL (1996)	N/A	TOTAL (1996)	N/A

Reference

1.  PDF (Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, Election Commission of India)
2. "Leaders Of Opposition (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". http://wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014. External link in |website= (help)
3. "Names and Tenure of Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". http://wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. "Names And Tenure Of Deputy Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". http://wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014. External link in |website= (help)