West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001
India
2001
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Buddhadev Bhattacharya Mamata Banerjee
Party CPI(M) AITMC
Alliance LF
Seats won 196 60
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)21114313,402,60336.59%
All India Trinamool Congress2266011,229,39630.66%
Indian National Congress60262,921,1517.98%
All India Forward Bloc34252,067,9445.65%
Revolutionary Socialist Party23171,256,9513.43%
Communist Party of India137655,2371.79%
West Bengal Socialist Party44246,4070.67%
Gorkha National Liberation Front53190,0570.52%
Independents53091,848,8305.05%
Total167629436,626,099

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

Reference

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  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.
  3. ↑ "Names and Tenure of Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". http://wbassembly.gov.in''. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Names And Tenure Of Deputy Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". http://wbassembly.gov.in''. Retrieved 13 March 2014.