2011 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections took place in April and May 2011 to elect legislatures in the Indian states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.^[1]

Legislative Assembly elections

State/Union Territory	Date
Kerala	13 April
Tamil Nadu	13 April
Assam	4 and 11 April
Puducherry	13 April
West Bengal	18, 23, 27 April, 3, 7 and 10 May
Counting	13 May

Assam

Main article: Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2011

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested
1	Indian National Congress	126	78	39.35	39.35
2	All India United Democratic Front	77	18	12.56	20.05
3	Bodoland Peoples Front	29	12	6.13	25.17
4	Asom Gana Parishad	104	10	16.33	19.75
5	Bharatiya Janata Party	120	5	11.45	12.05
6	Independents		2	9.26
7	All India Trinamool Congress	99	1	1.98	2.49
	Total		126

Kerala

Main article: Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2011

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested
2	Indian National Congress	81	38	26.32	45.16
3	Indian Union Muslim League	23	20	7.9	50.81
5	Kerala Congress (M)	15	9	4.92	47.05
7	SUCI (C)	21	2	1.68	11.31
8	Kerala Congress (B)	2	1	0.71	46.99
8	IDK	2	1	0.69	45.77
8	APM	1	1	0.37	51.16
1	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	85	45	28.1	45.73
4	Communist Party of India	27	13	8.69	44.8
6	Janata Dal (Secular)	5	4	1.51	43.22
7	Revolutionary Socialist Party	4	2	1.3	46.39
7	Nationalist Congress Party	4	2	1.24	43.83
7	IND(LDF)	2	2	0.71	45.47
	Total		140

Puducherry

Main article: Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2011

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested
1	All India NR Congress	17	15	31.75	55.47
3	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	10	5	13.75	41.02
2	Indian National Congress	16	7	25.06	46.14
4	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	10	2	10.68	33.28
5	Independent		1	9.49
	Total		35

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested
1	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	165	150	38.42	53.96
2	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	41	29	7.88	44.84
4	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	12	10	2.41	50.29
5	Communist Party of India	10	9	1.98	48.64
8	MMK	3	2	0.52	8.09
8	PT	2	2	0.4	54.3
9	All India Forward Bloc	1	1	0.24	51.22
3	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	124	23	22.4	42.12
6	Indian National Congress	63	5	9.3	35.68
7	Pattali Makkal Katchi	30	3	5.23	39.64
	Total		234

West Bengal

Main article: West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2011

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested
1	All India Trinamool Congress	226	184	42.64	56.4
2	Indian National Congress	66	42	10.00	42.31
3	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	213	40	33.2	45.8
4	All India Forward Bloc	34	11	5.26	47.86
5	Revolutionary Socialist Party	23	7	3.25	39.64
6	GJM	3	3	0.79	79.46
7	Communist Party of India	14	2	2.02	38.55
7	Independents		2	3.65
8	SUCI(C)	29	1	0.47	4.51
8	Samajwadi Party	5	1	0.82	43.56
8	Democratic Secular Party	2	1	0.39	44.69
	Total		294

References

↑ "Press Note No.ECI/PN/17/2011:Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
↑ http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/tamil-nadu/

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