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All 294 seats in the West Bengal state assembly 148 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 48,165,156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 81.97% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. 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.[1]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front won the election with an overwhelming majority. 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 had been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government.[2][3]
Election schedule
| Poll event | First phase | Second phase | Third phase | Fourth phase | Fifth phase |
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| Notification Date | 24 March | 28 March | 1 April | 5 April | 13 April |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 31 March | 4 April | 8 April | 12 April | 20 April |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 1 April | 5 April | 10 April | 13 April | 21 April |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 3 April | 7 April | 12 April | 17 April | 24 May |
| Date of poll | 17 April | 22 April | 27 April | 3 May | 8 May |
| Date of counting of votes | 11 May | ||||
| No. of assembly constituencies | 45 | 66 | 77 | 57 | 49 |
Results
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front won a landslide victory by winning a total of 235 seats
Source: Indian elections [4]
Alliance wise result
| LF | SEATS | % | NDA | SEATS | % | UPA | SEATS | % |
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| CPIM | 176 | 37.13 | AITC | 30 | 26.63 | INC | 21 | |
| AIFB | 23 | 5.66 | JKP(N) | 0 | 0.26 | GNLF | 3 | |
| RSP | 20 | 3.71 | BJP | 0 | 1.93 | IND(INC) | 2 | |
| CPI | 8 | 1.91 | JD(U) | 0 | 0.10 | JMM | 0 | |
| WBSP | 4 | 0.71 | LJP | 0 | ||||
| RJD | 1 | 0.08 | PDS | 0 | ||||
| DSP(PC) | 1 | 0.36 | BSP | 0 | ||||
| NCP | 0 | 0.19 | IPFB | 0 | ||||
| TOTAL (2006) | 235 | 49.72 | TOTAL (2006) | 30 | 28.91 | TOTAL (2006) | 21 | |
| TOTAL (2001) | 196 | TOTAL (2001) | 60 | TOTAL (2001) | 29 |