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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2006 West Bengal state assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2001
| next_election = 2011 West Bengal state assembly election
| next_year = 2011
| election_date = 17 April - 8 May 2006
| seats_for_election = All 294 seats in the [[West Bengal state assembly]]
| turnout = 81.97%
| image1 = [[File:Buddhadev Bhattacharjee.jpg|100x100px]]
| leader1 = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]]
| party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leader_since1 = 2000
| leaders_seat1 = [[Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]]
| alliance1 = [[Left Front (West Bengal)|LF]]
| last_election1 = 143
| seats1 = 176
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 33
| popular_vote1 = 14,652,200
| percentage1 = 37.13%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 0.54%
| image2 = [[File:Mamata banerjee.jpg|100x100px]]
| leader2 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| party2 = All India Trinamool Congress
| leader_since2 = 1998
| leaders_seat2 = Did Not Contest
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| last_election2 = 60
| seats2 = 30
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 30
| popular_vote2 = 10,512,153
| percentage2 = 26.64%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 4.02%
| image3 = [[File:Manas Ranjan Bhunia - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8521.JPG|100x100px]]
| leader3 = [[Manas Bhunia]]
| party3 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since3 = 1982
| leaders_seat3 = [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
| alliance3 = [[United Progressive Alliance (India)|UPA]]
| last_election3 = 26
| seats_before3 =
| seats3 = 21
| seat_change3 = {{loss}} 5
| popular_vote3 = 5,805,398
| percentage3 = 14.71%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 6.73%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]
| before_party = Left Front (West Bengal)
| after_election = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]]
| after_party = Left Front (West Bengal)
| majority_seats = 148
}}

The ''' West Bengal state assembly election of 2006''', part of a series of [[State Assembly elections in India, 2006|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 [[Indian voting machines|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.<ref name=eciparty>{{cite web
|url = http://www.eci.gov.in/May2006/index_st.htm
|title = Election Commission of India - State Elections 2006: Partywise position in West Bengal
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|access-date = 2006-05-23
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060523060020/http://www.eci.gov.in/May2006/index_st.htm
|archive-date = 2006-05-23
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]-led [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] won the election. The previous government, formed by the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|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.<ref name=Biswas>

{{cite news
| author =Biswas S | publisher=BBC | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4909832.stm | title=Calcutta's colourless campaign | access-date=2006-04-26
| date=April 16, 2006
}}</ref>

==Results==
Source: Indian elections <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/west-bengal/election-result-06.html |title = 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 |access-date=2009-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414181500/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/west-bengal/election-result-06.html |archive-date=2009-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Alliance wise result===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background:#f00; color:white;"|LF
! style="background:#f00; color:white;"|SEATS
! style="background:#66FF00; color:white;"|NDA+
! style="background:#66FF00; color:white;"|SEATS
! style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|UPA+
! style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|SEATS
! style="background:#f90; color:white;"|OTHERS
! style="background:#f90; color:white;"|SEATS
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]]
|176-3 (by-polls)
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|30+4 (by-polls)
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|21-2 (by-polls)
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|4
|-
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]
|23
|[[Jharkhand Party (Naren)|JKP(N)]]
|1
|[[Gorkha National Liberation Front|GNLF]]
|3
|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]]
|2
|-
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|20
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|0
|[[Independent politician|IND(INC)]]
|2
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
|0
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|8-1 (by-polls)
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|0
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|0
|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM(P)]]
|0
|-
|[[West Bengal Socialist Party|WBSP]]
|4
|
|
|[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
|0
|[[Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League|PBRML]]
|0
|-
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|1
|
|
|[[Party of Democratic Socialism (India)|PDS]]
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)|DSP(PC)]]
|1
|
|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
|0
|
|
|[[Indian People's Forward Bloc|IPFB]]
|0
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|233
| style="background:#9f9;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#9f9;"|31
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|26
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|6
|-
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|196
| style="background:#9f9;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#9f9;"|60
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|29
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|n/a
|}

===Party wise result===
{| class=wikitable
!Symbol
!Party
!Seats Contested
!Seats Won <ref name= eciparty/>
|-
|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 212
| style="text-align:right;"| 176
|-
|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 262
| style="text-align:right;"| 21
|-
|
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 13
| style="text-align:right;"| 8
|-
|[[File:BSP logo 2006 04 27.PNG|40px|BSP]]
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 128
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 29
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 257
| style="text-align:right;"| 30
|-
|
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 34
| style="text-align:right;"| 23
|-
|
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 23
| style="text-align:right;"| 20
|-
|
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 32
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
|-
|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 25
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Lok Jan Shakti Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"|8
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 7
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 6
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 6
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 3
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[West Bengal Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 4
| style="text-align:right;"| 4
|-
|
| [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 5
| style="text-align:right;"| 3
|-
|
| [[Jharkhand Party (Naren)]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 4
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
|-
|
| [[Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
|-
|
| [[Amra Bangalee]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 22
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Party for Democratic Socialism (India)|Party for Democratic Socialism]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 12
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Jharkhand Disom Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 10
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Indian Justice Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 6
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Indian People's Forward Bloc]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 3
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Samajtantric Party of India]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 2
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Jana Unnayan Mancha]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| Social Justice Party
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Shoshit Samaj Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"|1
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Republican Party of India (Athvale)]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Rashtriya Samadhaan Party]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 1
| style="text-align:right;"| 0
|-
|
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| style="text-align:right;"| 526
| style="text-align:right;"| 6
|}
Total Number of constituencies  : '''294''' <ref name= eciparty/><br />
Results declared  : '''294''' <ref name= eciparty/><br />
Total contestants  : '''1654'''

==See also==
* [[Left Front Ministry in West Bengal in 2006]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://eci.gov.in/files/category/94-west-bengal/ West Bangal General Legislative Election Results] at the ''[[Election Commission of India]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105555/http://eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/WestBengalResults.htm List of Successful candidates, constituency-wise]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101206023833/http://westbengalelectionresult.com/west-bengal-assembly-election-2006-results/542 West Bengal Assembly Election 2006 Results - Partywise]

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