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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 2005 elections in India
| previous_year = 2005
| election_date = 2006
| next_election = 2007 elections in India
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Politics of India}}

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
| rowspan="2" | 4 and 11 April 2006
| rowspan="2" |[[2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Tarun Gogoi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Tarun Gogoi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:IN-AS.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bodoland People's Front}}
|-
|22 April, 29 April, and 3 May 2006
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]
| {{Full party name with color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[Oommen Chandy]]
|{{Full party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|[[File:IN-KL.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 May 2006
|rowspan="2"|[[2006 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election|Pondicherry]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|rowspan="2"|[[N. Rangaswamy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|rowspan="2"|[[N. Rangaswamy]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:IN-PY.svg|50px]]
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 8 May 2006
| rowspan="2" |[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2" |[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| rowspan="2" |[[M. Karunanidhi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:IN-TN.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|17 April - 8 May 2006
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
| [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
|[[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]]
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
[[Image:India-state elections 2006.svg|left|150px|thumb|Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu]]
The '''State Assembly elections in India of 2006''' took place between April 3, 2006, and May 8, 2006. The [[India]]n states that went into poll are [[Assam]], [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].

Counting of votes for all the states was completed on May 11, 2006, and results were declared on May 20, 2006.

===Assam===
[[Image:India-ASSAM.svg|right|100px|thumb|Assam, India]]
{{main|2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
Elections in [[Assam]] for 65 [[assembly constituency|AC]]s occurred on April 3, 2006, and another 61 [[assembly constituency|AC]]s on April 10, 2006.

===Jammu and Kashmir===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeAprMay2006/index.htm |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date = 1 January 2025 |title=Election Statistics - Bye Elections - April-May 2006 |publisher=Election Commission Of India |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Sangrama Assembly constituency|Sangrama]]||63.31%||Shuib Nabi||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||18,526||.88%||Javid Hassan Beigh||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}||12,208||6.61%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|'''6,318'''
|-
|2||[[Pattan Assembly constituency|Pattan]]||68.97%||[[Sheikh Mustafa Kamal]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}||26,736||1.89%||[[Iftikhar Hussain Ansari]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}||23,969||45.51%||style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}"|'''2,767'''
|-
|3||[[Rafiabad Assembly constituency|Rafiabad]]||75.52%||[[Mohammad Dilawar Mir]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}||28,138||2.46%||Mohammed Maqbool Mir||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}||19,479||55.59%||style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}"|'''8,659'''
|-
|4||[[Bhaderwah Assembly constituency|Bhaderwah]]||72.54%||[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||62,072||6.13%||Dhantar Singh||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||4,057||93.87%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''58,015'''
|-
|}

===Kerala===

[[Image:India-KERALA.svg|right|100px|thumb|Kerala, India]]
{{main|2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}

{| class="toccolours" align="top-left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-right: .5em; margin-top: .4em;font-size: 90%;"
|-
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" valign="top"
!Political Alliance
!No. of Seats
!Popular Vote %
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="FF6666"|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| align="center" |98
| align="center" |48.63%
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="90EE90"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| align="center" |42
| align="center" |42.98%
|-
| style="font-size: 80%" colspan=3 bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"| Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.<ref name=EC>{{Cite web|title=Parties Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archivedate=2008-12-18 }}</ref>
|-
|}
Elections in [[Kerala]] for 65 ACs occurred on April 22, 2006, 61 ACs on April 29, 2006, and 15 ACs on May 3, 2006. The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M))-led [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] beat the incumbent [[Indian National Congress]]-led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] by a margin of 56 seats (out of a total of 140 seats). [[V.S. Achuthanandan]], of CPI (M) was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Kerala|20th Chief Minister of Kerala]], on May 18, 2006.
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===Tamil Nadu===
[[Image:India-TAMILNADU.svg|right|100px|thumb|Tamil Nadu, India]]

{{main|2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}

{| class="toccolours" align="top-left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-right: .5em; margin-top: .4em;font-size: 90%;"
|-
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" valign="top"
!Political Alliance
!No. of Seats
!Assembly Seat %
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="FF6666"|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK+]]
| align="center" |'''163'''
| align="center" |'''69.6%'''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="90EE90"|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK+]]
| align="center" |69
| align="center" |29.4%
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="ffff99"|Independent/Other
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |0.8%
|-
| style="font-size: 80%" colspan=3 bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"| Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.<ref name="EC"/>
|-
|}

Elections in [[Tamil Nadu]] for 234 ACs occurred in a single phase on May 8, 2006. The [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)-led front won the elections, beating the incumbent [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK)-led government. The DMK leader, [[M Karunanidhi]] was sworn in as chief minister.

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===West Bengal===

[[Image:India-WESTBENGAL.svg|right|100px|thumb|West Bengal, India]]

{{main|2006 West Bengal state assembly election}}

Elections in [[West Bengal]] for 45 ACs occurred on April 17, 2006, 66 ACs on April 22, 2006, 77 ACs on April 27, 2006, 57 ACs on May 3, 2006, 49 ACs on May 8, 2006.
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===Puducherry===

Elections in [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] for 3 ACs occurred on May 3, 2006, and 27 ACs on May 8, 2006.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

{{Indian elections}}
{{Legislatures of India}}

[[Category:2006 elections in India]]
[[Category:2006 elections in Asia|India]]
[[Category:2006 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:Elections in India by year]]

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Mrav at 20:29, 25 March 2026