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 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition.[2]
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes
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|align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||211||143||13,402,603||36.59%||
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|align="left"|All India Trinamool Congress||226||60||11,229,396||30.66%||
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|align="left"|Indian National Congress||60||26||2,921,151||7.98%||
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|align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||34||25||2,067,944||5.65%||
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|align="left"|Revolutionary Socialist Party||23||17||1,256,951||3.43%||
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|align="left"|Communist Party of India||13||7||655,237||1.79%||
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|align="left"|West Bengal Socialist Party||4||4||246,407||0.67%||
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|align="left"|Gorkha National Liberation Front||5||3||190,057||0.52%||
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|align="left"|Biplobi Bangla Congress||1||1||62,611||0.09%||
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|align="left"|Independents||530||9||1,848,830||5.05%||
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|align="left"|Total||1676||294||36,626,099||||
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Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,[3] while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.[4]
References
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Leaders Of Opposition (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly). wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Names and Tenure of Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly). wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Names And Tenure Of Deputy Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly). wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.