2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election information
2006 West Bengal state assembly election
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17 April - 8 May 2006
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal state assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Registered
48,165,156
Turnout
81.97%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Mamata Banerjee
Pranab Mukherjee
Party
CPI(M)
AITC
INC
Alliance
LF
NDA
UPA
Leader since
2000
1998
2000
Leader's seat
Jadavpur
Did Not Contest[a]
Did not contest[b]
Last election
143
60
26
Seats won
176
30
21
Seat change
33
30
5
Popular vote
14,652,200
10,512,153
5,805,398
Percentage
37.13%
26.64%
14.71%
Swing
0.54%
4.02%
6.73%
Chief Minister before election
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)
Chief Minister after election
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)
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]
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^"Election Commission of India - State Elections 2006: Partywise position in West Bengal". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2006-05-23.
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