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West Bengal assembly election, May 2006

The 14th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
176 seats · majority
Candidates
1,654
139 women, 37 elected
Turnout
81.82%
3.94 cr of 4.82 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • CPM176
  • AITC30
  • AIFB23
  • INC21
  • RSP20
  • CPI8
  • IND6
  • WBSP4
  • Others6

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (2001)

CPM
+33
AITC
-30
INC
-5
RSP
+3
IND
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)176+3321250.8%1,46,34,20037.13%+0.542
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress30-3025730.4%1,05,12,15326.67%-3.9958
AIFBAIFB23—3449.0%22,32,8505.67%—0
INCIndian National Congress21-526216.5%58,05,39814.73%+6.75176
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party20+32348.8%14,63,9013.71%+0.280
CPICommunist Party of India8+11345.8%7,53,3171.91%+0.121
INDIndependent6-35262.5%16,38,5204.16%-0.89517
WBSPWBSP40451.8%2,81,8830.71%+0.040
GNLFGNLF30528.6%1,96,0300.50%-0.022
DSPPDSPP1—251.8%1,40,5890.36%—0
JKPNJKPN1+1420.8%1,01,4900.26%+0.242
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal1+1229.1%31,0800.08%+0.010
BJPBharatiya Janata Party002919.9%7,60,2361.93%-3.2611
BSPBahujan Samaj Party001281.5%2,75,2740.70%+0.49128
IPFBIPFB0—319.0%84,4900.21%—2
NCPNationalist Congress Party00232.5%74,9110.19%-0.290
SPSamajwadi Party00321.7%71,4380.18%+0.1332
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha0078.3%70,7110.18%-0.197
CPI(ML)CPI(ML)0—231.9%64,1700.16%—23
PDSPDS00122.6%45,4150.12%-0.4812
JD(U)JD(U)00217.9%39,6940.10%+0.041
AMBAMB00220.9%28,2120.07%+0.0222
JDPJanta Darbar Party0—102.2%26,4090.07%—10
LJPLok Janshakti Party0—82.2%24,2350.06%—8
MULIndian Union Muslim League0061.9%14,6570.04%-0.046
IJPIJP0—61.3%7,6070.02%—6
JD(S)JD(S)0060.9%6,9770.02%-0.066
PBRMLPBRML0—22.4%6,5080.02%—2
SHSShiv Sena0—31.0%5,4980.01%—3
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)0021.5%3,9610.01%-0.132
SJPSJP0011.6%2,1410.01%-0.011
STPISTPI0—20.8%1,8200.01%—2
SHSPSHSP0—11.4%1,7290.00%—1
RSMPRashtriya Secular Majlis Party0—10.8%1,3940.00%—1
RPIARPIA0—10.7%1,2980.00%—1
JUMJUM0—10.5%6390.00%—1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 2006

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KURSEONGWest BengalGNLFSHANTA CHHETRIBSPMATILDA GURUNG59,14980.84%
JAMURIAWest BengalCPMDHIRAJLAL HAZRAAITCTAPAN CHAKRABORTY54,77352.34%
UKHRAWest BengalCPMMADAN BAURIJD(U)UPENDER PASWAN68,64549.87%
RANIGANJWest BengalCPMHARADHAN JHAAITCJITENDRA TIWARI50,17147.60%
GALSIWest BengalAIFBMEHBUB MONDALBJPANIL KUMAR SAHA58,41646.46%
AUSGRAMWest BengalCPMKARTICK CHANDRA BAGAITCCHHAYA CHOWDHURY59,99646.26%
GOGHATWest BengalAIFBNIRANJAN PANDITAITCBISHNUPADA PAKHIRA73,20145.91%
GARHBETA EASTWest BengalCPMGHOSH SUSANTAAITCMD. ROFIQUE61,42445.80%
KESHPURWest BengalCPMRAMESWAR DOLOIAITCASIS PRAMANIK66,16645.74%
KHANDAGHOSHWest BengalCPMPRASANTA MAJHIAITCBISWANATH ROY58,88645.06%

Closest results of May 2006

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
HARIHARPARAWest BengalCPMINSAR ALI BISWASINCNIAMOT SHEIKH970.06%
SANKRAILWest BengalAITCSITAL KUMAR SARDARCPMANIRBAN HAZRA1130.08%
RANAGHAT WESTWest BengalCPMALOKE KUMAR DASINCSHANKAR SINGHA1810.10%
BADURIAWest BengalCPMMD. SHELIM GAININCABDUL GAFFAR KAZI1670.12%
NAKASHIPARAWest BengalAITCKALLOL KHANCPMS. M. SADI4100.29%
KRISHNAGAR EASTWest BengalCPMGHOSH SUBINAY (BHAJAN)AITCDR. RAMENDRA NATH SARKAR5570.36%
ITAHARWest BengalCPISRIKUMAR MUKHERJEEINCAMAL ACHARJEE7400.51%
TOLLYGUNGEWest BengalAITCAROOP BISWASCPMPARTHA PRATIM BISWAS5260.53%
KULTALIWest BengalINDJOYKRISHNA HALDERCPMRAMSANKAR HALDER8040.57%
UTTARPARAWest BengalCPMPROF. DR. SRUTINATH PRAHARAJAITCSUDIPTA ROY8850.59%