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West Bengal assembly election, May 2001

294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 75.23% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Seats
294
Candidates
1,676
114 women, 28 elected
Turnout
75.23%
3.66 cr of 4.87 cr
Leading party
CPM
143 of 294 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)143-142111,34,02,60336.59%-1.33
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress60+602261,12,29,39630.66%—
INCIndian National Congress26-566029,21,1517.98%-31.50
FBLAll India Forward Bloc25+43420,67,9445.65%+0.45
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party17-12312,56,9513.43%-0.29
INDIndependent9+453018,48,8305.05%+2.44
CPICommunist Party of India7+1136,55,2371.79%+0.04
WBSPWBSP4+442,46,4070.67%—
GNLFGNLF3051,90,0570.52%+0.08
BJPBharatiya Janata Party0026619,01,3515.19%-1.26
PDSPDS00982,19,0820.60%—
NCPNationalist Congress Party00501,73,9120.47%—
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha0051,35,2040.37%0.00
BSPBahujan Samaj Party003875,3190.21%+0.02
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)002552,0500.14%+0.01
RCPIRRCPIR00248,3850.13%-0.15
JD(S)JD(S)00228,5410.08%—
MULIndian Union Muslim League00727,6820.08%+0.02
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal00225,5820.07%—
JD(U)JD(U)001422,3920.06%—
SPSamajwadi Party001120,6790.06%—
AMBAMB001418,8940.05%0.00
SAPSAP00715,0320.04%+0.03
JKPNJKPN0-137,5490.02%-0.37
SJPSJP0025,9700.02%—
INLINL0025,4590.01%0.00
RPIRPI0045,3430.01%—
SWJPSWJP0034,5200.01%+0.01
SJPRSJPR0034,2960.01%—
LJNSPLJNSP0042,8510.01%—
JPJP0022,3470.01%—
JKPJKP0022,0200.01%0.00
MCPISMCPIS0012,0140.01%—
PBGMPBGM0015510.00%—
BMFBMF0013100.00%—
ABHMABHM0011880.00%0.00
294294 SEATS
  • CPM143 (49%)
  • AITC60 (20%)
  • INC26 (9%)
  • FBL25 (9%)
  • RSP17 (6%)
  • IND9 (3%)
  • Others14 (5%)
  • CPM143
  • AITC60
  • INC26
  • FBL25
  • RSP17
  • IND9
  • Others14
CPM 143AITC 60INC 26FBL 25
  • CPM143
  • AITC60
  • INC26
  • FBL25
  • RSP17
  • IND9
  • CPI7
  • WBSP4
  • Others3

Constituency performance

From the 294 results in West Bengal

Closest contest
BARUIPUR
won by 5 (0.00%)
Biggest victory
KESHPUR
won by 1,08,112 (81.27%)
Highest turnout
SABANG
90.49%
Lowest turnout
BARA BAZAR
32.41%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

294SEATS
  • Retained187 (64%)
  • Changed hands107 (36%)

187 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 107 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

West Bengal, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE
0%14%27%41%55%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026CPMAITCINCFBL
  • CPM
  • AITC
  • INC
  • FBL
TURNOUT
0%26%52%78%104%1962196719691971197219771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Assembly seat results

All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 294

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ALIPOREAITCTAPAS PAULCPMMIRA BHOWMICK18,51825.98%51.5%
ALIPURDUARSRSPNIRMAL DASAITCPRASANTA NARAYAN MAJUMDER24,42819.29%74.4%
AMDANGACPMHASHIM ABDUL HALIMAITCDR. M. NURUZZAMAN640.05%81.0%
AMTACPMPRATYUSH MUKHERJEEAITCASOK MAJI3,4342.81%79.0%
ARAIDANGAINCSABITRI MITRACPMSETARA BEGUM4,3244.02%81.2%
ARAMBAGHCPMBINOY DATTAAITCSK. HASAN IMAM1,00,46662.25%82.1%
ARSAFBLNISHIKANTA MEHTAJMMAJIT PRASAD MAHATA14,44115.47%63.1%
ASANSOLAITCKALYAN BANERJEECPMGOUTAM ROYCHOUDHURY2,2132.05%57.8%
ASHOKENAGARCPMSARMISTA DUTTAAITCASHOKE KRISHNA DUTT1,7091.20%81.3%
AURANGABADINCHUMAYUN REZACPMNUR MOHAMMAD6,2315.08%78.0%
AUSGRAMCPMKARTICK CHANDRA BAGAITCSUKUMAR MONDAL45,65236.08%78.4%
BADURIAINCQAZI ABDUL GAFFARCPMSAMBHU BISWAS10,7568.71%82.1%
BAGDAHAFBLKAMALAKSHMI BISWAS (S/O KUTISWAR)AITCDULAL CH. BAR2370.17%85.4%
BAGNANCPMNIRUPAMA CHATTERJEEAITCSABUJ DUTTA2,9372.29%74.3%
BALAGARHCPMDIBAKANTA ROUTHAITCLAKSHMI PARUI5,7224.56%78.0%
BALLYCPMKANIKA GANGULYINCSUPRIYO BASU60,45347.28%78.2%
BALLYGUNGECPMRABIN DEBAITCKAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR3,3492.65%57.8%
BALRAMPURCPMBHANDU MAJHIAITCLAMBODAR MANDI27,00530.53%67.4%
BALURGHATRSPCHOUDHURY BISWANATHAITCSHANKAR CHAKRAVORTI2,7232.39%80.6%
BANDUANCPMUPENDRANATH HANSDAJMMBIRSING MURMU15,89618.05%66.1%
BANKURAAITCKASHINATH MISRACPMPARTHA DE2,3131.85%70.7%
BANSBERIACPMASHUTOSH MUKHOPADHYAYAITCTAPAN DASGUPTA4760.37%77.4%
BARA BAZARAITCTAPAS ROYRJDMD. ASIRUDDIN2,2998.14%32.4%
BARABANIAITCMANIK UPADHYAYCPMRUDRANATH MUKHERJEE4,7344.26%61.7%
BARANAGARRSPAMAR CHAUDHURIAITCATIN GHOSH2,5411.43%77.8%
BARASATAITCASHOKE (GOPAL) MUKHERJEEFBLSARAL DEB6,7472.96%75.2%
BARJORACPMSUSMITA BISWASAITCSUDHANGHSHU SEKHAR TEWARI9,8217.75%75.9%
BARUIPURAITCARUP BHADRACPMDR. SUJAN CHAKRABORTY50.00%75.7%
BARWANRSPAMALENDRALAL ROYINCTAPAS DASGUPTA8,6697.46%72.3%
BASANTIRSPSUBHAS NASKARAITCJAYANTA NASKAR30,34822.12%76.8%
BASIRHATCPMNARAYAN MUKHERJEEAITCSOUREN SEN27,72020.53%74.0%
BEHALA EASTAITCPARASH DUTTACPMKUMKUM CHAKRABORTI3,4631.85%72.3%
BEHALA WESTAITCPARTHA CHATTERJEECPMNIRMAL MUKHERJEE19,47711.44%72.0%
BELDANGAINCGOLAM KIBRIA MIARSPTIMIR BARAN BHADURI24,87021.49%64.9%
BELGACHIA EASTCPMCHAKRABORTI SUBHASAITCSUJIT BOSE4,4442.00%71.3%
BELGACHIA WESTCPMRAJDEO GOALAAITCDR. SUDIPTA ROY21,60220.19%76.8%
BELIAGHATACPMMANABENDRA MUKHERJEEAITCAJOY SANYAL1,4971.48%67.9%
BERHAMPOREINCMAYA RANI PAULRSPKARTICK SAHANA29,91119.59%68.4%
BHAGABANGOLAWBSPMOJIBOR RAHAMANINCABU SUFIAN SARKAR1,7161.47%77.8%
BHAGABANPURAITCARDHENDU MAITYCPMPRASANTA PRADHAN1,6701.45%86.6%
BHANGARCPMBADAL ZAMADARAITCABDUS SATTAR MOLLAH18,28013.82%83.0%
BHARATPURRSPID. MOHAMMADINDDEBASISH CHATTERJEE5,7124.87%74.5%
BHATARCPMSUBHAS MANDALAITCHAZRA BANAMALI17,07913.35%80.0%
BHATPARAAITCARJUN SINGHCPMRAMPRASAD KUNDU16,79817.38%67.1%
BIJPURCPMJAGADISH CHANDRA DASAITCJAGADISH DAS76,02057.97%84.5%
BINPURCPMSAMBHU NATH MANDIINDCHUNIBALA HANSDA9,4529.44%70.6%
BISHNUPUR EASTAITCDILIP MONDALCPMANANDA BISWAS6,5816.15%77.4%
BISHNUPUR WESTAITCSUBRATA BAKSHICPMRATHIN SARKAR6,7275.39%76.4%
BOLPURRSPTAPAN HOREAITCDR. SUSHOVAN BANERJEE15,43312.72%78.3%
BONGAONCPMPANKAJ GHOSHINDBHUPENDRA NATH SETH21,96614.83%82.4%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the West Bengal assembly election, May 2001?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 143 of 294 seats in West Bengal, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, May 2001?

Turnout was 75.23% — 3.66 cr of 4.87 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?

West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.