West Bengal assembly election, May 2006
294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 81.82% turnout.
Seats
294
Candidates
1,654
139 women, 37 elected
Turnout
81.82%
3.94 cr of 4.82 cr
Leading party
CPM
176 of 294 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 176 | +33 | 212 | 1,46,34,200 | 37.13% | +0.54 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 30 | -30 | 257 | 1,05,12,153 | 26.67% | -3.99 |
| AIFBAIFB | 23 | +23 | 34 | 22,32,850 | 5.67% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 21 | -5 | 262 | 58,05,398 | 14.73% | +6.75 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 20 | +3 | 23 | 14,63,901 | 3.71% | +0.28 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 8 | +1 | 13 | 7,53,317 | 1.91% | +0.12 |
| INDIndependent | 6 | -3 | 526 | 16,38,520 | 4.16% | -0.89 |
| WBSPWBSP | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2,81,883 | 0.72% | +0.04 |
| GNLFGNLF | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1,96,030 | 0.50% | -0.02 |
| DSPPDSPP | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1,40,589 | 0.36% | — |
| JKPNJKPN | 1 | +1 | 4 | 1,01,490 | 0.26% | +0.24 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 1 | +1 | 2 | 31,080 | 0.08% | +0.01 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7,60,236 | 1.93% | -3.26 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 128 | 2,75,274 | 0.70% | +0.49 |
| IPFBIPFB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84,490 | 0.21% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74,911 | 0.19% | -0.28 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 32 | 71,438 | 0.18% | +0.12 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 7 | 70,711 | 0.18% | -0.19 |
| CPI(ML)CPI(ML) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 64,170 | 0.16% | — |
| PDSPDS | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45,415 | 0.12% | -0.48 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39,694 | 0.10% | +0.04 |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 22 | 28,212 | 0.07% | +0.02 |
| JDPJanta Darbar Party | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26,409 | 0.07% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24,235 | 0.06% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14,657 | 0.04% | -0.04 |
| IJPIJP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7,607 | 0.02% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6,977 | 0.02% | -0.06 |
| PBRMLPBRML | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6,508 | 0.02% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5,498 | 0.01% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,961 | 0.01% | -0.13 |
| SJPSJP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,141 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| STPISTPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,820 | 0.00% | — |
| SHSPSHSP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,729 | 0.00% | — |
| RSMPRashtriya Secular Majlis Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,394 | 0.00% | — |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,298 | 0.00% | — |
| JUMJUM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 639 | 0.00% | — |
- CPM176 (60%)
- AITC30 (10%)
- AIFB23 (8%)
- INC21 (7%)
- RSP20 (7%)
- CPI8 (3%)
- Others16 (5%)
- CPM176
- AITC30
- AIFB23
- INC21
- RSP20
- CPI8
- Others16
- CPM176
- AITC30
- AIFB23
- INC21
- RSP20
- CPI8
- IND6
- WBSP4
- Others6
Constituency performance
From the 294 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
HARIHARPARA
won by 97 (0.06%)
Biggest victory
KURSEONG
won by 59,149 (80.84%)
Highest turnout
SABANG
94.16%
Lowest turnout
BARA BAZAR
42.13%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2001), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained200 (68%)
- Changed hands94 (32%)
200 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 94 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
- CPM
- AITC
- AIFB
- INC
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOW BAZAR | INCSUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | CPMREKHA SINGH | 6,14211.54% | 54.4% |
| BUDGE BUDGE | AITCASHOK KUMAR DEB | CPMRATAN BAGCHI | 25,10919.67% | 79.7% |
| BURDWAN NORTH | CPMPRADIP TAH | AITCDEB NARAYAN GUHA | 63,41537.77% | 86.5% |
| BURDWAN SOUTH | CPMNIRUPAM SEN | AITCSAMIR KUMAR ROY | 35,24220.08% | 83.0% |
| BURTOLA | AITCSADHAN PANDE | RSPKALYAN MUKHERJEE | 14,71821.95% | 68.1% |
| CANNING EAST | CPMABDUR RAZZAK MOLLA | AITCAMIRUL ISLAM | 30,54924.86% | 84.3% |
| CANNING WEST | CPMDWIJAPADA MONDOL | AITCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR | 1,4460.93% | 80.6% |
| CHAKDAHA | CPMMALAY KUMAR SAMANTA | AITCNARESH CHANDRA CHAKI | 31,86916.03% | 88.6% |
| CHAMPDANI | CPMJIBESH CHAKRABORTY | INCABDUL MANNAN | 8,0505.13% | 73.8% |
| CHANDERNAGORE | CPMSIBAPROSAD (RATAN) BANDYOPADHYAY | AITCRAM CHAKRABORTTY | 17,59012.47% | 75.0% |
| CHANDITALA | CPMBHAKTARAM PAN | AITCSWATI KHANDOKER | 14,7699.07% | 80.3% |
| CHANDRAKONA | CPMGURUPADA DUTTA | AITCLAKSHMIPRIYA MONDAL | 51,54132.85% | 92.0% |
| CHAPRA | CPMSHAMSUL ISLAM MOLLAH | INCABDUR RASHID MOLLICK | 26,29817.14% | 87.8% |
| CHHATNA | RSPANATH BANDHU MONDAL | AITCMAHASWETA MONDAL | 17,45116.89% | 75.0% |
| CHINSURAH | AIFBNAREN DEY | AITCASHIS SEN | 23,80115.53% | 79.4% |
| CHOPRA | CPMANWARUL HAQUE | INCHAMIDUL RAHAMAN | 7,5985.56% | 88.1% |
| CHOWRINGHEE | AITCSUBRATA BAKSHI | CPMNARAYAN JAIN | 2,2103.67% | 51.0% |
| CONTAI NORTH | CPMCHAKRADHAR MAIKAP | AITCJYOTIRMOY KAR | 2,5051.80% | 90.2% |
| CONTAI SOUTH | AITCSUVENDU ADHIKARI | CPISATYENDRA NATH PANDA | 8,5806.33% | 88.2% |
| COOCH BEHAR NORTH | AIFBDIPAK CHANDRA SARKAR | AITCMIHIR GOSWAMI | 31,67222.53% | 85.2% |
| COOCH BEHAR WEST | AIFBAKSHAY THAKUR | AITCABDUL JALIL AHMED | 26,68617.19% | 84.9% |
| COSSIPUR | AITCBANDYOPADHYAY TARAK | CPMSALIL CHATTERJEE | 1,6362.70% | 68.2% |
| DANTAN | CPINANDA GOPAL BATTACHARJEE | AITCBIKRAM CHANDRA PRADHAN | 36,86426.80% | 85.3% |
| DARJEELING | GNLFPRANAY RAI | INDAMAR LAMA | 22,01019.88% | 62.7% |
| DASPUR | CPMSUNIL ADHIKARI | AITCAJIT BHUNIA | 3,1772.56% | 81.9% |
| DEBRA | CPMSK. JAHANGIR KARIM | AITCMRIGENDRA NATH MAITI | 24,47117.09% | 91.9% |
| DEGANGA | AIFBDR. MORTOZA HOSSAIN | AITCMAFIDUL HAQUE SAHAJI | 11,5378.84% | 86.5% |
| DHAKURIA | RSPKSHITI GOSWAMI | AITCSOUGATA ROY | 1,0870.90% | 70.0% |
| DHANIAKHALI | AIFBAJIT PATRA | AITCJITENDRA NATH SARKAR | 45,24933.00% | 87.0% |
| DHUPGURI | CPMLAKSHMI KANTA ROY | AITCASHOK KUMAR BARMAN | 16,86512.59% | 89.2% |
| DIAMOND HARBOUR | CPMRISHI HALDER | AITCSUBHASHIS CHAKRABORTY | 5,2163.87% | 79.0% |
| DINHATA | AITCASHOK MANDAL | AIFBUDAYAN GUHA | 3,6302.48% | 82.6% |
| DOMJUR | CPMMOHANTA CHATTERJEE | AITCRAJIB BANERJEE | 30,90916.35% | 80.5% |
| DOMKAL | CPMANISUR RAHAMAN | INCREJAUL KARIM (MANIK) | 9,5945.78% | 91.3% |
| DUBRAJPUR | AIFBGHOSH BHAKTI PADA | AITCSAILEN MAHATA | 52,65541.86% | 83.2% |
| DUM DUM | CPMREKHA GOSWAMI | AITCUDAYAN NAMBOODIRY | 30,23816.47% | 81.3% |
| DURGAPUR-I | CPMMRINAL BANERJEE | INCBANSHI BADAN KARMAKAR | 40,97239.63% | 75.5% |
| DURGAPUR-II | CPMBIPRENDU KUMAR CHAKRABORTY | AITCAPURBA MUKHERJEE | 36,19317.73% | 78.0% |
| EGRA | AITCADHIKARI SISIR KUMAR | DSPPSINHA PRABODH CHANDRA | 1,5901.13% | 89.8% |
| ENGLISHBAZAR | INCKRISHNENDU NARAYAN CHOUDHURY | CPMSAMAR ROY | 9060.62% | 82.0% |
| ENTALLY | CPMHASHIM ABDUL HALIM | INCKHALID EBADULLAH | 19,30124.58% | 61.7% |
| FALAKATA | CPMJOGESH CH. BARMAN | AITCANIL ADHIKARI | 13,3149.71% | 86.3% |
| FALTA | CPMCHANDANA GHOSHDOSTIDAR | AITCTAMONASH GHOSH | 1,7541.55% | 81.5% |
| FARAKKA | INCMAINUL HAQUE | CPMABDUS SALAM | 6,5405.38% | 84.2% |
| GAIGHATA | AITCJYOTI PRIYA MALLICK | CPMMONMATHA ROY | 4,8192.48% | 89.0% |
| GAJOL | CPMSADHU TUDU | INCJATIN HANSDA | 35,09526.18% | 84.0% |
| GALSI | AIFBMEHBUB MONDAL | BJPANIL KUMAR SAHA | 58,41646.46% | 83.1% |
| GANGAJALGHATI | CPMANGAD BAURI | AITCSWAPAN BAURI | 30,16126.03% | 78.8% |
| GANGARAMPUR | CPMNARAYAN BISWAS | AITCBIPLAB MITRA | 20,81712.02% | 89.8% |
| GARDEN REACH | INCABDUL KHALEQUE MOLLA | CPMAMIN MOHAMMED | 8,8749.43% | 60.7% |
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.