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 +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	176	+33	212	1,46,34,200	37.13%	+0.54
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	30	-30	257	1,05,12,153	26.67%	-3.99
AIFB AIFB	23	+23	34	22,32,850	5.67%	—
INC Indian National Congress	21	-5	262	58,05,398	14.73%	+6.75
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	20	+3	23	14,63,901	3.71%	+0.28
CPI Communist Party of India	8	+1	13	7,53,317	1.91%	+0.12
IND Independent	6	-3	526	16,38,520	4.16%	-0.89
WBSP WBSP	4	0	4	2,81,883	0.72%	+0.04
GNLF GNLF	3	0	5	1,96,030	0.50%	-0.02
DSPP DSPP	1	+1	2	1,40,589	0.36%	—
JKPN JKPN	1	+1	4	1,01,490	0.26%	+0.24
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	1	+1	2	31,080	0.08%	+0.01
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	29	7,60,236	1.93%	-3.26
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	128	2,75,274	0.70%	+0.49
IPFB IPFB	0	0	3	84,490	0.21%	—
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	2	74,911	0.19%	-0.28
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	32	71,438	0.18%	+0.12
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	0	7	70,711	0.18%	-0.19
CPI(ML)CPI(ML)	0	0	23	64,170	0.16%	—
PDS PDS	0	0	12	45,415	0.12%	-0.48
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	2	39,694	0.10%	+0.04
AMB AMB	0	0	22	28,212	0.07%	+0.02
JDP Janta Darbar Party	0	0	10	26,409	0.07%	—
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	8	24,235	0.06%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	6	14,657	0.04%	-0.04
IJP IJP	0	0	6	7,607	0.02%	—
JD(S)JD(S)	0	0	6	6,977	0.02%	-0.06
PBRML PBRML	0	0	2	6,508	0.02%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	3	5,498	0.01%	—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	2	3,961	0.01%	-0.13
SJP SJP	0	0	1	2,141	0.01%	-0.01
STPI STPI	0	0	2	1,820	0.00%	—
SHSP SHSP	0	0	1	1,729	0.00%	—
RSMP Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party	0	0	1	1,394	0.00%	—
RPIA RPIA	0	0	1	1,298	0.00%	—
JUM JUM	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 251–294 of 294

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
RANAGHAT WEST	CPMALOKE KUMAR DAS	INCSHANKAR SINGHA	1810.10%	89.2%
RANIBANDH	CPMDEBLINA HEMBRAM	JKPNADITYA KISKU	10,8909.35%	80.1%
RANIGANJ	CPMHARADHAN JHA	AITCJITENDRA TIWARI	50,17147.60%	75.3%
RASHBEHARI AVENUE	AITCSOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY	INCMALA ROY	21,88334.27%	59.1%
RATUA	CPMSAILEN SARKAR	INCASIT BOSE (BACHCHU)	5,0334.46%	79.1%
SABANG	INCMANAS RANJAN BHUNIA	CPMTUSHAR KANTI LAYA	6,5134.72%	94.2%
SAGAR	CPMMILAN PARUA	AITCBANKIM CHANDRA HAZRA	8,3135.15%	91.8%
SAGARDIGHI	CPMPARIKSHIT LET	INCRAJESH KUMAR BHAKAT	6,0634.68%	84.2%
SALBANI	CPMKHAGENDRA NATH MAHATA	AITCUTTARA SINGHA (HAZRA)	22,74418.42%	89.7%
SANDESHKHALI	CPMABANI ROY	AITCGITA MONDAL	19,99215.44%	85.4%
SANKRAIL	AITCSITAL KUMAR SARDAR	CPMANIRBAN HAZRA	1130.08%	76.8%
SANTIPUR	INCAJOY DEY	CPMSANTANU CHAKRABARTI	2,1131.12%	92.5%
SATGACHIA	AITCSONALI GUHA (BOSE)	CPMKABITA KAYAL	6,7965.07%	82.9%
SEALDAH	INCSOMENDRA NATH MITRA	CPIPRABIR DEB	12,75932.45%	60.3%
SERAMPORE	AITCDR. RATNA DE (NAG)	CPIDHIRENDRA NATH DAS GUPTA	8,1758.09%	66.8%
SHIBPUR	AIFBDR. JAGANNATH BHATTACHARYYA	AITCJATU LAHIRI	9,5594.77%	74.3%
SHYAMPUKUR	AIFBJIBAN PRAKASH SAHA	BJPSAMIK BHATTACHARYA	10,07820.07%	64.7%
SHYAMPUR	AITCKALI PADA MANDAL	AIFBASIT BARAN SAU	3,7412.70%	81.5%
SILIGURI	CPMASOK BHATTACHARYA	INCNANTU PAUL	74,97135.24%	78.5%
SINGUR	AITCRABINDRANATH BHATTACHARJEE	CPMSRIKANTA CHATTOPADHYAY	1,7871.24%	83.1%
SITAI	INCDR. MD. FAZLE HAQUE	AIFBNRIPENDRA NATH ROY	4,8953.21%	83.3%
SITALKUCHI	CPMHARISH CHANDRA BARMAN	AITCLALIT CHANDRA PRAMANIK	18,86713.25%	88.6%
SONAMUKHI	CPMNIRESH BAGDI	AITCDIPALI SAHA	31,70425.74%	85.0%
SONARPUR	CPMSHYAMAL NASKAR	AITCNIRMAL CH. MANDAL	8,0203.45%	79.8%
SURI	CPMTAPAN ROY	INCSWAPAN KANTI GHOSH	20,37514.42%	84.0%
SUTAHATA	CPMNITYANANDA BERA	AITCTUSHAR KANTI MANDAL	37,27919.59%	90.9%
SUTI	RSPJANE ALAM MIAN	INCMD. SOHRAB	5,3334.06%	83.2%
SUZAPUR	INCRUBI NOOR	CPMHAMIDUR RAHMAN	17,64015.03%	80.0%
SWARUPNAGAR	CPMMOSTAFA BIN QUASEM	AITCNARAYAN GOSWAMI	6,5524.51%	87.7%
TALDANGRA	CPMMANORANJAN PATRA	AITCMANIK MITRA	50,35937.17%	84.9%
TALTOLA	CPMDEBESH DAS	AITCSUMANTA KUMAR HIRA	14,48918.04%	66.1%
TAMLUK	CPIMITRA JAGANNATH	AITCCHITTA RANJAN MAITI	10,9407.20%	89.4%
TAPAN	RSPKHARA SOREN	BJPCOLUMBUS TIRKI	44,82234.19%	88.3%
TARAKESWAR	INDPRATIM CHATTERJEE	BJPKRISHNA BHATTACHARJEE	30,27123.50%	87.5%
TITAGARH	CPMDR. PRAVIN KUMAR	AITCMEENA GHOSH	8161.09%	70.2%
TOLLYGUNGE	AITCAROOP BISWAS	CPMPARTHA PRATIM BISWAS	5260.53%	69.3%
TUFANGANJ	CPMALAKA BARMAN	BJPMALATI RAVA (RAY)	25,21718.54%	89.4%
UDAYNARAYANPUR	CPMCHANDRA LEKHA BAG	AITCSAMIR KUMAR PANJA	24,27819.25%	84.1%
UKHRA	CPMMADAN BAURI	JD(U)UPENDER PASWAN	68,64549.87%	66.5%
ULUBERIA NORTH	CPMMOHAN MONDAL	AITCGOPAL DOLUI	17,61313.69%	75.2%
ULUBERIA SOUTH	AIFBRABINDRA GHOSH	AITCPULAK ROY	2,0111.49%	78.9%
UTTARPARA	CPMPROF. DR. SRUTINATH PRAHARAJ	AITCSUDIPTA ROY	8850.59%	74.9%
VIDYASAGAR	CPMANADI KUMAR SAHU	INCPRYAL CHAUDHURY	14,57624.98%	59.6%
VISHNUPUR	CPMSWAPAN GHOSH	AITCSUBHASIS BATABAYAL	48,67937.63%	85.6%

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.