2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
10 May 2001
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.29% (Decrease 6.68 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Mamata Banerjee Pranab Mukherjee
Party CPI(M) AITC INC
Alliance LF INC+TMC INC+TMC
Leader since 2000 1998 1998
Leader's seat Jadavpur Did not contest[a] Did not contest
Last election 37.16%, 153 seats Party split after last election 39.48%, 82 seats
Seats won 143 60 26
Seat change Decrease 10 Increase 60 Decrease 56
Popular vote 13,402,603 11,229,396 2,921,151
Percentage 36.59% 30.66% 7.98%
Swing Decrease 1.33 pp Increase 30.66 pp Decrease 31.50 pp
Alliance seats 199 89 89
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 4 Increase 4
Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)

Chief Minister after election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2001 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1]

Seat Allotment

  Left Front

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 210
All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas 34
Revolutionary Socialist Party Kshiti Goswami 23
Communist Party of India A. B. Bardhan 13
West Bengal Socialist Party Kiranmoy Nanda 4
Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Dal Election Symbol H. D. Deve Gowda 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 2
Democratic Socialist Party Prabodh Chandra Sinha 2
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) Rasik Bhatt 2
Marxist Forward Bloc Pratim Chatterjee 1
The parties which were contested under CPI(M) Ticket
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1
Total 294

  AITC + INC

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 226
Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee 60
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren 5
Gorkha National Liberation Front 3 + 2[b]
Total 294 + 2[c]

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Tapan Sikdar 266
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 5 + 9[d]
Samata Party George Fernandes 4 + 3[e]
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan 4
Total 279 + 12[f]

Results

Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition.[2]

For the first time since 1971, no single party won a majority. This was also the first time since its landslide victory in 1977, that the ruling CPI(M) failed to win a majority on its own. As of 2022, this was also the last time that no single party won an outright majority.

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001[1]
Political Party
 No. of candidates
 No. of elected
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 211 143 13,402,603 36.59%
All India Trinamool Congress 226 60 11,229,396 30.66%
Indian National Congress 60 26 2,921,151 7.98%
All India Forward Bloc 34 25 2,067,944 5.65%
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23 17 1,256,951 3.43%
Communist Party of India 13 7 655,237 1.79%
West Bengal Socialist Party 4 4 246,407 0.67%
Gorkha National Liberation Front 5 3 190,057 0.52%
Independents 530 9 1,848,830 5.05%
Total 1676 294 36,626,099

Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,[3] while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.[4]

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) 		Member Party
Mekliganj SC Paresh Chandra Adhikary All India Forward Bloc
Sitalkuchi SC Sudhir Pramanik Communist Party of India
Mathabhanga SC Dinesh Chandra Dakua Communist Party of India
Cooch Behar North None Dipak Chandra Sarker All India Forward Bloc
Cooch Behar West None Akshoy Thakur All India Forward Bloc
Sitai None Nripendra Nath Roy All India Forward Bloc
Dinhata None Kamal Guha All India Forward Bloc
Natabari None Tamser Ali Communist Party of India
Tufanganj SC Pushpa Chandra Das Communist Party of India
Kumargram ST Dasrath Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kalchini ST Paban Kumar Lakra Indian National Congress
Alipurduars None Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
Falakata SC Jogesh Chandra Barman Communist Party of India
Madarihat ST Kumari Kujur Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dhupguri SC Lakshmi Kanta Roy Communist Party of India
Nagrakata ST Chaitan Munda Communist Party of India
Mainaguri SC Bachchamohan Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Mal ST Somra Lakra Communist Party of India
Kranti None Sudhan Raha Communist Party of India
Jalpaiguri None Gobinda Roy All India Forward Bloc
Rajganj SC Jotindra Nath Roy Communist Party of India
Kalimpong None Goulan Lepcha Gorkha National Liberation Front
Darjeeling None D.k. Pradhan Gorkha National Liberation Front
Kurseong None Shanta Chettri Gorkha National Liberation Front
Siliguri None Asok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India
Phansidewa ST Prakash Minj Communist Party of India
Chopra None Hamidul Rahaman Independent
Islampur None Abdul Karim Chowdhary All India Trinamool Congress
Goalpokhar None Hafiz Alam Sairani All India Forward Bloc
Karandighi None Gokul Roy All India Forward Bloc
Raiganj SC Chittaranjan Roy Indian National Congress
Kaliaganj SC Pramathanath Roy Indian National Congress
Kushmandi SC Narmada Chandra Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Itahar None Srikumar Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Gangarampur None Narayan Biswas Communist Party of India
Tapan ST Khara Soren Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kumarganj None Khatun Mafuja Communist Party of India
Balurghat None Choudhury Biswanath Revolutionary Socialist Party
Habibpur ST Jadu Hemrom Communist Party of India
Gajol ST Sadhu Tudu Communist Party of India
Kharba None Mahabubul Haque (badal) Indian National Congress
Harishchandrapur None Alam Mostaque Indian National Congress
Ratua None Sailen Sarkar Communist Party of India
Araidanga None Sabitri Mitra Indian National Congress
Malda SC Subhendu Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Englishbazar None Samar Roy Communist Party of India
Manikchak None Asima Chowdhuri Communist Party of India
Suzapur None Rubi Noor Indian National Congress
Kaliachak None Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury Indian National Congress
Farakka None Mainul Haque Indian National Congress
Aurangabad None Humayun Reza Indian National Congress
Suti None Jane Alam Mian Revolutionary Socialist Party
Sagardighi SC Das Paresh Nath Communist Party of India
Jangipur None Abul Hasnat Revolutionary Socialist Party
Lalgola None Abu Hena Indian National Congress
Bhagabangola None Mojibor Rahaman West Bengal Socialist Party
Nabagram None Nripen Chaudhuri Communist Party of India
Murshidabad None Chhaya Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Jalangi None Unus Ali Sarkar Communist Party of India
Domkal None Anisur Rahaman Sarkar Communist Party of India
Naoda None Abu Taher Khan Independent
Hariharpara None Niamot Sk. Independent
Berhampore None Maya Rani Paul Indian National Congress
Beldanga None Golam Kibria Mia Indian National Congress
Kandi None Atish Chandra Sinha Indian National Congress
Khargram SC Biswanath Mondal Communist Party of India
Barwan None Amalendralal Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party
Bharatpur None Id. Mohammad Revolutionary Socialist Party
Karimpur None Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick Communist Party of India
Palashipara None Kamalendu Sanyal Communist Party of India
Nakashipara None Kallol Khan All India Trinamool Congress
Kaliganj None Dhananjoy Modak Revolutionary Socialist Party
Chapra None Shamsul Islam Mollah Communist Party of India
Krishnaganj SC Sushil Biswas Communist Party of India
Krishnagar East None Mukherjee Shibdas All India Trinamool Congress
Krishnagar West None Sunil Kumar Ghosh Communist Party of India
Nabadwip None Pundarikakshya Saha All India Trinamool Congress
Santipur None Ajoy Dey Indian National Congress
Hanskhali SC Nayan Sarkar Communist Party of India
Ranaghat East SC Asim Bala Communist Party of India
Ranaghat West None Sankar Singha Indian National Congress
Chakdaha None Satyasadhan Chakraborty Communist Party of India
Haringhata None Bankim Ghosh Communist Party of India
Bagdaha SC Kamalakshmi Biswas All India Forward Bloc
Bongaon None Pankaj Ghosh Communist Party of India
Gaighata None Jyotipriya Mallick All India Trinamool Congress
Habra None Tapati Dutta All India Trinamool Congress
Ashokenagar None Sarmista Dutta Communist Party of India
Amdanga None Hashim Abdul Halim Communist Party of India
Barasat None Ashoke (gopal) Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
Rajarhat SC Tanmoy Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
Deganga None Md. Yakub All India Forward Bloc
Swarupnagar None Mustafa Bin Quasem Communist Party of India
Baduria None Qazi Abdul Gaffar Indian National Congress
Basirhat None Narayan Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Hasnabad None Gautam Deb Communist Party of India
Haroa SC Kshiti Ranjan Mondal Communist Party of India
Sandeshkhali SC Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India
Hingalganj SC Gayen Nripen Communist Party of India
Gosaba SC Ganesh Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party
Basanti SC Subhas Naskar Revolutionary Socialist Party
Kultali SC Prabodh Purkait Independent
Joynagar None Debaprasad Sarkar Independent
Baruipur None Arup Bhadra All India Trinamool Congress
Canning West SC Gobinda Chandra Naskar All India Trinamool Congress
Canning East None Abdur Razzak Molla Communist Party of India
Bhangar None Badal Zamadar Communist Party of India
Jadavpur None Buddhadev Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India
Sonarpur SC Nirmal Chandra Mandal All India Trinamool Congress
Bishnupur East SC Dilip Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
Bishnupur West None Subrata Bakshi All India Trinamool Congress
Behala East None Parash Dutta All India Trinamool Congress
Behala West None Partha Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress
Garden Reach None Amin Mohammed Communist Party of India
Maheshtala None Mursalin Molla Communist Party of India
Budge Budge None Ashok Kumar Deb All India Trinamool Congress
Satgachia None Sonali Guha All India Trinamool Congress
Falta None Tamonash Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
Diamond Harbour None Rishi Haldar Communist Party of India
Magrahat West None Noorar Rahaman Communist Party of India
Magrahat East SC Bansari Mohan Kanji Communist Party of India
Mandirbazar SC Choudhury Mohan Jatua All India Trinamool Congress
Mathurapur None Kanti Ganguly Communist Party of India
Kulpi SC Jagaranjan Haldar All India Trinamool Congress
Patharpratima None Jajneswar Das Communist Party of India
Kakdwip None Manturam Pakhira All India Trinamool Congress
Sagar None Bankim Chandra Hazra All India Trinamool Congress
Bijpur None Jagadish Chandra Das Communist Party of India
Naihati None Ranjit Kundu Communist Party of India
Bhatpara None Arjun Singh All India Trinamool Congress
Jagatdal None Haripada Biswas All India Forward Bloc
Noapara None Manju Basu All India Trinamool Congress
Titagarh None Pravin Kr. Shaw Communist Party of India
Khardah None Asim Kumar Dasgupta Communist Party of India
Panihati None Nirmal Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
Kamarhati None Manas Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Baranagar None Amar Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party
Dum Dum None Arunava Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
Belgachia East None Chakraborti Subhas Communist Party of India
Cossipur None Bandyopadhyay Tarak All India Trinamool Congress
Shyampukur None Subrata Bose All India Forward Bloc
Jorabagan None Sudhangshu Seal Communist Party of India
Jorasanko None Satya Narayan Bajaj All India Trinamool Congress
Bara Bazar None Tapas Roy All India Trinamool Congress
Bow Bazar None Nayna Bandyopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress
Chowringhee None Subrata Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
Kabitirtha None Ram Pyare Ram Indian National Congress
Alipore None Tapas Paul All India Trinamool Congress
Rashbehari Avenue None Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress
Tollygunge None Pankaj Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
Dhakuria None Sougata Ray All India Trinamool Congress
Ballygunge None Rabin Deb Communist Party of India
Entally None Md. Salim Communist Party of India
Taltola SC Debesh Das Communist Party of India
Beliaghata None Manabendra Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Sealdah None Somendra Nath Mitra Indian National Congress
Vidyasagar None Lakshmi Kanta Dey Communist Party of India
Burtola None Sadhan Pande All India Trinamool Congress
Manicktola None Paresh Paul All India Trinamool Congress
Belgachia West None Rajdeo Goala Communist Party of India
Bally None Kanika Ganguly Communist Party of India
Howrah North None Lagan Deo Singh Communist Party of India
Howrah Central None Ambica Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
Howrah South None Badal Basu Communist Party of India
Shibpur None Jatu Lahiri All India Trinamool Congress
Domjur None Padma Nidhi Dhar Communist Party of India
Jagatballavpur None Biman Chakrabarty All India Trinamool Congress
Panchla None Sri Sailen Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Sankrail SC Sital Kumar Sardar All India Trinamool Congress
Uluberia North SC Mohon Mondal Communist Party of India
Uluberia South None Rabindra Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Shyampur None Kalipada Mandal All India Trinamool Congress
Bagnan None Nirupama Chatterjee Communist Party of India
Kalyanpur None Asit Mitra Indian National Congress
Amta None Pratyush Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Udaynarayanpur None Chowdhury Nonigopal Communist Party of India
Jangipara None Ibha Dey Communist Party of India
Chanditala None Bhaktaram Pan Communist Party of India
Uttarpara None Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
Serampore None Ratna De (nag) All India Trinamool Congress
Champdani None Abdul Mannan Indian National Congress
Chandernagore None Kamal Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Singur None Rabindranath Bhattacharya All India Trinamool Congress
Haripal None Kaliprasad Biswas Communist Party of India
Tarakeswar None Pratim Chatterjee Independent
Chinsurah None Naren Dey All India Forward Bloc
Bansberia None Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay Communist Party of India
Balagarh SC Dibakanta Routh Communist Party of India
Pandua None Ali Sk. Majed Communist Party of India
Polba None Sakti Pada Khanra Communist Party of India
Dhaniakhali SC Kripa Sindhu Saha All India Forward Bloc
Pursurah None Nimai Mal Communist Party of India
Khanakul SC Banshi Badan Maitra Communist Party of India
Arambagh None Binoy Datta Communist Party of India
Goghat SC Shiba Prasad Malick All India Forward Bloc
Chandrakona None Gurupada Dutta Communist Party of India
Ghatal SC Ratan Pakhira Communist Party of India
Daspur None Ajit Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress
Nandanpur None Saumen Mahapatra All India Trinamool Congress
Panskura West None Chittaranjan Dasthakur Communist Party of India
Panskura East None Biplab Ray Chowdhury All India Trinamool Congress
Tamluk None Nirbed Roy All India Trinamool Congress
Moyna None Dipak Bera Communist Party of India
Mahishadal None Dipak Kumar Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
Sutahata SC Nityanand Bera Communist Party of India
Nandigram None Sheikh Mohammad Illias Communist Party of India
Narghat None Brahmamoy Nanda West Bengal Socialist Party
Bhagabanpur None Ardhendu Maity All India Trinamool Congress
Khajuri SC Sunirmal Paik West Bengal Socialist Party
Contai North None Jyotirmoy Kar All India Trinamool Congress
Contai South None Sisir Adhikari All India Trinamool Congress
Ramnagar None Akhil Giri All India Trinamool Congress
Egra None Prabodh Chandra Sinha Independent
Mugberia None Kiranmay Nanda West Bengal Socialist Party
Pataspur None Kamakhyanandan Dasmahapatra Communist Party of India
Sabang None Tushar Kanti Laya Communist Party of India
Pingla None Ramapada Samanta Independent
Debra None Sheikh Jahangir Karim Communist Party of India
Keshpur SC Nanda Rani Dal Communist Party of India
Garhbeta East None Susanta Ghosh Communist Party of India
Garhbeta West SC Krishna Prasad Duley Communist Party of India
Salbani None Khagendra Nath Mahata Communist Party of India
Midnapore None Purnendu Sengupta Communist Party of India
Kharagpur Town None Gyan Singh Sohanpal Indian National Congress
Kharagpur Rural None Sheikh Najmul Haque Communist Party of India
Keshiari ST Maheswar Murmu Communist Party of India
Narayangarh None Surjya Kanta Mishra Communist Party of India
Dantan None Nandagopal Bhattacharya Communist Party of India
Nayagram ST Bhutnath Saren Communist Party of India
Gopiballavpur None Bhabani Sankar Hatial Communist Party of India
Jhargram None Mina Sanatani Communist Party of India
Binpur ST Sambhu Nath Mandi Communist Party of India
Banduan ST Upendranath Hansda Communist Party of India
Manbazar None Mahata Shamyapyari Communist Party of India
Balrampur ST Bhandu Majhi Communist Party of India
Arsa None Nishikanta Mehta All India Forward Bloc
Jhalda None Nepal Mahato Independent
Jaipur None Shanti Ram Mahato Indian National Congress
Purulia None Nikhil Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Para SC Bilasibala Sahis Communist Party of India
Raghunathpur SC Uma Rani Bouri Communist Party of India
Kashipur ST Rabindranath Hembram Communist Party of India
Hura None Abinas Mahata Communist Party of India
Taldangra None Monoranjan Patra Communist Party of India
Raipur ST Upen Kisku Communist Party of India
Ranibandh ST Makar Tudu Communist Party of India
Indpur SC Kiriti Bagdi Communist Party of India
Chhatna None Subhas Goswami Revolutionary Socialist Party
Gangajalghati SC Bauri Ramcharan Communist Party of India
Barjora None Susmita Biswas Communist Party of India
Bankura None Kashinath Misra All India Trinamool Congress
Onda None Anil Mukherjee All India Forward Bloc
Vishnupur None Jayanta Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Kotulpur None Ghose Manasi Communist Party of India
Indas SC Nanda Dulal Majhi Communist Party of India
Sonamukhi SC Khan Sukhendu Communist Party of India
Kulti None Acharya Maniklal All India Forward Bloc
Barabani None Manik Upadhyay All India Trinamool Congress
Hirapur None Malay Ghatak All India Trinamool Congress
Asansol None Kalyan Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
Raniganj None Bansa Gopal Chowdhury Communist Party of India
Jamuria None Pelab Kabi Communist Party of India
Ukhra SC Madan Bauri Communist Party of India
Durgapur-i None Mrinal Banerjee Communist Party of India
Durgapur-ii None Apurba Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
Kanksa SC Ankure Saresh Communist Party of India
Ausgram SC Kartick Chandra Bag Communist Party of India
Bhatar None Subhas Mandal Communist Party of India
Galsi None Mehbub Mondal All India Forward Bloc
Burdwan North None Adhikary Nisith Communist Party of India
Burdwan South None Nirupam Sen (politician) Communist Party of India
Khandaghosh SC Jyotsna Singh Communist Party of India
Raina None Shyama Prosad Pal Communist Party of India
Jamalpur SC Samar Hazra Communist Party of India
Memari None Chattopadhdyay Tapas Communist Party of India
Kalna None Anju Kar Communist Party of India
Nadanghat None Ratan Das Communist Party of India
Manteswar None Abu Ayes Mondal Communist Party of India
Purbasthali None Subrata Bhowal Communist Party of India
Katwa None Rabindranath Chatterjee Indian National Congress
Mangalkot None Sadhana Mallik Communist Party of India
Ketugram SC Tamal Chandra Majhi Communist Party of India
Nanur SC Anand Gopal Das Communist Party of India
Bolpur None Tapan Hore Revolutionary Socialist Party
Labhpur None Nabanita Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Dubrajpur None Bhakti Pada Ghosh All India Forward Bloc
Rajnagar SC Bijoy Bagdi All India Forward Bloc
Suri None Braja Mukherjee Communist Party of India
Mahammad Bazar None Dhiren Sen Communist Party of India
Mayureswar SC Bishnu Let Communist Party of India
Rampurhat None Asish Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
Hansan SC Asit Kumar Mal Indian National Congress
Nalhati None Kalimuddin Shams All India Forward Bloc
Murarai None Dr. Qamre Elahi Communist Party of India

Notes

  1. ^ Banerjee was the sitting MP for South Kolkata
  2. ^ Friendly Contest on Siliguri and Phansidewa between GNLF and TMC, INC.
  3. ^ Friendly Contest on Siliguri and Phansidewa between GNLF and TMC, INC.
  4. ^ Friendly Contest on 9 constituencies between BJP, SAP and JD(U).
  5. ^ Friendly Contest on 3 constituencies between BJP, SAP and JD(U).
  6. ^ Friendly Contest on 12 constituencies between BJP, SAP and JD(U).

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ "Leaders Of Opposition (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Names and Tenure of Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Names And Tenure Of Deputy Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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