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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001

294 seats · 108 changed party since 1996

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 143 seatsAll India Trinamool Congress — 60 seatsIndian National Congress — 26 seatsFBL — 25 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 17 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsCommunist Party of India — 7 seats2 other parties — 7 seats148294of 294 seats
  • CPM143
  • AITC60
  • INC26
  • FBL25
  • RSP17
  • IND9
  • CPI7
  • Others7

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)14349%1,34,02,60336.6%211
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress6020%1,12,29,39630.7%226
INCIndian National Congress269%29,21,1518.0%60
FBLFBL259%20,67,9445.6%34
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party176%12,56,9513.4%23
INDIndependent93%18,48,8305.0%530
CPICommunist Party of India72%6,55,2371.8%13
WBSPWest Bengal Socialist Party41%2,46,4070.7%4
GNLFGNLF31%1,90,0570.5%5
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%19,01,3515.2%266

+ 26 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2001 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

2001 · selected
Majority 148
CPM143AITC60INC26FBL25RSP17IND9CPI7WBSP4GNLF3
1996 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1996 → 2001

1996 2001· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
37.9
36.6
0.0
30.7
39.5
8.0
5.2
5.6
3.7
3.4
2.6
5.0
6.4
5.2
CPMAITCINCFBLRSPINDBJP

Seat change

2001 seats minus 1996 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
157 → 143
−14
AITC
0 → 60
+60
INC
82 → 26
−56
FBL
21 → 25
+4
RSP
18 → 17
−1
IND
5 → 9
+4
CPI
6 → 7
+1
WBSP
0 → 4
+4
GNLF
3 → 3
0
JKPN
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1996 → 2001

share lostshare gained
AITC
0.0% → 30.7%
+30.7%
IND
2.6% → 5.0%
+2.4%
WBSP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
PDS
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
NCP
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
FBL
5.2% → 5.6%
+0.4%
FBS
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
JKPN
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
BJP
6.4% → 5.2%
−1.3%
CPM
37.9% → 36.6%
−1.3%

Biggest CPM–AITC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-AITC vote gap moved most, 1996 → 2001. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − AITC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward AITC.

toward AITCtoward CPM
Mugberia
−103.1%
Narghat
−99.1%
Rashbehari Avenue
−98.1%
Egra
−97.7%
Khajuri
−95.7%
Pingla
−82.9%
Serampore
−70.7%
Bhatpara
−67.0%
Chowringhee
−66.6%
Burtola
−63.8%
Budge Budge
−61.7%
Alipore
−61.1%

Closest races · 2001

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2001

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1996