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West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006

294 seats · 227 changed party since 2001

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 176 seatsAll India Trinamool Congress — 30 seatsAll India Forward Bloc — 23 seatsIndian National Congress — 21 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 20 seatsCommunist Party of India — 8 seatsIndependent — 6 seats5 other parties — 10 seats148294of 294 seats
  • CPIM176
  • AITC30
  • AIFB23
  • INC21
  • RSP20
  • CPI8
  • IND6
  • Others10

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)17660%1,46,52,20037.1%212
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress3010%1,05,12,15326.6%257
AIFBAll India Forward Bloc238%22,32,8505.7%34
INCIndian National Congress217%58,05,39814.7%262
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party207%14,63,9013.7%23
CPICommunist Party of India83%7,53,3171.9%13
INDIndependent62%16,65,5204.2%526
WBSPWest Bengal Socialist Party41%2,81,8830.7%4
GNLFGNLF31%1,96,0300.5%5
DSPPDSPP10%1,40,5890.4%2
JKPNJKPN10%1,01,4900.3%4
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal10%31,0800.1%2
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%7,60,2361.9%29

+ 22 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 2006 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 148

2006 · selected
Majority 148
CPIM176AITC30AIFB23INC21RSP20CPI8IND6WBSP4GNLF3DSPP1+2 more · 2 seats
2001 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2001 → 2006

2001 2006· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
0.0
37.1
30.7
26.6
0.0
5.7
8.0
14.7
3.4
3.7
5.0
4.2
5.2
1.9
CPIMAITCAIFBINCRSPINDBJP

Seat change

2006 seats minus 2001 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPIM
0 → 176
+176
AITC
60 → 30
−30
AIFB
0 → 23
+23
INC
26 → 21
−5
RSP
17 → 20
+3
CPI
7 → 8
+1
IND
9 → 6
−3
WBSP
4 → 4
0
GNLF
3 → 3
0
DSPP
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2001 → 2006

share lostshare gained
CPIM
0.0% → 37.1%
+37.1%
INC
8.0% → 14.7%
+6.7%
AIFB
0.0% → 5.7%
+5.7%
BSP
0.2% → 0.7%
+0.5%
DSPP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
PDS
0.6% → 0.1%
−0.5%
IND
5.0% → 4.2%
−0.8%
BJP
5.2% → 1.9%
−3.3%
AITC
30.7% → 26.6%
−4.0%
FBL
5.6% → 0.0%
−5.6%

Biggest CPIM–CPM swings

Seats where the CPIM-vs-CPM vote gap moved most, 2001 → 2006. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward CPMtoward CPIM
Keshpur
+161.1%
Garhbeta East
+148.0%
Arambagh
+141.2%
Raniganj
+141.0%
Jamuria
+139.7%
Garhbeta West
+137.3%
Khandaghosh
+134.1%
Kotulpur
+133.2%
Bally
+131.8%
Ausgram
+130.8%
Bijpur
+130.6%
Canning East
+127.8%

Closest races · 2006

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

All constituencies · 2006

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2001