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
Turnout	75.29% ( 6.68 pp)
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]

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
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%
Biplobi Bangla Congress	1	1	62,611	0.09%
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
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	Illiyas Mahammad Sk.	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	Adhikary Sisir	All India Trinamool Congress
Ramnagar	None	Akhil Giri	All India Trinamool Congress
Egra	None	Sinha Prabodh Chandra	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	Sk. 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	Nazmul 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	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

Banerjee was the sitting MP for South Kolkata

References

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

External links

West Bangal General Legislative Election Results at the Election Commission of India

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[1] Banerjee was the sitting MP for South Kolkata

[eci-2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[3] "Leaders Of Opposition (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[4] "Names and Tenure of Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[5] "Names And Tenure Of Deputy Speakers (of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly)". wbassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2014.