2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.29% ( 6.68 pp)
First party Second party Third party   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 10 60 56 Popular vote 13,402,603 11,229,396 2,921,151 Percentage 36.59% 30.66% 7.98% Swing 1.33 pp 30.66 pp 31.50 pp Alliance seats 196 89 89 Seat change 7 4 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)			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. "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.

External links

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