2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and, thanks to the electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the end of the day.

2006 West Bengal state assembly election
17 April - 8 May 2006
All 294 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Registered48,165,156
Turnout81.97%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Mamata Banerjee Pranab Mukherjee
Party CPI(M) AITC INC
Alliance LF NDA UPA
Leader since 2000 1998 2000
Leader's seat Jadavpur Did Not Contest Did not contest
Last election 143 60 26
Seats won 176 30 21
Seat change 33 30 5
Popular vote 14,652,200 10,512,153 5,805,398
Percentage 37.13% 26.64% 14.71%
Swing 0.54% 4.02% 6.73%
Chief Minister before election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)

 Chief Minister after election

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front won the election with an overwhelming majority. The previous government, formed by the Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front had been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government.

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