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2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2001 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1]

Quick Facts All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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Seat Allotment

  Left Front

  AITC + INC

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  National Democratic Alliance

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Results

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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.

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Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,[3] while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.[4]

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Elected members

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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).

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