2006 elections in India

Elections in India

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Results

Date(s)	State	Government before election		Chief Minister before election	Government after election		Chief Minister after election	Maps
4 and 11 April 2006	Assam		Indian National Congress	Tarun Gogoi		Indian National Congress	Tarun Gogoi
						Bodoland People's Front
22 April, 29 April, and 3 May 2006	Kerala		United Democratic Front	Oommen Chandy		Left Democratic Front	V. S. Achuthanandan
8 May 2006	Pondicherry		Indian National Congress	N. Rangaswamy		Indian National Congress	N. Rangaswamy
			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
8 May 2006	Tamil Nadu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	J. Jayalalithaa		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Karunanidhi
						Indian National Congress
17 April - 8 May 2006	West Bengal		Left Front	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya		Left Front	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Legislative Assembly elections

Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

The State Assembly elections in India of 2006 took place between April 3, 2006 and May 8, 2006. The Indian states that went into poll are Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.

Counting of votes for all the states was completed on May 11, 2006 and results were declared on May 20, 2006.

Assam

Assam, India

Main article: 2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Elections in Assam for 65 ACs occurred on April 3, 2006 and another 61 ACs on April 10, 2006.

Jammu and Kashmir

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[1]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Sangrama	63.31%	Shuib Nabi		Independent	18,526	.88%	Javid Hassan Beigh		JKPDP	12,208	6.61%	6,318
2	Pattan	68.97%	Sheikh Mustafa Kamal		JKNC	26,736	1.89%	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		JKPDP	23,969	45.51%	2,767
3	Rafiabad	75.52%	Mohammad Dilawar Mir		JKPDP	28,138	2.46%	Mohammed Maqbool Mir		JKNC	19,479	55.59%	8,659
4	Bhaderwah	72.54%	Ghulam Nabi Azad		INC	62,072	6.13%	Dhantar Singh		Independent	4,057	93.87%	58,015

Kerala

Kerala, India

Main article: 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Political Alliance	No. of Seats	Popular Vote  %
LDF	98	48.63%
UDF	42	42.98%
Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.[2]

Elections in Kerala for 65 ACs occurred on April 22, 2006, 61 ACs on April 29, 2006, and 15 ACs on May 3, 2006. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led Left Democratic Front beat the incumbent Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front by a margin of 56 seats (out of a total of 140 seats). V.S. Achuthanandan, of CPI (M) was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Kerala, on May 18, 2006.

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu, India

Main article: 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Political Alliance	No. of Seats	Assembly Seat %
DMK+	163	69.6%
AIADMK+	69	29.4%
Independent/Other	2	0.8%
Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.[2]

Elections in Tamil Nadu for 234 ACs occurred in a single phase on May 8, 2006. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led front won the elections, beating the incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led government. The DMK leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as chief minister.

West Bengal

West Bengal, India

Main article: 2006 West Bengal state assembly election

Elections in West Bengal for 45 ACs occurred on April 17, 2006, 66 ACs on April 22, 2006, 77 ACs on April 27, 2006, 57 ACs on May 3, 2006, 49 ACs on May 8, 2006.

Puducherry

Elections in Puducherry for 3 ACs occurred on May 3, 2006 and 27 ACs on May 8, 2006.