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'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
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]

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.

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

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