| Election Name: | 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | 10 May 2001 |
| Seats For Election: | All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Turnout: | 75.29% (6.68 pp) |
| Leader1: | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya |
| Party1: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alliance1: | Left Front (West Bengal) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Jadavpur |
| Seats1: | 143 |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,402,603 |
| Percentage1: | 36.59% |
| Swing1: | 1.33 pp |
| Leader2: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Leaders Seat2: | Did not contest |
| Party2: | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Alliance2: | INC+TMC |
| Seats2: | 60 |
| Seat Change2: | 60 |
| Popular Vote2: | 11,229,396 |
| Percentage2: | 30.66% |
| Swing2: | 30.66 pp |
| Leader3: | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Leaders Seat3: | Did not contest |
| Party3: | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance3: | INC+TMC |
| Seats3: | 26 |
| Seat Change3: | 56 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,921,151 |
| Percentage3: | 7.98% |
| Swing3: | 31.50 pp |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Chief Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Chief Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| After Election: | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
| After Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Majority Seats: | 148 |
| Outgoing Members: | 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members |
| Elected Members: | 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members |
| Last Election1: | 37.16%, 153 seats |
| Last Election3: | 39.48%, 82 seats |
| Last Election2: | Party split after last election |
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.
|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||211||143||13,402,603||36.59%|||-| |align="left"|All India Trinamool Congress||226||60||11,229,396||30.66%|||-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||60||26||2,921,151||7.98%|||-| |align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||34||25||2,067,944||5.65%|||-| |align="left"|Revolutionary Socialist Party||23||17||1,256,951||3.43%|||-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India||13||7||655,237||1.79%|||-| |align="left"|West Bengal Socialist Party||4||4||246,407||0.67%|||-| |align="left"|Gorkha National Liberation Front||5||3||190,057||0.52%|||-| |align="left"|Biplobi Bangla Congress||1||1||62,611||0.09%|||-| |align="left"|Independents||530||9||1,848,830||5.05%|||-||align="left"|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]
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mekliganj | SC | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | ||
| Sitalkuchi | SC | Sudhir Pramanik | ||
| Mathabhanga | SC | Dinesh Chandra Dakua | ||
| Cooch Behar North | None | Dipak Chandra Sarker | ||
| Cooch Behar West | None | Akshoy Thakur | ||
| Sitai | None | Nripendra Nath Roy | ||
| Dinhata | None | Kamal Guha | ||
| Natabari | None | Tamser Ali | ||
| Tufanganj | SC | Pushpa Chandra Das | ||
| Kumargram | ST | Dasrath Tirkey | ||
| Kalchini | ST | Paban Kumar Lakra | ||
| Alipurduars | None | Nirmal Das | ||
| Falakata | SC | Jogesh Chandra Barman | ||
| Madarihat | ST | Kumari Kujur | ||
| Dhupguri | SC | Lakshmi Kanta Roy | ||
| Nagrakata | ST | Chaitan Munda | ||
| Mainaguri | SC | Bachchamohan Roy | ||
| Mal | ST | Somra Lakra | ||
| Kranti | None | Sudhan Raha | ||
| Jalpaiguri | None | Gobinda Roy | ||
| Rajganj | SC | Jotindra Nath Roy | ||
| Kalimpong | None | Goulan Lepcha | ||
| Darjeeling | None | D.k. Pradhan | ||
| Kurseong | None | Shanta Chettri | ||
| Siliguri | None | Asok Bhattacharya | ||
| Phansidewa | ST | Prakash Minj | ||
| Chopra | None | Hamidul Rahaman | ||
| Islampur | None | Abdul Karim Chowdhary | ||
| Goalpokhar | None | Hafiz Alam Sairani | ||
| Karandighi | None | Gokul Roy | ||
| Raiganj | SC | Chittaranjan Roy | ||
| Kaliaganj | SC | Pramathanath Roy | ||
| Kushmandi | SC | Narmada Chandra Roy | ||
| Itahar | None | Srikumar Mukherjee | ||
| Gangarampur | None | Narayan Biswas | ||
| Tapan | ST | Khara Soren | ||
| Kumarganj | None | Khatun Mafuja | ||
| Balurghat | None | Choudhury Biswanath | ||
| Habibpur | ST | Jadu Hemrom | ||
| Gajol | ST | Sadhu Tudu | ||
| Kharba | None | Mahabubul Haque (badal) | ||
| Harishchandrapur | None | Alam Mostaque | ||
| Ratua | None | Sailen Sarkar | ||
| Araidanga | None | Sabitri Mitra | ||
| Malda | SC | Subhendu Chowdhury | ||
| Englishbazar | None | Samar Roy | ||
| Manikchak | None | Asima Chowdhuri | ||
| Suzapur | None | Rubi Noor | ||
| Kaliachak | None | Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury | ||
| Farakka | None | Mainul Haque | ||
| Aurangabad | None | Humayun Reza | ||
| Suti | None | Jane Alam Mian | ||
| Sagardighi | SC | Das Paresh Nath | ||
| Jangipur | None | Abul Hasnat | ||
| Lalgola | None | Abu Hena | ||
| Bhagabangola | None | Mojibor Rahaman | ||
| Nabagram | None | Nripen Chaudhuri | ||
| Murshidabad | None | Chhaya Ghosh | ||
| Jalangi | None | Unus Ali Sarkar | ||
| Domkal | None | Anisur Rahaman Sarkar | ||
| Naoda | None | Abu Taher Khan | ||
| Hariharpara | None | Niamot Sk. | ||
| Berhampore | None | Maya Rani Paul | ||
| Beldanga | None | Golam Kibria Mia | ||
| Kandi | None | Atish Chandra Sinha | ||
| Khargram | SC | Biswanath Mondal | ||
| Barwan | None | Amalendralal Roy | ||
| Bharatpur | None | Id. Mohammad | ||
| Karimpur | None | Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick | ||
| Palashipara | None | Kamalendu Sanyal | ||
| Nakashipara | None | Kallol Khan | ||
| Kaliganj | None | Dhananjoy Modak | ||
| Chapra | None | Shamsul Islam Mollah | ||
| Krishnaganj | SC | Sushil Biswas | ||
| Krishnagar East | None | Mukherjee Shibdas | ||
| Krishnagar West | None | Sunil Kumar Ghosh | ||
| Nabadwip | None | Pundarikakshya Saha | ||
| Santipur | None | Ajoy Dey | ||
| Hanskhali | SC | Nayan Sarkar | ||
| Ranaghat East | SC | Asim Bala | ||
| Ranaghat West | None | Sankar Singha | ||
| Chakdaha | None | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | ||
| Haringhata | None | Bankim Ghosh | ||
| Bagdaha | SC | Kamalakshmi Biswas | ||
| Bongaon | None | Pankaj Ghosh | ||
| Gaighata | None | Jyotipriya Mallick | ||
| Habra | None | Tapati Dutta | ||
| Ashokenagar | None | Sarmista Dutta | ||
| Amdanga | None | Hashim Abdul Halim | ||
| Barasat | None | Ashoke (gopal) Mukherjee | ||
| Rajarhat | SC | Tanmoy Mondal | ||
| Deganga | None | Md. Yakub | ||
| Swarupnagar | None | Mustafa Bin Quasem | ||
| Baduria | None | Qazi Abdul Gaffar | ||
| Basirhat | None | Narayan Mukherjee | ||
| Hasnabad | None | Gautam Deb | ||
| Haroa | SC | Kshiti Ranjan Mondal | ||
| Sandeshkhali | SC | Kanti Biswas | ||
| Hingalganj | SC | Gayen Nripen | ||
| Gosaba | SC | Ganesh Mondal | ||
| Basanti | SC | Subhas Naskar | ||
| Kultali | SC | Prabodh Purkait | ||
| Joynagar | None | Debaprasad Sarkar | ||
| Baruipur | None | Arup Bhadra | ||
| Canning West | SC | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | ||
| Canning East | None | Abdur Razzak Molla | ||
| Bhangar | None | Badal Zamadar | ||
| Jadavpur | None | Buddhadev Bhattacharjee | ||
| Sonarpur | SC | Nirmal Chandra Mandal | ||
| Bishnupur East | SC | Dilip Mondal | ||
| Bishnupur West | None | Subrata Bakshi | ||
| Behala East | None | Parash Dutta | ||
| Behala West | None | Partha Chatterjee | ||
| Garden Reach | None | Amin Mohammed | ||
| Maheshtala | None | Mursalin Molla | ||
| Budge Budge | None | Ashok Kumar Deb | ||
| Satgachia | None | Sonali Guha | ||
| Falta | None | Tamonash Ghosh | ||
| Diamond Harbour | None | Rishi Haldar | ||
| Magrahat West | None | Noorar Rahaman | ||
| Magrahat East | SC | Bansari Mohan Kanji | ||
| Mandirbazar | SC | Choudhury Mohan Jatua | ||
| Mathurapur | None | Kanti Ganguly | ||
| Kulpi | SC | Jagaranjan Haldar | ||
| Patharpratima | None | Jajneswar Das | ||
| Kakdwip | None | Manturam Pakhira | ||
| Sagar | None | Bankim Chandra Hazra | ||
| Bijpur | None | Jagadish Chandra Das | ||
| Naihati | None | Ranjit Kundu | ||
| Bhatpara | None | Arjun Singh | ||
| Jagatdal | None | Haripada Biswas | ||
| Noapara | None | Manju Basu | ||
| Titagarh | None | Pravin Kr. Shaw | ||
| Khardah | None | Asim Kumar Dasgupta | ||
| Panihati | None | Nirmal Ghosh | ||
| Kamarhati | None | Manas Mukherjee | ||
| Baranagar | None | Amar Chaudhuri | ||
| Dum Dum | None | Arunava Ghosh | ||
| Belgachia East | None | Chakraborti Subhas | ||
| Cossipur | None | Bandyopadhyay Tarak | ||
| Shyampukur | None | Subrata Bose | ||
| Jorabagan | None | Sudhangshu Seal | ||
| Jorasanko | None | Satya Narayan Bajaj | ||
| Bara Bazar | None | Tapas Roy | ||
| Bow Bazar | None | Nayna Bandyopadhyay | ||
| Chowringhee | None | Subrata Mukherjee | ||
| Kabitirtha | None | Ram Pyare Ram | ||
| Alipore | None | Tapas Paul | ||
| Rashbehari Avenue | None | Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay | ||
| Tollygunge | None | Pankaj Banerjee | ||
| Dhakuria | None | Sougata Ray | ||
| Ballygunge | None | Rabin Deb | ||
| Entally | None | Md. Salim | ||
| Taltola | SC | Debesh Das | ||
| Beliaghata | None | Manabendra Mukherjee | ||
| Sealdah | None | Somendra Nath Mitra | ||
| Vidyasagar | None | Lakshmi Kanta Dey | ||
| Burtola | None | Sadhan Pande | ||
| Manicktola | None | Paresh Paul | ||
| Belgachia West | None | Rajdeo Goala | ||
| Bally | None | Kanika Ganguly | ||
| Howrah North | None | Lagan Deo Singh | ||
| Howrah Central | None | Ambica Banerjee | ||
| Howrah South | None | Badal Basu | ||
| Shibpur | None | Jatu Lahiri | ||
| Domjur | None | Padma Nidhi Dhar | ||
| Jagatballavpur | None | Biman Chakrabarty | ||
| Panchla | None | Sri Sailen Mondal | ||
| Sankrail | SC | Sital Kumar Sardar | ||
| Uluberia North | SC | Mohon Mondal | ||
| Uluberia South | None | Rabindra Ghosh | ||
| Shyampur | None | Kalipada Mandal | ||
| Bagnan | None | Nirupama Chatterjee | ||
| Kalyanpur | None | Asit Mitra | ||
| Amta | None | Pratyush Mukherjee | ||
| Udaynarayanpur | None | Chowdhury Nonigopal | ||
| Jangipara | None | Ibha Dey | ||
| Chanditala | None | Bhaktaram Pan | ||
| Uttarpara | None | Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee | ||
| Serampore | None | Ratna De (nag) | ||
| Champdani | None | Abdul Mannan | ||
| Chandernagore | None | Kamal Mukherjee | ||
| Singur | None | Rabindranath Bhattacharya | ||
| Haripal | None | Kaliprasad Biswas | ||
| Tarakeswar | None | Pratim Chatterjee | ||
| Chinsurah | None | Naren Dey | ||
| Bansberia | None | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | ||
| Balagarh | SC | Dibakanta Routh | ||
| Pandua | None | Ali Sk. Majed | ||
| Polba | None | Sakti Pada Khanra | ||
| Dhaniakhali | SC | Kripa Sindhu Saha | ||
| Pursurah | None | Nimai Mal | ||
| Khanakul | SC | Banshi Badan Maitra | ||
| Arambagh | None | Binoy Datta | ||
| Goghat | SC | Shiba Prasad Malick | ||
| Chandrakona | None | Gurupada Dutta | ||
| Ghatal | SC | Ratan Pakhira | ||
| Daspur | None | Ajit Bhunia | ||
| Nandanpur | None | Saumen Mahapatra | ||
| Panskura West | None | Chittaranjan Dasthakur | ||
| Panskura East | None | Biplab Ray Chowdhury | ||
| Tamluk | None | Nirbed Roy | ||
| Moyna | None | Dipak Bera | ||
| Mahishadal | None | Dipak Kumar Ghosh | ||
| Sutahata | SC | Nityanand Bera | ||
| Nandigram | None | Illiyas Mahammad Sk. | ||
| Narghat | None | Brahmamoy Nanda | ||
| Bhagabanpur | None | Ardhendu Maity | ||
| Khajuri | SC | Sunirmal Paik | ||
| Contai North | None | Jyotirmoy Kar | ||
| Contai South | None | Adhikary Sisir | ||
| Ramnagar | None | Akhil Giri | ||
| Egra | None | Sinha Prabodh Chandra | ||
| Mugberia | None | Kiranmay Nanda | ||
| Pataspur | None | Kamakhyanandan Dasmahapatra | ||
| Sabang | None | Tushar Kanti Laya | ||
| Pingla | None | Ramapada Samanta | ||
| Debra | None | Sk. Jahangir Karim | ||
| Keshpur | SC | Nanda Rani Dal | ||
| Garhbeta East | None | Susanta Ghosh | ||
| Garhbeta West | SC | Krishna Prasad Duley | ||
| Salbani | None | Khagendra Nath Mahata | ||
| Midnapore | None | Purnendu Sengupta | ||
| Kharagpur Town | None | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | ||
| Kharagpur Rural | None | Nazmul Haque | ||
| Keshiari | ST | Maheswar Murmu | ||
| Narayangarh | None | Surjya Kanta Mishra | ||
| Dantan | None | Nandagopal Bhattacharya | ||
| Nayagram | ST | Bhutnath Saren | ||
| Gopiballavpur | None | Bhabani Sankar Hatial | ||
| Jhargram | None | Mina Sanatani | ||
| Binpur | ST | Sambhu Nath Mandi | ||
| Banduan | ST | Upendranath Hansda | ||
| Manbazar | None | Mahata Shamyapyari | ||
| Balrampur | ST | Bhandu Majhi | ||
| Arsa | None | Nishikanta Mehta | ||
| Jhalda | None | Nepal Mahato | ||
| Jaipur | None | Shanti Ram Mahato | ||
| Purulia | None | Nikhil Mukherjee | ||
| Para | SC | Bilasibala Sahis | ||
| Raghunathpur | SC | Uma Rani Bouri | ||
| Kashipur | ST | Rabindranath Hembram | ||
| Hura | None | Abinas Mahata | ||
| Taldangra | None | Monoranjan Patra | ||
| Raipur | ST | Upen Kisku | ||
| Ranibandh | ST | Makar Tudu | ||
| Indpur | SC | Kiriti Bagdi | ||
| Chhatna | None | Subhas Goswami | ||
| Gangajalghati | SC | Bauri Ramcharan | ||
| Barjora | None | Susmita Biswas | ||
| Bankura | None | Kashinath Misra | ||
| Onda | None | Anil Mukherjee | ||
| Vishnupur | None | Jayanta Chowdhury | ||
| Kotulpur | None | Ghose Manasi | ||
| Indas | SC | Nanda Dulal Majhi | ||
| Sonamukhi | SC | Khan Sukhendu | ||
| Kulti | None | Acharya Maniklal | ||
| Barabani | None | Manik Upadhyay | ||
| Hirapur | None | Malay Ghatak | ||
| Asansol | None | Kalyan Banerjee | ||
| Raniganj | None | Bansa Gopal Chowdhury | ||
| Jamuria | None | Pelab Kabi | ||
| Ukhra | SC | Madan Bauri | ||
| Durgapur-i | None | Mrinal Banerjee | ||
| Durgapur-ii | None | Apurba Mukherjee | ||
| Kanksa | SC | Ankure Saresh | ||
| Ausgram | SC | Kartick Chandra Bag | ||
| Bhatar | None | Subhas Mandal | ||
| Galsi | None | Mehbub Mondal | ||
| Burdwan North | None | Adhikary Nisith | ||
| Burdwan South | None | Nirupam Sen | ||
| Khandaghosh | SC | Jyotsna Singh | ||
| Raina | None | Shyama Prosad Pal | ||
| Jamalpur | SC | Samar Hazra | ||
| Memari | None | Chattopadhdyay Tapas | ||
| Kalna | None | Anju Kar | ||
| Nadanghat | None | Ratan Das | ||
| Manteswar | None | Abu Ayes Mondal | ||
| Purbasthali | None | Subrata Bhowal | ||
| Katwa | None | Rabindranath Chatterjee | ||
| Mangalkot | None | Sadhana Mallik | ||
| Ketugram | SC | Tamal Chandra Majhi | ||
| Nanur | SC | Anand Gopal Das | ||
| Bolpur | None | Tapan Hore | ||
| Labhpur | None | Nabanita Mukherjee | ||
| Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Pada Ghosh | ||
| Rajnagar | SC | Bijoy Bagdi | ||
| Suri | None | Braja Mukherjee | ||
| Mahammad Bazar | None | Dhiren Sen | ||
| Mayureswar | SC | Bishnu Let | ||
| Rampurhat | None | Asish Banerjee | ||
| Hansan | SC | Asit Kumar Mal | ||
| Nalhati | None | Kalimuddin Shams | ||
| Murarai | None | Dr. Qamre Elahi | ||