2006 elections in India explained

Legislative Assembly elections

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

See 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]

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

Kerala

See 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

See 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.

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

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.

External links

Election Commission of India

Notes and References

Web site: Election Statistics - Bye Elections - April-May 2006 . 1 January 2025 . Election Commission Of India . eci.gov.in.
Web site: Parties Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 2008-12-18 .