2006 elections in India

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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

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

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.[1]

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.[1]

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.

References
  1. "Parties Statistics". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18.
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