2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Results
Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister.

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister.

Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change

Communist Party of India (Marxist)	211	143	13,402,603	36.59%

All India Trinamool Congress	226	60	11,229,396	30.66%

Indian National Congress	60	26	2,921,151	7.98%

All India Forward Bloc	34	25	2,067,944	5.65%

Revolutionary Socialist Party	23	17	1,256,951	3.43%

Communist Party of India	13	7	655,237	1.79%

West Bengal Socialist Party	4	4	246,407	0.67%

Gorkha National Liberation Front	5	3	190,057	0.52%

Biplobi Bangla Congress	1	1	62,611	0.09%

Independents	530	9	1,848,830	5.05%

Total	1676	294	36,626,099

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The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, held in 2001, elected 294 members to the Assembly.

final_sentence: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, held in 2001, elected 294 members to the Assembly.