# 2001 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 2001 included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Kerala

Party-wise vote share of 2001 Kerala Assembly Elections :
| Sl.No: | Party | Contested | Won | Popular Votes | Share (%) |
| 1 | Indian National Congress- Indira (Congress-I) | 88 | 63 | 4940868 | 31.4 |
| 2 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | 74 | 24 | 3752976 | 23.85 |
| 3 | Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 23 | 16 | 1259572 | 8 |
| 4 | Kerala Congress - Mani (KCM) | 11 | 9 | 556647 | 3.54 |
| 5 | Communist Party of India (CPI) | 24 | 7 | 1212248 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) | 5 | 4 | 279831 | 1.78 |
| 7 | Janata Dal- Secular (JDS) | 10 | 3 | 546917 | 3.48 |
| 8 | Kerala Congress - Joseph (KCJ) | 10 | 2 | 455748 | 2.9 |
| 9 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 9 | 2 | 408456 | 2.6 |
| 10 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 6 | 2 | 269689 | 1.71 |
| 11 | Revolutionary Socialist Party - Bolshevik (RSPB) | 4 | 2 | 215562 | 1.37 |
| 12 | Kerala Congress - Jacob (KCA) | 4 | 2 | 207618 | 1.32 |
| 13 | Kerala Congress - Balakrishna Pillai (KCB) | 2 | 2 | 113915 | 0.72 |
| 14 | Communist Marxist Party (CMP) | 3 | 1 | 145441 | 0.92 |
| 15 | Indian National League (INL) | 3 | 0 | 139775 | 0.89 |
| 16 | CPI(M) Independents (LDF) | 2 | 0 | 91058 | 0.58 |
| 17 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 123 | 0 | 789762 | 5.02 |
| 18 | BJP Allies (JD(U): 4, Samata: 2, DMK: 1) | 7 | 0 | 10089 | 0.06 |
| 19 | Others/ Independents | 266 | 1 | 340692 | 2.16 |
| Total | Total | 676 | 140 | 15736894 | 100 |

### Tamil Nadu

Summary of the 2001 May Assembly election results in Tamil Nadu :
| Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %$^‡$ |
| AIADMK+ alliance | 196 | +138 | 14,043,980 | 50.1% | 50.1% |
| AIADMK | 132 | +127 | 8,815,387 | 31.4% | 52.1% |
| TMC(M) | 23 | -15 | 1,885,726 | 6.7% | 47.5% |
| PMK | 20 | +16 | 1,557,500 | 5.6% | 46.8% |
| INC | 7 | +7 | 696,205 | 2.5% | 45.4% |
| CPI(M) | 6 | +4 | 470,736 | 1.7% | 48.2% |
| CPI | 5 | -3 | 444,710 | 1.6% | 48.5% |
| IND | 2 | +2 | 103,971 | 0.4% | 46.6% |
| AIFB | 1 | +1 | 39,248 | 0.1% | 43.3% |
| MUL | 0 | -1 | 30,497 | 0.1% | 41.7% |
| DMK+ alliance | 37 | -138 | 10,841,157 | 38.7% | 38.7% |
| DMK | 31 | -142 | 8,669,864 | 30.9% | 39.0% |
| BJP | 4 | +3 | 895,352 | 3.2% | 38.7% |
| MADMK | 2 | +1 | 129,474 | 0.5% | 37.1% |
| PT | 0 | – | 355,171 | 1.3% | 33.8% |
| MTD | 0 | – | 257,126 | 0.9% | 40.9% |
| PNK | 0 | – | 196,740 | 0.7% | 33.6% |
| MGRK | 0 | – | 136,916 | 0.5% | 40.8% |
| TB | 0 | – | 45,002 | 0.2% | 40.0% |
| CNMK | 0 | – | 40,421 | 0.1% | 32.4% |
| IND | 0 | – | 115,091 | 0.4% | 36.7% |
| Others | 1 | – | 3,192,598 | 11.4% | 11.4% |
| MDMK | 0 | – | 1,304,469 | 4.7% | 5.1% |
| IND | 1 | – | 1,509,378 | 6.2% | 6.3% |
| Total | 234 | – | 28,037,314 | 100% | – |
Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance. ‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested. Sources: Election Commission of India and Rediff Newspaper

### West Bengal

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001 :
| Political Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Number of Votes | % of Votes |
| 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 | |