# 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2001 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

## Results

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.
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.
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 | |
Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.

## Elected members

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