Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya continued Communist rule in West Bengal for another decade, when the Left Front was defeated in the 2011 election by the Trinamool Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
Penerusnya Buddhadeb Bhattacharya melanjutkan pemerintahan Komunis di Bengal Barat untuk dekade lainnya, saat Front Kiri dikalahkan dalam pemilu 2011 oleh Aliansi Progresif Bersatu (United Progressive Alliance, UPA) pimpinan Kongres Trinamool.