2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and, thanks to the electronic voting machines, all the results were out by the end of the day.[1]
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal state assembly 148 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 48,165,156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 81.97% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front won the election with an overwhelming majority. The previous government, formed by the Left Front and led by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, completed its full five-year term in office following its coming to power in 2001. The Left Front had been ruling the state of West Bengal for the last three decades, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government.[2][3]