West Bengal
West Bengal is an important state with its international borders with Nepal and Bangladesh. It has a good industrial infrastructure and politically very important place. It has 39 parliamentary seats in the Lok Sabha. Population of the state is 80,176,197 and area is 88,752 sq km. Principal language of the state is Bengali.
Capital: Kolkata
No of Parliamentary Constituencies: 42
No of Assembly Constituencies: 294
West Bengal State Assembly Election Results 2006
Parliamentary Constituencies
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Results General Election 2009 State : West Bengal |
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| Name of the Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won |
| National Parties | ||
| BSP | 41 | 0 |
| BJP | 42 | 1 |
| CPI | 3 | 2 |
| CPI(M) | 32 | 9 |
| INC | 14 | 6 |
| NCP | 3 | 0 |
| RJD | 0 | 0 |
| Total National Parties | 135 | 18 |
| State Parties | ||
| AIFB | 3 | 2 |
| AITC | 27 | 19 |
| RSP | 4 | 2 |
| Unrecognized Parties | 83 | 0 |
| IND | 116 | 1 |
| Total | 368 | 42 |
| State Assembly Elections 2006 | |||
Party |
Contested |
Won |
VOTE* % |
| CPM | 212 | 176 | 50.83 |
| AITC | 257 | 30 | 30.57 |
| AIFB | 34 | 23 | 49.02 |
| INC | 262 | 21 | 16.51 |
| RSP | 23 | 20 | 48.79 |
| CPI | 13 | 8 | 45.81 |
| WBSP | 4 | 4 | 51.76 |
| others** | 849 | 13 | |
| TOTAL | 1654 | 294 | |
* Percentage of votes for the AC **Others consist of Independents and all other parties who contested in the elections |
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| RULING PARTY |
| CPM+ |
Chief Minister |
Shri Budh Dev Bhattacharya |
| State Government |
| State Chief Electoral Officer |
