Legislative Assembly elections
Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu The State Assembly elections in India of 2006 took place between April 3, 2006 and May 8, 2006. The Indian states that went into poll are Assam , Kerala , Tamil Nadu , West Bengal and Puducherry .
Counting of votes for all the states was completed on May 11, 2006 and results were declared on May 20, 2006.
Assam
Assam, India Elections in Assam for 65 ACs occurred on April 3, 2006 and another 61 ACs on April 10, 2006.
Jammu and Kashmir
Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[ 1]
Assembly Constituency
Turnout
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
#k
Names
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
1
Sangrama 63.31%
Shuib Nabi
Independent 18,526
.88%
Javid Hassan Beigh
JKPDP 12,208
6.61%
6,318
2
Pattan 68.97%
Sheikh Mustafa Kamal
JKNC 26,736
1.89%
Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
JKPDP 23,969
45.51%
2,767
3
Rafiabad 75.52%
Mohammad Dilawar Mir
JKPDP 28,138
2.46%
Mohammed Maqbool Mir
JKNC 19,479
55.59%
8,659
4
Bhaderwah 72.54%
Ghulam Nabi Azad
INC 62,072
6.13%
Dhantar Singh
Independent 4,057
93.87%
58,015
Kerala
Kerala, India
Political
No. of
Popular Vote
LDF
98
48.63%
UDF
42
42.98%
Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.[ 2]
Elections in Kerala for 65 ACs occurred on April 22, 2006, 61 ACs on April 29, 2006, and 15 ACs on May 3, 2006. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))-led Left Democratic Front beat the incumbent Indian National Congress -led United Democratic Front by a margin of 56 seats (out of a total of 140 seats). V.S. Achuthanandan , of CPI (M) was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Kerala , on May 18, 2006.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu, India
Political
No. of
Assembly Seat
DMK+
163
69.6%
AIADMK+
69
29.4%
Independent/Other
2
0.8%
Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.[ 2]
Elections in Tamil Nadu for 234 ACs occurred in a single phase on May 8, 2006. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led front won the elections, beating the incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-led government. The DMK leader, M Karunanidhi was sworn in as chief minister.
West Bengal
West Bengal, India Elections in West Bengal for 45 ACs occurred on April 17, 2006, 66 ACs on April 22, 2006, 77 ACs on April 27, 2006, 57 ACs on May 3, 2006, 49 ACs on May 8, 2006.
Puducherry
Elections in Puducherry for 3 ACs occurred on May 3, 2006 and 27 ACs on May 8, 2006.
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