2006 elections in India

Results

Date(s)	State	Government before election		Chief Minister before election	Government after election		Chief Minister after election	Maps
4 and 11 April 2006	Assam	Template:Full party name with color	Tarun Gogoi	Template:Full party name with color	Tarun Gogoi	File:IN-AS.svg
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22 April, 29 April, and 3 May 2006	Kerala	Template:Full party name with color	Oommen Chandy	Template:Full party name with color	V. S. Achuthanandan	File:IN-KL.svg
8 May 2006	Pondicherry	Template:Full party name with color	N. Rangaswamy	Template:Full party name with color	N. Rangaswamy	File:IN-PY.svg
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8 May 2006	Tamil Nadu	Template:Full party name with color	J. Jayalalithaa	Template:Full party name with color	M. Karunanidhi	File:IN-TN.svg
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17 April - 8 May 2006	West Bengal	Template:Full party name with color	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	Template:Full party name with color	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	File:IN-WB.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

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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

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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

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Sangrama	63.31%	Shuib Nabi	Template:Party name with color	18,526	.88%	Javid Hassan Beigh	Template:Party name with color	12,208	6.61%	style="background:Template:Party color"|6,318
2	Pattan	68.97%	Sheikh Mustafa Kamal	Template:Party name with color	26,736	1.89%	Iftikhar Hussain Ansari	Template:Party name with color	23,969	45.51%	style="background:Template:Party color"|2,767
3	Rafiabad	75.52%	Mohammad Dilawar Mir	Template:Party name with color	28,138	2.46%	Mohammed Maqbool Mir	Template:Party name with color	19,479	55.59%	style="background:Template:Party color"|8,659
4	Bhaderwah	72.54%	Ghulam Nabi Azad	Template:Party name with color	62,072	6.13%	Dhantar Singh	Template:Party name with color	4,057	93.87%	style="background:Template:Party color"|58,015

Kerala

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Kerala, India

Political Alliance	No. of Seats	Popular Vote  %
LDF	98	48.63%
UDF	42	42.98%
Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.

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

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Tamil Nadu, India

Political Alliance	No. of Seats	Assembly Seat %
DMK+	163	69.6%
AIADMK+	69	29.4%
Independent/Other	2	0.8%
Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.

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

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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.

External links

• Election Commission of India