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2006 elections in India

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = Elections in India

| country = India

| previous_election = 2005 elections in India

| previous_year = 2005

| election_date = 2006

| next_election = 2007 elections in India

| next_year = 2007

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Results

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! Date(s)

!State

! colspan="2" |Government before election

!Chief Minister before election

! colspan="2" |Government after election

!Chief Minister after election

!Maps

rowspan="2" | 4 and 11 April 2006

| rowspan="2" |Assam

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

| rowspan="2" |Tarun Gogoi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| rowspan="2" |Tarun Gogoi

| rowspan="2" |50px

{{Full party name with color|Bodoland People's Front}}
22 April, 29 April, and 3 May 2006

|Kerala

| {{Full party name with color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}

|Oommen Chandy

|{{Full party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}

|V. S. Achuthanandan

|50px

rowspan="2"|8 May 2006

|rowspan="2"|Pondicherry

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|rowspan="2"|N. Rangaswamy

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|rowspan="2"|N. Rangaswamy

|rowspan="2"|50px

{{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

rowspan="2" | 8 May 2006

| rowspan="2" |Tamil Nadu

| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|rowspan=2}}

| rowspan="2" |J. Jayalalithaa

| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

| rowspan="2" |M. Karunanidhi

| rowspan="2" |50px

{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
17 April - 8 May 2006

|West Bengal

| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}

| Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}

|Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

| 50px

Legislative Assembly elections

Image:India-state elections 2006.svg

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=

Image:India-ASSAM.svg

{{main|2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}

Elections in Assam for 65 ACs occurred on April 3, 2006 and another 61 ACs on April 10, 2006.

=Jammu and Kashmir=

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|+ Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeAprMay2006/index.htm |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date = 1 January 2025 |title=Election Statistics - Bye Elections - April-May 2006 |publisher=Election Commission Of India |website=eci.gov.in}}

! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency

!Turnout

! colspan="5" |Winner

! colspan="5" |Runner Up

! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin

#k

! Names

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

1Sangrama63.31%Shuib Nabi{{party name with color|Independent politician}}18,526.88%Javid Hassan Beigh{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}12,2086.61%style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|6,318
2Pattan68.97%Sheikh Mustafa Kamal{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}26,7361.89%Iftikhar Hussain Ansari{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}23,96945.51%style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}"|2,767
3Rafiabad75.52%Mohammad Dilawar Mir{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}28,1382.46%Mohammed Maqbool Mir{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}19,47955.59%style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}"|8,659
4Bhaderwah72.54%Ghulam Nabi Azad{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}62,0726.13%Dhantar Singh{{party name with color|Independent politician}}4,05793.87%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|58,015

=Kerala=

Image:India-KERALA.svg

{{main|2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}

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!Political
Alliance

!No. of
Seats

!Popular Vote
%

align="center" bgcolor="FF6666"|LDF

| align="center" |98

| align="center" |48.63%

align="center" bgcolor="90EE90"|UDF

| align="center" |42

| align="center" |42.98%

style="font-size: 80%" colspan=3 bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"| Source: Indian Elections / Election Commission of India.{{Cite web|title=Parties Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archivedate=2008-12-18 }}

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.

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=Tamil Nadu=

Image:India-TAMILNADU.svg

{{main|2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}

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!Political
Alliance

!No. of
Seats

!Assembly Seat
%

align="center" bgcolor="FF6666"|DMK+

| align="center" |163

| align="center" |69.6%

align="center" bgcolor="90EE90"|AIADMK+

| align="center" |69

| align="center" |29.4%

align="center" bgcolor="ffff99"|Independent/Other

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |0.8%

style="font-size: 80%" colspan=3 bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"| 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.

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=West Bengal=

Image:India-WESTBENGAL.svg

{{main|2006 West Bengal state assembly election}}

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.

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=Puducherry=

Elections in Puducherry for 3 ACs occurred on May 3, 2006 and 27 ACs on May 8, 2006.

References

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External links

{{Commons}}

  • [http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

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