2011 elections in India#West Bengal

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{{Politics of India}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = Elections in India

| country = India

| previous_election = 2010 elections in India

| previous_year = 2010

| election_date = 2011

| next_election = 2012 elections in India

| next_year = 2012

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{{Politics of India}}

Parliament By-elections took place between May and November to elect Lok Sabha members in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Legislative Assembly elections took place in April and May 2011 to elect legislatures in the Indian states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.{{cite web|title=Press Note No.ECI/PN/17/2011:Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/press/current/PN_AE_010311.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=2 April 2011}}

Legislative Assembly elections

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Date(s)

! State/UT

! colspan="2" |Government Before

! Chief Minister before election

! colspan="2" | Government After

! Elected Chief Minister

! Maps

rowspan="2" | 4 and 11 April 2011

| rowspan="2" |Assam

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| Indian National Congress

| rowspan="2" | Tarun Gogoi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| Indian National Congress

| rowspan="2" | Tarun Gogoi

| rowspan=2|50px

style="text-align:center;"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bodoland People's Front}}" |

| Bodoland People's Front

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bodoland People's Front}}"|

| Bodoland People's Front

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="6" |13 April 2011

| Kerala

| bgcolor="{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |

| Left Democratic Front

| V. S. Achuthanandan

| bgcolor="{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}"|

| United Democratic Front

|Oommen Chandy

|50px

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="2" | Puducherry

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| Indian National Congress

| rowspan="2" |V. Vaithilingam

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|All India N.R. Congress}}"|

| rowspan="2" |All India N.R. Congress

| rowspan="2" |N. Rangaswamy

|rowspan=2|50px

style="text-align:center;"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="3" | Tamil Nadu

| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |

| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| rowspan="3" | M. Karunanidhi

| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|

| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| rowspan="3" | J. Jayalalithaa

| rowspan="3" | 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| Indian National Congress

| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|

| Communist Party of India (Marxist)

bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|

| Pattali Makkal Katchi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|

| Communist Party of India

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="2" |18 April-10 May 2011

| rowspan="2" |West Bengal

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}"|

| rowspan="2" |Left Front

| rowspan="2" |Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|

|All India Trinamool Congress

| rowspan="2" |Mamata Banerjee

|rowspan=2|50px

style="text-align:center;"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

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Parliamentary By-election

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!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!State

!MP before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MP

! colspan="2" |Party after election

38

|Rowspan=2|8 May 2011

|Kadapa

|Andhra Pradesh

|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

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

|Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}

10

|Bastar

|Chhattisgarh

|Baliram Kashyap

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Dinesh Kashyap

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

9

|26 September 2011

|Jamshedpur

|Jharkhand

|Arjun Munda

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Ajoy Kumar

|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}

4

|13 October 2011

|Hisar

|Haryana

|Bhajan Lal Bishnoi

|{{Full party name with color|Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)}}

|Kuldeep Bishnoi

|{{Full party name with color|Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)}}

23

|30 November 2011

|Kolkata Dakshin

|West Bengal

|Mamata Banerjee

|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|Subrata Bakshi

|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

Assembly By-elections

= [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

248

|8 May 2011

|Pulivendla

|Y. S. Vijayamma

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

|Y. S. Vijayamma

|{{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}

14

|13 October 2011

|Banswada

|Pocharam Srinivas Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

|Pocharam Srinivas Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}

= [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Arunachal Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

3

|30 May 2011

|Mukto

|Dorjee Khandu

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

|Pema Khandu

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

= [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

62

|25 June 2011

|Purnia

|Raj Kishore Kesri

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Kiran Devi

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

= [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Chhattisgarh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

59

|14 February 2011

|Sanjari Balod

|Madanlal Sahu

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Kumari Bai Sahu

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

= [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

75

|14 February 2011

|Khadia

|Ashok Bhatt

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Bhushan Bhatt

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

= [[Haryana Legislative Assembly|Haryana]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

41

|Rowspan=2|30 November 2011

|Ratia

|Gian Chand

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Lok Dal}}

|Jarnail Singh

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

47

|Adampur

|Kuldeep Bishnoi

|{{Full party name with color|Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)}}

|Renuka Bishnoi

|{{Full party name with color|Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)}}

= [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Himachal Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

12

|Rowspan=2|30 November 2011

|Nalagarh

|Hari Naraian Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Lakhvinder Singh Rana

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

16

|Rainka

|Prem Singh

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

|Hirdaya Ram

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

= [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Jharkhand]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

57

|10 February 2011

|Kharsawan

|Mangal Singh Soy

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Arjun Munda

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

24

|30 November 2011

|Mandu

|Tek Lal Mahto

|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}

|Jai Prakash Bhai Patel

|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}

= [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Karnataka]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

103

| Rowspan=3|9 April 2011

|Jagalur

|S. V. Ramachandra

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

|S. V. Ramachandra

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

147

|Bangarapet

|M Narayanaswamy

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

|M Narayanaswamy

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

185

|Channapatna

|M.C. Ashwath

|bgcolor={{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}|

|Janata Dal (Secular)

|C. P. Yogeshwara

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

64

|26 September 2011

|Koppal

|Karadi Sanganna Amarappa

|bgcolor={{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}|

|Janata Dal (Secular)

|Karadi Sanganna Amarappa

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

93

|30 November 2011

|Bellary Rural

|B. Sriramulu

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|B. Sriramulu

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

= [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Madhya Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

170

|Rowspan=2|14 February 2011

|Sonkatch

|Sajjan Singh Verma

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

|Rajendra Pholchand Verma

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

198

|Kukshi

|Jamuna Devi

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

|Mukam Singh Kirade

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

56

|25 June 2011

|Jabera

|Ratnesh Soloman

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

|Dashrath Singh Lodhi

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

= [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

211

|13 October 2011

|Khadakwasala

|Ramesh Wanjale

|{{Full party name with color|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}

|Bhimrao Tapkir

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

= [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

26

|7 May 2011

|Aonglenden

|Nungshizenba Longkumer

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

|Toshipokba

|{{Full party name with color|Naga People's Front}}

= [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Odisha]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

73

|30 May 2011

|Umerkote

|Jagabandhu Majhi

|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}

|Subash Gond

|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}

= [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly|Puducherry]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

8

|10 October 2011

|Indira Nagar

|N. Rangaswamy

|{{Full party name with color|All India N.R. Congress}}

|A.T. Selvane

|{{Full party name with color|All India N.R. Congress}}

= [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

140

|13 October 2011

|Tiruchirappalli West

|M. Mariam Pichai

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

|M. Paranjothi

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

= [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

168

|8 May 2011

|Pipraich

|Jamuna Nishad

|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}

|Rajmati Nishad

|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

= [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

125

|Rowspan=2|25 September 2011

|Basirhat Uttar

|Mostafa Bin Qaseem

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|ATM Abdullah

|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

159

|Bhabanipur

|Subrata Bakshi

|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|Mamata Banerjee

|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

See also

References

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