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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2001 Results
Alliance
Won
Gain/Loss
Voteshare
CPM+
199
-4
48.8
Trinamool+
85
5
38.8
Others
9
0
11.8

Gone With the wind

The Marxists have won another term in the Writers’ Buildings. Subrata Nagchoudhury says it was Mamata Banerjee’s inability to present a cogent and convincing political agenda that failed the Trinamool from defeating the Left Front in West Bengal.

News
Buddhadev sworn in Bengal Chief Minister
May 18
Communist veteran Buddhadev Bhattacharjee was on Friday sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal heading the sixth Left Front Government. The oath of office and secrecy was administered by Governor Viren J Shah.

Buddhadev Bhattacharjee: From an aggressive politician to a suave Communist
May 18
Buddhadev Bhattacharjee, who took over reins of power in West Bengal from the longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu, surprised pollsters by leading the Left Front to a record sixth term victory by a resounding margin beating off the challenge of Trinamool Congress-led combine.

Mamata's remarks beneath contempt: EC

May 15
A miffed Election Commission dubbed as "despicable" the personal remarks made by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee against Chief Election Commissioner M S Gill.

EC was purchased, it has to go: Mamata
May 14
Full Marx: Left’s Red Fort rebuilt with essence of Bengali bhadrata May 14
Left Front retains Writers’ but loses more stalwarts May 14
Left Front emerges victorious May 13

 
 
   
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Winner-Losers
Bowbazar: Nayana Bandopadhyay (TC) — Ajit Pande (CPM)
Jadavpur: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (CPM) — Madhabi Mukherjee (TC)
Durgapur: Mrinal Banerjee (CPM) — Chandrasekhar (Cong)
Chowringhee: Subrata Mukherjee (TC) — Z Hussain (Janata Dal-S)

Other Headlines
LF cautious: More votes don’t mean more seats May 11
WB electorate vote under tense atmosphere May 11
Violence claimes five lives, Opp wants repoll in 3,000 booths May 11
Trinamool candidate for Bijpur alleges booth capturing May 10
Fear stalks Keshpur as Trinamool man ‘retires’ from today’s poll May 10
Mamata moves Midnapore with ‘do or die’ cry May 10
Mamata may fail to breach WB red fort May 09
Trinamool man quits Keshpur contest over 'CPM violence' May 09
PWG vengeance vow stalks campaign in Garbeta May 08

Vajpayee shares election dais wth Panja, hints at taking him back May 07

PM’s barb: Trinamool now CPI-M’s ‘C’ team May 06
Cong dummies hurdle in Left path May 06
Keshpur simmering with disquiet May 05
Sonia, Mamata war cry: Send the Left packing May 04
Five CPM activists shot, even as EC reviews poll arrangements May 04

Mamata, Sonia to stay apart at Englishbazar campaign May 02
Wall-fighting spices up electioneering in West Bengal May 01
Mamata’s new headache: Panja to campaign with PM April 30
Didi casts Tollywood twosome to steal Left thunder April 29
Trinamool, Cong work at cross-purposes in Malda April 28
Mamatadi is in no hurry at all to pull anchor from NDA April 28
Daughter prefers Didi’s ticket to Panja’s jibes April 27
CPM rebels over ‘tainted’ Laloo man April 27
After Nayana, Madhabi finds herself in the eye of a storm April 26
Bangladeshis to be deported, assures BJP in WB manifesto April 23
Trinamool refuses to budge on Malda, files four nominations April 19
EC mad, illiterate, says Bengal minister April 18
Bengal Cong splits, 7 MLAs join NCP April 17
 Trinamool-Congress kicks off poll campaign in Bengal April 16
CPM may land in soup over poll graffiti ridiculing Trinamool chief April 15

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