2001 elections in India

Elections in the Republic of India in 2001 included elections to five state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Legislative Assembly elections

Assam

Main article: 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Kerala

Main article: 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Party-wise vote share of 2001 Kerala Assembly Elections

Sl.No:	Party	Contested	Won	Popular Votes	Share (%)
1	Indian National Congress- Indira (Congress-I)	88	63	4940868	31.4
2	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	74	24	3752976	23.85
3	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)	23	16	1259572	8
4	Kerala Congress - Mani (KCM)	11	9	556647	3.54
5	Communist Party of India (CPI)	24	7	1212248	7.7
6	Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS)	5	4	279831	1.78
7	Janata Dal- Secular (JDS)	10	3	546917	3.48
8	Kerala Congress - Joseph (KCJ)	10	2	455748	2.9
9	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	9	2	408456	2.6
10	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	6	2	269689	1.71
11	Revolutionary Socialist Party - Bolshevik (RSPB)	4	2	215562	1.37
12	Kerala Congress - Jacob (KCA)	4	2	207618	1.32
13	Kerala Congress - Balakrishna Pillai (KCB)	2	2	113915	0.72
14	Communist Marxist Party (CMP)	3	1	145441	0.92
15	Indian National League (INL)	3	0	139775	0.89
16	CPI(M) Independents (LDF)	2	0	91058	0.58
17	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	123	0	789762	5.02
18	BJP Allies (JD(U): 4, Samata: 2, DMK: 1)	7	0	10089	0.06
19	Others/ Independents	266	1	340692	2.16
Total		676	140	15736894	100

Puducherry

Main article: 2001 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Tamil Nadu

Main article: 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Summary of the 2001 May Assembly election results in Tamil Nadu

Alliance/Party		Seats won	Change	Popular Vote	Vote %	Adj. %‡
AIADMK+ alliance		196	+138	14,043,980	50.1%
AIADMK		132	+127	8,815,387	31.4%	52.1%
TMC(M)		23	-15	1,885,726	6.7%	47.5%
PMK		20	+16	1,557,500	5.6%	46.8%
INC		7	+7	696,205	2.5%	45.4%
CPI(M)		6	+4	470,736	1.7%	48.2%
CPI		5	-3	444,710	1.6%	48.5%
IND		2	+2	103,971	0.4%	46.6%
AIFB		1	+1	39,248	0.1%	43.3%
MUL		0	-1	30,497	0.1%	41.7%
DMK+ alliance		37	-138	10,841,157	38.7%
DMK		31	-142	8,669,864	30.9%	39.0%
BJP		4	+3	895,352	3.2%	38.7%
MADMK		2	+1	129,474	0.5%	37.1%
PT		0	–	355,171	1.3%	33.8%
MTD		0	–	257,126	0.9%	40.9%
PNK		0	–	196,740	0.7%	33.6%
MGRK		0	–	136,916	0.5%	40.8%
TB		0	–	45,002	0.2%	40.0%
CNMK		0	–	40,421	0.1%	32.4%
IND		0	–	115,091	0.4%	36.7%
Others		1	–	3,192,598	11.4%
MDMK		0	–	1,304,469	4.7%	5.1%
IND		1	–	1,509,378	6.2%	6.3%
Total		234	–	28,037,314	100%	–

Note: Parties that contested under "rising-sun" or "two-leaves" symbol are listed as DMK or AIADMK respectively. Parties that ran their candidates as independents, (e.g. Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi and Thondar Congress in DMK alliance) are listed as IND for their respective alliance.
‡: Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the average % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
Sources: Election Commission of India and Rediff Newspaper

West Bengal

Main article: 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001

	Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	211	143	13,402,603	36.59%
	All India Trinamool Congress	226	60	11,229,396	30.66%
	Indian National Congress	60	26	2,921,151	7.98%
	All India Forward Bloc	34	25	2,067,944	5.65%
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	23	17	1,256,951	3.43%
	Communist Party of India	13	7	655,237	1.79%
	West Bengal Socialist Party	4	4	246,407	0.67%
	Gorkha National Liberation Front	5	3	190,057	0.52%
	Biplobi Bangla Congress	1	1	62,611	0.09%
	Independents	530	9	1,848,830	5.05%
	Total	1676	294	36,626,099

Rajya Sabha

Main article: 2001 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

External links

• "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.