2011 elections in India
# 2011 elections in India

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.

## Legislative Assembly elections

| State/Union Territory | Date |
| - | - |
| Kerala | 13 April |
| Tamil Nadu | 13 April |
| Assam | 4 and 11 April |
| Puducherry | 13 April |
| West Bengal | 18, 23, 27 April, 3, 7 and 10 May |
| Counting | 13 May |

### Assam

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 126 | 78 | 39.35 | 39.35 |
| 2 | All India United Democratic Front | 77 | 18 | 12.56 | 20.05 |
| 3 | Bodoland Peoples Front | 29 | 12 | 6.13 | 25.17 |
| 4 | Asom Gana Parishad | 104 | 10 | 16.33 | 19.75 |
| 5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 120 | 5 | 11.45 | 12.05 |
| 6 | Independents | | 2 | 9.26 | |
| 7 | All India Trinamool Congress | 99 | 1 | 1.98 | 2.49 |
| | Total | | 126 | | |

### Kerala

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 81 | 38 | 26.32 | 45.16 |
| 3 | Indian Union Muslim League | 23 | 20 | 7.9 | 50.81 |
| 5 | Kerala Congress (M) | 15 | 9 | 4.92 | 47.05 |
| 7 | SUCI (C) | 21 | 2 | 1.68 | 11.31 |
| 8 | Kerala Congress (B) | 2 | 1 | 0.71 | 46.99 |
| 8 | IDK | 2 | 1 | 0.69 | 45.77 |
| 8 | APM | 1 | 1 | 0.37 | 51.16 |
| 1 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 85 | 45 | 28.1 | 45.73 |
| 4 | Communist Party of India | 27 | 13 | 8.69 | 44.8 |
| 6 | Janata Dal (Secular) | 5 | 4 | 1.51 | 43.22 |
| 7 | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 4 | 2 | 1.3 | 46.39 |
| 7 | Nationalist Congress Party | 4 | 2 | 1.24 | 43.83 |
| 7 | IND(LDF) | 2 | 2 | 0.71 | 45.47 |
| | Total | | 140 | | |

### Puducherry

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | All India NR Congress | 17 | 15 | 31.75 | 55.47 |
| 3 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10 | 5 | 13.75 | 41.02 |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 16 | 7 | 25.06 | 46.14 |
| 4 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 10 | 2 | 10.68 | 33.28 |
| 5 | Independent | | 1 | 9.49 | |
| | Total | | 30 | | |

### Tamil Nadu

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 165 | 150 | 38.42 | 53.96 |
| 2 | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | 41 | 29 | 7.88 | 44.84 |
| 4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12 | 10 | 2.41 | 50.29 |
| 5 | Communist Party of India | 10 | 9 | 1.98 | 48.64 |
| 8 | MMK | 3 | 2 | 0.52 | 8.09 |
| 8 | PT | 2 | 2 | 0.4 | 54.3 |
| 9 | All India Forward Bloc | 1 | 1 | 0.24 | 51.22 |
| 3 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 124 | 23 | 22.4 | 42.12 |
| 6 | Indian National Congress | 63 | 5 | 9.3 | 35.68 |
| 7 | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 30 | 3 | 5.23 | 39.64 |
| | Total | | 234 | | |

### West Bengal

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | All India Trinamool Congress | 226 | 184 | 42.64 | 56.4 |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 66 | 42 | 10.00 | 42.31 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 213 | 40 | 33.2 | 45.8 |
| 4 | All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 11 | 5.26 | 47.86 |
| 5 | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 7 | 3.25 | 39.64 |
| 6 | GJM | 3 | 3 | 0.79 | 79.46 |
| 7 | Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | 2.02 | 38.55 |
| 7 | Independents | | 2 | 3.65 | |
| 8 | SUCI(C) | 29 | 1 | 0.47 | 4.51 |
| 8 | Samajwadi Party | 5 | 1 | 0.82 | 43.56 |
| 8 | Democratic Secular Party | 2 | 1 | 0.39 | 44.69 |
| | Total | | 294 | | |

## By elections

### Himachal Pradesh

* Nalagarh Assembly constituency, Congress candidate Lakhvinder Singh Rana wins. Rana narrowly defeated Gurnam Kaur of the BJP, receiving 28,799 votes compared to Kaur's 27,200.
