the 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. In the West Bengal panchayat elections, 2003 RCPI won 3 Gram Panchayat seats (0.01% of the seats in the state), 0 Panchayat Samiti seats and 1 Zilla Parishad seat (0.14% of the seats in the state). In Nadia district Asit Biswas was elected from Gayeshpur-II and Gita Rani Kundu won the Babla-VIII seat. RCPI did not win any seat in the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. In the West Bengal panchayat elections, 2008 RCPI won 3 Gram Panchayat seats (0.01% of the seats in the state), 0 Panchayat Samiti seats and 1 Zilla Parishad seat (0.13% of the seats in the state). RCPI contested ward 87 in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election, 2010 with Simki Sengupta as its candidate. Sengupta, an artist, finished in third place with 684 votes (12.38% of the votes cast) In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election RCPI fielded Yar Mullick in Santipur and Kamal Hassan in Hansan. Both candidates were new contestants. The election symbol of the party was determined only a few weeks before the vote. Both candidates finished in second place in their respective constituencies. In total they obtained 107,662 votes (0.23% of the statewide vote). 1978 Assam elections The left forces made significant headway in the post-Emergency 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election. RCPI won 4 seats. In total 10 candidates ran on RCPI tickets, obtaining 72,445 votes. The four RCPI legislators were Md. Shamsul Huda from Dhing, Baneswar Saikia from Batadroba, Khagen Barbarua from Amguri and Budha Baruah from Mahmara. Whilst Md. Shamsul Huda was elected with over 75% of the votes cast in his constituency, Baruah managed to get elected with just 20.9% of the votes cast. All other RCPI candidates forfeited their deposits. In the assembly RCPI formed a Left Bloc aligned with CPI(M), CPI, SUCI and CPI(ML). RCPI and CPI(M) supported the formation of a Janata Party cabinet with Golap Borbora as Chief Minister. When the Assam agitation began, RCPI and other progressive forces urged the agigatators to accept 25 March 1971 as the cut-off date for deportation of migrants. As Assam was engulfed in communal violence, members of RCPI and other left parties were killed or maimed. The popular support for RCPI and other left parties declined sharply as they had opposed the Assam agitation. RCPI in Assam after the Assam agitation As of 1981 RCPI was part of