2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

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2014 Indian general election in West Bengal
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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout82.2% (Increase2.svg 0.8 pp)
 First partySecond party
 
Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG
The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury addressing at the presentation of the National Awards for Outstanding Service in Railways, in Mumbai on April 16, 2013 (cropped).jpg
Leader Mamata Bannerjee Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party AITC INC
Alliance – UPA
Leader's seatDid not contest Baharampur
Last election31.2%, 19 seats13.5%, 6 seats
Seats won344
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote20,313,2804,946,581
Percentage39.8%9.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.1 pp Decrease2.svg 10.1 pp
 Third partyFourth party
 
Dr. Surjya Kanta Mishra at a meeting to assess implementation of safe drinking water, rural sanitation and NREGA schemes, in Kolkata on June 01, 2007.jpg
SS Ahluwalia, BJP.jpg
Leader Surjya Kanta Mishra S. S. Ahluwalia
Party CPI(M) BJP
Alliance LF NDA
Leader's seatDid not contest Darjeeling
Last election33.1%, 15 seats6.1%, 1 seat
Seats won22
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 13Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote11,720,9978,691,765
Percentage23%17%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.9 pp Increase2.svg 10.9 pp
2014 Lok Sabha West Bengal Result Map.svg
Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in West Bengal
West Bengal Lok Sabha 2014.svg
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2014 Indian general election in West Bengal was held for 42 seats in the Lok Sabha.

Contents

Parties and alliances

   Trinamool Congress

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress flag (2).svg All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg Mamata Banerjee 42

   Left Front

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPIM election symbol.png Biman Bose 32
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP-flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png Manoj Bhattacharya 4
All India Forward Bloc AIFB Flag 2023.png Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg Debabrata Biswas 3
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg Swapan Banerjee3

   United Progressive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 42

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg S. S. Ahluwalia 42

Others

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) SUCI flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Battery-Torch.png Provash Ghosh 37

List of major parties' candidates in West Bengal for 2014

Constituency
AITC LF UPA NDA
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AITC Renuka Sinha AIFB Dipak Kumar Roy INC Keshab Chandra Ray BJP Hem Chandra Barman
2 Alipurduars (ST) AITC Dasrath Tirkey RSP Manohar Tirkey INC Joseph Munda BJP Birendra Bara Oraon
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) AITC Bijoy Chandra Barman CPI(M) Mahendra Kumar Roy INC Sukhbilas Barma BJP Satyalal Sarkar
4 Darjeeling AITC Bhaichung Bhutia CPI(M) Saman Pathak INC Sujay Ghatak BJP S. S. Ahluwalia
5 Raiganj AITC Satya Ranjan Dasmunshi CPI(M) Mohammed Salim INC Deepa Dasmunsi BJP Nimu Bhowmik
6 Balurghat AITC Arpita Ghosh RSP Bimalendu Sarkar INC Om Prakash Mishra BJP Bishwapriya Roychowdhury
7 Maldaha Uttar AITC Soumitra Roy CPI(M) Khagen Murmu INC Mausam Noor BJP Subhaskrishna Goswami
8 Maldaha Dakshin AITC Md Moazzem Hossain CPI(M) Abul Hasnat Khan INC Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury BJP Bishnupada Roy
9 Jangipur AITC Haji Nurul Islam CPI(M) Muzaffar Hussain INC Abhijit Mukherjee BJP Samrat Ghosh
10 Baharampur AITC Indranil Sen RSP Promothes Mukherjee INC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury BJP Debesh Kumar Adhikary
11 Murshidabad AITC Mohammad Ali CPI(M) Badaruddoza Khan INC Abdul Mannan Hossain BJP Sujit Kumar Ghosh
12 Krishnanagar AITC Tapas Paul CPI(M) Santanu Jha INC Razia Ahmed BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee
13 Ranaghat (SC) AITC Tapas Mandal CPI(M) Archana Biswas INC Pratap Kanti Ray BJP Dr. Suprabhat Biswas
14 Bangaon (SC) AITC Kapil Krishna Thakur CPI(M) Debesh Das INC Ila Mondal BJP K.D. Biswas
15 Barrackpur AITC Dinesh Trivedi CPI(M) Subhashini Ali INC Samrat Topadar BJP Rumesh Kumar Handa
16 Dum Dum AITC Sougata Roy CPI(M) Asim Dasgupta INC Dhananjoy Moitra BJP Tapan Sikdar
17 Barasat AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar AIFB Mortaza Hossain INC Bratin Sengupta BJP P. C. Sorcar Jr.
18 Basirhat AITC Idris Ali CPI Nurul Sekh INC Abdur Rahim Kazi BJP Samik Bhattacharya
19 Jaynagar (SC) AITC Pratima Mondal RSP Subhas Naskar INC Arnab Roy BJP Krishnapada Majumdar
20 Mathurapur (SC) AITC Choudhury Mohan Jatua CPI(M) Rinku Naskar INC Manoranjan Halder BJP Tapan Naskar
21 Diamond Harbour AITC Abhishek Banerjee CPI(M) Dr. Abul Hasnat INC Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby)
22 Jadavpur AITC Sugata Bose CPI(M) Dr. Sujan Chakraborty INC Samir Aich BJP Dr. Sarup Prasad Ghosh
23 Kolkata Dakshin AITC Subrata Bakshi CPI(M) Nandini Mukherjee INC Mala Roy BJP Tathagata Roy
24 Kolkata Uttar AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay CPI(M) Rupa Bagchi INC Somen Mitra BJP Rahul Sinha
25 Howrah AITC Prasun Banerjee CPI(M) Srideep Bhattacharya INC Manoj Kumar Pandey BJP George Baker
26 Uluberia AITC Sultan Ahmed CPI(M) Sabiruddin Molla INC Asit Mitra BJP Ranjit Kishore Mahanty
27 Srerampur AITC Kalyan Banerjee CPI(M) Tirthankar Roy INC Abdul Mannan BJP Bappi Lahiri
28 Hooghly AITC Dr. Ratna De (Nag) CPI(M) Pradip Saha INC Pritam Ghosh BJP Chandan Mitra
29 Arambagh (SC) AITC Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) CPI(M) Sakti Mohan Malik INC Sambhu Nath Malik BJP Madhusudan Bag
30 Tamluk AITC Suvendu Adhikari CPI(M) Sk. Ibrahim Ali INC Sk. Anwar Ali BJP Badsha Alam
31 Kanthi AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari CPI(M) Tapas Sinha INC Kunal Banerjee BJP Kamalendu Pahari
32 Ghatal AITC Dev Adhikari CPI Santosh Rana INC Manas Bhunia BJP Md. Alam
33 Jhargram (ST) AITC Uma Saren CPI(M) Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske INC Anita Hansda BJP Bikash Mudi
34 Medinipur AITC Sandhya Roy CPI Prabodh Panda INC Dr. Bimal Raj BJP Prabhakar Tiwari
35 Purulia AITC Mriganko Mahato AIFB Narahari Mahato INC Nepal Mahato BJP Bikash Banerjee
36 Bankura AITC Moon Moon Sen CPI(M) Basudeb Acharia INC Nilmadhab Gupta BJP Subhas Sarkar
37 Bishnupur (SC) AITC Saumitra Khan CPI(M) Susmita Bauri INC Narayan Chandra Khan BJP Dr. Jayanta Mondal
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) AITC Sunil Kumar Mondal CPI(M) Ishwar Chandra Das INC Chandana Majhi BJP Santosh Roy
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur AITC Mamtaz Sanghamita CPI(M) Sheikh Saidul Haque INC Pradip Agasthi BJP Debasree Chaudhuri
40 Asansol AITC Dola Sen CPI(M) Bansa Gopal Chowdhury INC Indrani Mishra BJP Babul Supriyo
41 Bolpur (SC) AITC Anupam Hazra CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome INC Tapan Kumar Saha BJP Kamini Mohan Sarkar
42 Birbhum AITC Satabdi Roy CPI(M) Dr. Mohammed Qamre Elahi INC Syed Siraj Jimmi BJP Joy Banerjee

Results

24234
BJPINCCPI(M)AITC

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
AITC 20,316,26239.79%Increase2.svg 8.614234Increase2.svg 15
INC 4,946,9119.69%Decrease2.svg 3.76424Decrease2.svg 2
BJP 8,692,29717.02%Increase2.svg 10.88422Increase2.svg 1
LF CPI(M) 11,723,16622.96%Decrease2.svg 10.14322Decrease2.svg 7
RSP 1,255,7942.46%Decrease2.svg 1.140Decrease2.svg 2
CPI 1,202,7852.36%Decrease2.svg 1.2430Decrease2.svg 2
AIFB 1,106,0382.17%Decrease2.svg 0.8730Decrease2.svg 2
Total15,287,78329.95%Decrease2.svg 13.35422Decrease2.svg 13
IND 4,730,000.93%0
Total100%–42–

Results by constituency

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin
CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%Votes%
1 Cooch Behar Renuka Sinha AITC 526,49939.50Dipak Kumar Roy AIFB 439,39232.9687,1076.54
2 Alipurduars Dasrath Tirkey AITC 362,45329.58Manohar Tirkey RSP 341,05627.8421,3971.74
3 Jalpaiguri Bijoy Chandra Barman AITC 494,77337.93Mahendra Kumar Roy CPI(M) 425,16732.6069,6065.33
4 Darjeeling S. S. Ahluwalia BJP 488,25742.73Bhai Chung Bhutia AITC 291,01825.47197,23917.26
5 Raiganj Md. Salim CPI(M) 317,51528.64Deepa Dasmunsi INC 315,88128.501,6340.14
6 Balurghat Arpita Ghosh AITC 409,64138.52Bimalendu Sarkar (Bimal) RSP 302,67728.46106,96410.06
7 Maldaha Uttar Mausam Noor INC 388,60933.41Khagen Murmu CPI(M) 322,90427.7665,7055.65
8 Maldaha Dakshin Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury INC 380,29134.81Bisnu Pada Roy BJP 216,18019.79164,11115.02
9 Jangipur Abhijit Mukherjee INC 378,20133.79Muzaffar Hossain CPI(M) 370,04033.068,1610.73
10 Baharampur Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury INC 583,54950.54Indranil Sen AITC 226,98219.66356,56730.88
11 Murshidabad Badaruddoza Khan CPI(M) 426,94733.13Abdul Mannan Hossain INC 408,49431.7018,4531.43
12 Krishnanagar Tapas Paul AITC 438,78935.14Jha Shantanu CPI(M) 367,53429.4371,2555.71
13 Ranaghat Tapas Mandal AITC 590,45143.62Archana Biswas CPI(M) 388,68428.71201,76714.91
14 Bangaon Kapil Krishna Thakur AITC 551,21342.92Debesh Das CPI(M) 404,61231.50146,60111.42
15 Barrackpore Dinesh Trivedi AITC 479,20645.53Subhashini Ali CPI(M) 272,43325.88206,77319.65
16 Dum Dum Saugata Roy AITC 483,24442.62Asim Kumar Dasgupta CPI(M) 328,31028.96154,93413.66
17 Barasat Dr. Kakali Ghoshdostidar AITC 525,38741.36Dr. Mortoza Hossain AIFB 352,24627.73173,14113.63
18 Basirhat Idris Ali AITC 492,32638.64Nurul Huda CPI 382,66730.03109,6598.61
19 Joynagar Pratima Mondal AITC 494,74641.60Subhas Naskar RSP 386,36232.49108,3849.11
20 Mathurapur Choudhury Mohan Jatua AITC 630,26249.58Rinku Naskar CPI(M) 491,49438.66138,76810.92
21 Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee AITC 508,48140.31Dr. Abul Hasnat CPI(M) 437,18334.6671,2985.65
22 Jadavpur Sugata Bose AITC 584,24445.83Sujan Chakraborty CPI(M) 459,04136.01125,2039.82
23 Kolkata Dakshin Subrata Bakshi AITC 431,71536.95Tathagata Roy BJP 295,37625.28136,33911.67
24 Kolkata Uttar Sudip Bandyopadhyay AITC 343,68735.94Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha BJP 247,46125.8896,22610.06
25 Howrah Prasun Banerjee AITC 488,46143.39Sridip Bhattacharya CPI(M) 291,50525.89196,95617.50
26 Uluberia Sultan Ahmed AITC 570,78548.08Sabir Uddin Molla CPI(M) 369,56331.13201,22216.95
27 Srerampur Kalyan Banerjee AITC 514,93339.88Tirthankar Ray CPI(M) 362,40728.07152,52611.81
28 Hooghly Dr. Ratna De (Nag) AITC 614,31245.47Pradip Saha CPI(M) 425,22831.48189,08413.99
29 Arambagh Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) AITC 748,76454.94Sakti Mohan Malik CPI(M) 401,91929.49346,84525.45
30 Tamluk Adhikari Suvendu AITC 716,92853.57Sekh Ibrahim Ali CPI(M) 470,44735.15246,48118.42
31 Kanthi Adhikari Sisir Kumar AITC 676,74952.36Sinha Tapas CPI(M) 447,25934.61229,49017.75
32 Ghatal Adhikari Deepak (Dev) AITC 685,69650.14Santosh Rana CPI 424,80531.06260,89119.08
33 Jhargram Uma Saren AITC 674,50453.63Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske CPI(M) 326,62125.97347,88327.66
34 Medinipur Sandhya Roy AITC 580,44145.95Prabodh Panda CPI 395,31331.30185,12814.65
35 Purulia Dr. Mriganka Mahato AITC 468,27738.81Narahari Mahato AIFB 314,40026.06153,87712.75
36 Bankura Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) AITC 483,45539.10Acharia Basudeb CPI(M) 384,94931.1398,5067.97
37 Bishnupur Khan Saumitra AITC 578,87045.51Susmita Bauri CPI(M) 429,18533.74149,68511.77
38 Bardhaman Purba Sunil Kumar Mondal AITC 574,56043.49Iswar Chandra Das CPI(M) 460,18134.83114,3798.66
39 Burdwan–Durgapur Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita AITC 554,52141.64Sk. Saidul Haque CPI(M) 447,19033.58107,3318.06
40 Asansol Babul Supriya Baral (Babul Supriyo) BJP 419,98336.75Dola Sen AITC 349,50330.5870,4806.17
41 Bolpur Anupam Hazra AITC 630,69348.33Dome Ramchandra CPI(M) 394,58130.23236,11218.10
42 Birbhum Satabdi Roy AITC 460,56836.10Dr. Elahi Kamre Mahammad CPI(M) 393,30530.8067,2635.30

Party wise lead

PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2016 election)
Trinamool Congress 214211
Indian National Congress 2844
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2226
Bharatiya Janata Party 243
Revolutionary Socialist Party 33
Communist Party of India 22
All India Forward Bloc 11
Others04
Total294

Analysis

According to DNA newspaper's analysis: "BJP emerged as a potential force in West Bengal where it is traditionally considered weak.". While BJP won only 2 seats, BJP candidates for the first time, returned runner-up in 3 seats and it also got 16.8% vote share - BJP's best performance so far surpassing its previous best of 11.66% in 1991 elections. However. Trinamool Congress dominated the election winning 34 seats. The CPI-M led Left Front was decimated winning only 2 seats as the BJP made inroads in its vote share. It was also argued that, ""resurgence of the Left can never be ruled out" [1]

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segments [2] ConstituenciesPosition in Assembly (as of 2016 election)Constituencies
All India Trinamool Congress 214211
Left Front 2932
Bharatiya Janata Party 233
Indian National Congress 2844
Others04
Total294

Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties

PartyNo. of Constituencies
All India Trinamool Congress 16
Left Front 23
Bharatiya Janata Party 2
Indian National Congress 1
Total42
RegionTotal seats All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist) Others
Ganges Delta101000000000
North Bengal80101040200
Northern Hills40300000000
Rarh Bengal101000000000
South Bengal101001000000
Total423402040200

References

  1. ↑ "The rise of BJP in West Bengal | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Lok Sabha results: Numbers point to tough fight ahead in West Bengal assembly polls
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