CPI(M) is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the national parties of India. They are a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance.
On 14 April 2023, CPI(M) along with CPI started a campaign named Pracha Bheri against the Central government's policies. [1]
The CPI(M) Bihar state committee organised a massive state-wide campaign at Gandhi Maidan in Patna as part of nationwide campaign during 14 September to 22 September 2022 against the incumbent central government. [2] CPIM took part in an “oust-Modi campaign” starting from Purnia on 25 February 2023 as a part of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. [3]
The Kerala unit of CPI(M) started 21 day-long campaign from 1 January 2023. [4] On 13 January 2023, CPIM Kerala unit announced state-wide march led by Polit Bureau member and state secretary M. V. Govindan against the central government. [5] The Kerala CPIM has also announced a series of agitations against the NDA government at the centre starting from 20 January 2023. [6] CPIM has planned to launch a state-wide campaign in March to highlight the centre's neglect of Kerala and its trespasses on federalism and secularism. [7] On 20 February 2023, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated statewide Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha (People's Resistance Yatra) led by M. V. Govindan to expose the attacks on federalism and threats posed by the RSS-backed BJP government to the constitutional values of the nation. [8] The rally, that covered 140 constituencies, concluded with a public meeting on 18 March 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram which was inaugurated by Sitaram Yechury. [9]
The LDF government in Kerala will celebrate its second year of administration by launching a Lok Sabha election campaign across the state. People's rally will be organised in all constituencies from 25 April to 20 May 2023. [10]
CPI(M) Telangana State committee will organise state-wide march named Jana Chaitanya Yatra starting from 17 March 2023 in order to protest against the pro-corporate and anti-people policies of the BJP led union government. CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at Warangal, Polit Bureau member B.V. Raghavulu at Adilabad and another Polit Bureau member A. Vijayaraghavan at Nizamabad flagged off the rallies. [11]
CPI(M) West Bengal State committee has launched mass concact programmes and conducted an extended meeting of state committee members and has resolved to take their "peoples connect" initiative to grassroots levels throughout the state.
Sl. No. | State | No. of contesting seats | Alliance | Result |
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01 | A&N Islands | 01 | LF | TBD |
02 | Andhra Pradesh | 01 | LF | |
03 | Assam | 01 | LF | |
04 | Bihar | 01 | INDIA | |
05 | Jharkhand | 01 | LF | |
06 | Karnataka | 01 | LF | |
07 | Kerala | 15 | LF | |
08 | Odisha | 01 | LF | |
09 | Punjab | 01 | LF | |
10 | Rajasthan | 01 | INDIA | |
11 | Tamil Nadu | 02 | INDIA | |
12 | Telengana | 01 | LF | |
13 | Tripura | 01 | INDIA | |
14 | West Bengal | 23 | LF + INC | |
Total | 52 | |||
No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
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1 | A&N Islands | None | D Ayyappan | TBD |
No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Araku | ST | Appala Narsa | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Barpeta | None | Manoranjan Talukdar | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 | Khagaria | None | Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rajmahal | ST | Gopen Soren | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Chikkaballapur | None | M P Munivenkatappa | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kasaragod | None | M. V. Balakrishnan | TBD |
2 | Kannur | None | M. V. Jayarajan | TBD |
3 | Vatakara | None | K. K. Shailaja | TBD |
4 | Kozhikode | None | Elamaram Kareem | TBD |
5 | Malappuram | None | V Vaseef | TBD |
6 | Ponnani | None | K.S. Hamza | TBD |
7 | Palakkad | None | A. Vijayaraghavan | TBD |
8 | Alathur | SC | K. Radhakrishnan | TBD |
9 | Chalakudy | None | C. Raveendranath | TBD |
10 | Ernakulam | None | K. J. Shine | TBD |
11 | Idukki | None | Joice George | TBD |
12 | Alappuzha | None | A. M. Ariff | TBD |
13 | Pathanamthitta | None | Thomas Issac | TBD |
14 | Kollam | None | M. Mukesh | TBD |
15 | Attingal | None | V. Joy | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Hingoli | SC | Vijay Gabhane | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Jalandhar | SC | Purushottam Lal Bilga | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Sikar | None | Amra Ram | TBD |
In Tamil Nadu, CPIM is part of INDIA headed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
# | Constituency | Poll On | Candidate | Party | Result | Margin | |
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1 | Coimbatore | 19 April 2024 | CPI(M) | ||||
2 | Madurai | CPI(M) |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Bhuvanagiri | None | Jahangir | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
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3 | East Tripura | ST | Rajendra Reang | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
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3 | Jalpaiguri | SC | Debraj Burman | TBD |
11 | Murshidabad | None | S M Sadi | TBD |
12 | Krishnanagar | None | S M Saadi | TBD |
13 | Ranaghat | SC | Alokesh Das | TBD |
16 | Dum Dum | None | Sujan Chakrabarty | TBD |
22 | Jadavpur | None | Srijan Bhattacharyya | TBD |
23 | Kolkata Dakshin | None | Saira Shah Halim | TBD |
25 | Howrah | None | Sabyasachi Chatterjee | TBD |
27 | Serampore | None | Dipsita Dhar | TBD |
28 | Hooghly | None | Manadip Ghosh | TBD |
30 | Tamluk | None | Sayan Banerjee | TBD |
36 | Bankura | None | Nilanjan Dasgupta | TBD |
37 | Bishnupur | SC | Shital Kebarta | TBD |
38 | Bardhaman Purba | SC | TBD | |
39 | Bardhaman-Durgapur | None | TBD | |
40 | Asansol | None | Jahanara Khan | TBD |
41 | Bolpur | SC | Shyamali Pradhan | TBD |
Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Candidate | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Bhubaneswar | SC | Suresh Chandra Panigrahi | TBD |
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