Communist Party of India (Marxist) campaign for the 2024 Indian general election

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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.

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Campaigning

Andhra Pradesh

On 14 April 2023, CPI(M) along with CPI started a campaign named Pracha Bheri against the Central government's policies. [1]

Bihar

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]

Kerala

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]

Telangana

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]

West Bengal

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.

Seats and Alliances

Sl. No.StateNo. of contesting seatsAllianceResult
01 A&N Islands 01LFTBD
02 Andhra Pradesh 01LF
03 Assam 01LF
04 Bihar 01 INDIA
05 Jharkhand 01LF
06 Karnataka 01LF
07 Kerala 15 LF
08 Odisha 01LF
09 Punjab 01LF
10 Rajasthan 01 INDIA
11 Tamil Nadu 02 INDIA
12 Telengana 01LF
13 Tripura 01 INDIA
14 West Bengal 23 LF + INC
Total52

Candidates

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

No.ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
1 A&N Islands None D Ayyappan TBD

Andhra Pradesh

No.ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
1 Araku ST Appala Narsa TBD

Assam

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
3 Barpeta None Manoranjan Talukdar TBD

Bihar

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
25 Khagaria None Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha TBD

Jharkhand

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
1 Rajmahal ST Gopen Soren TBD

Karnataka

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
27 Chikkaballapur None M P Munivenkatappa TBD

Kerala

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
1 Kasaragod NoneM. V. BalakrishnanTBD
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 NoneK.S. HamzaTBD
7 Palakkad None A. Vijayaraghavan TBD
8 Alathur SC K. Radhakrishnan TBD
9 Chalakudy None C. Raveendranath TBD
10 Ernakulam NoneK. J. ShineTBD
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

Maharastra

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
4 Hingoli SC Vijay Gabhane TBD

Punjab

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
4 Jalandhar SC Purushottam Lal Bilga TBD

Rajasthan

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
5 Sikar None Amra Ram TBD

Tamil Nadu

In Tamil Nadu, CPIM is part of INDIA headed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

#ConstituencyPoll OnCandidatePartyResultMargin
1 Coimbatore 19 April 2024 CPI(M)
2 Madurai CPI(M)

Telangana

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
14 Bhuvanagiri None Jahangir TBD

Tripura

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
3 East Tripura ST Rajendra Reang TBD

West Bengal

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
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 NoneSaira Shah HalimTBD
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 SCTBD
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur NoneTBD
40 Asansol None Jahanara Khan TBD
41 Bolpur SC Shyamali Pradhan TBD

Odisha

Constituency
No.
ConstituencyReserved for

(SC/ST/None)

CandidateResult
4 Bhubaneswar SC Suresh Chandra Panigrahi TBD

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