2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

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

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2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

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

Parties and alliances

  Trinamool Congress

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Flag</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Seats contested</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td><td></td><td></td><td>Mamata Banerjee</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table>

  United Progressive Alliance

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Flag</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Seats contested</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td></td><td></td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table>

  National Democratic Alliance

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Flag</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Seats contested</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td></td><td>S. S. Ahluwalia</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table>

  Left Front

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Flag</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Seats contested</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td></td><td></td><td>Biman Bose</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td></td><td></td><td>Manoj Bhattacharya</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td><td></td><td></td><td>Debabrata Biswas</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td></td><td></td><td>Swapan Banerjee</td><td>3</td></tr></tbody></table>

Others

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Flag</th><th>Symbol</th><th>Leader</th><th>Seats contested</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</td><td></td><td></td><td>Provash Ghosh</td><td>37</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

<table><thead><tr><th>2</th><th>4</th><th>2</th><th>34</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>BJP</td><td>INC</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>AITC</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results by alliance or party

<table><thead><tr><th>Alliance/ Party</th><th>Popular vote</th><th>Seats</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Votes</td><td>%</td><td>±pp</td><td>Contested</td><td>Won</td><td>+/−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>20,316,262</td><td>39.35</td><td></td><td>42</td><td>34</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>4,946,911</td><td>9.58</td><td></td><td>42</td><td>4</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>8,692,297</td><td>16.84</td><td></td><td>42</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LF</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>11,723,166</td><td>22.71</td><td></td><td>32</td><td>2</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>1,255,794</td><td>2.43</td><td></td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1,202,785</td><td>2.33</td><td></td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>1,106,038</td><td>2.14</td><td></td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>15,287,783</td><td>29.61</td><td></td><td>42</td><td>2</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Others</td><td>1,344,281</td><td>2.60</td><td></td><td>221</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IND</td><td>473,000</td><td>0.92</td><td></td><td>83</td><td>0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>571,294</td><td>1.11</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>51,631,828</td><td>100%</td><td>–</td><td>472</td><td>42</td><td>–</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results by constituency

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

<table><thead><tr><th>Constituency</th><th>Winner</th><th>Runner-up</th><th>Margin</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Cooch Behar</td><td>Renuka Sinha</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>526,499</td><td>39.50</td><td>Dipak Kumar Roy</td><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>439,392</td><td>32.96</td><td>87,107</td><td>6.54</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Alipurduars</td><td>Dasrath Tirkey</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>362,453</td><td>29.58</td><td>Manohar Tirkey</td><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>341,056</td><td>27.84</td><td>21,397</td><td>1.74</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Jalpaiguri</td><td>Bijoy Chandra Barman</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>494,773</td><td>37.93</td><td>Mahendra Kumar Roy</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>425,167</td><td>32.60</td><td>69,606</td><td>5.33</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Darjeeling</td><td>S. S. Ahluwalia</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>488,257</td><td>42.73</td><td>Bhai Chung Bhutia</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>291,018</td><td>25.47</td><td>197,239</td><td>17.26</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Raiganj</td><td>Md. Salim</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>317,515</td><td>28.64</td><td>Deepa Dasmunsi</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>315,881</td><td>28.50</td><td>1,634</td><td>0.14</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Balurghat</td><td>Arpita Ghosh</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>409,641</td><td>38.52</td><td>Bimalendu Sarkar (Bimal)</td><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>302,677</td><td>28.46</td><td>106,964</td><td>10.06</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Maldaha Uttar</td><td>Mausam Noor</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>388,609</td><td>33.41</td><td>Khagen Murmu</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>322,904</td><td>27.76</td><td>65,705</td><td>5.65</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Maldaha Dakshin</td><td>Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>380,291</td><td>34.81</td><td>Bisnu Pada Roy</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>216,180</td><td>19.79</td><td>164,111</td><td>15.02</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Jangipur</td><td>Abhijit Mukherjee</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>378,201</td><td>33.79</td><td>Muzaffar Hossain</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>370,040</td><td>33.06</td><td>8,161</td><td>0.73</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Baharampur</td><td>Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>583,549</td><td>50.54</td><td>Indranil Sen</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>226,982</td><td>19.66</td><td>356,567</td><td>30.88</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Murshidabad</td><td>Badaruddoza Khan</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>426,947</td><td>33.13</td><td>Abdul Mannan Hossain</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>408,494</td><td>31.70</td><td>18,453</td><td>1.43</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Krishnanagar</td><td>Tapas Paul</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>438,789</td><td>35.14</td><td>Jha Shantanu</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>367,534</td><td>29.43</td><td>71,255</td><td>5.71</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Ranaghat</td><td>Tapas Mandal</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>590,451</td><td>43.62</td><td>Archana Biswas</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>388,684</td><td>28.71</td><td>201,767</td><td>14.91</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Bangaon</td><td>Kapil Krishna Thakur</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>551,213</td><td>42.92</td><td>Debesh Das</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>404,612</td><td>31.50</td><td>146,601</td><td>11.42</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Barrackpore</td><td>Dinesh Trivedi</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>479,206</td><td>45.53</td><td>Subhashini Ali</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>272,433</td><td>25.88</td><td>206,773</td><td>19.65</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Dum Dum</td><td>Saugata Roy</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>483,244</td><td>42.62</td><td>Asim Kumar Dasgupta</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>328,310</td><td>28.96</td><td>154,934</td><td>13.66</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Barasat</td><td>Dr. Kakali Ghoshdostidar</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>525,387</td><td>41.36</td><td>Dr. Mortoza Hossain</td><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>352,246</td><td>27.73</td><td>173,141</td><td>13.63</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Basirhat</td><td>Idris Ali</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>492,326</td><td>38.64</td><td>Nurul Huda</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>382,667</td><td>30.03</td><td>109,659</td><td>8.61</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Joynagar</td><td>Pratima Mondal</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>494,746</td><td>41.60</td><td>Subhas Naskar</td><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>386,362</td><td>32.49</td><td>108,384</td><td>9.11</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Mathurapur</td><td>Choudhury Mohan Jatua</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>630,262</td><td>49.58</td><td>Rinku Naskar</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>491,494</td><td>38.66</td><td>138,768</td><td>10.92</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Diamond Harbour</td><td>Abhishek Banerjee</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>508,481</td><td>40.31</td><td>Dr. Abul Hasnat</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>437,183</td><td>34.66</td><td>71,298</td><td>5.65</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Jadavpur</td><td>Sugata Bose</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>584,244</td><td>45.83</td><td>Sujan Chakraborty</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>459,041</td><td>36.01</td><td>125,203</td><td>9.82</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Kolkata Dakshin</td><td>Subrata Bakshi</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>431,715</td><td>36.95</td><td>Tathagata Roy</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>295,376</td><td>25.28</td><td>136,339</td><td>11.67</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Kolkata Uttar</td><td>Sudip Bandyopadhyay</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>343,687</td><td>35.94</td><td>Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>247,461</td><td>25.88</td><td>96,226</td><td>10.06</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Howrah</td><td>Prasun Banerjee</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>488,461</td><td>43.39</td><td>Sridip Bhattacharya</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>291,505</td><td>25.89</td><td>196,956</td><td>17.50</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Uluberia</td><td>Sultan Ahmed</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>570,785</td><td>48.08</td><td>Sabir Uddin Molla</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>369,563</td><td>31.13</td><td>201,222</td><td>16.95</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Sreerampur</td><td>Kalyan Banerjee</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>514,933</td><td>39.88</td><td>Tirthankar Ray</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>362,407</td><td>28.07</td><td>152,526</td><td>11.81</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Hooghly</td><td>Dr. Ratna De (Nag)</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>614,312</td><td>45.47</td><td>Pradip Saha</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>425,228</td><td>31.48</td><td>189,084</td><td>13.99</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Arambagh</td><td>Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>748,764</td><td>54.94</td><td>Sakti Mohan Malik</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>401,919</td><td>29.49</td><td>346,845</td><td>25.45</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Tamluk</td><td>Adhikari Suvendu</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>716,928</td><td>53.57</td><td>Sekh Ibrahim Ali</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>470,447</td><td>35.15</td><td>246,481</td><td>18.42</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Kanthi</td><td>Adhikari Sisir Kumar</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>676,749</td><td>52.36</td><td>Sinha Tapas</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>447,259</td><td>34.61</td><td>229,490</td><td>17.75</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Ghatal</td><td>Adhikari Deepak (Dev)</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>685,696</td><td>50.14</td><td>Santosh Rana</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>424,805</td><td>31.06</td><td>260,891</td><td>19.08</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Jhargram</td><td>Uma Saren</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>674,504</td><td>53.63</td><td>Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>326,621</td><td>25.97</td><td>347,883</td><td>27.66</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Medinipur</td><td>Sandhya Roy</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>580,441</td><td>45.95</td><td>Prabodh Panda</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>395,313</td><td>31.30</td><td>185,128</td><td>14.65</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Purulia</td><td>Dr. Mriganka Mahato</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>468,277</td><td>38.81</td><td>Narahari Mahato</td><td></td><td>AIFB</td><td>314,400</td><td>26.06</td><td>153,877</td><td>12.75</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Bankura</td><td>Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen)</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>483,455</td><td>39.10</td><td>Acharia Basudeb</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>384,949</td><td>31.13</td><td>98,506</td><td>7.97</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Bishnupur</td><td>Khan Saumitra</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>578,870</td><td>45.51</td><td>Susmita Bauri</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>429,185</td><td>33.74</td><td>149,685</td><td>11.77</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Bardhaman Purba</td><td>Sunil Kumar Mondal</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>574,560</td><td>43.49</td><td>Iswar Chandra Das</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>460,181</td><td>34.83</td><td>114,379</td><td>8.66</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Burdwan–Durgapur</td><td>Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>554,521</td><td>41.64</td><td>Sk. Saidul Haque</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>447,190</td><td>33.58</td><td>107,331</td><td>8.06</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Asansol</td><td>Babul Supriya Baral (Babul Supriyo)</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>419,983</td><td>36.75</td><td>Dola Sen</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>349,503</td><td>30.58</td><td>70,480</td><td>6.17</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>Bolpur</td><td>Anupam Hazra</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>630,693</td><td>48.33</td><td>Dome Ramchandra</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>394,581</td><td>30.23</td><td>236,112</td><td>18.10</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>Birbhum</td><td>Satabdi Roy</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>460,568</td><td>36.10</td><td>Dr. Elahi Kamre Mahammad</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>393,305</td><td>30.80</td><td>67,263</td><td>5.30</td></tr></tbody></table>

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

<table><thead><tr><th>#</th><th>Name</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Designation</th><th>Department</th><th>From</th><th>To</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>S. S. Ahluwalia</td><td>Darjeeling</td><td>MoS</td><td>Parliamentary Affairs</td><td>5 July 2016</td><td>3 September 2017</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare</td><td>5 July 2016</td><td>3 September 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Drinking Water and Sanitation</td><td>3 September 2017</td><td>14 May 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Electronics and Information Technology</td><td>14 May 2018</td><td>30 May 2019</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Babul Supriyo</td><td>Asansol</td><td>Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation</td><td>9 November 2014</td><td>12 July 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises</td><td>12 July 2016</td><td>30 May 2019</td></tr></tbody></table>

Party wise lead

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Assembly segments</th><th>Position in Assembly (as of 2016 election)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td><td>214</td><td>211</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>28</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>22</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>24</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Others</td><td>0</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>294</td></tr></tbody></table>

Analysis

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

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"

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Assembly segments</th><th>Constituencies</th><th>Position in Assembly (as of 2016 election)</th><th>Constituencies</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td><td>214</td><td></td><td>211</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Left Front</td><td>29</td><td></td><td>32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>23</td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>28</td><td></td><td>44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Others</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>294</td></tr></tbody></table>

Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>No. of Constituencies</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Left Front</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Region</th><th>Total seats</th><th>All India Trinamool Congress</th><th>Bharatiya Janata Party</th><th>Indian National Congress</th><th>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</th><th>Others</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ganges Delta</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td></tr><tr><td>North Bengal</td><td>8</td><td>01</td><td>01</td><td>04</td><td>02</td><td>00</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Hills</td><td>4</td><td>03</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td></tr><tr><td>Rarh Bengal</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td></tr><tr><td>South Bengal</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>01</td><td>00</td><td>00</td><td>00</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>42</td><td>34</td><td>02</td><td>04</td><td>02</td><td>00</td></tr></tbody></table>