2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal
17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May, 12 May
All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout82.2% (Increase 0.8 pp)
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Mamata Bannerjee Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party AITC INC
Alliance – UPA
Leader's seat Did not contest Baharampur
Last election 31.2%, 19 seats 13.5%, 6 seats
Seats won 34 4
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 2
Popular vote 20,313,280 4,946,581
Percentage 39.8% 9.7%
Swing Increase 8.1 pp Decrease 10.1 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Surjya Kanta Mishra S. S. Ahluwalia
Party CPI(M) BJP
Alliance LF NDA
Leader's seat Did not contest Darjeeling
Last election 33.1%, 15 seats 6.1%, 1 seat
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 1
Popular vote 11,720,997 8,691,765
Percentage 23% 17%
Swing Decrease 3.9 pp Increase 10.9 pp
Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in West Bengal
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.

Parties and Alliances

  Trinamool Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 42

  Left Front

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Biman Bose 32
Revolutionary Socialist Party Manoj Bhattacharya 4
All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas 3
Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee 3

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 42

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party S. S. Ahluwalia 42

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 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

2 4 2 34
BJP INC CPI(M) AITC
Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
All India Trinamool Congress 39.05% Increase 8.13 34 Increase 15
Communist Party of India (Marxist) + 29.71% 2 Decrease 13
Bharatiya Janata Party 17.02% Increase 10.88 2 Increase 1
Indian National Congress 9.58% Decrease 3.85 4 Decrease 2

Results by constituency

No. Constituency Turnout % Winner Party Margin
1 Cooch Behar (SC) 82.62 Decrease Renuka Sinha All India Trinamool Congress 87,107
2 Alipurduars (ST) 83.30 Increase Dasrath Tirkey All India Trinamool Congress 21,397
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) 85.17 Increase Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress 69,606
4 Darjeeling 79.51 Increase S.S.Ahluwalia Bharatiya Janata Party 1,97,239
5 Raiganj 79.89 Decrease Md. Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,634
6 Balurghat 84.77 Decrease Arpita Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress 1,06,964
7 Maldaha Uttar 81.60 Decrease Mausam Noor Indian National Congress 65,705
8 Maldaha Dakshin 81.09 Increase Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury Indian National Congress 1,64,111
9 Jangipur 80.43 Decrease Abhijit Mukherjee Indian National Congress 8,161
10 Baharampur 79.43 Decrease Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Indian National Congress 3,56,567
11 Murshidabad 85.22 Decrease Badaruddoza Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18,453
12 Krishnanagar 84.56 Decrease Tapas Paul All India Trinamool Congress 71,255
13 Ranaghat (SC) 84.45 Decrease Tapas Mandal All India Trinamool Congress 2,01,767
14 Bangaon (SC) 83.36 Decrease Mamata Thakur All India Trinamool Congress 2,11,785
15 Barrackpore 81.77 Increase Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 2,06,773
16 Dum Dum 80.64 Increase Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress 1,54,934
17 Barasat 83.96 Increase Dr. Kakali Ghoshdostidar All India Trinamool Congress 1,73,141
18 Basirhat 85.47 Decrease Idris Ali All India Trinamool Congress 1,09,659
19 Jaynagar (SC) 81.52 Increase Pratima Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 1,08,384
20 Mathurapur (SC) 85.39 Decrease Choudhury Mohan Jatua All India Trinamool Congress 1,38,436
21 Diamond Harbour 81.07 Increase Abhishek Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress 71,298
22 Jadavpur 79.88 Decrease Sugata Bose All India Trinamool Congress 1,25,203
23 Kolkata Dakshin 69.33 Increase Subrata Bakshi All India Trinamool Congress 1,36,339
24 Kolkata Uttar 66.68 Increase Sudip Bandyopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress 96,226
25 Howrah 74.79 Increase Prasun Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress 1,96,956
26 Uluberia 81.95 Increase Sultan Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress 2,01,222
27 Srerampur 79.50 Increase Kalyan Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress 1,52,526
28 Hooghly 82.88 Decrease Dr. Ratna De (Nag) All India Trinamool Congress 1,89,084
29 Arambagh (SC) 85.16 Increase Aparupa Poddar All India Trinamool Congress 3,46,845
30 Tamluk 87.63 Decrease Adhikari Suvendu All India Trinamool Congress 2,46,481
31 Kanthi 86.71 Decrease Adhikari Sisir Kumar All India Trinamool Congress 2,29,490
32 Ghatal 84.92 Decrease Adhikari Deepak (Dev) All India Trinamool Congress 2,60,891
33 Jhargram (ST) 85.26 Increase Uma Saren All India Trinamool Congress 3,47,883
34 Medinipur 84.22 Decrease Sandhya Roy All India Trinamool Congress 1,84,666
35 Purulia 81.98 Increase Dr. Mriganka Mahato All India Trinamool Congress 1,53,877
36 Bankura 82.23 Decrease Moon Moon Sen All India Trinamool Congress 98,506
37 Bishnupur (SC) 86.72 Increase Khan Saumitra All India Trinamool Congress 1,49,685
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) 86.22 Decrease Sunil Kumar Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 1,14,479
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur 84.10 Increase Mamtaz Sanghamita All India Trinamool Congress 1,07,331
40 Asansol 77.76 Increase Babul Supriyo Bharatiya Janata Party 70,480
41 Bolpur (SC) 84.83 Increase Anupam Hazra All India Trinamool Congress 2,36,112
42 Birbhum 85.34 Increase Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) All India Trinamool Congress 6,726

Party wise lead

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

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

Party Assembly segments[2] Constituencies Position in Assembly (as of 2016 election) Constituencies
All India Trinamool Congress 214 211
Left Front 29 32
Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3
Indian National Congress 28 44
Others 0 4
Total 294

Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties

Party No. of Constituencies
All India Trinamool Congress 16
Left Front 23
Bharatiya Janata Party 2
Indian National Congress 1
Total 42
Region Total seats All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist) Others
Ganges Delta 10 10 00 00 00 00
North Bengal 8 01 01 04 02 00
Northern Hills 4 03 00 00 00 00
Rarh Bengal 10 10 00 00 00 00
South Bengal 10 10 01 00 00 00
Total 42 34 02 04 02 00

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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