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2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

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

Quick facts All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha, Turnout ...
2014 Indian general election in West Bengal
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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout82.2% (Increase 0.8 pp)
  First party Second party
 
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
 
Leader S. S. Ahluwalia Surjya Kanta Mishra
Party BJP CPI(M)
Alliance NDA LF
Leader's seat Darjeeling Did not contest
Last election 6.1%, 1 seat 33.1%, 15 seats
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 13
Popular vote 8,691,765 11,720,997
Percentage 17% 23%
Swing Increase 10.9 pp Decrease 3.9 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

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Parties and alliances

More information Party/Alliance Name, Flag ...
Party/Alliance Name Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 42
Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 42
Bharatiya Janata Party S. S. Ahluwalia 42
LF 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
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh 37
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List of major parties' candidates in West Bengal for 2014

More information Constituency, Left Front ...
Constituency AITC[1][2][3] Left Front INC[4] BJP
# Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
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 CPM Mahendra Roy INC Sukhbilas Barma BJP Satyalal Sarkar
4 Darjeeling AITC Bhaichung Bhutia CPM Saman Pathak INC Sujay Ghatak BJP S. S. Ahluwalia
5 Raiganj AITC Satya R. Dasmunshi CPM Mohammed Salim INC Deepa Dasmunsi BJP Nimu Bhowmik
6 Balurghat AITC Arpita Ghosh RSP Bimalendu Sarkar INC Om Prakash Mishra BJP Bishwapriya Roy Ch.
7 Maldaha Uttar AITC Soumitra Roy CPM Khagen Murmu INC Mausam Noor BJP Subhaskrishna Goswami
8 Maldaha Dakshin AITC Md Moazzem Hossain CPM Abul Hasnat Khan INC Abu Hasem Khan BJP Bishnupada Roy
9 Jangipur AITC Haji Nurul Islam CPM Muzaffar Hussain INC Abhijit Mukherjee BJP Samrat Ghosh
10 Baharampur AITC Indranil Sen RSP Promothes Mukherjee INC Adhir Ranjan BJP Debesh Kumar Adhikary
11 Murshidabad AITC Mohammad Ali CPM Badaruddoza Khan INC Abdul Mannan BJP Sujit Kumar Ghosh
12 Krishnanagar AITC Tapas Paul CPM Santanu Jha INC Razia Ahmed BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee
13 Ranaghat (SC) AITC Tapas Mandal CPM Archana Biswas INC Pratap Kanti Ray BJP Dr. Suprabhat Biswas
14 Bangaon (SC) AITC Kapil Krishna Thakur CPM Debesh Das INC Ila Mondal BJP K.D. Biswas
15 Barrackpur AITC Dinesh Trivedi CPM Subhashini Ali INC Samrat Topadar BJP Rumesh Kumar Handa
16 Dum Dum AITC Sougata Roy CPM 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 Ch. Mohan Jatua CPM Rinku Naskar INC Manoranjan Halder BJP Tapan Naskar
21 Diamond Harbour AITC Abhishek Banerjee CPM Dr. Abul Hasnat INC Qamaruzzaman Qamar BJP Abhijit Das Bobby
22 Jadavpur AITC Sugata Bose CPM Sujan Chakraborty INC Samir Aich BJP Sarup Prasad Ghosh
23 Kolkata Dakshin AITC Subrata Bakshi CPM Nandini Mukherjee INC Mala Roy BJP Tathagata Roy
24 Kolkata Uttar AITC Sudip Bandyopadhyay CPM Rupa Bagchi INC Somen Mitra BJP Rahul Sinha
25 Howrah AITC Prasun Banerjee CPM Srideep Bhattacharya INC Manoj Kumar Pandey BJP George Baker
26 Uluberia AITC Sultan Ahmed CPM Sabiruddin Molla INC Asit Mitra BJP Ranjit Kishore Mahanty
27 Sreerampur AITC Kalyan Banerjee CPM Tirthankar Roy INC Abdul Mannan BJP Bappi Lahiri
28 Hooghly AITC Dr. Ratna De (Nag) CPM Pradip Saha INC Pritam Ghosh BJP Chandan Mitra
29 Arambagh (SC) AITC Aparupa Poddar CPM Sakti Mohan Malik INC Sambhu Nath Malik BJP Madhusudan Bag
30 Tamluk AITC Suvendu Adhikari CPM Sk. Ibrahim Ali INC Sk. Anwar Ali BJP Badsha Alam
31 Kanthi AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari CPM 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 CPM 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 Mahata BJP Bikash Banerjee
36 Bankura AITC Moon Moon Sen CPM Basudeb Acharia INC Nilmadhab Gupta BJP Subhas Sarkar
37 Bishnupur (SC) AITC Saumitra Khan CPM Susmita Bauri INC Narayan Chandra Khan BJP Dr. Jayanta Mondal
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) AITC Sunil Kumar Mondal CPM Ishwar Chandra Das INC Chandana Majhi BJP Santosh Roy
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur AITC Mamtaz Sanghamita CPM Sheikh Saidul Haque INC Pradip Agasthi BJP Debasree Chaudhuri
40 Asansol AITC Dola Sen CPM Bansa Gopal Ch. INC Indrani Mishra BJP Babul Supriyo
41 Bolpur (SC) AITC Anupam Hazra CPM Ram Chandra Dome INC Tapan Kumar Saha BJP Kamini Mohan Sarkar
42 Birbhum AITC Satabdi Roy CPM Qamre Elahi INC Syed Siraj Jimmi BJP Joy Banerjee
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Results

2 4 2 34
BJP INC CPI(M) AITC

Results by alliance or party

More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
AITC 20,316,262 39.35 Increase 8.17 42 34 Increase 15
INC 4,946,911 9.58 Decrease 3.87 42 4 Decrease 2
BJP 8,692,297 16.84 Increase 10.70 42 2 Increase 1
LF CPI(M) 11,723,166 22.71 Decrease 10.39 32 2 Decrease 7
RSP 1,255,794 2.43 Decrease 1.13 4 0 Decrease 2
CPI 1,202,785 2.33 Decrease 1.27 3 0 Decrease 2
AIFB 1,106,038 2.14 Decrease 0.90 3 0 Decrease 2
Total 15,287,783 29.61 Decrease 13.69 42 2 Decrease 13
Others 1,344,281 2.60 Steady 221 0 Steady
IND 473,000 0.92 Decrease 2.16 83 0
NOTA 571,294 1.11 New entry
Total 51,631,828 100% – 472 42 –
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Results by constituency

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

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

More information Party, Assembly segments ...
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
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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"[5]

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

More information Party, Assembly segments ...
Party Assembly segments[6] 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
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Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties

More information Party, No. of Constituencies ...
Party No. of Constituencies
All India Trinamool Congress 16
Left Front 23
Bharatiya Janata Party 2
Indian National Congress 1
Total 42
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More information Region, Total seats ...
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
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