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% ( 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 15 2
Popular vote 20,313,280 4,946,581
Percentage 39.8% 9.7%
Swing 8.1 pp 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 1 13
Popular vote 8,691,765 11,720,997
Percentage 17% 23%
Swing 10.9 pp 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

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 Seats contested
All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 42

  Left Front

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

  National Democratic Alliance

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

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
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 Sreerampur 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

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
AITC 20,316,262 39.79% 8.61 42 34 15
INC 4,946,911 9.69% 3.76 42 4 2
BJP 8,692,297 17.02% 10.88 42 2 1
LF CPI(M) 11,723,166 22.96% 10.14 32 2 7
RSP 1,255,794 2.46% 1.1 4 0 2
CPI 1,202,785 2.36% 1.24 3 0 2
AIFB 1,106,038 2.17% 0.87 3 0 2
Total 15,287,783 29.95% 13.35 42 2 13
IND 4,730,00 0.93% 0
Total 100% – 42 –

Results by constituency

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 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 CPI(M) 425,167 32.60 69,606 5.33
4 Darjeeling S. S. Ahluwalia BJP 488,257 42.73 Bhai Chung Bhutia AITC 291,018 25.47 197,239 17.26
5 Raiganj Md. Salim CPI(M) 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 (Bimal) RSP 302,677 28.46 106,964 10.06
7 Maldaha Uttar Mausam Noor INC 388,609 33.41 Khagen Murmu CPI(M) 322,904 27.76 65,705 5.65
8 Maldaha Dakshin Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury INC 380,291 34.81 Bisnu Pada Roy BJP 216,180 19.79 164,111 15.02
9 Jangipur Abhijit Mukherjee INC 378,201 33.79 Muzaffar Hossain CPI(M) 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 CPI(M) 426,947 33.13 Abdul Mannan Hossain INC 408,494 31.70 18,453 1.43
12 Krishnanagar Tapas Paul AITC 438,789 35.14 Jha Shantanu CPI(M) 367,534 29.43 71,255 5.71
13 Ranaghat Tapas Mandal AITC 590,451 43.62 Archana Biswas CPI(M) 388,684 28.71 201,767 14.91
14 Bangaon Kapil Krishna Thakur AITC 551,213 42.92 Debesh Das CPI(M) 404,612 31.50 146,601 11.42
15 Barrackpore Dinesh Trivedi AITC 479,206 45.53 Subhashini Ali CPI(M) 272,433 25.88 206,773 19.65
16 Dum Dum Saugata Roy AITC 483,244 42.62 Asim Kumar Dasgupta CPI(M) 328,310 28.96 154,934 13.66
17 Barasat Dr. Kakali Ghoshdostidar AITC 525,387 41.36 Dr. Mortoza 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 Choudhury Mohan Jatua AITC 630,262 49.58 Rinku Naskar CPI(M) 491,494 38.66 138,768 10.92
21 Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee AITC 508,481 40.31 Dr. Abul Hasnat CPI(M) 437,183 34.66 71,298 5.65
22 Jadavpur Sugata Bose AITC 584,244 45.83 Sujan Chakraborty CPI(M) 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 (Biswajit) Sinha BJP 247,461 25.88 96,226 10.06
25 Howrah Prasun Banerjee AITC 488,461 43.39 Sridip Bhattacharya CPI(M) 291,505 25.89 196,956 17.50
26 Uluberia Sultan Ahmed AITC 570,785 48.08 Sabir Uddin Molla CPI(M) 369,563 31.13 201,222 16.95
27 Sreerampur Kalyan Banerjee AITC 514,933 39.88 Tirthankar Ray CPI(M) 362,407 28.07 152,526 11.81
28 Hooghly Dr. Ratna De (Nag) AITC 614,312 45.47 Pradip Saha CPI(M) 425,228 31.48 189,084 13.99
29 Arambagh Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) AITC 748,764 54.94 Sakti Mohan Malik CPI(M) 401,919 29.49 346,845 25.45
30 Tamluk Adhikari Suvendu AITC 716,928 53.57 Sekh Ibrahim Ali CPI(M) 470,447 35.15 246,481 18.42
31 Kanthi Adhikari Sisir Kumar AITC 676,749 52.36 Sinha Tapas CPI(M) 447,259 34.61 229,490 17.75
32 Ghatal Adhikari Deepak (Dev) 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 Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske CPI(M) 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 Dr. Mriganka Mahato AITC 468,277 38.81 Narahari Mahato AIFB 314,400 26.06 153,877 12.75
36 Bankura Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) AITC 483,455 39.10 Acharia Basudeb CPI(M) 384,949 31.13 98,506 7.97
37 Bishnupur Khan Saumitra AITC 578,870 45.51 Susmita Bauri CPI(M) 429,185 33.74 149,685 11.77
38 Bardhaman Purba Sunil Kumar Mondal AITC 574,560 43.49 Iswar Chandra Das CPI(M) 460,181 34.83 114,379 8.66
39 Burdwan–Durgapur Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita AITC 554,521 41.64 Sk. Saidul Haque CPI(M) 447,190 33.58 107,331 8.06
40 Asansol Babul Supriya Baral (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 Dome Ramchandra CPI(M) 394,581 30.23 236,112 18.10
42 Birbhum Satabdi Roy AITC 460,568 36.10 Dr. Elahi Kamre Mahammad CPI(M) 393,305 30.80 67,263 5.30

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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