In the 9 March 2013 issue of People's Democracy, the central organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), lists of candidates of the Left Fronts of West Bengal and Tripura for the 2014 Indian general election were announced. In Tripura both Left Front nominees were CPI(M) leaders. In West Bengal, 32 out of the 42 Left Front candidates came from CPI(M). The newspaper also issued a 'first list' of 25 candidates of the party in other states.People's Democracy. First List of Seats to be Contested by the CPI(M) in the Lok Sabha Elections The list was finalised at a meeting of the Central Committee of the party in Delhi.Economic Times. The meeting also tasked the Politburo of the party to finalise the election manifesto of the party, to be released at a later date.

The 15 candidates of the party in Kerala, where it forms part of the Left Democratic Front, were decided at a CPI(M) state committee meeting held on 12 March 2014.Matrubhumi. LDF candidate list to be announced Wednesday Matrubhumi. CPI-M in Kerala finalises list of candidates

On 19 March 2014 the party released its third list of candidates, with names of candidates in Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Rajasthan.ZeeNews. CPI-M releases 3rd list of Lok Sabha candidatesThe Hindu. CPI(M) announces third list On 3 April 2014 the party published its fourth list of candidates, with names of candidates in Bihar, Punjab and Maharashtra.oneindianews. CPI-M releases list of six more LS candidates On 12 April 2014 three candidates in Andhra Pradesh were named. By this point the party had declared 97 candidates nationwide.

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Andhra Pradesh

No candidates from Andhra Pradesh were listed in the 'first list' of candidates released by the CPI(M) Central Committee. In the state CPI(M) and the Communist Party of India could not reach an agreement on seat-sharing. Whilst CPI supported the creation of a separate Telangana state, CPI(M) had opposed the demand.The Hindu. CPI names 60 candidates in first list On 10 March 2014 the CPI(M) Telangana State Committee secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram stated at a press meet in Khammam that the party would contest the Khammam, Mahabubabad, Nalgonda and Bhongir Lok Sabha seats. However, he reiterated that the names of candidates in Telangana would be defined only after alliances with other non-BJP/non-Congress parties had been settled.The Hindu. 'CPI(M) will contest 4 LS, 17 Assembly seats in Telangana'

On 26 March 2014 CPI(M) made public three names of candidates contesting Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.The New Indian Express. CPI-M Releases First List of Candidates for Telangana A 6 April 2014 article in People's Democracy mentioned the three Telangana seats, as well as naming Midiam Baburao as the candidate in Araku. By this point no alliances with other parties had been reached.People's Democracy. CPI(M) Announces Candidates for Telangana A 12 April 2014 article released by the Press Trust of India named two candidates in Telangana as well as Midiam Baburao in Araku.The Statesman. CPI M announces names of three LS candidates from AP However, the party hinted that it would further increase its list of candidates in the state. The party withdrew its candidate in the Khammam seat, Sameena Afroz, after an understanding had been reached with the YSR Congress Party.Communist Party of India (Marxist). The Electoral Battle in Telangana

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 13 Nalgonda None N. Narsimha Reddy 14 Bhuvanagiri None C. Seetaramulu 18 Araku ST Midiam Baburao

Assam

CPI(M) announced three candidates in Assam, including the party state committee secretary and former MP Uddhab Barman.Assam Tribune. CPM to contest 3 seats in State An alliance was formed with the Communist Party of India in the state, with CPI contesting the Jorhat seat.Times of India. CPI, CPM to field joint candidates in Assam

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 2 Silchar None Rejamond Ali6 Barpeta None Uddhab Barman9 Tezpur None Khemraj Chetri

Bihar

No names from Bihar were mentioned in the 'first list' of candidates released by the CPI(M) Central Committee. As of January 2014 CPI(M) sought to establish an alliance with the Janata Dal (United). Politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai stated to The Hindu that the break between BJP and JD(U) was a major development, and that the JD(U) was the sole alternative as a partner to counter the influence of BJP in the election.The Hindu. CPI (M) eyes alliance with JD (U) in Bihar According to a March 2014 report of NDTV was contesting the elections in Bihar alone and was planning to put up four candidates.NDTV. Elections 2014: CPI-ML to contest for 23 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar The fourth list of candidates, released on 3 April 2014, carried four names from Bihar.

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 2 Paschim Champaran None Prabhuraj Narayan Rao14 Darbhanga None Hriday Narayan Yadav22 Ujiarpur None Ramdeo Verma25 Khagaria None Jagadish Chandra Basu

Chhattisgarh Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 1 Sarguja ST Surinder Lal Singh

Gujarat

The party announced that Singhjibhai Katara would stand as its candidate in Dahod, a constituency in the tribal belt of the state.People's Democracy. CPI(M)’s Election Campaign In Gujarat Katara had stood as a candidate in the 2009 election, obtaining 29,522 votes (5.52%).Election Commission of India. 25 - CONSTITUENCY WISE DETAILED RESULTS

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 19 Dahod ST Singhjibhai Katara

Haryana

In March 2014 the Haryana units of CPI(M) and CPI announced that they would contest 5 Lok Sabha seats jointly. CPI(M) launched three candidates whilst CPI fielded two. The CPI(M) candidates announced were Phool Singh Sheokand (former president of the Hisar Agriculture University Students Union, trade union leader), Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria (agricultural workers union leader, who had mobilised farmers against the Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant) and Master Sher Singh (leader of Haryana teachers union and Kisan Sabha).The Tribune. CPM, CPI field candidates for 5 Lok Sabha seats

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 3 Sirsa SC Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria4 Hissar None Phool Singh Sheokand8 Bhiwani-Mahendragarh None Master Sher Singh

Himachal Pradesh

In November 2013 CPI(M) named two candidates to contest the elections; Jagat Ram, secretary of the Lal Jhanda Union and secretary of the Shimla unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, and Kushal Bhardwaj, vice president of the Himachal Kisan Sabha and former leader of the Students Federation of India.webindia123. CPI(M) to contest on Mandi, Shimla Lok Sabha seatsHill Post. CPI(M) to contest Mandi, Shimla seats in 2014 Lok Sabha elections Ahead of the election, the Himachal Pradesh state unit of CPI(M) declared that the party would contest poll jointly with CPI in the state. The slogan of the state-level election charter was defined as "Reject Congress, Defeat BJP".The Hindu. CPI(M), CPI to jointly campaign for LF candidates in HimachalCommunist Party of India (Marxist). HP: State Level Charter

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 2 Mandi None Kushal Bhardwaj4 Shimla SC Jagat Ram

Jammu & Kashmir

No names from Jammu & Kashmir were included in the 'first list' of candidates released by the CPI(M) Central Committee. In October 2013 CPI(M), CPI, Lok Janshakti Party, Samajwadi Party, People's Democratic Front, J&K National Democratic Front and International Democratic Party founded a new alliance, the J&K People's United Front with CPI(M) J&K State Committee secretary Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami as convenor.The Hindu. Seven parties float alternative front in J&K On 2 April 2014 the People's United Front decided not to contest the Lok Sabha polls.The Tribune. Newly formed party PUF not to contest Lok Sabha polls

Jharkhand

During a visit to Ranchi on 10 March 2014, Politburo member Brinda Karat declared that CPI(M) would contest as part of a Left Front consisting of CPI(M), CPI, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation and the Marxist Coordination Committee. Within the framework of this seat sharing CPI(M) would put up candidates in Rajmahal and Ranchi, whilst CPI would contest Dumka, Hazaribagh and Chatra, CPI(ML) would contest Koderma and MCC would field a candidate in Dhanbad. Karat also stated that further seats could be contested as well by the front.Daily Pioneer. CPI (M) to field candidates from Ranchi, Rajmahal However, the following day the CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary stated that whilst they would support CPI(M) in Rajmahal and MCC in Dhanbad, their party would field a candidate as well in Ranchi.The Hindu. CPI-ML (Liberation) to contest 8 seats in JharkhandThe Telegraph.

Both CPI(M) candidates in the state are former Members of Legislative Assembly.

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 1 Rajmahal ST Jyotin Soren8 Ranchi None Rajinder Singh Munda

Karnataka

In reaction to the failure of other non-Congress/non-BJP parties in the state, particularly the Janata Dal (Secular), to reach a seat-sharing agreement three left parties (CPI(M), CPI and the All India Forward Bloc) to launch five candidates of their own.The Hindu. Left parties to contest in five constituencies As per the CPI(M), it announced two candidates in the state. G.V. Srirama Reddy is the secretary of the Karnataka State Committee of the party and a former Member of Legislative Assembly for the Bagepalli constituency.The Hindu. CPI(M) may field Srirama ReddyThe Hindu. Srirama Reddy is CPI(M) State secretary K. Yadav Shetty is a CPI(M) District Secretariat member and an agrarian leader. He is the general secretary of the district-level unit of the Karnataka Pranta Rajya Sangha and a secretary of its statewide leadership, leading resistance against the proposed HPCL pipeline project in the area.The Hindu. CPI(M) rides upon hope for revival in Dakshina KannadaThe Hindu. Office-bearers elected

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 17 Dakshina Kannada None K. Yadav Shetty27 Chikballapur None G.V. Srirama Reddy

Kerala

In Kerala CPI(M) contests elections as a constituent of the Left Democratic Front. In the list of the 15 CPI(M) candidates in Kerala released in mid-March were four incumbent Lok Sabha members and five independents. The CPI(M)-backed independents included the actor Innocent, former All India Congress Committee member Peelipose Thomas, the church-backed High Range Protection Committee leader Joice George and former Gujarat cadre IAS officer Christy Fernandez and V. Abdurahman.Indian Express. Didi delays second list, calls off Haryana rallydnaindia. CPI-M shortlists independent candidates in Kerala for Lok Sabha polls

The Kollam seat was allocated to former state minister and senior CPI(M) leader M.A. Baby, after the Revolutionary Socialist Party deserted the LDF and joined the United Democratic Front.

Constituency No. Constituency Reserved for (SC/ST/None)Candidate 1 Kasaragod None P. Karunakaran2 Kannur None P.K. Sreemathy3 Vatakara None A.N. Shamseer5 Kozhikode None A. Vijayaraghavan6 Malappuram None P.K. Saniaba7 Ponnani None V. Abdurahman8 Palakkad None M.B. Rajesh9 Alathur SC P.K. Biju11 Chalakudy None Innocent12 Ernakulam None Christy Fernandez13 Idukki None Joice George15 Alappuzha None C.B. Chandrababu17 Pathanamthitta None Peelipose Thomas18 Kollam None M.A. Baby19 Attingal None A. Sampath

Madhya Pradesh