The 2014 Indian general election in West Bengal was held for 42 seats in the Lok Sabha.
Parties and alliances Party/Alliance NameFlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedAll India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee42Indian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury42Bharatiya Janata PartyS. S. Ahluwalia42rowspan=4 LFCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Biman Bose32Revolutionary Socialist Party Manoj Bhattacharya4All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas3Communist Party of India Swapan Banerjee3Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) Provash Ghosh37
List of major parties' candidates in West Bengal for 2014 ConstituencyAITCLeft FrontINCBJP # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Cooch Behar (SC)Renuka SinhaDipak Kumar RoyKeshab Chandra Ray Hem Chandra Barman 2Alipurduars (ST)Dasrath TirkeyManohar TirkeyJoseph MundaBirendra Bara Oraon 3Jalpaiguri (SC)Bijoy Chandra BarmanMahendra RoySukhbilas Barma Satyalal Sarkar 4DarjeelingBhaichung BhutiaSaman PathakSujay Ghatak S. S. Ahluwalia5RaiganjSatya R. Dasmunshi Mohammed SalimDeepa DasmunsiNimu Bhowmik6BalurghatArpita GhoshBimalendu SarkarOm Prakash MishraBishwapriya Roy Ch.7Maldaha UttarSoumitra RoyKhagen MurmuMausam NoorSubhaskrishna Goswami8Maldaha DakshinMd Moazzem HossainAbul Hasnat KhanAbu Hasem KhanBishnupada Roy9JangipurHaji Nurul IslamMuzaffar Hussain Abhijit MukherjeeSamrat Ghosh 10BaharampurIndranil SenPromothes MukherjeeAdhir RanjanDebesh Kumar Adhikary11MurshidabadMohammad AliBadaruddoza KhanAbdul MannanSujit Kumar Ghosh12KrishnanagarTapas PaulSantanu JhaRazia Ahmed Satyabrata Mookherjee13Ranaghat (SC)Tapas MandalArchana Biswas Pratap Kanti Ray Dr. Suprabhat Biswas 14Bangaon (SC)Kapil Krishna ThakurDebesh Das Ila Mondal K.D. Biswas 15BarrackpurDinesh TrivediSubhashini AliSamrat TopadarRumesh Kumar Handa16Dum DumSougata RoyAsim DasguptaDhananjoy MoitraTapan Sikdar17BarasatKakoli Ghosh DastidarMortaza HossainBratin SenguptaP. C. Sorcar Jr.18BasirhatIdris AliNurul SekhAbdur Rahim Kazi Samik Bhattacharya19Jaynagar (SC)Pratima MondalSubhas NaskarArnab RoyKrishnapada Majumdar20Mathurapur (SC)Ch. Mohan JatuaRinku Naskar Manoranjan HalderTapan Naskar21Diamond HarbourAbhishek BanerjeeDr. Abul HasnatQamaruzzaman QamarAbhijit Das Bobby22JadavpurSugata BoseSujan ChakrabortySamir AichSarup Prasad Ghosh23Kolkata DakshinSubrata BakshiNandini MukherjeeMala RoyTathagata Roy24Kolkata UttarSudip BandyopadhyayRupa BagchiSomen MitraRahul Sinha25HowrahPrasun BanerjeeSrideep BhattacharyaManoj Kumar Pandey George Baker26UluberiaSultan AhmedSabiruddin Molla Asit Mitra Ranjit Kishore Mahanty27SreerampurKalyan BanerjeeTirthankar Roy Abdul MannanBappi Lahiri28HooghlyDr. Ratna De (Nag)Pradip SahaPritam Ghosh Chandan Mitra29Arambagh (SC)Aparupa PoddarSakti Mohan MalikSambhu Nath MalikMadhusudan Bag 30TamlukSuvendu AdhikariSk. Ibrahim Ali Sk. Anwar AliBadsha Alam31KanthiSisir Kumar AdhikariTapas SinhaKunal Banerjee Kamalendu Pahari 32GhatalDev AdhikariSantosh RanaManas BhuniaMd. Alam 33Jhargram (ST)Uma SarenPulin Bihari BaskeAnita Hansda Bikash Mudi 34MedinipurSandhya RoyPrabodh PandaDr. Bimal Raj Prabhakar Tiwari 35PuruliaMriganko MahatoNarahari MahatoNepal MahataBikash Banerjee36BankuraMoon Moon SenBasudeb AchariaNilmadhab GuptaSubhas Sarkar37Bishnupur (SC)Saumitra KhanSusmita BauriNarayan Chandra Khan Dr. Jayanta Mondal 38Bardhaman Purba (SC)Sunil Kumar MondalIshwar Chandra Das Chandana Majhi Santosh Roy 39Bardhaman-DurgapurMamtaz SanghamitaSheikh Saidul HaquePradip Agasthi Debasree Chaudhuri40AsansolDola SenBansa Gopal Ch.Indrani MishraBabul Supriyo41Bolpur (SC)Anupam HazraRam Chandra DomeTapan Kumar Saha Kamini Mohan Sarkar 42BirbhumSatabdi RoyQamre ElahiSyed Siraj JimmiJoy 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 39.35 8.17 42 34 15 INC 9.58 3.87 42 4 2 BJP 16.84 10.70 42 2 1 rowspan="5" LF CPI(M) 22.71 10.39 32 2 7 RSP 2.43 1.13 4 0 2 CPI 2.33 1.27 3 0 2 AIFB 2.14 0.90 3 0 2 Total 29.61 13.69 42 2 13 Others 2.60 221 0 IND 0.92 2.16 83 0 NOTA 1.11 Total 100% – 472 42 –
Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Cooch BeharRenuka SinhaAITC526,49939.50Dipak Kumar RoyAIFB439,39232.9687,1076.542AlipurduarsDasrath TirkeyAITC362,45329.58Manohar TirkeyRSP341,05627.8421,3971.743JalpaiguriBijoy Chandra BarmanAITC494,77337.93Mahendra Kumar RoyCPM425,16732.6069,6065.334DarjeelingS. S. AhluwaliaBJP488,25742.73Bhaichung BhutiaAITC291,01825.47197,23917.265RaiganjMd. SalimCPM317,51528.64Deepa DasmunsiINC315,88128.501,6340.146BalurghatArpita GhoshAITC409,64138.52Bimalendu SarkarRSP302,67728.46106,96410.067Maldaha UttarMausam NoorINC388,60933.41Khagen MurmuCPM322,90427.7665,7055.658Maldaha DakshinAbu Hasem ChoudhuryINC380,29134.81Bishnupada RoyBJP216,18019.79164,11115.029JangipurAbhijit MukherjeeINC378,20133.79Muzaffar HussainCPM370,04033.068,1610.7310BaharampurAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryINC583,54950.54Indranil SenAITC226,98219.66356,56730.8811MurshidabadBadaruddoza KhanCPM426,94733.13Abdul MannanINC408,49431.7018,4531.4312KrishnanagarTapas PaulAITC438,78935.14Santanu JhaCPM367,53429.4371,2555.7113RanaghatTapas MandalAITC590,45143.62Archana BiswasCPM388,68428.71201,76714.9114BangaonKapil Krishna ThakurAITC551,21342.92Debesh DasCPM404,61231.50146,60111.4215BarrackporeDinesh TrivediAITC479,20645.53Subhashini AliCPM272,43325.88206,77319.6516Dum DumSaugata RoyAITC483,24442.62Asim DasguptaCPM328,31028.96154,93413.6617BarasatKakoli Ghosh DastidarAITC525,38741.36Mortaza HossainAIFB352,24627.73173,14113.6318BasirhatIdris AliAITC492,32638.64Nurul HudaCPI382,66730.03109,6598.6119JoynagarPratima MondalAITC494,74641.60Subhas NaskarRSP386,36232.49108,3849.1120MathurapurCh. Mohan JatuAITC630,26249.58Rinku NaskarCPM491,49438.66138,76810.9221Diamond HarbourAbhishek BanerjeeAITC508,48140.31Abul HasnatCPM437,18334.6671,2985.6522JadavpurSugata BoseAITC584,24445.83Sujan ChakrabortyCPM459,04136.01125,2039.8223Kolkata DakshinSubrata BakshiAITC431,71536.95Tathagata RoyBJP295,37625.28136,33911.6724Kolkata UttarSudip BandyopadhyayAITC343,68735.94Rahul SinhaBJP247,46125.8896,22610.0625HowrahPrasun BanerjeeAITC488,46143.39Srideep BhattacharyaCPM291,50525.89196,95617.5026UluberiaSultan AhmedAITC570,78548.08Sabiruddin MollaCPM369,56331.13201,22216.9527SreerampurKalyan BanerjeeAITC514,93339.88Tirthankar RayCPM362,40728.07152,52611.8128HooghlyRatna DeAITC614,31245.47Pradip SahaCPM425,22831.48189,08413.9929ArambaghAparupa PoddarAITC748,76454.94Sakti Mohan MalikCPM401,91929.49346,84525.4530TamlukSuvendu AdhikariAITC716,92853.57Sk. Ibrahim AliCPM470,44735.15246,48118.4231KanthiSisir AdhikariAITC676,74952.36Tapas SinhaCPM447,25934.61229,49017.7532GhatalDeepak AdhikariAITC685,69650.14Santosh RanaCPI424,80531.06260,89119.0833JhargramUma SarenAITC674,50453.63Pulin Bihari BaskeCPM326,62125.97347,88327.6634MedinipurSandhya RoyAITC580,44145.95Prabodh PandaCPI395,31331.30185,12814.6535PuruliaMriganko MahatoAITC468,27738.81Narahari MahatoAIFB314,40026.06153,87712.7536BankuraMoon Moon SenAITC483,45539.10Basudeb AchariaCPM384,94931.1398,5067.9737BishnupurSaumitra KhanAITC578,87045.51Susmita BauriCPM429,18533.74149,68511.7738Bardhaman PurbaSunil Kumar MondalAITC574,56043.49Iswar Chandra DasCPM460,18134.83114,3798.6639Burdwan–DurgapurMamtaz SanghamitaAITC554,52141.64Sk. Saidul HaqueCPM447,19033.58107,3318.0640AsansolBabul SupriyoBJP419,98336.75Dola SenAITC349,50330.5870,4806.1741BolpurAnupam HazraAITC630,69348.33Ram Chandra DomeCPM394,58130.23236,11218.1042BirbhumSatabdi RoyAITC460,56836.10Qamre ElahiCPM393,30530.8067,2635.30
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1S. S. AhluwaliaDarjeelingMoSParliamentary Affairs5 July20163 September2017Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare5 July20163 September2017Drinking Water and Sanitation3 September201714 May2018Electronics and Information Technology14 May201830 May20192Babul SupriyoAsansolUrban DevelopmentHousing and Urban Poverty Alleviation9 November201412 July2016Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises12 July201630 May2019
Party wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2016 election) Trinamool Congress214211 Indian National Congress2844 Communist Party of India (Marxist)2226 Bharatiya Janata Party 24 3 Revolutionary Socialist Party33 Communist Party of India22 All India Forward Bloc11 Others 0 4Total294
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"
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties PartyAssembly segmentsLok Sabha results: Numbers point to tough fight ahead in West Bengal assembly pollsConstituenciesPosition in Assembly (as of 2016 election)ConstituenciesAll India Trinamool Congress 214 211Left Front 29 32 Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3Indian National Congress 28 44 Others 0 4Total 294
Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties PartyNo. of ConstituenciesAll India Trinamool Congress 16Left Front 23 Bharatiya Janata Party 2Indian National Congress 1Total 42 RegionTotal seatsAll India Trinamool CongressBharatiya Janata PartyIndian National CongressCommunist Party of India (Marxist)OthersGanges Delta101000000000North Bengal80101040200Northern Hills40300000000Rarh Bengal101000000000South Bengal101001000000Total423402040200
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