2004 Indian general election in West Bengal

Indian political election in West Bengal 2004 Indian general election in West Bengal India parliamentary 10 May 2004 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in 2009.jpg 120 100 120 12 0 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) LF 26 Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg 120 100 120 7 0 Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress 6 INC+ (post poll UPA) 38.57% 14.56% Jangipur Did not contest 2000 2000 77.7% ( 2.65 pp) 36,870,922 All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha 47,437,431 14,271,042 5,385,754 National Democratic Alliance All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 21.04% 7,786,178 1 Kolkata South 1998 Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime minister after election Manmohan Singh INC 2009 Indian general election in West Bengal 2009 1999 5 3 7 Mamata banerjee (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 5 0 1.27 pp 3.01 pp 5.01 pp 35.57%, 21 seats 13.29%, 3 seats 26.04%, 8 seats Alliance seats 35 6 1 Results by constituencies File:West Bengal Lok Sabha 2004.svg List of members of the 12th Lok Sabha#West Bengal List of members of the 13th Lok Sabha#West Bengal 1999 Indian general election in West Bengal The 2004 Indian general election were held in Indian state West Bengal in 2004 to elect all 42 seats of Lok Sabha in the state.May 7, 2009 75 per cent polling in West Bengal India News – Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/75-per-cent-polling-in-west-bengal/articleshow/4496421.cms 2022-08-05 The Times of India en2009-05-08 Nandigram turns violent https://www.deccanherald.com/content/1411/nandigram-turns-violent.html 2022-08-05 Deccan Herald en The election took place on 10 May 2004 and a turnout of 77.7% was recorded. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front had an overwhelming victory in the state by winning 35 seats.Facts and figures: How West Bengal fared in 2004, 2009 & 2014 general elections https://news.abplive.com/elections/facts-and-figures-how-west-bengal-fared-in-2004-2009-2014-general-elections-939484 2022-08-31 ABP Live enWhy did the NDA lose West Bengal? https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/14mamata.htm 2022-08-05 Rediff en On the national level, Indian National Congress became the single largest party and formed the new government with its allies and taking external support from Left Front and other parties.Waldman Amy 2004-05-13 In Huge Upset, Gandhi's Party Wins Election in India en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/international/asia/in-huge-upset-gandhis-party-wins-election-in-india.html 2022-08-07 0362-4331May 31, 2004 Ajit Kumar Jha Left caught between need to safeguard its bastions and compulsion to support Congress https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20040531-left-front-forced-to-support-congress-to-counter-bjp-790037-2004-05-31 2022-08-05 India Today en Schedule The election schedule was declared by Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.Election schedule for general elections 2004 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3042-schedule-for-general-elections-2004/ eci Poll event Date Notification date 16 April Last date for filing nomination 23 April Scrutiny of nomination 24 April Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 26 April Date of poll 10 May Date of counting of votes 13 May Parties and alliances Left Front (West Bengal) Left Front + No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested1.Communist Party of India (Marxist) 50px 50pxBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee322.Revolutionary Socialist Party center|50x50px center|50x50pxManoj Bhattacharya43.All India Forward Bloc 50x50px center|50x50pxDebabrata Biswas34.Communist Party of India center|50x50px center|50x50pxSwapan Banerjee3 Other Left Front members that didn't fielded candidates in the election but supported the alliance were Biplobi Bangla Congress, Democratic Socialist Party, Marxist Forward Bloc, West Bengal Socialist Party, Revolutionary Communist Party of India and other left front parties. United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance + No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested1.Indian National Congress center|50x50px 50pxPranab Mukherjee372. Party of Democratic Socialism center|50x50px 50x50px Samir Putatundu 23. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 50x50px center| 50x50px N/A 1 4. Independent — — N/A 2 Gorkha National Liberation Front supported the Congress candidate in Darjeeling constituency. National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance + No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested1. All India Trinamool Congress centre|50x50px centre|50x50px Mamata Banerjee 292. Bharatiya Janata Party center|50x50px center|50x50px Tathagata Roy13 List of Candidates ConstituencyLeft FrontNDAUPA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Cooch Behar (SC)All India Forward Bloc Hiten BarmanTrinamool Congress Girindra Nath BarmanIndian National Congress Sailen Barma2Alipurduars (ST)Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Joachim BaxlaBharatiya Janata Party Manoj TiggaIndian National Congress Ratan Lal Baraik3JalpaiguriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Minati SenTrinamool Congress Parash DuttaIndian National Congress Dipak Krishna Bhowmik4DarjeelingCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Moni ThapaBharatiya Janata Party Dr. G. S. YonzoneIndian National Congress Dawa Narbula5RaiganjCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Minati GhoshTrinamool Congress Zainal AbedinIndian National Congress Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi6Balurghat (SC)Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Ranen BarmanBharatiya Janata Party Manomohan RayIndian National Congress Dipti Barman7MaldaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Pranab DasBharatiya Janata Party Badsha AlamIndian National Congress A. B. A. Ghani Khan8JangipurCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Abul Hasnat KhanTrinamool Congress Mohammad Shish Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee9MurshidabadCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Moinul Hassan AhamedTrinamool Congress Mohammad Ali Indian National Congress Abdul Mannan Hossain10BerhamporeRevolutionary Socialist Party (India) Promothes MukherjeeBharatiya Janata Party Tapas Kumar ChatterjeeIndian National Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury11KrishnagarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Jyotirmoyee SikdarBharatiya Janata Party Satyabrata MookherjeeIndian National Congress Asim Kumar Saha12Nabadwip (SC)Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Alokesh DasTrinamool Congress Nilima Nag (Mallick)Indian National Congress Howladar Nripendra Nath13BarasatAll India Forward Bloc Subrata BoseTrinamool Congress Ranjit Kumar PanjaIndian National Congress Prabir Banerjee14BasirhatCommunist Party of India Ajay ChakrabortyTrinamool Congress Sujit BoseIndian National Congress Syed Md. Nizamuddin15Joynagar (SC)Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Sanat Kumar MandalBharatiya Janata Party Asit Baran ThakurIndependent IND Tarun Kanti Naskar16Mathurapur (SC)Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Basudeb BarmanTrinamool Congress Radhika PramanikIndian National Congress Manoranjan Halder17Diamond HarbourCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Samik LahiriTrinamool Congress Saugata RoyIndian National Congress Daulat Ali Sheikh18JadavpurCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Sujan ChakrabortyTrinamool Congress Krishna BoseIndian National Congress Prof. Omprakash Mishra19BarrackporeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Tarit Baran TopdarTrinamool Congress Arjun SinghIndian National Congress Debi Ghosal20Dum DumCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Amitava NandyBharatiya Janata Party Tapan SikdarIndian National Congress Tapas Majumder21Calcutta North WestCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Sudhangshu SealTrinamool Congress Subrata MukherjeeIndependent IND Sudip Bandyopadhyay22Calcutta North EastCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Md. SalimTrinamool Congress Ajit Kumar PanjaIndian National Congress Moushumi Chatterjee23Calcutta SouthCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Rabin DebTrinamool Congress Mamata BanerjeeIndian National Congress Nafisa Ali24HowrahCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Swadesh ChakrabortyTrinamool Congress Bikram SarkarIndian National Congress Sultan Singh25UluberiaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Hannan MollahTrinamool Congress Rajib BanerjeeIndian National Congress Kazi Abdul Rajjak26SeramporeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Santasri ChatterjeeTrinamool Congress Akbar Ali KhondkarIndian National Congress Kesto Mukherjee27HooghlyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Rupchand PalTrinamool Congress Indrani MukherjeeIndian National Congress Asok Kumar Das28ArambaghCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Anil BasuBharatiya Janata Party Swapan Kumar NandiIndian National Congress Datta Pradip29PanskuraCommunist Party of India Gurudas DasguptaTrinamool Congress Hema ChoubeyIndian National Congress Nazim Ahmed30TamlukCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Lakshman SethTrinamool Congress Suvendu AdhikariIndian National Congress Sudarsan Panja31ContaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Prasanta PradhanTrinamool Congress Nitish SenguptaIndian National Congress Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo32MidnaporeCommunist Party of India Prabodh PandaBharatiya Janata Party Rahul SinhaIndian National Congress Narayan Chandra Paria33Jhargram (ST)Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Rupchand MurmuTrinamool Congress Nityananda HembramJharkhand Mukti Morcha Mongal Soren34PuruliaAll India Forward Bloc Bir Singh MahatoTrinamool Congress Niyati MahatoIndian National Congress Santiram Mahato35BankuraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Basudeb AchariaTrinamool Congress Deb Prasad KunduParty of Democratic Socialism (India) Natabar Bagdi36Vishnupur (SC)Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Susmita BauriTrinamool Congress Janardan SahaIndian National Congress Achintya Majhi37Durgapur (SC)Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Sunil KhanBharatiya Janata Party Shib Narayan SahaIndian National Congress Dhibar Shova38AsansolCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Bikash ChowdhuryTrinamool Congress Moloy GhatakIndian National Congress Tapas Banerjee39BurdwanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Nikhilananda SarBharatiya Janata Party Anindya Gopal MitraIndian National Congress Champak Garai40KatwaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Mahboob ZahediTrinamool Congress Ahmed SultanParty of Democratic Socialism (India) Saifuddin Choudhury41BolpurCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Somnath ChatterjeeTrinamool Congress Dr. Nirmal Kumar MajiIndian National Congress Dhananjoy Ghosh42Birbhum (SC)Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Ram Chandra DomeBharatiya Janata Party Arjun SahaIndian National Congress Gopal Chandra Das Results Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− rowspan="5" Communist Party of India (Marxist) LF Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 1,42,71,042 38.57 3.00 32 26 5 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) RSP 16,58,787 4.48 0.23 4 3 Communist Party of India CPI 14,84,152 4.01 0.54 3 3 All India Forward Bloc AIFB 13,52,423 3.66 0.21 3 3 1 Total 1,87,66,404 50.72 3.98 42 35 6rowspan="3" National Democratic AllianceNDA Trinamool Congress AITC 77,86,178 21.04 5.00 29 1 7 Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 29,83,950 8.06 3.07 13 0 2 Total 1,07,70,128 29.10 8.07 42 1 9rowspan="5" United Progressive AllianceUPAIndian National CongressINC 53,85,754 14.56 1.27 37 6 3 Party of Democratic Socialism (India) PDS 81,999 0.22 2 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 56,429 0.15 0.09 1 + 1 0 Independent politician IND 1,72,750 0.47 2 0 Total 56,96,932 15.40 42 + 1 6 Other Others 7,33,549 2.00 84 0 Independent (politician) IND 10,33,220 2.79 0.90 144 0 Total 3,70,00,233 100% - 355 42 - Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Cooch Behar (SC)Hiten BarmanAll India Forward BlocAIFB490,98251.54Girindra Nath BarmanAll India Trinamool CongressAITC264,41327.76226,56923.792Alipurduars (ST)Joachim BaxlaRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP384,25245.70Manoj TiggaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP239,12828.44145,12417.263JalpaiguriMinati SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM424,16347.65Parash DuttaAll India Trinamool CongressAITC243,55827.36180,60520.294DarjeelingDawa NarbulaIndian National CongressINC396,97344.70Moni ThapaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM295,55733.28101,41611.425RaiganjPriya Ranjan DasmunsiIndian National CongressINC421,90445.98Minati GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM382,75741.7139,1474.276Balurghat (SC)Ranen BarmanRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP415,29844.87Manomohan RayBharatiya Janata PartyBJP344,15237.1871,1467.697MaldaA. B. A. Ghani Khan Ch.Indian National CongressINC412,91348.63Pranab DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM301,80535.54111,10813.098JangipurPranab MukherjeeIndian National CongressINC431,64748.88Abul Hasnat KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM394,78744.7036,8604.179MurshidabadAbdul Mannan HossainIndian National CongressINC461,89545.86Moinul Hassan AhamedCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM446,41544.3215,4801.5410BerhamporeAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryIndian National CongressINC508,09551.24Promothes MukherjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP409,19441.2798,9019.9711KrishnagarJyotirmoyee SikdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM397,56142.73Satyabrata MookherjeeBharatiya Janata PartyBJP377,17440.5420,3872.1912Nabadwip (SC)Alokesh DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM560,17647.56Nilima Nag (Mallick)All India Trinamool CongressAITC550,18546.719,9910.8513BarasatSubrata BoseAll India Forward BlocAIFB520,38445.13Ranjit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool CongressAITC508,22444.0712,1601.0514BasirhatAjay ChakrabortyCommunist Party of IndiaCPI462,60550.97Sujit BoseAll India Trinamool CongressAITC280,52130.91182,08420.0615Joynagar (SC)Sanat Kumar MandalRevolutionary Socialist Party (India)RSP450,04355.81Asit Baran ThakurBharatiya Janata PartyBJP219,52227.22230,52128.5916Mathurapur (SC)Basudeb BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM440,86248.56Radhika Ranjan PramanikAll India Trinamool CongressAITC358,83439.5382,0289.0417Diamond HarbourSamik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM430,89051.51Saugata RoyAll India Trinamool CongressAITC277,10633.13153,78418.3818JadavpurSujan ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM505,39649.44Krishna BoseAll India Trinamool CongressAITC415,72840.6789,6688.7719BarrackporeTarit Baran TopdarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM443,04855.77Arjun SinghAll India Trinamool CongressAITC277,97734.99165,07120.7820Dum DumAmitava NandyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM619,32549.61Tapan SikdarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP521,07341.7498,2527.8721Calcutta North WestSudhangshu SealCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM151,77242.15Subrata MukherjeeAll India Trinamool CongressAITC108,76830.2043,00411.9422Calcutta North EastMd. SalimCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM284,42750.00Ajit Kumar PanjaAll India Trinamool CongressAITC210,64737.0373,78012.9723Calcutta SouthMamata BanerjeeAll India Trinamool CongressAITC393,56150.93Rabin DebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM295,13238.1998,42912.7424HowrahSwadesh ChakraborttyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM489,44453.69Dr. Bikram SarkarAll India Trinamool CongressAITC242,50726.60246,93727.0925UluberiaHannan MollahCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM424,74949.88Rajib BanerjeeAll India Trinamool CongressAITC272,63432.02152,11517.8626SeramporeSantasri ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM404,08242.70Akbar Ali KhandokerAll India Trinamool CongressAITC384,39540.6219,6872.0827HooghlyRupchand PalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM496,89053.72Indrani MukherjeeAll India Trinamool CongressAITC329,92435.67166,96618.0528ArambaghAnil BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM744,46477.16Swapan Kumar NandiBharatiya Janata PartyBJP151,96215.75592,50261.4129PanskuraGurudas DasguptaCommunist Party of IndiaCPI541,51361.92Hema ChoubeyAll India Trinamool CongressAITC262,03529.96279,47831.9630TamlukSeth Lakshman ChandraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM507,22848.99Adhikari SuvenduAll India Trinamool CongressAITC449,84843.4557,3805.5431ContaiPrasanta PradhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM464,74350.15Nitish SenguptaAll India Trinamool CongressAITC405,55343.7659,1906.3932MidnaporePrabodh PandaCommunist Party of IndiaCPI480,03452.84Rahul (Biswajit) SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP319,27435.14160,76017.7033Jhargram (ST)Rupchand MurmuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM509,04564.01Nityananda HembramAll India Trinamool CongressAITC157,70219.83351,34344.1834PuruliaBir Singh MahatoAll India Forward BlocAIFB341,05748.99Shantiram MahatoIndian National CongressINC195,33928.06145,71820.9335BankuraAcharia BasudebCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM417,79860.07Deb Prasad Kundu (Tara)All India Trinamool CongressAITC187,46926.96230,32933.1236Vishnupur (SC)Susmita BauriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM518,50764.28Janardan SahaAll India Trinamool CongressAITC186,67823.14331,82941.1437Durgapur (SC)Sunil KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM505,25059.61Shib Narayan SahaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP227,74226.87277,50832.7438AsansolBikash ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM369,83251.00Ghatak MoloyAll India Trinamool CongressAITC245,51433.85124,31817.1439BurdwanNikhilananda SarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM673,09167.51Anindya Gopal MitraBharatiya Janata PartyBJP201,74020.23471,35147.2840KatwaMahboob ZahediCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM494,71651.20Ahmed SultanAll India Trinamool CongressAITC351,36736.36143,34914.8441BolpurChatterjee SomnathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM504,83665.56Dr. Nirmal Kumar MajiAll India Trinamool CongressAITC194,53125.26310,30540.3042Birbhum (SC)Ram Chandra DomeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPM372,29451.42Gopal Chandra DasIndian National CongressINC180,68224.95191,61226.46 Bye-Elections Held ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %38Asansol5 September 2005Bansa Gopal ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)410,74061.33Moloy GhatakAll India Trinamool Congress180,79927.00229,941The Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Bikash Chowdhury.40Katwa16 September 2006Abu Ayesh MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)541,49660.32Susanta GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress356,16239.68185,334The Katwa Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Mahboob Zahedi.34PuruliaOctober 2006Narahari MahatoAll India Forward Bloc378,50153.03Shantiram MahatoIndian National Congress291,46840.8487,033The Purulia Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MP, Birsingh Mahato.7MaldaOctober 2006Abu Hasem Khan ChoudhuryIndian National Congress437,16150.67Sailen SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)353,77041.0083,391The Malda Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP. Assembly Segment wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2006 election) Communist Party of India (Marxist)168176 Indian National Congress3521 Trinamool Congress2830 Revolutionary Socialist Party2020 Communist Party of India208 All India Forward Bloc1523 Bharatiya Janata Party 7 0 Others 116Total294 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Pranab MukherjeeJangipurCabinet MinisterMinistry of Defence23 May200424 Oct2006Indian National Congress 7Ministry of External Affairs24 Oct200622 May2009Ministry of Finance(Additional Charge)24 Jan200922 May20092Priya Ranjan DasmunsiRaiganjCabinet MinisterMinistry of Water Resources23 May200418 Nov2005Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs1 Nov20056 Apr2008Ministry of Information & Broadcasting18 Nov200511 Nov2008Minister without portfolio11 Nov200822 May2009 See also 2004 Indian general election 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election References West Bengal Category:Indian general elections in West Bengal