Indian political 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5][6]
The election schedule was declared by Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[7]
| 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
[edit] Left Front
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
Gorkha National Liberation Front supported the Congress candidate in Darjeeling constituency.
National Democratic Alliance
Results by alliance
[edit] | LF | SEATS | % | UPA | SEATS | % | NDA | SEATS | % |
| CPI(M) | 26 | 38.57 | INC | 6 | 14.56 | AITC | 1 | 21.04 |
| RSP | 3 | 4.48 | PDS | 0 | 0.22 | BJP | 0 | 8.06 |
| CPI | 3 | 4.02 | JMM | 0 | 0.15 | | | |
| AIFB | 3 | 3.67 | IND | 0 | 0.14 | | | |
| TOTAL | 35 | 50.74 | TOTAL | 6 | 15.07 | TOTAL | 1 | 29.10 |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 14,271,042 | 38.71 | 26 |
| Trinamool Congress | 7,786,178 | 21.12 | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | 5,385,754 | 14.61 | 6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,983,950 | 8.09 | 0 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1,658,787 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Communist Party of India | 1,484,152 | 4.03 | 3 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1,352,423 | 3.67 | 3 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 331,319 | 0.90 | 0 |
| Samajwadi Party | 108,514 | 0.29 | 0 |
| Other parties | 302,833 | 0.82 | 0 |
| Independents | 1,205,970 | 3.27 | 0 |
| Total | 36,870,922 | 100.00 | 42 |
Results by constituency
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