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.
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All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 47,437,431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 77.7% ( 2.65 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Schedule
editThe election schedule was declared by Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[7]
| Poll event | Date |
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| 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| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested |
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| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | 32 |
| 2. | Revolutionary Socialist Party |  |
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Manoj Bhattacharya | 4 |
| 3. | All India Forward Bloc |  |
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Debabrata Biswas | 3 |
| 4. | Communist Party of India |  |
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Swapan Banerjee | 3 |
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.
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested |
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| 1. | Indian National Congress |  |
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Pranab Mukherjee | 37 |
| 2. | Party of Democratic Socialism |  |
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Samir Putatundu | 2 |
| 3. | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
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N/A | 2 |
| 4. | Independent | — | — | N/A | 1 |
Gorkha National Liberation Front supported the Congress candidate in Darjeeling constituency.
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested |
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| 1. | All India Trinamool Congress | .svg) |
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Mamata Banerjee | 29 |
| 2. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Tathagata Roy | 13 |
Results
editAlliance-wise result
edit| LF | SEATS | % | UPA | SEATS | % | NDA | SEATS | % |
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| 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-wise result
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| 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 | |
Constituency-wise result
editSee also
editReferences
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- ^ "Nandigram turns violent". Deccan Herald. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Facts and figures: How West Bengal fared in 2004, 2009 & 2014 general elections". ABP Live. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Why did the NDA lose West Bengal?". Rediff. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ Waldman, Amy (2004-05-13). "In Huge Upset, Gandhi's Party Wins Election in India". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ Kumar Jha, Ajit (May 31, 2004). "Left caught between need to safeguard its bastions and compulsion to support Congress". India Today. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ^ "Election schedule for general elections 2004". eci.
- ^ "General Election, 2004 (Vol I, II, III)". eci.
- ^ "2004 Lok Sabha parliament election results for West Bengal". elections.traceall.in. Retrieved 2022-08-31.