2004 Indian general election in West Bengal

2004 Indian general election in West Bengal
10 May 2004
All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered47,437,431
Turnout77.7% ( 2.65 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Pranab Mukherjee Mamata Banerjee
Party CPI(M) INC AITC
Alliance LF INC+ (post poll UPA) NDA
Leader since 2000 2000 1998
Leader's seat Did not contest Jangipur Kolkata South
Last election 35.57%, 21 seats 13.29%, 3 seats 26.04%, 8 seats
Seats won 26 6 1
Seat change 5 3 7
Popular vote 14,271,042 5,385,754 7,786,178
Percentage 38.57% 14.56% 21.04%
Swing 3.01 pp 1.27 pp 5.01 pp
Alliance seats 35 6 1
Prime minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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]

Schedule

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

  Left Front

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 32
2. Revolutionary Socialist Party Manoj Bhattacharya 4
3. All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas 3
4. Communist Party of India 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.

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee 37
2. Party of Democratic Socialism Samir Putatundu 2
3. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha N/A 2
4. Independent — — N/A 1

Gorkha National Liberation Front supported the Congress candidate in Darjeeling constituency.

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 29
2. Bharatiya Janata Party Tathagata Roy 13

List of Candidates

Constituency Left Front NDA UPA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Cooch Behar (SC) AIFB Hiten Barman AITC Girindra Nath Barman INC Sailen Barma
2 Alipurduars (ST) RSP Joachim Baxla BJP Manoj Tigga INC Ratan Lal Baraik
3 Jalpaiguri CPI(M) Minati Sen AITC Parash Dutta INC Dipak Krishna Bhowmik
4 Darjeeling CPI(M) Moni Thapa BJP Dr. G. S. Yonzone INC Dawa Narbula
5 Raiganj CPI(M) Minati Ghosh AITC Zainal Abedin INC Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
6 Balurghat (SC) RSP Ranen Barman BJP Manomohan Ray INC Dipti Barman
7 Malda CPI(M) Pranab Das BJP Badsha Alam INC A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
8 Jangipur CPI(M) Abul Hasnat Khan AITC Shish Mohammad INC Pranab Mukherjee
9 Murshidabad CPI(M) Moinul Hassan Ahamed AITC Ali Mohammad INC Abdul Mannan Hossain
10 Berhampore RSP Promothes Mukherjee BJP Tapas Kumar Chatterjee INC Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
11 Krishnagar CPI(M) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee INC Asim Kumar Saha
12 Nabadwip (SC) CPI(M) Alokesh Das AITC Nilima Nag (Mallick) INC Howladar Nripendra Nath
13 Barasat AIFB Subrata Bose AITC Ranjit Kumar Panja INC Prabir Banerjee
14 Basirhat CPI Ajay Chakraborty AITC Sujit Bose INC Syed Md. Nizamuddin
15 Joynagar (SC) RSP Sanat Kumar Mandal BJP Asit Baran Thakur Ind. Tarun Kanti Naskar
16 Mathurapur (SC) CPI(M) Basudeb Barman AITC Radhika Ranjan Pramanik INC Manoranjan Halder
17 Diamond Harbour CPI(M) Samik Lahiri AITC Saugata Roy INC Daulat Ali Sheikh
18 Jadavpur CPI(M) Sujan Chakraborty AITC Krishna Bose INC Prof. Omprakash Mishra
19 Barrackpore CPI(M) Tarit Baran Topdar AITC Arjun Singh INC Debi Ghosal
20 Dum Dum CPI(M) Amitava Nandy BJP Tapan Sikdar INC Tapas Majumder
21 Calcutta North West CPI(M) Sudhangshu Seal AITC Subrata Mukherjee Ind. Sudip Bandyopadhyay
22 Calcutta North East CPI(M) Md. Salim AITC Ajit Kumar Panja INC Moushumi Chatterjee
23 Calcutta South CPI(M) Rabin Deb AITC Mamata Banerjee INC Nafisa Ali
24 Howrah CPI(M) Swadesh Chakraborty AITC Bikram Sarkar INC Sultan Singh
25 Uluberia CPI(M) Hannan Mollah AITC Rajib Banerjee INC Kazi Abdul Rajjak
26 Serampore CPI(M) Santasri Chatterjee AITC Akbar Ali Khondkar INC Kesto Mukherjee
27 Hooghly CPI(M) Rupchand Pal AITC Indrani Mukherjee INC Asok Kumar Das
28 Arambagh CPI(M) Anil Basu BJP Swapan Kumar Nandi INC Datta Pradip
29 Panskura CPI Gurudas Dasgupta AITC Hema Choubey INC Nazim Ahmed
30 Tamluk CPI(M) Lakshman Chandra Seth AITC Suvendu Adhikari INC Sudarsan Panja
31 Contai CPI(M) Prasanta Pradhan AITC Nitish Sengupta INC Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo
32 Midnapore CPI Prabodh Panda BJP Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha INC Narayan Chandra Paria
33 Jhargram (ST) CPI(M) Rupchand Murmu AITC Nityananda Hembram JMM Mongal Soren
34 Purulia AIFB Bir Singh Mahato AITC Niyati Mahato INC Santiram Mahato
35 Bankura CPI(M) Basudeb Acharia AITC Deb Prasad Kundu (Tara) PDS Natabar Bagdi
36 Vishnupur (SC) CPI(M) Susmita Bauri AITC Janardan Saha INC Achintya Majhi
37 Durgapur (SC) CPI(M) Sunil Khan BJP Shib Narayan Saha INC Dhibar Shova
38 Asansol CPI(M) Bikash Chowdhury AITC Moloy Ghatak INC Tapas Banerjee
39 Burdwan CPI(M) Nikhilananda Sar BJP Anindya Gopal Mitra INC Champak Garai
40 Katwa CPI(M) Mahboob Zahedi AITC Ahmed Sultan PDS Saifuddin Choudhury
41 Bolpur CPI(M) Somnath Chatterjee AITC Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji INC Dhananjoy Ghosh
42 Birbhum (SC) CPI(M) Ram Chandra Dome BJP Arjun Saha INC Gopal Chandra Das

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
LF CPI(M) 1,42,71,042 38.57 3.00 32 26 5
RSP 16,58,787 4.48 0.23 4 3
CPI 14,84,152 4.01 0.54 3 3
AIFB 13,52,423 3.66 0.21 3 3 1
Total 1,87,66,404 50.72 3.98 42 35 6
NDA AITC 77,86,178 21.04 5.00 29 1 7
BJP 29,83,950 8.06 3.07 13 0 2
Total 1,07,70,128 29.10 8.07 42 1 9
UPA INC 53,85,754 14.56 1.27 37 6 3
PDS 81,999 0.22 2 0
JMM 56,429 0.15 0.09 1 + 1 0
IND 1,72,750 0.47 2 0
Total 56,96,932 15.40 42 + 1 6
Others 7,33,549 2.00 84 0
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
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Cooch Behar (SC) Hiten Barman AIFB 490,982 51.54 Girindra Nath Barman AITC 264,413 27.76 226,569 23.79
2 Alipurduars (ST) Joachim Baxla RSP 384,252 45.70 Manoj Tigga BJP 239,128 28.44 145,124 17.26
3 Jalpaiguri Minati Sen CPI(M) 424,163 47.65 Parash Dutta AITC 243,558 27.36 180,605 20.29
4 Darjeeling Dawa Narbula INC 396,973 44.70 Moni Thapa CPI(M) 295,557 33.28 101,416 11.42
5 Raiganj Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi INC 421,904 45.98 Minati Ghosh CPI(M) 382,757 41.71 39,147 4.27
6 Balurghat (SC) Ranen Barman RSP 415,298 44.87 Manomohan Ray BJP 344,152 37.18 71,146 7.69
7 Malda A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury INC 412,913 48.63 Pranab Das CPI(M) 301,805 35.54 111,108 13.09
8 Jangipur Pranab Mukherjee INC 431,647 48.88 Abul Hasnat Khan CPI(M) 394,787 44.70 36,860 4.17
9 Murshidabad Abdul Mannan Hossain INC 461,895 45.86 Moinul Hassan Ahamed CPI(M) 446,415 44.32 15,480 1.54
10 Berhampore Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury INC 508,095 51.24 Promothes Mukherjee RSP 409,194 41.27 98,901 9.97
11 Krishnagar Jyotirmoyee Sikdar CPI(M) 397,561 42.73 Satyabrata Mookherjee BJP 377,174 40.54 20,387 2.19
12 Nabadwip (SC) Alokesh Das CPI(M) 560,176 47.56 Nilima Nag (Mallick) AITC 550,185 46.71 9,991 0.85
13 Barasat Subrata Bose AIFB 520,384 45.13 Ranjit Kumar Panja AITC 508,224 44.07 12,160 1.05
14 Basirhat Ajay Chakraborty CPI 462,605 50.97 Sujit Bose AITC 280,521 30.91 182,084 20.06
15 Joynagar (SC) Sanat Kumar Mandal RSP 450,043 55.81 Asit Baran Thakur BJP 219,522 27.22 230,521 28.59
16 Mathurapur (SC) Basudeb Barman CPI(M) 440,862 48.56 Radhika Ranjan Pramanik AITC 358,834 39.53 82,028 9.04
17 Diamond Harbour Samik Lahiri CPI(M) 430,890 51.51 Saugata Roy AITC 277,106 33.13 153,784 18.38
18 Jadavpur Sujan Chakraborty CPI(M) 505,396 49.44 Krishna Bose AITC 415,728 40.67 89,668 8.77
19 Barrackpore Tarit Baran Topdar CPI(M) 443,048 55.77 Arjun Singh AITC 277,977 34.99 165,071 20.78
20 Dum Dum Amitava Nandy CPI(M) 619,325 49.61 Tapan Sikdar BJP 521,073 41.74 98,252 7.87
21 Calcutta North West Sudhangshu Seal CPI(M) 151,772 42.15 Subrata Mukherjee AITC 108,768 30.20 43,004 11.94
22 Calcutta North East Md. Salim CPI(M) 284,427 50.00 Ajit Kumar Panja AITC 210,647 37.03 73,780 12.97
23 Calcutta South Mamata Banerjee AITC 393,561 50.93 Rabin Deb CPI(M) 295,132 38.19 98,429 12.74
24 Howrah Swadesh Chakrabortty CPI(M) 489,444 53.69 Dr. Bikram Sarkar AITC 242,507 26.60 246,937 27.09
25 Uluberia Hannan Mollah CPI(M) 424,749 49.88 Rajib Banerjee AITC 272,634 32.02 152,115 17.86
26 Serampore Santasri Chatterjee CPI(M) 404,082 42.70 Akbar Ali Khandoker AITC 384,395 40.62 19,687 2.08
27 Hooghly Rupchand Pal CPI(M) 496,890 53.72 Indrani Mukherjee AITC 329,924 35.67 166,966 18.05
28 Arambagh Anil Basu CPI(M) 744,464 77.16 Swapan Kumar Nandi BJP 151,962 15.75 592,502 61.41
29 Panskura Gurudas Dasgupta CPI 541,513 61.92 Hema Choubey AITC 262,035 29.96 279,478 31.96
30 Tamluk Seth Lakshman Chandra CPI(M) 507,228 48.99 Adhikari Suvendu AITC 449,848 43.45 57,380 5.54
31 Contai Prasanta Pradhan CPI(M) 464,743 50.15 Nitish Sengupta AITC 405,553 43.76 59,190 6.39
32 Midnapore Prabodh Panda CPI 480,034 52.84 Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha BJP 319,274 35.14 160,760 17.70
33 Jhargram (ST) Rupchand Murmu CPI(M) 509,045 64.01 Nityananda Hembram AITC 157,702 19.83 351,343 44.18
34 Purulia Bir Singh Mahato AIFB 341,057 48.99 Shantiram Mahato INC 195,339 28.06 145,718 20.93
35 Bankura Acharia Basudeb CPI(M) 417,798 60.07 Deb Prasad Kundu (Tara) AITC 187,469 26.96 230,329 33.12
36 Vishnupur (SC) Susmita Bauri CPI(M) 518,507 64.28 Janardan Saha AITC 186,678 23.14 331,829 41.14
37 Durgapur (SC) Sunil Khan CPI(M) 505,250 59.61 Shib Narayan Saha BJP 227,742 26.87 277,508 32.74
38 Asansol Bikash Chowdhury CPI(M) 369,832 51.00 Ghatak Moloy AITC 245,514 33.85 124,318 17.14
39 Burdwan Nikhilananda Sar CPI(M) 673,091 67.51 Anindya Gopal Mitra BJP 201,740 20.23 471,351 47.28
40 Katwa Mahboob Zahedi CPI(M) 494,716 51.20 Ahmed Sultan AITC 351,367 36.36 143,349 14.84
41 Bolpur Chatterjee Somnath CPI(M) 504,836 65.56 Dr. Nirmal Kumar Maji AITC 194,531 25.26 310,305 40.30
42 Birbhum (SC) Ram Chandra Dome CPI(M) 372,294 51.42 Gopal Chandra Das INC 180,682 24.95 191,612 26.46

Bye-Elections Held

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
38 Asansol 5 September 2005 Bansa Gopal Chowdhury CPI(M) 410,740 61.33 Moloy Ghatak AITC 180,799 27.00 229,941
The Asansol Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Bikash Chowdhury.
40 Katwa 16 September 2006 Abu Ayesh Mondal CPI(M) 541,496 60.32 Susanta Ghosh AITC 356,162 39.68 185,334
The Katwa Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Mahboob Zahedi.
34 Purulia October 2006 Narahari Mahato AIFB 378,501 53.03 Shantiram Mahato INC 291,468 40.84 87,033
The Purulia Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MP, Birsingh Mahato.
7 Malda October 2006 Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury INC 437,161 50.67 Sailen Sarkar CPI(M) 353,770 41.00 83,391
The Malda Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP.

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2006 election)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 168 176
Indian National Congress 35 21
Trinamool Congress 28 30
Revolutionary Socialist Party 20 20
Communist Party of India 20 8
All India Forward Bloc 15 23
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 0
Others 1 16
Total 294

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Pranab Mukherjee Jangipur Cabinet Minister Ministry of Defence 23 May
2004 		24 Oct
2006 		INC
Ministry of External Affairs 24 Oct
2006 		22 May
2009
Ministry of Finance
(Additional Charge) 		24 Jan
2009 		22 May
2009
2 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Raiganj Cabinet Minister Ministry of Water Resources 23 May
2004 		18 Nov
2005
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 1 Nov
2005 		6 Apr
2008
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 18 Nov
2005 		11 Nov
2008
Minister without portfolio 11 Nov
2008 		22 May
2009

See also

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