2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

The 2014 Indian general election in West Bengal was held for 42 seats in the Lok Sabha.

Parties and alliances

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Others

List of major parties' candidates in West Bengal for 2014

Results

Results by alliance or party

Results by constituency

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from West Bengal

Party wise lead

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

Postal Ballot wise lead of Parties

References