# 2004 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. 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. 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.

## Schedule

The election schedule was declared by Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.
| 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 | 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 |

## Results
### Results by alliance

| 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 |

### Results by party

| Party | 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 | Total | 36,870,922 | 100.00 | 42 |

### Results by constituency

| No. | Constituency | Name of elected M.P. | Party |
| 1 | Cooch Behar | Hiten Barman | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2 | Alipurduars | Joachim Baxla | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 3 | Jalpaiguri | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 4 | Darjeeling | Dawa Narbula | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Raiganj | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Balurghat | Ranen Barman | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 7 | Malda | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 8 | Jangipur | Pranab Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Murshidabad | Abdul Mannan Hossain | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Berhampur | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 11 | Krishnanagar | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 12 | Nabadwip | Alakesh Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 13 | Barasat | Subrata Bose | All India Forward Bloc |
| 14 | Basirhat | Ajay Chakraborty | Communist Party of India |
| 15 | Joynagar | Sanat Kumar Mandal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 16 | Mathurapur | Basudeb Barman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 17 | Diamond Harbour | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 18 | Jadavpur | Sujan Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 19 | Barrackpore | Tarit Baran Topdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 20 | Dumdum | Amitava Nandy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 21 | Calcutta North West | Sudhangshu Seal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 22 | Calcutta North East | Md. Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 23 | Calcutta South | Mamata Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 24 | Howrah | Swadesh Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 25 | Uluberia | Hannan Mollah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 26 | Serampore | Santasri Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 27 | Hooghly | Rupchand Pal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 28 | Arambagh | Anil Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 29 | Panskura | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India |
| 30 | Tamluk | Seth Lakshman Chandra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 31 | Contai | Prasanta Pradhan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 32 | Midnapore | Prabodh Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 33 | Jhargram | Rupchand Murmu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 34 | Purulia | Bir Singh Mahato | All India Forward Bloc |
| 35 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 36 | Vishnupur | Susmita Bauri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 37 | Durgapur | Sunil Khan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 38 | Asansol | Bikash Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 39 | Burdwan | Nikhilananda Sar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 40 | Katwa | Mahboob Zahedi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 41 | Bolpur | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 42 | Birbhum | Ram Chandra Dome | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
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