2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

2014 Indian general election in West Bengal

17 April, 24 April, 30 April, 7 May, 12 May

All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout82.2% ( 0.8 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mamata Bannerjee Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Party AITC INC
Alliance UPA
Leader's seat Did not contest Baharampur
Last election 31.2%, 19 seats 13.5%, 6 seats
Seats won 34 4
Seat change 15 2
Popular vote 20,313,280 4,946,581
Percentage 39.8% 9.7%
Swing 8.1 pp 10.1 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Surjya Kanta Mishra S. S. Ahluwalia
Party CPI(M) BJP
Alliance LF NDA
Leader's seat Did not contest Darjeeling
Last election 33.1%, 15 seats 6.1%, 1 seat
Seats won 2 2
Seat change 13 1
Popular vote 11,720,997 8,691,765
Percentage 23% 17%
Swing 3.9 pp 10.9 pp

Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in West Bengal


Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

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