List of Left Front candidates in the 2024 Indian general election

For the 2024 Indian general election, the candidates for the Lok Sabha (lower house of the India parliament) of the Left Front are as follows:

Seat sharing summary

Parties States/UTs Alliance Seats contested Won +/-
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) West Bengal SDA 23[1] 52 0 4 Steady
Kerala LDF 15[2] 1 Steady
Tamil Nadu SPA 2[3] 2 Steady
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 1 0 Steady
Andhra Pradesh INDIA 1 0 Steady
Assam - 1[4] 0 Steady
Bihar INDIA 1 0 Steady
Jharkhand - 1 0 Steady
Karnataka - 1 0 Steady
Odisha INDIA 1 0 Steady
Punjab - 1 0 Steady
Rajasthan INDIA 1[5] 1 Increase1
Telangana - 1 0 Steady
Tripura INDIA 1 0 Steady
Communist Party of India CPI Jharkhand - 4 30 0 2 Steady
Uttar Pradesh - 6 0 Steady
Kerala LDF 4[2] 0 Steady
Andhra Pradesh INDIA 1 0 Steady
Assam 1 0 Steady
Tamil Nadu SPA 2[3] 2 Steady
West Bengal SDA 2 0 Steady
Bihar INDIA 1 0 Steady
Chattisgarh - 1 0 Steady
Punjab - 3 0 Steady
Odisha INDIA 1 0 Steady
Maharashtra - 1 0 Steady
Communist Party of India (ML)L CPI(ML)L Bihar INDIA 3 4 2 2 Increase2
Jharkhand INDIA 1 0 Steady
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP West Bengal SDA 3[1] 4 0 1 Steady
Kerala UDF 1 1 Steady
All India Forward Bloc AIFB West Bengal SDA 3 4 0 0 Steady
Madhya Pradesh INDIA 1 0 Steady
Total 89 9 Increase3

Total seats contesting

# Party Seats contesting Seats won
1 CPI(M) 51+ 04
2 CPI 30 02
3 CPI(ML)L (in some states) 04 02
Total 89 08

Statewise candidate list

Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1 out of 1)

# Constituency Poll on Candidate Party Result
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 19 April 2024 D. Ayappan CPI(M) Lost

Source : [1]

Andhra Pradesh (TBD out of 25)

# Constituency Poll on Candidate Party Result
1 Araku 13 May 2024 Appala Narsa CPI(M) Lost
13 Guntur Jangala Ajay Kumar CPI Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter [2]

Assam (02 out of 14)

# Constituency Poll on Candidate Party Result
3 Barpeta 7 May 2024 Manoranjan Talukdar CPI(M) Lost
12 Lakhimpur 19 April 2024 Deben Kachari CPI Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter

Bihar (5 out of 40)

# Constituency Poll on Candidate Party Alliance Result
24 Begusarai 13 May 2024 Awadhesh Rai CPI I.N.D.I.A. Lost
25 Khagaria 7 May 2024 Sanjay Kushwaha CPI(M) Lost
28 Nalanda 1 June 2024 Sandeep Saurav CPI(ML)L Lost
32 Arrah Sudama Prasad CPI(ML)L Won
35 Karakat Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha CPI(ML)L Won

Source : CPI on Twitter CPI(M) on Twitter CPI(ML) on Twitter

Chhattisgarh (1 out of 11)

# Constituency Poll on Candidate Party Result
10 Bastar (ST) 19 April 2024 Phool Singh Kachlam CPI Lost

Source: [3]

Jharkhand (TBD out of 14)

# Constituency Poll on Candidate Party Result
1 Rajmahal (ST) 1 June 2024 Gopen Soren CPI(M) Lost
2 Dumka (ST) Rajesh Kumar CPI Lost
3 Godda Ram Chandra Hembrom CPI Lost
4 Chatra 20 May 2024 Arjun Kumar CPI Lost
5 Kodarma Vinod Kumar Singh CPI(ML)L Lost
8 Ranchi 25 May 2024 Rani Kumari CPI Lost
12 Lohardaga (ST) 13 May 2024 Mahendra Urav CPI Lost
13 Palamau (SC) Abhay Bhuiyan CPI Lost
14 Hazaribagh 20 May 2024 Aniruddh Kumar CPI Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter CPI(ML) on Twitter [4]

Karnataka (1 out of 28)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
27 Chikballapur 26 April 2024 M P Munivenkatappa CPI(M) Left Front Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter

Kerala (20 out of 20)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
1 Kasaragod 26 April 2024 M. V. Balakrishnan CPI(M) Left Democratic Front Lost
2 Kannur M. V. Jayarajan CPI(M) Lost
3 Vatakara K. K. Shailaja CPI(M) Lost
4 Wayanad Annie Raja CPI Lost
5 Kozhikode Elamaram Kareem CPI(M) Lost
6 Malappuram V. Vaseef CPI(M) Lost
7 Ponnani K. S. Hamza CPI(M) Lost
8 Palakkad A. Vijayaraghavan CPI(M) Lost
9 Alathur (SC) K. Radhakrishnan CPI(M) Won
10 Thrissur V. S. Sunil Kumar CPI Lost
11 Chalakudy C. Raveendranath CPI(M) Lost
12 Ernakulam K. J. Shine CPI(M) Lost
13 Idukki Joice George CPI(M) Lost
14 Kottayam Thomas Chazhikadan KC(M) Lost
15 Alappuzha A. M. Ariff CPI(M) Lost
16 Mavelikara (SC) C. A. Arun Kumar CPI Lost
17 Pathanamthitta Thomas Issac CPI(M) Lost
18 Kollam Mukesh Madhavan CPI(M) Lost
19 Attingal V. Joy CPI(M) Lost
20 Thiruvananthapuram Pannyan Raveendran CPI Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter and CPI on Twitter [5] [6] [7]

Maharashtra (TBD out of 48)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Result
15 Hingoli 26 April 2024 Vijay Ramji Gabhane CPI(M)
17 Parbhani Rajan Kshirsagar CPI
38 Shirdi (SC) 13 May 2024 TBD CPI

Source: CPI on Twitter [8]

Odisha (2 out of 21)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
16 Jagatsinghpur (SC) 1 June 2024 TBD CPI I.N.D.I.A.
18 Bhubaneswar 25 May 2024 TBD CPI(M)

Source: [9]

Punjab (2 out of 13)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
4 Jalandhar (SC) 1 June 2024 Purshottam Lal Bilga CPI(M) Left Front
11 Bathinda TBD CPI

Source: [10] [11]

Rajasthan (1 out of 25)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
5 Sikar 19 April 2024 Amra Ram CPI(M) I.N.D.I.A. Won

Source: [12]

Tamil Nadu (4 out of 39)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
18 Tiruppur 19 April 2024 K. Subbarayan CPI I.N.D.I.A. Won
22 Dindigul R. Sachithanantham CPI(M) Won
29 Nagapattinam V Selvaraj CPI Won
32 Madurai S. Venkatesan CPI(M) Won

Source: [13] [14] [15]

Telangana (2 out of 17)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Result
14 Bhongir 13 May 2024 Md Jahangir CPI(M) Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter [16]

Tripura (1 out of 2)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
1 Tripura East (ST) 26 April 2024 Rajendra Reang CPI(M) I.N.D.I.A. Lost

Source: CPI(M) on Twitter

West Bengal (31 out of 42)

# Constituency Polling date Candidate Party Alliance Result
1 Cooch Behar (SC) 19 April 2024 Nitish Chandra Roy AIFB Secular Democratic Alliance Lost
2 Alipurduars (ST) Mili Oraon RSP Lost
3 Jalpaiguri (SC) Debraj Burman CPI(M) Lost
6 Balurghat 26 April 2024 Jaydeb Siddhanta RSP Lost
11 Murshidabad 7 May 2024 Mohammad Salim CPI(M) Lost
12 Krishnanagar 13 May 2024 S. M. Saadi CPI(M) Lost
13 Ranaghat (SC) Alakesh Das CPI(M) Lost
15 Barrackpur 20 May 2024 Debdut Ghosh CPI(M) Lost
16 Dum Dum 1 June 2024 Sujan Chakraborty CPI(M) Lost
17 Barasat Sanjib Chatterjee AIFB Lost
18 Basirhat Nirapada Sardar CPI(M) Lost
19 Jaynagar (SC) Samarendra Nath Mandal RSP Lost
20 Mathurapur (SC) Sarat Chandra Haldar CPI(M) Lost
21 Diamond Harbour Pratikur Rahaman CPI(M) Lost
22 Jadavpur Srijan Bhattacharyya CPI(M) Lost
23 Kolkata Dakshin Saira Shah Halim CPI(M) Lost
25 Howrah 20 May 2024 Sabyasachi Chatterjee CPI(M) Lost
27 Sreerampur Dipsita Dhar CPI(M) Lost
28 Hooghly Monodip Ghosh CPI(M) Lost
29 Arambagh (SC) Biplab Kumar Moitra CPI(M) Lost
30 Tamluk 25 May 2024 Sayan Banerjee CPI(M) Lost
32 Ghatal Tapan Ganguly CPI Lost
33 Jhargram (ST) Sonamoni Murmu (Tudu) CPI(M) Lost
34 Medinipur Biplab Bhatta CPI Lost
36 Bankura Nilanjan Dasgupta CPI(M) Lost
37 Bishnupur (SC) Shital Kaibartya CPI(M) Lost
38 Bardhaman Purba (SC) 13 May 2024 Nirav Khan CPI(M) Lost
39 Bardhaman-Durgapur Dr. Sukriti Ghosal CPI(M) Lost
40 Asansol Jahanara Khan CPI(M) Lost
41 Bolpur (SC) Shyamali Pradhan CPI(M) Lost

Source: First list, Second list, Third list and Fourth List

See also

List of Left Democratic Front candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
List of West Bengal Left Front candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
List of Left Front candidates in the 2019 Indian general election
List of Left Front candidates in the 2024 Indian general election

References

  1. ^ a b Singh, Shiv Sahay (14 March 2024). "Left Front releases list of 16 candidates from West Bengal; says there is still scope for tie-up with Congress". The Hindu.
  2. ^ a b Staff, T. N. M. (27 February 2024). "LDF finalises candidates for Lok Sabha elections: Full list". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Bureau, The Hindu (29 February 2024). "Lok Sabha elections | DMK allots two seats to CPI, two to CPI (M) in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Setback for opposition block in Assam; CPI(M) names candidate for seat having Congress nominee". The Economic Times. 13 March 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  5. ^ "CPM's Amra Ram to contest from Sikar for INDIA". Times of India. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.