CPI(M) is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the national parties of India. They are a member of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance.
Campaigning
editAndhra Pradesh
editOn 14 April 2023, CPI(M) along with CPI started a campaign named Pracha Bheri against the Central government's policies.[1]
Bihar
editThe CPI(M) Bihar state committee organised a massive state-wide campaign at Gandhi Maidan in Patna as part of nationwide campaign during 14 September to 22 September 2022 against the incumbent central government.[2] CPIM took part in an “oust-Modi campaign” starting from Purnia on 25 February 2023 as a part of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar.[3]
Kerala
editThe Kerala unit of CPI(M) started 21 day-long campaign from 1 January 2023.[4] On 13 January 2023, CPIM Kerala unit announced state-wide march led by Polit Bureau member and state secretary M. V. Govindan against the central government.[5] The Kerala CPIM has also announced a series of agitations against the NDA government at the centre starting from 20 January 2023.[6] CPIM has planned to launch a state-wide campaign in March to highlight the centre's neglect of Kerala and its trespasses on federalism and secularism.[7] On 20 February 2023, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated statewide Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha (People's Resistance Yatra) led by M. V. Govindan to expose the attacks on federalism and threats posed by the RSS-backed BJP government to the constitutional values of the nation.[8] The rally, that covered 140 constituencies, concluded with a public meeting on 18 March 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram which was inaugurated by Sitaram Yechury.[9]
The LDF government in Kerala will celebrate its second year of administration by launching a Lok Sabha election campaign across the state. People's rally will be organised in all constituencies from 25 April to 20 May 2023.[10]
Telangana
editCPI(M) Telangana State committee will organise state-wide march named Jana Chaitanya Yatra starting from 17 March 2023 in order to protest against the pro-corporate and anti-people policies of the BJP led union government. CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at Warangal, Polit Bureau member B.V. Raghavulu at Adilabad and another Polit Bureau member A. Vijayaraghavan at Nizamabad flagged off the rallies.[11]
West Bengal
editCPI(M) West Bengal State committee has launched mass concact programmes and conducted an extended meeting of state committee members and has resolved to take their "peoples connect" initiative to grassroots levels throughout the state.
Seats and Alliances
edit| Sl. No. | State | No. of contesting seats | Alliance | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | A&N Islands | 01 | LF | TBD |
| 02 | Andhra Pradesh | 01 | LF | |
| 03 | Assam | 01 | LF | |
| 04 | Bihar | 01 | INDIA | |
| 05 | Jharkhand | 01 | LF | |
| 06 | Karnataka | 01 | LF | |
| 07 | Kerala | 15 | LF | |
| 08 | Odisha | 01 | LF | |
| 09 | Punjab | 01 | LF | |
| 10 | Rajasthan | 01 | INDIA | |
| 11 | Tamil Nadu | 02 | INDIA | |
| 12 | Telangana | 01 | LF | |
| 13 | Tripura | 01 | INDIA | |
| 14 | West Bengal | 23 | LF + INC | |
| Total | 52 | |||
Candidates
editAndaman & Nicobar Islands
edit| No. | Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A&N Islands | None | D Ayyappan | TBD |
Andhra Pradesh
edit| No. | Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Araku | ST | Appala Narsa | TBD |
Assam
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Barpeta | None | Manoranjan Talukdar | TBD |
Bihar
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Khagaria | None | Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha | TBD |
Jharkhand
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajmahal | ST | Gopen Soren | TBD |
Karnataka
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Chikkaballapur | None | M P Munivenkatappa | TBD |
Kerala
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasaragod | None | M. V. Balakrishnan | TBD |
| 2 | Kannur | None | M. V. Jayarajan | TBD |
| 3 | Vatakara | None | K. K. Shailaja | TBD |
| 4 | Kozhikode | None | Elamaram Kareem | TBD |
| 5 | Malappuram | None | V Vaseef | TBD |
| 6 | Ponnani | None | K.S. Hamza | TBD |
| 7 | Palakkad | None | A. Vijayaraghavan | TBD |
| 8 | Alathur | SC | K. Radhakrishnan | TBD |
| 9 | Chalakudy | None | C. Raveendranath | TBD |
| 10 | Ernakulam | None | K. J. Shine | TBD |
| 11 | Idukki | None | Joice George | TBD |
| 12 | Alappuzha | None | A. M. Ariff | TBD |
| 13 | Pathanamthitta | None | Thomas Issac | TBD |
| 14 | Kollam | None | M. Mukesh | TBD |
| 15 | Attingal | None | V. Joy | TBD |
Maharastra
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Hingoli | SC | Vijay Gabhane | TBD |
Punjab
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Jalandhar | SC | Purushottam Lal Bilga | TBD |
Rajasthan
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sikar | None | Amra Ram | TBD |
Tamil Nadu
editIn Tamil Nadu, CPIM is part of INDIA headed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
| # | Constituency | Poll On | Candidate | Party | Result | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coimbatore | 19 April 2024 | CPI(M) | ||||
| 2 | Madurai | CPI(M) | |||||
Telangana
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Bhuvanagiri | None | Jahangir | Lost |
Tripura
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | East Tripura | ST | Rajendra Reang | TBD |
West Bengal
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jalpaiguri | SC | Debraj Burman | TBD |
| 11 | Murshidabad | None | S M Sadi | TBD |
| 12 | Krishnanagar | None | S M Saadi | TBD |
| 13 | Ranaghat | SC | Alokesh Das | TBD |
| 16 | Dum Dum | None | Sujan Chakrabarty | TBD |
| 22 | Jadavpur | None | Srijan Bhattacharyya | TBD |
| 23 | Kolkata Dakshin | None | Saira Shah Halim | TBD |
| 25 | Howrah | None | Sabyasachi Chatterjee | TBD |
| 27 | Serampore | None | Dipsita Dhar | TBD |
| 28 | Hooghly | None | Manadip Ghosh | TBD |
| 30 | Tamluk | None | Sayan Banerjee | TBD |
| 36 | Bankura | None | Nilanjan Dasgupta | TBD |
| 37 | Bishnupur | SC | Shital Kebarta | TBD |
| 38 | Bardhaman Purba | SC | TBD | |
| 39 | Bardhaman-Durgapur | None | TBD | |
| 40 | Asansol | None | Jahanara Khan | TBD |
| 41 | Bolpur | SC | Shyamali Pradhan | TBD |
Odisha
edit| Constituency No. |
Constituency | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None) |
Candidate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bhubaneswar | SC | Suresh Chandra Panigrahi | TBD |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Vijayawada: CPI, CPM launch Prachara Bheri against Central govt". 2023-04-15.
- ^ "All left, secular forces in India will come together against PM Modi in 2024 polls: Sitaram Yechury at Patna rally". Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ "Bihar's grand alliance to launch Mission 2024 on February 25". MSN.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "Target 10, Kerala CPI(M) to hit the road for 2024 LS polls from Jan 1". newkerala.com. December 22, 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ^ "Kerala's ruling CPI-M announces state-wide yatra against Centre". CanIndia. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ^ "CPI(M) announces mass campaign in Kerala against Central policies". 2022-12-22.
- ^ "Kerala CM Pinarayi sets the tone for LDF'S 2024 Lok Sabha campaign". Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ "CPI(M)'s Kerala Yatra to 'Expose Threats' of BJP Regime". Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "Peoples Resistance Rally", The official Twitter handle of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), retrieved 2023-03-18
- ^ "LDF govt to launch LS poll campaign on 2nd anniversary; 5,000 people to participate in statewide rallies". onmanorama. April 5, 2023.
- ^ "Telangana: CPI(M)'s Jana Chaitanya Yatra to start on March 17". Retrieved 2023-03-04.