Elections

In the recent assembly elections, the Party won the Dahanu Seat in Maharashtra. It lost the other two sitting seats in the state.

The CPI(M) has increased the popular votes polled in the elections to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of parliament) since its formation in 1964. In the last few elections, contesting on an average 15 percent of the total seats, the CPI(M) has been getting around 5-6 percent of the votes.

In the 2009 elections the CPI(M) won 16 seats down from 44 it won in 2004.

In the (Rajya Sabha) Upper House the CPI(M) has 15 members. Vacancies to the Rajya Sabha are filled every six years. The members of the elected assemblies in the states constitute the electoral college for election to the Rajya Sabha.

Manifestos

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections -- Joint Left Manifesto

Election Reviews

• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections
• 2001 Assembly Elections Review
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections
• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections

14th Lok Sabha Elections: 2004 Campaign & Related Material

In the wake of the conduct of the 2001 elections to the West Bengal assembly the CPI(M) initiated a discussion on the possibilities of reforming the  Election Commission. Given Below is the link to the note the CPI(M) brought out on that occassion

Election Commission  -- A Case for Reform

State Assemblies

The CPI(M) has emerged as the single largest political party in the states of West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. It is leading the state governments in these states. In West Bengal it has been in office for more than thirtyone years winning elections for seven consecutive terms from 1977 onwards. In Tripura, it won for the third successive time in 2008.

Though the electoral presence of the CPI(M) is uneven, it has representations in ten state assemblies.

Present Strength in State Assemblies (2009)