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 6 percent of the votes.

 In the 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha the CPI(M) won  44 seats, (click for list)  adding 11 more to its earlier tally of 33 in the 1999 elections. The Lower House of Parliament has a strength of 543. In the position of parties, the CPI(M) is the third  group in the Parliament.

 In the (Rajya Sabha) Upper House the CPI(M) has 14 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.
 

Click here for manifesto of 2004 elections

Click here for the Election Manifesto for the 1999 Elections

Click here for the Left Parties Joint Manifesto for the 1998 elections

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 twenty nine years winning elections for seven consecutive terms from 1977 onwards. In Tripura, it won for the third successive time in 2003.

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

Present Strength in State Assemblies(2004)

  (*includes one CPI(M) supported independent)