The left Front won their most number of seats in Indian general elections in the 14th Lok Sabha elections.
In the 2004 Lok Sabha election, CPI(M) contested 32 seats, RSP 4 seats, CPI 3 seats and AIFB 3 seats. CPI(M) won 26 seats, CPI 3 seats, AIFB 3 seats and RSP 3 seats. The Left Front vote in West Bengal reached 18,766,404 votes (50.7% of the votes cast in the state). The Left Front (Bengali :  ; baam front) is an alliance of political parties in the Indian state of West Bengal. The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004  18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April  10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (20042009). 
