In the 9 March 2013 issue of People's Democracy, the central organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), lists of candidates of the Left Fronts of West Bengal and Tripura for the 2014 Indian general election were announced. In Tripura both Left Front nominees were CPI(M) leaders. In West Bengal, 32 out of the 42 Left Front candidates came from CPI(M). The newspaper also issued a 'first list' of 25 candidates of the party in other states. The list was finalised at a meeting of the Central Committee of the party in Delhi. The meeting also tasked the Politburo of the party to finalise the election manifesto of the party, to be released at a later date.