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. The 15 candidates of the party in Kerala, where it forms part of the Left Democratic Front, were decided at a CPI(M) state committee meeting held on 12 March 2014. On 19 March 2014 the party released its third list of candidates, with names of candidates in Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Rajasthan. On 3 April 2014 the party published its fourth list of candidates, with names of candidates in Bihar, Punjab and Maharashtra. On 12 April 2014 three candidates in Andhra Pradesh were named. By this point the party had declared 97 candidates nationwide. States Andhra Pradesh No candidates from Andhra Pradesh were listed in the 'first list' of candidates released by the CPI(M) Central Committee. In the state CPI(M) and the Communist Party of India could not reach an agreement on seat-sharing. Whilst CPI supported the creation of a separate Telangana state, CPI(M) had opposed the demand. On 10 March 2014 the CPI(M) Telangana State Committee secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram stated at a press meet in Khammam that the party would contest the Khammam, Mahabubabad, Nalgonda and Bhongir Lok Sabha seats. However, he reiterated that the names of candidates in Telangana would be defined only after alliances with other non-BJP/non-Congress parties had been settled. On 26 March 2014 CPI(M) made public three names of candidates contesting Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. A 6 April 2014 article in People's Democracy mentioned the three Telangana seats, as well as naming Midiam Baburao as the candidate in Araku. By this point no alliances with other parties had been reached. A 12 April 2014 article released by the Press Trust of India named two candidates in Telangana as well as Midiam Baburao