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1952
1957
1962
1967
1971
1977
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019
Electorate (lakhs)
1732.1
1936.5
2163.6
2505.9
2740.9
3211.7
3562.0
3795.4
4989.1
4983.6
5925.7
6058.9
6195.5
6714.9
7169.8
8340.8
9105.1
Valid Votes (lakhs)
1059.5
1205.1
1151.7
1458.7
1466.0
1889.2
1978.2
2351.8
3007.8
2752.1
3348.7
3683.8
3644.4
3897.8
4171.6
5538.0
6131.5
Invalid Votes (lakhs)
n.a.
n.a.
47.5
68.8
49.3
53.5
49.3
60.6
82.7
74.9
84.3
70.8
72.3
1.7
-
-
-
Turnout (%)
44.9
45.4
54.8
61.4
55.3
60.5
56.9
63.6
62.0
56.7
57.9
62.0
60.0
58.1
58.2
66.4
67.4
Total Seats
489(86,1)
494(91)
494
520
518
542
542
542
543
543
543
543
543
543
543
543
543
Contested
479
482
491
515
517
540
528
514
528
521
543
543
543
543
543
543
542
Uncontested
10
12
3
5
1
2
1
1
1
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Number of candidates
1874
1519
1985
2369
2784
2439
4629
5313
6158
8699
13952
4750
4648
5435
8070
8250
8026
Indian National Congress (Cong),
364(479)
371(490)
361(488)
283(516)
352(441)
154(492)
353(492)
405(492)
197(510)
232(487)
140(529)
141(477)
114(453)
145(417)
206(440)
44(264)
52(421)
(INCI) in 1980
45.0%
47.8%
44.7%
40.8%
43.7%
34.5%
42.7%
49.1%
39.5%
36.3%
28.8%
25.8%
28.3%
26.5%
28.6%
19.3%
19.5%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
3(94)
4(130)
14(196)
35(249)
22(157)
295(405)
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2(224)
85(225)
120(468)
161(471)
182(388)
182(339)
138(364)
116(433)
282(428)
303(436)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971
3.1%
6.0%
6.4%
9.3%
7.4%
41.3%
7.7%
11.4%
20.1%
20.3%
25.6%
23.8%
22.2%
18.8%
31.0%
37.40%
Communist Party of India (CPI)
16(49)
27(110)
29(137)
23(109)
23(87)
7(91)
10(47)
6(61)
12(50)
14(42)
12(43)
9(58)
4(54)
10(34)
4(56)
1(67)
2(49)
3.3%
8.9%
9.9%
5.1%
4.7%
2.8%
2.5%
2.7%
2.6%
2.5%
2.0%
1.7%
1.5%
1.4%
1.4%
0.8%
0.60%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)
---
---
---
19(59)
25(85)
22(53)
37(64)
22(59)
33(64)
35(60)
32(75)
32(71)
33(72)
43(69)
16(82)
9(93)
3(69)
4.3%
5.1%
4.3%
6.2%
5.9%
6.5%
6.2%
6.1%
5.2%
5.4%
5.7%
5.3%
3.3%
1.80%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
8(132)
9(32)
9(68)
6(36)
5(34)
2.3%
1.8%
2.0%
1.6%
1.40%
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
9(145)
19(189)
12(168)
13(109)
2(63)
---
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---
---
20(20)
3(20)
0(28)
---
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---
---
(TAMC) 96-99, (PSP) 57-71, (KMPP) 1952
5.8%
10.4%
6.8%
3.1%
1.0%
2.2%
1.4%
0.6%
Aam Admi Party (AAP)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
4(432)
1(35)
2.1%
0.40%
Janata Dal United (JDU),
---
---
18(173)
44(178)
8(59)
---
---
---
143(244)
59(308)
46(196)
6(191)
21(60)
8(73)
20(55)
2(93)
16(25)
(JD) 89-98, (SWA) till 1971
7.9%
8.7%
3.1%
17.8%
11.8%
8.1%
3.2%
3.1%
2.4%
1.5%
1.1%
1.50%
Shiv Sena (SS),
---
---
---
---
16(238)
3(19)
41(293)
---
1(3)
4(22)
15(132)
6(79)
15(63)
12(56)
11(47)
18(58)
18(98)
(JPS) 1980, (INCO) till 1977
10.4%
1.7%
9.4%
0.1%
0.8%
1.5%
1.8%
1.6%
1.8%
1.6%
1.9%
2.1%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD),
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
3(171)
---
---
---
---
2(15)
3(32)
5(9)
0(10)
0(3)
(LD) in 1999
6.0%
0.4%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.20%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),
12(254)
---
6(107)
23(122)
3(93)
---
---
---
3(245)
2(231)
11(210)
5(251)
14(225)
19(435)
21(500)
0(503)
10(383)
(SSP) 67-71, (SOC) 52-62
10.6%
2.7%
4.9%
2.4%
2.1%
1.6%
4.0%
4.7%
4.2%
5.3%
6.2%
4.1%
3.6%
Samajwadi Party (SP),
---
---
---
---
---
---
31(433)
10(207)
0(155)
5(349)
17(111)
20(166)
26(151)
36(237)
23(193)
5(197)
5(49)
(JP) till 1991
19.0%
7.0%
1.0%
3.4%
3.3%
4.9%
3.8%
4.3%
3.4%
3.4%
2.6%
Janata Dal Secular (JDS),
---
---
---
---
---
---
13(212)
4(31)
1(14)
1(28)
---
---
1(96)
3(43)
3(33)
2(34)
1(9)
(ICSS) 84-91, (INCU) in 1980
5.3%
1.5%
0.3%
0.4%
0.9%
1.5%
0.8%
0.7%
0.6%
Telugu Desam (TDP)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
30(34)
2(33)
13(35)
16(36)
12(35)
29(34)
5(33)
6(31)
16(30)
3(25)
4.3%
3.3%
3.0%
3.0%
2.8%
3.7%
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
2.0%
Others
48(320)
31(120)
34(237)
45(161)
53(427)
52(155)
35(262)
28(243)
40(902)
35(1154)
64(1493)
121(1099)
88(981)
107(1225)
94(2292)
151(2773)
119(2948)
16.3%
7.6%
10.5%
10.0%
13.8%
9.9%
8.5%
7.9%
10.2%
9.7%
14.3%
20.5%
17.7%
19.2%
22.3%
23.9%
22.6%
Independents (IND)
37(533)
42(481)
20(479)
35(866)
14(1134)
9(1224)
9(2826)
5(3791)
12(3713)
1(5515)
9(10636)
6(1915)
6(1945)
5(2385)
9(3831)
3(3232)
4(3442)
15.9%
19.3%
11.1%
13.8%
8.4%
5.5%
6.4%
7.9%
5.2%
4.2%
6.4%
2.4%
2.7%
4.3%
5.2%
3.0%
2.6%
None of the Above (NOTA)
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---
---
---
---
---
---
---
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1.1%
1.10%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Notes : The Lok Sabha 1952-2019
a. Elections were not held in 13 constituencies: 12 in Assam and 1 in Meghalaya.
b. Elections were not held in Assam (14 seats) and Punjab (13 seats). These were held later in 1985.
c. Elections were not held in Assam (14 seats). Includes results for 4 seats which were countermanded.
d. Elections were not held in Jammu & Kashmir (6 seats) and Punjab (13 seats). Includes results for 10 seats which were countermanded out of total of 13 countermanded seats. Elections were held later in Punjab in 1992.
e. Election was not held in 1 constituency in Tamil Nadu (Vellore was countermanded and election was held later)
(ICSS) Indian Congress Socialist (Sarat Chandra Sinha) also refers to (ICS).
(JD) Janata Dal, (BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jan Sangh, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (LD) Lok Dal, (JP) Janta Party
(TAMC) Tamil Maanila Congress, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (SOC) Socialist Party.
DM/TM seats are in parenthese after Total seats for 1957 and 1952
Notes : The Lok Sabha 1952-2019
Breakup of "Other" parties (only for parties which won at least one seat) as follows, Party, seats won, (contested), percentage vote :
1952 : PDF, 7(12),1.3%; GP, 6(12),0.9%; TNT, 4(7),0.8%; SAD, 4(11),1.0%; ABHM, 4(31),0.9%; COMW, 3(3),0.3%; RSP, 3(9),0.4%; JKP, 3(7),0.7%;
RRP, 3(61),2.0%; LSS, 2(4),0.3%; PWP, 2(13),0.9%; SCF, 2(35),2.4%; MUL,1(1),0.1%; TTC, 1(1),0.1%; FBM, 1(22),0.9%; JPB,1(6),0.2%; KLP,1(29),1.4%.
1957 : GP, 7(15),1.1%; SCF, 6(21),1.7%; JKP, 6(12).0.6%; PWP, 4(7),0.8%; CSJ, 3(11).0.4%; FBM, 2(5),0.5%; PDF, 2(8),0.9%; ABHM, 1(19),0.9%.
1962 : DMK, 7(18),2.0%; GP, 4(10),0.3%; AD, 3(7),0.7%; JKP, 3(11),0.4%; RPI, 3(68),2.8%; MUL, 2(5),0.4%; RSP, 2(3),0.4%; LSS, 2(4),0.2%; FBL, 2(8),0.7%;
RRP, 2(40),0.6%; HLS, 1(1),0.1%; AHLC, 1(1),0.1%; NJP, 1(3),0.2%; ABHM, 1(39),0.6%.
1967 : DMK, 25(26),3.8%; BAC, 5(7),0.8%; ADS, 3(8),0.7%; MUL, 2(2),0.3%; FBL, 2(6),0.4%; PWP, 2(11),0.7%; AHLC, 1(1),0.1%; NNO, 1(1),uncontested;
UGS, 1(2),0.1%; JKNC, 1(4),0.1%; JKD, 1(5),0.1%; RPI, 1(70),2.5%.
1971 : DMK, 23(24),3.8%; TPS, 10(14),1.3%; KEC, 3(3),0.4%; RSP, 3(9),0.5%; MUL, 2(7),0.3%; FBL, 2(24),0.7%; AHLC, 1(1),0.1%; RPG, 1(1),0.1%;
UFN, 1(1),0.1%; UGS, 1(1),0.0%; VHP, 1(8),0.2%; SAD, 1(15),0.9%; BAC, 1(14), 0.4%; AJKP, 1(20),0.2%; UTC, 1(20),0.7%; BKD, 1(97),2.2%.
1977 : ADMK, 18(21),2.9%; SAD, 9(9),1.3%; PWP, 5(6),0.5%; RSP, 4(4),0.5%; FBL, 3(4),0.3%; KEC, 2(2),0.3%; MUL, 2(6),0.3%;
JKNC, 2(3),0.3%; RPK, 2(12),0.5%; AJKP, 1(1),0.1%; UDF, 1(1),0.1%; MGP, 1(2),0.1%; DMK, 2(19),1.8%.
1980 : DMK, 16(16),2.1%; RSP, 4(8),0.6%; FBL, 3(21),0.5%; JKNC, 3(5),0.2%; MUL, 2(5),0.2%; ADMK, 2(24),2.4%; SKJP, 1(1),0.0%;
KEC, 1(2),0.2%; MGP, 1(2),0.1%; SAD, 1(7),0.7%; JKP, 1(22),0.1%.
1984 : ADMK, 12(12),1.7%; JKNC, 3(5).0.4%; RSP, 3(4),0.5%; KCJ, 2(2),0.2%; MUL, 2(13),0.3%;
FBL, 2(6),0.4%; DMK, 2(28),2.4%; PWP, 1(3),0.2%; ICJ, 1(35),0.6%;.
1989 : ADMK, 11(11),1.5%; SADM, 6(9),0.8%; RSP, 4(6),0.6%; FBL, 3(8),0.4%; JKNC, 3(3),0.0%; JMM, 3(12),0.3%; MUL, 2(18),0.3%;
ABHM, 1(12),0.1%; GNLF, 1(1),0.1%; IPF, 1(13),0.2%; KECM, 1(1),0.1%; MGP, 1(1),0.0%; MCOR, 1(1),0.1%; MIM, 1(8),0.2%; SKSP, 1(1), 0.0%.
1991 : ADMK, 11(11),1.6%; JMM, 6(14), 0.5%; RSP, 4(9), 0.6%; FBL, 3(19), 0.4%; MUL, 2(20), 0.3%; MIM, 1(2), 0.2%; SKSP, 1(2),0.0%;
AGP, 1(14), 0.5%, ASDC, 1(1), 0.1%, JDG, 1(10), 0.5%; HVP, 1(4), 0.1%; KECM, 1(1), 0.1%, MPP, 1(1), 0.1%, NPC, 1(1),0.1%.
1996 : DMK, 17(18),2.1%; SAD, 8(9),0.8%; SMP, 8(81),2.2%; AGP, 5(11),0.8%; RSP, 5(5),0.6%; INCT, 4(321),1.5%; FBL, 3(16),0.4%;
HVP, 3(4), 0.3%; MUL, 2(12),0.2%; ASDC, 1(1),0.0%; JMM, 1(29),0.4%; KECM, 1(1),0.1%; KCOP, 1(11), 0.2%; MGP, 1(2),0.0%;
MIM, 1(2),0.1%; MPVC, 1(1),0.1%; SDF, 1(1),.0.1%, UGDP, 1(1),0.0%.
1998 : ADMK, 18(23),1.8%; RJD, 17(116),2.8%; SMP, 12(57),1.8%; BJD, 9(12),1.0%; SAD, 8(8),0.8%; TMC, 7(29),2.4%; DMK, 6(18),1.4%;
RSP, 5(5),0.5%; HLDR, 4(7),0.5%; PMK, 4(5),0.4%; RPI, 4(20),0.4%; JKNC, 3(6),0.2%; LOKS, 3(33),0.7%; MDMK, 3(5),0.4%;
AC, 2(2),0.0%; FBL, 2(4),0.3%; MUL, 2(7),0.2%; ASDC, 1(1),0.0%; HVP, 1(4),0.2%; IICS, 1(9),0.1%; JP, 1(16),0.1%;
KECM, 1(1),0.1%; MIM, 1(1),0.1%; MSCP, 1(2),0.0%; PWP, 1(2),0.1%; RJP, 1(38),0.6%; SDF, 1(1),0.0%; SJPR, 1(20),0.3%; UMF, 1(1),0.1%.
1999 : DMK, 12(19),1.7%; ADMK, 10(29),1.9%; BJD, 10(12),1.2%; TMC, 8(29),2.6%; RJD, 7(61),2.8%; INLD, 5(5),0.6%;
PMK, 5(8),0.7%; JKNC, 4(6),0.1%; MDMK, 4(5),0.4%; RSP, 3(5),0.4%; FBL, 2(15),0.4%; LTC, 2(4),0.2%; MUL, 2(12),0.2%;
SAD, 2(9),0.7%; BBM, 1(4),0.2%; CPLL, 1(56),0.3%; HVC, 1(1),0.1%; KECM 1(1), 0.1%; KEC, 1(1),0.1%; MADMK, 1(1),0.1%; MIM, 1(1),0.1%;
MSCP, 1(2),0.1%; PWP, 1(2),0.1%; SADM, 1(1),0.1%; SDF, 1(1),0.0%; SJPR, 1(14),0.1%.
2004 : RJD, 24(42), 2.4%; DMK, 16(16), 1.8%; BJD, 11(12), 1.3%; SAD, 8(10), 0.9%; PMK, 6(6), 0.6%; JMM, 5(9), 0.5%; TRS, 5(22), 0.6%;
MDMK, 4(4), 0.4%; LJP, 4(40), 0.7%; FBL, 3(10), 0.4%; RSP, 3(6), 0.4%; AGP, 2(12),0.5%; JKNC, 2(6), 0.1%;
TMC, 2(33), 2.1%; JKPD, 1(3), 0.1%; KEC, 1(1), 0.1%; MUL, 1(10), 0.2%; MNF, 1(1), 0.1%; NPF, 1(3), 0.2%; SDF, 1(1), 0.0%;
MIM, 1(2), 0.1%; BNP, 1(4), 0.0%; IFDP, 1(1), 0.1%; NLP, 1(18), 0.1%; RPA, 1(7), 0.1%; SJPR, 1(10), 0.1%.
2009 : TMC, 19(35), 3.2%; DMK, 18(2), 1.8%; BJD, 14(18), 1.6%; ADMK, 9(23) 1.7%; RJD, 4(44), 1.3%; SAD, 4(10), 1%;
JKNC, 3(3), 0.1%; FBL, 2(21), 0.3%; JMM, 2(42), 0.4%; MUL, 2(17), 0.2%; RSP, 2(17), 0.4%; TRS, 2(9), 0.6%; AGP, 1(6), 0.4%; AIUDF, 1(25), 0.5%;
BOPF, 1(2), 0.2%; BVA, 1(1), 0.1%; HJC, 1(10), 0.2%; JVM, 1(16), 0.2%; KECM, 1(1), 0.1%; MDMK, 1(4), 0.3%; MIM, 1(1), 0.1%;
NPF, 1(1), 0.2%; SDF, 1(1), 0.0%; SWP, 1(1), 0.1%; VCK, 1(3), 0.2%.
2014 : ADMK, 37(40), 3.3%; TMC, 34(131), 3.8%; BJD, 20(21), 1.7%; TRS, 11(17), 1.2%; YSRC, 9(38), 2.5%; LJP, 6(7), 0.4%; RJD, 4(29), 1.3%; SAD, 4(10), 0.7%;
AIUDF, 3(18), 0.4%; PDP, 3(5), 0.1%; RLSP, 3(4), 0.2%; AD, 2(7), 0.2%; INLD, 2(10), 0.5%; MUL, 2(25), 0.2%; 2(21), 0.3%; AIMIM, 1(5), 0.1%; AINRC, 1(1), 0.1%;
KECM, 1(1), 0.1%; NPF, 1(2), 0.2%; NPP, 1(7), 0.1%; PMK, 1(9), 0.3%; RSP, 1(6), 0.3%; SDF, 1(1), 0.0%, SWP, 1(2), 0.2%.
2019: DMK, 23(23), 2.3%; TMC, 22(62), 4.1%; YSRC, 22(25), 2.5%; BJD, 12(21), 1.7%; TRS, 9(17), 1.3%; LJP, 6(6), 0.5%; IUML, 3(9), 0.3%, JKNC, 3(3), 0.1%;
AD, 2(2), 0.2%; AIMIM, 2(3), 0.2%; SAD, 2(10), 0.6%; ADMK, 1(21), 1.3%; AIUDF, 1(3), 0.2%; AJSU, 1(1), 0.1%; JMM, 1(13), 0.3%; KECM, 1(1), 0.1%;
MNF, 1(1), 0.0%; NDPP, 1(1), 0.1%; NPF, 1(1), 0.1%; NPP, 1(11), 0.1%; RLP, 1(1), 0.1%; RSP, 1(6), 0.1%; SKM, 1(1), 0.0%; VCK, 1(7), 0.1%.