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Incumbent Prime Minister
Manmohan SinghUPA
Prime Minister-designate
Manmohan SinghUPA‹ 2004 2014 ›
Indian general election, 2009
All 543 seats in the Lok Sabha
April 16, April 22/23, April 30, May 7 and May 13, 2009First partySecond partyLeaderManmohan Singh
Lal Krishna Advani
Party
UPANDA
Leader's seat
Assam
(Rajya Sabha)
Gandhinagar
Seats won261
158
Seat change
43-23
Percentage
48.06%29.09%
Swing
+12.66%-4.21%
India
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Indian general election, 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
India
held general elections—the largestdemocratic election in the world—to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases on April 16, April 22/23, April30, May 7 and May 13, 2009. The results of theelection were announced on May 16, 2009.
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According to the Indian Constitution, elections inIndia for the Lok Sabha (the lower house) must beheld at least every five years under normalcircumstances. With the last elections held in 2004,the term of the 14th Lok Sabha expires on June 1,2009.The election was conducted by the ElectionCommission of India, which estimates an electorateof 714 million voters, an increase of 43 million overthe 2004 election. During the budget presented inFebruary 2009, Rs.1,120 Crores (€176 million) wasbudgeted for election expenses.
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Three Indian states—Andhra Pradesh, Orissa andSikkim also conducted elections to their respectivelegislative assemblies.On May 16, 2009, after poor showing in earlytrends that showed Indian National Congress andthe United Progressive Alliance, with 250+ seats,Bharatiya Janata Party conceded defeat, andacknowledged that they could not be the singlelargest party or a single largest alliance.
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After a surprising showing in Uttar Pradesh, WestBengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan, theUPA was given a mandate, and the Indian National Congress are set to form thegovernment under the incumbent prime minister candidate Manmohan Singh, whois the first Prime Minister of India since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 to win re-electionafter serving a full five-year term.
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The results not only showed defeat of the National Democratic Alliance, led by theBJP, but it also showed one of the worst performance from the Left Front, whowere hoping to create a non-Congress, non-BJP government through the ThirdFront. Due to the unexpected losses from the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, and theTDP and allies in Andhra Pradesh, and a sweep from Congress in Kerala and a bigvictory for Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress, in West Bengal, the ThirdFront along with the Left Front did not prove to be a factor in this election.
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1.1 Indian election at a glance1.2 Results by alliance1.3 Results by states and territories2 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence3 Electoral Constituencies4 Voting infrastructure4.1 Electronic voting machines4.2 Polling stations4.3 Electoral rolls5 Polling schedule5.1 Background5.2 Detailed polling schedule for each Phase5.3 Polling schedule for each state/UT6 Election Day6.1 Phase 1 – April 16, 20096.2 Phase 2 – April 22, 2009 & April 23, 20097 Prime ministerial candidates7.1 United Progressive Alliance7.2 National Democratic Alliance8 Campaigning8.1 United Progressive Alliance8.2 National Democratic Alliance8.3 Communist Party of India (Marxist)8.4 Campaign controversies8.4.1 Indian National Congress8.4.2 Janata Dal (United)8.4.3 Bharatiya Janata Party8.4.4 Rashtriya Janata Dal8.4.5 Samajwadi Party9 Coalition members9.1 United Progressive Alliance9.1.1 Constituents9.2 National Democratic Alliance9.2.1 Constituents9.2.2 Constituents9.3 Others10 Opinion polling10.1 Pre-poll surveys10.2 Exit polls11 The Counting Day12 The Final Result13 References14 External links
Results
Indian election at a glance
Eligible voters: 714 million votersPolling centres: 828,804Voting days: 16, 23, 30 April; 7, 13 MayVote counting: 16 May
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ElectionsPolitical PartiesLocal & State Govt.
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Results by alliance
Summary of the 20/26 April and 5/10 May Lok Sabha of India election resultsAnnounced results: 541/543 Pending: 2/543As of May 17, 2009 5:00PM ISTSources: [2] (http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseSeats.pdf) [3] (http://ibnlive.in.com/politics /loksabhafinal/plist.php)AlliancesPartySeats wonChange
United Progressive Alliance
Seats:
260
Seat Change:
+79Indian National Congress205+60Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam18+2Nationalist Congress Party9-All India Trinamool Congress19+17National Conference3+1Jharkhand Mukti Morcha2-3All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen1-Republican Party of India (Athvale)--Indian Union Muslim League2+1Kerala Congress (Mani)1+1National Democratic Alliance
Seats:
159
Seat Change:
-17Bharatiya Janata Party116-22Janata Dal (United)20+12Shiv Sena11-1Rashtriya Lok Dal5+2Shiromani Akali Dal4-4Asom Gana Parishad1-1Indian National Lok Dal--Telangana Rashtra Samithi2-3Third Front
Seats:
78
Seat Change:
-27Left Front24-29Bahujan Samaj Party21+2Biju Janata Dal14+3All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam9+9Telugu Desam Party6+1Janata Dal (Secular)3-Haryana Janhit Congress1+1Pattali Makkal Katchi--Fourth Front
Seats:
26
Seat Change:
-38Samajwadi Party22-14Rashtriya Janata Dal4-20Lok Janshakti Party0-4Other Parties
Seats:
1818-
Source:
Election Commission of India
Results by states and territories
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