ELECTORAL STATISTICS

Table 43.1: STATUS OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN ELECTION TO THE LOK SABHA (HOUSE OF PEOPLE)

No. of Recognized National Parties Unrecognised

Indepen- Total
States Bhartiya BahujanCommunistCommunistIndian NationalistRecogn (Registered) dents (Other
Election Year for Janta Samaj Party of Party of National Congress ized Parties than
Recogniz Recogniz
which Party Party India India Congress Party Nation ed State
electio (BJP) (BSP) (CPI) (Marxist) (INC) (NCP) al ed
Parties National
ns Parties
were Total Parties)
held
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1st Lok Sabha 1951 489* - - 16 - 364 - 418 34 37 71
2nd Lok Sabha 1957 494** - - 27 - 371 - 421 31 42 73
3rd Lok Sabha 1962 494 - - 29 - 361 - 440 28 6 20 54
4th Lok Sabha 1967 520 - - 23 19 283 - 440 43 2 35 80
5th Lok Sabha 1971 518 - - 23 25 352 - 451 40 13 14 67
6th Lok Sabha 1977 542 - - 7 22 154 - 481 49 3 9 61
7th Lok Sabha 1980 529*** - - 10 37 353 - 485 34 1 9 44
8th Lok Sabha 1984^ 541 2 - 6 22 414 - 462 66 0 13 79
9th Lok Sabha 1989 529 85 - 12 33 197 - 471 27 19 12 58
10th Lok Sabha 1991^^ 537$ 120 - 14 35 244 - 478 51 4 1 56
11th Lok Sabha 1996 543 161 - 12 32 140 - 403 129 2 9 140
12th Lok Sabha 1998 543 182 5 9 32 141 - 387 101 49 6 156
13th Lok Sabha 1999 543 182 14 4 33 114 - 369 158 10 6 174
14th Lok Sabha 2004 543 138 19 10 43 145 9 364 159 15 5 179
15th Lok Sabha 2009 543 116 21 4 16 206 9 376 146 12 9 167
16th Lok Sabha 2014 543 282 0 1 9 44 6 342 176 22 3 201
Source : Election Commission of India
*401 constituencies. Upto 1957 election, certain constituencies were represented by 2 or 3 seats (abosished vide Two-member Constituencies Abolition Act, January 1961)
**403 Constituencies.
***Election was not held in 12 Seats of Assam, 1 Seat of Meghalaya.
^ The polling in Assam and Punjab (i.e in total 27 seats) was held in 1985.
^^The polling in Punjab (in 13 seats) was held in 1992.
$Election was countermanded in 2 seats of Bihar, 1 seat of UP and could not be held due to court cases.
Note:1 Colum No. 9 represents total seats won by all National Parties including those which have not been indicated in the table.
2. In 1999 election JD(S) had 1 seat and JD(U) had 21 seats
3. In 1977 election Bhartiya Lok Dal won 295 seats.
4.In 1980 election split in INC, INC(I) won 353 seats and INC(U) won 13 seats, JNP won 31seats and JNP(S) won 41 seats
5.In 1989 election Janta Dal won 143 seats, in 1991 won 59 seats and in 1996 won 46 seats
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Table 43.1: STATUS OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN ELECTION TO THE LOK SABHA (HOUSE OF PEOPLE)
Total (Other
National Parties than
State/Union TerritoryTotal Constituenci Communist Party Indian National Nationalist Total State Parties Unrecognised Independents Recognized
Bhartiya Janta Party
Bahujan Samaj Party
Communist Party of India National
of India (Marxist) Congress Congress Party (Registered) Parties
2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 2009 2014 Parties)
2009 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
States:
Andhra Pradesh 42 42 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 0 33 5 8 27 1 10 0 0 9 37
Arunachal Pradesh 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assam 14 14 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 11 10 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 4
Bihar 40 40 12 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 18 25 20 12 0 3 2 0 22 15
Chhattisgarh 11 11 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goa 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gujarat 26 26 15 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haryana 10 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
Himachal Pradesh 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jammu & Kashmir 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 4 3
Jharkhand 14 14 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 12 2 2 1 0 2 0 5 2
Karnataka 28 28 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 25 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
Kerala 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 13 8 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 1 0 2 3 6
Madhya Pradesh 29 29 16 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maharashtra 48 48 9 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 8 4 34 29 11 18 2 1 1 0 14 19
Manipur 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meghalaya 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mizoram 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nagaland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Odisha 21 21 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 1 14 20 0 0 0 0 14 20
Punjab 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 4 0 0 4 8
Rajasthan 25 25 4 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 24 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sikkim 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tamil Nadu 39 39 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 10 1 28 38 1 0 0 0 29 38
Tripura 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uttar Pradesh 80 80 10 71 20 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 0 0 51 73 23 5 5 2 1 0 29 7
Uttarakhand 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Bengal 42 42 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 2 6 4 0 0 18 8 23 34 0 0 1 0 24 34
Union Territory: 0
A. & N. Islands 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chandigarh 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dadra & Nagar Have 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daman & Diu 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delhi 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lakshadweep 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puducherry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Source : Election Commission of India