Indian General Elections - Seats

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First published: Thursday May 25th, 2023

A chart showcasing the percentage of seats won by major parties in the Lok Sabha (lower house) of the Parliament of India in every general election.

Socialist parties refer to Socialist Party (1951-52), Praja Socialist Party (1952-72), Samyukta Socialist Party (1964-72) and Samajwadi Party (since 1992). And Bharatiya Janata Sangh, the predecessor to Bharatiya Janata Party, has been shown under the label of the latter.

Only big parties and/or those having national level presence shown. Smaller state-level and/or regional parties included in "Other parties".

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Year	Indian National Congress	Janata Party / Janata Dal	Socialist parties	Bahujan Samaj Party	Communist Party of India	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Bharatiya Janata Party	All India Trinamool Congress	Nationalist Congress Party	Other parties
1952	72.95		2.4		3.21		0.6			20.84
1957	73.47		3.76		5.35		0.79			16.63
1962	71.06		3.54		5.71		2.76			16.93
1967	54.11		6.88		4.4	3.63	6.69			24.29
1971	67.56		0.96		4.41	4.8	4.22			18.05
1977	28.31	54.23			1.29	4.04				12.13
1980	66.48	13.56			1.88	6.97				11.11
1984	78.29	2.52			1.16	4.26	0.39			13.38
1989	37.1	26.93		0.56	2.26	6.21	16.01			10.93
1991	44.36	12.24		0.38	2.68	6.69	22.94			10.71
1996	24.69	8.44	3.12	2.02	2.2	5.87	29.54			24.12
1998	25.87	1.1	3.67	0.92	1.65	5.87	33.39	1.28		26.25
1999	20.92		4.77	2.57	0.73	6.06	33.39	1.47	1.47	28.62
2004	26.61		6.61	3.49	1.83	7.89	25.32	0.37	1.65	26.23
2009	37.8		4.22	3.85	0.73	2.94	21.28	3.49	1.65	24.04
2014	8.07		0.92	0	0.18	1.65	51.74	6.24	1.1	30.1
2019	9.54		0	1.83	0.37	0.55	55.6	4.04	0.92	27.15

Level 72

May 25, 2023

While none of the parties have received majority votes in the election history of independent India, here we see three parties have won majority seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house) of the Parliament of India: the Indian National Congress (1952 to 1971 and later 1980 and 1984 as well), the Janata Party (1977) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2014).

Level 58

May 25, 2023

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Level 72

May 25, 2023

Welcome to democracy!