Statewise_election_history_of_the_Indian_National_Congress

Electoral history of the Indian National Congress

List of the results of the elections for Congress

Since independence, the Indian National Congress has participated in elections, Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha. This article shows a list of the results of the elections for Congress.

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Year	Number of Seats	Remarks
1952	146
1952-1954	164
1954-1956	186
1956-1958	177
1958-1960	173
1960-1962	164
1962-1964	162
1964-1966	166
1966-1968	140
1968-1970	141	INC(R)-99 INC(O)-42
1970-1972	132	INC(R)-107 INC(O)-25
1972-1974	142	INC(R)-128 INC(O)-14
1974-1976	153	INC(R)-146 INC(O)-7
1976-1978	136	INC(R)-72 INC(O)-64
1978-1980	113	INC(R)-65 INC(O)-48
1980-1982	124
1982-1984	152
1984-1986	159
1986-1988	141
1988-1990	108
1990-1992	99
1992-1994	95
1994-1996	85
1996-1998	65
1998-2000	57
2000-2002	58
2002-2004	64
2004-2006	73
2006-2008	72
2008-2010	71
2010-2012	71
2012-2014	69
2014-2016	60
2016-2018	50

Year	Legislature	Leader	Seats Contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Votes	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
1955	2nd Assembly	B. Gopala Reddy	142	119 / 196	-	3,394,109	39.35	-	Government
1957	3rd Assembly	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	109	68 / 109	-	17,07,364	47.38	-	Government
1962	4th Assembly	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	300	177 / 300	10	5,523,359	47.25	5.53	Government
1967	5th Assembly	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	287	165 / 287	12	6,292,649	45.42	1.83	Government
1972	6th Assembly	P. V. Narasimha Rao	287	219 / 287	54	7,474,255	52.29	6.87	Government
1978	7th Assembly	Marri Chenna Reddy	290	175 / 294	44	7,908,220	39.25	13.04	Government
1983	8th Assembly	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	294	60 / 294	115	7,090,907	33.64	5.67	Opposition
1985	9th Assembly	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	290	50 / 294	10	8,566,891	37.25	3.67	Opposition
1989	10th Assembly	Marri Chenna Reddy	287	181 / 294	131	13,539,785	47.09	9.84	Government
1994	11th Assembly	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	294	26 / 294	155	10,540,182	33.85	13.24	Opposition
1999	12th Assembly	Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy	293	91 / 294	65	13,526,309	40.61	1.76	Opposition
2004	13th Assembly	Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy	294	185 / 294	94	13,793,461	38.56	2.95	Government
2009	14th Assembly	Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy	294	156 / 294	29	15,374,075	36.56	2.0	Government
2014	15th Assembly	Raghu Veera Reddy	286	21 / 294	135	56,68,061	11.71	24.84	Opposition
2019	16th Assembly	Raghu Veera Reddy	174	0 / 175	21	3,68,880	1.17	10.54	Opposition

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	4,906,074	37	-	-
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	5,711,263	34	-	43
1967	4th Lok Sabha	6,354,959	35	-	41
1971	5th Lok Sabha	7,286,069	28	-	41
1977	6th Lok Sabha	9,582,708	41	-	42
1980	7th Lok Sabha	9,508,388	41	-	42
1984	8th Lok Sabha	9,452,394	6	-	42
1989	9th Lok Sabha	14,671,782	39	-	42
1991	10th Lok Sabha	11,610,772	25	-	42
1996	11th Lok Sabha	12,087,596	22	-	42
1998	12th Lok Sabha	12,269,475	22	-	42
1999	13th Lok Sabha	14,278,099	5	-	42
2004	14th Lok Sabha	14,861,984	29	-	41
2009	15th Lok Sabha	21,254,124	33	-	42
2014	16th Lok Sabha	5,578,329	0	-	25
2019	17th Lok Sabha	4,06,568	0	25	25

Year	Legislature	Leader	Seats Contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Votes	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
1978	1st Assembly	Tasso Grayu	1	0 / 30	-	720	0.45	-	Opposition
1980	2nd Assembly	Gegong Apang	28	13 / 30	13	72,734	42.58	42.13	Government
1984	3rd Assembly	Gegong Apang	30	21 / 30	8	96,791	43.07	0.49	Government
1990	4th Assembly	Gegong Apang	59	37 / 60	16	154,463	44.25	1.18	Government
1995	5th Assembly	Gegong Apang	60	43 / 60	6	214,543	50.5	6.25	Government
1999	6th Assembly	Mukut Mithi	60	53 / 60	10	213,097	51.78	1.28	Government
2004	7th Assembly	Gegong Apang	60	34 / 60	19	204,102	44.41	7.37	Government
2009	8th Assembly	Dorjee Khandu	60	42 / 60	8	879,288	50.38	5.97	Government
2014	9th Assembly	Nabam Tuki	60	42 / 60		251,575	49.5	0.88	Government
2019	10th Assembly	Nabam Tuki	60	4 / 60	38	1,04,536	16.86	32.6	Opposition

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats	ref
1977	6th Lok Sabha	20,909	1	2	2
1980	7th Lok Sabha	76,600	2	2	2
1984	8th Lok Sabha	98,131	2	2	2
1989	9th Lok Sabha	136,541	2	2	2
1991	10th Lok Sabha	179,824	2	2	2
1996	11th Lok Sabha	84,615	0	2	2
1998	12th Lok Sabha	78,564	0	2	2
1999	13th Lok Sabha	242,275	2	2	2
2004	14th Lok Sabha	38,341	0	2	2
2009	15th Lok Sabha	234,689	2	2	2
2014	16th Lok Sabha	246,084	1	2	2
2019	17th Lok Sabha	134,888	0	2	2	^[2]

Year	Legislature	Party leader	Seats Contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Votes	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
1952	1st Assembly	Bishnu Ram Medhi	92	76 / 105	new	10,64,850	43.48	new	Government
1957	2nd Assembly	Bishnu Ram Medhi	101	71 / 108	5	13,21,367	52.35	8.87	Government
1962	3rd Assembly	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	103	79 / 105	8	11,79,305	48.25	4.1	Government
1967	4th Assembly	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	120	73 / 126	6	13,54,748	43.60	4.65	Government
1972	5th Assembly	Sarat Chandra Sinha	114	95 / 126	22	19,76,209	53.20	9.6	Government
1978	6th Assembly	Sarat Chandra Sinha	126	26 / 126	69	12,20,189	23.62	29.58	Opposition
1983	7th Assembly	Hiteswar Saikia	109	91 / 109	65	11,94,657	52.53	28.91	Government
1985	8th Assembly		125	26 / 126	66	17,24,003	23.23	29.3	Opposition
1991	9th Assembly		125	66 / 126	40	24,55,302	29.35	6.12	Government
1996	10th Assembly	Bhumidhar Barman	122	34 / 122	32	27,78,627	30.56	1.21	Opposition
2001	11th Assembly	Tarun Gogoi	126	71 / 126	39	42,30,676	39.75	9.19	Government
2006	12th Assembly		120	53 / 126	18	41,02,479	31.08	8.67	Government
2011	13th Assembly		126	78 / 126	25	54,43,781	39.39	8.31	Government
2016	14th Assembly		122	26 / 126	52	52,38,655	30.96	8.43	Opposition
2021	15th Assembly	Debabrata Saikia	95	29 / 126	3	57,03,341	29.67	1.29	Opposition

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats	ref
1951	1st Lok Sabha	1,210,707	9	-	10
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	1,184,708	9	-	12
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	1,126,977	9	-	12
1967	4th Lok Sabha	1,369,715	10	-	14
1971	5th Lok Sabha	1,724,503	13	-	14
1977	6th Lok Sabha	1,932,994	10	-	14
1980	7th Lok Sabha	323,359	2	-	14
1985	8th Lok Sabha	1,749,688	4	-	14
1989	9th Lok Sabha	-	-	-
1991	10th Lok Sabha	2,409,284	8	-	14
1996	11th Lok Sabha	2,981,700	5	-	14
1998	12th Lok Sabha	3,264,032	10	-	14
1999	13th Lok Sabha	3,808,472	10	-	14
2004	14th Lok Sabha	3,637,405	9	14	14
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	7	-	14
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	3	-	14
2019	17th Lok Sabha	63,73,659	3	14	14	^[3]

Year	Legislature	Leader	Seats Contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Votes	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome
1952	1st Assembly	Shri Krishna Sinha	322	239 / 330	New	39,51,145	41.38%	New	Government
1957	2nd Assembly	Shri Krishna Sinha	312	210 / 318	29	44,55,425	42.09%	0.71%	Government
1962	3rd Assembly	Binodanand Jha	318	185 / 318	25	40,75,844	41.35%	0.74%	Government
1967	4th Assembly	K. B. Sahay	318	128 / 318	57	44,79,460	33.09%	8.26%	Opposition
1969	5th Assembly	Harihar Singh	318	118 / 318	10	45,70,413	30.46%	2.63%	Government
1972	6th Assembly	Kedar Pandey	259	167 / 318	49	56,88,002	33.12%	2.66%	Government
1977	7th Assembly	Jagannath Mishra	286	57 / 324	110	41,01,522	23.58%	9.54%	Opposition
1980	8th Assembly	Jagannath Mishra	311	169 / 324	112	76,90,225	34.2%	10.62%	Government
1985	9th Assembly	Bindeshwari Dubey	323	196 / 324	27	95,58,562	39.3%	5.1%	Government
1990	10th Assembly	Jagannath Mishra	323	71 / 324	125	79,46,635	24.78%	14.52%	Opposition
1995	11th Assembly	Jagannath Mishra	320	29 / 324	42	56,22,952	16.27%	8.51%	Opposition
2000	12th Assembly	Shakeel Ahmad	324	23 / 324	6	40,96,467	11.06%	5.21%	Opposition
2005	13th Assembly	Ramjatan Sinha	51	10 / 243	13	14,35,449	5.00%	6.06%	Opposition
2005	14th Assembly	Sadanand Singh	84	9 / 243	1	12,28,835	6.09%	1.09%	Opposition
2010	15th Assembly	Mehboob Ali Kaiser	243	4 / 243	5	24,31,477	8.37%	3.37%	Opposition
2015	16th Assembly	Ashok Choudhary	41	27 / 243	23	25,39,638	6.66%	1.71%	Government, later Opposition
2020	17th Assembly	Madan Mohan Jha	70	19 / 243	8	39,95,319	9.48%	2.82%	Opposition, later Government

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats	ref
1951	1st Lok Sabha	4,573,058	45	-	-
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	4,450,208	41	-	-
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	4,365,148	39	-	-
1967	4th Lok Sabha	4,749,813	34	-	-
1971	5th Lok Sabha	5,967,512	39	-	-
1977	6th Lok Sabha	4,781,142	0	-	-
1980	7th Lok Sabha	7,377,583	30	-	-
1984	8th Lok Sabha	12,970,432	48	-	-
1989	9th Lok Sabha	8,659,832	4	-	-
1991	10th Lok Sabha	7,007,304	1	-	-
1996	11th Lok Sabha	4,446,053	2	-	-
1998	12th Lok Sabha	2,717,204	4	-	54
1999	13th Lok Sabha	3,142,603	4	-	54
2004	14th Lok Sabha	1,315,935	3	-	40
2009	15th Lok Sabha	2,550,785	2	-	40
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	2	-	40
2019	17th Lok Sabha	31,40,797	1	8	40	^[4]

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1967	4th Lok Sabha	11,323	0	1	1
1971	5th Lok Sabha	48,335	1	1	1
1977	6th Lok Sabha	30,382	0	1	1
1980	7th Lok Sabha	61,624	1	1	1
1984	8th Lok Sabha	103,090	1	1	1
1989	9th Lok Sabha	87,238	0	1	1
1991	10th Lok Sabha	76,628	1	1	1
1996	11th Lok Sabha	77,168	0	1	1
1998	12th Lok Sabha	1,09,421	0	1	1
1999	13th Lok Sabha	1,32,924	1	1	1
2004	14th Lok Sabha	1,39,880	1	1	1
2009	14th Lok Sabha	1,61,042	1	1	1
2014	16th Lok Sabha	1,21,720	0	1	1
2019	17th Lok Sabha	1,84,218	0	1	1

Year	Assembly Election	Votes Polled	Vote Percent	Seat Contested	Seats Won	Seat Change	Outcome
2000	1st Assembly	Constituted on the basis of the M.P. Assembly Elections 1998	N.A.	90	48 / 90	48	Government
2003	2nd Assembly	3,543,754	36.71	90	37 / 90	11	Opposition
2008	3rd Assembly	4,146,853	38.62	87	38 / 90	1	Opposition
2013	4th Assembly	5,267,698	40.3	90	39 / 90	1	Opposition
2018	5th Assembly	6,136,429	43.0	90	68 / 90	29	Government
2023	6th Assembly	6,602,586	42.23	90	35 / 90	33	Opposition

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
2004	14th Lok Sabha	2,869,260	1	11	11
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	1	11	11
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	1	11	11
2019	17th Lok Sabha	5,569,283	2	11	11

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1967	4th Lok Sabha	10,654	1	1	1
1971	5th Lok Sabha	8,484	1	1	1
1977	6th Lok Sabha	11,324	1	1	1
1980	7th Lok Sabha	19,277	1	1	1
1984	8th Lok Sabha	15,471	0	1	1
1989	9th Lok Sabha	14,875	0	1	1
1991	10th Lok Sabha	29,907	1	1	1
1996	11th Lok Sabha	39,384	1	1	1
1998	12th Lok Sabha	2,997	0	1	1
1999	13th Lok Sabha	10,601	0	1	1
2004	14th Lok Sabha	21,772	0	1	1
2009	15th Lok Sabha	50,624	0	1	1
2014	16th Lok Sabha	74,576	0	1	1
2019	17th Lok Sabha	8,608	0	1	1

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1989	9th Lok Sabha	13,807	0	1	1
1991	10th Lok Sabha	8,623	0	1	1
1996	11th Lok Sabha	24,543	1	1	1
1998	12th Lok Sabha	1,020	0	1	1
1999	13th Lok Sabha	25,136	1	1	1
2004	14th Lok Sabha	27,523	1	1	1
2009	15th Lok Sabha	19,708	0	1	1
2014	16th Lok Sabha	37,738	0	1	1
2019	17th Lok Sabha	27,655	0	1	1

Year	Assembly Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1952	1st Assembly	271,812	39	47	48
1993	2nd Assembly	1,224,361	14	70	70
1998	3rd Assembly	1,952,071	52	70	70
2003	4th Assembly	2,172,062	47	70	70
2008	5th Assembly	-	43	70	70
2013	6th Assembly	1,932,933	8	70	70
2015	7th Assembly	867,027	0	70	70

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1951	1st Lok Sabha	324,214	3	5	5
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	440,775	5	5	5
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	453,174	5	5	5
1967	4th Lok Sabha	434,937	1	-	7
1971	5th Lok Sabha	835,673	7	7	7
1977	6th Lok Sabha	542,145	0	-	7
1980	7th Lok Sabha	990,004	6	7	7
1984	8th Lok Sabha	1,528,252	7	7	7
1989	9th Lok Sabha	1,322,876	2	-	7
1991	10th Lok Sabha	1,152,627	2	-	7
1996	11th Lok Sabha	1,499,128	2	7	7
1998	12th Lok Sabha	1,798,165	1	7	7
1999	13th Lok Sabha	1,591,682	0	7	7
2004	14th Lok Sabha	2,261,199	6	7	7
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	7	7	7
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	0	7	7
2019	17th Lok Sabha	1,953,900	0	7	7

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1967	1st Assembly	Didn't Contest	-	-	30
1972	2nd Assembly	41,612	1	19	30
1977	3rd Assembly	87,461	10	27	30
1980	4th Assembly	12,338	0	-	30
1984	5th Assembly	160,944	18	-	30

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1989	1st Assembly	204,321	20	-	40
1994	2nd Assembly	216,165	18	-	40
1999	3rd Assembly	222,747	21	-	40
2002	4th Assembly	244,478	16	-	40
2007	5th Assembly	-	16	32	40
2012	6th Assembly	-	9	34	40
2017	7th Assembly	259,758	17	-	40

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1967	4th Lok Sabha	15,205	0	2	2
1971	5th Lok Sabha	57,627	1	2	2
1977	6th Lok Sabha	117,150	1	2	2
1980	7th Lok Sabha	43,030	0	2	2
1984	8th Lok Sabha	188,779	2	2	2

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1989	9th Lok Sabha	198,100	1	2	2
1991	10th Lok Sabha	181,434	1	2	2
1996	11th Lok Sabha	165,857	0	2	2
1998	12th Lok Sabha	168,314	2	2	2
1999	13th Lok Sabha	159,844	0	2	2
2004	14th Lok Sabha	164,432	1	2	2
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	1	2	2
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	0	2	2
2019	17th Lok Sabha	3,66,158	1	2	2

Year	Assembly Election	Votes Polled	Vote Percent	Seat Contested	Seats Won	Seat Change	Outcome
1960	1st Assembly	Constituted out of Bombay assembly (Polls held in 1957)	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	Government
1962	2nd Assembly	2,646,286	50.84%	N.A.	113 / 154	N.A.	Government
1967	3rd Assembly	2,933,059	45.96%	N.A.	93 / 168	20	Government, later Opposition
1972	4th Assembly	3,527,035	50.93	N.A.	140 / 168	47	Government
1975	5th Assembly	3,280,514	40.70	N.A.	75 / 182	65	Opposition, briefly back in govt and later in oppn again
1980	6th Assembly	3,971,238	51.04%	N.A.	141 / 182	66	Government
1985	7th Assembly	5,122,753	55.55%	N.A.	149 / 182	8	Government
1990	8th Assembly	3,899,159	30.74%	N.A.	33 / 182	116	Opposition, later Government
1995	9th Assembly	5,930,216	32.86%	N.A.	45 / 182	12	Opposition, later Government
1998	10th Assembly	5,677,386	34.85%	N.A.	53 / 182	8	Opposition
2002	11th Assembly	8,033,104	39.28%	N.A.	51 / 182	2	Opposition
2007	12th Assembly	8,309,450	38.00%	N.A.	59 / 182	8	Opposition
2012	13th Assembly	10,674,767	38.93%	N.A.	61 / 182	2	Opposition
2017	14th Assembly	12,438,937	41.4%	N.A.	77 / 182	16	Opposition
2022	15th Assembly	8,683,966	27.28%	179	17 / 182	60	Opposition

Year	Assembly Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1966	1st Assembly	Constituted out of Punjab assembly
1967	2st Assembly	1,252,290	48		81
1968	3nd Assembly	1,114,176	48		81
1972	4th Assembly	1,639,405	52		81
1977	5th Assembly	648,422	3		90
1982	6th Assembly	1,845,297	36		90
1987	7th Assembly	1,776,820	5		90
1991	8th Assembly	2,084,856	51	90	90
1996	9th Assembly	1,576,882	9		90
2000	10th Assembly	2,388,950	21	90	90
2005	11th Assembly	3,889,125	67	90	90
2009	12th Assembly	-	40	90	90
2014	13th Assembly	-	15		90

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1967	4th Lok Sabha	1,344,830	7		9
1971	5th Lok Sabha	1,572,929	7		9
1977	6th Lok Sabha	744,862	0		10
1980	7th Lok Sabha	1,426,261	5		10
1984	8th Lok Sabha	2,787,655	10	10	10
1989	9th Lok Sabha	2,816,831	4		10
1991	10th Lok Sabha	2,310,003	9		10
1996	11th Lok Sabha	1,723,087	2		10
1998	12th Lok Sabha	1,965,397	3		10
1999	13th Lok Sabha	2,435,752	0		10
2004	14th Lok Sabha	3,409,950	9	10	10
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	9	10	10
2014	16th Lok Sabha	2,634,905	1	10	10
2019	17th Lok Sabha	36,04,106	0	10	10

Year	Assembly Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Change	Outcome
1952	1st Assembly	84,819	24 / 36	New	Government
1967	2nd Assembly	323,247	34 / 60	10	Government
1972	3rd Assembly	467,592	53 / 68	19	Government
1977	4th Assembly	314,780	9 / 68	44	Opposition
1982	5th Assembly	659,239	31 / 68	22	Government
1985	6th Assembly	910,053	58 / 68	27	Government
1990	7th Assembly	750,885	9 / 68	49	Opposition
1993	8th Assembly	1,135,203	52 / 68	43	Government
1998	9th Assembly	1,110,055	31 / 68	21	Opposition
2003	10th Assembly	1,251,414	43 / 68	12	Government
2007	11th Assembly	1,252,955	23 / 68	20	Opposition
2012	12th Assembly	1,447,319	36 / 68	13	Government
2017	13th Assembly	1,577,450	21 / 68	15	Opposition
2022	14th Assembly	1,852,504	40 / 68	19	Government

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Change	Outcome
1951	1st Lok Sabha	117,036	3	3	Government
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	171,591	4	1	Government
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	166,749	4		Government
1967	4th Lok Sabha	375,578	6	2	Government (1967–69),Coalition (1969–71)
1971	5th Lok Sabha	516,959	4	2	Government
1977	6th Lok Sabha	439,398	0	4	Opposition
1980	7th Lok Sabha	653,018	4	4	Government
1984	8th Lok Sabha	942,657	4		Government
1989	9th Lok Sabha	789,804	1	3	Opposition
1991	10th Lok Sabha	808,659	2	1	Government
1996	11th Lok Sabha	1,097,007	4	2	Opposition, later outside support for UF
1998	12th Lok Sabha	997,410	1	3	Opposition
1999	13th Lok Sabha	843,225	0	1	Opposition
2004	14th Lok Sabha	1,294,988	3	3	Coalition
2009	15th Lok Sabha	1,226,933	1	2	Coalition
2014	16th Lok Sabha	1,260,477	0	1	Opposition
2019	17th Lok Sabha	10,51,113	0		Opposition

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Delhi

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Goa

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Manipur

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Rajasthan

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Sikkim

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Year	Legislative Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Total Seats
1957	Constituent Assembly
1957	1st Assembly	Didn't Contest		75
1962	2nd Assembly	Didn't Contest		75
1967	3rd Assembly	423,922	61	75
1972	4th Assembly	764,492	58	75
1977	5th Assembly	294,911	11	76
1983	6th Assembly	666,112	26	76
1987	7th Assembly	525,261	26	76
1996	8th Assembly	496,628	7	87
2002	9th Assembly	643,751	20	87
2008	10th Assembly	-	17	87
2014	11th Assembly	867,883	12	87

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1967	4th Lok Sabha	425,668	5		6
1971	5th Lok Sabha	630,690	5		6
1977	6th Lok Sabha	233,144	3		6
1980	7th Lok Sabha	249,760	1		6
1984	8th Lok Sabha	661,435	3		6
1989	9th Lok Sabha	407,474	2		6
1989	9th Lok Sabha	No Elections
1996	11th Lok Sabha	569,942	4		6
1998	12th Lok Sabha	415,354	1		6
1999	13th Lok Sabha	280,065	0		6
2004	14th Lok Sabha	623,182	2		6
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	2		6
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	0		6
2019	17th Lok Sabha	10,11,527	0	5	6

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
2000	1st Assembly	Constituted on the Basis of the Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2000.			81
2005	2st Assembly	1,220,498	9	41	81
2009	3rd Assembly	1,660,977	14	-	81
2014	4th Assembly	1,450,640	6	-	81
2019	5th Assembly	2,088,863	16	31	81

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
2004	14th Lok Sabha	2,007,334	6	-	14
2009	15th Lok Sabha	-	1	-	14
2014	16th Lok Sabha	-	0	-	14
2019	17th Lok Sabha	23,38,538	1	9	14

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Vote Percent	Seat Contested	Seats Won	Seat Change	Outcome
1951	1st Assembly	1,276,318	N.A.	99	74 / 99	74	Government
1957	2nd Assembly	3,343,839	N.A.	207	150 / 208	76	Government
1962	3rd Assembly	3,164,811	N.A.	N.A.	138 / 208	12	Government
1967	4th Assembly	3,636,374	N.A.	N.A.	126 / 216	12	Government
1972	5th Assembly	4,698,824	N.A.	N.A.	165 / 216	39	Government

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1951	1st Lok Sabha	1,509,075	10	-	11
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	3,219,014	23	-	26
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	3,381,276	25	-	26
1967	4th Lok Sabha	3,755,339	18	-	27
1971	5th Lok Sabha	5,418,541	27	27	27

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1977	6th Lok Sabha	5,833,567	26	-	28
1980	7th Lok Sabha	6,154,746	27	-	28
1984	8th Lok Sabha	6,974,044	24	-	28
1989	9th Lok Sabha	9,008,980	27	28	28
1991	10th Lok Sabha	6,490,020	23	-	28
1996	11th Lok Sabha	5,668,988	5	-	28
1998	12th Lok Sabha	7,642,756	9	-	28
1999	13th Lok Sabha	10,150,765	18	-	28
2004	14th Lok Sabha	9,247,605	8	-	28
2009	15th Lok Sabha	N.A.	6	-	28
2014	16th Lok Sabha	N.A.	9	-	28
2019	17th Lok Sabha	1,12,03,016	1	20	28

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1951	1st Assembly	1,204,364	44	105	108
1954	2nd Assembly	1,762,820	45	115	117

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats	Seat Contested	Seat Change	Result
1957	1st Assembly	2,209,251	43 / 126	124	--	Opposition
1960	2nd Assembly	2,789,556	63 / 126	80	20	Government
1965	3rd Assembly	2,123,660	36 / 133	133	27	Hung Assembly
1967	3rd Assembly	2,225,026	9 / 133	133	27	Opposition
1970	4th Assembly	1,327,270	30 / 133	-	21	Government
1977	5th Assembly	1,755,882	38 / 140	-	8	Government
1980	6th Assembly	1,624,446	17 / 140	-	21	Opposition
1982	7th Assembly	1,137,632	20 / 140	36	3	Government
1987	8th Assembly	3,164,409	33 / 140	76	13	Opposition
1991	9th Assembly	4,546,379	55 / 140	91	22	Government
1996	10th Assembly	4,340,717	37 / 140	94	18	Opposition
2001	11th Assembly	4,940,883	63 / 140	88	25	Government
2006	12th Assembly	3,744,784	24 / 140	-	47	Opposition
2011	13th Assembly	4,667,520	38 / 140	82	14	Government
2016	14th Assembly	4,794,793	22 / 140	87	17	Opposition
2021	15th Assembly	5,233,429	21 / 140	93	1	Opposition

Year	General Election	Votes Polled	Seats Won	Seat Contested	Total Seats
1957	2nd Lok Sabha	2,102,883	6
1962	3rd Lok Sabha	1,895,226	6
1967	4th Lok Sabha	2,267,393	1
1971	5th Lok Sabha	1,289,601	6
1977	6th Lok Sabha	2,579,745	11
1980	7th Lok Sabha	2,150,186	5
1984	8th Lok Sabha	3,624,315	13
1989	9th Lok Sabha	6,218,850	14
1991	10th Lok Sabha	5,526,187	13
1996	11th Lok Sabha	5,467,132	7
1998	12th Lok Sabha	5,746,566	8
1999	13th Lok Sabha	6,051,905	8
2004	14th Lok Sabha	4,846,637	0	17	20
2009	15th Lok Sabha	6,434,486	13	-	20
2014	16th Lok Sabha	5,590,285	8	15	20
2019	17th Lok Sabha	7,596,610	15	16	20