Indian general elections 1951–1971

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Election to Indian Lok Sabha between the years of 1951 and 1971.

Parties are listed in the following order; First listed are parties registered as National parties, secondly parties registered as State parties and then unrecognized parties that won seats. Unrecognized parties that failed to win any seats are not listed.

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[edit] 1971

Lok Sabha elections 1971
Electoral participation: 55,27%    

% 545
Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 7,35 22
Communist Party of India CPI 4,37 23
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 5,12 25
Indian National Congress (Indira) INC(I) 43,68 352
Indian National Congress (Organization) INC(O) 10,43 16
Praja Socialist Party PSP 1,04 2
Samyukta Socialist Party SSP 2,43 3
Swatantra Party SP 3,07 8
All Party Hill Leaders Conference APHLC 0,06 1
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,66 2
Bangla Congress BC 0,35 1
Bharatiya Kranti Dal BKD 2,18 1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 3,84 23
Indian Union Muslim League IUML 0,28 2
Jana Congress JC 0,04 0
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party JP 0,09 0
Kerala Congress KC 0,37 3
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,04 0
Naga Nationalist Organisation NNO 0,04 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,51 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,49 3
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,87 1
United Front of Nagaland UFN 0,06 1
United Goans (Sequiera Group) UG(S) 0,04 1
Vishal Haryana VH 0,24 1
Jharkhand Party JP 0,19 1
Republican Party of India RPI 0,1 1
Telangana Praja Samithi TPS 1,28 10
Utkal Congress UC 0,72 1
Independents - 8,38 14
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1967

Lok Sabha elections 1967
Electoral participation: 61,04%    

% 545
Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 9,31 35
Communist Party of India CPI 5,11 23
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 4,28 19
Indian National Congress INC 40,78 283
Praja Socialist Party PSP 3,06 13
Samyukta Socialist Party SSP 4,92 23
Swatantra Party SP 8,67 44
Akali Dal – Master Tara Singh ADM 0,13 0
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh ADS 0,66 3
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,43 2
Bangla Congress BC 0,83 5
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 3,79 25
Democratic National Conference DNC 0,02 0
Indian Union Muslim League IUML 0,28 2
Kerala Congress KC 0,22 0
Naga Nationalist Organisation NNO 0,00 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,71 2
Republican Party of India RPI 2,47 1
United Goans (Furtado Group) UG(F) 0,00 0
United Goans (Sequiera Group) UG(S) 0,07 1
Jana Kranti Dal JKD 0,13 1
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 0,14 1
Independents - 13,78 35
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1962

Lok Sabha elections 1962
Electoral participation: 55,42%    

% 545
Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 6,44 14
Communist Party of India CPI 9,94 29
Indian National Congress INC 44,72 361
Praja Socialist Party PSP 6,81 12
Socialist Party SSP 2,69 6
Swatantra Party SP 7,89 18
Akali Dal AD 0,72 3
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha ABHM 0,65 1
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad RRP 0,6 2
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,72 2
All Party Hill Leaders Conference APHLC 0,08 1
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party CNSPJP 0,41 3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 2,01 7
Ganatantra Parishad GP 0,3 4
Indian Union Muslim League IUML 0,36 2
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,1 0
Republican Party of India RPI 2,83 10
Haryana Lok Samiti HLS 0,1 1
Lok Sevak Sangh LSS 0,24 2
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad NMGJP 0,17 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,39 2
Independents - 11,05 20
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1957

Lok Sabha elections 1957
Electoral participation: 55,42%    

% 545
Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 5,97 4
Communist Party of India CPI 8,92 27
Indian National Congress INC 47,78 371
Praja Socialist Party PSP 10,41 19
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha ABHM 0,86 1
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad RRP 0,38 0
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party CNSPJP 0,42 3
Forward Bloc (Marxist) AIFB 0,55 2
Ganatantra Parishad GP 1,07 7
Jharkhand Party JKP 0,62 6
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,77 4
People's Democratic Front PDF 0,87 2
Praja Party PP 0,12 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,26 0
Scheduled Castes Federation SCF 1,69 6
Independents - 19,32 42
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1951

Lok Sabha elections 1951.
Electoral participation: 44,87%    

% 545
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha ABHM 0,95 4
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad RRP 1,97 3
Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 3,06 3
Bolshevik Party of India BPI 0,02 0
Communist Party of India CPI 3,29 16
Forward Bloc (Marxist) FB(M) 0,91 1
Forward Bloc (Ruiker) FB(R) 0,13 0
Indian National Congress INC 44,99 364
Krishikar Lok Party KLP 1,41 1
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party KMPP 5,79 9
Revolutionary Communist Party of India RCPI 0,06 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,44 3
Scheduled Caste Federation SCF 2,38 2
Socialist Party SP 10,59 12
All India Republican Party REP 0,04 0
All India Republican Party RPP 0,05 0
All India United Kisan Sabha UKS 0,06 0
All Manipur National Union AMNU 0,02 0
All Peoples Party APP 0,03 0
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party CNSPJP 0,22 1
Cochin Party CP 0,01 0
Common Weal Party CWP 0,31 3
Ganatantra Parishad GP 0,91 6
Gandhi Sebak Seva GSS 0,01 0
Hill Peoples Party HPP 0,02 0
Historical Research HR 0,00 0
Hyderabad State Praja Party HSPP 0,01 0
Jharkhand Party JKP 0,71 3
Justice Party JP 0,06 0
Kamgar Kisan Paksha KKP 0,13 0
Kerala Socialist Party KSP 0,1 0
Khasi-Jaintia Durbar KJD 0,03 0
Kisan Janata Sumyukta Party KJSP 0,01 0
Kisan Mazdoor Mandal KMM 0,01 0
Kuki National Association KNA 0,01 0
Lok Sevak Sangh LSS 0,29 2
Madras State Muslim League Party MSMLP 0,08 1
National Party of India NPI 0,00 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,94 2
Peoples Democratic Front PDF 1,29 7
Praja Party PP 0,02 0
Punjab Depressed Class League PDCL 0,01 0
Pursharathi Panchayat PURP 0,01 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Uttar Pradesh) RSP(UP) 0,02 0
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,99 4
S.K. Paksha SKP 0,13 0
Saurashtra Khedut Sangh SKS 0,03 0
Tamil Nadu Toilers Party TNTP 0,84 4
Tamil Nadu Congress Party TNCP 0,03 0
Tribal Sangha TS 0,11 0
Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress Party TTNC 0,11 1
Uttar Pradesh Praja Party UPP 0,2 0
Zamindar Party ZP 0,27 0
Independents - 15,9 37
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2