Indian general elections 1977-1999

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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] 1999

The 13'th Indian General Elections were held a few months after the Kargil War. The elections became necessary when the then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee lost a no-confidence vote in Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) earlier that year and the opposition failed to unite to form the next government. Thus shortly after the no confidence motion, President K. R. Narayanan dissolved the Lok Sabha. Atal Behari Vajpayee remained a caretaker prime minister till the elections were held later that year. His role as de facto Head of State during the Kargil war helped the NDA attain a majority in the election and reinstating him as Prime Minister. The 13th Lok Sabha election is of historical importance as it was the first time a united front of parties managed to attain a majority and formed a government that lasted a full term of five years. Thus ending a period of perceived political instability at the Center that was marked by 3 general elections held in as many years.


Lok Sabha elections Sept-Oct 1999.
Electoral participation: 59,7%    

% 545
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 4,16 14
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 23,75 182
Communist Party of India CPI 1,48 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 5,40 32
Indian National Congress INC 28,3 112
Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) 0,91 1
Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 3,10 20
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1,93 10
All India Forward Bloc FBL 0,35 2
All India Trinamool Congress AITC 2,57 8
Arunachal Congress AC 0,02 0
Asom Gana Parishad AGP 0,32 0
Biju Janata Dal BJD 1,20 10
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 1,73 12
Federal Party of Manipur FPM 0,01 0
Haryana Vikas Party HVP 0,05 0
Hill People's Democratic Party HPDP 0,01 0
Himachal Vikas Congress HVC 0,07 1
Indian National Lok Dal INLD 0,55 5
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference JKNC 0,12 4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 0,27 0
Janata Party JP 0,05 0
Kerala Congress KEC 0,10 1
Kerala Congress (Mani) KEC(M) 0,10 1
Lok Shakti LS 0,01 0
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MDMK 0,44 4
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,04 0
Manipur State Congress Party MSCP 0,06 1
Muslim League Kerala State Committee MLKSC 0,23 2
Nationalist Congress Party NCP 2,27 7
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) NTRTDP(LP) 0,02 0
Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 0,65 5
People's Democratic Movement NCP 0,01 0
Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD 2,79 7
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,41 3
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) SJP(R) 0,08 1
Samajwadi Party SP 3,76 26
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,69 2
Shiv Sena SHS 1,56 15
Sikkim Democratic Front SDF 0,03 1
Sikkim Sangram Parishad SSP 0,02 0
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC(M) 0,56 0
Telugu Desam Party TDP 3,65 29
United Democratic Party UDP 0,03 0
United Goans Democratic Party UGDP 0,00 0
United Minorities Front, Assam UMFA 0,01 0
Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress ALBTC 0,22 2
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen AIMIM 0,12 1
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha BBM 0,19 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L 0,33 1
M.G.R. Anna Dravida Kazhagam MADMK 0,11 1
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,08 1
Rashtriya Lok Dal RLD 0,37 2
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) SAD(M) 0,08 1
Independents - 2,74 5
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2
545

[edit] 1998

Lok Sabha elections 1998.
Electoral participation: 61,97%    

% 545
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 4,67 5
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 25,59 182
Communist Party of India CPI 1,75 9
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 5,4 32
Indian National Congress INC 25,82 141
Janata Dal JD 3,24 6
Samata Party SAP 1,76 12
Arunachal Congress AC 0,05 2
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1,83 18
Asom Gana Parishad AGP 0,29 0
All India Indira Congress (Secular) AIIC(S) 0,12 1
Autonomous State Demand Committee ASDC 0,05 1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 1,44 6
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,33 2
Hill Peoples' Democratic Party HPDP 0,2 0
Haryana Vikas Party HVP 0,24 1
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 0,21 3
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 0,36 0
Janata Party JP 0,12 1
Kerala Congress KC 0,09 0
Kerala Congress (Mani) KC 0,1 1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,02 0
Mizo National Front MNF 0,02 0
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,03 0
Muslim League Kerala State Committee MUL 0,22 2
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) NTRTDP(LP) 0,1 0
Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 0,42 4
Republican Party of India RPI 0,37 4
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,55 5
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,81 8
Sikkim Democratic Front SDF 0,03 1
Shiv Sena SS 1,77 6
Samajwadi Party SP 4,93 20
Telugu Desam Party TDP 2,77 12
Tamil Maanila Congress TMC(M) 1,4 3
United Democratic Party UDP 0,06 0
United Goans Democratic Party UGDP 0,04 0
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen AIMIM 0,13 1
All India Rashtriya Janata Party AIRJP 0,56 1
Biju Janata Dal BJD 1,0 9
Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) HLD(R) 0,53 4
Lok Shakti LS 0,69 3
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam MDMK 0,44 3
Manipur State Congress Party MSCP 0,05 1
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,07 1
Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD 2,78 17
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) SJP(R) 0,32 1
United Minorities Front, Assam UMFA 0,1 1
West Bengal Trinamool Congress WBTMC 2,42 7
Independents - 2,37 6
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2
545


Pre-electoral Alliances

Congress and allies

Total: 145

Congress had an alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab. In Kerala Congress were supported by Indian National League and Peoples Democratic Party (India).

BJP and allies

Total: 254

United Front

Total: 64

Jan Morcha

Total: 23

[edit] General Elections 1996

The Indian General Elections of 1996 resulted in a fractured verdict. BJP emerged with a plurality of 161 seats, followed by Congress (140). BJP was invited to form the government, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee formed a cabinet, but could not convince any other groups to support it and lost the confidence motion. Thus, the BJP government lasted for only 13 days.

Subsequently, practically all of the non-BJP, non-Congress parties got together and formed the United Front (India) with external support from Congress; this government lasted two years through two Prime Ministers, H.D. Deve Gowda and I.K. Gujral.

[edit] Party-Wise Breakup

Lok Sabha elections 1996
Electoral participation: 57,94%    

% 545
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) AIIC(T) 1,46 4
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 20,29 161
Communist Party of India CPI 1,97 12
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 6,12 32
Indian National Congress INC 28,80 140
Janata Dal JD 8,08 46
Janata Party JD 0,19 0
Samata Party SAP 2,17 8
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 0,64 0
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,38 3
Asom Gana Parishad AGP 0,76 5
Autonomous State Demand Committee ASDC 0,05 1
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 4,01 11
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 2,14 17
Federal Party of Manipur FPM 0,04 0
Haryana Vikas Party HVP 0,35 3
Indian Congress (Socialist) IC(S) 0,12 0
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party JPP 0,03 0
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 0,38 1
Karnataka Congress Party KCP 0,17 1
Kerala Congress (Mani) KC 0,1 1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,04 1
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,02 0
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam MDMK 0,37 0
Mizo National Front MNF 0,03 0
Muslim League Kerala State Committee MUL 0,23 2
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) NTRTDP(LP) 0,97 0
Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 0,17 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,63 5
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,76 8
Sikkim Democratic Front SDF 0,04 1
Shiv Sena SS 1,49 15
Samajwadi Party SP 3,28 17
Telugu Desam Party TDP 2,97 16
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) TMC(M) 2,19 20
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti TUJS 0,02 0
United Goans Democratic Party UGDP 0,03 1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen AIMIM 0,1 1
Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress MPVC 0,1 1
Independents - 6,28 9
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2
545

[edit] 1991

Lok Sabha elections 1991.
Electoral participation: 55,71%    No elections held in Jammu and Kashmir. In Punjab elections were held in 1992

% 545
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 20,04 120
Communist Party of India CPI 2,48 14
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 6,14 35
Indian Congress (Socialist) IC(S) 0,35 1
Indian National Congress INC 35,66 244
Janata Dal JD 11,77 59
Janata Dal (Secular) JD 0,0 0
Janata Party JP 3,34 5
Lok Dal LD 0,06 0
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1,61 11
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,41 3
Asom Gana Parishad AGP 0,54 1
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 1,8 3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 2,06 0
Indian Union Muslim League MUL 0,3 2
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party JPP 0,0 0
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 0,53 6
Kerala Congress KC 0,11 0
Kerala Congress (Mani) KC(M) 0,14 1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,02 0
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,06 1
Mizo National Front MNF 0,03 0
Natun Asom Gana Parishad NAGP 0,18 0
Nagaland Peoples Council NPC 0,12 1
Nagaland Peoples Party NPP 0,0 0
Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK 0,46 0
Plains Tribals Council of Assam PTCA 0,3 0
Pondicheryy Mannila Makkal Munnani PMMM 0,0 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,11 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,63 5
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,3 0
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) SAD(M) 0,3 0
Shiv Sena SS 0,79 4
Sikkim Sangram Parishad SSP 0,04 1
Telugu Desam Party TDP 2,96 13
United Minorities Front, Assam UMFA 0,07 1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen AIMIM 0,16 1
Autonomous State Demand Committee ASDC 0,5 1
Haryana Vikas Party HVP 0,12 1
Janata Dal (Gujarat) JD(G) 0,5 1
Independents - 4,01 1
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2
534

Congress formed the government with P.V.Narshima Rao to become Prime Minister. Second congress PM outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.He introduced Economic reforms in India.

[edit] 1989

Lok Sabha elections 1989
Electoral participation: 61,95%    

% 545
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 11,36 85
Communist Party of India CPI 2,57 12
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 6,55 33
Indian Congress (Socialist) IC(S) 0,33 1
Indian National Congress INC 39,53 197
Janata Dal JD 17,79 143
Janata Party JP 1,01 0
Lok Dal (Bahuguna) LD(B) 0,2 0
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1,5 11
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,42 3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 2,39 0
Indian Congress (J) Trikha Group ICJ(TG) 0,0 0
Indian Union Muslim League MUL 0,32 2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 0,2 3
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party JPP 0,0 0
Kerala Congress KC 0,02 0
Kuki National Assembly NC 0,04 0
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,04 1
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,05 0
Mizo National Front MNF 0,02 0
Nagaland Peoples Council NPC 0,08 0
Peoples Party of Arunachal PPA 0,3 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,21 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,62 4
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,03 0
Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) SAD(B) 0,14 0
Sikkim Sangram Parishad SSP 0,03 1
Telugu Desam Party TDP 3,29 2
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha ABHS 0,07 1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen AIMIM 0,21 1
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP 2,07 3
Gorkha National Liberation Front GNLF 0,14 1
Indian Peoples Front IPF 0,25 1
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha JMM 0,34 3
Kerala Congress (Mani) KC(M) 0,12 1
Marxist Coordination Committee MCO 0,08 1
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) SAD(M) 0,77 6
Shiv Sena SS 0,11 1
Independents - 5,25 12
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1985 (By-Election)

Elections were only held in Assam and Punjab, two states were elections could not take place 1984 due to armed conflicts.

Lok Sabha elections 1985
Electoral participation: 61,95%    

%
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 1,83 0
Communist Party of India CPI 2,57 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 3,21 0
Indian Congress (Socialist) IC(S) 3,18 1
Indian National Congress INC 32,14 10
Janata Party JP 2,92 0
Lok Dal LD 0,32 0
Plain Tribals Council of Assam PTCA 2,15 1
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 17,9 7
Independents - 33,78 8

[edit] 1984

Lok Sabha elections 1984.
Electoral participation: 63,56%    

% 545
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 7,74 2
Communist Party of India CPI 2,71 6
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 5,87 22
Indian Congress (Socialist) IC(S) 1,52 4
Indian National Congress INC 49,01 404
Janata Party JP 6,89 10
Lok Dal LD 5,97 3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 1,69 12
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,45 2
All India Muslim League AIML 0,1 0
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 2,42 2
Indian Congress (J) ICJ 0,64 1
Indian Union Muslim League MUL 0,28 2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 0,43 3
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference JKP 0,0 0
Kerala Congress (Joseph) KC(J) 0,25 2
Kerala Congress (Mani) KC(M) 0,11 0
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,04 0
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,06 0
Naga National Democratic Party NNDP 0,05 0
Peoples Party of Arunachal PPA 0,3 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,2 1
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,5 3
Telugu Desam Party TDP 4,31 20
Independents - 7,29 5
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1980

Lok Sabha elections 1980.
Electoral participation: 59,62%    

% 545
Communist Party of India CPI 2,49 10
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 6,24 37
Indian National Congress (Indira) INC 42,69 353
Indian National Congress (Urs) INC(U) 5,28 13
Janata Party JP 18,97 31
Janata Party (Secular) JP(S) 9,39 41
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 2,36 2
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,51 3
All India Muslim League AIML 0,1 0
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 2,14 16
Indian Union Muslim League IUML 0,24 2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 0,25 3
Kerala Congress KC 0,18 1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,06 1
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,02 0
Peoples Party of Arunachal PPA 0,04 0
Peoples Conference PC 0,03 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,24 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,65 4
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 0,71 1
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) SC(R) 0,01 0
Sikkim Janata Parishad SJP 0,02 1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti TUJS 0,06 0
United Democratic Front UDF 0,07 0
Jharkhand Party JKP 0,13 1
Independents - 6,43 9
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2

[edit] 1977

Lok Sabha elections 1977
Electoral participation: 60,49%    

% 545
Bharatiya Lok Dal/Janata Party BLD 41,32 295
Communist Party of India CPI 2,82 7
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 4,29 22
Indian National Congress (Indira) INC(I) 34,52 154
Indian National Congress (Organization) INC(O) 5,28 13
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK 2,9 18
All India Forward Bloc AIFB 0,34 2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 1,76 2
Indian Union Muslim League IUML 0,3 2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference NC 0,26 2
Kerala Congress KC 0,18 1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP 0,06 1
Manipur Peoples Party MPP 0,06 0
Muslim League (Opposition) ML(O) 0,17 0
Peasants and Workers Party of India PWPI 0,55 5
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 0,45 4
Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 1,26 9
United Democratic Front UDF 0,07 1
Vishal Haryana VH 0,1 1
Jharkhand Party JP 0,07 1
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) RPI(K) 0,51 2
Independents - 5,5 9
Nominated Anglo-Indians - - 2