Indian general elections 1951–1971
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |