Results of the Indian general election, 2014

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To constitute India's 16th Lok Sabha, general elections were held in April-May 2014. The result was announced on 16 May 2014. The main contenders were two alliance groups of the incumbent United Progressive Alliance and the opposition National Democratic Alliance; led by Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party respectively.

This article describes the performance of various political parties. For the performance of individual candidates, please see List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha.

Party-wise result

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

BJP (31.0%)

INC (19.3%)

BSP (4.1%)

AITC (3.8%)

SP (3.4%)

AIADMK (3.3%)

CPM (3.3%)

BJD (1.7%)

Shiv Sena (1.9%)

TDP (2.5%)

Other (25.7%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

BJP (51.9%)

INC (8.1%)

BSP (0%)

AITC (6.2%)

SP (0.9%)

AIADMK (6.8%)

CPM (1.7%)

BJD (3.6%)

Shiv Sena (3.3%)

TDP (2.9%)

Other (14.6%)

**Summary of the 2014 Indian general election**
	Party	Alliance	Abbr.	Candidates			Votes			Seats
	Party	Alliance	Abbr.	No.	+/-	%	Number	%	+/-	No.	+/-	%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	BJP	428	-5	78.82%	171,657,549	31.00%	12.20%	282	166	51.93%
	Indian National Congress	UPA	INC	464	24	85.45%	106,938,242	19.31%	9.24%	44	162	8.10%
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		ADMK	40	17	7.37%	18,115,825	3.27%	1.60%	37	28	6.81%
	All India Trinamool Congress		AITC	131	96	24.13%	21,259,681	3.84%	0.34%	34	15	6.26%
	Biju Janata Dal		BJD	21	3	3.87%	9,491,497	1.71%	0.12%	20	6	3.68%
	Shiv Sena	NDA	SHS	58	11	10.68%	10,262,982	1.85%	0.30%	18	7	3.31%
	Telugu Desam Party	NDA	TDP	30	-1	5.52%	14,094,545	2.55%	0.04%	16	10	2.95%
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi		TRS	17	8	3.13%	6,736,490	1.22%	0.60%	11	9	2.03%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	LF, LDF	CPI(M)	93	11	17.13%	17,986,773	3.25%	2.08%	9	7	1.66%
	YSR Congress Party		YSRCP	38	New	7.00%	13,991,280	2.53%	New	9	New	1.66%
	Nationalist Congress Party	UPA	NCP	36	-32	6.63%	8,635,554	1.56%	0.58%	6	3	1.10%
	Lok Janshakti Party	NDA	LJP	7	-5	1.29%	2,295,929	0.41%	0.04%	6	6	1.10%
	Samajwadi Party		SP	197	4	36.28%	18,672,916	3.37%	0.05%	5	18	0.92%
	Aam Aadmi Party		AAP	432	New	79.56%	11,325,635	2.05%	New	4	New	0.74%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	UPA	RJD	30	-14	5.52%	7,442,313	1.34%	0.07%	4		0.74%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	NDA	SAD	10		1.84%	3,636,148	0.66%	0.30%	4		0.74%
	All India United Democratic Front		AIUDF	18	-7	3.31%	2,333,040	0.42%	0.10%	3	2	0.55%
	Rashtriya Lok Samata Party	NDA	RLSP	4	New	0.74%	1,078,473	0.19%	New	3	New	0.55%
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party		JKPDP	5	-1	0.92%	732,644	0.13%	0.01%	3		0.55%
	Janata Dal (United)		JD(U)	93	38	17.13%	5,992,196	1.08%	0.44%	2	18	0.37%
	Janata Dal (Secular)		JD(S)	34	1	6.26%	3,731,481	0.67%	0.15%	2	1	0.37%
	Indian National Lok Dal		INLD	10	5	1.84%	2,799,899	0.51%	0.20%	2	2	0.37%
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	UPA	JMM	21	-21	3.87%	1,637,990	0.30%	0.10%	2		0.37%
	Indian Union Muslim League	UPA	IUML	25	8	4.60%	1,100,096	0.20%	0.01%	2		0.37%
	Apna Dal	NDA	AD	7	-36	1.29%	821,820	0.15%	0.03%	2	2	0.37%
	Communist Party of India	LF, LDF	CPI	67	11	12.34%	4,327,298	0.78%	0.65%	1	3	0.18%
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	NDA	PMK	9	2	1.66%	1,827,566	0.33%	0.14%	1	1	0.18%
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	LF, UPA	RSP	6	-11	1.10%	1,666,380	0.30%	0.08%	1	1	0.18%
	Swabhimani Paksha	NDA	SWP	2	1	0.37%	1,105,073	0.20%	0.08%	1		0.18%
	Naga People's Front	NDA	NPF	2	1	0.37%	994,505	0.18%	0.02%	1		0.18%
	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen		AIMIM	5	4	0.92%	685,729	0.12%	0.05%	1		0.18%
	National People's Party	NDA	NPP	7	7	1.29%	576,444	0.10%	New	1	New	0.18%
	Kerala Congress	UPA	KEC(M)	1		0.18%	424,194	0.08%	0.02%	1		0.18%
	All India N.R. Congress	NDA	AINRC	1	New	0.18%	255,826	0.05%	New	1	New	0.18%
	Sikkim Democratic Front		SDF	1		0.18%	163,698	0.03%	0.01%	1		0.18%
	Bahujan Samaj Party		BSP	503	3	92.63%	22,946,182	4.14%	2.03%	0	21	0.00%
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DPA	DMK	35	13	6.45%	9,636,430	1.74%	0.09%	0	18	0.00%
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	NDA	DMDK	14	-26	2.58%	2,079,392	0.38%	0.37%	0		0.00%
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)		JVM(P)	16		2.95%	1,579,772	0.29%	0.06%	0	1	0.00%
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	NDA	MDMK	7	3	1.29%	1,417,535	0.26%	0.01%	0	1	0.00%
	All India Forward Bloc	LF	AIFB	39	17	7.18%	1,211,418	0.22%	0.16%	0	2	0.00%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation		CPI(ML)L	82	2	15.10%	1,007,274	0.18%	0.07%	0		0.00%
	Bahujan Mukti Party		BMP	232	New	42.73%	785,358	0.14%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena		MNS	10	-1	1.84%	708,118	0.13%	0.23%	0		0.00%
	Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)	NDA	HJCBL	2	-8	0.37%	703,698	0.13%	0.07%	0	1	0.00%
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	UPA	RLD	10	1	1.84%	696,919	0.13%	0.31%	0	5	0.00%
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	DPA	VCK	2	-1	0.37%	606,110	0.11%	0.07%	0	1	0.00%
	Asom Gana Parishad		AGP	12	6	2.21%	577,730	0.10%	0.33%	0	1	0.00%
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)		SUCI(C)	80	?	14.73%	520,959	0.09%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Peace Party of India		PPI	51	31	9.39%	518,726	0.09%	0.04%	0		0.00%
	Peasants and Workers Party of India		PWPI	3	3	0.55%	497,721	0.09%	New	0	New	0.00%
	All Jharkhand Students Union		AJSU	10	4	1.84%	488,719	0.09%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	NDA	RSPS	5	-27	0.92%	458,580	0.08%	0.03%	0		0.00%
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	UPA	JKNC	3		0.55%	396,713	0.07%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Social Democratic Party of India		SDPI	29	New	5.34%	396,522	0.07%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh		BBM	23	-16	4.24%	360,854	0.07%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Quami Ekta Dal	EM	QED	9	New	1.66%	354,578	0.06%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Bodoland People's Front	UPA	BPF	2		0.37%	330,106	0.06%	0.10%	0	1	0.00%
	Socialist Janata (Democratic)	UPA	SJD	1	New	0.18%	307,597	0.06%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party		GGP	27	-1	4.97%	301,366	0.05%		0		0.00%
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi		BVA	1		0.18%	293,681	0.05%		0	1	0.00%
	Puthiya Tamilagam	DPA	PT	1	-2	0.18%	262,812	0.05%	0.02%	0		0.00%
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	DPA	MAMAK	1	-3	0.18%	236,679	0.04%	2.00%	0		0.00%
	Welfare Party of India		WPI	25	New	4.60%	228,642	0.04%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party		JBSP	1	-2	0.18%	215,607	0.04%	0.04%	0		0.00%
	Jai Samaikyandhra Party		JaSPa	27	New	4.97%	204,235	0.04%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Jharkhand Party		JKP	4	-3	0.74%	203,869	0.04%	0.01%	0		0.00%
	Republican Party of India (A)	NDA	RPI(A)	44	-10	8.10%	199,848	0.04%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Pyramid Party of India		PPOI	38	-13	7.00%	185,449	0.03%	0.04%	0		0.00%
	Ambedkarite Party of India		API	34	New	6.26%	185,095	0.03%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Lok Satta Party		LSP	7	-25	1.29%	169,648	0.03%	0.10%	0		0.00%
	Aama Odisha Party		AOP	9	New	1.66%	155,900	0.03%	New	0	New	0.00%
	National Unionist Zamindara Party		NUZP	3	New	0.55%	124,990	0.02%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha		SKM	1	New	0.18%	121,956	0.02%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party	EM	SBSP	13	-7	2.39%	118,947	0.02%	0.06%	0		0.00%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star		CPI(ML)RS	47	New	8.66%	114,323	0.02%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee		MCO	1	-1	0.18%	110,185	0.02%		0		0.00%
	Jharkhand Disom Party		JDP	19	10	3.50%	109,843	0.02%		0		0.00%
	United Democratic Party		UDP	1		0.18%	106,817	0.02%	0.01%	0		0.00%
	Independent		IND	3,235	596		16,743,719	3.02%	-2.17%	3	-6	0.55%
	Others			1,182			4,023,271	0.73%	-4.14%	0		0.00%
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Valid Votes							553,801,801	100.00%		543		100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors							834,101,479	66.40%
Sources: Election Commission of India Election Commission of India

Lok Sabha Seats

National Democratic Alliance

336 / 543


282	18	16	6	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
BJP	SS	TDP	LJP	SAD	RLSP	AD	PMK	SWP	AINRC	NPP	NPF

Non-Allied

147 / 543


37	34	20	11	2	3	4	3	2	2	5	1	1	9	3	1	9
AIADMK	AITC	BJD	TRS	INLD	AIUDF	AAP	J&KPDP	JD(S)	JD(U)	SP	SDF	AIMIM	YSRCP	Ind	CPI	CPI(M)

United Progressive Alliance

60 / 543


1	1	2	2	4	6	44
RSP	KC(M)	JMM	IUML	RJD	NCP	INC

Statewise Results

Andaman & Nicobar Islands (1)


1
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	47.8	+3.59	1	0
Indian National Congress	43.7	-9.91	0	0

Andhra Pradesh (25)


2	15	8
BJP	TDP	YSRCP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Telugu Desam Party (NDA)	29.10	+4.17	15	+9
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	28.90	+28.90	8	+8
Indian National Congress	11.5	-27.45	0	-19
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	8.50	---	2	+2

Telangana (17)


11	2	1	1	1	1
TRS	INC	BJP	TDP	YSRCP	AIMIM

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Telangana Rashtra Samithi	33.90	+7.76	11	+9
Indian National Congress	20.5	-27.45	2	0
Bharatiya Janata Party	8.50	---	1	0
Telugu Desam Party	3.10	+4.17	1	0
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	2.90	+2.90	1	0
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1.40	-0.53	1	0

Arunachal Pradesh (2)


1	1
BJP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	47.8	+3.59	1	+1
Indian National Congress	43.7	-9.91	1	- 1

Assam (14)


7	3	1	3
BJP	AIUDF	IND	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	36.50	+19.29	7	3
All India United Democratic Front	14.80	+2.30	3	2
Indian National Congress	29.60	-4.31	3	4
Asom Gana Parishad	3.80	-8.81	0	1
Independent	---	---	1	1

Bihar (40)


22	6	3	2	4	1	2
BJP	LJP	RLSP	JDU	RJD	NCP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	29.40	+15.47	22	+10
Lok Janshakti Party (NDA)	6.40	---	6	+6
Rashtriya Janata Dal (UPA)	20.10	+0.80	4	0
Janata Dal (United)	15.80	-8.24	2	-18
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (NDA)	3.00	---	3	+3
Nationalist Congress Party	1.20	---	1	+1
Indian National Congress (UPA)	8.40	-1.86	2	0
Independent	---	---	0	-2

Chandigarh (1)


1
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	42.20	+19.46	1	+1
Indian National Congress	26.80	-20.07	0	-1
Aam Aadmi Party	24.00	New	0	0

Chhattisgarh (11)


10	1
BJP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	48.70	-1.09	10	0
Indian National Congress	38.40	+13.67	1	0

Dadra & Nagar Haveli (1)


1
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	48.90	+2.47	1	0
Indian National Congress	45.10	-0.75	0	0

Daman & Diu (1)


1
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	53.80%	-11.46	1	0
Indian National Congress	43.30%	+14.29	0	0

NCT of Delhi (7)


7
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	46.40%		7	+7
Indian National Congress	15.10%	-42.01%	0	-7
Aam Aadmi Party	32.90%	+32.90%	0	0

Goa (2)


2
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	53.40%	+8.62	2	+1
Indian National Congress	36.60%	-14.00	0	-1

Gujarat (26)


26
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	59.10%	+12.59	26	+11
Indian National Congress	32.90%	-10.48	0	-11

Haryana (10)


7	2	1
BJP	INLD	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	34.70%		7	+7
Indian National Congress	22.90%	-18.87	1	-8
Indian National Lok Dal	24.40%		2	+2

Himachal Pradesh (4)


4
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	53.31%	+3.72	4	+1
Indian National Congress	40.70%	-4.91	0	-1

Jammu and Kashmir (6)


3	3
BJP	PDP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	34.40%		3	+3
Indian National Congress	22.90%	-1.77	0	-2
Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party	20.50%		3	+3
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	11.10%	-8.00%	0	-3
Independent	---	---	0	-1

Jharkhand (14)


12	2
BJP	JMM

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	40.10%	+12.57%	12	+4
Indian National Congress (UPA)	13.30%	-1.72%	0	-1
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha	12.10%		0	-1
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (UPA)	9.30%	-2.4%	2	0
Independent	---	---	0	-2

Karnataka (28)


17	2	9
BJP	JD(S)	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	43.00%	-1.37	17	-2
Indian National Congress	40.80%	+3.15	9	+3
Janata Dal (Secular)	11.00%	-2.57%	2	-1

Kerala (20)


8	2	1	1	5	1	2
INC	IUML	KC(M)	RSP	CPI(M)	CPI	IND

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	10.30%	0	0
Indian National Congress	31.10%	8	-5
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	21.60%	5	+1
Communist Party of India	7.60%	1	+1
Indian Union Muslim League	4.50%	2	0
Kerala Congress (Mani)	2.40%	1	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party		1	+1
Independents (backed by Left Democratic Front)		2	+2

Lakshadweep (1)


1
NCP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Nationalist Congress Party	50.10%	+3.79	1	+1
Indian National Congress	46.60%	-5.32	0	-1

Madhya Pradesh (29)


27	2
BJP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	54.00%	+10.55	27	+11
Indian National Congress	34.90%	-5.24%	2	-10
Bahujan Samaj Party	3.8%	-2.05%	0	-1

Maharashtra (48)


23	18	1	4	2
BJP	Shiv Sena	SWP	NCP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	27.30%	+9.13%	23	+14
Shiv Sena (NDA)	20.60%	+3.60%	18	+7
Indian National Congress (UPA)	18.10%	-1.51	2	-15
Nationalist Congress Party (UPA)	16.00%	-3.28	4	-4
Swabhimani Paksha (NDA)	2.30%		1	0
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi	---	---	0	-1
Independent	---	---	0	-1

Manipur (2)


2
INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party	11.90%		0
Indian National Congress	41.70%	-1.26%	2
Naga People's Front	19.90%		0
Communist Party of India	14.00%		0

Meghalaya (2)


1	1
NPP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	8.90%		0	0
Indian National Congress (UPA)	37.90%	-6.94%	1	0
National People's Party (NDA)	22.20%	+22.20	1	+1
Nationalist Congress Party (UPA)	---	-18.78%	0	-1

Mizoram (1)


1
INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Indian National Congress	48.60%	+16.98	1	0

Nagaland (1)


1
NPF

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Naga People's Front	68.70%	-1.26	1	0
Indian National Congress	30.10%			0

Odisha (21)


20	1
BJD	BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Biju Janata Dal	44.10%	+6.87	20	+6
Bharatiya Janata Party	21.50%		1	+1
Indian National Congress	26.00%	-6.75	0	-6
Communist Party of India	0.3%	-2.27%	0	-1

Puducherry (1)


1
All India N R Congress

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
All India N.R. Congress	34.60%	+34.60	1	+1
Indian National Congress	26.3%	-23.16%	0	-1
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	17.93%	+17.93%	0	0

Punjab (13)


2	4	4	3
BJP	SAD	AAP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Indian National Congress	33.10%	-12.13	3	-5
Shiromani Akali Dal	20.30%	-13.55%	4	0
Bharatiya Janata Party	8.70%	-1.36	2	+1
Aam Aadmi Party	30.40%	+30.40%	4	+4

Rajasthan (25)


25
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	54.90%	+7.71	25	+21
Indian National Congress	30.40%	-16.79	0	-20

Sikkim (1)


1
SDF

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won
Sikkim Democratic Front	53.00%	-13.30	1
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	39.50%	+39.50%	0
Bharatiya Janata Party	2.40%	+0.59	0
Indian National Congress	2.30%	-27.26%	0

Tamil Nadu (39)


37	1	1
AIADMK	PMK	BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	44.30%	+21.42%	37	+28
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	23.60%	-1.49	0	-18
Bharatiya Janata Party	5.50%		1	+1
Pattali Makkal Katchi	4.40%		1	+1

Tripura (2)


2
CPI(M)

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	64.00%	+2.31	2
Indian National Congress	15.20%		0
Bharatiya Janata Party	5.70%		0

Uttar Pradesh (80)


71	5	2	2
BJP	SP	INC	AD

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	42.30%	+24.80	71	+61
Samajwadi Party	22.20%	-1.06	5	-18
Bahujan Samaj Party	19.60%	-7.82	0	-20
Indian National Congress	7.50%	-10.75	2	-19
Apna Dal	1.00%		2	+2

Uttarakhand (5)


5
BJP

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	55.30%		5	+5
Indian National Congress	34.00%	-9.13	0	-5

West Bengal (42)


2	4	2	34
BJP	INC	CPI(M)	TMC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
All India Trinamool Congress	39.80%	+8.60	34	+15
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	23%	-10.1	2	-13
Bharatiya Janata Party	17%	+10.90	2	+1
Indian National Congress	9.70%	-3.80	4	-2

Criminal and financial details of winners

Criminal background

Case-wise distribution of the 542 members of the 16th Lok Sabha.^[1]

With serious criminal cases (20.66%)

With non-serious criminal cases (13.47%)

Without any criminal cases (65.87%)

About one-third of all winners had at least one pending criminal case against them, with some having serious criminal cases.^[2]

A candidate with criminal case(s) had 13% chance of winning the election, whereas a candidate with a clean record had only 5% chance of winning. (Here, chance of winning = No. of winners in the category/ Total no. of candidates in that category.)^[3]

Political party	Total no. of members	No. of members with criminal cases^[1]	Percentage of members with criminal cases	No. of members with serious criminal cases^*^[1]	Percentage of members with serious criminal cases^*
Bharatiya Janata Party	282	97	35%	61	22%
Indian National Congress	44	8	18%	3	7%
AIADMK	37	6	16%	3	8%
Shiv Sena	18	15	83%	8	44%
All India Trinamool Congress	34	7	21%	4	12%
Others	128	52	41%	33	26%
Total	543	185	34%	112	21%

^* Criteria for "serious" criminal cases:^[1]

Offence for which maximum punishment is of 5 years or more.
If an offence is non-bailable.
If it is an electoral offence (for e.g. IPC 171E or bribery).
Offence related to loss to exchequer.
Offences that are assault, murder, kidnap, rape related.
Offences that are mentioned in Representation of the People Act (Section 8).
Offences under Prevention of Corruption Act.
Crimes against women.

Compared to the 15th Lok Sabha, there is an increase of members with criminal cases. In 2009, 158 (30%) of the 521 members analysed had criminal cases, of which 77 (15%) had serious criminal cases.^[1]^[3]

Financial background

Asset-wise distribution of the 542 members in the 16th Lok Sabha.^[1]

Assets >

10 crore (US$1.6 million) (24.35%)

Assets between

5 crore (US$790,000) and

10 crore (US$1.6 million) (12.92%)

Assets between

1 crore (US$160,000) and

5 crore (US$790,000) (44.46%)

Assets <

1 crore (US$160,000) (18.27%)

Out of the 542 members analysed, 443 (82%) are having assets of 1 crore (US$160,000) or more. In the 15th Lok Sabha, out of 521 members analysed, 300 (58%) members had assets of 1 crore (US$160,000) or more.^[1]

The average assets per member are 14.7 crore (US$2.3 million) (in 2009, this figure was 5.35 crore (US$850,000)).

Political party	No. of members	Average assets per member^[1]
Bharatiya Janata Party	282	11.5 crore (US$1.8 million)
Indian National Congress	44	16.7 crore (US$2.7 million)
AIADMK	37	6.4 crore (US$1.0 million)
All India Trinamool Congress	34	2.5 crore (US$400,000)
Others	146	25.0 crore (US$4.0 million)
Total	543	14.7 crore (US$2.3 million)

References

Indian general election, 2014

Constituencies MPs elected Opinion polling Parties Results Timeline

Former Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh (Alliance: UPA Party: INC) (15th Lok Sabha) Incumbent Prime Minister: Narendra Modi (Alliance: NDA Party: BJP) (16th Lok Sabha)

Parliamentary Candidates	NDA UPA Left Front CPI(M) AIFB LDF

Prime ministerial candidates	Narendra Modi (BJP)

Leaders	Arun Jaitley Arvind Kejriwal Jayalalithaa L. K. Advani Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi Rahul Gandhi Rajnath Singh Sonia Gandhi Sushma Swaraj

Parties	National Parties : BJP BSP CPI CPI(M) INC NCP State Parties : AAP AIADMK AIFB AITC BJD DMK HJC INLD JD(S) JD(U) JKNC JMM JVM Loksatta MNF NPF NPP RJD RLD RSP SP SS TDP TRS YSR Congress

Party Leaders	National Parties : Mayawati Prakash Karat Rajnath Singh S. Sudhakar Reddy Sharad Pawar Sonia Gandhi

Campaign	Campaigning BJP Congress

States	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Nagaland Odisha Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh

Elections in India

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See also: Elections in Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal