- Indian general elections 1977–1999
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.
1999 The 13'th Indian General Elections were held a few months after the
Kargil War . The elections became necessary when the then prime ministerAtal Behari Vajpayee lost a no-confidence vote inLok Sabha (lower house of parliament) earlier that year and the opposition failed to unite to form the next government. Thus shortly after theno confidence motion , PresidentK. R. Narayanan dissolved the Lok Sabha. Atal Behari Vajpayee remained acaretaker prime minister till the elections were held later that year. His role asde 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-Oct1999 .
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-Indian s- - 2 545 See also
Indian general election, 1999 and convened13th Lok Sabha 1998 Lok Sabha elections1998 .
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-Indian s- - 2 545 "Pre-electoral Alliances"
Congress and allies
*Indian National Congress (141)
*Bharatiya Kamgar Kisan Party (0)
*Kerala Congress (Mani) (1)
*Muslim League Kerala State Committee (2)Total: 145BJP and allies
*Biju Janata Dal (9)
*Bharatiya Janata Party (182)
*All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (18)
*Haryana Vikas Party (1)
*Janata Party (1)
*Lok Shakti (3)
*Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam (3)
*NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (0)
*Pattali Makkal Katchi (4)
*Samata Party (12)
*Shiromani Akali Dal (8)
*Shiv Sena (6)
*West Bengal Trinamool Congress (7)Total: 254United Front
*All India Indira Congress (Secular) (1)
*All India Forward Bloc (2)
*Asom Gana Parishad (0)
*Communist Party of India (9)
*Communist Party of India (Marxist) (32)
*Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (6)
*Janata Dal (6)
*Kerala Congress (0)
*Revolutionary Socialist Party (5)
*Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (3)Total: 64Jan Morcha
*All India Rashtriya Janata Party (0)
*Andhra Nadu Party (0)
*Bahujan Samaj Party (5)
*Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (0)
*Gorkha National Liberation Front (-)
*Jai Telangana Party (0)
*Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (0)
*Rashtriya Janata Dal (17)
*Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (1)Total: 23See also
Indian general election, 1998 and convened12th Lok Sabha General Elections
1996 The Indian General Elections of 1996 resulted in a fractured verdict.
BJP emerged with aplurality of 161 seats, followed by Congress (140). BJP was invited to form the government, andAtal Bihari Vajpayee formed a cabinet, butcould not convince any other groups to support it and lost the confidence motion. Thus, the BJP governmentlasted 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 twoyears through two Prime Ministers,H.D. Deve Gowda andI.K. Gujral .Party-Wise Breakup
Lok Sabha elections1996
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 JP 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-Indian s- - 2 545 See also
Indian general election, 1996 and convened11th Lok Sabha 1991 Lok Sabha elections1991 .
Electoral participation: 55,71%. No elections held inJammu and Kashmir . In Punjab elections were held in1992 .% 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-Indian s- - 2 534 10th Lok Sabha constituted. Congress formed the government withP. V. Narasimha Rao to become Prime Minister. He was the second Congress PM from outside theNehru-Gandhi family. He introduced Economic reforms in India.1989 Lok Sabha elections1989
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-Indian s- - 2 9th Lok Sabha constituted.1985 (By-Election)Elections were only held in
Assam and Punjab, two states were elections could not take place1984 due to armed conflicts.Lok Sabha elections1985
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 1984 Lok Sabha elections1984 .
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-Indian s- - 2 8th Lok Sabha constituted.1980 Lok Sabha elections1980 .
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-Indian s- - 2 7th Lok Sabha constituted1977 Lok Sabha elections1977
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-Indian s- - 2 6th Lok Sabha constituted.
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