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[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members of Lok Sabha (House of the People)]] or the lower house of India's Parliament are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Government of India|council of ministers]]. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the [[Sansad Bhavan]] in [[New Delhi]], on matters relating to creation of new laws, removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place once in 5 years to elect 545 members for the Lok Sabha (Lower house). <ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/|title=Terms of the Houses|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>
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[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members of Lok Sabha (House of the People)]] or the lower house of India's Parliament are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Government of India|council of ministers]]. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the [[Sansad Bhavan]] in [[New Delhi]], on matters relating to creation of new laws, removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place once in 5 years to elect 545 members for the Lok Sabha (Lower house).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/elections/term-of-houses/|title=Terms of the Houses|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>


The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Results 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_11_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Elections Stats Summary 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref>
The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Results 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_11_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Elections Stats Summary 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref>


==List of Lok Sabha general elections==
==List of Lok Sabha general elections in India==
 
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! {{nowrap|Election year}}
! scope="col" | Election year
! {{nowrap|Lok Sabha}}
! scope="col" | Lok Sabha
! Total seats
! scope="col" | Total seats
! Single largest party
! scope="col" | Turnout
! Majority  
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Single largest party
! Turnout
! scope="col" | Majority  
|-style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Percentage in the Parliament
|| [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]]  
|-
|| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]
! scope="row" | [[1st Lok Sabha|1952]]
|| 489
| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]
| {{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}  
| 489
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 364 {{tick}}
| {{Steady}}45.7%
|| {{nowrap|{{nochange}} 45.7%}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 364  
|| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]  
| 74.48%
|| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]
|-
|| 494
! scope="row" | [[2nd Lok Sabha|1957]]
| {{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 371 {{tick}}
| 494
||{{nowrap|{{increase}} 55.42%}}
| {{increase}} 55.42%
|- style="text-align:center;" h sex
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| 371
|| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]
| 75.10%
|| 494
|-
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
! scope="row" | [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 361{{tick}}
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]
||{{nowrap|{{nochange}} 55.42%}}
| 494
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{Steady}} 55.42%
|| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]
| 361
|| 520
| 73.08%
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
|-
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 283{{tick}}
! scope="row" | [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
||{{nowrap|{{increase}} 61.04%}}
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 520
|| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| {{increase}} 61.04%
|| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| 518
| 283
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| 54.42%
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 352{{tick}}
|-
||{{nowrap|{{decrease}} 55.27%}}
! scope="row" | [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]
|| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| 518
|| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]
| {{decrease}} 55.27%
|| 542
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|{{Party shading/JP}}|{{nowrap|[[Janata Party]]}}
| 352
|{{Party shading/JP}}| 298{{tick}}
| 67.95%
||{{nowrap|{{increase}} 60.49%}}
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]
|| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]
| 542
|| 542<sup>*</sup>
| {{increase}} 60.49%
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]}}
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 351{{tick}}
| 298
||56.92%
| 54.98%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|-
|| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
! scope="row" | [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|| [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]
|| 541
| 542<sup>*</sup>
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| 56.92%
|{{Party shading/INC}}| 414{{tick}}
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
||64.01%
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 351
|| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| 64.76%
|| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]
|-
|| 529
! scope="row" | [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]
|| 195 {{cross}}
| 541
||61.95%
| 64.01%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| 414
|| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]
| 76.52%
|| 521
|-
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
! scope="row" | [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|| 244 {{cross}}
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]
||55.88%
| 529
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 61.95%
|| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]
| 195
|| 543
| 36.86%
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
|-
|| 161 {{cross}}
! scope="row" | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
||57.94%
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 521
|| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| 55.88%
|| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|| 545
| 244
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| 46.83%
|| 182 {{cross}}
|-
||61.97%  
! scope="row" | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]
|| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 543
|| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]
| 57.94%
|| 545
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| 161
|| 182 {{cross}}
| 29.65%
||59.99%
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]
|| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]
| 545
|| 543
| 61.97%
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|| 145 {{cross}}
| 182
||58.07%
| 33.39%
|- style="text-align:center;"
|-
|| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
! scope="row" | [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]
|| 545
| 545
|{{Party shading/INC}}|{{nowrap|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| 59.99%
|| 206 {{cross}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
||58.21%
| 182
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 33.39%
|| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|-
|| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]
! scope="row" | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|| 545
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| 543
|{{Party shading/BJP}}| 282{{tick}}
| 58.07%
||66.44%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 145
|| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| 26.70%
|| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
|-
|| 543
! scope="row" | [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Party shading/BJP}}|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]
|{{Party shading/BJP}}| 303{{tick}}
| 545
||67.40%
| 58.21%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 206
| 37.80%
|-
! scope="row" | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]
| 545
| 66.44%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 282
| 51.74%
|-
! scope="row" | [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
| 543
| 67.40%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 303
| 55.80%
|}
|}


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