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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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Latest revision as of 00:56, 9 January 2022


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 on the advice of the 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).[1]

The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during 1951–52.[2][3][4]

List of Lok Sabha general elections in India[edit]

Election year Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout Single largest party Majority Percentage in the Parliament
1952 First 489 Steady45.7% Indian National Congress 364 74.48%
1957 Second 494 Increase 55.42% Indian National Congress 371 75.10%
1962 Third 494 Steady 55.42% Indian National Congress 361 73.08%
1967 Fourth 520 Increase 61.04% Indian National Congress 283 54.42%
1971 Fifth 518 Decrease 55.27% Indian National Congress 352 67.95%
1977 Sixth 542 Increase 60.49% Janata Party 298 54.98%
1980 Seventh 542* 56.92% Indian National Congress (I) 351 64.76%
1984 Eighth 541 64.01% Indian National Congress 414 76.52%
1989 Ninth 529 61.95% Indian National Congress 195 36.86%
1991 Tenth 521 55.88% Indian National Congress 244 46.83%
1996 Eleventh 543 57.94% Bharatiya Janata Party 161 29.65%
1998 Twelfth 545 61.97% Bharatiya Janata Party 182 33.39%
1999 Thirteenth 545 59.99% Bharatiya Janata Party 182 33.39%
2004 Fourteenth 543 58.07% Indian National Congress 145 26.70%
2009 Fifteenth 545 58.21% Indian National Congress 206 37.80%
2014 Sixteenth 545 66.44% Bharatiya Janata Party 282 51.74%
2019 Seventeenth 543 67.40% Bharatiya Janata Party 303 55.80%

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lok Sabha Results 1951-52". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lok Sabha Elections Stats Summary 1951-52" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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