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''{{Short description|Indian Lok Sabha elections}}''
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[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members]] of the [[Lok Sabha]] (House of the People) or the lower house of [[Parliament of India]] 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 removed


[[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>
[[1951–52 Indian general election|The first elections to the Lok Sabha]] took place during 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 in India==
==List of Lok Sabha general elections in India==


{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Election year
! scope="col" | Election year
! scope="col" | Lok Sabha
! scope="col" | Lok Sabha  
! scope="col" | Total seats
! scope="col" | Total Seats
! scope="col" | Turnout
! scope="col" | Turnout
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Single largest party
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Party in government
! scope="col" | Majority
! scope="col" | Seats won by the ruling party
! scope="col" | Percentage in the Parliament
! scope="col" | Margin of majority
! scope="col" | Vote Percentage of majority
! scope="col" | Seats controlled by coalition
! scope="col" | Prime Minister
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1st Lok Sabha|1952]]
! scope="row" | [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]]
| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]
| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]
| 489
| 489
| {{Steady}}45.7%
| 40%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
| 364  
| 364  
| 120
| 74.48%
| 74.48%
|
|rowspan=3| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[2nd Lok Sabha|1957]]
! scope="row" | [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]
| 494
| rowspan="3" | 494
| {{increase}} 55.42%
| 45.44%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 371
| 371 
| 123
| 75.10%
| 75.10%
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]
| rowspan="2"| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]
| 494
| rowspan="2"| 55.42%
| {{Steady}} 55.42%
| rowspan="2"| 361
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| rowspan="2"| 113
| 361
| rowspan="2"| 73.08%
| 73.08%
|
|-
|
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] (1964-1966)
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
! scope="row" | [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]
| 520
| 520
| {{increase}} 61.04%
| 61.04%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 283
| 283
| 22
| 54.42%
| 54.42%
|
|rowspan=2| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
! scope="row" | [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]
| 518
| 518
| {{decrease}} 55.27%
| 55.27%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| 352
| 352
| 92
| 67.95%
| 67.95%
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]
| rowspan="2" | [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]
| 542
| rowspan="2" | 542
| {{increase}} 60.49%
| rowspan="2" | 60.49%
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| 298
| rowspan="2" | 295
| 54.98%
| rowspan="2" | 23
| rowspan="2" | 54.98%
|
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|dab=yes}}
|
|[[Charan Singh]]             
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
! scope="row" | [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]
| 542<sup>*</sup>
| 529
| 56.92%
| 56.92%
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| 353
| 351
| 88
| 64.76%
| 64.76%
|
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
! scope="row" | [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
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| 541
| 541
| 64.01%
| 64.01%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 414
| 414
| 143
| 76.52%
| 76.52%
|
| [[Rajiv Gandhi ]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| rowspan="2" | [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]
| rowspan="2"| 529
| rowspan="2"| 61.95%
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
| 143
| –112
| 27.03%
|
| [[ V.P. Singh ]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]
|
| 529
|
| 61.95%
|
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
| 195
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
| 36.86%
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
! scope="row" | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]
| 521
| 534
| 55.88%
| 56.73%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 244
| 244
| –24
| 46.83%
| 46.83%
|
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]
| rowspan="3"| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]
| 543
| rowspan="10" | 543
| 57.94%
| rowspan="3"| 57.94%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 161
| 161
| –111
| 29.65%
| 29.65%
|
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] (16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996)
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|
|
|
|
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] (1 June 1996-21 April 1997)
|-
|
|
|
|
|[[I. K. Gujral]] (21 April 1997-19 March 1998)
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
! scope="row" | [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]
| 545
| 61.97%
| 61.97%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| 182
| 182
| –90
| 33.39%
| 33.39%
| 276
|rowspan=2| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
! scope="row" | [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]
| 545
| 59.99%
| 59.99%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 182
| 182
| –90
| 33.39%
| 33.39%
| 304
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
! scope="row" | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]
| 543
| 58.07%
| 58.07%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| 145
| 145
| –127
| 26.70%
| 26.70%
| 218
|rowspan=2| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
! scope="row" | [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]
| 545
| 58.21%
| 58.21%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 206
| 206
| –66
| 37.80%
| 37.80%
| 262
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
! scope="row" | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]
| 545
| 66.44%
| 66.44%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
| 282
| 282
| 10
| 51.74%
| 51.74%
| 336
|rowspan=3| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
! scope="row" | [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
| 543
| 67.40%
| 67.40%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 303
| 303
| 31
| 55.80%
| 55.80%
| 353
|-
! scope="row" | [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| [[18th Lok Sabha|Eighteenth]]
| 66.33%
| 240
| –32
| 44.19%
| 293
|-
|}
|}
==See also==
* [[Elections in India]]
* [[List of Indian presidential elections]]
* [[List of Indian vice presidential elections]]
* [[List of Rajya Sabha elections]]
* [[List of Indian state legislative assembly elections]]
* [[Government of India]]
* [[Parliament of India]]
* [[Lok Sabha]]
* [[Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
* [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
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==References==
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Members of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) or the lower house of Parliament of India 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 removed

The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during 1951–52.[1][2][3]

List of Lok Sabha general elections in India[edit | edit source]

Election year Lok Sabha Total Seats Turnout Party in government Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Vote Percentage of majority Seats controlled by coalition Prime Minister
1951–52 First 489 40% Indian National Congress 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru
1957 Second 494 45.44% 371 123 75.10%
1962 Third 55.42% 361 113 73.08%
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966)
1967 Fourth 520 61.04% 283 22 54.42% Indira Gandhi
1971 Fifth 518 55.27% Indian National Congress 352 92 67.95%
1977 Sixth 542 60.49% Janata Party 295 23 54.98% Morarji Desai
Janata Party Charan Singh
1980 Seventh 529 56.92% Indian National Congress 353 88 64.76% Indira Gandhi
1984 Eighth 541 64.01% 414 143 76.52% Rajiv Gandhi
1989 Ninth 529 61.95% Janata Dal 143 –112 27.03% V.P. Singh
Samajwadi Janata Party Chandra Shekhar
1991 Tenth 534 56.73% Indian National Congress 244 –24 46.83% P. V. Narasimha Rao
1996 Eleventh 543 57.94% Bharatiya Janata Party 161 –111 29.65% Atal Bihari Vajpayee (16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996)
Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda (1 June 1996-21 April 1997)
I. K. Gujral (21 April 1997-19 March 1998)
1998 Twelfth 61.97% Bharatiya Janata Party 182 –90 33.39% 276 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1999 Thirteenth 59.99% 182 –90 33.39% 304
2004 Fourteenth 58.07% Indian National Congress 145 –127 26.70% 218 Manmohan Singh
2009 Fifteenth 58.21% 206 –66 37.80% 262
2014 Sixteenth 66.44% Bharatiya Janata Party 282 10 51.74% 336 Narendra Modi
2019 Seventeenth 67.40% 303 31 55.80% 353
2024 Eighteenth 66.33% 240 –32 44.19% 293

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References[edit | edit source]

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