Electoral history of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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Lok Sabha Election Results

Performance of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Loksabha elections
Year Legislature Total Lok Sabha constituencies Seats won / Seats Contested Change in seats Total Votes Percentage of votes Change in vote % Reference
1967 4th Lok Sabha 520
19 / 59
 New 6,246,522 4.28 % New [1]
1971 5th Lok Sabha 518
25 / 85
 Increase 06 7,510,089 5.12 % Increase 0.84 % [2]
1977 6th Lok Sabha 542
22 / 53
 Decrease 03 8,113,659 4.29 % Decrease 0.83 % [3]
1980 7th Lok Sabha 529(542*)
37 / 64
 Increase 15 12,352,331 6.24 % Increase 1.95 % [4]
1984 8th Lok Sabha 541
22 / 64
 Decrease 15 14,272,526 5.72 % Decrease 0.52 % [5][6]
1989 9th Lok Sabha 529
33 / 64
 Increase 11 19,691,309 6.55 % Increase 0.83 [7]
1991 10th Lok Sabha 534
35 / 63
 Increase 02 17,074,699 6.14 % Decrease 0.41 % [8][9]
1996 11th Lok Sabha 543
32 / 75
 Decrease 03 20,496,810 6.12 % Decrease 0.02 % [10]
1998 12th Lok Sabha 543
32 / 71
 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 00 18,991,867 5.16 % Decrease 0.96 % [11]
1999 13th Lok Sabha 543
33 / 72
 Increase 01 19,695,767 5.40 % Increase 0.24 % [12]
2004 14th Lok Sabha 543
43 / 69
 Increase 10 22,070,614 5.66 % Increase 0.26 % [13]
2009 15th Lok Sabha 543
16 / 82
 Decrease 27 22,219,111 5.33 % Decrease 0.33 % [14]
2014 16th Lok Sabha 543
9 / 93
 Decrease 07 17,986,773 3.24 % Decrease 2.09% [15]
2019 17th Lok Sabha 543
3 / 71
 Decrease 06 10,744,908 1.75 % Decrease 1.49 % [16]

State Election Results

State No. of candidates No. of elected Total no. of seats in Assembly Year of Election
Andhra Pradesh 68 1 294 2014
Assam 19 0 126 2016
Bihar 4 2 243 2015
Chhattisgarh 4 0 90 2013
Delhi 3 0 70 2015
Goa 0 0 40 2017
Gujarat 2 0 182 2017
Haryana 17 0 90 2014
Himachal Pradesh 16 1 68 2017
Jammu and Kashmir 3 1 87 2014
Jharkhand 12 0 81 2014
Karnataka 16 0 224 2013
Kerala 84 58 140 2016
Madhya Pradesh 8 0 230 2013
Maharashtra 20 1 288 2014
Manipur 2 0 60 2017
Odisha 12 1 147 2014
Puducherry 4 0 30 2016
Punjab 12 0 117 2017
Rajasthan 38 2 200 2018
Sikkim 0 0 32 2016
Tamil Nadu 25 0 234 2016
Tripura 56 16 60 2018
Uttar Pradesh 26 0 403 2017
Uttarakhand 6 0 70 2017
West Bengal 148 26 294 2016

Results from the Election Commission of India website. Results does not deal with defections and by-elections during the mandate period.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1967 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 78. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1971 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 79. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1977 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 89. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1980 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 86. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1984 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 81. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1985 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1989 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1991 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 58. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1992 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 13. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1996 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1998 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 1999 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "LS Statistical Report : 2004 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 101. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "LS 2009 : Performance of National Parties" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "LS 2014 : List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "LS 2019 : List of successful candidates". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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