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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 minister Atal Behari Vajpayee lost a no-confidence vote in Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) earlier that year and the opposition failed to unite to form the next government. Thus shortly after the No Confidence Motion , President K. R. Narayanan dissolved the Lok Sabha. Atal Behari Vajpayee remained a Caretaker Prime Minister till the elections were held later that year. His role as De 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-Oct 1999 .


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



1998




Lok Sabha elections 1998 .


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 (Moopanar)
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


Congress had an alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab . In Kerala Congress were supported by Indian National League and Peoples Democratic Party (India) .

BJP and allies


United Front


Jan Morcha



1996



Lok Sabha elections 1996


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
JD
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)2,1920
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


Comments: The result was a fractured verdict. First BJP formed a government, but it only lasted for 13 days. Then practically all non-BJP, non-Congress parties got together and formed the United Front.


1991




Lok Sabha elections 1991 .


Electoral participation: 55,71%    No elections held in Jammu And Kashmir . In Punjab elections were held in 1992
%
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


Congress formed the government with P.V.Narshima Rao to become Prime Minister. First congress PM outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.He introduced Economic reforms in India.


1989




Lok Sabha elections 1989


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



1985 (BY-ELECTION)


Elections were only held in Assam and Punjab , two states were elections could not take place 1984 due to armed conflicts.



Lok Sabha elections 1985


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 elections 1984 .


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



1980




Lok Sabha elections 1980 .


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



1977




Lok Sabha elections 1977


Electoral participation: 60,49%    
%
545

Bharatiya Lok Dal
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