Previous Statistics

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.6	1.7	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.6
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.7
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	78.4	70.5	71.0	84.4	78.8	71.7	64.3	62.0	63.7	59.5	63.7	64.2
Total Seats	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	6	5	2	10	6	7	5	11	6	5	12	11
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)
(INCI) in 1980				52.6%	61.5%	58.4%	53.3%	52.8%	47.2%	50.4%	58.2%	35.9%	43.2%	55.8%	42.5%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)
										4.8%	24.2%	35.5%	52.7%	36.0%	44.2%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)
							20.3%	12.5%	30.5%	44.1%	14.3%	5.7%		2.7%	4.2%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
													0.7%	1.5%	2.8%
Indian Congress Socialist (ICSS),	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-
(DMK) in 1967				13.3%					17.0%			20.4%
Janata Party (JP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(LKD) in 1984							2.6%	31.3%			0.4%
Janata Party Secular (JPS),	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(SWA) in 1967				4.7%			0.9%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(4)	0(4)
														2.3%	4.8%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	0(3)	0(4)	0(1)	0(6)	0(3)	0(4)	0(2)	0(7)	0(2)	0(2)	0(4)	0(3)
				29.4%	38.5%	41.6%	22.9%	3.4%	5.3%	0.7%	2.9%	2.5%	3.4%	1.7%	1.5%
(ICSS) refers to (ICS) in 1989.
(DMK) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, (LKD) Lok Dal, (SWA) Swatantra Party.

UTTARAKHAND Lok Sabha Elections
	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	27.7	31.0	33.7	44.2	45.0	55.3	56.2	57.1	55.6	58.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	14.2	14.7	18.3	21.4	21.3	24.5	29.2	28.1	26.7	31.4
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.4	neg	-
Turnout (%)	52.6	48.9	55.6	50.8	49.5	45.3	52.7	49.9	48.1	53.3
Total Seats	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Contested	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	20	44	64	52	84	134	49	55	54	76
Indian National Congress (Cong),	0(5)	4(5)	5(5)	3(5)	0(5)	0(5)	0(5)	1(5)	1(5)	5(5)
(INCI) in 1980	29.0%	46.0%	61.3%	38.5%	28.8%	9.8%	20.1%	38.1%	38.3%	43.3%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	5(5)	-	0(5)	0(3)	5(5)	3(5)	5(5)	4(5)	3(5)	0(5)
(BLD) in 1977	65.2%		5.7%	3.8%	40.1%	32.0%	47.3%	39.6%	41.0%	33.8%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)
	1.9%	4.2%	0.9%	3.9%			0.5%	0.6%		0.2%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	0(3)	0(2)	0(5)	0(5)	0(5)	0(3)	0(5)
				7.0%	2.7%	14.0%	13.1%	12.4%	6.8%	15.2%
Samajwadi Party (SP)	-	-	-	-	-	0(5)	0(3)	0(5)	1(5)	0(2)
						12.7%	11.2%	6.2%	7.9%	1.8%
Janata Party (JP)	-	0(5)	0(1)	0(1)	0(4)	0(2)	-	-	0(1)	-
		21.5%	0.3%	0.2%	2.4%	0.1%			0.0%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	2(3)	0(5)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
				24.9%	18.4%	0.1%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989,	-	1(4)	0(5)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-
(JPS) in 1980		15.3%	17.5%	0.2%					0.1%
Indian National Congress Tiwari (INCT)	-	-	-	-	-	2(5)	-	-	-	-
						24.8%
Others	-	0(3)	0(6)	0(9)	0(11)	0(6)	0(10)	0(14)	0(15)	0(29)
		1.8%	2.0%	3.5%	2.7%	0.2%	5.5%	1.6%	3.0%	3.0%
Independents (IND)	0(9)	0(26)	0(41)	0(26)	0(52)	0(100)	0(20)	0(20)	0(18)	0(29)
	3.9%	11.2%	12.3%	18.0%	4.9%	6.3%	2.3%	1.5%	2.9%	2.7%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (LKDB) Lok Dal Bahuguna, (JPS) Janata Party Secular.

WEST BENGAL Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	125.0	152.2	180.0	202.5	220.6	251.2	297.7	329.5	404.1	413.9	455.8	468.5	476.5	474.4	524.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	76.1	104.4	97.3	128.6	130.8	146.8	205.4	253.9	316.6	310.8	367.0	365.2	352.9	370.0	427.3
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	1.9	3.0	5.1	5.9	4.5	4.9	5.2	5.4	6.8	9.8	5.9	4.7	0.2	-
Turnout (%)	40.5	48.6	55.7	66.0	61.9	60.2	70.7	78.6	79.7	76.7	82.7	79.2	75.1	78.0	81,4
Total Seats	34(6,1)	36(8)	36	40	40	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Contested	34	36	36	40	40	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	148	98	112	140	195	171	285	248	336	393	397	272	309	355	368
Indian National Congress (Cong),	24(34)	23(35)	22(36)	14(40)	13(31)	3(34)	4(41)	16(42)	4(41)	5(41)	9(42)	1(39)	3(41)	6(37)	6(14)
(INCI) in 1980	42.1%	48.2%	46.8%	39.7%	28.2%	29.4%	36.5%	48.2%	41.4%	36.2%	40.1%	15.2%	13.3%	14.6%	13.4%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	2(6)	0(5)	0(4)	0(7)	0(4)	15(15)	-	0(9)	0(19)	0(42)	0(42)	1(14)	2(13)	0(13)	1(42)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971	5.9%	1.4%	1.0%	1.4%	0.8%	21.5%		0.4%	1.7%	11.7%	6.9%	10.2%	11.1%	8.1%	6.1%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	5(9)	6(14)	9(24)	5(11)	3(15)	0(8)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	2(3)
	9.5%	19.0%	29.4%	9.1%	10.6%	6.5%	4.3%	3.8%	3.9%	3.7%	3.8%	3.6%	3.5%	4.0%	3.6%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM),	0(6)	2(5)	-	5(16)	20(38)	17(20)	28(31)	18(31)	27(31)	27(30)	23(31)	24(32)	21(32)	26(32)	9(32)
(FBM) till 1957	4.5%	6.4%		15.6%	34.3%	26.1%	39.9%	35.9%	38.4%	35.2%	36.7%	35.4%	35.6%	38.6%	33.1%
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC),	0(10)	2(4)	0(12)	1(2)	1(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7(29)	8(28)	1(29)	19(27)
(PSP) 57-71, (KMPP) in 1952	8.9%	4.9%	4.5%	1.7%	1.3%							24.4%	26.0%	21.0%	31.2%
Forward Bloc (FBL)	-	-	1(6)	2(6)	0(10)	3(3)	3(4)	2(4)	3(3)	3(3)	3(3)	2(3)	2(3)	3(3)	2(3)
			6.3%	4.9%	2.7%	4.3%	4.6%	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%	3.4%	3.3%	3.5%	3.7%	3.0%
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	2(4)	0(1)	1(2)	-	1(5)	3(3)	4(4)	3(4)	4(4)	4(4)	4(4)	4(4)	3(4)	3(4)	2(4)
	2.4%	0.8%	2.6%		2.0%	3.9%	5.2%	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%	4.8%	4.5%	4.3%	4.5%	3.6%
Janata Dal (JD),	1(6)	0(7)	0(7)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(ABHM) till 1962	4.3%	5.4%	1.0%						0.5%	1.1%	0.4%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(35)	0(1)	0(4)	0(21)	-	-	0(4)	-	-
							4.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%			0.0%
Amara Bengali (AMB),	-	-	-	5(7)	1(14)	-	-	-	0(19)	0(1)	0(13)	0(5)	0(4)	0(4)	0(4)
(BAC) till 1971				9.4%	4.0%				0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(17)	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
(JPS) in 1980							0.5%		1.4%
Indian National Congress Urs (INCU),	-	-	-	-	0(34)	-	0(18)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(INCO) in 1971					7.0%		1.2%
Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP),	-	-	1(1)	1(3)	0(4)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(LSS) in 1962			0.7%	1.5%	0.9%										-
Others	0(13)	-	0(6)	0(4)	0(9)	0(9)	0(23)	0(24)	0(66)	0(94)	0(64)	0(46)	0(55)	0(84)	0(123)
	3.9%		1.6%	1.4%	2.4%	1.5%	1.7%	1.1%	1.7%	1.9%	1.8%	2.4%	0.8%	2.1%	2.9%
Independents (IND)	0(60)	3(27)	2(14)	7(44)	1(28)	1(79)	0(109)	0(130)	0(144)	0(152)	0(194)	0(97)	0(122)	0(146)	1(116)
	18.5%	13.9%	6.1%	15.3%	5.8%	6.8%	1.6%	1.9%	2.1%	1.9%	2.0%	1.0%	1.9%	3.3%	3.1%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats. First figure refers to DM seats and the second to Triple Member seatJP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (ABHM) Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, (FBM) Forward Bloc Marxist, (BAC) Bangla Congress, (JPS) Janata Party Secular,(INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (LSS) Lok Sevak Sangh.

Goa Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	4.2	4.3	4.8	5.2	5.9	7.3	7.5	8.7	8.8	9.1	9.4	10.2
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	2.8	2.4	2.9	3.5	4.1	4.2	3.1	4.8	5.3	4.1	5.5	5.6
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	68.4	55.9	62.8	69.5	71.8	58.2	42.4	56.3	61.2	45.1	58.8	55.3
Total Seats	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Contested	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	16	13	15	13	21	25	33	30	12	16	16	18
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	0(1)	1(1)	1(2)	0(1)	2(2)	1(2)	2(2)	0(2)	2(2)	0(2)	1(1)	1(1)
(INCI) in 1980				5.5%	24.4%	40.0%	12.2%	46.2%	47.4%	57.7%	34.4%	31.6%	39.0%	29.8%	22.6%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	2(2)	1(2)	1(2)
(BLD) in 1977						14.7%		3.0%	0.7%	15.6%	13.7%	30.0%	51.5%	46.8%	44.8%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(1)	-	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)
				2.1%				1.5%	0.8%	1.5%	0.9%		2.9%	2.2%	2.3%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)
(INCU) in 1980, (INCO) 1971					0.7%		27.6%							16.0%	23.3%
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	-	-	-	-	0(1)	1(2)	1(2)	0(2)	1(1)	0(2)	1(2)	0(2)	-	0(2)	0(1)
(MGP)					23.1%	40.5%	36.0%	20.3%	27.9%	20.6%	26.8%	13.2%		1.4%	1.2%
United Goans Democratic Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	-	1(1)	0(2)	-	0(1)	0(1)
(UGDP), (JP) till 1989							6.9%	3.0%	0.6%		22.7%	24.9%		1.1%	3.0%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	-	1(2)	1(1)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-
(UGS) till 1971				36.0%	24.8%				18.1%	1.0%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	-	0(2)	-	-	-	-	-
(JPS) in 1980							3.4%	1.3%		0.2%
Others	-	-	-	0(2)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(5)	0(1)	-	0(6)	0(2)	0(2)
				2.5%				0.6%	1.3%	1.3%	0.0%		5.1%	1.1%	0.7%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	1(10)	0(9)	0(9)	0(5)	0(9)	0(15)	0(17)	0(21)	0(4)	0(4)	0(5)	0(8)
				53.9%	27.0%	4.8%	13.9%	24.1%	3.2%	2.1%	1.5%	0.3%	1.5%	1.6%	2.1%
Note : Goa refers to Goa,Daman & Diu till 1984 JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (UGS) United Goans Sequeira Group, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (JP) Janata Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular.

GUJARAT Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	95.2	106.9	115.3	141.1	164.9	188.4	243.3	248.8	285.3	287.7	295.1	336.8	364.8
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	52.8	64.8	61.3	81.1	88.5	105.8	129.4	107.1	100.0	162.9	136.2	152.1	174.7
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	2.4	3.4	2.7	2.4	2.9	3.4	3.4	2.4	2.4	7.7	2.6	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	58.0	63.8	55.5	59.2	55.4	57.9	54.6	44.0	35.9	59.3	47.0	45.2	47.9
Total Seats	-	-	22	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Contested	-	-	22	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	68	80	118	112	169	229	261	420	577	139	159	162	359
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	16(22)	11(24)	11(23)	10(26)	25(26)	24(26)	3(26)	5(16)	10(26)	7(25)	6(26)	12(25)	11(26)
(INCI) in 1980			52.6%	46.9%	44.8%	46.9%	54.8%	53.2%	37.2%	29.0%	38.7%	36.5%	45.4%	43.9%	43.4%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	0(5)	-	0(5)	16(26)	-	1(10)	12(12)	20(26)	16(26)	19(26)	20(26)	14(26)	15(26)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971			1.4%		2.2%	49.5%		17.0%	30.5%	50.4%	48.5%	48.3%	52.5%	47.4%	46.5%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)
							0.2%	0.1%			0.1%	0.1%	0.4%		0.1%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(2)
								0.1%			0.0%			0.1%	0.2%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)									0(2)	0(1)	0(17)	-	0(4)	0(20)	0(24)
									0.1%	0.0%	0.4%		0.1%	1.5%	1.6%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	4(14)	12(21)	2(4)	-	-	-	11(14)	0(24)	0(15)	0(15)	-	-	-
(SWA) till 1971			25.0%	39.9%	5.5%				27.8%	3.4%	0.4%	2.9%
All India Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(26)	1(13)	0(5)	0(19)	-	0(20)	-	-	-
(JP) till 1991							36.9%	18.2%	0.2%	0.6%		10.2%
Janata Dal Gujarat (JDG),	-	-	1(6)	0(3)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	1(10)	-	-	-	-	-
(PSP) till 1971			7.1%	1.5%	1.6%					13.1%
Indian National Congress Urs (INCU),	-	-	1(3)	-	11(19)	-	0(12)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(INCO) in 1971, (NJP) in 1962			3.7%		39.7%		1.7%
Others	-	-	0(4)	0(4)	0(8)	-	0(10)	0(26)	0(41)	0(66)	0(77)	0(22)	0(40)	0(25)	0(104)
			1.3%	2.2%	0.6%		3.0%	3.2%	1.3%	0.6%	4.4%	0.9%	0.9%	3.6%	3.4%
Independents (IND)	-	-	0(14)	1(28)	0(58)	0(60)	0(94)	0(152)	0(161)	0(258)	0(414)	0(30)	0(62)	0(65)	0(176)
			8.9%	9.5%	5.6%	3.6%	3.4%	8.2%	2.9%	2.9%	7.5%	1.1%	0.7%	3.5%	4.8%
Note: JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (JP) Janata Party, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (NJP) Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad.

HARYANA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	43.9	47.7	57.7	69.1	77.2	96.4	97.2	111.5	110.9	110.4	123.2	120.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	30.5	29.9	41.5	43.8	50.7	61.0	62.1	76.1	75.5	69.7	80.9	81.6
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.6	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	72.6	64.3	73.3	64.8	66.8	64.4	65.8	70.5	69.0	63.7	65.7	67.5
Total Seats	-	-	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Contested	-	-	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	67	63	50	137	200	324	198	294	140	114	160	210
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	7(9)	7(9)	0(9)	5(10)	10(10)	4(10)	9(10)	2(10)	3(10)	0(10)	9(10)	9(10)
(INCI) in 1980				44.1%	52.5%	17.9%	32.5%	54.9%	46.1%	37.2%	22.6%	26.0%	34.9%	42.1%	41.8%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	1(7)	1(3)	10(10)	-	0(6)	0(2)	0(10)	4(6)	1(6)	5(5)	1(10)	0(5)
(BLD) in 1977,(BJS) till 1971				19.8%	11.2%	70.3%		7.5%	8.3%	10.2%	19.7%	18.9%	29.2%	17.2%	12.1%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	-	-	0(3)	-	0(2)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)
				1.7%		0.6%		0.9%	0.2%		0.4%	0.1%			0.2%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)
(CPM)				0.8%	0.1%	0.0%						0.3%	0.2%		0.2%
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) ,	-	-	-	-	0(4)	-	-	0(4)	-	-	-	4(7)	5(5)	0(10)	0(5)
(ICJ) 1984, (INCO) in 1971					11.3%			10.5%				25.9%	28.7%	22.4%	15.8%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(9)	0(1)	0(6)	1(3)	0(3)	0(10)	0(10)
									1.6%	1.8%	6.6%	7.7%	2.0%	5.0%	15.7%
Haryana Janhit Congress BL (HJC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(10)
															10.0%
Haryana Vikas Party (HVP),	-	-	-	0(5)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	1(4)	3(4)	1(4)	0(2)	0(9)	-
(SSP) till 1971				5.5%	2.9%					5.3%	15.2%	11.6%	2.7%	6.3%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(10)	0(6)	0(5)	0(2)	-	-	-	0(1)	-
(JPS) in 1980							33.5%	19.1%	0.7%	0.1%				0.0%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	-	-	1(3)	0(1)	-	-	6(8)	0(7)	0(8)	0(4)	-	-	-
(VHP) till 1977					9.2%	4.6%			38.9%	12.5%	1.5%	0.4%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(10)	0(7)	0(5)	0(10)	0(6)	0(2)	-	-	-
							28.1%	1.4%	0.2%	25.4%	0.2%	0.0%
Others	-	-	-	0(5)	0(13)	0(3)	0(10)	-	0(13)	0(19)	0(43)	0(24)	0(14)	0(34)	0(55)
				8.3%	3.0%	0.4%	0.5%		0.4%	3.8%	23.6%	7.9%	0.7%	3.9%	1.6%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	1(36)	0(29)	0(24)	0(97)	0(166)	0(271)	0(135)	1(210)	0(78)	0(74)	0(76)	0(113)
				19.8%	9.8%	6.2%	5.4%	5.7%	3.6%	5.5%	10.2%	1.2%	1.6%	3.1%	2.6%
Note: JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (VHP) Vishal Haryana Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (ICJ) Indian Congress J, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation.

HIMACHAL PRADESH Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	5.3	6.7	7.1	15.8	17.1	19.6	21.7	23.1	29.8	30.8	35.4	36.3	37.9	41.8	46.1
Valid Votes (lakhs)	2.2	3.6	2.4	7.8	6.8	11.4	12.5	13.9	18.8	17.5	20.2	23.8	21.3	25.0	26.9
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	neg	-
Turnout (%)	25.3	37.6	35.5	51.2	41.2	59.6	58.7	61.4	63.9	57.4	57.6	66.3	56.8	59.7	58.4
Total Seats	3(1)	4(1)	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Contested	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	10	15	11	25	20	14	29	31	33	46	54	22	22	23	31
Indian National Congress (Cong),	3(3)	4(4)	4(4)	6(6)	4(4)	0(4)	4(4)	4(4)	1(4)	2(4)	4(4)	1(4)	0(4)	3(4)	1(4)
(INCI) in 1980	52.4%	47.3%	68.6%	48.3%	75.8%	38.6%	52.1%	67.6%	42.0%	46.2%	54.3%	41.9%	39.5%	51.9%	45.6%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	0(2)	-	0(2)	0(3)	0(2)	4(4)	-	0(3)	3(4)	2(4)	0(4)	3(4)	3(3)	1(4)	3(4)
(BLD) in 1977,(BJS) till 1971	10.7%		4.5%	19.1%	10.6%	57.2%		23.3%	45.2%	42.8%	39.6%	51.4%	46.3%	44.2%	49.6%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-
		2.7%		2.1%	1.6%	1.4%	1.9%	0.9%	1.3%	0.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)
(CPM)				0.6%		0.8%			0.5%		0.9%				0.8%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	0(2)	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	0(4)	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(4)	0(4)
(PSP) 1952-1967, (KMPP) in 1952	12.3%	11.8%		0.7%					0.8%		0.7%	1.2%	0.3%	1.7%	1.6%
Himachal Vikas Congress (HVC),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(4)	0(2)	0(2)	0(3)	0(1)	0(4)	1(1)	-	-
(JP) till 1996							36.4%	3.6%	0.2%	1.1%	0.1%	3.6%	12.4%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	0(2)	0(4)	0(1)	0(3)	-	-	-
(SWA) till 1971			12.8%	4.4%	0.8%				7.2%	7.0%	0.2%	0.9%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(3)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(JPS) in 1980							5.3%	1.0%
Republican Party of India (RPI),	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(SCF) till 1957	8.5%	8.6%	6.6%	2.3%
Others	0(1)	-	-	-	0(5)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(4)	0(8)	0(12)	0(4)	0(6)	0(2)	0(9)
	7.5%				8.1%		0.3%	0.3%	2.1%	0.8%	2.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.9%
Independents (IND)	0(1)	0(8)	0(2)	0(11)	0(7)	0(4)	0(16)	0(19)	0(11)	0(22)	0(28)	0(1)	0(6)	0(9)	0(9)
	8.6%	29.6%	7.5%	22.5%	3.1%	2.0%	4.0%	3.3%	0.7%	1.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.5%	1.7%	1.5%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (JP) Janata Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (SCF) All Indian Scheduled Castes Federation, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.

JAMMU & KASHMIR Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	20.1	21.0	25.6	28.9	34.0	41.5	-	44.5	50.2	50.3	63.7	65.7
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	8.4	11.7	14.2	13.4	21.9	10.5	-	20.7	21.6	15.7	22.4	26.1
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.2	-	1.0	0.6	0.6	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	55.2	58.1	57.8	58.7	66.4	31.6	-	49.0	44.2	32.3	35.2	40.0
Total Seats	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6
Contested	-	-	-	4	6	6	5	6	5	-	6	6	6	6	6
Uncontested	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	15	32	29	29	48	63	-	110	86	83	83	81
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	5(6)	5(6)	3(3)	1(1)	3(4)	2(3)	-	4(6)	1(6)	0(5)	2(3)	2(3)
(INCI) in 1980				50.5%	54.1%	16.4%	18.7%	30.2%	38.9%		27.5%	19.2%	17.8%	27.8%	24.7%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	0(3)	0(3)	0(2)	-	0(1)	0(2)	-	1(5)	2(6)	2(6)	0(6)	0(4)
(BLD) in 1977,(BJS) till 1971				20.3%	12.2%	8.2%		1.7%	7.1%		19.0%	28.6%	31.6%	23.0%	18.6%
Jammu & Kashmir National	-	-	-	1(4)	-	2(3)	3(5)	3(5)	3(3)	-	-	3(6)	4(6)	2(6)	3(3)
Conference (JKNC)				24.9%		33.9%	36.9%	46.2%	6.8%			36.3%	28.9%	22.0%	19.1%
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(3)	0(6)
Democratic Party (PDP)														11.9%	20.0%
Jammu & Kashmir National	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(5)	-	0(3)	0(4)	0(2)
Panthers Party (JKNPP)								4.4%	2.2%		4.8%		0.9%	3.0%	2.8%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	-	0(2)	-	1(5)	0(1)	-	-	-
(INCU) in 1980							14.5%		30.0%		17.6%	0.5%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
							8.6%		1.1%
Others	-	-	-	0(1)	0(3)	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	-	0(5)	0(22)	0(35)	0(24)	0(35)
				3.7%	1.5%			0.1%	4.3%		6.8%	8.2%	11.2%	4.9%	8.5%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	0(1)	1(20)	1(21)	1(20)	0(35)	1(49)	-	0(84)	0(45)	0(28)	1(37)	1(28)
				0.6%	32.2%	41.5%	21.3%	17.4%	9.6%		24.3%	7.2%	9.6%	7.4%	6.3%
Note : Elections were not held in 1991 JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs.

JHARKHAND Lok Sabha Elections
	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	82.1	93.9	103.0	137.0	128.3	147.9	149.0	148.9	168.1	179.3
Valid Votes (lakhs)	36.0	38.4	49.1	64.1	62.5	79.3	87.2	75.9	93.6	91.4
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	1.1	1.1	1.4	7.1	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.1	neg	-
Turnout (%)	45.1	42.2	49.0	52.0	49.9	54.8	59.7	51.7	55.7	50.9
Total Seats	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Contested	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	96	171	185	157	338	364	109	126	182	249
Indian National Congress (Cong),	0(14)	7(14)	14(14)	2(14)	0(14)	1(14)	2(7)	2(11)	6(9)	1(9)
(INCI) in 1980	22.9%	34.7%	51.3%	25.2%	17.9%	16.0%	15.7%	23.7%	21.4%	15.0%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	12(12)	-	0(12)	5(10)	5(14)	12(14)	12(14)	11(14)	1(14)	8(12)
(BLD) in 1977	53.8%		12.8%	27.7%	32.9%	34.0%	45.5%	45.5%	33.0%	27.5%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(5)	0(5)	0(4)	0(2)	1(1)	0(1)	0(3)	0(3)	1(1)	0(3)
	4.1%	6.3%	7.4%	4.7%	2.7%	2.1%	3.2%	2.6%	3.8%	1.2%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(2)
	0.4%		0.8%	0.0%			0.3%		0.4%	0.5%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)	-	-	0(10)	3(9)	6(8)	1(14)	0(8)	0(12)	4(5)	2(8)
			6.8%	15.2%	21.4%	11.0%	10.5%	9.5%	16.3%	11.7%
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha Prajatantrik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(14)
(JVM)										10.5%
Janata Dal United (JDU),	-	-	-	3(6)	2(6)	0(13)	0(6)	-	0(5)	0(2)
(JD) till 1998				10.8%	9.7%	22.2%	2.7%		3.8%	1.2%
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),	-	4(14)	0(10)	0(2)	0(11)	-	0(5)	1(4)	2(2)	0(6)
(JP) 80-91		26.5%	5.1%	0.1%	1.3%		9.2%	7.5%	3.5%	5.3%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(14)
										3.5%
Marxist Co-ordination (MCOR)	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)
				3.8%	2.7%	1.4%	3.0%	4.6%	1.6%	1.0%
Jharkhand Party (JKP),	1(1)	1(13)	-	0(5)	0(10)	0(6)	0(2)	0(2)	0(6)	0(7)
(AJKP) in 1977	3.5%	3.7%		2.0%	1.6%	0.9%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%	1.4%
Others	0(10)	0(19)	0(8)	0(31)	0(52)	0(43)	0(30)	0(47)	0(67)	0(70)
	3.6%	9.7%	2.3%	2.6%	2.6%	6.2%	5.1%	5.3%	8.7%	10.1%
Independents (IND)	1(53)	2(106)	0(126)	0(76)	0(221)	0(258)	0(32)	0(32)	0(71)	2(100)
	11.7%	19.1%	13.5%	7.9%	7.2%	6.2%	4.2%	0.6%	6.9%	11.1%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (JP) Janata Party, (AJKP) All India Jharkhand Party.

KARNATAKA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
	<--------------------Mysore---------------->
Electorate (lakhs)	39.7	100.1	113.5	127.8	137.9	167.7	195.6	211.0	286.1	288.4	318.1	331.0	342.8	386.2	417.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	28.2	58.0	64.2	76.6	76.4	102.7	109.4	135.1	184.2	154.0	187.1	211.0	223.5	251.1	245.7
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.7	3.3	3.5	3.5	9.0	4.0	4.4	3.9	8.1	0.2	-
Turnout (%)	51.9	52.8	59.3	62.9	57.4	63.2	57.7	65.7	67.5	54.8	60.2	64.9	67.6	65.1	58.8
Total Seats	11(2)	26(3)	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Contested	11	24	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Uncontested	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	37	62	88	100	104	98	190	334	242	391	978	200	130	172	427
Indian National Congress (Cong),	10(11)	23(26)	25(26)	18(27)	27(27)	26(28)	27(28)	24(28)	27(28)	23(28)	5(28)	9(28)	18(28)	8(28)	6(28)
(INCI) in 1980	53.4%	55.5%	52.7%	49.0%	70.9%	56.8%	56.2%	51.6%	48.9%	42.1%	30.3%	36.2%	45.4%	36.8%	37.6%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	0(4)	0(5)	0(7)	0(5)	0(2)	2(28)	-	0(6)	0(5)	4(28)	6(28)	13(18)	7(19)	18(24)	19(28)
(BLD) in 1977,(BJS) till 1971	4.2%	2.5%	2.7%	2.2%	1.9%	39.9%		4.7%	2.5%	28.8%	24.8%	26.9%	27.2%	34.8%	41.6%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(1)	0(1)	0(3)	-	0(1)	0(3)	0(1)	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)
	2.6%	1.5%	1.5%		0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%			0.1%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)
(CPM)				1.6%	0.6%		0.2%	0.1%		0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%		0.1%
Janata Dal Secular (JDS),	-	-	0(7)	5(11)	0(5)	-	-	-	1(27)	0(21)	16(27)	3(28)	0(27)	2(28)	3(21)
(JD) till 1998, (SWA) 62-71			7.8%	14.3%	3.7%				28.3%	18.5%	34.9%	21.7%	10.9%	20.5%	13.6%
Lok Shakti (LOKS),	-	-	-	-	0(17)	-	0(27)	-	-	-	-	3(10)	-	-	-
(INCU) 1980, (INCO) in 1971					16.4%		16.7%					11.5%
Janata Dal United (JDU),	-	1(1)	-	1(2)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(10)	0(4)	0(8)
(SSP) 67-71, (SCF) in 1957		2.0%		2.6%	1.0%								13.3%	1.9%	0.1%
Karnataka Congress Party (KCOP),	0(4)	-	1(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(11)	-	-	-	-
(LSS) 1962, (SOC) in 1952	6.4%		3.3%								3.1%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),	1(9)	1(12)	0(12)	2(5)	0(5)	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(3)	0(6)	0(6)	0(9)	0(28)
(PSP) 1957-1971, (KMPP) in 1952	23.0%	18.7%	14.5%	5.1%	1.3%					0.0%	0.2%	0.6%	0.7%	1.2%	1.7%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(28)	4(23)	0(26)	1(6)	0(5)	0(3)	-	0(6)	-
							22.9%	35.0%	10.6%	3.8%	0.2%	0.1%		0.6%
Others	-	-	0(4)	0(3)	0(1)	0(2)	0(13)	0(7)	0(27)	0(39)	0(21)	0(41)	0(13)	0(33)	0(52)
			3.9%	3.2%	0.0%	0.3%	1.4%	0.6%	4.5%	3.2%	1.2%	2.1%	0.6%	1.9%	1.1%
Independents (IND)	0(8)	1(17)	0(26)	1(45)	0(43)	0(37)	0(92)	0(267)	0(128)	0(266)	0(853)	0(64)	0(26)	0(40)	0(260)
	10.4%	19.8%	13.6%	22.0%	4.1%	2.6%	2.4%	7.0%	4.4%	2.8%	4.5%	0.8%	1.8%	2.3%	4.1%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (JD) Janata Dal, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (LSS) Lok Sevak Sangh,(SOC) Socialist Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.

KERALA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
	Travancore-Cochin
Electorate (lakhs)	42.1	75.1	80.0	86.2	102.2	114.6	132.7	142.8	189.2	196.6	206.7	211.9	220.6	211.3	218.6
Valid Votes (lakhs)	34.9	60.5	55.3	62.7	65.3	88.6	81.7	108.9	149.1	142.5	143.8	148.6	153.8	150.9	160.3
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	0.5	1.2	2.5	0.6	2.2	0.8	1.2	0.9	1.6	3.2	1.1	1.0	neg	-
Turnout (%)	71.0	66.6	70.5	75.6	64.5	79.2	62.2	77.1	79.3	73.3	71.1	70.7	70.2	71.5	73.3
Total Seats	12(1)	18(2)	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Contested	12	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	47	58	50	61	67	63	93	151	218	179	232	120	142	177	217
Indian National Congress (Cong),	6(11)	6(17)	6(14)	1(19)	6(7)	11(11)	5(11)	13(13)	14(17)	13(16)	7(17)	8(17)	8(17)	0(17)	13(17)
(INCI) in 1980	35.1%	34.8%	34.3%	36.1%	19.7%	29.1%	26.3%	33.3%	41.7%	38.8%	38.0%	38.7%	39.4%	32.1%	40.1%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	0(4)	0(4)	0(3)	0(3)	-	0(5)	0(20)	0(19)	0(18)	0(20)	0(14)	0(19)	0(19)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971			0.7%	1.4%	1.4%	7.2%		1.7%	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%	8.0%	6.6%	10.4%	6.3%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	9(15)	6(14)	3(3)	3(3)	4(4)	2(3)	0(4)	0(3)	0(4)	2(4)	2(4)	0(4)	3(4)	0(4)
		37.5%	35.5%	8.0%	9.1%	10.4%	6.5%	7.4%	6.2%	8.1%	8.2%	8.3%	7.6%	7.9%	7.4%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	9(9)	2(11)	0(9)	6(7)	1(10)	2(10)	3(9)	5(9)	6(9)	8(12)	12(13)	4(14)
(CPM)				24.6%	26.2%	20.3%	19.1%	22.3%	22.9%	20.7%	21.2%	21.0%	27.9%	31.5%	30.5%
Muslim League (MUL)	-	-	2(3)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	1(2)	2(2)
			4.5%	6.6%	5.6%	6.0%	5.6%	5.3%	5.2%	5.0%	5.1%	5.0%	5.3%	4.9%	5.1%
Kerala Congress-M (KECM),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(2)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)
(KCJ) in 1984								5.5%	2.4%	2.7%	2.7%	2.4%	2.3%	1.4%	2.5%
Kerala Congress (KEC)	-	-	-	0(5)	3(3)	2(2)	1(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)
				5.1%	8.3%	5.5%	4.4%	2.4%	0.5%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	2.4%	2.4%	2.1%
Indian Federal Democratic Party (IFDP),	1(1)	1(8)	0(4)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-
(PSP) 1957-1971, (TTC) 1952	3.3%	7.2%	9.9%	0.2%	2.2%									1.7%
Janata Dal (JD),	0(9)	-	-	3(3)	0(2)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(2)	1(2)	0(2)	-	-	-
(SSP) 67-71, (SOC) in 1952	13.2%			8.2%	0.9%				1.9%	4.5%	4.4%	3.9%
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1(1)	0(3)	1(1)	-	2(2)	1(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	-	-	-
(RSP)	6.3%	5.1%	3.6%		6.4%	3.1%	2.3%		2.4%	2.4%	2.5%	2.7%
Janata Dal Secular (JDS),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(4)	1(1)	0(17)	0(6)	0(6)	0(1)	-	1(1)	-
(JP) till 1998							6.7%	2.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%		2.3%
Indian Congress Socialist (ICS),	-	-	-	-	-	-	3(6)	1(2)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(INCU) in 1980							15.8%	4.4%	2.5%	2.8%	2.3%
Others	0(5)	-	0(1)	0(3)	0(6)	0(6)	0(2)	0(2)	0(12)	0(17)	0(16)	0(19)	0(18)	0(23)	0(36)
	5.9%		0.1%	2.4%	2.2%	9.7%	2.5%	3.7%	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%	1.0%	3.7%	0.8%	2.2%
Independents (IND)	4(20)	2(15)	3(9)	1(12)	1(27)	0(25)	1(55)	0(109)	0(132)	0(100)	1(154)	0(43)	0(73)	1(95)	0(123)
	36.2%	15.4%	11.4%	7.4%	18.0%	8.7%	10.8%	11.9%	9.5%	7.7%	7.0%	6.8%	4.8%	4.6%	3.8%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989; ICS refers to ICS(Sarat Chandra Sinha) from 1989-1996
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (SOC) Socialist Party, (JP) janata Party, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (KCJ) Kerala Congress J, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (TTC) Travancore Tamilnad Congress.

LAKSHWADWEEP Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	-	84.6	88.8	87.0	85.0	80.4	89.0	85.1	80.2	81.5	85.9
Total Seats	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	`-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)
(INCI) in 1980						58.6%	3.8%	54.5%	52.3%	50.5%	51.7%	51.5%	54.0%	48.8%	51.9%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															46.3%
Janata Dal United (JDU),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	-
(JD) 91-98, (JP) in 1980							39.8%			49.5%	48.3%	48.5%	43.3%	49.0%
Indian National Congress Urs	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(INCU)							56.4%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)
													1.8%	2.2%	1.8%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-
						41.4%		45.5%	47.7%				0.9%
(JD) Janata Dal, (JP) Janata Party.

MADHYA PRADESH Lok Sabha Elections
	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	166.7	185.7	207.6	271.9	277.7	325.2	330.5	348.2	383.9	380.8
Valid Votes (lakhs)	89.1	95.8	117.0	145.1	123.5	167.1	199.9	187.1	184.6	194.8
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	4.9	3.2	3.8	4.8	2.5	5.5	4.2	2.7	neg	-
Turnout (%)	56.4	53.3	58.4	55.2	45.4	53.1	61.8	54.5	48.1	51.2
Total Seats	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Contested	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	115	228	297	373	511	969	293	250	294	429
Indian National Congress (Cong),	1(27)	24(28)	29(29)	5(29)	16(29)	4(29)	6(29)	8(29)	4(29)	12(28)
(INCI) in 1980	30.9%	46.0%	56.1%	37.0%	44.5%	28.9%	38.8%	44.1%	34.1%	40.1%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	26(28)	-	0(29)	21(25)	12(29)	21(28)	23(29)	21(29)	25(29)	16(29)
(BLD) in 1977	58.3%		31.9%	43.2%	43.2%	42.8%	46.2%	46.1%	48.1%	43.4%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(2)	0(2)	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	0(3)	-	0(2)	0(3)
	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%		0.1%		0.3%		0.2%	0.4%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)
				0.1%		0.1%	0.1%		0.1%	0.0%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	0(25)	1(12)	2(20)	0(26)	0(19)	0(28)	1(28)
				4.1%	3.3%	8.4%	9.2%	5.3%	4.8%	5.8%
Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress (MPVC),	1(1)	0(3)	-	0(2)	0(1)	1(1)	-	-	-	-
(RPK) till 1991	1.7%	0.4%		0.1%	0.0%	2.0%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	2(8)	0(29)	0(7)	0(14)	-	-	-
				6.2%	4.4%	1.4%	1.4%
Janata Party (JP)	-	4(29)	0(16)	0(4)	0(24)	0(6)	-	0(2)	0(1)	-
		34.1%	2.6%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%		0.4%	0.6%
All India Indira Congress Tiwari (INCT)	-	-	-	-	-	1(23)	-	-	-	-
						5.2%
Others	-	0(33)	0(10)	0(40)	0(55)	0(37)	0(93)	0(80)	0(80)	0(127)
		9.4%	1.4%	2.0%	0.7%	2.1%	2.6%	2.9%	8.1%	5.4%
Independents (IND)	1(57)	1(133)	0(212)	1(239)	0(331)	0(817)	0(98)	0(91)	0(124)	0(213)
	8.5%	9.6%	7.6%	7.2%	3.2%	9.0%	1.4%	1.2%	4.0%	4.9%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (RPK) Republican Party of India Khobragade.

MAHARASHTRA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
	<--------Bombay-------->
Electorate (lakhs)	167.9	244.6	194.0	222.2	240.1	288.6	334.8	363.6	472.0	486.3	552.5	562.0	568.8	630.1	729.5
Valid Votes (lakhs)	115.3	167.6	111.5	136.4	139.1	168.9	184.9	218.3	275.5	233.0	283.6	314.9	330.3	342.5	369.9
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	2.3	5.7	7.5	4.8	5.1	5.3	6.2	7.1	4.0	6.2	6.0	16.3	0.1	-
Turnout (%)	52.4	55.7	60.4	64.7	59.9	60.3	56.8	61.7	59.9	48.7	52.4	57.1	60.9	54.4	50.7
Total Seats	45(8)	66(8)	44	45	45	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48
Contested	44	66	44	45	45	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48
Uncontested	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	148	159	168	185	235	211	415	498	593	862	1065	377	261	412	819
Indian National Congress (Cong),	40(44)	38(66)	41(44)	37(45)	42(44)	20(47)	39(48)	43(47)	28(48)	38(48)	15(48)	33(41)	10(42)	13(26)	17(25)
(INCI) in 1980	50.1%	48.7%	52.9%	48.5%	63.2%	47.0%	53.3%	51.2%	45.4%	48.4%	34.8%	43.6%	29.7%	23.8%	19.6%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	2(7)	0(17)	0(26)	0(13)	19(31)	-	0(20)	10(33)	5(31)	18(25)	4(25)	13(26)	13(26)	9(25)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971		3.4%	4.4%	7.4%	5.2%	31.4%		10.1%	23.7%	20.2%	21.8%	22.5%	21.2%	22.6%	18.2%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(3)	4(6)	0(6)	2(7)	0(8)	0(4)	0(2)	0(2)	1(3)	0(3)	0(3)	0(2)	0(2)	0(1)	0(3)
	1.3%	6.3%	4.0%	5.1%	1.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.9%	1.9%	1.0%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	-	0(2)	3(3)	0(4)	0(2)	0(2)	1(2)	0(3)	0(3)	0(3)	0(3)	0(2)
(CPM)					0.5%	3.6%	1.4%	1.5%	1.2%	1.3%	1.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%	0.5%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	8(31)	1(15)	0(1)	0(24)	0(17)	0(6)	6(38)	9(18)	8(21)
(JP) till 1998							20.4%	7.6%	0.0%	1.4%	0.8%	0.4%	21.6%	18.3%	19.3%
Shiv Sena (SS)	-	-	-	-	0(5)	-	0(2)	-	1(3)	4(17)	15(20)	6(22)	15(22)	12(22)	11(22)
					1.6%		0.7%		1.2%	9.4%	16.8%	19.7%	16.9%	20.1%	17.0%
Republican Party of India	-	-	-	-	0(14)	1(5)	0(7)	0(2)	0(8)	0(3)	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)
Khorbagade (RPIKH)					2.9%	4.3%	1.5%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%				0.0%
Republican Party of India (RPI),	0(25)	-	0(20)	0(17)	-	0(1)	0(23)	0(2)	0(3)	0(1)	0(11)	4(4)	0(2)	-	0(1)
(SOC) in 1952	14.6%		11.7%	12.7%		0.8%	1.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	4.9%	4.1%	1.4%		0.7%
Republican Party of India Ambedkar (RPIA),	0(10)	5(16)	1(13)	1(8)	1(8)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)
(PSP) 1957-1971, (KMPP) 1952	5.5%	8.7%	5.4%	2.5%	1.7%									1.0%	0.6%
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha (BBM),	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	1(24)	-	-	-	-	-	1(4)	0(16)	0(39)
(INCU) 1980, (RPG) 1971					1.1%		11.8%						2.1%	1.3%	1.3%
Janata Dal Secular (JDS),	-	-	-	-	1(3)	-	0(1)	-	5(23)	0(32)	0(12)	0(19)	1(2)	0(1)	0(4)
(JD) 89-98, (FBL) 71-80					2.5%		0.0%		10.9%	9.9%	3.3%	1.7%	0.9%	0.6%	0.2%
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA),	-	-	-	-	0(9)	-	-	2(15)	0(6)	0(7)	0(7)	0(3)	-	-	1(1)
(ICS) 1984-1998, (INCO) in 1971					2.7%			12.1%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%			0.6%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989,	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(17)	0(13)	0(10)	0(9)	-	-	-	0(2)	-
(JPS) in 1980							1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%				0.0%
Swabhimani Paksha (SWP),	1(11)	4(7)	0(10)	2(11)	0(12)	5(6)	0(5)	1(3)	0(5)	0(6)	0(4)	1(2)	1(2)	0(3)	1(1)
(PWP) till 2004	7.0%	5.5%	6.3%	7.5%	5.3%	6.1%	2.5%	2.1%	2.3%	1.3%	1.5%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	1.3%
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS),	1(4)	5(9)	-	2(5)	0(9)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(11)
(SSP) 1967-1971, (SCF) 1952-1957	4.4%	8.1%		3.7%	2.2%										4.1%
Others	0(15)	0(7)	0(8)	0(4)	0(6)	-	0(5)	-	0(96)	0(122)	0(108)	0(78)	0(40)	0(142)	0(252)
	5.1%	0.8%	1.1%	1.2%	0.9%		0.1%		3.6%	2.4%	4.6%	4.0%	1.4%	6.7%	8.4%
Independents (IND)	3(36)	8(41)	2(50)	1(62)	0(10)	0(114)	0(246)	1(377)	3(352)	0(557)	0(806)	0(172)	1(78)	0(151)	1(410)
	12.0%	18.5%	14.2%	11.4%	8.3%	6.1%	5.0%	13.2%	8.2%	4.2%	9.7%	2.4%	3.3%	3.9%	8.1%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989; ICS refers to ICS(Sarat Chandra Sinha) from 1989-1996
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (JD) Janata Dal, (FBL) Forward Bloc, (JP) Janata Party, (ICS) Indian Congress Socialist, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (LKDB) Lok Dal Bahugana, (JPS) Janata Party Secular,(SOC) Socialist Party, (PWP) Peasants & Workers Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (RPG) Republican Party of India Gaikwad.

MANIPUR Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	3.0	3.3	4.0	4.8	5.4	7.9	9.1	10.1	12.2	12.3	12.9	13.3	13.7	15.4	17.4
Valid Votes (lakhs)	1.5	1.7	2.6	3.1	2.6	4.6	7.1	8.4	8.6	8.5	9.6	7.5	8.9	10.4	13.4
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	neg	-
Turnout (%)	51.1	52.7	65.3	67.2	48.9	60.1	81.6	85.7	71.8	69.6	75.0	56.8	65.7	67.4	77.1
Total Seats	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Contested	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	14	11	11	10	11	11	15	14	13	20	28	15	18	12	16
Indian National Congress (Cong),	1(2)	1(2)	1(2)	0(2)	2(2)	2(2)	1(2)	2(2)	2(2)	1(2)	2(2)	0(2)	0(2)	1(1)	2(2)
(INCI) in 1980	23.8%	28.0%	30.9%	32.7%	30.0%	45.3%	23.0%	34.9%	45.0%	38.4%	40.2%	18.6%	25.3%	14.9%	43.0%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)
(BLD) in 1977						8.6%		7.0%	2.3%	8.1%	5.2%	12.6%	1.0%	20.7%	9.5%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(2)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	1(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
	8.6%	11.1%	8.1%	28.9%	15.0%	11.5%	9.7%	9.4%	5.6%		4.0%	20.5%	4.0%	10.1%	14.9%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	-	0(2)	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(JP) till 1991							17.6%			0.7%			13.5%	10.4%	6.0%
Manipur Peoples Party (MPP),	1(2)	-	1(2)	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(SOC) till 1962	19.3%		26.3%		11.9%	23.4%	6.9%	17.7%	17.1%	20.0%	6.7%	15.4%	16.3%	7.4%	7.6%
Peoples Democratic Alliance (PDA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															16.8%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
									1.5%	18.5%	1.8%
Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	1(2)	1(2)	-	-
(ICS) till 1996								4.1%	3.7%	10.9%	0.8%	25.4%	24.9%
Kuki National Assembly (KNA),	0(1)	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(2)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
(INCU) in 1980,(INCO) in 1971	8.0%				9.0%		16.6%		12.5%
Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP),	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(PSP) till 1962		7.3%	4.1%	5.8%	5.1%
Others	0(6)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(6)	0(4)	0(6)	0(3)	0(3)
	31.3%							1.0%	0.1%	0.3%	18.3%	6.9%	8.4%	14.0%	0.5%
Independents (IND)	0(2)	1(6)	0(5)	1(6)	0(4)	0(3)	0(7)	0(7)	0(3)	0(9)	0(13)	0(3)	0(4)	1(3)	0(5)
	9.0%	53.6%	30.6%	32.6%	29.0%	11.2%	26.2%	25.9%	12.2%	3.1%	23.0%	0.6%	6.6%	22.5%	1.7%
Note: ICS refers to ICS(Sarat Chandra Sinha) from 1989-1996(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (JP) Janata Party, (ICS) Indian Congress Socialist, (SOC) Socialist Party, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs,(INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party.

MEGHALAYA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	5.3	2.2	7.5	9.4	9.4	10.9	11.6	11.8	12.9	12.8
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	2.5	1.1	4.0	4.8	5.0	6.6	8.4	6.5	6.8	8.2
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	-	49.9	51.2	54.5	51.9	53.7	61.6	74.4	56.2	52.7	64.4
Total Seats	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Contested	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	8	6	12	10	13	14	5	11
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	1(1)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	1(2)	2(2)	1(2)	1(2)	1(2)
(INCI) in 1980						35.9%	74.3%	62.4%	55.4%	56.6%	53.6%	47.6%	32.8%	45.6%	44.8%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(1)	-
										6.9%	9.1%	9.0%	9.5%	8.6%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	-	0(1)
							6.3%	3.7%	4.8%	1.2%	1.4%	1.4%	0.7%		0.8%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	1(1)
(AHLC) till 1980							11.8%						28.0%		18.8%
United Democratic Party (UDP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(1)	-	0(1)
												25.5%	16.4%		15.1%
Hill State Peoples Democratic Party (HSPDP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)
												7.4%	6.2%		11.9%
All India Trinamool Congress (TC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-
														28.3%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(4)	0(3)	-	0(2)
												9.1%	5.6%		6.0%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	1(5)	0(1)	0(4)	0(2)	0(6)	1(4)	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(3)
						64.1%	7.6%	33.9%	39.8%	35.3%	35.9%		0.8%	17.5%	2.6%
(AHLC) All Party Hill Leaders Conference.

MIZORAM Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.4	4.5	5.5	6.3
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	2.3	2.4	3.0	3.0	2.9	3.5	3.3
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	-	49.9	56.1	-	58.3	58.6	73.4	69.6	65.3	63.5	51.8
Total Seats	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	4	7	4	6	7	3	4
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	-	-	1(1)
(INCI) in 1980						37.1%		Uncontested	48.4%	38.1%	42.5%	34.9%			65.6%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-
												2.9%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															1.0%
Mizo National Front (MNF)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	1(1)	-
									31.3%	34.1%	37.6%	26.8%		52.5%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-
(DPI) in 1989									19.3%	23.5%
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-
(PPC) in 1980							42.0%					0.3%	0.7%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(3)	0(1)	-
													3.7%	1.8%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	1(3)	1(1)	-	0(1)	0(4)	0(2)	1(2)	1(3)	0(1)	0(2)
						62.9%	58.0%		1.0%	4.3%	19.9%	35.1%	95.6%	45.7%	33.4%
(DPI) Democratic Party of India, (PPC) Peoples Conference.

NAGALAND Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	4.7	4.6	5.9	8.1	8.1	8.7	9.3	9.6	10.4	13.2
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	2.9	3.9	6.0	6.2	7.6	4.0	7.3	9.5	11.9
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	53.8	52.8	63.9	66.5	74.7	77.1	88.3	45.4	76.3	91.8	90.0
Total Seats	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	5	5	3
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(INCI) in 1980						48.3%		64.6%	60.3%	44.3%	62.3%	86.7%	71.2%	25.8%	29.3%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	-
										3.0%			5.1%
Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF),	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	1(1)
(UDF) till 1980						51.7%	49.0%							73.1%	70.0%
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															0.7%
Lok Shakti (LOKS),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	1(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-
(NPC) till 1991									39.7%	52.7%		13.3%	0.8%
Naga National Democratic Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-		-
(NND)								29.3%
Janata Dal Secular (JDS),	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-
(UFN) in 1971					60.5%									0.5%
Nagaland National Organisation	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(NNO)				Uncontested	39.5%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(2)	-	0(2)	0(2)	-
							51.0%	6.1%			37.7%		22.9%	0.5%
(NPC) Nagaland Peoples Council, (UDF) United Democratic Front, (UFN) United Front of Nagaland.

ORISSA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	77.1	79.8	87.8	98.8	108.6	126.4	138.5	149.4	194.4	198.0	224.2	233.9	241.9	256.5	271.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	36.6	44.4	19.7	40.6	44.6	53.9	61.5	81.7	111.9	104.4	130.3	133.5	132.7	169.3	177.6
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	1.6	1.0	2.6	2.3	2.1	2.6	2.4	3.3	2.1	2.5	2.3	1.9	0.1	-
Turnout (%)	35.4	36.1	24.8	43.7	43.2	44.3	46.3	56.3	59.3	53.8	59.2	58.0	55.6	66.1	65.3
Total Seats	20(4)	20(6)	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Contested	19	20	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Uncontested	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	58	57	49	65	85	61	110	114	132	214	226	135	105	100	157
Indian National Congress (Cong),	11(18)	7(20)	14(20)	6(20)	15(19)	4(20)	20(21)	20(21)	3(21)	13(21)	16(21)	5(21)	2(20)	2(21)	6(21)
(INCI) in 1980	42.5%	40.0%	55.5%	33.3%	38.5%	38.2%	56.1%	57.5%	38.4%	44.0%	44.9%	41.0%	36.9%	40.4%	32.7%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	0(2)	0(1)	15(20)	-	0(4)	0(6)	0(21)	0(20)	7(9)	9(9)	7(9)	0(21)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971				0.5%	0.2%	51.8%		1.2%	1.3%	9.5%	13.4%	21.2%	24.6%	19.3%	16.9%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	1(4)	1(5)	0(2)	0(3)	1(3)	0(5)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(3)	-	1(1)
	5.8%	4.8%	5.1%	3.8%	4.3%	3.1%	0.8%	1.5%	3.6%	3.1%	0.3%	1.0%	1.2%		2.6%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	-	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)	-	0(1)
(CPM)					1.0%	2.0%	0.9%	1.8%	3.0%	2.0%	1.7%	0.4%	0.2%		0.4%
Biju Janata Dal (BJD),	5(12)	7(15)	4(10)	-	1(20)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9(12)	10(12)	11(12)	14(18)
(UTC) in 1971, (GP) till 1962	26.2%	29.1%	17.4%		23.6%							27.5%	33.0%	30.0%	37.2%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(4)	0(2)	0(7)	1(1)	0(4)
										0.6%	1.6%	2.1%	1.7%	1.5%	1.7%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(18)	-	0(6)	0(10)	-	-	0(3)	-	0(1)
(DDP) 1989-1991, (JPS) in 1980							19.6%		0.1%	0.2%			0.1%		1.5%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),	1(10)	-	1(3)	1(2)	0(2)	-	-	-	0(4)	0(7)	-	0(8)	0(4)	0(12)	0(19)
(SSP) 1967-1971, (SOC) till 1962	15.4%		2.7%	4.5%	1.8%				0.1%	0.2%		0.3%	0.3%	2.2%	1.9%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(20)	1(19)	0(13)	0(18)	0(5)	-	0(1)	-	-
							14.1%	32.0%	1.2%	3.0%	0.2%		0.0%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	0(1)	8(17)	3(13)	-	-	-	16(19)	6(19)	4(19)	0(16)	-	-	-
(SWA) till 1971			1.2%	30.9%	15.9%				49.5%	34.6%	30.0%	4.9%
Samata Party (SAP),	-	2(6)	1(5)	4(5)	0(6)	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	0(2)	-	-	-
(PSP) till 1971		15.4%	15.5%	16.1%	6.9%						1.5%	0.1%
Others	0(2)	-	-	-	0(10)	0(3)	0(14)	0(7)	0(9)	0(20)	0(17)	0(40)	0(21)	0(19)	0(36)
	1.5%				5.3%	0.8%	3.8%	1.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	1.1%	0.7%	2.1%	2.8%
Independents (IND)	2(12)	3(11)	0(8)	1(16)	0(10)	1(12)	0(35)	0(61)	0(52)	0(94)	0(136)	0(21)	0(23)	0(26)	0(35)
	8.6%	10.7%	2.6%	10.9%	2.5%	4.1%	4.7%	4.8%	2.1%	2.2%	5.7%	0.4%	1.3%	4.5%	2.3%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (SOC) Socialist Party, (DDP) Doordarshi Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party,(UTC) Utkal Congress, (GP) Ganatantra Parishad.

PUDUCHERRY Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	2.2	2.5	3.0	3.2	3.8	5.7	5.9	6.3	6.6	7.0	6.4	7.6
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	1.6	1.7	2.2	2.5	2.7	3.8	3.9	4.6	4.1	4.4	4.8	6.1
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	-	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	74.8	70.1	73.6	80.4	72.3	66.7	67.7	75.3	62.8	63.3	76.1	79.7
Total Seats	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	10	11	13	21	9	9	21	28
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	1(1)	1(1)	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	-	1(1)
(INCI) in 1980				39.8%	66.3%		66.4%	58.9%	50.5%	53.1%	40.0%	32.1%	37.2%		49.4%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)
										2.0%	4.4%			35.7%	2.2%
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)
(JP) in 1980							26.7%		6.6%	3.4%	4.3%		31.7%	50.0%	34.3%
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	-	-	0(1)
(DMK) till 1998								36.1%	41.6%	35.8%	39.9%	41.1%			8.7%
Tharasu Makkal Mandaram (TMM),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-
(JPS) in 1980							6.9%		0.2%	0.9%
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-
						53.3%						25.1%
Indian Congress Socialist (ICS),	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-
(INCO) till 1977					28.0%	44.4%		0.7%			0.8%	0.3%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989,	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
(PFR) in 1967				26.9%					0.3%
Tamil Maanila Congress Moopanar (TAMC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-
													25.2%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(4)	0(3)	0(3)	-	0(5)	0(6)
										2.2%	4.2%	1.2%		7.0%	1.1%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)	-	0(7)	0(6)	0(4)	0(13)	0(2)	0(6)	0(14)	0(18)
				33.3%	5.7%	2.3%		4.3%	0.8%	2.6%	6.4%	0.2%	5.9%	7.3%	4.3%
Note : ICS refers to ICS(Sarat Chandra Sinha) in 1996
(DMK) Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (LKDB) Lok Dal Bahuguna, (PFR) Peoples Front, (JP) Janata Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular.

PUNJAB Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	67.2	92.1	107.4	63.1	69.5	81.6	97.4	107.4	129.5	131.7	144.9	153.4	157.2	166.2	169.6
Valid Votes (lakhs)	49.9	71.8	67.8	42.8	40.8	56.1	59.7	69.3	79.4	30.1	88.3	91.1	87.5	102.3	118.3
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	1.7	2.4	2.0	0.8	1.1	1.3	3.0	1.7	1.4	1.9	1.0	0.6	neg	-
Turnout (%)	55.3	55.0	65.4	71.1	59.9	70.1	62.6	67.4	62.7	24.0	62.2	60.1	56.1	61.6	69.7
Total Seats	18(3)	22(5)	22	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Contested	18	22	22	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	101	78	107	75	83	79	147	74	227	81	259	102	120	142	218
Indian National Congress (Cong),	16(18)	21(22)	14(22)	9(13)	10(11)	0(13)	12(13)	6(13)	2(13)	12(13)	2(13)	0(8)	8(11)	2(11)	8(13)
(INCI) in 1980	42.8%	51.3%	41.3%	37.3%	46.0%	34.8%	52.4%	41.5%	26.5%	49.3%	35.1%	25.8%	38.4%	34.2%	45.2%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	0(9)	0(16)	3(17)	1(8)	0(5)	3(3)	-	0(3)	0(3)	0(9)	0(6)	3(3)	1(3)	3(3)	1(3)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971	5.6%	16.0%	15.2%	12.5%	4.4%	12.5%		3.4%	4.2%	16.5%	6.5%	11.7%	9.2%	10.5%	10.1%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(4)	1(11)	0(4)	0(3)	2(2)	0(3)	0(1)	0(3)	0(4)	0(1)	0(3)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(2)
	5.0%	16.8%	4.7%	4.3%	6.2%	1.6%	1.3%	3.8%	2.1%	1.6%	1.6%	3.4%	3.7%	2.6%	0.3%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(2)	0(3)	1(1)	0(1)	0(3)	0(3)	0(3)	0(3)	0(3)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(CPM)				1.9%	2.2%	4.9%	2.5%	3.0%	3.9%	4.0%	2.7%	1.1%	2.2%	1.8%	0.1%
Shrimoni Akali Dal (SAD),	2(8)	-	3(7)	-	1(12)	9(9)	1(7)	7(11)	0(4)	0(3)	8(9)	8(8)	2(9)	8(10)	4(10)
(AD) in 1962	11.4%		12.2%		30.8%	42.3%	23.4%	37.2%	1.3%	2.6%	28.7%	32.9%	28.6%	34.3%	33.8%
Shrimoni Akali Dal Mann (SADM),	0(4)	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	-	6(8)	-	0(7)	0(4)	1(1)	0(6)	0(3)
(SOC) till 1962	2.2%		2.2%						29.2%		3.8%	2.7%	3.4%	3.8%	0.4%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),	-	-	-	-	0(4)	-	0(2)	-	1(12)	1(12)	3(4)	0(4)	0(3)	0(13)	0(13)
(INCU) 1980, (INCO) in 1971					4.6%		2.6%		8.6%	19.7%	9.3%	12.6%	3.8%	7.7%	5.7%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	-	3(8)	-	-	-	-	1(4)	0(4)	0(1)	1(1)	-	-	-
(ADS) in 1967				22.6%					5.5%	1.3%	2.7%	4.2%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(9)	0(2)	0(3)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
							10.0%	2.2%	0.1%	0.9%	0.0%
Republican Party of India (RPI),	0(2)	0(5)	0(7)	0(2)	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(3)	-	0(2)	-	0(2)
(SCF) till 1957	4.8%	4.1%	6.2%	2.6%					0.2%		0.1%		0.1%		0.0%
Shrimoni Akali Dal Badal (SADB),	-	-	0(6)	0(6)	-	-	-	-	0(9)	-	-	-	-	-	-
(SWA) till 1967			4.3%	4.6%					5.4%
Akali Dal Master Tara Singh Fateh	-	-	1(1)	0(7)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Group(ADM), (HLS) in 1962			1.7%	4.4%
Others	0(11)	0(2)	0(3)	0(1)	0(7)	0(5)	0(9)	-	0(24)	0(3)	0(28)	0(21)	0(32)	0(27)	0(58)
	9.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.5%	1.3%	0.6%	2.5%		0.3%	0.1%	2.0%	0.7%	8.1%	2.3%	2.1%
Independents (IND)	0(45)	0(22)	0(39)	0(25)	0(39)	0(45)	0(105)	0(39)	3(138	0(32)	0(181)	1(49)	0(57)	0(70)	0(113)
	18.6%	11.2%	11.8%	9.3%	4.5%	3.3%	5.3%	8.9%	12.7%	4.0%	7.5%	4.9%	2.5%	2.8%	2.3%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989 Elections were held on September 25, 1985 nine months after the 1984 General Elections. Elections were held on February 19, 1992 eight months after the 1991 General Elections
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (ADS) Akali Dal Master Sant Fateh Singh Group, (AD) Akali Dal, (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (SOC) Socialist Party,(INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (HLS) Haryana Lok Samiti.

RAJASTHAN Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	76.8	87.4	103.3	121.8	132.4	152.4	177.7	201.2	258.1	265.1	303.9	297.5	311.1	347.1	370.6
Valid Votes (lakhs)	35.3	46.5	51.9	68.1	69.2	84.0	94.8	111.9	142.9	123.0	129.7	176.5	165.7	173.3	179.3
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	1.9	2.2	2.8	2.3	2.7	2.3	2.8	3.0	2.3	2.2	2..8	1.8	0.1	-
Turnout (%)	38.4	40.6	52.4	58.3	54.0	56.9	54.7	57.0	56.5	47.2	43.4	60.3	53.9	50.0	48.4
Total Seats	20(2)	22(4)	22	23	23	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Contested	20	22	22	23	23	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	74	60	111	116	129	102	252	313	304	526	677	219	165	185	346
Indian National Congress (Cong),	9(20)	19(22)	14(21)	10(22)	14(23)	1(25)	18(25)	25(25)	0(25)	13(25)	12(25)	18(25)	9(25)	4(25)	20(25)
(INCI) in 1980	41.4%	53.6%	37.6%	39.9%	50.3%	30.6%	42.6%	52.7%	37.0%	44.0%	40.5%	44.4%	45.1%	41.4%	47.2%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	1(4)	0(7)	1(11)	3(7)	4(7)	24(25)	-	0(24)	13(17)	12(25)	12(25)	5(25)	16(24)	21(25)	4(25)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971	3.0%	11.1%	9.3%	10.3%	12.4%	65.2%		23.7%	29.6%	40.9%	42.4%	41.6%	47.2%	49.0%	36.6%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(1)	0(4)	0(5)	0(3)	0(1)	0(3)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(5)	0(4)	0(2)	0(2)
	0.2%	4.8%	3.0%	1.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(1)	0(3)	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(1)	0(2)	0(3)
(CPM)				1.0%	0.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	2.1%	0.7%	0.4%	1.3%	0.5%	0.5%	1.3%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(10)	0(2)	0(13)	0(22)	0(16)	0(24)	0(24)
							0.1%		0.3%	0.1%	1.4%	2.1%	2.8%	3.2%	3.4%
Janata Dal (JD),	0(6)	-	0(6)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	11(13)	0(22)	0(14)	0(17)	-	-	-
(SOC) till 1971	3.4%		3.7%		0.0%				25.7%	6.2%	2.6%	2.3%
All India Indira Congres Secular (IICS),	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(25)	0(15)	0(6)	0(19)	-	1(1)	-	-	-
(JP) till 1991							31.7%	3.9%	0.4%	3.1%		1.9%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD),	-	-	-	-	-	-	2(16)	0(16)	0(2)	0(5)	-	-	-	0(2)	-
(JPS) in 1980							12.0%	11.2%	0.0%	0.0%				0.0%
Doordarshi Party (DDP),	3(7)	0(2)	1(7)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(24)	0(21)	-	-	-	-	-
(RRP) till 1980	9.4%	1.6%	3.7%			0.1%	0.1%		1.1%	0.2%
All India Indira Congress Tiwari (INCT),	1(7)	-	3(10)	8(14)	3(8)	-	-	-	-	-	1(17)	-	-	-	-
(SWA) 62-71, (KLP) in 1952	10.1%		18.1%	27.0%	14.6%						3.6%
Indian National Congress Urs	-	-	-	-	0(4)	-	1(12)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(INCU), (INCO) in 1971					1.6%		6.0%
Others	0(4)	0(2)	0(2)	0(5)	0(11)	0(1)	-	0(9)	0(6)	0(26)	0(54)	0(72)	0(51)	0(36)	0(81)
	3.3%	1.4%	0.2%	3.0%	7.6%	0.2%		1.2%	0.2%	1.0%	1.7%	2.0%	2.6%	2.8%	1.9%
Independents (IND)	6(25)	3(23)	3(49)	2(64)	2(71)	0(45)	0(169)	0(222)	0(199)	0(379)	0(527)	1(50)	0(44)	0(69)	1(186)
	29.2%	27.5%	24.4%	17.1%	12.3%	3.0%	6.8%	6.8%	3.5%	3.7%	7.2%	3.8%	1.4%	2.7%	9.3%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SOC) Socialist Party, (JP) Janata Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (RRP) Ram Rajya Parishad, (SWA) Swatantra Party,(KLP) Krishikar Lok Party, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation.

SIKKIM Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.9	2.0	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.8	3.0
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.1	1.7	1.6	2.1	2.2	2.5
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	-	-	44.7	57.6	72.0	58.7	77.4	67.2	81.7	78.0	83.7
Total Seats	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	8	4	7	7	3	4	4	7
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(INCI) in 1980						Uncontested		25.8%	21.6%			33.1%	4.8%	27.4%	29.6%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															1.8%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
								1.0%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-
(CPM)										2.9%
Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF),	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-	-	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)
(SKJP) in 1980							61.6%				72.1%	65.7%	52.6%	69.8%	63.3%
Sikkim Sangram Parishad (SKSP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-
(SPC) in 1980							9.9%		68.5%	90.1%	24.5%		42.1%	1.5%
Rising Sun Party (RIS),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
(SCR) in 1980							22.6%		9.6%
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)
(JP) in 1984, (INCU) 1980							1.8%	0.8%						1.3%	1.8%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)
															2.0%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(3)	1(5)	0(1)	0(5)	0(5)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)
							4.1%	72.4%	0.3%	7.0%	3.4%	1.2%	0.5%		1.5%
(SPC) Sikkim Prajatantra Congress, (SKJP) Sikkim Janata Parishad, (SCR) Sikkim Congress-R, (JP) Janata Party), (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs.

TAMIL NADU Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
	<------------------------Madras------------------------>
Electorate (lakhs)	269.8	175.1	186.7	208.0	230.7	271.9	281.1	309.6	400.3	399.1	424.9	455.8	477.3	472.5	416.2
Valid Votes (lakhs)	199.4	109.5	124.2	154.4	159.5	178.6	184.1	216.1	264.0	246.9	271.9	256.0	272.3	287.1	303.9
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	3.1	4.2	4.8	6.2	3.9	3.5	9.8	3.6	8.2	12.5	8.1	4.4	0.2	-
Turnout (%)	56.4	49.1	70.5	76.6	71.8	67.1	66.8	73.0	66.9	63.9	66.9	57.9	58.0	60.8	73.0
Total Seats	75(13)	41(7)	41	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Contested	73	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Uncontested	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	293	142	152	127	111	195	248	214	506	461	749	296	362	571	823
Indian National Congress (Cong),	35(74)	31(41)	31(41)	3(39)	9(9)	14(15)	20(22)	25(26)	27(28)	28(28)	0(29)	0(35)	2(11)	10(10)	8(15)
(INCI) in 1980	36.4%	46.5%	45.3%	41.7%	12.5%	22.3%	31.6%	40.5%	39.9%	42.6%	18.3%	4.8%	11.1%	14.4%	15.0%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	0(1)	0(4)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(3)	0(15)	0(37)	3(5)	4(6)	0(6)	0(18)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971			0.0%	0.2%	0.1%			0.1%	0.3%	1.6%	2.9%	6.9%	7.1%	5.1%	2.3%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	8(16)	2(13)	2(14)	0(7)	4(4)	3(3)	0(3)	0(3)	1(2)	0(2)	2(2)	1(2)	0(2)	2(2)	1(3)
	8.9%	10.1%	10.2%	1.9%	5.4%	4.6%	3.6%	3.4%	2.0%	2.0%	2.3%	2.4%	2.6%	3.0%	2.8%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM),	1(5)	-	-	4(5)	0(6)	0(2)	0(3)	0(3)	0(4)	0(3)	0(7)	0(2)	1(2)	2(2)	1(3)
(FBM) in 1952	1.7%			6.8%	1.6%	1.6%	3.2%	2.8%	3.7%	2.5%	1.8%	0.6%	2.4%	2.9%	2.2%
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK),	1(1)	-	0(2)	-	-	18(20)	2(24)	12(12)	11(11)	11(11)	0(10)	18(22)	10(24)	0(33)	9(23)
(MUL) till 1962	0.4%		1.4%			30.6%	25.4%	18.4%	17.1%	18.1%	7.8%	25.9%	25.7%	29.8%	22.9%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),	3(3)	-	7(18)	25(25)	23(24)	1(19)	16(16)	2(27)	0(31)	0(29)	17(17)	5(17)	12(19)	16(16)	18(22)
(COMW) in 1952	1.6%		18.6%	35.8%	35.2%	18.1%	23.0%	25.9%	26.7%	22.7%	25.6%	20.1%	23.1%	24.6%	25.1%
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK),	6(31)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(32)	0(31)	0(15)	4(5)	5(7)	5(5)	0(6)
(KMPP) in 1952	9.8%								5.8%	5.1%	2.0%	6.0%	8.2%	6.7%	5.7%
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	-	-	1(1)	-	1(1)	-	-	-	0(33)	0(28)	0(24)	3(5)	4(5)	4(4)	1(4)
(MDMK), (TMM) 89-91, (FBL) till 1971			1.4%		1.3%				0.2%	0.2%	4.5%	6.3%	6.0%	5.9%	3.7%
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(39)
															10.1%
Vidhuthalai Chiruthaigal Katch (VCK),	2(20)	-	0(2)	-	-	-	0(9)	0(5)	0(8)	0(11)	0(2)	1(1)	0(1)	0(28)	1(2)
(JP) till 2004, (SOC) 1952-1962	5.3%		0.4%				8.0%	4.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.8%	1.0%	0.1%	0.5%	2.4%
MGR Anna DM Kazhagam (MADK),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(5)	0(8)	0(3)	1(1)	-	-
(JD) till 1996									1.4%	2.9%	1.5%	1.1%	1.5%
Tamil Maanila Congress(Moopanar)	-	-	0(16)	6(8)	0(9)	-	-	-	-	-	20(20)	3(20)	0(27)	-	-
(TAMC), (SWA) till 1971			10.5%	9.2%	9.3%						27.0%	20.2%	7.2%
Indian National Congress	4(7)	-	-	-	1(29)	3(18)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Organisation (INCO), (TNT) in 1952	4.5%				30.4%	17.7%
Others	0(36)	0(7)	0(11)	0(3)	0(1)	0(1)	0(25)	0(8)	0(17)	0(23)	0(39)	0(52)	0(59)	0(74)	0(160)
	8.3%	3.6%	4.7%	0.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.8%	2.0%	0.6%	0.7%	2.5%	2.2%	3.7%	3.8%	4.0%
Independents (IND)	15(100)	8(81)	0(46)	1(36)	1(27)	0(117)	1(146)	0(129)	0(335)	0(275)	0(539)	1(127)	0(198)	0(391)	0(528)
	23.1%	39.8%	7.5%	4.1%	3.2%	5.1%	4.4%	2.7%	2.3%	1.4%	3.0%	2.5%	1.3%	3.3%	3.8%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (JD) Janata Dal, (FBM) Forward Bloc Marxist, (SOC) Socialist Party, (MUL) Muslim League, (COMW) Commonweal, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (JP) Janata Party,(TMM) Tharasu Makkal Mandram, (FBL) Forward Bloc, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (TNT) Tamilnad Toilers.

TRIPURA Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	3.3	4.3	4.8	6.0	7.0	8.7	10.6	12.1	15.4	15.6	16.5	17.3	18.0	19.8	20.8
Valid Votes (lakhs)	1.6	5.5	3.2	4.4	4.1	5.9	8.3	9.2	12.7	10.2	12.9	13.7	12.0	13.2	17.6
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	neg	-
Turnout (%)	47.7	64.7	68.0	74.8	60.8	70.1	80.0	77.3	83.9	67.3	79.1	80.9	68.1	67.1	84.4
Total Seats	2	2(1)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Contested	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	7	7	7	4	9	8	11	10	12	17	20	11	17	12	19
Indian National Congress (Cong),	0(2)	1(2)	0(2)	2(2)	0(2)	1(2)	0(2)	0(2)	2(2)	2(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)
(INCI) in 1980	25.6%	46.0%	42.8%	58.2%	36.3%	39.7%	22.6%	45.6%	55.5%	82.8%	34.1%	42.1%	13.9%	14.3%	30.7%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	0(2)	-	-	-	0(1)	1(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971	6.1%				0.5%	17.8%		0.8%	0.6%	3.0%	6.5%	8.2%	12.8%	7.8%	3.4%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	2(2)	1(2)	2(2)	-	0(2)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	61.3%	45.1%	51.3%		6.8%	2.2%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	-	-	-	0(2)	2(2)	0(2)	2(2)	2(2)	0(2)	0(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)
				41.8%	43.5%	34.1%	47.5%	50.5%	41.7%	6.5%	52.4%	48.8%	56.2%	68.8%	61.7%
Amara Bengali (AMB)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)
									1.1%	3.0%	1.2%	0.5%	0.6%	1.1%	0.8%
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS)	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	-	-	-	0(2)	-	-	-	-
						6.2%	13.5%				4.1%
Others	-	-	0(3)	-	-	-	0(3)	-	-	0(2)	0(3)	0(1)	0(5)	0(2)	0(6)
			5.9%				1.5%			0.8%	0.8%	0.1%	15.1%	5.6%	1.4%
Independents (IND)	0(1)	0(3)	-	-	0(2)	-	0(2)	0(5)	0(5)	0(7)	0(7)	0(2)	0(5)	0(3)	0(5)
	7.0%	8.9%			12.9%		14.9%	3.1%	1.1%	3.9%	0.9%	0.3%	1.4%	2.4%	2.0%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

UTTAR PRADESH Lok Sabha Elections
	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	491.7	549.4	589.6	751.9	749.5	952.9	963.6	972.3	1106.2	1160.1
Valid Votes (lakhs)	272.7	268.5	322.5	368.7	353.6	435.6	529.0	515.3	532.7	554.1
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	5.8	6.2	6.6	16.9	15.4	8.1	7.4	7.2	0.1	-
Turnout (%)	56.6	50.0	55.8	51.3	49.2	46.6	55.7	53.7	48.2	47.8
Total Seats	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
Contested	80	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	80	80
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	423	961	1178	1035	1521	3163	988	1153	1138	1368
Indian National Congress (Cong),	0(80)	47(80)	78(80)	12(79)	5(77)	5(80)	0(71)	9(71)	9(73)	21(69)
(INCI) in 1980	24.8%	35.3%	50.4%	31.4%	17.6%	8.0%	5.2%	13.4%	12.0%	18.2%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	80(80)	-	0(45)	8(28)	46(79)	49(78)	52(77)	25(72)	10(77)	10(71)
(BLD) in 1977	68.2%		6.4%	7.8%	32.4%	33.5%	35.9%	27.0%	22.2%	17.5%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(12)	1(4)	0(13)	2(8)	1(4)	0(3)	0(5)	0(10)	0(6)	0(9)
	1.1%	1.5%	1.7%	1.2%	1.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	0(2)	0(1)	-	1(1)	0(3)	0(3)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)
	0.1%	0.1%		0.5%	0.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Samajwadi Party (SP),	-	-	-	1(10)	-	16(59)	20(78)	26(79)	35(68)	23(75)
(ABHM) in 1989				0.6%		21.3%	29.7%	25.0%	26.7%	23.3%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	0(3)	-	2(72)	1(65)	6(80)	4(80)	14(80)	19(80)	20(80)
		0.0%		10.1%	9.1%	21.0%	21.3%	22.6%	24.7%	27.4%
Samajwadi Janata Party Rashtriya (SJPR)	-	3(80)	0(44)	0(29)	4(77)	0(30)	1(1)	1(2)	1(2)	0(2)
(JP) till 1996		22.6%	3.8%	1.0%	10.9%	0.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989,	-	28(75)	2(69)	0(34)	0(19)	0(7)	-	2(7)	3(10)	5(7)
(JPS) in 1980		29.8%	21.9%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%		2.6%	4.5%	3.3%
Janata Dal United (JDU),	-	-	-	52(66)	22(68)	2(16)	0(23)	0(2)	1(3)	0(3)
(JD) till 1998				36.5%	21.4%	4.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%
National Loktantrik Party (NLP),	-	-	-	-	-	1(3)	2(2)	2(4)	1(7)	0(1)
(LTC) in 1999, (SAP) till 1996-1998						1.0%	0.8%	1.6%	0.6%	0.0%
Others	0(10)	0(71)	0(80)	0(113)	0(168)	0(335)	0(178)	0(234)	0(329)	0(486)
	0.3%	2.2%	2.9%	2.2%	1.3%	3.0%	2.9%	2.7%	4.1%	5.3%
Independents (IND)	0(239)	1(647)	0(847)	2(595)	0(961)	1(2469)	1(471)	1(590)	1(481)	1(563)
	5.5%	8.5%	12.9%	7.8%	5.2%	6.5%	2.8%	3.7%	3.8%	4.5%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (JP) Janata Party, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (ABHM) Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, (LTC) Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress, (SAP) Samata Party.

DAMAN & DIU Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.9
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66.0	67.0	70.7	72.8	71.7	70.2	71.3
Total Seats	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	9	5	4	3	7
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)
(INCI) in 1980									37.8%	22.7%	50.6%	2.0%	49.5%	49.5%	29.0%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)
										31.9%	40.4%	42.0%	43.1%	48.4%	65.5%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-
														2.1%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-
									18.4%	2.7%
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															3.1%
Samajwadi Party (SP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
															0.6%
Doordarshi Party (DDP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-
										0.1%
Shiv Sena (SS)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-
													0.7%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(3)	0(8)	0(7)	0(3)	0(1)	-	0(3)
									43.8%	42.6%	9.0%	56.0%	6.7%		1.8%
Note : For results before 1989, see Goa

DELHI Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	7.4	9.8	13.4	16.8	20.2	25.5	30.7	35.0	57.0	60.7	80.6	83.0	87.1	87.6	110.1
Valid Votes (lakhs)	6.5	8.1	8.9	11.2	13.0	18.0	19.6	22.2	30.5	29.1	40.2	42.2	37.9	41.3	57.5
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.4	-	neg	-
Turnout (%)	57.9	57.8	68.7	69.5	65.2	71.3	64.9	64.5	54.3	48.5	50.6	51.3	43.5	47.1	51.8
Total Seats	4(1)	5(1)	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Contested	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	19	27	28	46	64	41	168	189	235	503	523	132	97	129	160
Indian National Congress (Cong),	3(4)	5(5)	5(5)	1(7)	7(7)	0(7)	6(7)	7(7)	2(7)	2(7)	2(7)	1(7)	0(7)	6(7)	7(7)
(INCI) in 1980	49.4%	54.3%	50.7%	38.8%	64.4%	30.1%	50.4%	68.7%	43.4%	39.6%	37.3%	42.6%	42.0%	54.8%	57.1%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	0(3)	0(5)	0(5)	6(7)	0(7)	7(7)	-	0(5)	4(5)	5(7)	5(7)	6(7)	7(7)	1(7)	0(7)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971	25.9%	19.7%	32.7%	46.7%	29.6%	68.1%		18.8%	26.2%	40.2%	49.6%	50.7%	51.8%	40.7%	35.2%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)
		4.7%	2.1%			0.4%	0.3%			0.1%	0.1%				0.1%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(CPM)											0.3%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(5)	0(7)	-	0(6)	0(3)	0(7)	0(7)
							0.1%		3.7%	0.9%		2.3%	2.2%	2.5%	5.3%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(3)	0(7)	0(5)	0(5)	-	-	-
									16.3%	14.2%	4.2%	2.5%
Janata Party (JP)	, -	-	-	-	-	-	1(7)	0(1)	0(3)	0(6)	0(6)	-	-	0(1)	-
							37.9%	3.3%	0.2%	1.2%	0.4%			0.0%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989,	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(5)	0(1)	0(6)	0(4)	-	-	-	-	-
(JPS) in 1980							6.8%	5.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Republican Party of India (RPI),	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(6)	-	0(1)	0(5)	-	0(6)	0(3)	0(4)	-	-	-	-
(SCF) till 1957	3.5%	4.8%	3.1%	5.7%		0.2%	0.1%		0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Praja Socialist Party (PSP),	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(KMPP) in 1952	7.3%	3.5%	0.1%		0.1%
Others	0(2)	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(14)	0(1)	0(8)	0(1)	0(24)	0(61)	0(114)	0(48)	0(28)	0(37)	0(66)
	1.2%		0.5%	0.2%	4.1%	0.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.5%	1.0%	4.1%	1.4%	2.3%	0.7%	1.2%
Independents (IND)	0(8)	0(14)	0(14)	0(24)	0(34)	0(24)	0(133)	0(174)	0(176)	0(400)	0(378)	0(59)	0(52)	0(70)	0(72)
	12.7%	13.0%	10.8%	8.6%	1.8%	1.0%	3.4%	3.7%	9.4%	2.6%	3.9%	0.5%	1.7%	1.3%	1.1%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats
JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (LKDB) Lok Dal Bahuguna, (JPS) Janata Party Secular, (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.

ANDHRA PRADESH Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
	Hyderabad
Electorate (lakhs)	90.3	176.7	190.1	210.9	227.0	275.7	305.0	335.5	424.7	426.2	495.0	491.3	496.5	511.5	578.9
Valid Votes (lakhs)	48.5	95.3	119.1	135.7	130.7	167.0	169.1	226.1	287.6	254.9	304.7	319.0	333.7	357.6	420.5
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a	1.9	3.9	5.5	3.5	5.1	4.5	5.3	11.5	6.9	7.2	5.3	9.7	0.1	-
Turnout(%)	44.7	43.9	64.7	68.7	59.1	62.5	56.9	69.0	70.4	61.4	63.0	66.0	69.1	70.0	72.6
Total Seats	25(4)	43(8)	43	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Contested	23	39	43	40	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Uncontested	2	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	72	112	147	164	207	165	271	299	267	609	1462	390	285	279	569
Indian National Congress (Cong),	14(25)	37(43)	34(43)	35(41)	28(37)	41(42)	41(42)	6(42)	39(42)	25(42)	22(42)	22(42)	5(42)	29(34)	33(42)
(INCI) in 1980	40.1%	51.5%	48.0%	46.8%	55.7%	57.4%	56.2%	41.8%	51.0%	45.5%	39.7%	38.5%	42.8%	41.6%	38.9%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	0(1)	0(8)	0(6)	0(5)	1(37)	-	1(2)	0(2)	1(41)	0(39)	4(38)	7(8)	0(9)	0(41)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971		0.0%	1.2%	1.4%	1.6%	32.3%		2.2%	2.0%	9.6%	5.6%	18.3%	9.9%	8.4%	3.7%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	2(11)	7(20)	1(20)	1(11)	0(10)	0(6)	1(3)	0(2)	1(2)	2(3)	2(3)	0(6)	1(1)	0(2)
		12.0%	21.0%	11.4%	5.9%	2.7%	3.7%	1.8%	2.0%	1.9%	2.4%	2.6%	1.3%	1.3%	1.6%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(11)	1(5)	0(6)	0(5)	1(2)	0(2)	1(2)	1(3)	0(3)	0(7)	1(1)	0(2)
(CPM)				7.4%	2.8%	4.7%	3.6%	1.8%	2.4%	2.4%	2.9%	2.9%	1.4%	1.0%	1.3%
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS),	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(11)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	5(22)	2(9)
(ICS) 1984-1991, (INCU) 1980							7.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.9%				6.8%	6.1%
Telugu Desam (TDP),	1(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	30(34)	2(33)	13(35)	16(36)	12(35)	29(34)	5(33)	6(31)
(PWP) in 1952	3.8%							44.8%	34.4%	32.3%	32.6%	32.0%	39.9%	33.1%	24.9%
Praja Rajyam Party (PRP),	-	-	1(28)	3(19)	0(9)	-		-	0(2)	0(2)	-	1(1)	-	-	0(40)
(JD) till 1998, (SWA) 1957-1971			14.9%	13.7%	4.6%				1.6%	0.5%		0.9%			15.7%
All India Majlis-E-Ittehad Ul Muslimeen	1(4)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(5)	1(1)	1(2)	1(1)	1(1)	1(2)	1(1)
(AIMIM), (SCF) till 1957	6.4%	1.2%							2.1%	1.8%	1.1%	1.5%	1.3%	1.2%	0.7%
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	7(12)	2(8)	-	-	10(14)	-	-	-	-	-	0(42)	0(5)	0(13)	0(1)	-
(TDPP), (TPS) 1971, (PDF) till 1957	28.2%	10.9%			14.3%						10.7%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(31)	1(1)	0(9)	0(31)	0(8)	-	-	0(4)	-
							15..2%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%			0.1%
Praja Socialist Party (PSP),	1(13)	0(6)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(SOC) in 1952	13.4%	3.6%	0.1%	0.2%
Others	0(1)	0(3)	0(3)	0(5)	0(33)	0(3)	0(22)	-	0(30)	0(49)	0(62)	0(55)	0(72)	0(58)	0(177)
	0.1%	1.6%	0.9%	1.0%	6.9%	0.1%	6.5%		1.0%	0.7%	1.2%	0.4%	1.8%	2.3%	3.8%
Independents (IND)	1(15)	2(39)	1(44)	2(61)	1(93)	0(67)	0(154)	1(214)	0(139)	0(403)	0(1225)	0(207)	0(102)	0(114)	0(224)
	8.0%	19.2%	13.9%	18.1%	8.2%	2.8%	7.6%	5.4%	2.6%	4.1%	3.8%	1.7%	1.4%	4.2%	3.3%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989; ICS refers to ICS(Sarat Chandra Sinha) from 1989-1996
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (ICS) Indian Congress Socualist, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (PWP) Peasants & Workers Party, (JD) Janata Dal), (SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (TPS) Telengana Praja Samithi, (PDF) Peoples Democratic Front, (SOC) Socialist Party.

ASSAM Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1985	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	41.4	45.0	49.4	57.4	62.7	72.2	12.1	100.1	-	118.7	125.9	142.8	142.9	150.1	174.7
Valid Votes (lakhs)	26.5	22.9	24.9	29.9	30.3	38.2	6.3	74.7	-	84.6	94.2	83.7	99.1	103.7	121.4
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	n.a.	0.2	1.1	1.9	1.5	1.4	0.1	3.5	-	4.8	4.6	3.4	2.7	neg	-
Turnout (%)	47.7	46.6	52.7	59.6	50.7	54.9	53.4	77.4	-	75.2	78.5	61.1	71.3	69.1	69.5
Total Seats	12(2)	12(2)	12	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14
Contested	12	10	12	13	14	14	2	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14
Uncontested	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	40	31	41	47	78	40	7	106	-	167	137	101	115	116	158
Indian National Congress (Cong),	11(11)	9(12)	9(12)	10(14)	13(13)	10(14)	2(2)	4(13)	-	8(14)	5(14)	10(13)	10(14)	9(14)	7(13)
(INCI) in 1980	45.7%	51.7%	45.2%	45.8%	57.0%	50.6%	51.0%	23.4%		28.5%	31.6%	39.0%	38.4%	35.1%	34.9%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	0(2)	-	-	0(3)	0(1)	3(11)	-	0(2)	-	2(8)	1(14)	1(14)	2(12)	2(12)	4(7)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971	3.6%			5.5%	2.5%	35.8%		0.4%		9.6%	15.9%	24.5%	29.8%	22.9%	16.2%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	0(3)	0(4)	1(4)	0(5)	0(2)	-	0(2)	-	0(4)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(3)
		10.2%	7.1%	8.3%	5.6%	1.4%		1.4%		2.1%		0.9%	0.6%	1.7%	0.9%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(2)	-	1(2)	1(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(3)
(CPM)					1.4%	2.9%	9.2%	3.4%		4.7%	3.9%	3.3%	1.8%	0.7%	0.7%
Communist Party of India Marxist Lennist	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(10)	-	0(6)	0(1)	0(2)	1(3)	0(3)	0(4)
Liberation (CPIML), (JP) till 1991							8.0%	3.5%		0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	2.3%	1.1%	0.5%
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP),	-	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	-	-	-	-	1(14)	5(11)	0(10)	0(8)	2(12)	1(6)
(AHLC) till 1971			3.7%	3.8%	3.0%					17.6%	27.2%	12.7%	11.9%	20.0%	14.6%
Autonomous State Demand	-	2(7)	2(8)	2(4)	0(5)	-	-	-	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)
Committee (ASDC), (PSP) till 1971		20.0%	19.2%	12.8%	4.6%					1.6%	1.9%	2.2%		1.0%	1.0%
United Minorities Front (UMF)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(3)	0(3)	1(1)	0(2)	0(2)	-
										2.4%	2.6%	4.3%	0.5%	0.6%
Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF),	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	1(3)	-	0(2)	-	0(1)	-	-	1(9)
(PTCA) 1985-1998, (SWA) till 1971				1.0%	0.2%			4.2%		1.0%		0.1%			16.1%
Bodaland Peoples Front (BOPF),	1(8)	-	0(2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(11)	-	-	-	-	1(2)
(NAGP) in 1991, (SOC) till 1962	19.1%		2.9%							5.8%					5.4%
Indian Congress Socialist (ICS),	-	-	-	-	0(10)	-	0(2)	1(8)	-	0(5)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(INCO) in 1971					2.9%		31.8%	6.1%		2.1%	0.2%
Others	0(10)	-	0(1)	0(2)	0(9)	0(3)	-	0(2)	-	0(25)	0(25)	0(11)	0(29)	0(22)	0(37)
	17.9%		1.2%	3.7%	4.9%	1.7%		0.7%		9.7%	4.9%	3.3%	5.3%	3.5%	2.1%
Independents (IND)	0(9)	1(9)	0(13)	0(18)	0(31)	1(9)	-	8(64)	-	1(72)	1(65)	1(45)	1(44)	1(47)	0(73)
	13.7%	18.1%	20.7%	19.1%	17.9%	7.6%		56.9%		14.2%	11.7%	9.5%	9.4%	13.4%	7.6%
Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Total seats ICS refers to ICS(Sarat Chandra Sinha) from 1991-1996 Elections were not held in 12 constituencies in 1980; Elections were held on December 5, 1985, almost one year after the 1984 General Elections Elections were not held in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (JP) Janata Party, (AHLC) All Party Hill Leaders Conference, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (PTCA) Plain Tribals Council of Assam, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (NAGP) Natun Asom Gana Parishad, (SOC) Socialist Party.

CHANDIGARH Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	1.6	2.0	2.3	3.3	3.7	4.5	5.3	5.9	5.3	5.2
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.2	2.1	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.7	3.4
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	65.4	62.9	67.4	63.9	68.9	65.7	57.8	58.4	53.7	48.4	51.1	65.5
Total Seats	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	10	11	10	39	33	27	55	48	18	16	17	14
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)
(INCI) in 1980				23.0%	66.8%	28.4%	49.6%	66.0%	40.2%	35.9%	29.8%	38.7%	47.0%	52.1%	46.9%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	1(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) till 1971				48.7%	23.3%	66.1%		5.6%	12.3%	28.8%	39.0%	42.4%	45.1%	35.2%	29.7%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
						2.3%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)				0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-
				3.2%							2.3%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
									1.3%	4.7%	4.1%		2.8%	2.3%	17.9%
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			0(1)	-	-	0(1)
												0.2%			3.4%
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-
														6.6%
Janata Dal (JD),	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(SWA) in 1967				20.9%					42.0%	2.8%	0.9%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
							9.3%	23.6%	0.6%	23.5%	0.3%
Others	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(2)	-	0(3)	0(4)	0(6)	0(6)	0(3)	0(3)	0(2)
					0.3%		8.1%		0.3%	0.2%	20.5%	17.1%	1.9%	0.4%	0.2%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	0(6)	0(8)	0(7)	0(35)	0(30)	0(19)	0(46)	0(35)	0(9)	0(10)	0(10)	0(8)
				4.2%	9.6%	3.2%	33.0%	4.8%	3.3%	4.1%	3.1%	1.6%	3.2%	3.4%	1.9%
Note : JP refers to Janata Party (JP) in 1989
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (SWA) Swatantra Party.

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.5
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.1
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	78.3	69.8	68.5	72.8	74.6	72.9	66.5	76.9	77.4	74.7	69.0	73.2
Total Seats	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Contested	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	10	5
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(INCI) in 1980				50.1%	39.2%	46.9%	61.9%	40.3%	28.6%	61.7%	55.6%	4.1%	14.7%	25.7%	45.9%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)	0(1)	0(1)	1(1)
(BLD) in 1977, (BJS) in 1967				4.1%		31.8%				35.4%	42.4%	53.7%	20.8%	15.6%	46.4%
Communist Party of India Marxist	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-
(CPM)				20.0%	27.9%				10.8%					1.4%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)
(JP) till 1984							18.3%	3.6%	1.4%	1.8%				0.9%	1.3%
Shiv Sena (SS),	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	-
(DDP) 1991, (PSP) in 1967				16.6%						0.2%		41.7%	19.6%	6.9%
Bharatiya Navshakti Party (BNP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1(1)	-
														40.9%
Indian National Congress Urs (INCU),	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
(INCO) in 1971					32.9%		5.7%
All India Indira Congress Tiwari (INCT),	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-
(SWA) in 1967				9.2%							0.6%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(3)	-
														2.9%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	0(1)	1(2)	1(2)	0(1)	0(2)	0(1)	1(2)	0(2)	0(2)
						21.3%	14.1%	56.1%	59.2%	0.9%	1.4%	0.5%	44.9%	5.7%	6.4%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (JP) Janata Party, (DDP) Doordarshi Party, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (SWA) Swatantra Party.

CHHATTISGARH Lok Sabha Elections
	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	61.1	66.1	73.8	97.0	99.3	114.1	115.6	120.9	137.2	154.8
Valid Votes (lakhs)	29.0	30.2	38.8	51.6	40.3	62.2	69.4	66.4	71.5	85.5
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	2.1	1.3	1.9	2.1	1.0	2.6	1.9	1.2	neg	-
Turnout (%)	50.9	47.7	55.2	55.4	41.5	56.8	61.6	55.9	52.1	55.3
Total Seats	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Contested	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Uncontested		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	37	131	101	117	172	290	107	94	102	178
Indian National Congress (Cong),	0(11)	11(11)	11(11)	3(11)	11(11)	4(11)	4(11)	3(11)	1(11)	1(11)
(INCI) in 1980	37.2%	51.1%	60.1%	39.8%	48.0%	36.6%	41.1%	43.4%	40.2%	37.3%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	11(11)	-	0(11)	6(8)	0(11)	6(11)	7(11)	8(11)	10(11)	10(11)
(BLD) in 1977	56.7%		24.2%	29.6%	37.8%	37.3%	44.5%	47.9%	47.8%	45.0%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(1)	0(1)	0(3)	0(3)	0(2)	0(4)	0(3)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
	0.3%	0.8%	2.4%	2.1%	1.2%	2.7%	1.8%	0.9%	0.4%	0.9%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	-	0(1)	-	-	0(1)	-	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
		0.5%			0.1%		0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	-	-	0(10)	0(9)	0(8)	0(9)	0(8)	0(11)	0(11)
				4.9%	4.3%	7.4%	7.3%	5.0%	4.5%	4.5%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	2(3)	0(8)	0(1)	0(4)	-	-	-
				14.0%	3.6%	0.1%	0.5%
Janata Party (JP)	-	0(11)	0(7)	0(2)	0(9)	0(1)	-	-	-	-
		22.5%	3.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%
Others	-	0(13)	0(3)	0(13)	0(14)	0(25)	0(38)	0(37)	0(33)	0(46)
		8.4%	0.4%	1.0%	1.0%	4.8%	3.6%	1.8%	3.0%	2.3%
Independents (IND)	0(14)	0(94)	0(66)	0(67)	0(107)	1(229)	0(30)	0(25)	0(34)	0(97)
	5.8%	16.7%	9.8%	8.5%	3.5%	11.1%	1.1%	0.8%	3.9%	9.9%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal.

BIHAR Lok Sabha Elections
	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	267.8	303.2	330.4	384.9	376.3	436.4	438.7	438.9	505.6	545.0
Valid Votes (lakhs)	172.8	164.0	201.1	244.4	233.6	262.9	286.5	280.6	293.3	242.3
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	2.8	2.4	3.2	1.2	6.8	3.5	4.4	3.7	neg	-
Turnout (%)	65.6	54.9	61.8	63.2	63.9	61.0	66.3	64.8	58.0	44.4
Total Seats	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Contested	40	40	40	40	38	40	40	40	40	40
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of Candidates	244	423	491	554	906	1084	360	371	462	672
Indian National Congress (Cong),	0(40)	23(40)	34(40)	2(40)	1(38)	1(40)	3(14)	2(5)	3(4)	2(37)
(INCI) in 1980	22.9%	36.8%	52.0%	28.8%	25.8%	12.1%	4.7%	4.8%	4.5%	10.3%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),	40(40)	-	0(20)	4(15)	0(37)	6(18)	8(18)	12(15)	5(16)	12(15)
(BLD) in 1977	67.3%		5.5%	9.1%	11.4%	16.5%	17.5%	16.9%	14.6%	13.9%
Communist Party of India (CPI)	0(17)	4(9)	2(11)	4(10)	7(7)	3(6)	0(12)	0(6)	0(6)	0(7)
	5.9%	7.5%	8.1%	8.8%	8.8%	6.0%	3.4%	2.7%	1.2%	1.4%
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM)	0(1)	0(3)	0(2)	1(2)	1(1)	0(3)	0(3)	1(2)	0(1)	0(5)
	0.2%	1.2%	1.1%	1.8%	1.8%	1.1%	0.4%	1.2%	0.8%	0.5%
Janata Dal United (JDU),	-	-	-	28(31)	29(30)	22(31)	1(29)	18(23)	6(24)	20(25)
(JD) till 1998				43.1%	40.7%	34.8%	10.5%	26.4%	22.4%	24.0%
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),	-	-	-	1(7)	0(12)	-	17(33)	6(32)	22(26)	4(28)
(IPF) 89-91				2.6%	2.1%		31.9%	33.9%	30.7%	19.3%
Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4(8)	0(12)
									8.2%	6.5%
National ist Congress Party (NCP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(19)	0(1)	0(2)
								1.3%	1.0%	1.2%
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	-	0(1)	-	0(6)	0(24)	0(33)	0(3)	0(30)	0(40)	0(39)
		0.0%		0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	0.5%	1.0%	3.6%	4.4%
Samata Party (SAP)	-	-	-	-	-	6(20)	10(12)	-	0(12)	0(3)
						18.8%	20.5%		0.3%	0.0%
Samajwadi Party (SP),	-	4(40)	1(21)	0(12)	0(36)	1(3)	0(15)	-	0(32)	-
(JP) 80-91		22.9%	7.1%	1.1%	6.3%	1.7%	2.6%		2.3%
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), (LKDB) 1989,	-	5(24)	1(25)	0(25)	0(15)	-	-	0(6)	0(6)	0(1)
(JPS) in 1980		18.7%	16.9%	0.7%	0.1%			0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
All India Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP),	-	4(12)	1(3)	-	-	-	1(3)	-	-	-
(ICJ) 1984, (INCU) 1980		8.1%	1.1%				1.2%
Others	0(11)	0(9)	0(2)	0(56)	0(65)	0(85)	0(71)	0(78)	0(86)	0(194)
	0.6%	0.2%	0.7%	0.6%	1.2%	3.3%	5.5%	6.7%	3.7%	6.4%
Independents (IND)	0(135)	0(285)	1(367)	0(350)	0(641)	1(845)	0(147)	1(155)	0(200)	2(304)
	3.1%	4.6%	7.5%	3.3%	1.7%	5.1%	1.3%	5.1%	6.6%	12.1%
(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal, (JD) Janata Dal, (JP) Janata Party, (LKDB) Lok Dal (Bahuguna), (JPS) Janata Party Secular,(IPF) Indian Peoples Front,(ICJ) Indian Congress J, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs

ARUNACHAL PRADESH Lok Sabha Elections
	1952	1957	1962	1967	1971	1977	1980	1984	1989	1991	1996	1998	1999	2004	2009
Electorate (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	3.2	4.8	5.2	5.4	5.6	6.1	6.8	7.3
Valid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	1.7	2.3	2.7	2.6	2.9	3.3	4.3	3.8	5.0
Invalid Votes (lakhs)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	neg	-
Turnout (%)	-	-	-	-	-	56.3	68.6	75.5	59.2	51.3	55.0	59.2	72.2	56.2	68.0
Total Seats	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Contested	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Uncontested	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
Number of Candidates	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	9	6	7	10	7	6	13	8
Indian National Congress (Cong),	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	2(2)	0(2)	0(2)	2(2)	0(1)	2(2)
(INCI) in 1980						41.2%	44.1%	43.3%	50.0%	68.9%	28.8%	23.9%	56.9%	10.0%	51.1%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	0(1)	2(2)	0(2)
										6.1%	17.4%	21.7%	16.3%	53.9%	37.2%
Peoples Party of Arunachal Pradesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(2)	0(2)	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)
(PPA)							40.2%	34.6%	35.2%						1.2%
Arunachal Congress (AC),	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	-	-	-	2(2)	0(1)	0(1)	0(1)
(INCU) in 1980							10.9%					52.5%	16.6%	19.9%	9.3%
Janata Dal (JD)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	-	0(1)	-	-
										24.7%		1.9%
Janata Party (JP)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
								4.2%
Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0(2)	0(3)	0(1)
													10.2%	4.1%	0.6%
Independents (IND)	-	-	-	-	-	1(2)	0(2)	0(4)	0(2)	0(1)	2(6)	-	-	0(6)	0(1)
						58.8%	4.8%	17.9%	14.8%	0.3%	53.8%			12.1%	0.6%
(INCU) Indian National Congress Urs