Indian General Elections - Votes

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Last updated: Thursday May 25th, 2023

A chart showcasing the percentage of votes received by major parties in every general election.

Socialist parties refer to Socialist Party (1951-52), Praja Socialist Party (1952-72), Samyukta Socialist Party (1964-72) and Samajwadi Party (since 1992). And Bharatiya Janata Sangh, the predecessor to Bharatiya Janata Party, has been shown under the label of the latter.

Only big parties and/or those having national level presence shown. Smaller state-level and/or regional parties included in "Other parties".

Inspired by this chart by Qy

See also seats version.

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Year	Indian National Congress	Janata Party / Janata Dal	Socialist parties	Bahujan Samaj Party	Communist Party of India	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Bharatiya Janata Party	All India Trinamool Congress	Nationalist Congress Party	Other parties
1952	44.99		10.59		3.29		3.06			38.07
1957	47.78		10.41		8.92		5.97			26.92
1962	44.72		9.5		9.94		6.44			29.4
1967	40.78		7.98		5.11	4.28	9.31			32.54
1971	43.68		3.47		4.73	5.12	7.35			35.65
1977	34.52	41.32			2.82	4.29				17.05
1980	42.69	28.36			2.49	6.24				20.22
1984	49.1	12.86			2.71	5.87	7.74			21.72
1989	39.53	18.8		2.07	2.57	6.55	11.36			19.12
1991	36.26	15.21		1.61	2.49	6.16	20.11			18.16
1996	28.8	8.08	3.28	4.02	1.97	6.12	20.29			27.44
1998	25.82	3.24	4.93	4.67	1.75	5.16	25.59	2.42		26.42
1999	28.3		3.76	4.16	1.48	5.4	23.75	2.57	2.27	28.31
2004	26.53		4.32	5.33	1.41	5.66	22.16	2.07	1.8	30.72
2009	28.55		3.42	6.17	1.43	5.33	18.8	3.2	2.04	31.06
2014	19.31		3.37	4.14	0.78	3.25	31	3.84	1.56	32.75
2019	19.46		2.55	3.62	0.58	1.75	37.3	4.06	1.38	29.3

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Level 67

Mar 18, 2023

Interesting how, despite its variety, parties are still able to crack a near-majority now and then.

Level 73

Mar 18, 2023

I'm more than sure that BJP will get more than 40% next year. Their popularity is rising, especially in the cow belt.

Level 59

Mar 19, 2023

What is that belt? Also, many times they get more seats than votes.

Level 73

Mar 20, 2023

Where cows are highly worshipped, mostly applied to extremely rural areas in UP, MP and Bihar.

Level 59

Mar 18, 2023

~~ARE YOU KIDDING ME I WAS EDITING THIS CHART LAST NIGHT~~

Nice chart! Also, coudn't you put TDP, they were main opposition one year.

~~I will release my chart too, won't look as good as this and it's by seats...~~

Level 73

Mar 18, 2023

I'm just faster than you, it seems. 👿

I wanted to but it limited me to add only 10 parties. It's also not a national party.

Level 59

Mar 19, 2023

~~I LITERALLY FINISHED ALL THE PARTIES I JUST HAD TO CALCULATE 5 MORE OTHER SLOTS BUT I WENT TO SLEEP~~

I combined all the communist parties together therefore giving me an extra. They do operate in 2 states.

Level 73

Mar 20, 2023

Both CPI and CPI(M) are recognised as national parties even though their percentage of votes has dropped significantly. TPD (and other South Indian parties) aren't. I omitted NPP because it, despite being a national party, has a very small share.

~~Other exceptions made because I am from the North 😉~~

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