Electoral history of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Lok Sabha Election Results edit

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

State Election Results edit

State No. of candidates No. of elected Total no. of seats in Assembly Year of Election
Andhra Pradesh 68 1 294 2014
Assam 19 0 126 2016
Bihar 4 2 243 2015
Chhattisgarh 4 0 90 2013
Delhi 3 0 70 2015
Goa 0 0 40 2017
Gujarat 2 0 182 2017
Haryana 17 0 90 2014
Himachal Pradesh 16 1 68 2017
Jammu and Kashmir 3 1 87 2014
Jharkhand 12 0 81 2014
Karnataka 16 0 224 2013
Kerala 84 58 140 2016
Madhya Pradesh 8 0 230 2013
Maharashtra 20 1 288 2014
Manipur 2 0 60 2017
Odisha 12 1 147 2014
Puducherry 4 0 30 2016
Punjab 12 0 117 2017
Rajasthan 38 2 200 2018
Sikkim 0 0 32 2016
Tamil Nadu 25 0 234 2016
Tripura 47 11 60 2023
Uttar Pradesh 26 0 403 2017
Uttarakhand 6 0 70 2017
West Bengal 148 0 294 2021

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

See also edit

References edit

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