Parliamentary Elections

Lok Sabha

543-seat lower house of Parliament. Majority threshold: 272 seats.

Swing Maps

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Shows margin changes and alliance flips between elections.

18th General Election

Lok Sabha 2024

The Bharatiya Janata Party won a third consecutive term in 2024, but had to govern through its NDA allies.

17th General Election

Lok Sabha 2019

Narendra Modi and the BJP won a second consecutive term in 2019, with a larger majority than in 2014.

16th General Election

Lok Sabha 2014

Narendra Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide win in 2014, its first majority on its own.

15th General Election

Lok Sabha 2009

Manmohan Singh led the Congress-led coalition back to power in 2009, though without a majority in its own right.

14th General Election

Lok Sabha 2004

Sonia Gandhi's Congress-led opposition unseated the governing NDA in 2004, but no party won a majority outright.

13th General Election

Lok Sabha 1999

A government lost a confidence vote by one vote in 1999, and the same alliance returned to power months later.

12th General Election

Lok Sabha 1998

The BJP topped the poll again after years of short-lived coalitions, but again fell short of a majority.

11th General Election

Lok Sabha 1996

No party won a majority in 1996, and Vajpayee's short-lived government gave way to a coalition within weeks.

10th General Election

Lok Sabha 1991

Congress emerged as the largest party in a Lok Sabha election disrupted by the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

9th General Election

Lok Sabha 1989

Congress won the most seats in 1989 but fell short of a majority, leaving a hung Lok Sabha.

8th General Election

Lok Sabha 1984

Congress won a huge majority weeks after Indira Gandhi's assassination and her son Rajiv Gandhi's rise to power.

7th General Election

Lok Sabha 1980

Congress returned to power. The party that had defeated it in 1977 had already fallen apart.

6th General Election

Lok Sabha 1977

Opposition parties merged into the Janata Party and defeated Indira Gandhi's Congress after two years of Emergency rule.

5th General Election

Lok Sabha 1971

Indira Gandhi led her newly split Congress faction to a big majority in the 1971 election.

4th General Election

Lok Sabha 1967

Congress held onto power again, but with a noticeably slimmer majority.

3rd General Election

Lok Sabha 1962

On a freshly redrawn map, Congress won again comfortably, holding on to power.

2nd General Election

Lok Sabha 1957

On a freshly redrawn map, Congress kept power just as comfortably as before.

1st General Election

Lok Sabha 1951

In 1951 India held its first general election ever, with millions of citizens voting for the very first time.

By-elections

Seats filled mid-term between general elections — 244 seats across 37 years, 1963-2021. Separate contests, shown as results tables.

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