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India Votes is India's largest elections data resource, and has been put together by the team at Niti Digital. It covers all Lok Sabha elections since 1952, and all State elections since 1977.

It is work in progress, and we will be adding many features in the coming weeks. Please do let us know in case you have any specific requests or if you find errors.

Note: PC for Parliamentary Constituencies (Lok Sabha elections); AC for Assembly Constituencies (State elections).






Distribution of votes of major parties Lok Sabha elections 1952-2009



YearBSPJDBJPBLDCPMSWAPSPCPIBJSINC
Seats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats VotesSeats Votes
200921 6.2% 116 18.8% 16 5.3% 4 1.4% 206 28.6%
200419 5.3% 138 22.2% 43 5.7% 10 1.4% 145 26.5%
199914 4.2% 182 23.8% 33 5.4% 4 1.5% 114 28.3%
19985 4.7% 6 3.2% 182 25.6% 32 5.2% 9 1.7% 141 25.8%
199611 4.0% 46 8.1% 161 20.3% 32 6.1% 12 2.0% 140 28.8%
19913 1.8% 59 11.7% 120 20.1% 35 6.1% 14 2.5% 244 36.4%
19893 2.1% 143 17.8% 85 11.4% 33 6.5% 12 2.6% 197 39.5%
19842 7.4% 22 5.7% 6 2.7% 415 48.1%
198037 6.2% 10 2.5%
1977295 41.3% 22 4.3% 7 2.8% 154 34.5%
197125 5.1% 8 3.1% 2 1.0% 23 4.7% 22 7.4% 352 43.7%
196719 4.3% 44 8.7% 13 3.1% 23 5.1% 35 9.3% 283 40.8%
196218 7.9% 12 6.8% 29 9.9% 361 44.7%
195719 10.4% 27 8.9% 371 47.8%
195216 3.3% 364 45.0%



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