Indian general elections 1977-1999

Parties are listed in the following order; First listed are parties registered as National parties, secondly parties registered as State parties and then unrecognized parties that won seats. Unrecognized parties that failed to win any seats are not listed.

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1999

Lok Sabha elections 1999. Electoral participation: 59,7%		%	545

Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	4,16	14
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	23,75	182
Communist Party of India	CPI	1,48	4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	5,40	32
Indian National Congress	INC	28,3	112
Janata Dal (Secular)	JD(S)	0,91	1
Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)	3,10	20
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1,93	10
All India Forward Bloc	FBL	0,35	2
All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	2,57	8
Arunachal Congress	AC	0,02	0
Asom Gana Parishad	AGP	0,32	0
Biju Janata Dal	BJD	1,20	10
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	1,73	12
Federal Party of Manipur	FPM	0,01	0
Haryana Vikas Party	HVP	0,05	0
Hill People's Democratic Party	HPDP	0,01	0
Himachal Vikas Congress	HVC	0,07	1
Indian National Lok Dal	INLD	0,55	5
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	JKNC	0,12	4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	0,27	0
Janata Party	JP	0,05	0
Kerala Congress	KEC	0,10	1
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KEC(M)	0,10	1
Lok Shakti	LS	0,01	0
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	MDMK	0,44	4
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,04	0
Manipur State Congress Party	MSCP	0,06	1
Muslim League Kerala State Committee	MLKSC	0,23	2
Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	2,27	7
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	NTRTDP(LP)	0,02	0
Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	0,65	5
People's Democratic Movement	NCP	0,01	0
Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	2,79	7
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,41	3
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	SJP(R)	0,08	1
Samajwadi Party	SP	3,76	26
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	0,69	2
Shiv Sena	SHS	1,56	15
Sikkim Democratic Front	SDF	0,03	1
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	SSP	0,02	0
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	TMC(M)	0,56	0
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	3,65	29
United Democratic Party	UDP	0,03	0
United Goans Democratic Party	UGDP	0,00	0
United Minorities Front, Assam	UMFA	0,01	0
Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress	ALBTC	0,22	2
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen	AIMIM	0,12	1
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha	BBM	0,19	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	CPI(ML)L	0,33	1
M.G.R. Anna Dravida Kazhagam	MADMK	0,11	1
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,08	1
Rashtriya Lok Dal	RLD	0,37	2
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)	SAD(M)	0,08	1
Independents	-	2,74	5
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2
			545

1998

Lok Sabha elections 1998. Electoral participation: 61,97%		%	545

Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	4,67	5
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	25,59	182
Communist Party of India	CPI	1,75	9
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	5,4	32
Indian National Congress	INC	25,82	141
Janata Dal	JD	3,24	6
Samata Party	SAP	1,76	12
Arunachal Congress	AC	0,05	2
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1,83	18
Asom Gana Parishad	AGP	0,29	0
All India Indira Congress (Secular)	AIIC(S)	0,12	1
Autonomous State Demand Committee	ASDC	0,05	1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	1,44	6
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,33	2
Hill Peoples' Democratic Party	HPDP	0,2	0
Haryana Vikas Party	HVP	0,24	1
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	NC	0,21	3
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	0,36	0
Janata Party	JP	0,12	1
Kerala Congress	KC	0,09	0
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC	0,1	1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,02	0
Mizo National Front	MNF	0,02	0
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,03	0
Muslim League Kerala State Committee	MUL	0,22	2
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	NTRTDP(LP)	0,1	0
Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	0,42	4
Republican Party of India	RPI	0,37	4
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,55	5
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	0,81	8
Sikkim Democratic Front	SDF	0,03	1
Shiv Sena	SS	1,77	6
Samajwadi Party	SP	4,93	20
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	2,77	12
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	TMC(M)	1,4	3
United Democratic Party	UDP	0,06	0
United Goans Democratic Party	UGDP	0,04	0
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen	AIMIM	0,13	1
All India Rashtriya Janata Party	AIRJP	0,56	1
Biju Janata Dal	BJD	1,0	9
Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)	HLD(R)	0,53	4
Lok Shakti	LS	0,69	3
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam	MDMK	0,44	3
Manipur State Congress Party	MSCP	0,05	1
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,07	1
Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	2,78	17
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	SJP(R)	0,32	1
United Minorities Front, Assam	UMFA	0,1	1
West Bengal Trinamool Congress	WBTMC	2,42	7
Independents	-	2,37	6
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2
			545

Pre-electoral Alliances

Congress and allies

Indian National Congress (141)
Bharatiya Kamgar Kisan Party (0)
Kerala Congress (Mani) (1)
Muslim League Kerala State Committee (2)

Total: 145

Congress had an alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab. In Kerala Congress were supported by Indian National League and Peoples Democratic Party .

BJP and allies

Biju Janata Dal (9)
Bharatiya Janata Party (182)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (18)
Haryana Vikas Party (1)
Janata Party (1)
Lok Shakti (3)
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam (3)
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (0)
Pattali Makkal Katchi (4)
Samata Party (12)
Shiromani Akali Dal (8)
Shiv Sena (6)
West Bengal Trinamool Congress (7)

Total: 254

United Front

All India Indira Congress (Secular) (1)
All India Forward Bloc (2)
Asom Gana Parishad (0)
Communist Party of India (9)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (32)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (6)
Janata Dal (6)
Kerala Congress (0)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (5)
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (3)

Total: 64

Jan Morcha

Total: 23

1996

Lok Sabha elections 1996 Electoral participation: 57,94%		%	545

All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	AIIC(T)	1,46	4
Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	20,29	161
Communist Party of India	CPI	1,97	12
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	6,12	32
Indian National Congress	INC	28,80	140
Janata Dal	JD	8,08	46
Janata Party	JD	0,19	0
Samata Party	SAP	2,17	8
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	0,64	0
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,38	3
Asom Gana Parishad	AGP	0,76	5
Autonomous State Demand Committee	ASDC	0,05	1
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	4,01	11
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2,14	17
Federal Party of Manipur	FPM	0,04	0
Haryana Vikas Party	HVP	0,35	3
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	0,12	0
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party	JPP	0,03	0
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	0,38	1
Karnataka Congress Party	KCP	0,17	1
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC	0,1	1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,04	1
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,02	0
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam	MDMK	0,37	0
Mizo National Front	MNF	0,03	0
Muslim League Kerala State Committee	MUL	0,23	2
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	NTRTDP(LP)	0,97	0
Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	0,17	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,63	5
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	0,76	8
Sikkim Democratic Front	SDF	0,04	1
Shiv Sena	SS	1,49	15
Samajwadi Party	SP	3,28	17
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	2,97	16
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	TMC(M)	2,19	20
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	TUJS	0,02	0
United Goans Democratic Party	UGDP	0,03	1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen	AIMIM	0,1	1
Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress	MPVC	0,1	1
Independents	-	6,28	9
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2
			545

Comments: The result was a fractured verdict. First BJP formed a government, but it only lasted for 13 days. Then practically all non-BJP, non-Congress parties got together and formed the United Front.

1991

Lok Sabha elections 1991. Electoral participation: 55,71% No elections held in Jammu and Kashmir. In Punjab elections were held in 1992		%	545

Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	20,04	120
Communist Party of India	CPI	2,48	14
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	6,14	35
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	0,35	1
Indian National Congress	INC	35,66	244
Janata Dal	JD	11,77	59
Janata Dal (Secular)	JD	0,0	0
Janata Party	JP	3,34	5
Lok Dal	LD	0,06	0
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1,61	11
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,41	3
Asom Gana Parishad	AGP	0,54	1
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	1,8	3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2,06	0
Indian Union Muslim League	MUL	0,3	2
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party	JPP	0,0	0
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	0,53	6
Kerala Congress	KC	0,11	0
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC(M)	0,14	1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,02	0
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,06	1
Mizo National Front	MNF	0,03	0
Natun Asom Gana Parishad	NAGP	0,18	0
Nagaland Peoples Council	NPC	0,12	1
Nagaland Peoples Party	NPP	0,0	0
Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	0,46	0
Plains Tribals Council of Assam	PTCA	0,3	0
Pondicheryy Mannila Makkal Munnani	PMMM	0,0	0
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,11	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,63	5
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	0,3	0
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)	SAD(M)	0,3	0
Shiv Sena	SS	0,79	4
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	SSP	0,04	1
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	2,96	13
United Minorities Front Assam	UMFA	0,07	1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen	AIMIM	0,16	1
Autonomous State Demand Committee	ASDC	0,5	1
Haryana Vikas Party	HVP	0,12	1
Janata Dal (Gujarat)	JD(G)	0,5	1
Independents	-	4,01	1
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2
			534

1989

Lok Sabha elections 1989 Electoral participation: 61,95%		%	545

Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	11,36	85
Communist Party of India	CPI	2,57	12
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	6,55	33
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	0,33	1
Indian National Congress	INC	39,53	197
Janata Dal	JD	17,79	143
Janata Party	JP	1,01	0
Lok Dal (Bahuguna)	LD(B)	0,2	0
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1,5	11
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,42	3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2,39	0
Indian Congress (J) Trikha Group	ICJ(TG)	0,0	0
Indian Union Muslim League	MUL	0,32	2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	NC	0,2	3
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party	JPP	0,0	0
Kerala Congress	KC	0,02	0
Kuki National Assembly	NC	0,04	0
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,04	1
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,05	0
Mizo National Front	MNF	0,02	0
Nagaland Peoples Council	NPC	0,08	0
Peoples Party of Arunachal	PPA	0,3	0
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,21	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,62	4
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	0,03	0
Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)	SAD(B)	0,14	0
Sikkim Sangram Parishad	SSP	0,03	1
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	3,29	2
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	ABHS	0,07	1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen	AIMIM	0,21	1
Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	2,07	3
Gorkha National Liberation Front	GNLF	0,14	1
Indian Peoples Front	IPF	0,25	1
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	0,34	3
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC(M)	0,12	1
Marxist Coordination Committee	MCO	0,08	1
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)	SAD(M)	0,77	6
Shiv Sena	SS	0,11	1
Independents	-	5,25	12
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2

1985

Elections were only held in Assam and Punjab, two states were elections could not take place 1984 due to armed conflicts.

Lok Sabha elections 1985 Electoral participation: 61,95%		%

Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1,83	0
Communist Party of India	CPI	2,57	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	3,21	0
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	3,18	1
Indian National Congress	INC	32,14	10
Janata Party	JP	2,92	0
Lok Dal	LD	0,32	0
Plain Tribals Council of Assam	PTCA	2,15	1
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	17,9	7
Independents	-	33,78	8

1984

Lok Sabha elections 1984. Electoral participation: 63,56%		%	545

Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	7,74	2
Communist Party of India	CPI	2,71	6
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	5,87	22
Indian Congress (Socialist)	IC(S)	1,52	4
Indian National Congress	INC	49,01	404
Janata Party	JP	6,89	10
Lok Dal	LD	5,97	3
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	1,69	12
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,45	2
All India Muslim League	AIML	0,1	0
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2,42	2
Indian Congress (J)	ICJ	0,64	1
Indian Union Muslim League	MUL	0,28	2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	NC	0,43	3
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference	JKP	0,0	0
Kerala Congress (Joseph)	KC(J)	0,25	2
Kerala Congress (Mani)	KC(M)	0,11	0
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,04	0
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,06	0
Naga National Democratic Party	NNDP	0,05	0
Peoples Party of Arunachal	PPA	0,3	0
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,2	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,5	3
Telugu Desam Party	TDP	4,31	20
Independents	-	7,29	5
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2

1980

Lok Sabha elections 1980. Electoral participation: 59,62%		%	545

Communist Party of India	CPI	2,49	10
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	6,24	37
Indian National Congress (Indira)	INC	42,69	353
Indian National Congress (Urs)	INC(U)	5,28	13
Janata Party	JP	18,97	31
Janata Party (Secular)	JP(S)	9,39	41
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	2,36	2
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,51	3
All India Muslim League	AIML	0,1	0
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2,14	16
Indian Union Muslim League	IUML	0,24	2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	NC	0,25	3
Kerala Congress	KC	0,18	1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,06	1
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,02	0
Peoples Party of Arunachal	PPA	0,04	0
Peoples Conference	PC	0,03	0
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,24	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,65	4
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	0,71	1
Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)	SC(R)	0,01	0
Sikkim Janata Parishad	SJP	0,02	1
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti	TUJS	0,06	0
United Democratic Front	UDF	0,07	0
Jharkhand Party	JKP	0,13	1
Independents	-	6,43	9
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2

1977

Lok Sabha elections 1977 Electoral participation: 60,49%		%	545

Bharatiya Lok Dal	BLD	41,32	295
Communist Party of India	CPI	2,82	7
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	4,29	22
Indian National Congress (Indira)	INC(I)	34,52	154
Indian National Congress (Organization)	INC(O)	5,28	13
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	2,9	18
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0,34	2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	1,76	2
Indian Union Muslim League	IUML	0,3	2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	NC	0,26	2
Kerala Congress	KC	0,18	1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	MGP	0,06	1
Manipur Peoples Party	MPP	0,06	0
Muslim League (Opposition)	ML(O)	0,17	0
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0,55	5
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0,45	4
Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	1,26	9
United Democratic Front	UDF	0,07	1
Vishal Haryana	VH	0,1	1
Jharkhand Party	JP	0,07	1
Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	RPI(K)	0,51	2
Independents	-	5,5	9
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2

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