Electoral history of the Communist Party of India

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The Communist Party of India (abbreviated as CPI) is a political party in India. Since independence, CPI has participated in elections.

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1946 provincial assembly elections

The CPI had presented 108 candidates in the 1946 Indian provincial elections, out of whom 8 were elected. [1] The meagre result was related to the decision of the party not to support the Quit India movement of 1942. [2] Seven out of the eight seats it won were reserved for labour representatives. All in all, the Communist Party obtained 2.5% of the popular vote. Albeit far from competing with the two main parties (Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League), the communists became the third force in terms of the popular vote. [1] Amongst the communist candidates elected were Jyoti Basu (railways constituency in Bengal), Ratanlal Brahmin (Darjeeling) and Rupnarayan Ray (Dinajpur). [3]

Lok Sabha

YearLegislatureTotal Lok Sabha constituenciesSeats won / Seats ContestedChange in seatsTotal VotesPercentage of votesChange in vote %Reference
1951–52 1st Lok Sabha 489
16 / 49
New3,487,4013.29%New [4]
1957 2nd Lok Sabha 494
27 / 110
Increase2.svg 1110,754,0758.92%Increase2.svg 5.63% [5]
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 494
29 / 137
Increase2.svg 211,450,0379.94%Increase2.svg 1.02% [6]
1967 4th Lok Sabha 520
23 / 109
Decrease2.svg 67,458,3965.11%Decrease2.svg 4.83% [7]
1971 5th Lok Sabha 518
23 / 87
Steady2.svg6,933,6274.73%Decrease2.svg 0.38% [8]
1977 6th Lok Sabha 542
7 / 91
Decrease2.svg 165,322,0882.82%Decrease2.svg 1.91% [9]
1980 7th Lok Sabha 529(542*)
10 / 47
Increase2.svg 34,927,3422.49%Decrease2.svg 0.33% [10]
1984 8th Lok Sabha 541
6 / 61
Decrease2.svg 46,363,4302.71%Increase2.svg 0.22% [11] [12]
1989 9th Lok Sabha 529
12 / 50
Increase2.svg 67,734,6972.57%Decrease2.svg 0.14% [13]
1991 10th Lok Sabha 534
14 / 42
Increase2.svg 26,851,1142.49%Decrease2.svg 0.08% [14] [15]
1996 11th Lok Sabha 543
12 / 43
Decrease2.svg 26,582,2631.97%Decrease2.svg 0.52% [16]
1998 12th Lok Sabha 543
9 / 58
Decrease2.svg 36,429,5691.75%Decrease2.svg 0.22% [17]
1999 13th Lok Sabha 543
4 / 54
Decrease2.svg 55,395,1191.48%Decrease2.svg 0.27% [18]
2004 14th Lok Sabha 543
10 / 34
Increase2.svg 65,484,1111.41%Decrease2.svg 0.07% [19]
2009 15th Lok Sabha 543
4 / 56
Decrease2.svg 65,951,8881.43%Increase2.svg 0.02% [20]
2014 16th Lok Sabha 543
1 / 67
Decrease2.svg 34,327,4600.79%Decrease2.svg 0.64% [21]
2019 17th Lok Sabha 543
2 / 49
Increase2.svg 13,576,1840.59%Decrease2.svg 0.20% [22]
2024 18th Lok Sabha 543
2 / 30
Steady2.svg3,132,6830.49%Decrease2.svg 0.10% [23]

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