Electoral history of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Lok Sabha Election Results

Performance of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Loksabha elections

Year	Legislature	Party Secretary	Total constituencies	Seats won / contested	Change in seats	Total votes	Per. of votes	Change in vote %	Party Rank	Outcome	Ref.
1967	4th Lok Sabha	Puchalapalli Sundarayya	520	19 / 59	New	6,246,522	4.28 %	New	6th	Opposition	[e 1]
1971	5th Lok Sabha		518	25 / 85	6	7,510,089	5.12 %	0.84%	2nd	Main Opposition	[e 2]
1977	6th Lok Sabha		542	22 / 53	3	8,113,659	4.29 %	0.83%	3rd	Opposition	[e 3]
1980	7th Lok Sabha	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	529(542*)	37 / 64	15	12,352,331	6.24 %	1.95%	3rd	Opposition	[e 4]
1984	8th Lok Sabha		541	22 / 64	15	14,272,526	5.72 %	0.52%	3rd	Opposition	[e 5] [e 6]
1989	9th Lok Sabha		529	33 / 64	11	19,691,309	6.55 %	0.83	4th	Outside Support	[e 7]
1991	10th Lok Sabha		534	35 / 63	2	17,074,699	6.14 %	0.41%	4th	Opposition	[e 8] [e 9]
1996	11th Lok Sabha	Harkishan Singh Surjeet	543	32 / 75	3	20,496,810	6.12 %	0.02%	4th	Outside Support	[e 10]
1998	12th Lok Sabha		543	32 / 71		18,991,867	5.16 %	0.96%	3rd	Opposition	[e 11]
1999	13th Lok Sabha		543	33 / 72	1	19,695,767	5.40 %	0.24%	3rd	Opposition	[e 12]
2004	14th Lok Sabha		543	43 / 69	10	22,070,614	5.66 %	0.26%	3rd	Outside Support	[e 13]
2009	15th Lok Sabha	Prakash Karat	543	16 / 82	27	22,219,111	5.33 %	0.33%	8th	Opposition	[e 14]
2014	16th Lok Sabha		543	9 / 93	7	17,986,773	3.24 %	2.09%	9th	Opposition	[e 15]
2019	17th Lok Sabha	Sitaram Yechury	543	3 / 69	6	10,744,908	1.75 %	1.49%	16th	Opposition	[e 16]
2024	18th Lok Sabha		543	4 / 52	1	11,342,553	1.76%	0.01%	14th	Opposition	[1]

All time-CPI(M) Lok Sabha seat count

State legislative assembly election results

Election Year	Overall votes	% of overall votes	Total seats	seats won/ seats contensted	+/- in seats	+/- in vote share	Sitting side
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2024	43,012	0.13%	175	0 / 8	—	0.19%	—
2019	1,01,071	0.32%	175	0 / 7	1		—
2014	4,07,376	0.84%	175	1 / 68		0.59	—
2009	6,03,407	1.43%	294	1 / 18	8	0.49	—
2004	6,56,721	1.84%	294	9 / 14	7	0.14	—
1999	5,67,761	1.70%	294	2 / 48	14	1.26	—
1994	9,23,204	2.96%	294	15 / 16	9	0.50	—
1989	7,07,686	2.96%	294	6 / 15	5	0.15	—
1985	5,30,349	2.69%	294	11 / 11	6	0.20	—
Assam Legislative Assembly
2021	160,758	0.84%	126	1 / 2	1	0.29	Opposition
2016	93,506	0.55%	126	0 / 19			—
Bihar Legislative Assembly
2020	274,155	0.65%	243	2 / 4	2	0.04%	Opposition
2015	232,149	0.61%	243	0 / 43		0.21	—
Gujarat Legislative Assembly
2022	10,647	0.03%	182	0 / 9		0.01%	—
Haryana Legislative Assembly
2024	34,373	0.25%	90	0 / 1	—	0.18%	—
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022	27,812	0.66%	68	0 / 11	1	0.81%
2017	55,558	1.5%	68	1 / 14	1	0.1%	—
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
2024	33,634	0.6%	90	1 / 1	-	0.1%	Government
2014	24,017	0.5%	87	1 / 3	—	0.3%	Opposition
Kerala Legislative Assembly
2021	5,288,502	25.38%	140	62 / 77	4	1.14%	Government
2016	5,365,472	26.7%	140	59 / 84	14	1.48	Government
2011	4,921,354	28.18%	140	45 / 84	16	2.27	Opposition
2006	4,732,381	30.45%	140	61 / 84	37	6.60	Government
2001	3,752,976	23.85%	140	24 / 74	16	2.26	Opposition
1996	3,078,723	21.59%	140	40 / 62	12	0.15	Government
1991	3,082,354	21.74%	140	28 / 64	10	2.12	Opposition
1987	2,912,999	22.86%	140	38 / 70	12	4.06	Government
1982	1,798,198	18.80%	140	26 / 51	9	0.55	Opposition
1980	1,846,312	19.35%	140	35 / 50	18	2.83	Government
1977	1,946,051	22.18%	140	17 / 68	12	1.65	Opposition
1970	1,794,213	23.83%	140	29 / 73	23	0.32	Opposition
1967	1,476,456	23.51%	140	52 / 59	12	3.64	Government
1965	1,257,869	19.87%	140	40 / 73	New	New	—
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2019	204,933	0.37%	288	1 / 8		0.02%	Opposition
2014	207,933	0.39%	288	1 / 20		0.21%	—
2009	270,052	0.60%	288	1 / 20	2	0.02%	—
Odisha Legislative Assembly
2024	93,295	0.37%	147	1 / 7	—	0.07%	—
2019	70,119	0.32%	147	1 / 8		—	—
2014	80,274	0.40%	147	1 / 8		—	—
Punjab Legislative Assembly
2022	9,503	0.06%	117	0 / 14	—	—	—
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2023	382,387	0.96%	200	0 / 17	2	0.24	—
2018	434,210	1.2%	200	2 / 28	2	0.33	—
2013	629,002	0.9%	200	0 / 38	3	0.7	—
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2021	3,90,819	0.85%	234	2 / 6	2	0.13	Government
2016	3,07,303	0.72%	234	0 / 25	10	1.58	—
2011	8,88,364	2.40%	234	10 / 12	1	0.3	Government
2006	8,72,674	2.70%	234	9 / 13	10	0.33	Government
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2023	52,364	0.22%	119	0 / 19	2	0.18%	—
2018	91,099	0.40%	119	2 / 28	1	—	—
Tripura Legislative Assembly
2023	6,22,829	24.62%	60	11 / 43	5	17.6	Opposition
2018	9,93,605	42.22%	60	16 / 57	33	5.51	Opposition
2013	10,59,327	48.11%	60	49 / 57	3	0.01	Government
2008	9,03,009	48.01%	60	46 / 56	8	1.10	Government
2003	7,11,119	46.82%	60	38 / 55		1.30	Government
1998	6,21,804	45.49%	60	38 / 55	6	0.80	Government
1993	5,99,943	44.78%	60	44 / 51	18	0.40	Government
1988	5,20,697	45.82%	60	26 / 55	11	0.10	Opposition
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022	5617	0.01%	403	0 / 1	—	0.03	—
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2021	2,837,276	4.73%	294	0 / 136	26	15.02	—
2016	10,802,058	19.75%	294	26 / 148	14	10.35	Opposition
2011	14,330,061	30.08%	294	40 / 213	136	7.05	Opposition
2006	14,652,200	37.13%	294	176 / 212	33	0.54	Government
2001	13,402,603	36.59%	294	143 / 211	14	1.33	Government
1996	13,670,198	37.16%	294	153 / 213	32	1.05	Government
1991	11,418,822	36.87%	294	182 / 204	2	2.43	Government
1987	10,285,723	39.12%	294	187 / 212	13	0.89	Government
1982	8,655,371	38.49%	294	174 / 209	4	3.03	Government
1977	5,080,828	35.46%	294	178 / 224	164	8.01	Government

See also

• Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Electoral history of the Communist Party of India
• Electoral history of the Indian National Congress

Notes

1. Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India (Report). Vol. 1. New Delhi. 1968. p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
2. Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India (Report). Vol. 1. New Delhi. 1968. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. 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 . 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

References

1. "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024" . Retrieved 5 June 2024.