Electoral history of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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Lok Sabha Election Results

Performance of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Loksabha elections
YearLegislatureTotal Lok Sabha constituenciesSeats won / Seats ContestedChange in seatsTotal VotesPercentage of votesChange in vote %Reference
1967 4th Lok Sabha 520
19 / 59
New6,246,5224.28 %New [1]
1971 5th Lok Sabha 518
25 / 85
Increase2.svg 067,510,0895.12 %Increase2.svg 0.84% [2]
1977 6th Lok Sabha 542
22 / 53
Decrease2.svg 038,113,6594.29 %Decrease2.svg 0.83% [3]
1980 7th Lok Sabha 529(542*)
37 / 64
Increase2.svg 1512,352,3316.24 %Increase2.svg 1.95% [4]
1984 8th Lok Sabha 541
22 / 64
Decrease2.svg 1514,272,5265.72 %Decrease2.svg 0.52% [5] [6]
1989 9th Lok Sabha 529
33 / 64
Increase2.svg 1119,691,3096.55 %Increase2.svg 0.83 [7]
1991 10th Lok Sabha 534
35 / 63
Increase2.svg 0217,074,6996.14 %Decrease2.svg 0.41% [8] [9]
1996 11th Lok Sabha 543
32 / 75
Decrease2.svg 0320,496,8106.12 %Decrease2.svg 0.02% [10]
1998 12th Lok Sabha 543
32 / 71
Steady2.svg 0018,991,8675.16 %Decrease2.svg 0.96% [11]
1999 13th Lok Sabha 543
33 / 72
Increase2.svg 0119,695,7675.40 %Increase2.svg 0.24% [12]
2004 14th Lok Sabha 543
43 / 69
Increase2.svg 1022,070,6145.66 %Increase2.svg 0.26% [13]
2009 15th Lok Sabha 543
16 / 82
Decrease2.svg 2722,219,1115.33 %Decrease2.svg 0.33% [14]
2014 16th Lok Sabha 543
9 / 93
Decrease2.svg 0717,986,7733.24 %Decrease2.svg 2.09% [15]
2019 17th Lok Sabha 543
3 / 71
Decrease2.svg 0610,744,9081.75 %Decrease2.svg 1.49% [16]

State Election Results

StateNo. of candidatesNo. of electedTotal no. of seats in AssemblyYear of Election
Andhra Pradesh 6812942014
Assam 1901262016
Bihar 422432015
Chhattisgarh 40902013
Delhi 30702015
Goa 00402017
Gujarat 201822017
Haryana 170902014
Himachal Pradesh 161682017
Jammu and Kashmir 31872014
Jharkhand 120812014
Karnataka 1602242013
Kerala 84581402016
Madhya Pradesh 802302013
Maharashtra 2012882014
Manipur 20602017
Odisha 1211472014
Puducherry 40302016
Punjab 1201172017
Rajasthan 3822002018
Sikkim 00322016
Tamil Nadu 2502342016
Tripura 4711602023
Uttar Pradesh 2604032017
Uttarakhand 60702017
West Bengal 14802942021

Results from the Election Commission of India website. Results does not deal with defections and by-elections during the mandate period.

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  16. ↑ "LS 2019 : List of successful candidates". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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