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Elections in the Republic of India in 1994 included elections to four state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
No | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Seats change | Vote Share | Swing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telugu Desam Party | 251 | 216 | +142 | 44.14% | +7.60% |
2 | Indian National Congress | 294 | 26 | -155 | 33.85% | -13.24% |
3 | Communist Party of India | 21 | 19 | +11 | 3.39% | +0.75% |
4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16 | 15 | +9 | 2.96% | +0.50% |
5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 280 | 3 | -2 | 3.89% | +2.11% |
6 | Majlis Bachao Tehreek | 9 | 2 | +2 | 0.49% | 0.49% |
7 | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 20 | 1 | -3 | 0.70% | -1.29% |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Indian National Congress | 216,165 | 37.54 | 18 | |
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 128,033 | 22.24 | 12 | |
Bhartiya Janata Party | 52,094 | 9.05 | 4 | |
United Goans Democratic Party | 47,765 | 8.30 | 3 | |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 9,109 | 1.58 | 0 | |
Shiv Sena | 8,347 | 1.45 | 0 | |
Communist Party of India | 3,424 | 0.59 | 0 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,431 | 0.42 | 0 | |
Gomantak Lok Pox | 1,497 | 0.26 | 0 | |
Janata Party | 1,434 | 0.25 | 0 | |
Samajwadi Party | 205 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Republican Party of India | 177 | 0.03 | 0 | |
Independents | 105,108 | 18.25 | 3 | |
Total | 575,789 | 100.00 | 40 | |
Valid votes | 575,789 | 98.31 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 9,889 | 1.69 | ||
Total votes | 585,678 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 822,631 | 71.20 | ||
Source: ECI |
Parties | Flag | Seats contested | Seats won | % of votes | Seat change | Vote share % change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Janata Dal | 221 | 115 | 33.54% | 77 | 6.46% | |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 223 | 40 | 16.99% | 36 | 12.85% | |
Indian National Congress | 221 | 34 | 26.95% | 143 | 16.55% | |
Karnataka Congress Party | 218 | 10 | 7.31% | New Party | New Party | |
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha | 108 | 1 | 2.65% | 1 | 0.94% | |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 77 | 1 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.74 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 13 | 1 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.04 | |
Indian National League | 2 | 1 | 0.29% | New Party | New Party | |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4 | 1 | 0.24% | - | 0.06% | |
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha | 42 | 1 | 0.18% | New Party | New Party | |
Bharatiya Republican Paksha | 2 | 1 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.09% | |
Others | 0 | 1.05% | 3 | 2.37% | ||
Independent | 1256 | 17 | 9.4% | 5 | 1.28% | |
Total (Turnout %) | 224 | 100.00 |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sikkim Democratic Front | 72,856 | 42.00 | 19 | New | |
Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 60,851 | 35.08 | 10 | –22 | |
Indian National Congress | 26,045 | 15.02 | 2 | +2 | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2,906 | 1.68 | 0 | New | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 274 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 270 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 10,255 | 5.91 | 1 | +1 | |
Total | 173,457 | 100.00 | 32 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 173,457 | 97.44 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,566 | 2.56 | |||
Total votes | 178,023 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 217,743 | 81.76 | |||
Source: ECI [1] |
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