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
Increase 6 7,510,089 5.12 % Increase 0.84% Increase 2nd Main Opposition [e 2]
1977 6th Lok Sabha 542
22 / 53
Decrease 3 8,113,659 4.29 % Decrease 0.83% Decrease 3rd Opposition [e 3]
1980 7th Lok Sabha E. M. S. Namboodiripad 529(542*)
37 / 64
Increase 15 12,352,331 6.24 % Increase 1.95% Steady 3rd Opposition [e 4]
1984 8th Lok Sabha 541
22 / 64
Decrease 15 14,272,526 5.72 % Decrease 0.52% Steady 3rd Opposition [e 5][e 6]
1989 9th Lok Sabha 529
33 / 64
Increase 11 19,691,309 6.55 % Increase 0.83 Decrease 4th Outside Support [e 7]
1991 10th Lok Sabha 534
35 / 63
Increase 2 17,074,699 6.14 % Decrease 0.41% Steady 4th Opposition [e 8][e 9]
1996 11th Lok Sabha Harkishan Singh Surjeet 543
32 / 75
Decrease 3 20,496,810 6.12 % Decrease 0.02% Steady 4th Outside Support [e 10]
1998 12th Lok Sabha 543
32 / 71
Steady 18,991,867 5.16 % Decrease 0.96% Increase 3rd Opposition [e 11]
1999 13th Lok Sabha 543
33 / 72
Increase 1 19,695,767 5.40 % Increase 0.24% Steady 3rd Opposition [e 12]
2004 14th Lok Sabha 543
43 / 69
Increase 10 22,070,614 5.66 % Increase 0.26% Steady 3rd Outside Support [e 13]
2009 15th Lok Sabha Prakash Karat 543
16 / 82
Decrease 27 22,219,111 5.33 % Decrease 0.33% Decrease 8th Opposition [e 14]
2014 16th Lok Sabha 543
9 / 93
Decrease 7 17,986,773 3.24 % Decrease 2.09% Decrease 9th Opposition [e 15]
2019 17th Lok Sabha Sitaram Yechury 543
3 / 69
Decrease 6 10,744,908 1.75 % Decrease 1.49% Decrease 16th Opposition [e 16]
2024 18th Lok Sabha 543
4 / 52
Increase 1 11,342,553 1.76% Increase 0.01% Increase 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
Decrease0.19%
2019
1,01,071 0.32% 175
0 / 7
Decrease1 Steady
2014
4,07,376 0.84% 175
1 / 68
Steady Decrease0.59
2009
6,03,407 1.43% 294
1 / 18
Decrease 8 Decrease 0.49
2004
6,56,721 1.84% 294
9 / 14
Increase 7 Increase 0.14
1999
5,67,761 1.70% 294
2 / 48
Decrease 14 Decrease 1.26
1994
9,23,204 2.96% 294
15 / 16
Increase 9 Increase 0.50
1989
7,07,686 2.96% 294
6 / 15
Decrease 5 Increase 0.15
1985
5,30,349 2.69% 294
11 / 11
Increase 6 Increase 0.20
Assam Legislative Assembly
2021
160,758 0.84% 126
1 / 2
Increase 1 Increase 0.29 Opposition
2016
93,506 0.55% 126
0 / 19
Steady Steady
Bihar Legislative Assembly
2020
274,155 0.65% 243
2 / 4
Increase 2 Increase0.04% Opposition
2015
232,149 0.61% 243
0 / 43
Steady Decrease 0.21
Gujarat Legislative Assembly
2022
10,647 0.03% 182
0 / 9
Steady Decrease 0.01%
Haryana Legislative Assembly
2024 34,373 0.25% 90
0 / 1
Increase0.18%
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022
27,812 0.66% 68
0 / 11
Decrease 1 Decrease 0.81% Steady
2017
55,558 1.5% 68
1 / 14
Increase 1 Decrease 0.1%
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
2024 33,634 0.6% 90
1 / 1
- Increase0.1% Government
2014 24,017 0.5% 87
1 / 3
Decrease0.3% Opposition
Kerala Legislative Assembly
2021
5,288,502 25.38% 140
62 / 77
Increase 4 Decrease 1.14% Government
2016
5,365,472 26.7% 140
59 / 84
Increase 14 Decrease 1.48 Government
2011
4,921,354 28.18% 140
45 / 84
Decrease 16 Decrease 2.27 Opposition
2006
4,732,381 30.45% 140
61 / 84
Increase 37 Increase 6.60 Government
2001
3,752,976 23.85% 140
24 / 74
Decrease 16 Increase 2.26 Opposition
1996
3,078,723 21.59% 140
40 / 62
Increase 12 Increase 0.15 Government
1991
3,082,354 21.74% 140
28 / 64
Decrease 10 Decrease 2.12 Opposition
1987
2,912,999 22.86% 140
38 / 70
Increase 12 Increase 4.06 Government
1982
1,798,198 18.80% 140
26 / 51
Decrease 9 Decrease 0.55 Opposition
1980
1,846,312 19.35% 140
35 / 50
Increase 18 Decrease 2.83 Government
1977
1,946,051 22.18% 140
17 / 68
Decrease 12 Decrease 1.65 Opposition
1970
1,794,213 23.83% 140
29 / 73
Decrease 23 Increase 0.32 Opposition
1967
1,476,456 23.51% 140
52 / 59
Increase 12 Increase 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
Steady Decrease 0.02% Opposition
2014
207,933 0.39% 288
1 / 20
Steady Decrease 0.21%
2009
270,052 0.60% 288
1 / 20
Decrease2 Decrease 0.02%
Odisha Legislative Assembly
2024 93,295 0.37% 147
1 / 7
Increase0.07%
2019
70,119 0.32% 147
1 / 8
Steady
2014
80,274 0.40% 147
1 / 8
Steady
Punjab Legislative Assembly
2022
9,503 0.06% 117
0 / 14
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2023
382,387 0.96% 200
0 / 17
Decrease 2 Decrease 0.24
2018
434,210 1.2% 200
2 / 28
Increase 2 Increase 0.33
2013
629,002 0.9% 200
0 / 38
Decrease 3 Decrease 0.7
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2021
3,90,819 0.85% 234
2 / 6
Increase 2 Increase 0.13 Government
2016
3,07,303 0.72% 234
0 / 25
Decrease 10 Decrease 1.58
2011
8,88,364 2.40% 234
10 / 12
Increase 1 Decrease 0.3 Government
2006
8,72,674 2.70% 234
9 / 13
Decrease 10 Increase 0.33 Government
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2023
52,364 0.22% 119
0 / 19
Decrease 2 Decrease 0.18%
2018
91,099 0.40% 119
2 / 28
Decrease 1
Tripura Legislative Assembly
2023
6,22,829 24.62% 60
11 / 43
Decrease 5 Decrease 17.6 Opposition
2018
9,93,605 42.22% 60
16 / 57
Decrease 33 Decrease 5.51 Opposition
2013
10,59,327 48.11% 60
49 / 57
Increase 3 Increase 0.01 Government
2008
9,03,009 48.01% 60
46 / 56
Increase 8 Increase 1.10 Government
2003
7,11,119 46.82% 60
38 / 55
Steady Increase 1.30 Government
1998
6,21,804 45.49% 60
38 / 55
Increase 6 Increase 0.80 Government
1993
5,99,943 44.78% 60
44 / 51
Increase 18 Decrease 0.40 Government
1988
5,20,697 45.82% 60
26 / 55
Decrease 11 Increase 0.10 Opposition
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2022
5617 0.01% 403
0 / 1
Decrease 0.03
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2021
2,837,276 4.73% 294
0 / 136
Decrease 26 Decrease 15.02
2016
10,802,058 19.75% 294
26 / 148
Decrease 14 Decrease 10.35 Opposition
2011
14,330,061 30.08% 294
40 / 213
Decrease 136 Decrease 7.05 Opposition
2006
14,652,200 37.13% 294
176 / 212
Increase 33 Increase 0.54 Government
2001
13,402,603 36.59% 294
143 / 211
Decrease 14 Decrease 1.33 Government
1996
13,670,198 37.16% 294
153 / 213
Decrease 32 Increase 1.05 Government
1991
11,418,822 36.87% 294
182 / 204
Increase 2 Decrease 2.43 Government
1987
10,285,723 39.12% 294
187 / 212
Increase 13 Increase 0.89 Government
1982
8,655,371 38.49% 294
174 / 209
Decrease 4 Increase 3.03 Government
1977
5,080,828 35.46% 294
178 / 224
Increase 164 Increase 8.01 Government

See also

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.

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