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Party Votes % Seats; Indian National Congress: 119,111,019: 28.55: 206: Bharatiya Janata Party: 78,435,381: 18.80: 116: Bahujan Samaj Party: 25,728,920: 6.17: 21 ...
To constitute India's 15th Lok Sabha, general elections were held in April–May 2009. The results were announced on 16 May 2009. The main contenders were two alliance groups of the Incumbent United Progressive Alliance and the Opposition National Democratic Alliance; led by Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party respectively.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 November 2024. 2009 Indian general election ← 2004 16 April 2009 – 13 May 2009 (2009-05-13) 2014 → ← outgoing members elected members → 543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha 272 seats needed for a majority Registered 716,985,101 Turnout 58.21% (0.14 pp) First party Second party Third party ...
List of Indian general elections. Members of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) or the lower house of Parliament of India are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency.
List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2009 Indian general election. National Democratic Alliance is an Indian political party coalition led by Bharatiya Janata Party. For the 2009 Indian general election, the NDA 's candidates for the Lok Sabha constituencies are as follows.
The seat-sharing summary table lists the total number of candidates, both official and unofficial. The state-wise tables below list all the official candidates and only significant unofficial candidates, i.e., those who secured more than 2.75% of the popular vote or else secured more votes than the margin by which the official candidate lost a ...
1. Percentage. 19.28%. 1.3%. 0.60%. Maharashtra 2009 Lok Sabha Results. The Indian general election, 2009 in Maharashtra were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president on the ...