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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 11 February 2025. 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 ...
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 ...
United Progressive Alliance Seat Sharing for the 2009 Indian General Election [2] Sr. No Party Status Seats Contested Seats Won 1. Indian National Congress: National Party 440 206 61 2. All India Trinamool Congress: State Party (West Bengal) 27 19 18 3. Nationalist Congress Party: National Party 23 9 1 4. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: State Party ...
7 November 2009 45 Powayan: Mithlesh Kumar Samajwadi Party: Died Dhirendra Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party: 86 Lucknow West: Lalji Tandon: Bharatiya Janata Party: Elected to 15th Lok Sabha: Shyam Kishore Shukla Indian National Congress: 181 Padrauna: Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh: Indian National Congress: Elected to 15th Lok Sabha: Swami Prasad ...
The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009. [95] Strong showing in Andhra Pradesh , Rajasthan , Maharashtra , Tamil Nadu , Kerala , West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh helped the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) form the new government under the incumbent Singh, who became the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 to win ...
The 2009 Indian general election in Punjab, occurred for 13 seats in the state.Punjab went for the Lok sabha elections in two phases-7 May and 13 May. There were 13 parliament seats from Punjab and the elections were held for 4 seats on 7 May and remaining 9 on 13 May.
The results were a repeat of the last election, where the Indian National Congress and the UPA, won 34 out of 42 seats, resulting in a landslide victory. The popularity of Chief Minister Rajasekhar Reddy earned him a landslide victory in the national election and winning his re-election, in the state election.