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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 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 ...
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.
Date* Election Government before Prime Minister before election Government after Elected Prime Minister 16 April – 13 May 2009 Lok Sabha: United Progressive Alliance: Manmohan Singh: United Progressive Alliance: Manmohan Singh
Election year Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout The largest party Seats won by the largest party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 45.44% Indian National Congress: 371 123 75.10% Jawaharlal Nehru 1962: Third: 55.42%
Lok Sabha elections (Constituencies) 2014; 2019; 2024; Rajya Sabha elections; 2024; 2023; 2022; State Assembly elections; ... "Party Wise No of Seats, General ...
This electoral calendar 2009 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2009 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections.
A total of 19 by-elections across seats in 11 different states were held through the duration of the 15th Lok Sabha, with the first in November 2009 and the last in August 2013. 6 of these by-elections were necessitated by the death of the incumbent MP, and 13 due to resignation.
The 2009 Indian general election in Delhi was held on 7 May 2009 to elect representatives of the 7 parliamentary constituencies in the union territory. The Indian National Congress won all the 7 seats of Delhi in the Lok Sabha , making it the third time it won all the seats in Delhi since 1952.