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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 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 ...
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 ...
State / Union Territory Congress BJP Bahujan Samaj Communist (Marxist) Inde-pendent Samajwadi Trinamool Congress Telugu Desam Nationalist Congress DMK Others Total
Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout The ruling party Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controled by coalition Margin of majority of coalition Percentage in the Lok Sabha by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 ...
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. [1]
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 ...