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Since independence, the Indian National Congress has participated in elections, ... Number of Seats Remarks 1952 146 1952-1954 164 1954-1956 186 1956-1958 177
Indian National Congress is the only political party in India, which has experience of running the state government of every Indian states in post-independence Indian history. From the first general election in 1952 when Jawaharlal Nehru led it to a landslide victory, the Congress won in the majority of the following state elections and paved ...
Total seats Turnout Party in government Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controlled by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 45.44% 371 123 75.10% 1962: Third: 55.42% 361 113 73.08% Lal Bahadur Shastri ...
The results of India's general elections to constitute 18th Lok Sabha, held in April–June 2024 were announced on 4th and 5th June 2024. [1] The main contenders were two alliance groups of the Incumbent National Democratic Alliance (N.D.A) led by Bharatiya Janata Party; and the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) led by Indian National Congress.
The primary opposition was the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a coalition formed in 2023 by the Indian National Congress (INC) and many regional parties. The election was criticised for lack of action on hate speeches by Modi's BJP, [ 14 ] reported electronic voting machine (EVM) malfunctioning, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] and ...
The main contenders were two alliance groups of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the opposition United Progressive Alliance led by the Indian National Congress. The 2019 Indian general election was the largest democratic exercise in history at the time it was conducted, with around 912 million eligible voters.
More than 650 parties contested in these elections. Most of them were small with regional appeal. The main parties were the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). This was the first time that BJP (437) contested more seats than Congress (421) in the Lok Sabha elections.
Indian National Congress: 9 Alathur (SC) K. Radhakrishnan: Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10 Thrissur: Suresh Gopi: Bharatiya Janata Party: 11 Chalakudy: Benny Behanan: Indian National Congress: 12 Ernakulam: Hibi Eden: 13 Idukki: Dean Kuriakose: 14 Kottayam: Francis George: Kerala Congress: 15 Alappuzha: K. C. Venugopal: Indian National ...