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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 ...
Election Commission of India dead link ] "Voter Turn Out". Election Commission of India dead link ] "Party Wise No of Seats, General Election 2009 Results". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012
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%
General election. A national election occurred between 16 April and 13 May 2009, to constitute the 15th Lok Sabha. Date*. Election. Government before. Prime Minister before election. Government after. Elected Prime Minister. 16 April – 13 May 2009.
This article contains the full list of candidates fielded by the United Progressive Alliance in the 2009 Indian general election. Official candidates were fielded on a total of 535 seats, one per each seat, predominantly by the Indian National Congress, but also by thirteen allied parties. Independent candidates were fielded on two seats.
The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major political parties in India. The prominent members of the party are the president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Prime minister Manmohan Singh. INC took part in the elections alongside other members of the United Progressive Alliance.The INC announced that its campaign for ...