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India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

529 seats · vs 1984 (514-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 60.3%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1989 · 25 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 197 seatsJanata Dal — 143 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 85 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 33 seatsIndependent — 12 seatsCommunist Party of India — 12 seatsAnna Dravidar Kazhagam — 11 seats18 other parties — 36 seats265529of 529 seats
  • INC197
  • JD143
  • BJP85
  • CPM33
  • IND12
  • CPI12
  • ADK11
  • Others36

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress19737%11,88,94,70239.5%510
JDJanata Dal14327%5,35,18,52117.8%244
BJPBharatiya Janata Party8516%3,41,71,47711.4%225
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)336%1,96,91,3096.5%64
INDIndependent122%1,57,93,7245.3%3712
CPICommunist Party of India122%77,34,6972.6%50
ADKAnna Dravidar Kazhagam112%45,18,6491.5%11
SADMSADM61%23,18,8720.8%9
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party41%18,54,2760.6%6
BSPBahujan Samaj Party31%62,13,3902.1%245
FBLFBL31%12,61,3100.4%8
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha31%10,32,2760.3%12
JKNJKN31%71,1940.0%2
TDPTelugu Desam Party20%99,09,7283.3%33
MULMUL20%9,74,2340.3%18
ICSSCSIcs (Scs)10%9,78,3770.3%14
IPFIPF10%7,37,5510.2%13
MIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen10%6,17,3760.2%8
GNLFGNLF10%4,35,0700.1%1
KECMKerala Congress (M)10%3,52,1910.1%1

+ 94 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 265

1989 · selected
Majority 265
INC197JD143BJP85CPM33IND12CPI12ADK11SADM6RSP4BSP3+15 more · 23 seats
1984 · previous
Majority 258

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1984 → 1989

1984 1989· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
49.1
39.5
0.0
17.8
7.7
11.4
5.9
6.5
7.9
5.3
4.3
3.3
6.9
0.0
INCJDBJPCPMINDTDPJNP

Seat change

1989 seats minus 1984 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
404 → 197
−207
JD
0 → 143
+143
BJP
2 → 85
+83
CPM
22 → 33
+11
IND
5 → 12
+7
CPI
6 → 12
+6
ADK
12 → 11
−1
SADM
0 → 6
+6
RSP
3 → 4
+1
BSP
0 → 3
+3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1984 → 1989

share lostshare gained
JD
0.0% → 17.8%
+17.8%
BJP
7.7% → 11.4%
+3.6%
BSP
0.0% → 2.1%
+2.1%
JNPJP
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
SADM
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
CPM
5.9% → 6.5%
+0.7%
PMK
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
ICSSCS
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
JKN
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
ICJ
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%

Biggest INC–JD swings

Seats where the INC-vs-JD vote gap moved most, 1984 → 1989. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − JD share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward JD.

toward JDtoward INC
Hajipur
Bihar
−122.6%
Bhagalpur
Bihar
−105.4%
Banka
Bihar
−105.1%
Sheohar
Bihar
−102.7%
Muzaffarpur
Bihar
−99.2%
Madhepura
Bihar
−98.5%
Jhanjharpur
Bihar
−94.5%
Dhenkanal
Odisha
−94.3%
Banaskantha
Gujarat
−92.1%
Samastipur
Bihar
−92.0%
Pilibhit
Uttar Pradesh
−91.8%
Bagaha
Bihar
−91.3%

Closest races · 1989

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1989

529 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1984