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India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

543 seats · 208 changed party since 2004 · turnout 59.4%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 2009 · 38 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 207 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 116 seatsSamajwadi Party — 22 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 21 seatsJanata Dal (United) — 20 seatsAll India Trinamool Congress — 19 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 18 seats31 other parties — 120 seats272543of 543 seats
  • INC207
  • BJP116
  • SP22
  • BSP21
  • JDU20
  • AITC19
  • DMK18
  • Others120

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress20738%11,94,23,74728.6%441
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11621%7,84,44,65018.8%434
SPSamajwadi Party224%1,45,12,0233.5%194
BSPBahujan Samaj Party214%2,59,42,4916.2%501
JDUJanata Dal (United)204%63,31,2011.5%55
AITCAll India Trinamool Congress193%1,33,56,5103.2%35
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam183%76,25,3971.8%22
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)163%2,22,19,1115.3%82
BJDBiju Janata Dal143%66,12,5521.6%18
SHSShiv Sena112%64,54,9501.5%47
INDIndependent92%2,16,61,5995.2%3838
NCPNationalist Congress Party92%85,26,3752.0%69
AIADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam92%69,53,5911.7%23
TDPTelugu Desam Party61%1,04,81,6592.5%31
RLDRashtriya Lok Dal51%18,21,0540.4%9
CPICommunist Party of India41%59,51,8881.4%56
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal41%52,80,0841.3%44
SADShiromani Akali Dal41%40,04,7891.0%10
JDSJanata Dal (Secular)31%34,34,0820.8%33
JKNJKN31%4,98,3740.1%3

+ 344 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 272

2009 · selected
Majority 272
INC207BJP116SP22BSP21JDU20AITC19DMK18CPM16BJD14SHS11+28 more · 79 seats
2004 · previous
Majority 272

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2004 → 2009

2004 2009· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
26.4
28.6
22.1
18.8
4.5
3.5
5.4
6.2
2.1
3.2
5.6
5.3
4.2
5.2
INCBJPSPBSPAITCCPMIND

Seat change

2009 seats minus 2004 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
145 → 207
+62
BJP
138 → 116
−22
SP
37 → 22
−15
BSP
18 → 21
+3
JDU
8 → 20
+12
AITC
2 → 19
+17
DMK
16 → 18
+2
CPM
43 → 16
−27
BJD
11 → 14
+3
SHS
12 → 11
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2004 → 2009

share lostshare gained
INC
26.4% → 28.6%
+2.1%
PRAP
0.0% → 1.6%
+1.6%
AITC
2.1% → 3.2%
+1.1%
IND
4.2% → 5.2%
+0.9%
BSP
5.4% → 6.2%
+0.8%
DMDK
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
AUDF
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
LJP
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
MNS
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
CPM
5.6% → 5.3%
−0.3%

Biggest INC–BJP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 2004 → 2009. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward BJPtoward INC
Nalgonda
Andhra Pradesh
+84.1%
Kishanganj
Bihar
+70.1%
Medak
Andhra Pradesh
+66.2%
Mizoram
Mizoram
+65.6%
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
+65.0%
Darjeeling
West Bengal
−63.9%
Rajkot
Gujarat
+63.3%
Arunachal East
Arunachal Pradesh
+59.4%
Outer Manipur
Manipur
+57.1%
Arunachal West
Arunachal Pradesh
+56.4%
Karimnagar
Andhra Pradesh
+56.4%
Barabanki
Uttar Pradesh
+54.7%

All constituencies · 2009

543 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2004