CPCPI(ML)(L)Registered, unrecognisedCPI(ML)(L)
Contested 8 general elections between 1996 and 2024, winning 3 Lok Sabha seats from 395 candidacies. 47 assembly seats won in 22 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1996
8
Elections contested
3
Seats won, all time
2
Best result (2024)
0.2%
Avg. vote share
395 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2024)
2
7 contested · 0.27% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
0.8%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won3 (1%)
- Lost392 (99%)
National vote share
Share of all valid votes cast in India, not of seats contested
A regional party fighting 40 seats out of 543 is capped at a low national share however well it does. Read this line against the seats chart above, not on its own.
Key highlights
- Best-ever result was 2 seats in 2024, on 0.27% of the national vote.
- At the 2024 election it contested 7 seats and won 2, a 29% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is ARRAH, Bihar, won 1 time, most recently in 2024.
- Holds a state assembly record in 22 states, with 47 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 8 general elections the party has polled 87.2 lakh votes and lost 378 deposits. It has won 47 assembly seats across 118 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/cpi-ml-l.

