CPCommunist Party of IndiaState partyCPI

Name: Janadesh
Creator: Janadesh
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Contested 16 general elections between 1962 and 2024, winning 168 Lok Sabha seats from 1,021 candidacies. 1,140 assembly seats won in 33 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962

Elections contested

168

Seats won, all time

Best result (1962)

2.7%

Avg. vote share

1,021 candidacies fielded in total

Election by election

Lok Sabha

Election	Won	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Vote share	Deposits lost
2024	2	30	9.1%	31,57,184	0.49%	23
2019	2	49	6.5%	35,76,184	0.58%	41
2014	1	67	6.6%	43,27,460	0.78%	57
2009	4	56	14.3%	59,51,888	1.43%	41
2004	10	34	23.7%	54,84,111	1.41%	19
1999	4	54	15.3%	53,95,119	1.48%	39
1998	9	58	16.5%	64,29,569	1.75%	40
1996	12	43	24.9%	65,82,263	1.97%	22
1991	14	43	30.4%	68,98,340	2.48%	16
1989	12	50	28.0%	77,34,697	2.57%	20
1984	6	66	22.9%	67,33,117	2.70%	33
1980	10	47	27.3%	49,27,342	2.49%	17
1977	7	91	16.0%	53,22,088	2.82%	68
1971	23	87	27.1%	69,33,627	4.73%	33
1967	23	109	22.9%	74,58,396	5.11%	41
1962	29	137	32.4%	1,14,50,037	9.94%	26