CPCommunist Party of IndiaState partyCPI
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
16
Elections contested
168
Seats won, all time
29
Best result (1962)
2.7%
Avg. vote share
1,021 candidacies fielded in total
Where the seats came from, 2024
States and union territories in which the party won a Lok Sabha seat at its most recent general election
| State / UT | Won | Contested | Strike rate | Change from last election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0vs 2019 |
Strongest constituencies, all time
Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party
In the state assemblies
1,140 seats across 330 assembly elections in 33 states
| State / UT | Elections | Seats won | Best | Latest | Seats | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala | 15 | 218 | 23in 1977 | 2026 | 8/ 140 | 6.64% |
| Bihar | 16 | 215 | 35in 1972 | 2025 | 0/ 243 | 0.74% |
| West Bengal | 16 | 193 | 50in 1962 | 2026 | 0/ 294 | 0.16% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 14 | 127 | 51in 1962 | 2024 | 0/ 175 | 0.04% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 16 | 83 | 16in 1974 | 2022 | 0/ 403 | 0.07% |
| Tamil Nadu | 13 | 60 | 9in 2011 | 2026 | 2/ 234 | 0.66% |
| Punjab | 14 | 53 | 10in 1972 | 2022 | 0/ 117 | 0.05% |
| Odisha | 15 | 37 | 7in 1974 | 2024 | 0/ 147 | 0.08% |
| Manipur | 13 | 32 | 6in 1974 | 2022 | 0/ 60 | 0.06% |
| Maharashtra | 14 | 25 | 10in 1967 | 2024 | 0/ 288 | 0.02% |
| Assam | 14 | 24 | 7in 1967 | 2026 | 0/ 126 | 0.04% |
| Rajasthan | 14 | 13 | 5in 1962 | 2023 | 0/ 200 | 0.04% |
| Puducherry | 14 | 12 | 3in 1969 | 2026 | 0/ 30 | 0.05% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 14 | 12 | 3in 1990 | 2023 | 0/ 230 | 0.03% |
| Karnataka | 11 | 9 | 3in 1985 | 2023 | 0/ 224 | 0.02% |
| Mysore | 3 | 7 | 3in 1972 | 1972 | 3/ 216 | 0.99% |
| Tripura | 12 | 6 | 1in 2013 | 2023 | 0/ 60 | 0.48% |
| Madras | 2 | 4 | 2in 1967 | 1967 | 2/ 234 | 1.80% |
| Himachal Pradesh | 13 | 3 | 2in 1967 | 2022 | 0/ 68 | 0.01% |
| Delhi | 11 | 3 | 3in 1972 | 2025 | 0/ 70 | 0.02% |
| Telangana | 3 | 2 | 1in 2023 | 2023 | 1/ 119 | 0.34% |
| Haryana | 14 | 1 | 1in 1987 | 2024 | 0/ 90 | 0.01% |
| Gujarat | 13 | 1 | 1in 1972 | 2022 | 0/ 182 | 0.01% |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 9 | 0 | 0in 2014 | 2014 | 0/ 87 | 0.05% |
| Meghalaya | 9 | 0 | 0in 2013 | 2013 | 0/ 60 | 0.02% |
| Goa | 7 | 0 | 0in 2017 | 2017 | 0/ 40 | 0.03% |
| Uttarakhand | 5 | 0 | 0in 2022 | 2022 | 0/ 70 | 0.04% |
| Chhattisgarh | 5 | 0 | 0in 2023 | 2023 | 0/ 90 | 0.39% |
| Jharkhand | 5 | 0 | 0in 2024 | 2024 | 0/ 81 | 0.20% |
| Goa, Daman and Diu | 3 | 0 | 0in 1984 | 1984 | 0/ 30 | 0.38% |
| Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 0in 1985 | 1985 | 0/ 32 | 0.03% |
| Nagaland | 1 | 0 | 0in 2023 | 2023 | 0/ 60 | 0.00% |
| Mizoram | 1 | 0 | 0in 2003 | 2003 | 0/ 40 | 0.03% |
Assembly vote share is the share of valid votes cast in that state at that election, not a national figure — the two are not comparable and are never added together. Rows are ordered by total seats won, so a long run of modest results can outrank a single landslide.
