CPCommunist Party of India (Marxist)National partyCPM
Contested 15 general elections between 1967 and 2024, winning 365 Lok Sabha seats from 1,111 candidacies. 2,791 assembly seats won in 30 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1967
15
Elections contested
365
Seats won, all time
43
Best result (2004)
4.9%
Avg. vote share
1,111 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2024)
4
52 contested · 1.76% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
32.9%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won365 (33%)
- Lost746 (67%)
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 43 seats in 2004, on 5.66% of the national vote.
- At the 2024 election it contested 52 seats and won 4, a 8% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is VISHNUPUR, West Bengal, won 9 times, most recently in 2004.
- Holds a state assembly record in 30 states, with 2,791 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 15 general elections the party has polled 22.9 cr votes and lost 397 deposits. It has won 2,791 assembly seats across 300 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/cpm.
