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
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 |
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1vs 2019 |
| Kerala | 1 | 15 | 7% | 0vs 2019 |
Strongest constituencies, all time
Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party
In the state assemblies
2,791 seats across 300 assembly elections in 30 states
| State / UT | Elections | Seats won | Best | Latest | Seats | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bengal | 15 | 1,521 | 189in 1991 | 2026 | 1/ 294 | 4.45% |
| Kerala | 15 | 581 | 62in 2021 | 2026 | 26/ 140 | 21.77% |
| Tripura | 11 | 363 | 51in 1977 | 2018 | 16/ 60 | 42.22% |
| Tamil Nadu | 13 | 74 | 15in 1989 | 2026 | 2/ 234 | 0.60% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 13 | 67 | 15in 1994 | 2024 | 0/ 175 | 0.13% |
| Bihar | 15 | 37 | 6in 1995 | 2025 | 1/ 243 | 0.60% |
| Maharashtra | 13 | 30 | 9in 1978 | 2024 | 1/ 288 | 0.34% |
| Assam | 13 | 22 | 11in 1978 | 2026 | 0/ 126 | 0.47% |
| Punjab | 13 | 20 | 8in 1977 | 2022 | 0/ 117 | 0.06% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 15 | 17 | 4in 1996 | 2022 | 0/ 403 | 0.01% |
| Odisha | 14 | 13 | 3in 1974 | 2024 | 1/ 147 | 0.38% |
| Rajasthan | 13 | 11 | 3in 2008 | 2023 | 0/ 200 | 0.96% |
| Madras | 1 | 11 | 11in 1967 | 1967 | 11/ 234 | 4.07% |
| Karnataka | 11 | 7 | 3in 1983 | 2023 | 0/ 224 | 0.06% |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 7 | 6 | 2in 2002 | 2024 | 1/ 90 | 0.59% |
| Himachal Pradesh | 12 | 3 | 1in 2017 | 2017 | 1/ 68 | 1.47% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 13 | 2 | 1in 2003 | 2023 | 0/ 230 | 0.01% |
| Puducherry | 12 | 2 | 1in 1980 | 2026 | 0/ 30 | 0.06% |
| Haryana | 14 | 1 | 1in 1987 | 2024 | 0/ 90 | 0.25% |
| Manipur | 11 | 1 | 1in 1980 | 2017 | 0/ 60 | 0.01% |
| Telangana | 3 | 1 | 1in 2014 | 2023 | 0/ 119 | 0.23% |
| Mysore | 2 | 1 | 1in 1967 | 1972 | 0/ 216 | 1.03% |
| Gujarat | 11 | 0 | 0in 2017 | 2017 | 0/ 182 | 0.02% |
| Delhi | 10 | 0 | 0in 2025 | 2025 | 0/ 70 | 0.01% |
| Sikkim | 6 | 0 | 0in 2009 | 2009 | 0/ 32 | 0.11% |
| Goa | 6 | 0 | 0in 2012 | 2012 | 0/ 40 | 0.06% |
| Jharkhand | 5 | 0 | 0in 2024 | 2024 | 0/ 81 | 0.19% |
| Chhattisgarh | 5 | 0 | 0in 2023 | 2023 | 0/ 90 | 0.05% |
| Uttarakhand | 5 | 0 | 0in 2022 | 2022 | 0/ 70 | 0.04% |
| Goa, Daman and Diu | 3 | 0 | 0in 1984 | 1984 | 0/ 30 | 0.18% |
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.
