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ICIndian Congress (Socialist)National partyICS

Contested 3 general elections between 1984 and 1998, winning 5 Lok Sabha seats from 72 candidacies. 76 assembly seats won in 19 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1984
3
Elections contested
5
Seats won, all time
5
Best result (1984)
0.6%
Avg. vote share
72 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (1998)
0
7 contested · 0.01% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
6.9%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

01346198419961998ICS

Results Overview

72CONTESTS
  • Won5 (7%)
  • Lost67 (93%)

National vote share

Share of all valid votes cast in India, not of seats contested

0%0%1%1%2%198419961998ICS vote share

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 5 seats in 1984, on 1.62% of the national vote.
  • At the 1998 election it contested 7 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is PARVATHIPURAM, Andhra Pradesh, won 1 time, most recently in 1984.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 19 states, with 76 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 3 general elections the party has polled 44.8 lakh votes and lost 50 deposits. It has won 76 assembly seats across 33 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/ics.

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