INIndian National CongressNational partyINC
Contested 15 general elections between 1962 and 2024, winning 2,946 Lok Sabha seats from 6,993 candidacies. 17,799 assembly seats won in 34 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
15
Elections contested
2,946
Seats won, all time
414
Best result (1984)
32.4%
Avg. vote share
6,993 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2024)
99
328 contested · 21.19% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
42.1%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won2946 (42%)
- Lost4047 (58%)
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 414 seats in 1984, on 48.12% of the national vote.
- At the 2024 election it contested 328 seats and won 99, a 30% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is KORAPUT, Odisha, won 8 times, most recently in 2004.
- Holds a state assembly record in 34 states, with 17,799 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 15 general elections the party has polled 146 cr votes and lost 1,000 deposits. It has won 17,799 assembly seats across 361 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/inc.