MUIndian Union Muslim LeagueState partyMUL
Contested 12 general elections between 1967 and 2009, winning 23 Lok Sabha seats from 129 candidacies. 165 assembly seats won in 15 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1967
12
Elections contested
23
Seats won, all time
2
Best result (1967)
0.3%
Avg. vote share
129 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2009)
2
17 contested · 0.21% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
17.8%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won23 (18%)
- Lost106 (82%)
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 2 seats in 1967, on 0.28% of the national vote.
- At the 2009 election it contested 17 seats and won 2, a 12% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is PONNANI, Kerala, won 9 times, most recently in 2004.
- Holds a state assembly record in 15 states, with 165 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 12 general elections the party has polled 83.9 lakh votes and lost 105 deposits. It has won 165 assembly seats across 65 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/mul.