Electoral history of the Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (abbreviated as CPI) is a political party in India. Since independence, CPI has participated in elections.
1946 provincial assembly elections
The CPI had presented 108 candidates in the 1946 Indian provincial elections, out of whom 8 were elected.[1] The meagre result was related to the decision of the party not to support the Quit India movement of 1942.[2] Seven out of the eight seats it won were reserved for labour representatives. All in all, the Communist Party obtained 2.5% of the popular vote. Albeit far from competing with the two main parties (Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League), the communists became the third force in terms of the popular vote.[1] Amongst the communist candidates elected were Jyoti Basu (railways constituency in Bengal), Ratanlal Brahmin (Darjeeling) and Rupnarayan Ray (Dinajpur).[3]
Lok Sabha
Year | Legislature | Total Lok Sabha constituencies | Seats won / Seats Contested | Change in seats | Total Votes | Percentage of votes | Change in vote % | Reference |
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1951–52 | 1st Lok Sabha | 489 | 16 / 49 | New | 3,487,401 | 3.29% | New | [4] |
1957 | 2nd Lok Sabha | 494 | 27 / 110 | ![]() | 10,754,075 | 8.92% | ![]() | [5] |
1962 | 3rd Lok Sabha | 494 | 29 / 137 | ![]() | 11,450,037 | 9.94% | ![]() | [6] |
1967 | 4th Lok Sabha | 520 | 23 / 109 | ![]() | 7,458,396 | 5.11% | ![]() | [7] |
1971 | 5th Lok Sabha | 518 | 23 / 87 | ![]() | 6,933,627 | 4.73% | ![]() | [8] |
1977 | 6th Lok Sabha | 542 | 7 / 91 | ![]() | 5,322,088 | 2.82% | ![]() | [9] |
1980 | 7th Lok Sabha | 529(542*) | 10 / 47 | ![]() | 4,927,342 | 2.49% | ![]() | [10] |
1984 | 8th Lok Sabha | 541 | 6 / 61 | ![]() | 6,363,430 | 2.71% | ![]() | [11][12] |
1989 | 9th Lok Sabha | 529 | 12 / 50 | ![]() | 7,734,697 | 2.57% | ![]() | [13] |
1991 | 10th Lok Sabha | 534 | 14 / 42 | ![]() | 6,851,114 | 2.49% | ![]() | [14][15] |
1996 | 11th Lok Sabha | 543 | 12 / 43 | ![]() | 6,582,263 | 1.97% | ![]() | [16] |
1998 | 12th Lok Sabha | 543 | 9 / 58 | ![]() | 6,429,569 | 1.75% | ![]() | [17] |
1999 | 13th Lok Sabha | 543 | 4 / 54 | ![]() | 5,395,119 | 1.48% | ![]() | [18] |
2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | 543 | 10 / 34 | ![]() | 5,484,111 | 1.41% | ![]() | [19] |
2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | 543 | 4 / 56 | ![]() | 5,951,888 | 1.43% | ![]() | [20] |
2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | 543 | 1 / 67 | ![]() | 4,327,460 | 0.79% | ![]() | [21] |
2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | 543 | 2 / 49 | ![]() | 3,576,184 | 0.59% | ![]() | [22] |
2024 | 18th Lok Sabha | 543 | 2 / 30 | ![]() | 3,132,683 | 0.49% | ![]() | [23] |
State Legislative Assembly
See also
- Electoral history of the Indian National Congress
- Electoral history of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Notes
References
- ^ a b Gene D. Overstreet; Marshall Windmiller (1959). Communism in India. University of California Press. pp. 236–237. OCLC 502979.
- ^ Sharma, Shalini (2010). Radical Politics in Colonial Punjab: Governance and Sedition. Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-203-86969-7.
- ^ Samāddāra, Raṇabīra (2007). The Materiality of Politics. Anthem Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84331-276-5.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1951 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1957 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1962 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 75. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1967 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1971 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1977 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1980 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1984 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1985 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1989 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1991 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1992 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1996 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1998 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 1999 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS Statistical Report : 2004 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 101. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS 2009 : Performance of National Parties" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS 2014 : List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "LS 2019 : List of successful candidates". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024". Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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- Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate
- Gangadhar Adhikari
- Puran Chand Joshi (1935–1947)
- B. T. Ranadive (1948–1950)
- Ajoy Ghosh (1951–1962)
- Chandra Rajeswara Rao (1962–1990)
- Indrajit Gupta (1990–1996)
- Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (1996–2012)
- S. Sudhakar Reddy (2012–2019)
- D. Raja (2019–)