General Elections 
Party Votes % Seats Indian National Congress 115,478,267 49.10 404 Bharatiya Janata Party 18,202,853 7.74 2 Janata Party 16,210,514 6.89 10 Lokdal 14,040,064 5.97 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13,809,950 5.87 22 Telugu Desam Party 10,132,859 4.31 30 Communist Party of India 6,363,430 2.71 6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,695,179 2.42 2 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,968,967 1.69 12 Indian Congress (Socialist) 3,577,377 1.52 4 Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) 1,511,515 0.64 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,173,869 0.50 3 All India Forward Bloc 1,055,556 0.45 2 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1,010,243 0.43 3 Indian Union Muslim League 658,821 0.28 2 Kerala Congress (Joseph) 598,113 0.25 2 Doordarshi Party 508,426 0.22 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 463,963 0.20 1 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 332,403 0.14 0 Kerala Congress 258,591 0.11 0 All India Muslim League 224,155 0.10 0 Gandhi Kamraj National Congress 217,104 0.09 0 Socialist Unity Centre of India 196,767 0.08 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 165,320 0.07 0 Manipur Peoples Party 149,019 0.06 0 Tamil Nadu Congress (K) 144,076 0.06 0 Naga National Democratic Party 113,919 0.05 0 Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party 95,149 0.04 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 83,122 0.04 0 People's Party of Arunachal 78,455 0.03 0 Republican Party of India 22,877 0.01 0 Jharkhand Party 18,837 0.01 0 Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference 646 0.00 0 Independents 18,623,803 7.92 5 Appointed Anglo-Indians  2 Total 235,184,209 100.00 516 Valid votes 235,184,209 97.49 Invalid/blank votes 6,062,678 2.51 Total votes 241,246,887 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 379,540,608 63.56 Source: ECI[ 1]  
Delayed elections in Assam and Punjab 
Results from 1985  
Party Votes % Seats Indian National Congress 4,628,777 32.14 10 Shiromani Akali Dal 2,577,279 17.90 7 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 462,576 3.21 0 Indian Congress (Socialist) 457,705 3.18 1 Communist Party of India 369,687 2.57 0 Plain Tribals Council of Assam 310,150 2.15 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 263,284 1.83 0 Janata Party 420,082 2.92 0 Lokdal 46,627 0.32 0 Independents 4,864,958 33.78 8 Total 14,401,125 100.00 27 Valid votes 14,401,125 95.70 Invalid/blank votes 646,951 4.30 Total votes 15,048,076 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,834,725 72.23 Source: ECI[ 2]  
Overall Result 
Legislative Assembly elections 
Source:[ 3]  
Party
 
Contested
 
Won
 
Votes
 
%
  
INC
 
30
 
21
 
96791
 
43.07%
  
PPA
 
13
 
4
 
34910
 
15.54%
  
BJP
 
6
 
1
 
17,283
 
7.69%
  
JNP
 
3
 
0
 
845
 
0.38%
  
Independents
 
63
 
4
 
74888
 
33.33%
  
Total
 
115 
 
30 
 
224717 
 
  
Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 160,944 39.48 18 +18 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 86,100 21.12 8 +1 Bharatiya Janata Party 4,915 1.21 0 New Janata Party 3,013 0.74 0 0 Communist Party of India 1,554 0.38 0 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 756 0.19 0 0 Independents 150,424 36.90 4 +1 Total 407,706 100.00 30 0 Valid votes 407,706 96.72 Invalid/blank votes 13,844 3.28 Total votes 421,550 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 586,657 71.86 Source: ECI[ 4]  
Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 257,809 29.82 30 +30 Manipur Peoples Party 93,421 10.81 3 –1 Janata Party 52,530 6.08 4 –6 Communist Party of India 35,852 4.15 1 –4 Indian Congress (Socialist) 28,156 3.26 0 New Kuki National Assembly 13,367 1.55 1 –1 Bharatiya Janata Party 6,163 0.71 0 New Lok Dal 3,653 0.42 0 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 790 0.09 0 –1 Independents 372,766 43.12 21 +2 Total 864,507 100.00 60 0 Valid votes 864,507 97.70 Invalid/blank votes 20,362 2.30 Total votes 884,869 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,013,680 87.29 Source: ECI[ 5]  
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left  
 
Alliance/Party
 
Seats won
 
Change
 
Popular Vote
 
Vote %
 
Adj. %‡ 
  
AIADMK+ alliance
 
195 
 
+29 
 
11,681,221 
 
53.9% 
 
 
AIADMK 
 
132
 
+3
 
8,030,809
 
37.0%
 
54.3%
  
 
INC 
 
61
 
+30
 
3,529,708
 
16.3%
 
54.5%
  
 
Indian National Congress breakaway parties 
 
2
 
-4
 
120,704
 
0.6%
 
40.4%
  
DMK+ alliance
 
34 
 
-25 
 
8,021,293 
 
37.0% 
 
 
DMK 
 
24
 
-13
 
6,362,770
 
29.3%
 
40.8%
  
 
CPI(M) 
 
5
 
-6
 
597,622
 
2.8%
 
39.6%
  
 
JP 
 
3
 
+1
 
493,374
 
2.3%
 
36.4%
  
 
CPI 
 
2
 
-7
 
567,527
 
2.6%
 
35.5%
  
Others
 
5 
 
-4 
 
1,983,959 
 
9.1% 
 
 
Independent 
 
4
 
-4
 
1,619,921
 
7.5%
 
7.9%
  
 
AKD
 
1
 
–
 
47,212
 
0.7%
 
57.2%
  
 
TNC(K)
 
0
 
–
 
152,315
 
0.7%
 
34.9%
  
 
INC(J) 
 
0
 
–
 
110,121
 
0.5%
 
3.2%
  
 
BJP 
 
0
 
–
 
54,390
 
0.3%
 
3.7%
  
 
Total 
 
234
 
–
 
21,686,473
 
100%
 
–
  
‡ : Vote % reflects the percentage of votes the party received compared to the entire electorate that voted in this election. Adjusted (Adj.) Vote %, reflects the % of votes the party received per constituency that they contested.
 Sources: ECI [ 7]  
 
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