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Lok Sabha

+ Year Legislature Party Secretary Total constituencies Seats won / contested Change in seats Total votes of votes Change in vote % Party Rank Outcome 19674th Lok Sabha Puchalapalli Sundarayya 520New6,246,5224.28 %New6th19715th Lok Sabha518 67,510,0895.12 % 0.84% 2nd19776th Lok Sabha542 38,113,6594.29 % 0.83% 3rd19807th Lok Sabha E. M. S. Namboodiripad 529(542*) 1512,352,3316.24 % 1.95% 3rd19848th Lok Sabha541 1514,272,5265.72 % 0.52% 3rd19899th Lok Sabha529 1119,691,3096.55 % 0.83 4th199110th Lok Sabha534 217,074,6996.14 % 0.41% 4th199611th Lok Sabha Harkishan Singh Surjeet 543 320,496,8106.12 % 0.02% 4th199812th Lok Sabha543 18,991,8675.16 % 0.96% 3rd199913th Lok Sabha543 119,695,7675.40 % 0.24% 3rd200414th Lok Sabha543 1022,070,6145.66 % 0.26% 3rd200915th Lok Sabha Prakash Karat543 2722,219,1115.33 % 0.33% 8th201416th Lok Sabha543 717,986,7733.24 % 2.09% 9th201917th Lok SabhaSitaram Yechury543 610,744,9081.75 % 1.49% 16th202418th Lok Sabha543 111,342,5531.76% 0.01% 14th

State Legislative Assemblies

Election Year Overall votes % of overall votes Total seats seats won/seats contensted +/- in seats +/- in vote share Sitting sideAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly19855,30,3492.69%294 6 0.2019897,07,6862.96%294 5 0.1519949,23,2042.96%294 9 0.5019995,67,7611.70%294 14 1.2620046,56,7211.84%294 7 0.1420096,03,4071.43%294 8 0.4920144,07,3760.84%1750.5920191,01,0710.32%1751202443,0120.13%175—0.19%—Assam Legislative Assembly201693,5060.55%1262021160,7580.84%126 1 0.29Bihar Legislative Assembly2015232,1490.61%243 0.212020274,1550.65%243 20.04%2025302,9740.61%2431 0.04Gujarat Legislative Assembly202210,6470.03%182 0.01%Haryana Legislative Assembly202434,3730.25%90—0.18%—Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly201755,5581.5%68 1 0.1%202227,8120.66%68 1 0.81%Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly201424,0170.5%87—0.3%202433,6340.6%90 -0.1%Kerala Legislative Assembly19651,257,86919.87%140 New New19671,476,45623.51%140 12 3.6419701,794,21323.83%140 23 0.3219771,946,05122.18%140 12 1.6519801,846,31219.35%140 18 2.8319821,798,19818.80%140 9 0.5519872,912,99922.86%140 12 4.0619913,082,35421.74%140 10 2.1219963,078,72321.59%140 12 0.1520013,752,97623.85%140 16 2.2620064,732,38130.45%140 37 6.6020114,921,35428.18%140 16 2.2720165,365,47226.7%140 14 1.4820215,288,50225.38%140 4 1.14%Maharashtra Legislative Assembly2009270,0520.60%2882 0.02%2014207,9330.39%288 0.21%2019204,9330.37%288 0.02%2024222,277 0.36%288 0.01%Odisha Legislative Assembly201480,2740.40%147 201970,1190.32%147 202493,2950.37%147—0.07%—Punjab Legislative Assembly20229,5030.06%117Rajasthan Legislative Assembly2013629,0020.9%200 3 0.72018434,2101.2%200 2 0.332023382,3870.96%200 2 0.24Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly20068,72,6742.70%234 10 0.3320118,88,3642.40%234 1 0.320163,07,3030.72%234 10 1.5820213,90,8190.85%234 2 0.13Telangana Legislative Assembly201891,0990.40%119 1 202352,3640.22%119 2 0.18%Tripura Legislative Assembly19885,20,69745.82%60 11 0.1019935,99,94344.78%60 18 0.4019986,21,80445.49%60 6 0.8020037,11,11946.82%60 1.3020089,03,00948.01%60 8 1.10201310,59,32748.11%60 3 0.0120189,93,60542.22%60 33 5.5120236,22,82924.62%60 5 17.6 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly202256170.01%403 0.03 West Bengal Legislative Assembly19775,080,82835.46%294 164 8.0119828,655,37138.49%294 4 3.03198710,285,72339.12%294 13 0.89199111,418,82236.87%294 2 2.43199613,670,19837.16%294 32 1.05200113,402,60336.59%294 14 1.33200614,652,20037.13%294 33 0.54201114,330,06130.08%294 136 7.05 201610,802,05819.75%294 14 10.35 20212,837,2764.73%294 26 15.02 20262,839,0674.45%197 10.28Opposition

See also Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party Electoral history of the Communist Party of India Electoral history of the Indian National Congress

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