Electoral history of the Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India (abbreviated as ) 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. The meagre result was related to the decision of the party not to support the Quit India movement of 1942. 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. Amongst the communist candidates elected were Jyoti Basu (railways constituency in Bengal), Ratanlal Brahmin (Darjeeling) and Rupnarayan Ray (Dinajpur).

General election results Lok Sabha

Year Legislature Total Lok Sabha constituencies Seats won / Seats Contested Change in seats Total Votes Percentage of votes Change in vote % Reference 1951–52 1st Lok Sabha 489 New 3,487,401 3.29% New 1957 2nd Lok Sabha 494 11 10,754,075 8.92% 5.63% 1962 3rd Lok Sabha 494 2 11,450,037 9.94% 1.02% 1967 4th Lok Sabha 520 6 7,458,396 5.11% 4.83% 1971 5th Lok Sabha 518 6,933,627 4.73% 0.38% 1977 6th Lok Sabha 542 16 5,322,088 2.82% 1.91% 1980 7th Lok Sabha 529(542*) 3 4,927,342 2.49% 0.33% 1984 8th Lok Sabha 541 4 6,363,430 2.71% 0.22% 1989 9th Lok Sabha 529 6 7,734,697 2.57% 0.14% 1991 10th Lok Sabha 534 2 6,851,114 2.49% 0.08% 1996 11th Lok Sabha 543 2 6,582,263 1.97% 0.52% 1998 12th Lok Sabha 543 3 6,429,569 1.75% 0.22% 1999 13th Lok Sabha 543 5 5,395,119 1.48% 0.27% 2004 14th Lok Sabha 543 6 5,484,111 1.41% 0.07% 2009 15th Lok Sabha 543 6 5,951,888 1.43% 0.02% 2014 16th Lok Sabha 543 3 4,327,460 0.79% 0.64% 2019 17th Lok Sabha 543 1 3,576,184 0.59% 0.20% 2024 18th Lok Sabha 543 3,132,683 0.49% 0.10%

State Legislative assembly results

YearStateTotalassembly seatsSeats won /Seats contestedChangein seatsVotesVote %Change invote %2018Chhattisgarh90 48,255 0.34% 0.32%Rajasthan200 42,820 0.12% 0.06%Tripura60 1 19,352 0.82% 0.85%2019Andhra Pradesh17534,746 0.11%Jharkhand8168,589 0.46% 0.43%Maharashtra288 35,188 0.06% 0.07%Odisha147 29,2350.12% 0.39%2020Bihar243 2 349,489 0.83% 0.57%2021Assam12627,2900.84% 0.14%Kerala140 21,579,2357.58% 0.54% Puducherry30 7,522 0.90% 0.2%Tamil Nadu234 2504,5371.09% 0.3% West Bengal294 1118,6550.20% 1.25%2022Uttar Pradesh40364,0110.07% 0.09%Uttarakhand702,3250.04%Manipur601,0320.06% 0.68%Himachal Pradesh686270.01% 0.03%Punjab1177,4400.05%Gujarat1822,6880.01% 0.01%2023Telangana119180,3360.340.07Chhattisgarh906,5940.39 0.5%2024Andhra Pradesh17512,832 0.04% 0.07%Jharkhand81 36,057 0.20% 0.26%Haryana90 1,342 0.02%Maharashtra288 12,911 0.02% 0.04%Odisha147 19,9350.08% 0.04%2025Bihar243 2 372,458 0.74% 0.09%2026Assam126Kerala140 91,434,5246.64% 0.94% Puducherry30 Tamil Nadu234 326,4880.66% 0.43% West Bengal294 99,2230.16% 0.04% N/A indicates Not Available

Results from the Election Commission of India website. Results do not deal with partitions of states, defections and by-elections during the mandate period.

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

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