Since independence, the Indian National Congress has participated in elections. This article shows a list of the results of the elections for Congress.
Rajya Sabha Seats
YearNumber of SeatsRemarks19521461952-19541641954-19561861956-19581771958-19601731960-19621641962-19641621964-19661661966-19681401968-1970141INC(R)-99 INC(O)-421970-1972132INC(R)-107 INC(O)-251972-1974142INC(R)-128 INC(O)-141974-1976153INC(R)-146 INC(O)-71976-1978136INC(R)-72 INC(O)-641978-1980113INC(R)-65 INC(O)-481980-19821241982-19841521984-19861591986-19881411988-19901081990-1992991992-1994951994-1996851996-1998651998-2000572000-2002582002-2004642004-2006732006-2008722008-2010712010-2012712012-2014692014-2016602016-2018502018-2020402020-2022342022-2024302024-202627
Lok Sabha Elections
Year Legislature Party leader Seats won Changein seats Percentageof votes Voteswing Outcome Ref19345th Central Legislative AssemblyBhulabhai Desai 42 "Elections in India The New Delhi Assembly, Congress Party's Position", The Times, 10 December 1934, p15, Issue 4693319456th Central Legislative AssemblySarat Chandra Bose 17 1951–521st Lok SabhaJawaharlal Nehru 36444.99%19572nd Lok Sabha 747.78% 2.79%19623rd Lok Sabha 1044.72% 3.06%19674th Lok SabhaIndira Gandhi 7840.78% 2.94% 19715th Lok Sabha 6943.68% 2.90%19776th Lok Sabha 19934.52% 9.16%19807th Lok Sabha 19842.69% 8.17%19848th Lok SabhaRajiv Gandhi 6449.01% 6.32%19899th Lok Sabha 21839.53% 9.48%199110th Lok SabhaP. V. Narasimha Rao 4735.66% 3.87%199611th Lok Sabha 10428.80% 7.46% 199812th Lok SabhaSitaram Kesri 125.82% 2.98%199913th Lok SabhaSonia Gandhi 2728.30% 2.48%200414th Lok Sabha 3126.7% 1.6%200915th Lok SabhaManmohan Singh 6128.55% 2.02%201416th Lok SabhaSonia Gandhi 16219.3% 9.25%201917th Lok SabhaRahul Gandhi 819.5% 0.2%202418th Lok Sabha 4721.19% 1.7%
State Assemblies and Performances Andhra Pradesh
Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Legislature Leader Seats Contested Seats won Seats Changes Votes Percentage of votes Percentage Change OutcomeHyderabad State 1952 1st Assembly Burgula Ramakrishna Rao 173 - 21,77,716 41.86 - Andhra Pradesh State 1955 1st Assembly B. Gopala Reddy 142 - 3,394,109 39.35 - 1957 2nd Assembly Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 109 - 17,07,364 47.38 - 1962 3rd Assembly Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 300 10 5,523,359 47.25 5.53 1967 4th Assembly Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 287 12 6,292,649 45.42 1.83 1972 5th Assembly P. V. Narasimha Rao 287 54 7,474,255 52.29 6.87 1978 6th Assembly Marri Chenna Reddy 290 44 7,908,220 39.25 13.04 1983 7th Assembly Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 294 115 7,090,907 33.64 5.67 1985 8th Assembly Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 290 10 8,566,891 37.25 3.67 1989 9th Assembly Marri Chenna Reddy 287 131 13,539,785 47.09 9.84 1994 10th Assembly Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 294 155 10,540,182 33.85 13.24 1999 11th Assembly Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 293 65 13,526,309 40.61 1.76 2004 12th AssemblyY.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 294 94 13,793,461 38.56 2.95 2009 13th AssemblyY.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 294 29 15,374,075 36.56 2.0 2014 14th AssemblyRaghu Veera Reddy 286 135 56,68,061 11.71 24.84 2019 15th AssemblyRaghu Veera Reddy 174 21 3,68,880 1.17 10.54 2024 16th AssemblyY. S. Sharmila 174 580,613 1.72 0.55
General Elections
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total SeatsHyderabad State 1951 1st Lok Sabha 1,945,798 14 - -Andhra Pradesh1957 2nd Lok Sabha 4,906,074 37 - -1962 3rd Lok Sabha 5,711,263 34 - 431967 4th Lok Sabha 6,354,959 35 - 411971 5th Lok Sabha 7,286,069 28 - 411977 6th Lok Sabha 9,582,708 41 - 421980 7th Lok Sabha 9,508,388 41 - 421984 8th Lok Sabha 9,452,394 6 - 421989 9th Lok Sabha 14,671,782 39 - 421991 10th Lok Sabha 11,610,772 25 - 421996 11th Lok Sabha 12,087,596 22 - 421998 12th Lok Sabha 12,269,475 22 - 421999 13th Lok Sabha 14,278,099 5 - 422004 14th Lok Sabha 14,861,984 29 - 412009 15th Lok Sabha 21,254,124 33 - 422014 16th Lok Sabha 5,578,329 0 - 252019 17th Lok Sabha 4,06,568 0 25 25202418th Lok Sabha8,86,16502525
Arunachal Pradesh
Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Legislature Leader Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome1978 1st Assembly Tasso Grayu1 - 720 0.45 - 1980 2nd Assembly Gegong Apang 28 13 72,734 42.58 42.13 1984 3rd Assembly Gegong Apang 30 8 96,791 43.07 0.49 1990 4th Assembly Gegong Apang 59 16 154,463 44.25 1.18 1995 5th Assembly Gegong Apang 60 6 214,543 50.5 6.25 1999 6th Assembly Mukut Mithi 60 10 213,097 51.78 1.28 2004 7th Assembly Gegong Apang 60 19 204,102 44.41 7.37 2009 8th Assembly Dorjee Khandu 60 8 879,288 50.38 5.97 2014 9th Assembly Nabam Tuki 60 251,575 49.5 0.88 2019 10th AssemblyNabam Tuki 60 38 1,04,536 16.86 32.6 2024 11th AssemblyNabam Tuki19 333,8775.56%11.29
General Elections
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1977 6th Lok Sabha 20,909 1 2 2 1980 7th Lok Sabha 76,600 2 2 2 1984 8th Lok Sabha 98,131 2 2 2 1989 9th Lok Sabha 136,541 2 2 2 1991 10th Lok Sabha 179,824 2 2 2 1996 11th Lok Sabha 84,615 0 2 2 1998 12th Lok Sabha 78,564 0 2 2 1999 13th Lok Sabha 242,275 2 2 22004 14th Lok Sabha 38,341 0 2 22009 15th Lok Sabha 234,689 2 2 22014 16th Lok Sabha 246,084 1 2 22019 17th Lok Sabha 134,888 0 2 2202418th Lok Sabha219,839022
Assam
Assam Legislative Assembly election
Year Legislature Party leader Seats Contested Seats won Changein seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome1952 1st AssemblyBishnu Ram Medhi92 new10,64,85043.48 new1957 2nd Assembly 101 513,21,36752.35 8.871962 3rd Assembly Bimala Prasad Chaliha103 811,79,30548.25 4.11967 4th Assembly 120 613,54,74843.60 4.651972 5th Assembly Sarat Chandra Sinha114 2219,76,20953.20 9.61978 6th Assembly 1266912,20,18923.62 29.581983 7th Assembly Hiteswar Saikia109 6511,94,65752.53 28.911985 8th Assembly 125 6617,24,00323.23 29.31991 9th Assembly 125 4024,55,30229.35 6.121996 10th AssemblyBhumidhar Barman122 3227,78,62730.56 1.212001 11th AssemblyTarun Gogoi126 3942,30,67639.75 9.192006 12th Assembly120 1841,02,47931.08 8.672011 13th Assembly126 2554,43,78139.39 8.312016 14th Assembly1225252,38,65530.96 8.432021 15th AssemblyDebabrata Saikia95 357,03,34129.671.29
General Elections
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1951 1st Lok Sabha 1,210,707 9 - 10 1957 2nd Lok Sabha 1,184,708 9 - 12 1962 3rd Lok Sabha 1,126,977 9 - 12 1967 4th Lok Sabha 1,369,715 10 - 14 1971 5th Lok Sabha 1,724,503 13 - 14 1977 6th Lok Sabha 1,932,994 10 - 14 1980 7th Lok Sabha 323,359 2 - 14 1985 8th Lok Sabha 1,749,688 4 - 14 1989 9th Lok Sabha - - - 1991 10th Lok Sabha 2,409,284 8 - 14 1996 11th Lok Sabha 2,981,700 5 - 14 1998 12th Lok Sabha 3,264,032 10 - 141999 13th Lok Sabha 3,808,472 10 - 142004 14th Lok Sabha 3,637,405 9 14 142009 15th Lok Sabha - 7 - 142014 16th Lok Sabha 44,67,295 3 13 142019 17th Lok Sabha 63,73,659 3 14 14202418th Lok Sabha74,78,07731314
Bihar
Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Year Legislature Leader Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome19521st AssemblyShri Krishna Sinha322New39,51,145 41.38% New19572nd Assembly312 2944,55,425 42.09% 0.71% 19623rd AssemblyBinodanand Jha318 2540,75,844 41.35% 0.74% 19674th AssemblyK. B. Sahay318 5744,79,460 33.09% 8.26% 19695th AssemblyHarihar Singh318 1045,70,413 30.46% 2.63% 19726th AssemblyKedar Pandey259 4956,88,002 33.12% 2.66% 19777th AssemblyJagannath Mishra28611041,01,522 23.58% 9.54% 19808th Assembly311 11276,90,225 34.2% 10.62% 19859th AssemblyBindeshwari Dubey323 2795,58,562 39.3% 5.1% 199010th AssemblyJagannath Mishra323 12579,46,635 24.78% 14.52% 199511th Assembly320 4256,22,952 16.27% 8.51% 200012th AssemblyShakeel Ahmad324 640,96,467 11.06% 5.21% 200513th AssemblyRamjatan Sinha84 1314,35,449 5.00% 6.06% 200514th AssemblySadanand Singh51 112,28,835 6.09% 1.09% 201015th Bihar AssemblyMehboob Ali Kaiser243 524,31,477 8.37% 3.37% 201516th Bihar AssemblyAshok Choudhary412325,39,638 6.66% 1.71% 202017th Bihar AssemblyMadan Mohan Jha70 839,95,319 9.48% 2.82% 202518th Bihar Assembly36138.71% 0.77%
Lok Sabha elections Year General election Votes polled Seats won Change 1951 1st Lok Sabha 4,573,058 45 New 1957 2nd Lok Sabha 4,450,208 414 1962 3rd Lok Sabha 4,365,148 392 1967 4th Lok Sabha 4,749,813 345 1971 5th Lok Sabha 5,967,512 395 1977 6th Lok Sabha 4,781,142 039 1980 7th Lok Sabha 7,377,583 3030 1984 8th Lok Sabha 12,970,432 4818 1989 9th Lok Sabha 8,659,832 444 1991 10th Lok Sabha 7,007,304 13 1996 11th Lok Sabha 4,446,053 21 1998 12th Lok Sabha 2,717,204 531999 13th Lok Sabha 3,142,603 412004 14th Lok Sabha 1,315,935 312009 15th Lok Sabha 2,550,785 212014 16th Lok Sabha 30,21,065 2 –2019 17th Lok Sabha 31,40,797 11202418th Lok Sabha3,983,88243
Chandigarh
General Election
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1967 4th Lok Sabha 11,323 0 1 1 1971 5th Lok Sabha 48,335 1 1 1 1977 6th Lok Sabha 30,382 0 1 1 1980 7th Lok Sabha 61,624 1 1 1 1984 8th Lok Sabha 103,090 1 1 1 1989 9th Lok Sabha 87,238 0 1 1 1991 10th Lok Sabha 76,628 1 1 1 1996 11th Lok Sabha 77,168 0 1 1 1998 12th Lok Sabha 1,09,421 0 1 1 1999 13th Lok Sabha 1,32,924 1 1 1 2004 14th Lok Sabha 1,39,880 1 1 1 2009 14th Lok Sabha 1,61,042 1 1 1 2014 16th Lok Sabha 1,21,720 0 1 1 2019 17th Lok Sabha 1,84,218 0 1 1202418th Lok Sabha216,657111
Chhattisgarh
Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Assembly Election Votes Polled Votes percent Seats Contested Seat WonSeat Change Outcome 2000 1st Assembly Constituted on the basis of the M.P. Assembly Elections 1998 N.A. 90 48 2003 2nd Assembly 3,543,754 36.71 90 11 2008 3rd Assembly 4,146,853 38.62 87 1 2013 4th Assembly 5,267,698 40.3 90 1 2018 5th Assembly 6,136,429 43.0 90 29 2023 6th Assembly 6,602,586 42.23 90 33
General Elections
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 2004 14th Lok Sabha 2,869,260 1 11 11 2009 15th Lok Sabha - 1 11 11 2014 16th Lok Sabha - 1 11 11 2019 17th Lok Sabha 5,569,283 2 11 11202418th Lok Sabha61,68,40811111
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
General Elections
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1967 4th Lok Sabha 10,654 1 1 1 1971 5th Lok Sabha 8,484 1 1 1 1977 6th Lok Sabha 11,324 1 1 1 1980 7th Lok Sabha 19,277 1 1 1 1984 8th Lok Sabha 15,471 0 1 1 1989 9th Lok Sabha 14,875 0 1 1 1991 10th Lok Sabha 29,907 1 1 1 1996 11th Lok Sabha 39,384 1 1 1 1998 12th Lok Sabha 2,997 0 1 1 1999 13th Lok Sabha 10,601 0 1 1 2004 14th Lok Sabha 21,772 0 1 1 2009 15th Lok Sabha 50,624 0 1 1 2014 16th Lok Sabha 74,576 0 1 1 2019 17th Lok Sabha 8,608 0 1 1202418th Lok Sabha63,490011
Daman and Diu
General Elections
Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1989 9th Lok Sabha 13,807 0 1 1 1991 10th Lok Sabha 8,623 0 1 1 1996 11th Lok Sabha 24,543 1 1 1 1998 12th Lok Sabha 1,020 0 1 1 1999 13th Lok Sabha 25,136 1 1 1 2004 14th Lok Sabha 27,523 1 1 1 2009 15th Lok Sabha 19,708 0 1 1 2014 16th Lok Sabha 37,738 0 1 1 2019 17th Lok Sabha 27,655 0 1 1202418th Lok Sabha11,258011
Delhi
Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Assembly Election Votes Polled Seats Won Seat Contested Total Seats 1952 Interim Assembly 271,812 39 47 48 1993 1st Delhi Assembly 1,224,361 14 70 70 1998 2nd Delhi Assembly 1,952,071 52 70 70 2003 3rd Delhi Assembly 2,172,062 47 70 70 2008 4th Delhi Assembly - 43 70 70 2013 5th Delhi Assembly 1,932,933 8 70 70 2015 6th Delhi Assembly 867,027 0 70 7020207th Delhi Assembly395,9580667020258th Delhi Assembly601,92207070
General Elections