1952 1957 1962 1967 1969 1971 1972 1977 1982 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Electorate (lakhs) 124.9 152.2 180.1 202.4 206.9 220.4 225.5 259.8 299.0 353.4 413.8 456.2 486.8 481.7 562.8 659.4
Turnout (%) 43.1 47.6 55.6 66.1 66.5 62.0 60.8 56.2 77.0 75.7 76.8 82.9 75.3 81.6 84.7 83.0
Seats 238(51) 252(57) 252 280 280 279 280 294 294 294 294 294 294 294 294 294
Candidates 1374 935 961 1058 1019 1406 833 1572 1204 1497 1903 2035 1676 1654 1792 1961
                                 
Indian National Congress (Cong) 149(236) 152(251) 157(252) 127(280) 55(280) 105(238) 216(238) 20(290) 49(250) 40(294) 43(284) 82(288) 26(60) 21(262) 42(66) 44(92)
  38.8% 46.1% 47.3% 41.1% 41.3% 29.2% 49.1% 23.0% 35.7% 41.8% 35.1% 39.5% 8.0% 14.7% 9.1% 12.3%
                                 
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 9(85) 0(33) 0(25) 1(58) 0(50) 1(23) 0(16) - 0(52) 0(57) 0(291) 0(292) 0(266) 0(29) 0(289) 3(291)
(BJS) till 1972 5.6% 1.0% 0.5% 1.3% 0.9% 0.8% 0.2%   0.6% 0.5% 11.3% 6.4% 5.2% 1.9% 4.1% 10.2%
                                 
Communist Party of India (CPI) 28(86) 46(103) 50(145) 16(62) 30(36) 13(110) 35(41) 2(63) 7(12) 11(12) 5(11) 6(12) 7(13) 8(13) 2(14) 1(11)
  10.8% 17.8% 25.0% 6.5% 7.0% 8.5% 8.3% 2.6% 1.8% 1.9% 1.5% 1.7% 1.8% 1.9% 1.8% 1.5%
                                 
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - - - 43(135) 80(97) 113(241) 14(208) 178(224) 174(209) 187(213) 189(213) 157(217) 143(211) 176(212) 40(213) 26(148)
        18.1% 20.0% 32.9% 27.5% 35.5% 38.5% 39.3% 36.9% 37.9% 36.6% 37.1% 30.1% 19.8%
                                 
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), 11(48) 8(26) 13(34) 13(42) 21(28) 3(52) 0(18) 25(36) 28(34) 26(34) 29(34) 21(34) 25(34) 23(34) 11(34) 2(25)
(FBM) till 1957 5.3% 4.1% 4.6% 4.4% 5.0% 2.9% 2.5% 5.2% 5.9% 5.8% 5.5% 5.2% 5.7% 5.7% 4.8% 2.8%
                                 
Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF), - - 2(4) - 4(4) 2(3) 2(3) 0(2) - - - 3(3) 3(5) 3(5) 0(3) -
(IGL) till 1977, (GL) in 1962     0.4%   0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%       0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1%  
                                 
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 0(16) - 9(17) - 12(17) 3(40) 3(17) 20(23) 19(23) 18(23) 18(23) 18(23) 17(23) 20(23) 7(23) 3(19)
  0.8%   2.6%   2.8% 2.0% 2.1% 3.7% 4.0% 3.9% 3.5% 3.7% 3.4% 3.7% 3.0% 1.7%
                                 
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), - - 1(16) 7(26) 9(15) 0(24) - - - - - - 60(226) 30(257) 184(226) 211(293)
(SSP) 1967-71, (SBP) 1962     0.6% 2.1% 1.9% 0.5%             30.7% 26.6% 38.9% 44.9%
                                 
West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP), - - - - 1(1) 2(3) - 2(2) - - - - 4(4) 4(4) - -
(WSP) in 2001, (MFB) 1969-77         0.2% 0.4%   0.2%         0.7% 0.7%    
                                 
Janata Party (JP), - - 4(11) - 4(6) 0(11) - 29(289) 0(93) 0(30) 0(78) - 0(2) - 0(2) -
(LSS) till 1971     0.7%   0.7% 0.4%   20.0% 0.8% 0.2% 0.3%   0.0%   0.0%  
                                 
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), - - - - 3(40) 0(2) - - - - 1(9) 0(5) 0(2) 1(2) 0(1) 0(1)
(JD) 1991-1996, (PML) till 1971         1.6% 0.1%         0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
                                 
Indian Congress Socialist (ICSS), 4(33) 0(37) 0(25) - 0(8) 0(3) 0(3) - 4(28) 0(4) 0(1) - - - - -
(ABHM) till 1972 2.4% 2.2% 0.8%   0.1% 0.0% 0.0%   3.9% 0.0% 0.0%          
                                 
Indian Union Muslim League (MUL), - - - 34(80) 33(49) 5(137) 1(27) 1(32) 0(4) 1(36) 0(28) 0(20) 0(7) 0(6) 0(15) 0(10)
(BAC) till 1971       10.2% 8.2% 5.4% 0.9% 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
                                 
Socialist Unity Centre of India Communist (SUCIC), - - 0(11) - 7(7) 7(24) 1(13) 4(29) 2(34) 2(46) - - - - 1(30) 0(182)
(SUCI) till 1987     0.7%   1.5% 1.6% 1.8% 1.5% 1.0% 0.9%         0.4% 0.7%
                                 
Indian National Congress Organisation 2(32) - 0(24) 1(21) 0(4) 2(220) 2(64) - - - - - - - - -
(INCO),(SWA) 1962-69,(FBR) 1952 1.4%   0.6% 0.8% 0.1% 5.6% 1.5%                  
                                 
Democratic Socialist Party Prabodh 0(10) - - - 2(4) 3(7) 0(3) 2(3) - - 1(1) - - 1(2) 1(2) 0(2)
Chandra (DSPP), (RCPI) till 1977 0.4%       0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%     0.2%     0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
                                 
Jharkhand Party Naren (JKPN), - - - - 1(97) 2(23) - 0(2) - - 1(5) 1(8) 0(3) 1(4) 0(1) 0(2)
(JKP) till 1991,(NDF) in 1969         0.9% 0.6%   0.0%     0.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
                                 
Forward Bloc Socialist (FBS), 15(129) 21(67) 5(87) 7(26) 5(24) 3(20) - - - - - 1(20) - - - -
(PSP) till 1971,(KMPP) in 1952 9.0% 9.9% 5.0% 1.9% 1.3% 1.1%           0.3%        
                                 
Samajwadi Party (SP), - - 0(8) - 2(2) 2(3) 1(3) 0(2) - - 0(6) - 0(11) 0(32) 1(5) 0(23)
(WPI) till 1991     0.3%   0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2%     0.0%   0.1% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1%
                                 
Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), - - - - - 1(3) - 1(3) - - - - - - 3(3) 3(5)
(BBC) till 1977           0.1%   0.3%             0.7% 0.5%
                                 
Revolutionary Communist Party of India ( Rasik Bhatt) - - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 0(2) 0(2) - 0(2) 0(1)
(RCPR                     0.1% 0.3% 0.1%   0.2% 0.0%
                                 
Others 0(85) - 0(7) 0(1) 0(149) 0(11) 0(63) 0(3) 0(17) 0(18) 0(282) 0(267) 0(279) 0(243) 0(462) 0(485)
  3.3%   0.0% 0.1% 1.6% 0.3% 1.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 1.5% 1.2% 1.9% 2.0% 2.3% 1.4%
                                 
Independents (IND) 20(614) 25(418) 11(295) 31(327) 11(101) 12(208) 5(116) 10(569) 11(448) 9(730) 6(636) 5(844) 9(530) 6(526) 2(401) 1(371)
  22.2% 19.0% 10.9% 13.5% 3.6% 6.4% 3.5% 6.9% 7.0% 4.9% 3.0% 2.6% 5.1% 4.2% 3.1% 2.2%
                                 
None of the Above (NOTA)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.5%

Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats, (ICSS) also refers to ICS.

Election Dates-1952:March 31; 1957: Feb-March; 1962: February; 1967:February 19; 1969:February; 1971:March 10; 1972:March 11; 1977:June 11,14; 1982:May 19; 1987:March 23; 1991:May 20; 1996:May 2,7; 2001: May 10; 2006: April 17,22,27, May 3,8; 2011 : April 18, 23, 27, May 3, 7, 10; 2016: April 4,11,17,21,25,20, May 5.

(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (FBM) Forward Bloc Marxist, (IGL) All India Gorkha League,(GL) Gorkha League,(SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (SBP) Sanjukta Biplabi Parishad, (WSP) West Bengal Socialist Party Biman Mitra, (MFB) Marxist Forward Bloc,

(LSS) Lok Sewak Sangh, (JD) Janata Dal, (PML) Progressive Muslim League,(ABHM) Akhil Bhara tiya Hindu Mahasabha,(BAC) Bangla Congress, (SUCI) Socialist Unity Cebtre of India, (SWA) Swatantra Party, (FBR) Forward Bloc Ruikar Group,

(RCPI) Revolutionary Communist Party of India, (JKP) Jharkhand Party,(NDF) Indian National Democratic Front,(PSP) Praja Socialist Party,(KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (WPI) Workers Party of India, (BBC) Bharter Biplabi Communist Party.

1957 1960 1965 1967 1970 1977 1980 1982 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Electorate (lakhs) 75.1 80.4 85.6 86.1 101.4 114.6 132.7 131.1 159.5 196.6 206.7 217.2 214.8 232.1 261.1
Turnout (%) 65.6 85.8 75.1 75.7 75.3 79.9 72.2 73.5 80.5 73.4 71.2 72.5 72.1 75.3 77.5
Seats 126(12) 126(12) 133 133 133 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140
Candidates 389 312 558 423 505 569 602 699 1254 809 1201 676 931 971 1203
                               
Indian National Congress (Cong), 43(124) 63(80) 36(133) 9(133) 30(52) 38(54) 17(53) 20(36) 33(76) 55(91) 37(94) 62(88) 24(77) 38(81) 22(87)
(INCI) in 1980 37.8% 34.4% 33.6% 35.4% 17.6% 20.0% 17.0% 11.9% 24.8% 32.1% 30.4% 31.4% 24.1% 26.4% 23.7%
                               
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), - 0(3) - 0(24) 0(8) 6(27) - 0(69) 0(116) 0(137) 0(127) 0(123) 0(136) 0(138) 1(98)
(BJS) till 1970,(BLD) in 1977   0.1%   0.9% 0.6% 7.9%   2.8% 5.6% 4.8% 5.5% 5.0% 4.7% 6.0% 10.5%
                               
Communist Party of India (CPI) 60(100) 29(108) 3(79) 19(22) 16(29) 23(27) 17(22) 13(25) 16(25) 12(24) 18(22) 7(22) 17(24) 13(27) 19(25)
  35.3% 39.1% 8.3% 8.6% 9.0% 9.9% 7.8% 8.4% 8.1% 8.3% 7.6% 7.3% 8.1% 8.7% 8.1%
                               
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - - 40(73) 52(59) 29(73) 17(68) 35(50) 26(51) 38(70) 29(65) 40(62) 23(65) 61(85) 45(84) 58(84)
      19.9% 23.5% 23.8% 22.2% 19.4% 18.8% 22.8% 22.1% 21.6% 21.4% 30.4% 28.2% 26.5%
                               
Indian Union Muslim League (MUL) - 11(12) 6(16) 14(15) 11(20) 13(16) 14(21) 14(18) 15(23) 19(22) 13(22) 16(21) 7(21) 20(23) 18(23)
    5.0% 3.8% 6.8% 7.6% 6.7% 7.2% 6.2% 7.7% 7.4% 7.2% 7.6% 7.3% 7.9% 7.4%
                               
Janata Dal Secular (JDS), - - - - - - - - - 3(13) 4(13) 3(10) 5(8) 4(5) 3(5)
(JD) 1991-96                   4.0% 4.1% 2.9% 2.4% 1.5% 1.5%
                               
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), 9(62) 20(33) - 0(7) 3(7) 2(15) 1(2) 6(16) 6(14) 2(12) 3(9) 2(9) 1(2) 2(4) 2(4)
(ICSS) 1982-96, (KCP) 77-80,(PSP) till 1970 10.8% 14.1%   0.2% 2.4% 4.5% 0.8% 5.2% 4.0% 3.5% 2.5% 2.6% 0.6% 1.2% 1.2%
                               
Kerala Congress-B (KCB), (LD) 87-91, - - - - 3(11) - 5(11) 4(12) 1(2) 0(4) 1(2) 2(2) 1(2) 1(2) 1(1)
(IML) 1980-82,(ISP) in 1970         3.2%   3.5% 3.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 0.4%
                               
Congress Secular (CS), - - - - 1(1) - 5(29) 4(13) 7(12) 0(23) 0(21) 0(1) 1(1) - 1(1)
(JP) 1980-2001, (KSSP) in 1970         0.3%   7.6% 4.0% 3.8% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%   0.3%
                               
Kerala Congress (KEC) - - 23(54) 5(61) 12(31) 20(22) 8(17) 6(17) 5(14) 1(11) 6(10) 2(10) 4(6) - 0(3)
      12.6% 7.6% 5.9% 8.4% 5.2% 5.9% 3.5% 3.4% 3.1% 2.9% 1.7%   0.2%
                               
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 0(28) - - - 6(14) 9(11) 6(8) 4(8) 5(6) 2(6) 5(6) 2(6) 3(4) 2(4) 0(5)
  3.2%       4.4% 4.2% 3.0% 2.8% 2.1% 1.7% 2.1% 1.7% 1.4% 1.3% 1.1%
                               
Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala - - - - - - - - - - - 2(4) 0(1) - -
Boleshvik (RSPB)                       1.4% 0.0%    
                               
Janadhipathiya Samrekshna Samiti (JPSS) - - - - - - - - - - 1(4) 4(5) 1(5) 0(4) -
                      1.3% 1.8% 1.5% 1.3%  
                               
Communist Marxist Party Kerala State - - - - - - - - - 1(4) 0(3) 1(2) 0(3) 0(2) 1(1)
Committee (CMPKSC)                   1.2% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.3%
                               
National Democtaric Party (NDP),(INCU) 1980, - - 13(29) 19(21) 6(14) 3(16) 21(31) 2(5) - 2(3) - - - - -
(MLO) 1977,(SOC) 1970 & (SSP) in 1967     8.1% 8.4% 4.1% 4.4% 11.3% 1.7%   0.9%          
                               
Kerala Congress Joseph (KECJ) - - - - - - 6(17) 8(12) - - 2(4) 2(3) - 1(3) 1(1)
              4.9% 4.5%     1.1% 1.0%   0.9% 0.4%
                               
Kerala Congress-Mani (KECM) - - - - - - - - - 10(13) 5(10) 9(11) 7(11) 9(15) 6(15)
                    4.3% 3.2% 3.5% 3.3% 4.9% 4.0%
                               
Indian National League (INL) - - - - - - - - - - 0(15) 0(1) 1(3) 0(2) 0(3)
                      0.4% 0.3% 0.9% 0.2% 0.6%
                               
Socialist Janatha Democratic (SJD) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(6) -
                            1.6%  
                               
National Secular Conference (NSC), - - - - - - - - - - - - 1(17) - 1(2)
(DIC) in 2006                         4.3%   0.7%
                               
Kerala Congress Secular (KCS)       - - - - - - - - - 1(1) - 0(1)
                          0.3%   0.0%
                               
Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party       - - - - - - - - - - 1(1) -
Baby John (KRSP)                           0.4%  
                               
Others - - - 0(6) 0(39) 0(5) 0(12) - - 0(48) 0(105) 0(16) 0(148) 0(261) 0(406)
        0.1% 3.4% 0.1% 0.2%     0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.5% 7.3%
                               
Independents 14(75) 3(76) 12(174) 15(75) 16(206) 9(308) 5(329) 33(417) 14(896) 4(333) 5(672) 3(277) 5(376) 2(309) 6(438)
  12.9% 7.3% 13.7% 8.5% 17.7% 11.7% 12.1% 24.6% 16.9% 6.1% 7.7% 7.9% 6.0% 5.7% 5.3%
                               
None of the Above (NOTA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5%

Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats, (ICSS) also refers to ICS.

Election Dates:1957:March; 1960:February 1; 1965:March; 1967: February; 1970: September; 1977:March 19; 1980: January 21; 1982:May 19; 1987: March 23; 1991: June 12; 1996: April 27; 2001: May 10; 2006: April 22,29, May 3; 2011 : April 13; 2016 : May 16.

(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh,(BLD) Bharatiya Lok Dal,(JD) Janata Dal), (ICSS) Indian Congress Socialist Sarat Chandra Sinha, (KCP) Kerala Congress Pillai group,(PSP) Praja Socialist Party,(LD) Lok Dal, (IML) All India Muslim League,

(ISP) Indian Socialist Party, (JP) Janata Party), (KSSP) Kerala Samyukta Socialist Party,(INCU) Indian National Congress Urs,(MLO) Muslim League Opposition,(SOC) Socialist Party, (SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party,

(DIC) Democratic Indira Congress K.

1952 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
  Madras                            
Electorate (lakhs) 269.8 175.0 186.8 208.0 229.8 281.6 292.0 309.5 352.9 399.1 424.8 474.8 466.0 471.1 577.9
Turnout (%) 55.3 46.8 70.7 76.6 72.1 61.6 65.4 73.5 69.7 63.8 67.0 59.1 70.6 78.3 74.8
Seats 375(66) 205(38) 206 234 234 234 234 234 234 234 234 234 234 234 234**
Candidates 1677 790 798 778 748 1390 1029 1499 3046 2834 5017 1860 2586 2748 3781
                               
Indian National Congress (Cong), 152(367) 151(204) 139(206) 51(232) - 27(198) 31(114) 61(73) 26(214) 60(65) 0(64) 7(14) 34(48) 5(63) 8(41)
(INCI) in 1980 34.9% 45.3% 46.1% 41.1%   17.5% 20.9% 16.3% 19.8% 15.2% 5.6% 2.5% 8.4% 9.3% 6.4%
                               
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 0(2) - 0(4) 0(24) 0(5) - 0(10) 0(15) 0(31) 0(99) 1(143) 4(21) 0(225) 0(204) 0(189)
(BJS) till 1971 0.0%   0.1% 0.1% 0.1%   0.1% 0.3% 0.4% 1.7% 1.8% 3.2% 2.0% 2.2% 2.8%
                               
Communist Party of India (CPI) 62(131) 4(55) 2(68) 2(32) 8(10) 5(32) 9(15) 2(17) 3(13) 1(10) 8(11) 5(8) 6(10) 9(10) 0(25)
  13.2% 7.4% 7.7% 1.8% 2.3% 2.9% 2.7% 2.6% 1.2% 1.2% 2.1% 1.6% 1.6% 2.0% 0.8%
                               
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - - - 11(22) 0(37) 12(20) 11(16) 5(16) 15(21) 1(22) 1(40) 6(8) 9(13) 10(12) 0(25)
        4.1% 1.6% 2.8% 3.2% 2.8% 3.5% 3.2% 1.7% 1.7% 2.6% 2.4% 0.7%
                               
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), 6(13) - 50(143) 137(174) 184(203) 48(230) 37(112) 24(167) 150(202) 2(176) 173(182) 31(183) 96(132) 23(124) 89(180)
(COMW) in 1952 1.1%   27.1% 40.7% 48.6% 24.9% 22.1% 29.3% 33.2% 22.5% 42.1% 30.9% 26.5% 22.4% 31.7%
                               
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK), 2(37) - - - - 130(200) 129(177) 132(155) 2(4) 164(168) 4(168) 132(141) 61(188) 150(165) 136(234)
(SCF) in 1952 1.7%         30.4% 38.8% 37.0% 0.6% 44.4% 21.5% 31.4% 32.6% 38.4% 40.9%
                               
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) - - - - - - - - - 1(194) 4(116) 20(27) 18(31) 3(30) 0(232)
                    5.9% 3.8% 5.6% 5.6% 5.2% 5.3%
                               
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), - - - - - - - - - - - 2(3) 1(232) 29(41) 0(105)
(MADK) in 2001                       0.5% 8.4% 7.9% 2.4%
                               
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - - - - - - - - - - 0(177) 0(211) 6(35) - 0(28)
(MDMK)                     5.8% 4.7% 6.0%   0.9%
                               
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), 35(148) 2(22) 0(21) 4(4) 4(4) - - - - 2(11) - - 2(9) 0(10) 0(25)
(TMK) in 1991, (PSP) 1957-1971,(KMPP) 1952 9.0% 2.6% 1.3% 0.9% 0.9%         1.5%     1.3% 1.5% 0.8%
                               
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), 3(6) - 3(6) 1(1) 7(9) 1(6) 1(2) - 0(5) 0(1) 1(1) 1(1) 0(60) 1(1) 0(33)
(FBM) in 1952 0.7%   1.4% 0.3% 1.7% 0.3% 0.4%   0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
                               
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MAMAK) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(3) 0(4)
                            0.5% 0.5%
                               
Puthiya Tamilagam (PT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2(2) 0(4)
                            0.4% 0.5%
                               
Janata Party (JP), 15(63) - - - - 10(233) 2(95) 3(16) 4(10) 0(75) 1(50) 0(16) 0(5) - -
(KLP) in 1952 3.1%         16.7% 2.8% 2.3% 1.2% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0%    
                               
Tamil Maanila Congress Moopanar (TMCM), 19(34) - 6(94) 20(27) 6(19) - 6(10) 2(4) - - 39(40) 23(32) - - 0(26)
(GKC) 80-84,(SWA) 62-71 & (TNT) in 1952 4.3%   7.8% 5.3% 3.0%   1.7% 0.6%     9.3% 6.7%     0.5%
                               
Janata Dal (JD),(ADJL) 1989, 13(163) - 1(7) 2(3) 0(2) - - - 27(198) 1(15) 1(16) - - - -
(SOC) till 1971,(SSP) 1967 6.5%   0.4% 0.5% 0.2%       21.2% 1.7% 0.4%        
                               
Indian Congress Socialist (ICSS), 1(9) - - - 15(201) - - - 2(175) 1(13) 0(6) - - - -
(ADJR) 1989,(INCO) 1971 & (JUS) 1952 0.4%       35.0%       9.2% 0.2% 0.0%        
                               
Indian Union Muslim League (MUL) 5(13) - 0(6) - 2(2) - - - 0(5) 0(14) - 0(1) - - 1(5)
  0.9%   0.7%   0.4%       0.4% 0.3%   0.1%     0.7%
                               
Others 0(24) - 0(36) 0(13) - 0(6) 0(11) 0(42) 0(45) 0(200) 0(146) 0(216) 0(376) 0(579) 0(1043)
  0.4%   2.1% 0.2%   0.0% 0.1% 1.3% 0.2% 0.2% 1.2% 4.7% 1.7% 3.2% 2.3%
                               
Independents (IND) 62(667) 48(509) 5(207) 6(246) 8(256) 1(465) 8(467) 4(994) 5(2123) 1(1771) 1(3857) 3(978) 1(1222) 0(1504) 0(1582)
  23.8% 44.7% 5.3% 5.0% 6.2% 4.6% 7.2% 7.5% 9.0% 1.6% 3.8% 6.2% 3.0% 4.4% 1.4%
                               
None of the Above (NOTA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.3%
                             

Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats, (ICSS) also refers to ICS.

Election Dates-1952:March 27; 1957: Feb-March; 1962: February; 1967:February 15,18,21; 1971: March; 1977:June 12,14; 1980:May 28,31; 1984:December 24; 1989:January 21; 1991:June 15; 1996:April 27, May 2; 2001: May 10; 2006: May 8; 2011 : April 13; 2016 : May 16.

** - inludes 2 seats which had elections in November 2016 (after 6 months).

(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh,(COMW) Commonweal Party,(SCF) All India Scheduled Castes Federation, (MADK) MGR Anna DMK, (TMK) Thayaga Marumalrchi Kazhagam, (PSP) Praja Socialist party, (KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (FBM) Forward Bloc Marxist, (KLP) Krishikar Lok Party,

(GKC) Gandhi Kamraj National Congress,(SWA) Swatantra Party, (TNT) Tamilnad Toilers Party, (ADJL) ADK Jayalalitha Group, (SOC) Socialist Party,(SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (ADJR) ADK Janaki Ramachandran MGR Group, (INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation, (JUS) The Justice Party.

  1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1978 1983 1985 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Electorate (lakhs) 40.3 45.0 49.4 57.0 63.3 79.7 75.8 98.8 118.9 121.2 144.4 174.3 181.9 199.9
Turnout (%) 47.5 51.4 52.8 61.8 60.8 66.9 32.7 79.2 74.7 78.9 75 75.7 76.0 84.7
Seats 105(14) 108(14) 105 125 114 126 109 126 126 122 126 126 126 126
Candidates 458 307 409 492 478 938 471 1133 1657 1228 916 997 981 1064
                             
Indian National Congress (Cong), 76(92) 71(101) 79(103) 73(120) 95(114) 8(115) 91(109) 25(125) 66(125) 34(122) 71(126) 53(120) 78(126) 26(122)
(INCI) in 1978 43.5% 52.4% 48.2% 43.6% 53.2% 8.8% 52.5% 23.2% 29.4% 30.6% 39.7% 31.1% 39.4% 31.0%
                             
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), - - 0(4) 0(20) 0(3) - - 0(37) 10(48) 4(117) 8(46) 10(125) 5(120) 60(89)
(BJS) till 1972     0.4% 1.8% 0.3%     1.1% 6.6% 10.4% 9.3% 12.0% 11.5% 29.5%
                             
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1(18) 4(22) 0(31) 7(22) 3(28) 5(35) 1(25) 0(21) 4(37) 3(11) 0(19) 1(9) 0(17) 0(15)
  2.8% 8.1% 6.4% 5.1% 5.6% 4.1% 2.6% 1.2% 2.5% 2.0% 1.1% 1.0% 0.5% 0.2%
                             
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - - - 0(14) 0(20) 11(27) 2(24) 2(39) 2(29) 2(10) 0(22) 2(16) 0(17) 0(19)
        2.0% 2.6% 5.6% 5.1% 4.5% 3.8% 1.9% 1.8% 1.4% 1.1% 0.6%
                             
Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), 1(3) - - - - - - 65(111) 19(121) 59(96) 20(77) 24(100) 10(104) 14(30)
(APP) in 1952 0.6%             35.0% 17.9% 29.7% 20.0% 20.4% 16.3% 8.1%
                             
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), 4(61) - 0(14) 4(17) 4(38) - - - - - - 10(69) 18(78) 13(74)
(ASDU) 1972, (SOC) 1952-1972,(SSP) 1967 13.3%   1.5% 3.3% 5.8%             9.0% 12.6% 13.1%
                             
Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), - - - - - - - - 4(8) 5(5) 2(5) 1(5) 0(1) -
(ASDC(U) in 2001                 1.6% 2.0% 1.1% 0.9% 0.1%  
                             
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), 1(40) 8(36) 6(53) 5(35) - - - - - 2(108) 3(62) 1(45) 0(35) 0(12)
(INCT) 1996, (PSP) 1957-67, (KMPP) in 1952 6.0% 12.7% 12.7% 6.9%           3.7% 2.5% 2.1% 0.4% 0.3%
                             
Bodoland Peoples Front (BOPF) - - - - - - - - - - - - 12(29) 12(13)
                          6.1% 3.9%
                             
Asam Gana Parishad Pragtisheel (AGPP), - - - - - 26(126) 2(34) 4(72) 0(45) 0(10) - 1(93) - -
(ICSS) 1983-1996, (INCU) in 1978           23.6% 6.1% 3.2% 1.4% 0.1%   2.5%    
                             
Loko Sanmilon (LKS), 3(4) - 1(8) - - 4(10) - - 1(95) 0(34) - 1(5) 0(2) -
(JD) 1991-1996, (RCPI) 1962-1978,(GNC) in 1952 0.6%   1.2%     1.4%     4.8% 0.6%   0.2% 0.0%  
                             
Samajwadi Party (SP), 1(4) - - 2(13) 1(1) - - - 5(85) 0(12) 1(23) 0(7) 0(13) 0(15)
(NAGP) 1991, (SWA) 1967-1972,(KJD) in 1952 1.0%     1.5% 0.6%       5.5% 0.0% 1.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0%
                             
Samata Party (SMP), - - 11(15) 9(12) 1(6) 4(9) 3(21) 3(28) 0(15) 0(1) 1(19) 0(2) 0(5) -
(PTCA) 1972-1991, (AHLC) 1962-67     5.5% 3.5% 1.7% 2.6% 4.7% 3.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%  
                             
Trinamool Congress (TMC), 1(1) - - - - 53(117) - 0(87) 0(31) 0(1) 1(23) - 1(103) 0(13)
(JP) 1978-96, (KJF) in 1952 0.4%         27.6%   1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.6%   2.1% ,
                             
United Minorities Front Assam (UMF), 3(3) - - - - - - 18(60) 0(29) 2(20) 0(9) 0(2) - -
(MU) in 1952 1.2%             12.1% 1.3% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0%    
                             
Others 0(19) - 0(4) - 0(15) 0(14) - 0(20) 0(131) 0(30) 0(92) 0(83) 0(68) 0(166)
  2.3%   0.3%   0.5% 0.6%   0.3% 2.4% 0.4% 2.2% 2.2% 0.6% 1.2%
                             
Independents (IND) 14(213) 25(148) 8(177) 25(239) 10(253) 15(485) 10(258) 9(533) 15(858) 11(651) 19(393) 22(316) 2(263) 1(496)
  28.3% 26.8% 23.8% 32.3% 29.7% 25.7% 29.0% 14.4% 21.4% 17.4% 19.5% 16.6% 9.2% 11.0%
                             
None of the Above (NOTA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.1%

Note : Double Member seats are shown in parantheses in Seats, (INCU) in 1978 refers to INC, ICSS also refers to ICS.

Election Dates- 1952: March; 1957:March; 1962:February: 1967:February 17,21; 1972:March 7,11; 1978:February 25; 1983:February 14,17,20; 1985:December 16; 1991:June 6,8; 1996:April 27;

2001: May 10; 2006: April 3,10; 2011 : April 4, 11; 2016: April 4,11.

(BJS) Bharatiya Jana Sangh, (APP) All India Peoples Party, (ASDU) Autonoums State Demand Committee United, (SOC) Socialist Party,(SSP) Samyukta Socialist Party, (INCT) Indian National Congress Tiwari, (PSP) Praja Socialist Party,

(KMPP) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, (ICSS) Indian Congress Sccialist, (INCU) Indian National Congress Urs, (JD) Janata Dal, (RCPI) Revolutionary Communist Party of India,(GNC) Garo National Council,(NAGP) Nutan Asom Gana Parishad,

(SWA) Swatantra Party,(KJD) Khasi Jaintia Durbar, (PTCA) Plain Tribals Council of Assam, (AHLC) All Party Hill Leaders Conference, (JP) Janata Party, (KJF) Khasi Jaintia National Federation States Conference,(MU) Mizo Union.

1964 1969 1974 1977 1980 1985 1990 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Electorate (lakhs) 2.2 2.3 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.9 5.9 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.6 8.1 9.4
Turnout (%) 79.3 81.6 85.3 74.3 80.4 78.4 72.4 67.7 75.4 70.1 85.4 86.2 85.1
Seats 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Candidates 85 76 108 131 132 119 212 208 270 193 218 187 344
                           
Indian National Congress (Cong), 21(29) 10(30) 7(15) 2(22) 10(13) 15(20) 11(17) 15(19) 9(20) 11(21) 10(16) 7(17) 15(21)
(INCI) in 1980 52.1% 42.6% 15.9% 17.4% 23.9% 32.7% 25.0% 30.0% 25.3% 22.8% 29.9% 26.5% 30.6%
                           
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - - - - - 0(3) 0(8) 0(12) 0(14) 1(5) 0(27) 0(20) 0(30)
            0.1% 0.5% 0.8% 1.1% 4.6% 3.1% 1.3% 2.4%
                           
Communist Party of India (CPI) - 3(7) 2(7) 1(8) 0(7) 0(4) 2(3) 1(3) 2(3) 0(2) 1(1) 0(1) 0(7)
    12.6% 8.5% 5.5% 5.5% 4.7% 5.1% 5.0% 6.5% 1.9% 3.1% 0.9% 1.1%
                           
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) - - 1(5) - 1(2) 0(2) 0(2) 0(2) 0(3) 0(3) 0(3) 0(2) 0(4)
      1.3%   2.0% 1.8% 3.1% 2.7% 1.3% 1.2% 1.9% 1.1% 0.4%
                           
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) - 15(19) 2(26) 3(26) 14(15) 5(22) 9(18) 4(19) 7(18) 7(15) 7(11) 2(10) 2(9)
    33.7% 21.9% 13.5% 27.7% 29.1% 24.1% 24.7% 22.9% 17.5% 12.6% 10.7% 8.9%
                           
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK), 4(17) - 12(21) 14(27) 0(18) 6(10) 3(13) 6(10) 3(10) 3(20) 3(18) 5(10) 4(30)
(PFR) in 1964 18.2%   27.8% 31.0% 18.6% 15.7% 18.2% 17.3% 12.5% 12.6% 16.0% 13.7% 16.8%
                           
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) - - - - - - 0(24) 0(13) 1(5) 0(10) 2(2) 0(2) 0(24)
              6.4% 2.9% 2.5% 7.7% 3.8% 2.5% 0.7%
                           
All India N R Congress (AINRC) - - - - - - - - - - - 15(17) 8(30)
                        31.7% 28.1%
                           
Tamil Maanila Congress (TAMC) - - - - - - - - 5(5) 2(7) - - -
                  9.2% 7.4%      
                           
Pondicherry Makkal Congress (PMC) - - - - - - - - - 4(9) 3(9) - -
                    10.2% 9.4%    
                           
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - - - - - - - - 0(6) 0(11) 1(3) - 0(5)
(MDMK)                 3.2% 1.0% 2.5%   0.1%
                           
Janata Dal (JD) - - - - - - 4(8) 1(6) 1(6) - - - -
              9.1% 6.7% 4.4%        
                           
Janata Party (JP), - - 5(16) 7(28) 3(9) 2(17) 0(15) 0(14) 0(8) 0(1) - - -
(INCO) in 1974     18.9% 26.5% 9.3% 8.6% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%      
                           
Others - - - - 0(13) 0(9) 0(27) 0(19) 0(15) 0(15) 0(52) 0(30) 0(88)
          2.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.3% 0.7% 2.3% 3.8% 2.1% 1.3%
                           
Independents (IND) 5(39) 2(20) 1(18) 3(20) 2(55) 2(32) 1(77) 3(91) 2(157) 2(74) 3(76) 1(78) 1(96)
  29.8% 11.1% 5.7% 6.1% 10.6% 6.4% 8.0% 9.1% 10.2% 10.8% 13.9% 9.5% 7.9%
                           
None of the Above (NOTA)         - - - - - - - - 1.7%

Election Dates-1964: August; 1969:February; 1974:February 24; 1977:June 14; 1980:January 3; 1985:March 5; 1990:February 27; 1991:May 20; 1996:April 27; 2001: May 10; 2006: May 3,8; 2011 : April 13; 2016 : May 16.

(PFR) Peoples Front,(INCO) Indian National Congress Organisation.