INC Main Opponent
1951 - 50% (364 seats) CPI- 16 (3%); Socialist -12 (11%)
1956 - 47% (371 seats) CPI -27 (9%); PSP- 19 (11%)
1962 - 44% (361 seats) CPI -29 (10%);
1967- 40% (283 seats) Swatantra Party- 44 (9%)
1971 -43% (352 seats) CPI -25 (5.1%) + CPIM- 4 (4.7%)
1977- 34% (154 seats) JP - 295(41%)
1980 - 42% (353 seats) JP(s) - 41 (10%);
1984- 46% (484 seats) TDP -30 (4%) ; CPIM- 22(6%)
1989 - 39% (197 seats) Janta Dal - 143 (17%)
1991 - 36% (244 seats) BJP - 120 (20%)
1996 - 28% (140 seats) BJP- 161 (20%)
1998 - 25% (141 seats) BJP - 182 (25%)
1999 - 28% (114 seats) BJP - 182 (23%)
2004 - 26% (145 seats) BJP- 138 (22%)
2009 - 28% (206 seats) BJP- 116 (19%)
2014 - 19% (44 seats) BJP- 282 (31%)
2019- 20% (52 seats) BJP - 303 (37%)