Elections
From India's first general election in 1951–52 to the latest state polls. Older elections are tracked at lower depth: see the tiers on the methodology page.
Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha 2024
BJP won 240 seats (NDA 293); INC won 99.
2 manifestos · 52 promises
Lok Sabha 2019
BJP won 303 seats (NDA 353); INC won 52.
2 manifestos · 52 promises
Lok Sabha 2014
BJP won 282 of 543 seats (NDA 336); INC won 44.
2 manifestos · 54 promises
Lok Sabha 2009
INC won 206 seats; UPA returned to power.
1 manifesto · 18 promises
Lok Sabha 2004
INC won 145 and BJP 138 seats; the INC-led UPA formed the government.
3 manifestos · 77 promises
Lok Sabha 1999
BJP won 182 seats; the NDA formed the government.
Research pending
Lok Sabha 1991
INC won 244 seats and formed a minority government.
Research pending
Lok Sabha 1977
Janata Party (contesting on the BLD symbol) won 295 of 542 seats; first non-Congress government.
Research pending
Lok Sabha 1971
Congress (R) won 352 of 518 seats.
Research pending
Lok Sabha 1952
INC won 364 of 489 seats in India's first general election.
Research pending
State assemblies
Karnataka 2023
INC won 135 of 224 seats.
1 manifesto · 35 promises
Telangana 2023
INC won 64 of 119 seats.
Research pending
Goa 2022
BJP won 20 of 40 seats.
Research pending
Gujarat 2022
BJP won 156 of 182 seats.
Research pending
Himachal Pradesh 2022
INC won 40 of 68 seats.
Research pending
Manipur 2022
BJP won 32 of 60 seats.
Research pending
Punjab 2022
AAP won 92 of 117 seats.
1 manifesto · 31 promises
Uttarakhand 2022
BJP won 47 of 70 seats.
Research pending
Uttar Pradesh 2022
BJP won 255 of 403 seats.
2 manifestos · 60 promises
Delhi 2020
AAP won 62 of 70 seats.
1 manifesto · 15 promises