Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in India. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in India.| Alliances | Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Progressive Alliance Seats: 262 Seat Change: +80 Popular Vote: 153,482,356 Popular Vote %: 37.22% Swing: +3.96% |
Indian National Congress | 206 | +61 | 119,110,776 | 28.55% | +2.02% |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 19 | +17 | 13,355,986 | 3.20% | +1.13% | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | +2 | 7,625,397 | 1.83% | +0.02% | |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 9 | — | 8,521,349 | 2.04% | +0.24% | |
| National Conference | 3 | +1 | 498,374 | 0.55% | +0.42% | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 2 | −3 | 1,665,173 | 0.40% | -0.07% | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2 | +1 | 877,503 | 0.21% | +0.01% | |
| Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 1 | +1 | 735,847 | 0.18% | +0.18% | |
| Kerala Congress (Mani) | 1 | +1 | 404,962 | 0.10% | +0.05% | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1 | — | 308,061 | 0.07% | -0.04% | |
| Republican Party of India (Athvale) | — | −1 | 378,928 | 0.09% | — | |
| National Democratic Alliance Seats: 159 Seat Change: −17 Popular Vote: 102,689,312 Popular Vote %: 24.63% Swing: -4.88% |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 116 | −22 | 78,435,538 | 18.80% | -3.36% |
| Janata Dal (United) | 20 | +12 | 6,331,079 | 1.52% | -0.83% | |
| Shiv Sena | 11 | −1 | 6,454,850 | 1.55% | -0.26% | |
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 5 | +2 | 1,821,054 | 0.44% | -0.19% | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 4 | −4 | 4,004,789 | 0.96% | +0.06% | |
| Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 2 | −3 | 2,582,326 | 0.62% | -0.01% | |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 1 | −1 | 1,773,103 | 0.43% | -0.10% | |
| Indian National Lok Dal | — | — | 1,286,573 | 0.31% | -0.19% | |
| Third Front Seats: 79 Seat Change: −30 Popular Vote: 88,174,229 Popular Vote %: 21.15% Swing: -1.06% |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16 | −27 | 22,219,111 | 5.33% | -0.33% |
| Communist Party of India | 4 | −6 | 5,951,888 | 1.43% | +0.02% | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | -1 | 1,573,650 | 0.37% | -0.06% | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 2 | -1 | 1,345,803 | 0.32% | -0.03% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 21 | +2 | 25,728,889 | 6.17% | +0.84% | |
| Biju Janata Dal | 14 | +3 | 6,612,552 | 1.59% | +0.29% | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 9 | +9 | 6,953,591 | 1.67% | -0.52% | |
| Telugu Desam Party | 6 | +1 | 10,481,348 | 2.51% | -0.53% | |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 3 | −1 | 3,434,082 | 0.82% | -0.65% | |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | −3 | 1,112,908 | 0.27% | -0.16% | |
| Haryana Janhit Congress | 1 | +1 | 816,395 | 0.20% | +0.20% | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | — | −6 | 1,944,619 | 0.47% | -0.09% | |
| Fourth Front Seats: 27 Seat Change: -37 Popular Vote: 21,456,117 Popular Vote %: 5.14% Swing: -2.30% |
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| Samajwadi Party | 23 | −13 | 14,284,638 | 3.42% | -0.90% | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4 | −20 | 5,279,059 | 1.27% | -1.14% | |
| Lok Janshakti Party | — | −4 | 1,892,420 | 0.45% | -0.26% | |
| Other Parties and Independents Seats: 16 Seat Change: +9 Popular Vote: 27,146,939 Popular Vote %: 6.51% Swing: +2.04% |
Assam United Democratic Front | 1 | +1 | 2,184,556 | 0.52% | +0.52% |
| Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) | 1 | +1 | 963,274 | 0.23% | +0.23% | |
| Nagaland People's Front | 1 | — | 832,224 | 0.20% | +0.02% | |
| Bodoland People's Front | 1 | +1 | 656,430 | 0.16% | +0.16% | |
| Swabhimani Paksha | 1 | +1 | 481,025 | 0.12% | +0.12% | |
| Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi | 1 | +1 | 223,234 | 0.05% | +0.05% | |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 1 | — | 159,351 | 0.04% | — | |
| Independents | 9 | +4 | 21,646,845 | 5.19% | +0.94% | |
| Total | 364 Political Parties | 543 | — | 417,156,494 | — |
- Notes
| * | Gave unconditional external support to the UPA-led government after the election |
- Note: Seat change for an alliance and popular vote swing is calculated as the sum of the individual seat changes and vote % respectively for its constituent parties as given here.
- Note: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) joined the NDA after voting took place in Andhra Pradesh, but before the votes were counted and results were in. Due to this change, some list TRS under their former alliance, the Third Front, rather than NDA, under pre-poll alliances.
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