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''{{Short description|Indian Lok Sabha elections}}''
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2021}}
[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Members]] of the [[Lok Sabha]] (House of the People) or the lower house of [[Parliament of India]] are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is removed

[[1951–52 Indian general election|The first elections to the Lok Sabha]] took place during 1951–52.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Results 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_11_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Elections Stats Summary 1951-52 |publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref>

==List of Lok Sabha general elections in India==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Election year
! scope="col" | Lok Sabha
! scope="col" | Total Seats
! scope="col" | Turnout
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Party in government
! scope="col" | Seats won by the ruling party
! scope="col" | Margin of majority
! scope="col" | Vote Percentage of majority
! scope="col" | Seats controlled by coalition
! scope="col" | Prime Minister
|-
! scope="row" | [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]]
| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]
| 489
| 40%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
| 364
| 120
| 74.48%
|
|rowspan=3| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]
| rowspan="3" | 494
| 45.44%
| 371
| 123
| 75.10%
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="2"| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]
| rowspan="2"| 55.42%
| rowspan="2"| 361
| rowspan="2"| 113
| rowspan="2"| 73.08%
|
|-
|
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] (1964-1966)
|-
! scope="row" | [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]
| 520
| 61.04%
| 283
| 22
| 54.42%
|
|rowspan=2| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]
| 518
| 55.27%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| 352
| 92
| 67.95%
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" | [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]
| rowspan="2" | 542
| rowspan="2" | 60.49%
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
| rowspan="2" | 295
| rowspan="2" | 23
| rowspan="2" | 54.98%
|
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|dab=yes}}
|
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]
| 529
| 56.92%
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
| 353
| 88
| 64.76%
|
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]
| 541
| 64.01%
| 414
| 143
| 76.52%
|
| [[Rajiv Gandhi ]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| rowspan="2" | [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]
| rowspan="2"| 529
| rowspan="2"| 61.95%
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
| 143
| –112
| 27.03%
|
| [[ V.P. Singh ]]
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}
|
|
|
|
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]
| 534
| 56.73%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 244
| –24
| 46.83%
|
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| rowspan="3"| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]
| rowspan="10" | 543
| rowspan="3"| 57.94%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 161
| –111
| 29.65%
|
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] (16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996)
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|
|
|
|
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]] (1 June 1996-21 April 1997)
|-
|
|
|
|
|[[I. K. Gujral]] (21 April 1997-19 March 1998)
|-
! scope="row" | [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]
| 61.97%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| 182
| –90
| 33.39%
| 276
|rowspan=2| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]
| 59.99%
| 182
| –90
| 33.39%
| 304
|-
! scope="row" | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]
| 58.07%
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| 145
| –127
| 26.70%
| 218
|rowspan=2| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]
| 58.21%
| 206
| –66
| 37.80%
| 262
|-
! scope="row" | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]
| 66.44%
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
| 282
| 10
| 51.74%
| 336
|rowspan=3| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
| 67.40%
| 303
| 31
| 55.80%
| 353
|-
! scope="row" | [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| [[18th Lok Sabha|Eighteenth]]
| 66.33%
| 240
| –32
| 44.19%
| 293
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Elections in India]]
* [[List of Indian presidential elections]]
* [[List of Indian vice presidential elections]]
* [[List of Rajya Sabha elections]]
* [[List of Indian state legislative assembly elections]]
* [[Government of India]]
* [[Parliament of India]]
* [[Lok Sabha]]
* [[Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
* [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of elections in India|General]]
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List of Indian general elections - Revision history

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