UTTAR PRADESH LOKSABHA ELECTIONS- DETAILS

( THIS PAGE IS TO BE EDITED AND ARRANGED BETTER..FIRST TRIAL)

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1962 – Congress: 62/85, plus a party named JS (Official site shows data for only 66 seats) ^[4]

1967 – Total: 85. Congress 48/85, Jan Sangh: 12, CPI, CPM, PSP, SSP other parties.

1971 – Congress: 73/85, BJS: 4

1977 - 6th general election - Janata Party (a.k.a. Bharatiya Lok Dal) + Allies : All 85 / 85 seats. Congress - Zero.

1980 – Cong: 50/85, Janata (Soc of Charan Singh): 29.

1984 - Congress 82 or 83 out of 85 seats

1989 – Janata Dal: 54/85, BJP: 8, Cong: 15

1991 - BJP: 51/85, JD (VP Singh): 22, JP (Chandra Shekhar): 4, Cong: 5

1996 - 11th general election – BJP: 52/85, SP (Mulayam): 16, BSP: 6, Cong: 5

1998 - BJP - 58/85, Congress - Zero, Samajwadi Party (Mulayam Singh Yadav) - 19, BSP (Mayawati) - 4

1999 - BJP: 29/85, SP: 26, BSP: 14, INC: 10

- State of Uttarakhand, with 5 seats, was carved out of UP in 1999/2000. Thus UP's contigent came down to 80 seats.

2004 - SP: 35/80, BSP: 19, BJP: 10, Cong: 9

2009 - SP: 23/80, Cong: 21, BSP: 20, BJP: 10

2014 - 16th general election. BJP+Allies: 73/80 seats, SP: 5, Congress: 2 (Sonia Gandhi + Rahul Gandhi), BSP: Zero

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