2009 Indian General Election
16 April 2009 – 13 May 2009 · The UPA decade · 543 seats, 272 for a majority
General elections were held in India in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009 to elect the members of the fifteenth Lok Sabha. With a registered electorate of 716 million and a turnout of 417 million voters, it was the largest democratic election in the world until being surpassed by the 2014 general election.
Prime Minister before
Manmohan Singh
INC
Prime Minister (continued)
Manmohan Singh
INC
Largest force
Indian National Congress
206 of 543 seats
Turnout
58.2%
The result
| Share of the Lok Sabha | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | UPA | Manmohan Singh | 206 | — | 11,91,11,019 | 28.6% | +2.0 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | L. K. Advani | 116 | — | 7,84,35,381 | 18.8% | -3.4 | |
| Samajwadi Party | — | — | 23 | — | 1,42,84,638 | 3.4% | — | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | — | — | 21 | — | 2,57,28,920 | 6.2% | — | |
| Janata Dal (United) | — | — | 20 | — | 63,31,201 | 1.5% | — | |
| All India Trinamool Congress | — | — | 19 | — | 1,33,56,510 | 3.2% | — | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | — | — | 18 | — | 76,25,397 | 1.8% | — | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | TF[1] | Prakash Karat | 16 | — | 2,22,19,111 | 5.3% | -0.3 |
104 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.