Question

6. What is the percentage increase or
Political party
Number of seats won Number of seats won
decrease in the number of seats won by A,
in 2004 The Des
in 2009
B, C and D in the general elections of 2009
А
dec
206 36161
116 25422
145
B
138
as compared to the results of 2004?
C
4
28 20
24
D
11 23
12​

Answer 1

Answer:

Leader Dr. Manmohan Singh Lal Krishna Advani

Party INC BJP

Alliance UPA NDA

Leader since 22 May 2004 1 June 2004

Leader's seat Rajya Sabha^ Gandhinagar

Last election 145 seats, 26.70% 138 seats, 22.16%

Seats won 206 116

Seat change Increase61 Decrease22

Popular vote 119,110,776 78,435,538

Percentage 28.55% 18.80%

Swing Increase2.02% Decrease3.36%

PrakashKarat cropped.jpg Amar Singh at the India Economic Summit 2008 cropped.jpg

Leader Prakash Karat Amar Singh

Party CPI (M) SP

Alliance Third Front Fourth Front

Leader since 11 April 2005 August 2004

Leader's seat None Uttar Pradesh

Last election 59 seats, 7.7%

(w/ Left Front) 36 seats, 7.74%

(independently)

Seats won 29 27

Seat change Decrease30 Decrease9

Popular vote 88,174,229 21,456,117

Percentage 21.15% 5.14%

Swing Decrease1.06% Decrease2.30%

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Results of the National and Regional parties by alliances.

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Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh

INC

Subsequent Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

INC

By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India) must be held every five years, or whenever Parliament is dissolved by the President of India. The previous election to the 14th Lok Sabha was conducted in May 2004 and its term would have naturally expired on 1 June 2009. Elections are organised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and are normally held in multiple phases to better handle the large electoral base and its security concerns.[5] The 2009 elections were held in five phases. In February 2009, Rs.11.20 billion ($200.5 million) was budgeted for election expenses by the Indian Parliament.[6]

A total of 8070 candidates contested for 543 Lok Sabha seats.[7] The average election turnout over all 5 phases was around 56.97%. The results of the election were announced within three days of phase five, on 16 May 2009,[8] following the first past the post system.

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Indian National Congress formed the government after obtaining the majority of seats based on strong results in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Manmohan Singh became the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.[9] The UPA was able to put together a comfortable majority with support from 322 members out of 543 members of the House. Though this is less than the 335 members who supported the UPA in the last parliament, UPA alone had a plurality of over 260 seats as opposed to 218 seats in the 14th Lok Sabha. External support came from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other minor parties.[10]

On 22 May 2009, Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister at the Ashoka Hall of