Indian National Congress campaign for the 2009 Indian general election

The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major political parties in India. The prominent members of the party are the president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. INC took part in the elections alongside other members of the United Progressive Alliance.[1]

Indian National Congress campaign for the 2009 Indian general election
Campaigned for2009 Indian general election
CandidateDr.Manmohan Singh
AffiliationIndian National Congress
Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001
Key peopleSonia Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi
Kapil Sibal

A.K. Antony
SloganCongress ka hath, Aam Aadmi ke saath
Aam aadmi ke badhte kadam, Har kadam par Bharat buland
ChantJai Ho

Seat Sharing

United Progressive Alliance Seat Sharing for the 2009 Indian General Election[2]
Sr. No Party Status Seats Contested Seats Won
1. Indian National Congress National Party 440 206 Increase 61
2. All India Trinamool Congress State Party (West Bengal) 27 19 Increase 18
3. Nationalist Congress Party National Party 23 9 Decrease 1
4. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam State Party (Tamil Nadu) 22 18 Increase 2
5. Jammu & Kashmir National Conference State Party (Jammu and Kashmir) 3 3 Increase 3
6. Indian Union Muslim League State Party (Kerala) 2 2 Increase 1
7. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha State Party (Jharkhand) 6 2 Decrease 3
8. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi State Party (Tamil Nadu) 2 1 Increase 1
9. Bodoland People's Front State Party (Assam) 1 1 Increase 1
10. Kerala Congress (M) State Party (Kerala) 1 1 Increase 1
11. Independents - 1 1
12. Republican Party of India (Athawale) State Party (Maharashtra) 2 0 Steady
13. Republican Party of India Unrecognised 2 0 Steady
14. Rashtriya Janata Dal State Party (Bihar) 28 4 Decrease 17
532 262

Results

State Total Seats Seats contested Seats Won Seat Change
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) 1 01 0 Decrease 1
Andhra Pradesh 42 41 33 Increase 3
Arunachal Pradesh 2 02 2 Increase 2
Assam 14 14 7 Decrease 2
Bihar 40 40 1 Decrease 2
Chandigarh (UT) 1 01 1 Steady
Chhattisgarh 11 11 1 Steady
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) 1 01 0 Steady
Daman & Diu (UT) 1 01 0 Steady
Goa 2 02 1 Steady
Gujarat 26 26 11 Decrease 1
Haryana 10 10 9 Steady
Himachal Pradesh 4 04 1 Steady
Jammu & Kashmir 6 02 2 Steady
Jharkhand 14 07 1 Decrease 5
Karnataka 28 28 6 Decrease 2
Kerala 20 17 13 Increase 13
Lakshadweep (UT) 1 01 1 Increase 1
Madhya Pradesh 29 29 12 Increase 8
Maharashtra 48 25 17 Increase 4
Manipur 2 02 2 Increase 1
Meghalaya 2 01 1 Increase 1
Mizoram 1 01 1 Increase 1
Nagaland 1 01 0 Decrease 1
NCT of Delhi 7 07 7 Increase 1
Orissa 21 21 6 Increase 4
Puducherry (UT) 1 01 1 Increase 1
Punjab 13 13 8 Increase 6
Rajasthan 25 25 20 Increase 16
Sikkim 1 01 0 Steady
Tamil Nadu 39 15 8 Increase 1
Tripura 2 02 0 Steady
Uttar Pradesh 80 80 21 Increase 12
Uttarakhand 5 05 5 Increase 4
West Bengal 42 14 6 Increase 1
Total 543 440 206 Increase 61


References

  1. ^ "2009 Lok Sabha election: Final results tally". Hindustan Times. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Partywise Seats Distributions 2009 All State". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 30 August 2021.