1969 – SPLIT IN CONGRESS – A WEAKENED INDIRA GOVERNMENT
1977 – POST EMERGENCY – MASSIVE ELECTORAL LOSS – INDIRA LOSES AS WELL
1977 – AGAIN SPLIT – EXPELLED INDIRA FORMS INC(I)
1980 – HUGE ELECTORAL VICTORY FOR INC(I) – RECOGNIZED AS ORIGINAL PARTY
1987 – PRANAB MUKHERJEE LEAVES CONGRESS
1988 – V P SINGH EXPELLED
1989 – GENERAL ELECTION – BOFORS SCAM EFFECT – NO MAJORITY, CONGRESS AT 197
1991 – RAJIV GANDHI’S ASSASSINATION
1991 GENERAL ELECTION – NO MAJORITY – 232 SEATS – FORMS COALITION GOVERNMENT
1999 – SONIA BEING A FOREIGNER, SHARAD PAWAR, PA SANGMA, PRAFUL PATEL, TARIQ ANWAR LEAVE
1999 – GENERAL ELECTION – BIG LOSS – ABLE TO WIN JUST 114 SEATS
2004 – GENERAL ELECTION – CONGRESS-LED COALITION GOVERNMENT
2009 – GENERAL ELECTION – CONGRESS-LED COALITION GOVERNMENT
2014 – GENERAL ELECTION – MASSIVE-MASSIVE LOSS – AT 44 – HISTORICALLY LOW
2019 – GENERAL ELECTION – DOWNFALL CONTINUES – COULD WIN JUST 52 SEATS