Political Parties in Lok Sabha Elections – Number

• 1951 – 53
• 1957 – 15
• 1962 – 27
• 1967 – 25
• 1971 – 53
• 1977 – 34
• 1980 – 36
• 1984 – 35
• 1989 – 113
• 1991 – 145
• 1996 – 209
• 1998 – 176
• 1999 – 169
• 2004 – 230
• 2009 – 363
• 2014 – 464
• 2019 – 673

(ECI)