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Candidates vs MPs<br />
There are 543 constituencies in the country. Maximum number of MPs (206) are from INC followed by 116 of BJP. The<br />
breakup of MPs as compared to total candidates from the party are-<br />
Table: Candidates & MPs- Lok Sabha 2009<br />
S No Party Total candidates MPs<br />
1 Indian National Congress(INC) 440 206<br />
2 Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) 433 116<br />
3 Samajwadi Party(SP) 193 23<br />
4 Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) 500 21<br />
5 Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 55 20<br />
6 All India Trinamool Congress(AITC) 35 19<br />
7 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) 22 18<br />
8 Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
(CPM)<br />
82 16<br />
9 Biju Janata Dal(BJD) 18 14<br />
10 Shivsena(SHS) 47 11<br />
11 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra<br />
Kazhagam(ADMK)<br />
23 9<br />
12 Independent(IND) 3829 9<br />
13 Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) 68 9<br />
14 Telugu Desam Party(TDP) 31 6<br />
15 Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD) 9 5<br />
16 Communist Party of India (CPI) 56 4<br />
17 Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) 44 4<br />
18 Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) 10 4<br />
19 Janata Dal (Secular)(JD(S)) 33 3<br />
20 Jammu & Kashmir National<br />
Conference(JKN)<br />
3 3<br />
21 All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 21 2<br />
22 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) 42 2<br />
23 Muslim League Kerala State<br />
Committee(MUL)<br />
17 2<br />
24 Rashtriya Samaj Paksha(RSP) 33 2<br />
25 Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) 9 2<br />
26 Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) 6 1<br />
27 All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul<br />
Muslimeen(AIMIM)<br />
28 Assam United <strong>Democratic</strong><br />
Front(AUDF)<br />
1 1<br />
25 1<br />
24 A <strong>Report</strong> by ADR
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