Indian National Congress
In general elections

Indian National Congress

Section Title: In general elections
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Year	Legislature	Leader	Seats won	Change in # of seats	Percentage of vote	Vote swing	Outcome

1934	5th Central Legislative Assembly	Bhulabhai Desai	42 / 147	42	N/A

1945	6th Central Legislative Assembly	Sarat Chandra Bose	59 / 102	17	Interim Government of India (1946-1947)

1951	1st Lok Sabha	Jawaharlal Nehru	364 / 489	44.99%	Government

1957	2nd Lok Sabha	371 / 494	7	47.78%	2.79%	Government

1962	3rd Lok Sabha	361 / 494	10	44.72%	3.06%	Government

1967	4th Lok Sabha	Indira Gandhi	283 / 520	78	40.78%	2.94%	Government

1971	5th Lok Sabha	352 / 518	69	43.68%	2.90%	Government

1977	6th Lok Sabha	153 / 542	199	34.52%	9.16%	Opposition

1980	7th Lok Sabha	351 / 542	198	42.69%	8.17%	Government

1984	8th Lok Sabha	Rajiv Gandhi	415 / 533	64	49.01%	6.32%	Government

1989	9th Lok Sabha	197 / 545	218	39.53%	9.48%	Opposition

1991	10th Lok Sabha	P.V. Narasimha Rao	244 / 545	47	35.66%	3.87%	Government

1996	11th Lok Sabha	140 / 545	104	28.80%	7.46%	Opposition, later outside support for UF

1998	12th Lok Sabha	Sitaram Kesri	141 / 545	1	25.82%	2.98%	Opposition

1999	13th Lok Sabha	Sonia Gandhi	114 / 545	27	28.30%	2.48%	Opposition

2004	14th Lok Sabha	145 / 543	32	26.7%	1.6%	Government

2009	15th Lok Sabha	Manmohan Singh	206 / 543	61	28.55%	2.02%	Government

2014	16th Lok Sabha	Rahul Gandhi	44 / 543	162	19.3%	9.25%	Opposition

2019	17th Lok Sabha	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

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In the 1999 elections, Congress' tally plummeted to 114 seats.

final_sentence: In the 1999 elections, Congress' tally plummeted to 114 seats.