election  of candidates nominated  of seats won  of total votes % of popular vote
0       1945                      203            65         1448744            27.62%
1       1949                      249            41         1734261            29.62%
2       1953                      248            50         1749579            31.01%
3       1957                      256           109         2564732            38.81%
4       1958                      265           208         3908633            53.56%
5       1962                      265           114         2865542            37.22%
6       1963                      265            93         2582322            32.72%
7       1965                      265            95         2500113            32.41%
8       1968                      262            72         2548949            31.36%
9       1972                      265           107         3388980            35.02%
10      1974                      264            95         3371319            35.46%
11      1979                      282           136         4111606            35.89%
12      1980                      282           103         3552994            32.49%
13      1984                      282           211         6278818            50.03%
14      1988                      295           169         5667543            43.02%
15      1993                      295             2         2178303            16.04%
16      1997                      301            20         2446705            18.84%
17      2000                      291            12         1566994            12.19%

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