were there any constituency votes in the first election year?
no
Election year # of\nconstituency votes # of\nparty list votes % of\nparty list votes # of\noverall seats won +/–
1949 6,934,975 29.2 131 / 402
1953 8,131,257 7,944,943 28.8 162 / 509 22
1957 11,975,400 11,875,339 39.7 181 / 519 19
1961 11,672,057 11,427,355 36.2 203 / 521 22
1965 12,998,474 12,813,186 39.3 217 / 518 14
1969 14,402,374 14,065,716 42.7 237 / 518 20
1972 18,228,239 17,175,169 45.8 242 / 518 5
1976 16,471,321 16,099,019 42.6 224 / 518 18
1980 16,808,861 16,260,677 42.9 218 / 497 6
1983 15,686,033 14,865,807 38.2 193 / 498 25
1987 14,787,953 14,025,763 37.0 186 / 497 7
1990 16,279,980 15,545,366 33.5 239 / 662 53
1994 17,966,813 17,140,354 36.4 252 / 672 13
1998 21,535,893 20,181,269 40.9 298 / 669 43
2002 20,059,967 18,484,560 38.5 251 / 603 47
2005 18,129,100 16,194,665 34.2 222 / 614 29
2009 12,077,437 9,988,843 23.0 146 / 620 76
2013 12,835,933 11,247,283 25.7 193 / 631 42
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