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| Indian general election, 2001 | ||||
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| All 465 seats to the Indian Legislative Assembly | ||||
| August-September 2006 | ||||
| First party | Second party | Third party | ||
| Leader | Sonia Gandhi | Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| Party | [[Indian National Congress|Template:Indian National Congress/meta/shortname]] | [[All India Muslim League|Template:All India Muslim League/meta/shortname]] | [[Progressive Party|Template:Progressive Party/meta/shortname]] | |
| Leader since | 1992 | 1981 | 1996 | |
| Leader's seat | Amethi | Umerkot | Lucknow | |
| Seats before | 220 | 45 | 31 | |
| Seats won | 229 | 54 | 53 | |
| Seat change | +9 | +9 | +22 | |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | ||
| Leader | Trevor Wynne | Surjit Singh Barnala | H. D. Deve Gowda | |
| Party | PL | [[Akali Dal|Template:Akali Dal/meta/shortname]] | [[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] | |
| Leader since | 2000 | 1985 | 1995 | |
| Leader's seat | 2nd Ceylon European Seat | Firozpur Rural | Holenarasipura | |
| Seats before | 43 | 41 | 84 | |
| Seats won | 49 | 46 | 32 | |
| Seat change | +6 | +5 | -52 | |
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Previous Prime Minister Prime Minister-elect | ||||
The 2001 Indian general election saw the governing INC narrowly miss winning a majority.
Background[]
Following the 1996 general election the INC has governed as a minority government reliant on support from Akali Dal, whilst the opposition Praja Socialist Party suffered further reversals in its fortunes as more prominent members joined the Progressive Party.
Results[]
The INC made further gains, only narrowly missing a majority, and was able to govern as a minority government once more, whilst the Praja Socialist Party saw a second major setback, losing many seats to the Progressive Party.