Table 5.2 Election results in India by state: number of seats won by largest party or coalition, 2003–2008
| State | Date of most recent election | Seats won by largest party/coalition+ |
Seats won by 2nd largest party/coalition | Seats won by 3rd largest party/coalition |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2009 | 157 (INC) | 106 (TDP/TRS/Left) | 18 (PRP) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2004 | 34 (INC) | 9 (BJP) | 2 (NCP) and 2 (AC) |
| Assam | 2006 | 52 (INC) | 27 (AGP/Left) | 10 (BJP) and 10 (AUDF) |
| Bihar | 2005 | 143 (JD(U)/BJP) | 65 (RJD/CPM/ INC/NCP) | 13 (LJP/CPI) |
| Chhattisgarh | 2008 | 50 (BJP) | 38 (INC) | 2 (BSP) |
| Delhi | 2008 | 42 (INC) | 23 (BJP) | 2 (BSP) |
| Goa | 2007 | 16 (INC) | 14 (BJP) | 3 (NCP) |
| Gujarat | 2007 | 117 (BJP) | 59 (INC) | 3 (NCP) |
| Haryana | 2005 | 67 (INC) | 9 (INLD) | 2 (BP) |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2007 | 41 (BJP) | 23 (INC) | 1 (BSP) |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 2008 | 28 (JKNC) | 17 (INC) | 21 PDP |
| Jharkhand | 2005 | 30 (BJP) | 17 (JMM) | 9 (INC) |
| Karnataka | 2008 | 110 (BJP) | 80 (INC) | 28 (JD[S]) |
| Kerala | 2006 | 98 (LDF) | 42 (UDF) | 0 others |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2008 | 142 (BJP) | 71 (INC) | 7 (BSP) |
| Maharashtra | 2004 | 140 (NCP/INC) | 116 (BJP/SHS) | 4 (JSS) |
| Manipur | 2007 | 30 (INC) | 5 (MPP) | |
| Meghalaya | 2008 | 25 (INC) | 14 (UDP) | 11 (NCP) |
| Mizoram | 2003 | 21 (MNF) | 12 (INC) | 3 (MZPC) |
| Nagaland | 2008 | 26 (NPF) | 24 (INC) | 2 (BJP) and 2 (NCP) |
| Orissa | 2009 | 103 (BJD) | 27 (INC) | 6 (BJP) |
| Pondicherry | 2006 | 10 (INC) | 7 (DMK) | 3 (AIADMK) 3 (PMC) |
| Punjab | 2007 | 67 (SAD/BJP) | 44 (INC) | |
| Rajasthan | 2008 | 96 (INC) | 78 (BJP) | 6 (BSP) |
| Sikkim | 2009 | 32 (SDF) | ||
| Tamil Nadu | 2006 | 163 (DMK+) | 69 (AIADMK+) | 2 others |
| Tripura | 2008 | 46 (CPM) | 10 (INC) | 2 (CPI) |
| Uttarakhand | 2007 | 34 (BJP) | 21 (INC) | 8 (BSP) |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2007 | 206 (BSP) | 97 (SP) | 51 (BJP) |
| West Bengal | 2006 | 227 (Left front) | 30 (AITC/BJP) | 21 (INC) |
| Notes: + Coalition here refers to pre-poll alliance; *BJP won 2 seats. | ||||
| AC | = Arunachal Congress | JSS | = Jan Surajya Shakti | |
| AGP | = Asom Gana Parishad | LEF | = Left Democratic Front; CPM-led alliance | |
| AIADMK | = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | LJP | = Lok Janshakti Party | |
| AIMIM | = All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen | MNF | = Mizo National Front | |
| AITC | = All India Trinamool Congress | MPP | = Manipur People’s Party | |
| AUDF | = Assam United Democratic Front | MZPC | = Mizoram People’s Conference | |
| BJD | = Biju Janata Dal | NCP | = Nationalist Congress Party | |
| BJP | = Bharatiya Janata Party | NPF | = Nagaland People’s Front | |
| BSP | = Bahujan Samaj Party | PDP | = People’s Democratic Party | |
| CPI | = Communist Party of India | PMC | = Pudhucherry Munnetra Congress | |
| CPM | = Communist Party of India (Marxist) | PMK | = Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| DMK | = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SDF | = Sikkim Democratic Front | |
| INC | = Indian National Congress | SHS | = Shiv Sena | |
| INLD | = Indian National Lok Dal | SP | = Samajwadi Party | |
| JD(S) | = Janata Dal (Secular) | TDP | = Telugu Desam Party | |
| JKNC | = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | TRS | = Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |
| JMM | = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | UDF | = United Democratic Front; Congress-led alliances | |
Sources: http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/; Election Commission of India, available at http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp