Election year # of
constituency votes
# of
party list votes
 % of
party list votes
# of
overall seats won
+/–
1949 6,934,975 29.2
131 / 402
1953 8,131,257 7,944,943 28.8
162 / 509
Increase 22
1957 11,975,400 11,875,339 39.7
181 / 519
Increase 19
1961 11,672,057 11,427,355 36.2
203 / 521
Increase 22
1965 12,998,474 12,813,186 39.3
217 / 518
Increase 14
1969 14,402,374 14,065,716 42.7
237 / 518
Increase 20
1972 18,228,239 17,175,169 45.8
242 / 518
Increase 5
1976 16,471,321 16,099,019 42.6
224 / 518
Decrease 18
1980 16,808,861 16,260,677 42.9
218 / 497
Decrease 6
1983 15,686,033 14,865,807 38.2
193 / 498
Decrease 25
1987 14,787,953 14,025,763 37.0
186 / 497
Decrease 7
1990 16,279,980 15,545,366 33.5
239 / 662
Increase 53
1994 17,966,813 17,140,354 36.4
252 / 672
Increase 13
1998 21,535,893 20,181,269 40.9
298 / 669
Increase 43
2002 20,059,967 18,484,560 38.5
251 / 603
Decrease 47
2005 18,129,100 16,194,665 34.2
222 / 614
Decrease 29
2009 12,077,437 9,988,843 23.0
146 / 620
Decrease 76
2013 12,835,933 11,247,283 25.7
193 / 631
Increase 42