| Bahujan Samaj Party | 21 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 116 |
| Communist Party of India | 4 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16 |
| Indian National Congress | 206 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 9 |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4 |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 9 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 2 |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 19 |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 1 |
| Assam United Democratic Front | 1 |
| Biju Janata Dal | 14 |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 3 |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 3 |
| Janata Dal (United) | 20 |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 2 |
| Kerala Congress (M) | 1 |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 |
| Muslim League Kerala State Committee | 2 |
| Nagaland Peoples Front | 1 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 |
| Samajwadi Party | 23 |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 4 |
| Shivsena | 11 |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 1 |
| Telangana Rashtra Samiti | 2 |
| Telugu Desam | 6 |
| Registered(Unrecognised) | 12 |
| Independent | 9 |
| Total | 543 |
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![The graph shows trend of participation and success of independent candidates in successive general elections so far. Generally speaking, while the number of participants has been increasing, the number of independent candidates who got elected has been coming down. [The highest and the lowest numbers and those pertaining to the 1st and 14th elections are also given in the graph.]](graphics/gsmall51.jpg)