332 parties failed to open their account in the polls

A total of 369 parties, including seven national parties, had fielded candidates in the elections 2009. However, the winners are only from 37 different parties, reports Times of India.

The Lok Sabha elections have spelt doom for 332 political parties which failed to open their account.

A total of 369 parties, including seven national parties, had fielded candidates in the elections. However, winners in this year's polls are from 37 different parties, according to the list of winning candidates brought out by the Election Commission. Candidates from 38 parties had won the elections in the last general polls.

Eight parties, whose candidates had won the elections last time, have drawn a blank this year. They include, Pattali Makkal Katchi and Lok Janshakti Party.

Majority of the parties, which failed to open their account, had participated in the elections for the first time this year.

Over 1000 parties were registered with the EC before this year's polls. However, 369 parties had fielded candidates in this year's polls. A total of 8070 candidates fought the elections.

At the time of 2004 polls, there were 215 parties, including six national parties and 36 state parties. However, their number this year increased to 1027 including seven national parties, 40 state parties and 980 recognized unregistered parties.

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