The 2009 Lok Sabha Elections was the 14th time the country went to polls to select a new government. Defying all exit polls and Doomsayers, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance secured a thumping win in the polls by getting a comfortable majority. A major reason behind this was the Congress party, who won a whopping 206 seats on its own.

 
While Sonia Gandhi's Congress party managed 206 seats, Advani's BJP could only manage 116.