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BJBiju Janata DalState partyBJD

Contested 7 general elections between 1998 and 2024, winning 76 Lok Sabha seats from 117 candidacies. 512 assembly seats won in 2 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1998
7
Elections contested
76
Seats won, all time
20
Best result (2014)
1.4%
Avg. vote share
117 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2024)
0
21 contested · 1.46% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
65.0%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

061117221998199920042009201420192024BJD

Results Overview

117CONTESTS
  • Won76 (65%)
  • Lost41 (35%)

National vote share

Share of all valid votes cast in India, not of seats contested

0%0%1%1%2%1998199920042009201420192024BJD vote share

A regional party fighting 40 seats out of 543 is capped at a low national share however well it does. Read this line against the seats chart above, not on its own.

Key highlights

  • Best-ever result was 20 seats in 2014, on 1.71% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 21 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is KENDRAPARA, Odisha, won 3 times, most recently in 2019.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 2 states, with 512 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 7 general elections the party has polled 4.88 cr votes and lost 0 deposits. It has won 512 assembly seats across 7 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/bjd.

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