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BJBharatiya Janata PartyNational partyBJP

Contested 11 general elections between 1984 and 2024, winning 1,811 Lok Sabha seats from 4,231 candidacies. 8,804 assembly seats won in 32 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1984
11
Elections contested
1,811
Seats won, all time
303
Best result (2019)
23.1%
Avg. vote share
4,231 candidacies fielded in total

Where the seats came from, 2024

States and union territories in which the party won a Lok Sabha seat at its most recent general election

State / UTWonContestedStrike rateChange from last election
Uttar Pradesh337544%-29vs 2019
Madhya Pradesh2929100%+1vs 2019
Gujarat252696%-1vs 2019
Odisha202195%+12vs 2019
Karnataka172568%-8vs 2019
Rajasthan142556%-10vs 2019
Bihar121771%-5vs 2019
West Bengal124229%-6vs 2019
Chhattisgarh101191%+1vs 2019
Maharashtra92832%-14vs 2019
Assam91182%0vs 2019
Telangana81747%+4vs 2019
Jharkhand81362%-3vs 2019
NCT OF Delhi77100%First contest
Haryana51050%-5vs 2019
Uttarakhand55100%0vs 2019
Himachal Pradesh44100%0vs 2019
Andhra Pradesh3650%+3vs 2019
Tripura22100%0vs 2019
Arunachal Pradesh22100%0vs 2019
Jammu and Kashmir22100%-1vs 2019
Andaman and Nicobar Islands11100%+1vs 2019
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu1250%First contest
Goa1250%0vs 2019
Kerala1166%+1vs 2019

Strongest constituencies, all time

Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party

ConstituencyStateWinsContestedLast won
SOUTH DELHIDelhi672004
JAIPURRajasthan672004
BHOPALMadhya Pradesh672004
HOSHANGABADMadhya Pradesh672004
INDOREMadhya Pradesh672004
AHMEDABADGujarat672004
RAJKOTGujarat672004
DHANDHUKAGujarat672004

In the state assemblies

8,804 seats across 267 assembly elections in 32 states

State / UTElectionsSeats wonBestLatestSeatsVote share
Uttar Pradesh111,409312in 20172022255/ 40341.29%
Madhya Pradesh101,327220in 19902023163/ 23048.55%
Gujarat10938156in 20222022156/ 18252.49%
Rajasthan10833163in 20132023115/ 20041.70%
Maharashtra10652132in 20242024132/ 28826.77%
Bihar1158391in 2010202589/ 24320.08%
Karnataka10507110in 2008202366/ 22436.00%
West Bengal10287207in 20262026207/ 29445.84%
Himachal Pradesh1027245in 1990202225/ 6843.00%
Assam924182in 2026202682/ 12637.81%
Chhattisgarh521854in 2023202354/ 9046.27%
Delhi921649in 1993202548/ 7045.56%
Odisha1019978in 2024202478/ 14740.07%
Uttarakhand518857in 2017202247/ 7044.33%
Haryana1018248in 2024202448/ 9039.94%
Jharkhand513137in 2014202421/ 8133.18%
Arunachal Pradesh811146in 2024202446/ 6054.57%
Goa89921in 2012202220/ 4033.31%
Jammu and Kashmir77629in 2024202429/ 9025.64%
Punjab97019in 200720222/ 1176.60%
Tripura96836in 2018202332/ 6038.97%
Manipur96432in 2022202232/ 6037.83%
Andhra Pradesh104712in 199920248/ 1752.83%
Nagaland73412in 2023202312/ 6018.81%
Telangana3148in 202320238/ 11913.90%
Puducherry10116in 202120264/ 3012.19%
Tamil Nadu11104in 202120261/ 2342.97%
Meghalaya7103in 199820232/ 599.33%
Kerala1043in 202620263/ 14011.42%
Mizoram732in 202320232/ 405.06%
Sikkim600in 202420240/ 325.18%
Goa, Daman and Diu100in 198419840/ 301.21%

Assembly vote share is the share of valid votes cast in that state at that election, not a national figure — the two are not comparable and are never added together. Rows are ordered by total seats won, so a long run of modest results can outrank a single landslide.

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