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JanadeshJanadesh

BJBharatiya Jana SanghNational partyBJS

Contested 6 general elections between 1967 and 1998, winning 57 Lok Sabha seats from 430 candidacies. 550 assembly seats won in 22 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1967
6
Elections contested
57
Seats won, all time
35
Best result (1967)
2.8%
Avg. vote share
430 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (1998)
0
1 contested · 0.00% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
13.3%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

010202939196719711989199119961998BJS

Results Overview

430CONTESTS
  • Won57 (13%)
  • Lost373 (87%)

National vote share

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

0%3%5%8%10%196719711989199119961998BJS 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 35 seats in 1967, on 9.31% of the national vote.
  • At the 1998 election it contested 1 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is UJJAIN, Madhya Pradesh, won 2 times, most recently in 1971.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 22 states, with 550 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 6 general elections the party has polled 2.44 cr votes and lost 181 deposits. It has won 550 assembly seats across 60 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/bjs.