BLBharatiya Lok DalNational partyBLD
Contested 1 general election between 1977 and 1977, winning 295 Lok Sabha seats from 405 candidacies. 8 assembly seats won in 2 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1977
1
Elections contested
295
Seats won, all time
295
Best result (1977)
41.3%
Avg. vote share
405 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (1977)
295
405 contested · 41.32% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
72.8%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won295 (73%)
- Lost110 (27%)
National vote share
Share of all valid votes cast in India, not of seats contested
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 295 seats in 1977, on 41.32% of the national vote.
- At the 1977 election it contested 405 seats and won 295, a 73% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is GAUHATI, Assam, won 1 time, most recently in 1977.
- Holds a state assembly record in 2 states, with 8 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 1 general election the party has polled 7.81 cr votes and lost 5 deposits. It has won 8 assembly seats across 2 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/bld.
