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BSBahujan Samaj PartyState partyBSP

Contested 11 general elections between 1980 and 2024, winning 86 Lok Sabha seats from 3,499 candidacies. 696 assembly seats won in 23 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1980
11
Elections contested
86
Seats won, all time
21
Best result (2009)
3.5%
Avg. vote share
3,499 candidacies fielded in total

Strongest constituencies, all time

Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party

ConstituencyStateWinsContestedLast won
AKBARPURUttar Pradesh462004
AZAMGARHUttar Pradesh362004
SHAHABADUttar Pradesh362004
BANDAUttar Pradesh271999
PHILLAURPunjab261996
REWAMadhya Pradesh261996
SULTANPURUttar Pradesh262004
SITAPURUttar Pradesh262004

In the state assemblies

696 seats across 160 assembly elections in 23 states

State / UTElectionsSeats wonBestLatestSeatsVote share
Uttar Pradesh10564206in 200720221/ 40312.88%
Madhya Pradesh83911in 199820230/ 2303.40%
Rajasthan8216in 201820232/ 2001.81%
Uttarakhand5208in 200720222/ 704.82%
Bihar10155in 200020251/ 2431.62%
Punjab7119in 199220221/ 1171.77%
Chhattisgarh572in 201820230/ 902.05%
Haryana851in 201420240/ 901.82%
Jammu and Kashmir554in 199620240/ 900.96%
Delhi822in 200820250/ 700.58%
Karnataka821in 201820230/ 2240.31%
Telangana322in 201420230/ 1191.37%
Himachal Pradesh811in 200720220/ 680.35%
Andhra Pradesh811in 200420240/ 1750.60%
Jharkhand511in 201420240/ 810.78%
West Bengal800in 202620260/ 2940.18%
Gujarat800in 202220220/ 1820.50%
Maharashtra800in 202420240/ 2880.48%
Odisha800in 202420240/ 1470.38%
Tamil Nadu800in 202620260/ 2340.11%
Kerala700in 202620260/ 1400.15%
Puducherry600in 202120210/ 300.14%
Goa100in 199419940/ 401.58%

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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