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INIndependentIndependentIND

Contested 16 general elections between 1962 and 2024, winning 162 Lok Sabha seats from 51,007 candidacies. 3,334 assembly seats won in 34 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
16
Elections contested
162
Seats won, all time
35
Best result (1967)
5.8%
Avg. vote share
51,007 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (2024)
7
3920 contested · 2.77% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
0.3%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

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Results Overview

51007CONTESTS
  • Won162 (0%)
  • Lost50845 (100%)

National vote share

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

0%4%8%12%15%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024IND 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 13.78% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 3,920 seats and won 7, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is KOKRAJHAR, Assam, won 6 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 34 states, with 3,334 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 16 general elections the party has polled 24.8 cr votes and lost 50,381 deposits. It has won 3,334 assembly seats across 384 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/ind.