JDJanata DalNational partyJD
Contested 5 general elections between 1989 and 2019, winning 254 Lok Sabha seats from 944 candidacies. 1,212 assembly seats won in 25 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1989
5
Elections contested
254
Seats won, all time
143
Best result (1989)
8.2%
Avg. vote share
944 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2019)
0
1 contested · 0.00% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
26.9%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won254 (27%)
- Lost690 (73%)
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 143 seats in 1989, on 17.79% of the national vote.
- At the 2019 election it contested 1 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is HAJIPUR, Bihar, won 4 times, most recently in 1998.
- Holds a state assembly record in 25 states, with 1,212 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 5 general elections the party has polled 12.5 cr votes and lost 421 deposits. It has won 1,212 assembly seats across 55 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/jd.
