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JDJD(S)State partyJD(S)

Contested 7 general elections between 1991 and 2024, winning 12 Lok Sabha seats from 220 candidacies. 214 assembly seats won in 25 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1991
7
Elections contested
12
Seats won, all time
3
Best result (2004)
0.7%
Avg. vote share
220 candidacies fielded in total

Where the seats came from, 2024

States and union territories in which the party won a Lok Sabha seat at its most recent general election

State / UTWonContestedStrike rateChange from last election
Karnataka2367%+1vs 2019

Strongest constituencies, all time

Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party

ConstituencyStateWinsContestedLast won
MANDYAKarnataka342024
HASSANKarnataka342019
KOLARKarnataka132024
HASSANKarnataka122004
CALICUTKerala122004
MALEGAONMaharashtra121999
BANGALORE RURALKarnataka122009
CHAMARAJANAGARKarnataka122004

In the state assemblies

214 seats across 78 assembly elections in 25 states

State / UTElectionsSeats wonBestLatestSeatsVote share
Karnataka619258in 2004202319/ 22413.29%
Kerala5175in 200620212/ 1401.28%
Maharashtra622in 199920240/ 2880.00%
Manipur311in 200020120/ 600.01%
Odisha211in 200020040/ 1470.44%
Delhi211in 200320080/ 700.02%
Bihar500in 202020200/ 2430.04%
Andhra Pradesh500in 201920190/ 1750.00%
West Bengal400in 201620160/ 2940.00%
Madhya Pradesh400in 201820180/ 2300.00%
Rajasthan400in 201820180/ 1990.00%
Tamil Nadu400in 202120210/ 2340.00%
Uttar Pradesh400in 201220120/ 4030.01%
Haryana300in 200920090/ 900.00%
Jharkhand300in 201920190/ 810.01%
Jammu and Kashmir300in 201420140/ 870.00%
Uttarakhand300in 201220120/ 700.01%
Assam300in 200620060/ 1260.03%
Punjab200in 200720070/ 1160.00%
Gujarat200in 201720170/ 1820.00%
Telangana100in 201820180/ 1190.00%
Goa100in 200720070/ 401.28%
Nagaland100in 200820080/ 600.32%
Puducherry100in 200620060/ 300.63%
Arunachal Pradesh100in 201920190/ 602.16%

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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