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JDJD(U)State partyJD(U)

Contested 6 general elections between 1999 and 2024, winning 79 Lok Sabha seats from 322 candidacies. 541 assembly seats won in 28 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1999
6
Elections contested
79
Seats won, all time
21
Best result (1999)
1.8%
Avg. vote share
322 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
Bihar121675%-4vs 2019

Strongest constituencies, all time

Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party

ConstituencyStateWinsContestedLast won
NALANDABihar442024
SITAMARHIBihar342024
JHANJHARPURBihar342024
SUPAULBihar342024
VALMIKI NAGARBihar342024
MUNGERBihar342024
MADHEPURABihar342024
SIWANBihar242024

In the state assemblies

541 seats across 105 assembly elections in 28 states

State / UTElectionsSeats wonBestLatestSeatsVote share
Bihar7478115in 2010202585/ 24319.25%
Karnataka52318in 199920180/ 2240.11%
Jharkhand596in 200520241/ 810.81%
Manipur576in 202220226/ 6010.77%
Arunachal Pradesh277in 201920197/ 609.88%
Nagaland453in 200320181/ 604.49%
Gujarat442in 200220170/ 1820.10%
Rajasthan432in 200320180/ 1990.05%
Uttar Pradesh432in 200220220/ 4030.11%
Delhi611in 201320250/ 701.06%
Madhya Pradesh411in 200320230/ 2300.02%
West Bengal500in 202120210/ 2940.02%
Kerala500in 202120210/ 1400.00%
Assam500in 202120210/ 1260.11%
Maharashtra400in 201420140/ 2880.01%
Chhattisgarh400in 201820180/ 900.06%
Haryana400in 201920190/ 900.01%
Puducherry400in 202120210/ 300.02%
Tamil Nadu400in 201620160/ 2320.01%
Uttarakhand300in 201220120/ 700.04%
Tripura300in 201320130/ 600.02%
Jammu and Kashmir300in 202420240/ 900.13%
Odisha300in 200920090/ 1470.04%
Mizoram200in 200820080/ 400.04%
Punjab200in 202220220/ 1170.00%
Andhra Pradesh200in 201420140/ 1750.00%
Telangana100in 201420140/ 1190.00%
Goa100in 201220120/ 400.09%

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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