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
Strongest constituencies, all time
Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party
| Constituency | State | Wins | Contested | Last won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAJIPUR | Bihar | 4 | 4 | 1998 |
| DARBHANGA | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
| MUZAFFARPUR | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
| VAISHALI | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
| SITAMARHI | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
| JHANJHARPUR | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
| ROSERA | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
| SAMASTIPUR | Bihar | 3 | 4 | 1996 |
In the state assemblies
1,212 seats across 55 assembly elections in 25 states
| State / UT | Elections | Seats won | Best | Latest | Seats | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5 | 334 | 208in 1989 | 2012 | 0/ 403 | 0.00% |
| Bihar | 2 | 289 | 167in 1995 | 1995 | 167/ 324 | 27.98% |
| Odisha | 2 | 169 | 123in 1990 | 1995 | 46/ 147 | 35.41% |
| Karnataka | 2 | 139 | 115in 1994 | 1994 | 115/ 224 | 33.54% |
| Gujarat | 3 | 74 | 70in 1990 | 1998 | 4/ 182 | 2.63% |
| Rajasthan | 3 | 64 | 55in 1990 | 1998 | 3/ 200 | 1.97% |
| Maharashtra | 2 | 35 | 24in 1990 | 1995 | 11/ 288 | 5.86% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 33 | 28in 1990 | 1998 | 1/ 320 | 1.87% |
| Manipur | 2 | 18 | 11in 1990 | 1995 | 7/ 60 | 11.92% |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 14 | 11in 1990 | 1995 | 3/ 60 | 17.24% |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 11 | 11in 1990 | 1998 | 0/ 68 | 0.75% |
| Kerala | 2 | 7 | 4in 1996 | 1996 | 4/ 140 | 4.12% |
| Puducherry | 3 | 6 | 4in 1990 | 1996 | 1/ 30 | 4.42% |
| Delhi | 2 | 5 | 4in 1993 | 1998 | 1/ 70 | 1.79% |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | 5 | 5in 1996 | 1996 | 5/ 87 | 10.87% |
| Haryana | 2 | 3 | 3in 1991 | 1996 | 0/ 90 | 0.84% |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 2 | 1in 1996 | 1996 | 1/ 234 | 0.43% |
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1in 1991 | 1996 | 0/ 294 | 0.29% |
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 1in 1991 | 1996 | 0/ 122 | 0.58% |
| Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1in 1992 | 1997 | 0/ 117 | 0.56% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1in 1989 | 1994 | 0/ 294 | 0.09% |
| Goa | 3 | 0 | 0in 1999 | 1999 | 0/ 40 | 0.03% |
| Meghalaya | 1 | 0 | 0in 1998 | 1998 | 0/ 60 | 0.01% |
| Tripura | 1 | 0 | 0in 1998 | 1998 | 0/ 60 | 0.24% |
| Mizoram | 1 | 0 | 0in 1998 | 1998 | 0/ 40 | 0.28% |
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.
