JNJanata PartyNational partyJNP
Contested 4 general elections between 1980 and 2019, winning 41 Lok Sabha seats from 700 candidacies. 2,019 assembly seats won in 27 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1980
4
Elections contested
41
Seats won, all time
31
Best result (1980)
6.5%
Avg. vote share
700 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2019)
0
24 contested · 0.31% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
5.9%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won41 (6%)
- Lost659 (94%)
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 31 seats in 1980, on 18.97% of the national vote.
- At the 2019 election it contested 24 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is CHAPRA, Bihar, won 2 times, most recently in 1984.
- Holds a state assembly record in 27 states, with 2,019 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 4 general elections the party has polled 5.61 cr votes and lost 293 deposits. It has won 2,019 assembly seats across 67 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/jnp.