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Contested 8 general elections between 1962 and 2019, winning 9 Lok Sabha seats from 567 candidacies. 78 assembly seats won in 23 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
8
Elections contested
9
Seats won, all time
5
Best result (1991)
0.5%
Avg. vote share
567 candidacies fielded in total

Strongest constituencies, all time

Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party

ConstituencyStateWinsContestedLast won
MADURAITamil Nadu141998
MAINPURIUttar Pradesh121991
BALLIAUttar Pradesh111991
KANNAUJUttar Pradesh111991
RAJMAHALBihar111962
SINGHBHUMBihar111962
HASSANKarnataka111991
RANCHI WESTBihar111962

In the state assemblies

78 seats across 54 assembly elections in 23 states

State / UTElectionsSeats wonBestLatestSeatsVote share
Uttar Pradesh43634in 199120021/ 4030.27%
Bihar62020in 196220200/ 2430.09%
Haryana31616in 199120000/ 900.01%
Andhra Pradesh222in 200420042/ 2940.86%
Arunachal Pradesh122in 199519952/ 602.53%
Tamil Nadu411in 199620060/ 2340.02%
Madhya Pradesh211in 199820030/ 2300.23%
Maharashtra400in 201920190/ 2880.00%
West Bengal300in 201120110/ 2940.01%
Kerala300in 200120010/ 1400.00%
Odisha300in 200420040/ 1470.05%
Puducherry300in 200120010/ 300.03%
Delhi300in 200320030/ 700.00%
Jharkhand200in 201920190/ 810.04%
Karnataka200in 200420040/ 2242.01%
Assam200in 199619960/ 1220.00%
Rajasthan100in 200320030/ 2000.02%
Telangana100in 201420140/ 1190.00%
Jammu and Kashmir100in 200820080/ 870.04%
Meghalaya100in 199319930/ 600.10%
Manipur100in 199519950/ 600.14%
Uttarakhand100in 200220020/ 700.14%
Punjab100in 199719970/ 1170.01%

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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