JSBharatiya Jana SanghNational partyJS
Contested 1 general election between 1962 and 1962, winning 14 Lok Sabha seats from 196 candidacies. 116 assembly seats won in 12 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
1
Elections contested
14
Seats won, all time
14
Best result (1962)
6.4%
Avg. vote share
196 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (1962)
14
196 contested · 6.44% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
7.1%
seats won per seat contested
Seats won
Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha
Results Overview
- Won14 (7%)
- Lost182 (93%)
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 14 seats in 1962, on 6.44% of the national vote.
- At the 1962 election it contested 196 seats and won 14, a 7% strike rate.
- Strongest constituency is DEWAS, Madhya Pradesh, won 1 time, most recently in 1962.
- Holds a state assembly record in 12 states, with 116 assembly seats won overall.
Totals
Across 1 general election the party has polled 74.2 lakh votes and lost 114 deposits. It has won 116 assembly seats across 12 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/js.