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PSPraja Socialist PartyNational partyPSP

Contested 6 general elections between 1962 and 1999, winning 27 Lok Sabha seats from 343 candidacies. 307 assembly seats won in 20 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
6
Elections contested
27
Seats won, all time
13
Best result (1967)
1.8%
Avg. vote share
343 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (1999)
0
1 contested · 0.00% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
7.9%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

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Results Overview

343CONTESTS
  • Won27 (8%)
  • Lost316 (92%)

National vote share

Share of all valid votes cast in India, not of seats contested

0%2%4%6%8%196219671971199619981999PSP vote share

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 13 seats in 1967, on 3.06% of the national vote.
  • At the 1999 election it contested 1 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is RAJAPUR, Maharashtra, won 2 times, most recently in 1971.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 20 states, with 307 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 6 general elections the party has polled 1.38 cr votes and lost 199 deposits. It has won 307 assembly seats across 45 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/psp.

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