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PWPWPRegistered, unrecognisedPWP

Contested 8 general elections between 1962 and 1991, winning 8 Lok Sabha seats from 58 candidacies. 90 assembly seats won in 1 state.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
8
Elections contested
8
Seats won, all time
5
Best result (1977)
0.4%
Avg. vote share
58 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (1991)
0
6 contested · 0.11% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
13.8%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

0134619621967197119771980198419891991PWP

Results Overview

58CONTESTS
  • Won8 (14%)
  • Lost50 (86%)

National vote share

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

0%0%0%1%1%19621967197119771980198419891991PWP 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 5 seats in 1977, on 0.55% of the national vote.
  • At the 1991 election it contested 6 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is KOLABA, Maharashtra, won 2 times, most recently in 1984.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 1 state, with 90 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 8 general elections the party has polled 53.7 lakh votes and lost 16 deposits. It has won 90 assembly seats across 8 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/pwp.