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RJRashtriya Janata DalState partyRJD

Contested 7 general elections between 1998 and 2024, winning 60 Lok Sabha seats from 337 candidacies. 479 assembly seats won in 27 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1998
7
Elections contested
60
Seats won, all time
24
Best result (2004)
1.9%
Avg. vote share
337 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (2024)
4
24 contested · 1.57% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
17.8%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

071320271998199920042009201420192024RJD

Results Overview

337CONTESTS
  • Won60 (18%)
  • Lost277 (82%)

National vote share

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

0%1%2%2%3%1998199920042009201420192024RJD 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 24 seats in 2004, on 2.41% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 24 seats and won 4, a 17% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is SIWAN, Bihar, won 3 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 27 states, with 479 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 7 general elections the party has polled 5.92 cr votes and lost 141 deposits. It has won 479 assembly seats across 76 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/rjd.