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RPRPIState partyRPI

Contested 13 general elections between 1967 and 2019, winning 5 Lok Sabha seats from 292 candidacies. 34 assembly seats won in 26 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1967
13
Elections contested
5
Seats won, all time
4
Best result (1998)
0.3%
Avg. vote share
292 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2019)
0
6 contested · 0.00% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
1.7%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

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Results Overview

292CONTESTS
  • Won5 (2%)
  • Lost287 (98%)

National vote share

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

0%1%1%2%3%1967197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019RPI 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 4 seats in 1998, on 0.37% of the national vote.
  • At the 2019 election it contested 6 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is AMRAVATI, Maharashtra, won 1 time, most recently in 1998.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 26 states, with 34 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 13 general elections the party has polled 83.1 lakh votes and lost 246 deposits. It has won 34 assembly seats across 135 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/rpi.