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JanadeshJanadesh

RSRevolutionary Socialist PartyState partyRSP

Contested 15 general elections between 1962 and 2024, winning 45 Lok Sabha seats from 103 candidacies. 228 assembly seats won in 19 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
15
Elections contested
45
Seats won, all time
5
Best result (1996)
0.4%
Avg. vote share
103 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (2024)
1
10 contested · 0.09% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
43.7%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

01346196219711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024RSP

Results Overview

103CONTESTS
  • Won45 (44%)
  • Lost58 (56%)

National vote share

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

0%0%0%1%1%196219711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024RSP 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 1996, on 0.63% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 10 seats and won 1, a 10% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is BALURGHAT, West Bengal, won 9 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 19 states, with 228 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 15 general elections the party has polled 2 cr votes and lost 44 deposits. It has won 228 assembly seats across 90 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/rsp.