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SAShiromani Akali DalState partySAD

Contested 13 general elections between 1971 and 2024, winning 55 Lok Sabha seats from 125 candidacies. 479 assembly seats won in 3 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1971
13
Elections contested
55
Seats won, all time
9
Best result (1977)
0.7%
Avg. vote share
125 candidacies fielded in total
OverviewElection HistoryState-wise Performance
Latest (2024)
1
13 contested · 0.28% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
44.0%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

0358101971197719801984198919961998199920042009201420192024SAD

Results Overview

125CONTESTS
  • Won55 (44%)
  • Lost70 (56%)

National vote share

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

0%0%1%1%1%1971197719801984198919961998199920042009201420192024SAD 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 9 seats in 1977, on 1.26% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 13 seats and won 1, a 8% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is TARN TARAN, Punjab, won 7 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 3 states, with 479 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 13 general elections the party has polled 3.25 cr votes and lost 17 deposits. It has won 479 assembly seats across 17 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/sad.