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SPSamajwadi PartyState partySP

Contested 9 general elections between 1991 and 2024, winning 169 Lok Sabha seats from 1,177 candidacies. 885 assembly seats won in 26 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1991
9
Elections contested
169
Seats won, all time
37
Best result (2024)
3.4%
Avg. vote share
1,177 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2024)
37
71 contested · 4.58% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
14.4%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

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Results Overview

1177CONTESTS
  • Won169 (14%)
  • Lost1008 (86%)

National vote share

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

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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 37 seats in 2024, on 4.58% of the national vote.
  • At the 2024 election it contested 71 seats and won 37, a 52% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is MAINPURI, Uttar Pradesh, won 4 times, most recently in 2004.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 26 states, with 885 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 9 general elections the party has polled 13.8 cr votes and lost 696 deposits. It has won 885 assembly seats across 125 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/sp.

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