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SSSamyukta Socialist PartyNational partySSP

Contested 7 general elections between 1967 and 2004, winning 28 Lok Sabha seats from 221 candidacies. 368 assembly seats won in 19 states.

Lok Sabha overall · since 1967
7
Elections contested
28
Seats won, all time
23
Best result (1967)
1.1%
Avg. vote share
221 candidacies fielded in total
Latest (2004)
0
1 contested · 0.00% of the national vote
Strike rate, all time
12.7%
seats won per seat contested

Seats won

Across every general election contested, Lok Sabha

061319261967197119891991199619992004SSP

Results Overview

221CONTESTS
  • Won28 (13%)
  • Lost193 (87%)

National vote share

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

0%1%3%4%6%1967197119891991199619992004SSP 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 23 seats in 1967, on 4.92% of the national vote.
  • At the 2004 election it contested 1 seats and won 0, a 0% strike rate.
  • Strongest constituency is SIKKIM, Sikkim, won 2 times, most recently in 1991.
  • Holds a state assembly record in 19 states, with 368 assembly seats won overall.

Totals

Across 7 general elections the party has polled 1.11 cr votes and lost 119 deposits. It has won 368 assembly seats across 36 state elections. Machine-readable at /api/parties/ssp.

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