SWSwatantra PartyNational partySWA
Contested 3 general elections between 1962 and 1971, winning 70 Lok Sabha seats from 410 candidacies. 513 assembly seats won in 19 states.
Lok Sabha overall · since 1962
3
Elections contested
70
Seats won, all time
44
Best result (1967)
6.5%
Avg. vote share
410 candidacies fielded in total
Where the seats came from, 1971
States and union territories in which the party won a Lok Sabha seat at its most recent general election
Strongest constituencies, all time
Lok Sabha seats won most often by this party
In the state assemblies
513 seats across 48 assembly elections in 19 states
| State / UT | Elections | Seats won | Best | Latest | Seats | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odisha | 3 | 106 | 49in 1967 | 1974 | 21/ 146 | 12.08% |
| Rajasthan | 3 | 95 | 48in 1967 | 1972 | 11/ 184 | 12.32% |
| Gujarat | 3 | 92 | 66in 1967 | 1972 | 0/ 168 | 1.78% |
| Bihar | 4 | 57 | 50in 1962 | 1972 | 1/ 318 | 0.71% |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 50 | 29in 1967 | 1972 | 2/ 287 | 1.98% |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 33 | 15in 1962 | 1974 | 1/ 424 | 1.14% |
| Madras | 2 | 26 | 20in 1967 | 1967 | 20/ 234 | 5.30% |
| Mysore | 3 | 25 | 16in 1967 | 1972 | 0/ 216 | 0.57% |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 9 | 7in 1967 | 1972 | 0/ 296 | 0.55% |
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 6 | 6in 1971 | 1971 | 6/ 234 | 2.95% |
| Haryana | 2 | 5 | 3in 1967 | 1968 | 2/ 81 | 8.18% |
| Punjab | 4 | 4 | 3in 1962 | 1972 | 0/ 104 | 0.03% |
| Assam | 2 | 3 | 2in 1967 | 1972 | 1/ 114 | 0.58% |
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 1in 1967 | 1969 | 0/ 280 | 0.07% |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1in 1967 | 1967 | 1/ 60 | 1.93% |
| Maharashtra | 3 | 0 | 0in 1972 | 1972 | 0/ 270 | 0.09% |
| Kerala | 2 | 0 | 0in 1970 | 1970 | 0/ 133 | 0.11% |
| Delhi | 1 | 0 | 0in 1972 | 1972 | 0/ 56 | 0.07% |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 0in 1972 | 1972 | 0/ 75 | 0.10% |
Assembly vote share is the share of valid votes cast in that state at that election, not a national figure — the two are not comparable and are never added together. Rows are ordered by total seats won, so a long run of modest results can outrank a single landslide.
