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3016 parties have contested a Vidhan Sabha election. Most never win a seat — search or filter by recognition to find any of them.

Total parties
3,016
have contested
National parties
27
State parties
94
Registered, unrecognised
2,894

Ranked by Vidhan Sabha seats won, all time

PartyTypeSeats wonContestedBest resultActive
RAJSPRAJSPRegistered, unrecognised062013–2016
BTJSPBTJSPRegistered, unrecognised062024
UWFUWFRegistered, unrecognised082008–2024
MKRPMKRPRegistered, unrecognised032023
JCVIVPJCVIVPRegistered, unrecognised0172024
APVMAPVMRegistered, unrecognised012012
BHSVPBHSVPRegistered, unrecognised042012–2017
WESTBENGAL…WESTBENGALSOCIALISTPARTYRegistered, unrecognised022021
MGRTKMGRTKRegistered, unrecognised022011
JSKPJSKPRegistered, unrecognised062024
PSPUPSPURegistered, unrecognised082019–2023
NNKPNNKPRegistered, unrecognised072019–2024
SSPDSunder Samaj PartyRegistered, unrecognised052012
SSSSSSRegistered, unrecognised062024
HINUPHINUPRegistered, unrecognised072017
ABRSABRSRegistered, unrecognised052007–2015
UNLPUNLPRegistered, unrecognised062008–2009
JRVPJanta Raj Vikas PartyRegistered, unrecognised022015–2020
BHCPBHCPRegistered, unrecognised022014–2024
ABAPSMPABAPSMPRegistered, unrecognised022010
BAJAPBAJAPRegistered, unrecognised042015
SANATANSAN…SANATANSANSKRITIRAKSHADALRegistered, unrecognised032022
JANADHIKAR…JANADHIKARPARTYLOKTANTRIKRegistered, unrecognised022022
IDMKIDMKRegistered, unrecognised082026
RAJUPRAJUPRegistered, unrecognised032012
BLOKSPBLOKSPRegistered, unrecognised052017–2025
REALDEMOCR…REALDEMOCRACYPARTYRegistered, unrecognised022022
HMSKPHMSKPRegistered, unrecognised0232019
NAKIBHARAT…NAKIBHARATIYAEKTAPARTYRegistered, unrecognised042022
BHMMBHMMRegistered, unrecognised062013–2023
MKDMKDRegistered, unrecognised052012
DBMDBMRegistered, unrecognised0111990
HCYMHCYMRegistered, unrecognised041991
RASLPRASLPRegistered, unrecognised0142014–2024
BRPIBRPIRegistered, unrecognised042017–2018
BOPBOPRegistered, unrecognised061990–2009
GNTKSPGNTKSPRegistered, unrecognised042025
BKNPBKNPRegistered, unrecognised092019–2024
DEMOCRATIC…DEMOCRATICSOCIALISTPARTYOFINDIARegistered, unrecognised032021
RPIKMRPIKMRegistered, unrecognised052004–2014
MTLWDPMTLWDPRegistered, unrecognised022025
AMBHRTPAMBHRTPRegistered, unrecognised052023
BAHUJANDRA…BAHUJANDRAVIDAPARTYRegistered, unrecognised0182021
MTRSPMTRSPRegistered, unrecognised052023
SASPASASPARegistered, unrecognised042017
BDBJPBDBJPRegistered, unrecognised052018
BMSKMBMSKMRegistered, unrecognised032002–2012
JJPJagrook Janta PartyRegistered, unrecognised012014
DMKPDMKPRegistered, unrecognised051990–2015
KJSPKJSPRegistered, unrecognised032018

A party is one row for as long as it keeps its name and symbol. Splits and mergers make new rows: the Congress of 1971 and the Congress (I) of 1980 are recorded separately, because that is how the Election Commission recorded them at the time. “Best result” here is the best result in a single state assembly, not a national total — the two houses are never added together. “National”, “State” and “Registered, unrecognised” reflect each party’s Election Commission recognition status as recorded in the source data, which can change over a party’s lifetime.

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