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Political Party Election Results

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
AIRJPAIRJPRegistered, unrecognised41994in 19981998
VSIPVSIPRegistered, unrecognised4254in 20202020–2025
BHRTADVSIPBharat Adivasi PartyRegistered, unrecognised4663in 20232023–2024
RSPSRashtriya Samaj PakshaRegistered, unrecognised42681in 20242004–2025
BSRCPBSRCPRegistered, unrecognised41764in 20132013
BTPBTPRegistered, unrecognised4642in 20182017–2024
RSHTLKMRSHTLKMRegistered, unrecognised464in 20252025
NDPNDPRegistered, unrecognised4172in 19911982–2008
ZNPZNPRegistered, unrecognised4822in 20082003–2013
MCORMCORRegistered, unrecognised4162in 19951990–1995
ADCADCRegistered, unrecognised484in 19911991
KHNAMKHNAMRegistered, unrecognised4502in 20032003–2018
VOICEOFTHE…VOICEOFTHEPEOPLEPARTYRegistered, unrecognised4184in 20232023
TUJSTUJSRegistered, unrecognised4104in 19981998
MDPMDPRegistered, unrecognised4384in 20032003–2013
GFPGFPRegistered, unrecognised473in 20172017–2022
PDCPDCRegistered, unrecognised4362in 19881983–1988
PFPFRegistered, unrecognised4174in 19641964
SPCSPCRegistered, unrecognised4464in 19791979–1985
RPIARPIAState37222in 20231994–2026
RALTPRALTPRegistered, unrecognised3583in 20182018
INLINLRegistered, unrecognised3721in 20211994–2026
LJNSPLJNSPState32941in 20032001–2004
MCOMCORegistered, unrecognised3411in 20142000–2019
RPDRPDRegistered, unrecognised31762in 20072002–2017
CMPKSCCMPKSCRegistered, unrecognised3131in 20261996–2026
ABLTCABLTCRegistered, unrecognised3302in 20021998–2012
MLOMLORegistered, unrecognised3163in 19771977
JMMMJMMMRegistered, unrecognised3633in 19951995–1996
ISPISPRegistered, unrecognised3203in 19701970–2025
CSCSRegistered, unrecognised351in 20212006–2026
JPCJPCRegistered, unrecognised3462in 20142014–2024
PMLPMLRegistered, unrecognised3423in 19691969–1971
HSDHSDRegistered, unrecognised3393in 19721972–1993
KSPKSPRegistered, unrecognised3162in 20001970–2004
PPPPRegistered, unrecognised3463in 19621962–2019
HLSHLSRegistered, unrecognised383in 19621962
MPCMPCRegistered, unrecognised3242in 20082008–2013
ACACState3492in 20041999–2004
PDMPDMState3273in 19981998–2003
AHLCAMAHLCAMRegistered, unrecognised3273in 19931993
ADKJRADKJRRegistered, unrecognised21752in 19891989
SJPRSJPRRegistered, unrecognised25291in 20021994–2012
GPPGPPRegistered, unrecognised21672in 20122012
BLSPBLSPRegistered, unrecognised2382in 20152015–2025
SWPSWPRegistered, unrecognised2521in 20191994–2024
RSMDRSMDRegistered, unrecognised22872in 20032003–2025
PTPTRegistered, unrecognised2762in 20112001–2026
LKDBLKDBState24712in 19891989–1990
KRSKRSRegistered, unrecognised21252in 19891989–1994

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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