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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
PSPARTPSPARTRegistered, unrecognised022015
SJPCSJPCRegistered, unrecognised012018
MMRSKMMRSKRegistered, unrecognised012026
SECULARDEM…SECULARDEMOCRATICCONGRESSRegistered, unrecognised012021
BDDBDDRegistered, unrecognised011991
MGMKMGMKRegistered, unrecognised011991
URPIURPIRegistered, unrecognised012024
JAMPJAMPRegistered, unrecognised012013
AZADMAZDOO…AZADMAZDOORKISSANPARTYRegistered, unrecognised012023
RNDRNDRegistered, unrecognised022009–2014
MLKTWDPMLKTWDPRegistered, unrecognised012024
BUPBUPRegistered, unrecognised012026
THMMTHMMRegistered, unrecognised011996
MMKMMMKMRegistered, unrecognised011991
JCPJCPRegistered, unrecognised012003
SCLSCLRegistered, unrecognised021979
NSSPNSSPRegistered, unrecognised012005
INKKINKKRegistered, unrecognised012026
BAHUJANSUR…BAHUJANSURAKSHADALRegistered, unrecognised012022
RJAWPRJAWPRegistered, unrecognised012018
AIBPSPAIBPSPRegistered, unrecognised012023
BJPKBJPKRegistered, unrecognised012024
RASHTRIYAA…RASHTRIYAADARSHPARTYRegistered, unrecognised012022
MCJMCJRegistered, unrecognised011991
JSHSPJSHSPRegistered, unrecognised012013
KMSKMSRegistered, unrecognised011991
SMJVKPSMJVKPRegistered, unrecognised012025
MELPHCMELPHCRegistered, unrecognised011996
LOKTANTRIK…LOKTANTRIKSAMAJWADIPARTYRegistered, unrecognised012022
IPCPIPCPRegistered, unrecognised012014
NVSLMPNVSLMPRegistered, unrecognised012024
DVPBDVPBRegistered, unrecognised012018
RHCRHCRegistered, unrecognised012008
HIPHIPRegistered, unrecognised012024
PEPARTPEPARTRegistered, unrecognised012017
AIWUPAIWUPRegistered, unrecognised012016
RSSMRSSMRegistered, unrecognised012018
CHSJPCHSJPRegistered, unrecognised012013
TMGMKTMGMKRegistered, unrecognised012026
KAMARAJARD…KAMARAJARDESEEYACONGRESSRegistered, unrecognised012021
BHARTIYAJA…BHARTIYAJANSAMRATPARTYRegistered, unrecognised012023
RABAPRABAPRegistered, unrecognised012017
BHARTIYAMA…BHARTIYAMANAVADHIKAARFEDERALPARTYRegistered, unrecognised012021
GEPGEPRegistered, unrecognised012025
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIASIVARAJRegistered, unrecognised012021
SUTFSUTFRegistered, unrecognised012019
RPPIRPPIRegistered, unrecognised011990
PURATCHIBH…PURATCHIBHARATHAMRegistered, unrecognised012021
RTRSPRTRSPRegistered, unrecognised012015
VSWABHRTPVSWABHRTPRegistered, unrecognised012023

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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