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Political Party Election Results

1975 parties have contested a Lok Sabha election. Most never win a seat — search or filter by recognition to find any of them.

Total parties
1,975
have contested
National parties
22
State parties
81
Registered, unrecognised
1,871

Ranked by Lok Sabha seats won, all time

PartyTypeSeats wonContestedBest resultActive
SKVPSanyukt Kisan Vikas PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
AKBJHPAKBJHPRegistered, unrecognised042014–2019
BALPBALPRegistered, unrecognised072019
SGUPSGUPRegistered, unrecognised072019
NPAPNPAPRegistered, unrecognised081998
MVAMVARegistered, unrecognised0132014–2024
RSDRSDRegistered, unrecognised081991–2024
BMVPBMVPRegistered, unrecognised022004
RNPRashtra Nirman PartyRegistered, unrecognised081996–2024
JKMPJKMPRegistered, unrecognised061991
JSSJSSRegistered, unrecognised022009
GAAPGAAPRegistered, unrecognised0102014–2019
SSRDSanatan Sanskriti Raksha DalRegistered, unrecognised0132014–2024
RJPKRJPKRegistered, unrecognised082009–2014
JKNPPBJKNPPBRegistered, unrecognised052024
HVDHVDRegistered, unrecognised032014–2024
JJSPJJSPRegistered, unrecognised072024
JJPJagrook Janta PartyRegistered, unrecognised071991–2024
LBLBRegistered, unrecognised0102009–2014
SVPPSVPPRegistered, unrecognised0112009–2024
SATBPSATBPRegistered, unrecognised072019
SABPSABPRegistered, unrecognised072014–2019
JBNPJBNPRegistered, unrecognised0142024
RASDRASDRegistered, unrecognised062009
RPARPARegistered, unrecognised031971
MWSPMWSPRegistered, unrecognised092014–2019
AHPAl-Hind PartyRegistered, unrecognised042024
YTPYuga Thulasi PartyRegistered, unrecognised082024
AIJMKAll India Jananayaka Makkal KazhagamRegistered, unrecognised0112009–2024
BEPBEPRegistered, unrecognised081996–2009
MASPMASPRegistered, unrecognised042014
MCMalwa CongressRegistered, unrecognised052004–2024
AIVPAIVPRegistered, unrecognised0112009–2019
BKNPBKNPRegistered, unrecognised0152019
GPIGPIRegistered, unrecognised0121989–2024
BDPUBahujan Dravida PartyRegistered, unrecognised0142024
AKBMPAKBMPRegistered, unrecognised032014–2019
ADSPADSPRegistered, unrecognised032009–2014
RPCSRPCSRegistered, unrecognised0102009–2024
INCPINCPRegistered, unrecognised042019
SVRPSVRPRegistered, unrecognised062004–2014
AAPPAAPPRegistered, unrecognised0242019–2024
NEPNEPRegistered, unrecognised072014–2019
IPPIPPRegistered, unrecognised022009–2014
BSKPBSKPRegistered, unrecognised0112009–2024
GNCGNCRegistered, unrecognised021998–1999
SABHPSABHPRegistered, unrecognised082019
GRIPGRIPRegistered, unrecognised032009–2014
PDFOPDFORegistered, unrecognised042009
PHJSPPHJSPRegistered, unrecognised012019

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. “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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