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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
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Ranked by Lok Sabha seats won, all time

Registered, unrecognised

PartyTypeSeats wonContestedBest resultActive
AISFAISFRegistered, unrecognised0172024
JNJPJNJPRegistered, unrecognised072019
SDPISocial Democratic Party of IndiaRegistered, unrecognised0592014–2024
AJBPAJBPRegistered, unrecognised02541998–2009
JKPNJKPNRegistered, unrecognised0241996–2019
KNMKKNMKRegistered, unrecognised0122009
APOIAPOIRegistered, unrecognised01112014–2019
JMMMJMMMRegistered, unrecognised0111996–1998
BTPBTPRegistered, unrecognised0192019
SADASSMShiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)(Simranjit Singh Mann)Registered, unrecognised0142024
NAGPNAGPRegistered, unrecognised0111991
LIPLIPRegistered, unrecognised032019
FBSFBSRegistered, unrecognised031996–1998
JKPDPKJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic PartyRegistered, unrecognised032024
SADBSADBRegistered, unrecognised091989
AJPAJPRegistered, unrecognised021991–2024
AMBAMBRegistered, unrecognised01031989–2019
TMCMLTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)Registered, unrecognised032024
SHSADSHSADRegistered, unrecognised071999
PPIDPPIDRegistered, unrecognised01352019–2024
RSMDRSMDRegistered, unrecognised0482004–2019
URMCAURMCARegistered, unrecognised021998–1999
AMMKAmma Makkal Munnettra KazagamRegistered, unrecognised022024
KTVPKTVPRegistered, unrecognised0191998
SSDSSDRegistered, unrecognised0811977–2019
QEDQEDRegistered, unrecognised092014
NDPPONationalist Democratic Progressive PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
KNDPKNDPRegistered, unrecognised0212004
JDPJanta Darbar PartyRegistered, unrecognised0362004–2024
PSPLPSPLRegistered, unrecognised0832019
SBSPLSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
TRCTRCRegistered, unrecognised011999
MLOMLORegistered, unrecognised021977
SJDSJDRegistered, unrecognised012014
LBPLBPRegistered, unrecognised042004–2009
MAMAKMAMAKRegistered, unrecognised052009–2014
BSCPBSCPRegistered, unrecognised01052014–2024
PUNEKPPUNEKPRegistered, unrecognised032019
MSHPMSHPRegistered, unrecognised022019
PRBPPRBPRegistered, unrecognised082004–2009
JKNPPJammu & Kashmir National Panthers PartyRegistered, unrecognised0421999–2019
JPCJPCRegistered, unrecognised052009–2019
LTSDLTSDRegistered, unrecognised0282009
BVAUBahujan Vikas AaghadiRegistered, unrecognised012024
RLMRashtriya Lok MorchaRegistered, unrecognised012024
WPOIWPOIRegistered, unrecognised0272014–2019
IJPIJPRegistered, unrecognised0931989–2014
MJPMJPRegistered, unrecognised0162009
ATDPATDPRegistered, unrecognised0201999
PDPJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic PartyRegistered, unrecognised0161996–2019

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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