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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

Ranked by Lok Sabha seats won, all time

PartyTypeSeats wonContestedBest resultActive
RKDRKDRegistered, unrecognised021991–1996
JSSAJana Sahayaka SakthiRegistered, unrecognised022024
BHPBHPRegistered, unrecognised012014
TNPWPTNPWPRegistered, unrecognised011999
RAUPRAUPRegistered, unrecognised012014
ABPLAtulya Bharat PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
YSEPYoung Star Empowerment PartyRegistered, unrecognised042024
HSPAHamara Sahara PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
PSPSRegistered, unrecognised012024
JKPPAPJKPPAPRegistered, unrecognised012019
BRMDBRMDRegistered, unrecognised012014
ABJPNAbhinav Bharat Janseva PakshRegistered, unrecognised012024
RAJADPRAJADPRegistered, unrecognised022019
AIACPAIACPRegistered, unrecognised012014
LEPLokshahi Ekta PartyRegistered, unrecognised022024
GJPGJPRegistered, unrecognised011989
JSPVRJanta Samajwadi Party (Vivek Raj)Registered, unrecognised012024
HSDDHindvi Swarajyay DalRegistered, unrecognised012024
RAMSPRAMSPRegistered, unrecognised012014
RSHJPRSHJPRegistered, unrecognised012014
AKAKRPAKAKRPRegistered, unrecognised012014
BJDIBJDIRegistered, unrecognised042014–2019
BLPRABharatiya Liberal PartyRegistered, unrecognised022024
BPABhartiya PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
BMDBMDRegistered, unrecognised012019
RSDALRSDALRegistered, unrecognised012019
BLPRBharatiya Lokshakti PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
RSUPRPRSUPRPRegistered, unrecognised012009
VMSKPVMSKPRegistered, unrecognised012019
RNVPRashtriya Narayanwadi Vikas PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
BHAZSBHAZSRegistered, unrecognised012019
GJPPGJPPRegistered, unrecognised012019
ABSSPABSSPRegistered, unrecognised022009–2019
RABAPRABAPRegistered, unrecognised012014
FDLPFDLPRegistered, unrecognised012019
MKSDMKSDRegistered, unrecognised011999
SKPPSKPPRegistered, unrecognised012019
AJKPPFAJKPPFRegistered, unrecognised011999
APPAll Peoples PartyRegistered, unrecognised032024
RSPHTRRashtriya Sanskriti PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
PASIPPublic Adhikar Socialist Indian PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
TMMKTamizhaga Murpokku Makkal KatchiRegistered, unrecognised032024
BUNPBhartiya Uday Nirman PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
KVSBKVSBRegistered, unrecognised011999
AJPJAAam Janshakti PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
JVPLJanlok Vikas PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
NJCNJCRegistered, unrecognised012014
PRSTPPRSTPRegistered, unrecognised022019
BBSPBharatiya Bahujan Samta PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
NABMUPNABMUPRegistered, 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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