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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
ABKMPABKMPRegistered, unrecognised012024
RMOPRMOPRegistered, unrecognised012014
AYPAYPRegistered, unrecognised012019
JPDJPDRegistered, unrecognised012019
SKPRSwaraj Kranti PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
BMPAIBMPAIRegistered, unrecognised021999–2004
NSCPNSCPRegistered, unrecognised012009
ABDDABDDRegistered, unrecognised031996
HSCPHSCPRegistered, unrecognised012014
DSPIDemocratic Socialist Party of IndiaRegistered, unrecognised012024
HIPHIPRegistered, unrecognised011998
AIAHMJKPAIAHMJKPRegistered, unrecognised031996
SFPSFPRegistered, unrecognised022019
BJJPABharatiya Jan Jagriti PartyRegistered, unrecognised022024
BMNSPBMNSPRegistered, unrecognised012014
ASPAAadarsh Sangram PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
BLTPBLTPRegistered, unrecognised021996
DBPVDigvijaya Bharatha PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
RPIBRepublican Party of India BharathaRegistered, unrecognised012024
SLPRSLPRRegistered, unrecognised011996
HAPAHAPARegistered, unrecognised012019
INYJPIndian National Yuva Jana PartyRegistered, unrecognised022024
SBPYASatya Bahumat PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
MSSMSSRegistered, unrecognised031996
AACPAACPRegistered, unrecognised012019
VVSVVSRegistered, unrecognised012009
JBPJBPRegistered, unrecognised012009
AMKPAMKPRegistered, unrecognised012019
FIPFIPRegistered, unrecognised012019
NLPLNew Labour PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
ABAPAkhil Bhartiya Aamjan PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
KBSPKunbi Bahujan Sawrajya PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
RTBHPRTBHPRegistered, unrecognised012019
RNNBPRNNBPRegistered, unrecognised012019
BNJSBNJSRegistered, unrecognised011999
SOJPSOJPRegistered, unrecognised012019
BSVPBSVPRegistered, unrecognised021996
PPSPCPachchasi Parivartan Samaj PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
JSPAJana Shankhaaraavam PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
RBPHTRashtriy Bahujan PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
TCPTelugu Congress PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
NINIKNam India Naam Indiyar KatchiRegistered, unrecognised012024
CSBGPChhatrapati Shivaji Bhartiya Garib PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
BEPRBEPRRegistered, unrecognised011999
GSRPGSRPRegistered, unrecognised012014
LRPPLokpriya Rashtrawadi PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
AAPAAnjaan Aadmi PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
ABSPNAkhand Bharat Swatantra PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024
RCPIRani Chennamma PartyRegistered, unrecognised022024
RJKPRashtriya Jan Karmath PartyRegistered, unrecognised012024

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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