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The electoral history of the BJP and its predecessors in general elections The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India. The following article contains the performance history of the organization in the elections, they have contested after their formation.
Lok Sabha Andhra Pradesh Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1983 294 80 3 - 582,464 2.76 - 1985 294 10 8 5 372,978 1.62 1.14 1989 294 12 5 3 512,305 1.78 0.16 1994 294 280 3 2 1,210,878 3.89 2.11 1999 294 24 12 9 1,223,481 3.67 0.22 2004 294 27 2 10 942,008 2.63 1.04 2009 294 271 2 1,192,814 2.84 0.21 2014 294 58 9 7 2,000,677 4.13 1.29 After the state's bifurcation in 2014 2019 175 173 0 4 264,437 0.84 - 2024 175 10 8 8 953,977 2.83 1.99
Arunachal Pradesh Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1984 30 6 1 - 17,283 7.69 - 1990 60 Not Contested 1995 60 15 0 14,335 3.37 - 1999 60 23 0 44,556 10.83 7.46 2004 60 39 9 9 87,312 19.0 8.17 2009 60 18 3 6 29,929 5.21 13.79 2014 60 42 11 8 157,412 30.97 25.76 2019 60 60 41 30 315,540 50.86 19.89 2024 60 60 46 5 332,773 54.57 3.71
Assam Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1983 126 Not Contested 1985 126 37 0 - 79,068 1.07 - 1991 126 48 10 10 548,271 6.55 5.48 1996 126 117 4 6 946,236 10.41 4.93 2001 126 46 8 4 995,004 9.35 1.06 2006 126 125 10 2 1,581,925 11.98 2.63 2011 126 120 5 5 1,584,895 11.47 0.51 2016 126 89 60 55 4,992,185 29.51 18.04 2021 126 93 60 6,384,538 33.21 3.7
Bihar Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 324 246 21 - 1,891,325 8.41 - 1985 324 234 16 5 1,833,275 7.54 0.87 1990 324 237 39 23 3,721,392 11.61 4.07 1995 324 315 41 2 4,480,363 12.96 1.35 2000 324 168 67 26 5,424,687 14.64 1.68 After the state's bifurcation in 2000 2005 (FEB) 243 103 37 - 2,686,290 10.97 - 2005 (OCT) 243 102 55 18 3,686,720 15.65 4.68 2010 243 102 91 36 4,790,436 16.49 0.84 2015 243 157 53 38 9,308,015 24.42 7.93 2020 243 110 74 21 8,202,067 19.46 4.96
Chhattisgarh Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 2003 90 90 50 - 3,789,914 39.26 - 2008 90 90 50 4,333,934 40.33 1.07 2013 90 90 49 1 5,365,272 41.04 0.71 2018 90 90 15 34 4,706,830 32.97 8.07 2023 90 90 54 39 7,234,968 46.27 13.33
Delhi Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1993 70 70 49 - 1,520,675 42.82 - 1998 70 67 15 34 1,390,689 34.02 8.8 2003 70 70 20 5 1,589,323 35.22 1.2 2008 70 69 23 3 2,244,629 36.34 1.12 2013 70 68 31 8 2,604,100 33.07 3.27 2015 70 69 3 28 2,890,485 32.19 0.88 2020 70 67 8 5 3,575,529 38.51 6.32
Goa Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1984 30 16 0 - 4915 1.21 - 1989 40 7 0 1985 0.39 0.82 1994 40 12 4 4 52,094 9.05 8.66 1999 40 39 10 6 150,959 26.15 17.1 2002 40 39 17 7 226,350 35.57 9.42 2007 40 33 14 3 215,605 30.32 5.25 2012 40 28 21 7 294,392 34.68 4.36 2017 40 36 13 8 297,588 32.48 2.2 2022 40 40 20 7 316,573 33.3 0.82
Gujarat Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 182 127 9 - 1,090,652 14.02 - 1985 182 124 11 2 1,379,120 14.96 0.94 1990 182 143 67 56 3,386,256 26.69 11.73 1995 182 182 121 54 7,672,401 42.51 15.82 1998 182 182 117 4 7,300,826 44.81 2.3 2002 182 182 127 10 10,194,353 49.85 5.04 2007 182 182 117 10 10,739,972 49.12 0.73 2012 182 182 115 2 13,119,579 47.85 1.27 2017 182 182 99 16 14,724,031 49.05 1.2 2022 182 182 156 57 16,707,962 52.5 3.45
Haryana Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1982 90 24 6 - 376,604 7.67 - 1987 90 20 16 10 613,819 10.08 2.41 1991 90 89 2 14 582,850 9.43 0.65 1996 90 25 11 9 672,558 8.88 0.55 2000 90 29 6 5 684,283 8.94 0.06 2005 90 90 2 4 949,176 10.36 1.42 2009 90 90 4 2 857,831 9.04 1.32 2014 90 90 47 43 4,125,285 33.20 24.16 2019 90 90 40 7 4,569,016 36.49 3.29
Himachal Pradesh Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1982 68 67 29 - 545,037 35.16 - 1985 68 57 7 22 502,252 30.61 4.55 1990 68 51 46 39 858,518 41.78 11.17 1993 68 68 8 38 840,233 36.14 5.64 1998 68 68 31 23 995,482 39.02 2.88 2003 68 68 16 25 1,079,882 35.38 3.64 2007 68 68 41 25 1,441,142 43.78 8.4 2012 68 68 26 15 1,300,756 38.47 5.31 2017 68 68 44 18 1,846,432 48.79 10.32 2022 68 68 25 19 1,814,530 43.00 5.79
Jammu and Kashmir Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1983 76 27 0 - 70,193 3.19 - 1987 76 29 2 2 132,528 5.10 1.91 1996 87 53 8 6 301,238 12.13 7.03 2002 87 58 1 7 227,633 8.57 3.56 2008 87 64 11 10 493,757 12.45 3.88 2014 87 75 25 14 1,107,194 22.98 10.53 No elections after The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act In 2019
Jharkhand Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 2005 81 63 30 - 2,387,130 23.57 - 2009 81 67 18 12 2,074,215 20.18 3.39 2014 81 72 37 19 4,334,728 31.26 11.08 2019 81 79 25 12 5,022,374 33.37 2.11
Karnataka Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1983 224 110 18 - 1,024,892 7.93 - 1985 224 116 2 16 571,280 3.88 4.05 1989 224 118 4 2 755,032 4.14 0.26 1994 224 223 40 36 3,517,119 16.99 12.85 1999 224 149 44 4 4,598,741 20.69 3.7 2004 224 198 79 35 7,118,658 28.33 7.64 2008 224 224 110 31 8,857,754 33.86 5.53 2013 224 223 40 70 6,236,227 19.89 13.97 2018 224 223 104 64 13,268,284 36.22 16.33 2023 224 224 66 38 1,40,96,604 36.00 0.35
Kerala Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1982 140 69 0 - 263,331 2.75 - 1987 140 116 0 708,261 5.56 2.81 1991 140 137 0 674,525 4.76 0.8 1996 140 127 0 781,090 5.48 0.72 2001 140 123 0 789,764 5.02 0.46 2006 140 136 0 738,244 4.75 0.27 2011 140 138 0 1,053,654 6.03 1.28 2016 140 98 1 1 2,129,726 10.53 4.5 2021 140 115 0 1 2,354,468 11.3 0.77
Madhya Pradesh Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 320 310 60 - 3,665,201 30.34 - 1985 320 312 58 2 4,606,133 32.45 2.11 1990 320 269 220 162 7,779,942 39.14 6.69 1993 320 320 117 103 9,188,602 38.82 0.32 1998 320 320 119 2 10,430,233 39.28 0.46 After the state's bifurcation in 2000 2003 230 230 173 - 10,836,807 42.50 - 2008 230 228 143 30 9,493,641 37.64 4.86 2013 230 230 165 22 15,191,335 44.88 7.24 2018 230 230 109 56 15,643,623 41.02 3.86 2023 230 230 163 54 21,116,197 48.55 7.53
Maharashtra Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 288 145 14 - 1,645,734 9.38 - 1985 288 67 16 2 1,590,351 7.25 2.13 1990 288 104 42 26 3,180,482 10.71 3.46 1995 288 116 65 23 4,932,767 12.80 2.09 1999 288 117 56 9 4,776,301 14.54 1.74 2004 288 111 54 2 5,717,287 13.67 0.87 2009 288 119 46 8 6,352,147 14.02 0.35 2014 288 260 122 76 14,709,276 27.81 13.79 2019 288 164 105 17 14,199,375 25.75 2.06
Manipur Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1984 60 12 0 - 6,163 0.71 - 1990 54 11 0 18,549 1.87 1.16 1995 60 20 1 1 38,405 3.35 1.48 2000 60 39 6 5 142,174 11.28 7.93 2002 60 46 4 2 126,044 9.55 1.73 2007 60 14 0 4 12,536 0.85 8.7 2012 60 19 0 29,663 2.12 1.27 2017 60 60 21 21 601,539 36.28 34.16 2022 60 60 32 11 702,632 37.83 1.55
Meghalaya Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1993 60 20 0 - 29,948 3.68 - 1998 60 28 3 3 41,924 5.01 1.33 2003 60 28 2 1 48,932 5.42 0.41 2008 60 23 1 1 29,465 2.67 2.75 2013 60 13 0 1 16,800 1.27 1.4 2018 60 47 2 2 151,292 9.63 8.36 2023 60 60 2 173,083 9.17 0.46
Mizoram Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1993 40 8 0 - 10,004 3.11 - 1998 40 12 0 8,448 2.50 0.61 2003 40 8 0 7,823 1.87 0.63 2008 40 9 0 2,222 0.44 1.43 2013 40 17 0 2,139 0.37 0.07 2018 40 39 1 1 51,087 8.09 7.72 2023 40 23 2 1 35,524 5.06 3.03
Nagaland Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1987 60 2 0 - 926 0.19 - 1989 60 Not Contested 1993 60 6 0 - 2,561 0.35 - 1998 60 Not Contested 2003 60 38 7 - 96,658 10.88 - 2008 60 23 2 5 60,627 5.35 5.53 2013 60 11 1 1 19,121 1.75 3.6 2018 60 20 12 11 153,864 15.31 13.56 2023 60 20 12 215,336 18.81 3.5
Odisha Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 147 28 0 - 86,421 1.36 - 1985 147 67 1 1 204,346 2.60 1.24 1990 147 63 2 1 390,060 3.56 0.96 1995 147 144 9 7 1,245,996 7.88 4.32 2000 147 63 38 29 2,570,074 18.20 10.32 2004 147 63 32 6 2,898,105 17.11 1.09 2009 147 145 6 26 2,674,067 15.05 2.06 2014 147 147 10 4 3,874,748 17.99 2.94 2019 146 146 23 13 7,612,449 32.49 14.5 2024 147 147 78 55 10,064,827 40.07 7.58
Puducherry Year Assembly Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Nominated MLAs 1985 7th 30 3 0 - 158 0.05 0.05 0 1990 8th 30 8 0 2,154 0.51 0.46 0 1991 9th 30 12 0 3,045 0.78 0.27 0 1996 10th 30 14 0 5,217 1.13 0.35 0 2001 11th 30 5 1 1 22,164 4.65 3.52 0 2006 12th 30 27 0 1 17,356 3.07 1.58 0 2011 13th 30 20 0 9,183 1.32 1.75 1 2016 14th 30 30 0 19,303 2.41 1.09 3 2021 15th 30 9 6 6 114,298 13.66 11.25 3[12]
Punjab Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 117 41 1 - 405,106 6.48 - 1985 117 26 6 5 345,560 4.99 1.49 1992 117 66 6 495,161 16.48 11.49 1997 117 22 18 12 857,219 8.33 8.15 2002 117 23 3 15 583,214 5.67 2.66 2007 117 23 19 16 1,046,451 8.28 2.61 2012 117 23 12 7 998,098 7.18 1.1 2017 117 23 3 9 833,092 5.39 1.79 2022 117 73 2 1 1,027,143 6.60 1.21
Rajasthan Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 200 123 32 - 1,721,321 18.60 - 1985 200 118 39 7 2,437,594 21.24 2.64 1990 200 128 85 46 3,744,945 25.25 4.01 1993 199 196 95 10 6498330 38.60 13.35 1998 200 196 33 62 6,258,509 33.23 5.37 2003 200 197 120 87 8,929,572 39.20 5.97 2008 200 193 78 42 8,258,966 34.27 4.93 2013 200 200 163 85 13,939,203 45.17 10.9 2018 200 200 73 90 13,829,046 38.77 6.4 2023 200 200 115 42 16,608,741 41.70 2.93
Sikkim Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1994 32 3 0 - 274 0.16 - 1999 32 Not Contested 2004 32 4 0 - 667 0.34 - 2009 32 11 0 1,966 0.78 0.44 2014 32 13 0 2208 0.71 0.07 2019 32 12 0 5,700 1.62 0.91 2024 32 31 0 19,956 5.18 3.56
Tamil Nadu Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 234 10 0 - 13,177 0.07 - 1984 234 15 0 54,390 0.25 0.18 1989 234 31 0 84,865 0.35 0.10 1991 234 99 0 419,229 1.70 1.35 1996 234 143 1 1 490,453 1.81 0.11 2001 234 21 4 3 895,352 3.19 1.38 2006 234 225 0 4 666,823 2.02 1.17 2011 234 204 0 819,577 2.22 0.20 2016 234 188 0 1,228,704 2.84 0.62 2021 234 20 4 4 1,213,510 2.62 0.22
Telangana Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 2018 119 117 1 - 1,443,799 6.98 - 2023 119 111 8 7 3,257,511 13.90 6.92
Tripura Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1983 60 4 0 - 578 0.06 - 1988 60 10 0 1,757 0.15 0.09 1993 60 38 0 27,078 2.02 1.87 1998 60 60 0 80,272 5.87 3.85 2003 60 21 0 20,032 1.32 4.55 2008 60 49 0 28,102 1.49 0.17 2013 60 50 0 33,808 1.54 0.05 2018 60 51 36 36 1,025,673 43.59 42.05 2023 60 55 32 3 985,797 38.97 4.62
Uttar Pradesh Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980 425 400 11 - 2,777,731 10.76 - 1985 425 347 16 5 2,890,884 9.83 0.93 1989 425 275 57 41 4,522,867 11.61 1.78 1991 425 415 221 164 11,770,214 31.45 19.84 1996 424 422 177 44 16,637,720 33.30 1.85 After the state's bifurcation in 2000 2002 403 320 88 - 10,776,078 20.08 - 2007 403 350 51 37 8,851,199 16.97 3.11 2012 403 398 47 4 11,371,080 15.00 1.97 2017 403 384 312 265 34,403,299 39.67 24.67 2022 403 376 255 57 38,051,721 41.29 1.62
Uttarakhand Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of Vote swing 2002 70 69 19 - 728,134 25.45 - 2007 69 69 34 15 1,203,726 31.90 6.45 2012 70 70 31 3 1,4083,41 33.13 1.23 2017 70 70 57 26 2,314,250 46.51 13.38 2022 70 70 47 10 2,383,838 44.33 3.18
West Bengal Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of Vote swing 1982 294 52 0 - 129,994 0.58 - 1987 294 57 0 134,867 0.51 0.07 1991 294 291 0 3,513,121 11.34 10.76 1996 294 292 0 2,372,480 6.45 4.89 2001 294 266 0 1,901,351 5.19 1.26 2006 294 29 0 760,236 1.93 3.26 2011 294 289 0 1,934,650 4.06 2.13 2016 294 291 3 3 5,555,134 10.16 6.1 2021 292 291 77 74 22,850,710 38.13 27.97
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