Election
Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP
National partyJanata1980 –
Also seen as
bharatiya janata party, b j p
Split from
JNP(1980)— formed by former Jana Sangh bloc after the Janata Party split

About BJP

Formed in 1980 by the former Bharatiya Jana Sangh bloc after the Janata Party splintered, positioning itself as a Hindu-nationalist alternative to the Congress. Spent most of the 1980s in opposition, growing through the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the late 1980s–90s. Led a national government for 13 days in 1996, then from 1998–2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Returned to power in 2014 under Narendra Modi with the first single-party majority since 1984, and has governed at the centre continuously since, re-elected in 2019 and 2024.

Key leaders
  • Atal Bihari Vajpayee — Prime Minister, 1996 (13 days) and 1998–2004
  • Narendra Modi — Prime Minister, 2014–present
  • L. K. Advani — longtime party president and strategist

Source: Bharatiya Janata Party — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.

Elections
268
in the dataset
Seats won
10,046
all-time
Best result
312
UP Assembly 2017
Lok Sabha / Assembly
11 / 257

Election record

Every election where BJP polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.

268 elections
AS Assembly20268281,92,78737.8%90#1
KL Assembly2026324,66,17811.4%98#7
PY Assembly202641,05,58312.2%10#3
TN Assembly2026114,67,0243.0%33#10
WB Assembly20262082,93,74,47045.9%294#1
BR Assembly2025891,00,81,34220.1%102#1
DL Assembly20254843,23,11045.6%68#1
AP Assembly202489,53,9772.8%10#4
HR Assembly20244855,49,03139.9%91#1
Lok Sabha202424023,59,84,00036.6%447#1
JK Assembly20242914,62,49825.6%63#2
JH Assembly20242159,21,47433.2%68#2
MH Assembly20241321,72,94,05726.8%150#1
KA Assembly2023661,40,96,52936.0%224#2
ML Assembly202321,73,0429.3%59#6
NL Assembly2023122,15,33618.8%19#2
TG Assembly2023832,57,52813.9%111#3
TR Assembly2023329,85,79739.0%55#1
GA Assembly2022203,16,57333.3%40#1
GJ Assembly20221561,67,18,26152.5%194#1
HP Assembly20222518,14,53043.0%68#2
MN Assembly2022327,02,63237.8%60#1
PB Assembly2022210,27,1436.6%73#4
UP Assembly20222553,80,51,72141.3%376#1
UK Assembly20224723,83,83844.3%70#1
AS Assembly20216063,84,53833.2%93#1
KL Assembly2021023,54,46811.3%115#18
PY Assembly202161,14,29813.7%9#3
TN Assembly2021412,13,5102.6%20#5
WB Assembly2021772,29,05,47438.0%293#2
BR Assembly20207482,01,40819.5%110#2
DL Assembly2020835,75,43038.5%67#2
AP Assembly201902,64,4370.8%173#7
AR Assembly2019413,15,54050.9%57#1
HR Assembly20194045,69,01636.5%90#1
Lok Sabha201930322,96,28,55337.3%437#1
JH Assembly20192550,22,37433.4%79#2
MH Assembly20191051,41,99,34825.7%164#1
OD Assembly20192376,12,44932.5%146#2
SK Assembly201905,7001.6%12#3
CG Assembly20181547,07,14133.0%90#2
KA Assembly20181041,33,19,52836.2%224#1
MP Assembly20181091,56,42,98041.0%230#2
ML Assembly201821,52,1629.5%47#6
MZ Assembly2018150,7448.0%39#4
NL Assembly2018121,53,86415.3%20#3
RJ Assembly2018731,37,56,81938.8%199#2
TG Assembly2018114,50,4567.0%118#5
TR Assembly20183610,25,67343.6%51#1
GA Assembly2017132,97,58832.5%36#2
GJ Assembly2017991,47,24,42749.1%182#1
HP Assembly20174418,46,43248.8%68#1
MN Assembly2017216,01,52736.3%60#2
PB Assembly201738,33,0925.4%23#4
UP Assembly20173123,44,03,03939.7%384#1
UK Assembly20175723,14,12946.5%70#1
AS Assembly20166049,92,18529.5%89#1
KL Assembly2016121,29,72610.5%98#9
PY Assembly2016019,3032.5%30#6
TN Assembly2016012,28,7042.8%187#6
WB Assembly2016355,55,13410.2%291#4
BR Assembly20155393,08,01524.4%157#3
DL Assembly2015328,90,48532.2%69#2
AP Assembly201446,32,5992.2%13#3
AR Assembly2014111,57,41231.0%42#2
HR Assembly20144741,25,28533.2%90#1
Lok Sabha201428217,38,06,95031.1%433#1
JK Assembly20142511,07,19423.0%75#2
JH Assembly20143743,34,72831.3%72#1
MH Assembly20141221,47,09,27627.8%260#1
OD Assembly20141038,74,74818.0%147#3
SK Assembly201402,2080.7%13#5
TG Assembly2014513,68,0787.0%45#5
CG Assembly20134953,65,27241.0%90#1
DL Assembly20133126,04,10033.1%68#1
KA Assembly20134062,36,22719.9%223#3
MP Assembly20131651,51,91,33544.9%230#1
ML Assembly2013016,8001.3%13#10
MZ Assembly201302,1390.4%17#8
NL Assembly2013119,1211.7%11#5
RJ Assembly20131631,39,39,20345.2%200#1
TR Assembly2013033,8081.5%50#6
GA Assembly2012212,94,39234.7%28#1
GJ Assembly20121151,31,19,57947.9%182#1
HP Assembly20122613,00,75638.5%68#2
MN Assembly2012029,6632.1%19#10
PB Assembly2012129,98,0987.2%23#3
UP Assembly2012471,13,71,08015.0%398#3
UK Assembly20123114,08,34133.1%70#2
AS Assembly2011515,84,89511.5%120#5
KL Assembly2011010,53,6546.0%138#14
PY Assembly201109,1831.3%20#7
TN Assembly201108,19,5772.2%204#12
WB Assembly2011019,34,6504.1%289#12
BR Assembly20109147,90,43616.5%102#2
AP Assembly2009211,92,8142.8%271#8
AR Assembly2009329,9295.2%18#5
HR Assembly200948,57,8319.0%90#5
Lok Sabha20091167,84,44,65018.8%434#2
JH Assembly20091820,74,21520.2%67#1
MH Assembly20094663,52,14714.0%119#3
OD Assembly2009626,74,06715.1%145#3
SK Assembly200901,9660.8%11#6
CG Assembly20085043,33,93440.3%90#1
DL Assembly20082322,44,62936.3%69#2
JK Assembly2008114,93,75712.5%64#4
KA Assembly200811088,57,75433.9%224#1
MP Assembly200814394,93,64137.6%228#1
ML Assembly2008129,4652.7%23#7
MZ Assembly200802,2220.4%9#8
NL Assembly2008260,6275.3%23#4
RJ Assembly20087882,58,96634.3%193#2
TR Assembly2008028,1021.5%49#7
GA Assembly2007142,15,60530.3%33#2
GJ Assembly20071171,07,39,97049.1%182#1
HP Assembly20074114,41,36043.8%68#1
MN Assembly2007012,5360.8%14#11
PB Assembly20071910,46,4518.3%23#3
UP Assembly20075188,51,19917.0%350#3
UK Assembly20073412,03,72631.9%69#1
AS Assembly20061015,81,92512.0%125#4
KL Assembly200607,38,2444.7%136#17
PY Assembly2006017,3563.1%27#9
TN Assembly200606,66,8232.0%225#11
WB Assembly200607,60,2361.9%29#13
HR Assembly200529,49,17610.4%90#4
JH Assembly20053023,87,13023.6%63#1
AP Assembly200429,42,0082.6%27#8
AR Assembly2004987,31219.0%39#3
Lok Sabha20041388,65,95,00922.1%367#2
KA Assembly20047971,18,65828.3%198#1
MH Assembly20045457,17,28713.7%111#4
OD Assembly20043228,98,10517.1%63#3
SK Assembly200406670.3%4#5
CG Assembly20035037,89,91439.3%90#1
DL Assembly20032015,89,32335.2%70#2
HP Assembly20031610,79,88235.4%68#2
MP Assembly20031731,08,36,80742.5%230#1
ML Assembly2003248,9325.4%28#6
MZ Assembly200307,8231.9%8#8
NL Assembly2003796,65810.9%38#3
RJ Assembly200312089,29,57239.2%197#1
TR Assembly2003020,0321.3%21#6
GA Assembly2002172,26,35035.6%39#1
GJ Assembly20021271,01,94,35349.9%182#1
JK Assembly200212,27,6338.6%58#7
MN Assembly200241,26,0449.5%46#5
PB Assembly200235,83,2145.7%23#4
UP Assembly2002881,07,76,07820.1%320#3
UK Assembly2002197,28,13425.4%69#2
AS Assembly200189,95,0049.3%46#4
KL Assembly200107,89,7645.0%123#16
PY Assembly2001122,1644.6%5#7
TN Assembly200148,95,3523.2%21#8
WB Assembly2001019,01,3515.2%266#10
BR Assembly20006754,24,68714.6%168#2
HR Assembly200066,84,2838.9%29#4
MN Assembly200061,42,17411.3%39#3
OD Assembly20003825,70,07418.2%63#2
AP Assembly19991212,23,4813.7%24#3
AR Assembly1999044,55610.8%23#5
GA Assembly1999101,50,95926.1%39#2
Lok Sabha19991828,65,62,20923.8%339#1
KA Assembly19994445,98,74120.7%149#2
MH Assembly19995647,76,30114.5%117#4
DL Assembly19981513,90,68934.0%67#2
GJ Assembly199811773,00,82644.8%182#1
HP Assembly1998319,95,48239.0%68#2
Lok Sabha19981829,45,29,68725.6%389#1
MP Assembly19981191,04,30,23339.3%320#2
ML Assembly1998341,9245.0%28#6
MZ Assembly199808,4482.5%12#6
RJ Assembly19983362,58,50933.2%196#2
TR Assembly1998080,2725.9%60#7
PB Assembly1997188,57,2198.3%22#2
AS Assembly199649,46,23610.4%117#5
HR Assembly1996116,72,5588.9%25#3
Lok Sabha19961616,83,06,83020.3%473#1
JK Assembly199683,01,23812.1%53#2
KL Assembly199607,81,0905.5%127#14
PY Assembly199605,2171.1%14#11
TN Assembly199614,90,4531.8%143#7
UP Assembly19961741,80,28,82032.5%414#1
WB Assembly1996023,72,4806.4%292#10
AR Assembly1995014,3353.4%15#5
BR Assembly19954144,80,36313.0%315#2
GJ Assembly199512176,72,40142.5%182#1
MH Assembly19956549,32,76712.8%116#3
MN Assembly1995138,4053.4%20#10
OD Assembly1995912,45,9967.9%144#3
AP Assembly1994312,10,8783.9%280#6
GA Assembly1994452,0949.0%12#3
KA Assembly19944035,17,11917.0%223#2
SK Assembly199402740.2%3#6
DL Assembly19934915,20,67542.8%70#1
HP Assembly199388,40,23336.1%68#2
MP Assembly199311791,88,60238.8%320#2
ML Assembly1993029,9483.7%20#8
MZ Assembly1993010,0043.1%8#4
NL Assembly199302,5610.4%6#5
RJ Assembly19939564,98,33038.6%196#1
TR Assembly1993027,0782.0%38#8
UP Assembly19931771,66,37,72033.3%422#1
PB Assembly199264,95,16116.5%66#3
AS Assembly1991105,48,2716.6%48#4
HR Assembly199125,82,8509.4%89#6
Lok Sabha19911205,58,23,61820.1%472#2
KL Assembly199106,74,5254.8%137#14
PY Assembly199103,0450.8%12#9
TN Assembly199104,19,2291.7%99#11
UP Assembly19912211,17,70,21431.5%415#1
WB Assembly1991035,13,12111.3%291#11
BR Assembly19903937,21,39211.6%237#3
GJ Assembly19906733,86,25626.7%143#2
HP Assembly1990458,38,00741.7%50#1
MP Assembly199022077,79,94239.1%269#1
MH Assembly19904231,80,48210.7%104#3
MN Assembly1990018,5491.9%11#9
OD Assembly199023,90,0603.6%63#5
PY Assembly199002,1540.5%8#9
RJ Assembly19908537,44,94525.3%128#1
AP Assembly198955,12,3051.8%12#6
GA Assembly198901,9850.4%7#8
Lok Sabha1989853,41,71,47711.4%225#3
KA Assembly198947,55,0324.1%118#4
TN Assembly1989084,8650.4%31#11
UP Assembly19895745,22,86711.6%275#3
TR Assembly198801,7570.2%10#8
HR Assembly1987166,13,81910.1%20#2
JK Assembly198721,32,5285.1%29#4
KL Assembly198707,08,2615.6%116#11
NL Assembly198709260.2%2#5
WB Assembly198701,34,8670.5%57#9
AP Assembly198583,72,9781.6%10#6
AS Assembly1985079,0681.1%37#8
BR Assembly19851618,33,2757.5%234#4
GJ Assembly19851113,79,12015.0%124#3
HP Assembly198575,02,25230.6%57#2
KA Assembly198525,71,2803.9%116#5
MP Assembly19855846,06,13332.4%312#2
MH Assembly19851615,90,3517.3%67#5
OD Assembly198512,04,3462.6%67#5
PY Assembly198501580.1%3#12
PB Assembly198563,45,5605.0%26#3
RJ Assembly19853924,37,59421.2%118#2
UP Assembly19851628,90,8849.8%347#5
AR Assembly1984117,2837.7%6#4
GA Assembly198404,9151.2%16#4
Lok Sabha198421,82,02,8537.7%224#12
MN Assembly198406,1630.7%12#8
TN Assembly1984054,3900.3%15#12
AP Assembly198335,82,4642.8%80#6
JK Assembly1983069,2023.2%27#6
KA Assembly19831810,24,8927.9%110#4
TR Assembly198305780.1%4#8
HR Assembly198263,76,6047.7%24#4
HP Assembly1982295,45,03735.2%67#2
KL Assembly198202,63,3312.8%69#13
WB Assembly198201,29,9940.6%52#10
BR Assembly19802118,91,3258.4%246#5
GJ Assembly1980910,90,65214.0%127#4
MP Assembly19806036,65,20130.3%310#2
MH Assembly19801416,45,7349.4%145#4
OD Assembly1980086,4211.4%28#8
PB Assembly198014,05,1066.5%41#6
RJ Assembly19803217,21,32118.6%123#2
TN Assembly1980013,1770.1%10#11
UP Assembly19801127,77,73110.8%400#5

Peak: 312 seats at the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 2017 — the largest party that year.