Party
Janata Dal (Secular)
JDSJanata1999 –
- Also seen as
- jd(s), jd s, janata dal (secular), janata dal secular
- Split from
- JD(1999)
About JD(S)
Founded in July 1999 by H. D. Deve Gowda — briefly India's Prime Minister in 1996–97 — after a split in the Janata Dal over allying with the BJP-led coalition. Karnataka-based; Deve Gowda's son H. D. Kumaraswamy has twice been Chief Minister in coalition — with the BJP in 2006–07, then with Congress in 2018–19 — but the party has never won a majority on its own.
- Key leaders
- H. D. Deve Gowda — founder; Prime Minister of India, 1996–1997
- H. D. Kumaraswamy — Chief Minister of Karnataka, 2006–07 and 2018–19
Source: Janata Dal (Secular) — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.
Elections
81
in the dataset
Seats won
224
all-time
Best result
58
KA Assembly 2004
Lok Sabha / Assembly
6 / 75
Election record
Every election where JDS polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.
81 elections
| KA Assembly | 2023 | 19 | 52,05,489 | 13.3% | 209 | #3 |
| KL Assembly | 2021 | 2 | 2,65,789 | 1.3% | 4 | #8 |
| TN Assembly | 2021 | 0 | 1,189 | 0.0% | 1 | #51 |
| BR Assembly | 2020 | 0 | 18,481 | 0.0% | 22 | #42 |
| AP Assembly | 2019 | 0 | 308 | 0.0% | 2 | #53 |
| AR Assembly | 2019 | 0 | 13,378 | 2.2% | 12 | #7 |
| Lok Sabha | 2019 | 1 | 34,57,107 | 0.6% | 9 | #24 |
| JH Assembly | 2019 | 0 | 1,971 | 0.0% | 1 | #54 |
| MH Assembly | 2019 | 0 | 5,477 | 0.0% | 6 | #36 |
| KA Assembly | 2018 | 37 | 67,27,484 | 18.3% | 201 | #3 |
| MP Assembly | 2018 | 0 | 1,050 | 0.0% | 2 | #64 |
| RJ Assembly | 2018 | 0 | 991 | 0.0% | 3 | #61 |
| TG Assembly | 2018 | 0 | 126 | 0.0% | 1 | #88 |
| GJ Assembly | 2017 | 0 | 226 | 0.0% | 1 | #58 |
| KL Assembly | 2016 | 3 | 2,93,274 | 1.4% | 5 | #7 |
| TN Assembly | 2016 | 0 | 711 | 0.0% | 2 | #61 |
| WB Assembly | 2016 | 0 | 1,299 | 0.0% | 3 | #46 |
| AP Assembly | 2014 | 0 | 913 | 0.0% | 1 | #47 |
| Lok Sabha | 2014 | 2 | 37,31,481 | 0.7% | 34 | #22 |
| JK Assembly | 2014 | 0 | 162 | 0.0% | 1 | #31 |
| MH Assembly | 2014 | 0 | 12,382 | 0.0% | 8 | #29 |
| KA Assembly | 2013 | 40 | 63,29,158 | 20.2% | 222 | #2 |
| MP Assembly | 2013 | 0 | 1,365 | 0.0% | 4 | #42 |
| RJ Assembly | 2013 | 0 | 3,574 | 0.0% | 6 | #28 |
| MN Assembly | 2012 | 0 | 148 | 0.0% | 2 | #17 |
| UP Assembly | 2012 | 0 | 5,467 | 0.0% | 10 | #77 |
| UK Assembly | 2012 | 0 | 209 | 0.0% | 2 | #41 |
| KL Assembly | 2011 | 4 | 2,64,631 | 1.5% | 5 | #6 |
| WB Assembly | 2011 | 0 | 754 | 0.0% | 2 | #53 |
| BR Assembly | 2010 | 0 | 2,30,326 | 0.8% | 114 | #12 |
| AP Assembly | 2009 | 0 | 1,039 | 0.0% | 2 | #39 |
| HR Assembly | 2009 | 0 | 289 | 0.0% | 2 | #38 |
| Lok Sabha | 2009 | 3 | 34,34,082 | 0.8% | 33 | #19 |
| JH Assembly | 2009 | 0 | 2,946 | 0.0% | 4 | #45 |
| MH Assembly | 2009 | 0 | 84,435 | 0.2% | 17 | #20 |
| DL Assembly | 2008 | 0 | 1,347 | 0.0% | 3 | #25 |
| JK Assembly | 2008 | 0 | 1,547 | 0.0% | 4 | #30 |
| KA Assembly | 2008 | 28 | 49,59,252 | 19.0% | 219 | #3 |
| MP Assembly | 2008 | 0 | 19,858 | 0.1% | 5 | #19 |
| NL Assembly | 2008 | 0 | 3,671 | 0.3% | 4 | #7 |
| RJ Assembly | 2008 | 0 | 9,175 | 0.0% | 5 | #22 |
| GA Assembly | 2007 | 0 | 8,879 | 1.2% | 12 | #8 |
| MN Assembly | 2007 | 0 | 7,144 | 0.5% | 2 | #12 |
| PB Assembly | 2007 | 0 | 218 | 0.0% | 1 | #35 |
| UP Assembly | 2007 | 0 | 7,006 | 0.0% | 16 | #45 |
| UK Assembly | 2007 | 0 | 1,955 | 0.1% | 7 | #21 |
| AS Assembly | 2006 | 0 | 3,261 | 0.0% | 3 | #22 |
| KL Assembly | 2006 | 5 | 3,79,286 | 2.4% | 8 | #7 |
| PY Assembly | 2006 | 0 | 3,557 | 0.6% | 1 | #12 |
| TN Assembly | 2006 | 0 | 23,628 | 0.1% | 1 | #18 |
| WB Assembly | 2006 | 0 | 6,977 | 0.0% | 6 | #27 |
| HR Assembly | 2005 | 0 | 3,909 | 0.0% | 11 | #14 |
| JH Assembly | 2005 | 0 | 10,667 | 0.1% | 9 | #25 |
| AP Assembly | 2004 | 0 | 3,864 | 0.0% | 5 | #25 |
| Lok Sabha | 2004 | 3 | 58,99,424 | 1.5% | 44 | #21 |
| KA Assembly | 2004 | 58 | 52,20,121 | 20.8% | 220 | #3 |
| MH Assembly | 2004 | 0 | 2,42,720 | 0.6% | 34 | #15 |
| OD Assembly | 2004 | 0 | 75,223 | 0.4% | 8 | #11 |
| DL Assembly | 2003 | 1 | 33,713 | 0.7% | 12 | #5 |
| MP Assembly | 2003 | 0 | 26,406 | 0.1% | 6 | #17 |
| RJ Assembly | 2003 | 0 | 8,840 | 0.0% | 9 | #18 |
| GJ Assembly | 2002 | 0 | 8,286 | 0.0% | 8 | #13 |
| JK Assembly | 2002 | 0 | 3,933 | 0.1% | 10 | #16 |
| PB Assembly | 2002 | 0 | 3,084 | 0.0% | 4 | #19 |
| UP Assembly | 2002 | 0 | 3,099 | 0.0% | 4 | #53 |
| UK Assembly | 2002 | 0 | 779 | 0.0% | 4 | #26 |
| AS Assembly | 2001 | 0 | 1,690 | 0.0% | 5 | #25 |
| KL Assembly | 2001 | 3 | 4,63,421 | 2.9% | 10 | #8 |
| TN Assembly | 2001 | 0 | 64,468 | 0.2% | 34 | #17 |
| WB Assembly | 2001 | 0 | 28,541 | 0.1% | 2 | #17 |
| BR Assembly | 2000 | 0 | 22,765 | 0.1% | 10 | #24 |
| HR Assembly | 2000 | 0 | 2,478 | 0.0% | 4 | #15 |
| MN Assembly | 2000 | 1 | 19,945 | 1.6% | 8 | #11 |
| OD Assembly | 2000 | 1 | 1,18,978 | 0.8% | 24 | #7 |
| AP Assembly | 1999 | 0 | 7,804 | 0.0% | 23 | #19 |
| Lok Sabha | 1999 | 1 | 33,32,702 | 0.9% | 96 | #27 |
| KA Assembly | 1999 | 10 | 23,16,885 | 10.4% | 203 | #5 |
| MH Assembly | 1999 | 2 | 4,97,127 | 1.5% | 25 | #8 |
| AS Assembly | 1991 | 0 | 1,222 | 0.0% | 4 | #23 |
| Lok Sabha | 1991 | 0 | 4,548 | 0.0% | 2 | #86 |
| UP Assembly | 1991 | 0 | 42,172 | 0.1% | 3 | #14 |
Peak: 58 seats at the Karnataka Assembly Election, 2004.