Election
Party

Nationalist Congress Party

NCP
Congress1999 –
Also seen as
nationalist congress party
Split from
INC(1999)
Absorbed
NCPSP(2023)— 2023 split; ECI recognised this faction as NCP

About NCP

Founded in 1999 by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar after breaking from the INC over Sonia Gandhi's foreign origins. NCP has governed Maharashtra only in coalition — with the Congress from 1999–2014, and, after a 2023 split led by Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar, as part of the BJP-led Mahayuti government, with Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister. The Election Commission recognised Ajit Pawar's faction as the 'official' NCP in 2023.

Key leaders
  • Sharad Pawar — founder, 1999; former Maharashtra Chief Minister (as INC) and senior Union minister
  • Ajit Pawar — Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra across multiple terms, including in the post-2023-split NCP

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

Elections
133
in the dataset
Seats won
472
all-time
Best result
71
MH Assembly 2004
Lok Sabha / Assembly
6 / 127

Election record

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

133 elections
KL Assembly202606920.0%1#29
WB Assembly202605650.0%1#49
BR Assembly2025015,1050.0%15#29
DL Assembly202505,4320.1%18#11
HR Assembly20240560.0%1#55
Lok Sabha2024121,26,6110.3%22#26
JK Assembly202401,9610.0%9#25
JH Assembly2024018,3460.1%24#21
MH Assembly20244158,16,5669.0%59#3
KA Assembly202301,05,3840.3%11#11
NL Assembly202371,09,4679.6%12#3
GA Assembly2022010,8461.1%13#9
GJ Assembly2022076,9490.2%2#9
MN Assembly2022012,5120.7%8#9
UP Assembly2022044,3650.0%2#21
AS Assembly202107,7240.0%8#23
KL Assembly202122,06,1301.0%3#9
TN Assembly202103,3710.0%6#31
BR Assembly2020094,8350.2%81#18
DL Assembly202001,9430.0%5#17
HR Assembly201902,5640.0%1#20
Lok Sabha2019591,41,5081.5%35#13
JH Assembly2019163,3200.4%7#9
MH Assembly20195492,16,91116.7%121#3
OD Assembly201904,8060.0%5#23
CG Assembly2018028,9830.2%12#12
KA Assembly2018010,4650.0%14#21
ML Assembly2018129,2871.8%21#8
MZ Assembly201803340.1%5#8
NL Assembly2018010,6931.1%6#8
RJ Assembly2018068,0510.2%1#13
TG Assembly2018029,4830.1%22#16
GA Assembly2017120,9162.3%17#6
GJ Assembly201711,84,8150.6%58#5
HP Assembly201707520.0%2#11
MN Assembly2017015,7671.0%7#10
PB Assembly201701,3950.0%7#28
UP Assembly2017033,4940.0%30#25
UK Assembly201705000.0%2#26
AS Assembly2016044,8480.3%12#9
KL Assembly201622,37,4081.2%4#8
TN Assembly2016011,8420.0%20#26
WB Assembly2016069,8980.1%1#14
BR Assembly201501,85,4370.5%41#17
DL Assembly201501,4880.0%9#16
AP Assembly2014010,0100.0%15#20
AR Assembly2014019,5053.8%9#5
Lok Sabha2014686,35,5581.5%36#11
JK Assembly201403,1280.1%12#15
JH Assembly2014048,1700.3%9#20
MH Assembly20144191,22,28517.2%278#4
OD Assembly201408,1960.0%4#25
TG Assembly201402,6880.0%5#32
CG Assembly2013039,1240.3%14#9
DL Assembly201308,5360.1%9#13
KA Assembly2013018,8860.1%24#17
MP Assembly2013099,3310.3%72#10
ML Assembly2013224,2561.8%21#6
MZ Assembly201304,8350.8%2#6
NL Assembly2013466,2776.1%15#4
RJ Assembly2013070,8740.2%16#11
TR Assembly201307570.0%2#14
GA Assembly2012034,6274.1%7#6
GJ Assembly201222,59,9570.9%12#4
HP Assembly2012012,3090.4%13#9
MN Assembly201211,00,9867.2%22#5
PB Assembly201204,8100.0%13#15
UP Assembly201212,48,2830.3%127#10
UK Assembly201208,6820.2%20#12
AS Assembly2011059,8270.4%35#10
KL Assembly201122,16,9481.2%4#10
WB Assembly2011013,0930.0%1#33
BR Assembly201005,28,5751.8%171#10
AR Assembly200951,11,09819.3%36#2
HR Assembly2009031,2340.3%39#8
Lok Sabha2009985,26,3752.0%69#12
JH Assembly2009033,3790.3%13#23
MH Assembly20096274,20,21216.4%113#2
OD Assembly200942,37,5281.3%8#5
SK Assembly200901,0650.4%11#7
CG Assembly2008056,2570.5%3#8
DL Assembly2008085,3941.4%16#6
JK Assembly200807,6190.2%19#15
MP Assembly2008063,1760.3%3#13
ML Assembly2008152,28,76020.8%50#2
MZ Assembly200805380.1%6#9
NL Assembly2008245,3974.0%8#5
RJ Assembly2008072,2810.3%39#11
TR Assembly200801,8820.1%5#14
GA Assembly2007335,7315.0%6#3
GJ Assembly200732,30,5171.1%10#3
HP Assembly200702,2940.1%4#9
MN Assembly200751,27,6818.6%27#4
PB Assembly2007013,9650.1%15#12
UP Assembly2007050,2300.1%44#27
UK Assembly2007063,0451.7%26#7
AS Assembly200612,81,0382.1%45#8
KL Assembly2006199,1890.6%2#13
TN Assembly2006022,9550.1%12#19
WB Assembly2006074,9110.2%2#16
HR Assembly2005163,7580.7%15#6
JH Assembly2005143,2920.4%13#12
AR Assembly2004219,6734.3%10#4
Lok Sabha2004970,23,1751.8%32#11
MH Assembly20047178,41,96218.7%124#1
CG Assembly200316,77,9837.0%89#4
DL Assembly200311,01,2922.2%33#4
HP Assembly200305,7340.2%14#11
MP Assembly200313,24,7801.3%105#8
ML Assembly2003141,74,97219.4%54#2
NL Assembly2003017,7262.0%7#8
RJ Assembly200301,46,6850.6%58#11
TR Assembly200304,5530.3%12#11
GA Assembly2002137,0935.8%20#6
GJ Assembly200203,49,0211.7%81#5
JK Assembly2002020,7110.8%11#11
MN Assembly200231,24,5839.4%33#6
PB Assembly2002092,3150.9%39#9
UP Assembly200201,48,5730.3%78#21
UK Assembly2002143,0411.5%26#6
AS Assembly200132,67,1732.5%62#5
KL Assembly200124,08,4562.6%9#10
TN Assembly2001012,0530.0%11#28
WB Assembly200101,73,9120.5%50#12
BR Assembly200004,99,7341.3%182#16
HR Assembly2000139,4070.5%24#8
MN Assembly2000599,1287.9%41#5
OD Assembly2000034,9860.2%31#12
AP Assembly199907,8170.0%21#18
AR Assembly1999435,9678.7%21#2
Lok Sabha1999882,60,3112.3%132#13
KA Assembly1999023,4490.1%8#12
MH Assembly19995874,25,42722.6%223#3

Peak: 71 seats at the Maharashtra Assembly Election, 2004 — the largest party that year.