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The electoral history of the BJP and its predecessors in general elections
This article is about the election performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
National Elections
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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
|
Template:Increase5
|
372,978
|
1.62
|
Template:Decrease1.14
|
| 1989
|
294
|
12
|
5
|
Template:Decrease3
|
512,305
|
1.78
|
Template:Increase0.16
|
| 1994
|
294
|
280
|
3
|
Template:Decrease2
|
1,210,878
|
3.89
|
Template:Increase2.11
|
| 1999
|
294
|
24
|
12
|
Template:Increase9
|
1,223,481
|
3.67
|
Template:Decrease0.22
|
| 2004
|
294
|
27
|
2
|
Template:Decrease10
|
942,008
|
2.63
|
Template:Decrease1.04
|
| 2009
|
294
|
271
|
2
|
Template:Steady
|
1,192,814
|
2.84
|
Template:Increase0.21
|
| 2014
|
294
|
58
|
9
|
Template:Increase7
|
2,000,677
|
4.13
|
Template:Increase1.29
|
| After the state's bifurcation in 2014
|
| 2019
|
175
|
173
|
0
|
Template:Decrease4
|
264,437
|
0.84
|
-
|
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
| Year
|
Total Seats
|
Seats Contested
|
Seats won
|
Change in seats
|
Votes
|
Percentage of votes
|
Vote swing
|
| 1985
|
126
|
37
|
0
|
-
|
79,068
|
1.07
|
-
|
| 1991
|
126
|
48
|
10
|
Template:Increase10
|
548,271
|
6.55
|
Template:Increase5.48
|
| 1996
|
126
|
117
|
4
|
Template:Decrease6
|
946,236
|
10.41
|
Template:Increase4.93
|
| 2001
|
126
|
46
|
8
|
Template:Increase4
|
995,004
|
9.35
|
Template:Decrease1.06
|
| 2006
|
126
|
125
|
10
|
Template:Increase2
|
1,581,925
|
11.98
|
Template:Increase2.63
|
| 2011
|
126
|
120
|
5
|
Template:Decrease5
|
1,584,895
|
11.47
|
Template:Decrease0.51
|
| 2016
|
126
|
89
|
60
|
Template:Increase55
|
4,992,185
|
29.51
|
Template:Increase18.04
|
| 2021
|
126
|
93
|
60
|
Template:Steady
|
6,384,538
|
33.21
|
Template:Increase3.7
|
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
|
Template:Decrease5
|
1,833,275
|
7.54
|
Template:Decrease0.87
|
| 1990
|
324
|
237
|
39
|
Template:Increase23
|
3,721,392
|
11.61
|
Template:Increase4.07
|
| 1995
|
324
|
315
|
41
|
Template:Increase2
|
4,480,363
|
12.96
|
Template:Increase1.35
|
| 2000
|
324
|
168
|
67
|
Template:Increase26
|
5,424,687
|
14.64
|
Template:Increase1.68
|
| After the state's bifurcation in 2000
|
2005 (FEB)
|
243
|
103
|
37
|
-
|
2,686,290
|
10.97
|
-
|
2005 (OCT)
|
243
|
102
|
55
|
Template:Increase18
|
3,686,720
|
15.65
|
Template:Increase4.68
|
| 2010
|
243
|
102
|
91
|
Template:Increase36
|
4,790,436
|
16.49
|
Template:Increase0.84
|
| 2015
|
243
|
157
|
53
|
Template:Decrease38
|
9,308,015
|
24.42
|
Template:Increase7.93
|
| 2020
|
243
|
110
|
74
|
Template:Increase21
|
8,202,067
|
19.46
|
Template:Decrease4.96
|
Chhattisgarh
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
|
Template:Decrease34
|
1,390,689
|
34.02
|
Template:Decrease8.8
|
| 2003
|
70
|
70
|
20
|
Template:Increase5
|
1,589,323
|
35.22
|
Template:Increase1.2
|
| 2008
|
70
|
69
|
23
|
Template:Increase3
|
2,244,629
|
36.34
|
Template:Increase1.12
|
| 2013
|
70
|
68
|
31
|
Template:Increase8
|
2,604,100
|
33.07
|
Template:Decrease3.27
|
| 2015
|
70
|
69
|
3
|
Template:Decrease28
|
2,890,485
|
32.19
|
Template:Decrease0.88
|
| 2020
|
70
|
67
|
8
|
Template:Increase5
|
3,575,529
|
38.51
|
Template:Increase6.32
|
Goa
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
|
Template:Increase2
|
1,379,120
|
14.96
|
Template:Increase0.94
|
| 1990
|
182
|
143
|
67
|
Template:Increase56
|
3,386,256
|
26.69
|
Template:Increase11.73
|
| 1995
|
182
|
182
|
121
|
Template:Increase54
|
7,672,401
|
42.51
|
Template:Increase15.82
|
| 1998
|
182
|
182
|
117
|
Template:Decrease4
|
7,300,826
|
44.81
|
Template:Increase2.3
|
| 2002
|
182
|
182
|
127
|
Template:Increase10
|
10,194,353
|
49.85
|
Template:Increase5.04
|
| 2007
|
182
|
182
|
117
|
Template:Decrease10
|
10,739,972
|
49.12
|
Template:Decrease0.73
|
| 2012
|
182
|
182
|
115
|
Template:Decrease2
|
13,119,579
|
47.85
|
Template:Decrease1.27
|
| 2017
|
182
|
182
|
99
|
Template:Decrease16
|
14,724,031
|
49.05
|
Template:Increase1.2
|
Haryana
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
|
Template:Decrease22
|
502,252
|
30.61
|
Template:Decrease4.55
|
| 1990
|
68
|
51
|
46
|
Template:Increase39
|
858,518
|
41.78
|
Template:Increase11.17
|
| 1993
|
68
|
68
|
8
|
Template:Decrease38
|
840,233
|
36.14
|
Template:Decrease5.64
|
| 1998
|
68
|
68
|
31
|
Template:Increase23
|
995,482
|
39.02
|
Template:Increase2.88
|
| 2003
|
68
|
68
|
16
|
Template:Decrease25
|
1,079,882
|
35.38
|
Template:Decrease3.64
|
| 2007
|
68
|
68
|
41
|
Template:Increase25
|
1,441,142
|
43.78
|
Template:Increase8.4
|
| 2012
|
68
|
68
|
26
|
Template:Decrease15
|
1,300,756
|
38.47
|
Template:Decrease5.31
|
| 2017
|
68
|
68
|
44
|
Template:Increase18
|
1,846,432
|
48.79
|
Template:Increase10.32
|
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
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
|
Template:Decrease16
|
571,280
|
3.88
|
Template:Decrease4.05
|
| 1989
|
224
|
118
|
4
|
Template:Increase2
|
755,032
|
4.14
|
Template:Increase0.26
|
| 1994
|
224
|
223
|
40
|
Template:Increase36
|
3,517,119
|
16.99
|
Template:Increase12.85
|
| 1999
|
224
|
149
|
44
|
Template:Increase4
|
4,598,741
|
20.69
|
Template:Increase3.7
|
| 2004
|
224
|
198
|
79
|
Template:Increase35
|
7,118,658
|
28.33
|
Template:Increase7.64
|
| 2008
|
224
|
224
|
110
|
Template:Increase31
|
8,857,754
|
33.86
|
Template:Increase5.53
|
| 2013
|
224
|
223
|
40
|
Template:Decrease70
|
6,236,227
|
19.89
|
Template:Decrease13.97
|
| 2018
|
224
|
223
|
104
|
Template:Increase64
|
13,268,284
|
36.22
|
Template:Increase16.33
|
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
|
Template:Steady
|
708,261
|
5.56
|
Template:Increase2.81
|
| 1991
|
140
|
137
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
674,525
|
4.76
|
Template:Decrease0.8
|
| 1996
|
140
|
127
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
781,090
|
5.48
|
Template:Increase0.72
|
| 2001
|
140
|
123
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
789,764
|
5.02
|
Template:Decrease0.46
|
| 2006
|
140
|
136
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
738,244
|
4.75
|
Template:Decrease0.27
|
| 2011
|
140
|
138
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
1,053,654
|
6.03
|
Template:Increase1.28
|
| 2016
|
140
|
98
|
1
|
Template:Increase1
|
2,129,726
|
10.53
|
Template:Increase4.5
|
| 2021
|
140
|
115
|
0
|
Template:Decrease1
|
2,354,468
|
11.3
|
Template:Increase0.77
|
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
|
Template:Decrease2
|
4,606,133
|
32.45
|
Template:Increase2.11
|
| 1990
|
320
|
269
|
220
|
Template:Increase162
|
7,779,942
|
39.14
|
Template:Increase6.69
|
| 1993
|
320
|
320
|
117
|
Template:Decrease103
|
9,188,602
|
38.82
|
Template:Decrease0.32
|
| 1998
|
320
|
320
|
119
|
Template:Increase2
|
10,430,233
|
39.28
|
Template:Increase0.46
|
| After the state's bifurcation in 2000
|
| 2003
|
230
|
230
|
173
|
-
|
10,836,807
|
42.50
|
-
|
| 2008
|
230
|
228
|
143
|
Template:Decrease30
|
9,493,641
|
37.64
|
Template:Decrease4.86
|
| 2013
|
230
|
230
|
165
|
Template:Increase22
|
15,191,335
|
44.88
|
Template:Increase7.24
|
| 2018
|
230
|
230
|
109
|
Template:Decrease56
|
15,643,623
|
41.02
|
Template:Decrease3.86
|
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
|
Template:Increase2
|
1,590,351
|
7.25
|
Template:Decrease2.13
|
| 1990
|
288
|
104
|
42
|
Template:Increase26
|
3,180,482
|
10.71
|
Template:Increase3.46
|
| 1995
|
288
|
116
|
65
|
Template:Increase23
|
4,932,767
|
12.80
|
Template:Increase2.09
|
| 1999
|
288
|
117
|
56
|
Template:Decrease9
|
4,776,301
|
14.54
|
Template:Increase1.74
|
| 2004
|
288
|
111
|
54
|
Template:Decrease2
|
5,717,287
|
13.67
|
Template:Decrease0.87
|
| 2009
|
288
|
119
|
46
|
Template:Decrease8
|
6,352,147
|
14.02
|
Template:Increase0.35
|
| 2014
|
288
|
260
|
122
|
Template:Increase76
|
14,709,276
|
27.81
|
Template:Increase13.79
|
| 2019
|
288
|
164
|
105
|
Template:Decrease17
|
14199375
|
25.75
|
Template:Decrease2.06
|
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
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
|
Template:Increase1
|
204,346
|
2.60
|
Template:Increase1.24
|
| 1990
|
147
|
63
|
2
|
Template:Increase1
|
390,060
|
3.56
|
Template:Increase0.96
|
| 1995
|
147
|
144
|
9
|
Template:Increase7
|
1,245,996
|
7.88
|
Template:Increase4.32
|
| 2000
|
147
|
63
|
38
|
Template:Increase29
|
2,570,074
|
18.20
|
Template:Increase10.32
|
| 2004
|
147
|
63
|
32
|
Template:Decrease6
|
2,898,105
|
17.11
|
Template:Increase1.09
|
| 2009
|
147
|
145
|
6
|
Template:Decrease26
|
2,674,067
|
15.05
|
Template:Decrease2.06
|
| 2014
|
147
|
147
|
10
|
Template:Increase4
|
3,874,748
|
17.99
|
Template:Increase2.94
|
| 2019
|
147
|
146
|
23
|
Template:Increase13
|
7,612,449
|
32.49
|
Template:Increase14.5
|
Puducherry
Punjab
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
|
Template:Increase7
|
2,437,594
|
21.24
|
Template:Increase2.64
|
| 1990
|
200
|
128
|
85
|
Template:Increase46
|
3,744,945
|
25.25
|
Template:Increase4.01
|
| 1993
|
199
|
196
|
95
|
Template:Increase10
|
6498330
|
38.60
|
Template:Increase13.35
|
| 1998
|
200
|
196
|
33
|
Template:Decrease62
|
6,258,509
|
33.23
|
Template:Decrease5.37
|
| 2003
|
200
|
197
|
120
|
Template:Increase87
|
8,929,572
|
39.20
|
Template:Increase5.97
|
| 2008
|
200
|
193
|
78
|
Template:Decrease42
|
8,258,966
|
34.27
|
Template:Decrease4.93
|
| 2013
|
200
|
200
|
163
|
Template:Increase85
|
13,939,203
|
45.17
|
Template:Increase10.9
|
| 2018
|
200
|
200
|
73
|
Template:Decrease90
|
13,829,046
|
38.77
|
Template:Decrease6.4
|
Sikkim
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
|
Template:Steady
|
54,390
|
0.25
|
Template:Increase0.18
|
| 1989
|
234
|
31
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
84,865
|
0.35
|
Template:Increase0.10
|
| 1991
|
234
|
99
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
419,229
|
1.70
|
Template:Increase1.35
|
| 1996
|
234
|
143
|
1
|
Template:Increase1
|
490,453
|
1.81
|
Template:Increase0.11
|
| 2001
|
234
|
21
|
4
|
Template:Increase3
|
895,352
|
3.19
|
Template:Increase1.38
|
| 2006
|
234
|
225
|
0
|
Template:Decrease4
|
666,823
|
2.02
|
Template:Decrease1.17
|
| 2011
|
234
|
204
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
819,577
|
2.22
|
Template:Increase0.20
|
| 2016
|
234
|
188
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
1,228,704
|
2.84
|
Template:Increase0.62
|
| 2021
|
234
|
20
|
4
|
Template:Increase4
|
1,213,510
|
2.62
|
Template:Decrease0.22
|
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
|
-
|
Tripura
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
|
Template:Increase5
|
2,890,884
|
9.83
|
Template:Decrease0.93
|
| 1989
|
425
|
275
|
57
|
Template:Increase41
|
4,522,867
|
11.61
|
Template:Increase1.78
|
| 1991
|
425
|
415
|
221
|
Template:Increase164
|
11,770,214
|
31.45
|
Template:Increase19.84
|
| 1996
|
424
|
422
|
177
|
Template:Decrease44
|
16,637,720
|
33.30
|
Template:Increase1.85
|
| After the state's bifurcation in 2000
|
| 2002
|
403
|
320
|
88
|
-
|
10,776,078
|
20.08
|
-
|
| 2007
|
403
|
350
|
51
|
Template:Decrease37
|
8,851,199
|
16.97
|
Template:Decrease3.11
|
| 2012
|
403
|
398
|
47
|
Template:Decrease4
|
11,371,080
|
15.00
|
Template:Decrease1.97
|
| 2017
|
403
|
384
|
312
|
Template:Increase265
|
34,403,299
|
39.67
|
Template:Increase24.67
|
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
| Year
|
Total Seats
|
Seats Contested
|
Seats won
|
Change in seats
|
Votes
|
Percentage of votes
|
Vote swing
|
| 1982
|
294
|
52
|
0
|
-
|
129,994
|
0.58
|
-
|
| 1987
|
294
|
57
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
134,867
|
0.51
|
Template:Decrease0.07
|
| 1991
|
294
|
291
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
3,513,121
|
11.34
|
Template:Increase10.76
|
| 1996
|
294
|
292
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
2,372,480
|
6.45
|
Template:Decrease4.89
|
| 2001
|
294
|
266
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
1,901,351
|
5.19
|
Template:Decrease1.26
|
| 2006
|
294
|
29
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
760,236
|
1.93
|
Template:Decrease3.26
|
| 2011
|
294
|
289
|
0
|
Template:Steady
|
1,934,650
|
4.06
|
Template:Increase2.13
|
| 2016
|
294
|
291
|
3
|
Template:Increase3
|
5,555,134
|
10.16
|
Template:Increase6.1
|
| 2021
|
292
|
291
|
77
|
Template:Increase74
|
22,850,710
|
38.13
|
Template:Increase27.97
|
References
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