Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Bihar

The dataset contains political party type and name-wise Seats Contested, Seats Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats in assembly elections of Bihar for each election year. Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.

Rows: 3129
Columns: 10
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_name	party_type	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2025	Bihar	Aam Admi Party	National Party	AAAP	Seats Contested	83	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Rashtriya Jan Vikas Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	RSTJNVKSP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Peace Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	PECP	Seats Contested	5	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Panchpauniya Samaj Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	PNCHPSP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)	Registered Unrecognised Party	PPID	Seats Contested	27	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Prism	Registered Unrecognised Party	PRISM	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Parivartan Party Of India	Registered Unrecognised Party	PRVPOI	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Proutist Sarva Samaj	Registered Unrecognised Party	PSS	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Political Team India	Registered Unrecognised Party	PTI	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	RJBP	Seats Contested	50	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	17	3129	The calendar year of the assembly election to which the seat statistics pertain.
month	String	3	375	The month associated with the election record, where applicable.
state	String	1	3129	The Indian state for which the assembly seat statistics are reported.
party_name	String	518	3129	Full name of the political party that contested or won assembly seats.
party_type	String	5	3129	Classification of the party, such as National Party or Registered Unrecognised Party.
party_abbreviation	String	523	3129	Short abbreviation or code representing the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	3129	The type of assembly seat figure reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	Float64	240	3123	The absolute number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seats type for the party.
unit	String	1	3129	The unit of measurement for the value, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Optional remarks or clarifications accompanying the record.

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Bihar

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Bihar

Rows: 3129
Columns: 10
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_name	party_type	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2025	Bihar	Aam Admi Party	National Party	AAAP	Seats Contested	83	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Rashtriya Jan Vikas Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	RSTJNVKSP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Peace Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	PECP	Seats Contested	5	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Panchpauniya Samaj Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	PNCHPSP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)	Registered Unrecognised Party	PPID	Seats Contested	27	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Prism	Registered Unrecognised Party	PRISM	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Parivartan Party Of India	Registered Unrecognised Party	PRVPOI	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Proutist Sarva Samaj	Registered Unrecognised Party	PSS	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Political Team India	Registered Unrecognised Party	PTI	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2025	Bihar	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	Registered Unrecognised Party	RJBP	Seats Contested	50	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	17	3129	The calendar year of the assembly election to which the seat statistics pertain.
month	String	3	375	The month associated with the election record, where applicable.
state	String	1	3129	The Indian state for which the assembly seat statistics are reported.
party_name	String	518	3129	Full name of the political party that contested or won assembly seats.
party_type	String	5	3129	Classification of the party, such as National Party or Registered Unrecognised Party.
party_abbreviation	String	523	3129	Short abbreviation or code representing the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	3129	The type of assembly seat figure reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	Float64	240	3123	The absolute number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seats type for the party.
unit	String	1	3129	The unit of measurement for the value, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Optional remarks or clarifications accompanying the record.

Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Bihar

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Election Year-wise Data on Seats Contested, Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats for each Political Party in the Assembly Elections of Bihar

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