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

The dataset contains political party type and name-wise Seats Contested, Seats Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats in assembly elections of Karnataka 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: 1366
Columns: 9
Time period: 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2023	Karnataka	National Party	Aam Admi Party	AAAP	Seats Contested	209	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Lok Shakti (Hegde)	LS	Seats Contested	5	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	RJBP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Rani Chennamma Party	RCMP	Seats Contested	7	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Rashtriya Maratha Party	RASMARP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Proutist Sarva Samaj	PSS	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Parisara Bandhu Party	PRSRBNDHP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Purvanchal Mahapanchayat	PMPT	Seats Contested	3	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Proutist Bloc of India	PBI	Seats Contested	4	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Navarang Congress Party	NRCP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	15	1366	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	1366	The Indian state for which the legislative assembly seat data is reported.
party_type	String	5	1366	Classification of the political party, such as national party, state party, or registered unrecognised party.
party_name	String	208	1366	Full name of the political party associated with the assembly seat record.
party_abbreviation	String	217	1366	Shortened abbreviation or acronym representing the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	1366	Category of assembly seat figure being reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	String	180	1366	The absolute number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seat type for the party.
unit	String	1	1366	Unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Supplementary remarks or annotations pertaining to 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 Karnataka

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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 Karnataka

Rows: 1366
Columns: 9
Time period: 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2023	Karnataka	National Party	Aam Admi Party	AAAP	Seats Contested	209	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Lok Shakti (Hegde)	LS	Seats Contested	5	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	RJBP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Rani Chennamma Party	RCMP	Seats Contested	7	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Rashtriya Maratha Party	RASMARP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Proutist Sarva Samaj	PSS	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Parisara Bandhu Party	PRSRBNDHP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Purvanchal Mahapanchayat	PMPT	Seats Contested	3	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Proutist Bloc of India	PBI	Seats Contested	4	value in absolute number
2023	Karnataka	Registered Unrecognised Party	Navarang Congress Party	NRCP	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number

Sample from the dataset, for your reference.

Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	15	1366	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	1366	The Indian state for which the legislative assembly seat data is reported.
party_type	String	5	1366	Classification of the political party, such as national party, state party, or registered unrecognised party.
party_name	String	208	1366	Full name of the political party associated with the assembly seat record.
party_abbreviation	String	217	1366	Shortened abbreviation or acronym representing the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	1366	Category of assembly seat figure being reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	String	180	1366	The absolute number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seat type for the party.
unit	String	1	1366	Unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Supplementary remarks or annotations pertaining to the record.

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

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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 Karnataka

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

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