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

The dataset contains political party type and name-wise Seats Contested, Seats Won and Forfeited Deposit Seats in assembly elections of Punjab 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: 1092
Columns: 9
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2022	Punjab	National Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Seats Contested	73	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Republican Party of India Ektavadi	RPIE	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Lok Insaaf Party	LIP	Seats Contested	35	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Marxist Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)	MLPOIRF	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	National Apni Party	NAPt	Seats Contested	4	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Nationalist Justice Party	NATJUP	Seats Contested	17	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab Kisan Dal	PKD	Seats Contested	13	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab Lok Congress Party	PLCP	Seats Contested	28	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab Labour Party	PLP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab National Party	PNJBNP	Seats Contested	7	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	16	1092	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	1092	The Indian state for which the legislative assembly seat data is reported.
party_type	String	5	1092	Classification of the political party, such as national party, state party, or registered unrecognised party.
party_name	String	187	1092	Full official name of the political party participating in the assembly election.
party_abbreviation	String	191	1092	Shortened abbreviation or acronym representing the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	1092	Category of assembly seat figure being reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	Float64	129	1089	Number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seat type for the given party.
unit	String	1	1092	Unit of measurement for the seat figures, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Supplementary remarks or clarifying 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 Punjab

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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 Punjab

Rows: 1092
Columns: 9
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022
Last Updated: 26 November 2025

year	state	party_type	party_name	party_abbreviation	seats_type	value	unit
2022	Punjab	National Party	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	Seats Contested	73	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Republican Party of India Ektavadi	RPIE	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Lok Insaaf Party	LIP	Seats Contested	35	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Marxist Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)	MLPOIRF	Seats Contested	2	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	National Apni Party	NAPt	Seats Contested	4	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Nationalist Justice Party	NATJUP	Seats Contested	17	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab Kisan Dal	PKD	Seats Contested	13	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab Lok Congress Party	PLCP	Seats Contested	28	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab Labour Party	PLP	Seats Contested	1	value in absolute number
2022	Punjab	Registered Unrecognised Party	Punjab National Party	PNJBNP	Seats Contested	7	value in absolute number

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Column metadata
Column	Type	Distinct	Count	Description
year	Int64	16	1092	The calendar year to which the assembly seat statistics pertain.
state	String	1	1092	The Indian state for which the legislative assembly seat data is reported.
party_type	String	5	1092	Classification of the political party, such as national party, state party, or registered unrecognised party.
party_name	String	187	1092	Full official name of the political party participating in the assembly election.
party_abbreviation	String	191	1092	Shortened abbreviation or acronym representing the political party's name.
seats_type	String	3	1092	Category of assembly seat figure being reported, such as seats contested or seats won.
value	Float64	129	1089	Number of assembly seats corresponding to the reported seat type for the given party.
unit	String	1	1092	Unit of measurement for the seat figures, expressed as an absolute number.
note	String	1	0	Supplementary remarks or clarifying 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 Punjab

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