Dataset - Master Data: State and Political Party-wise data related to Seats Contested, Forfeited Deposit Seats and Seats Won by each party in all the Lok Sabha Elections Conducted in India
Master Data: State and Political Party-wise data related to Seats Contested, Forfeited Deposit Seats and Seats Won by each party in all the Lok Sabha Elections Conducted in India
This Dataset contains state and political party-wise data related to seats contested, forfeited deposit seats and seats won by each party in all the Lok Sabha Elections Conducted in India.
Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.
Master Data: State and Political Party-wise data related to Seats Contested, Forfeited Deposit Seats and Seats Won by each party in all the Lok Sabha Elections Conducted in India
This Dataset contains state and political party-wise data related to seats contested, forfeited deposit seats and seats won by each party in all the Lok Sabha Elections Conducted in India.
Note: Data is as per the source and some columns may be empty where data was not provided by the source.
Rows: 22760
Columns: 10
Time period: 1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984 to 1985, 1989, 1991 to 1992, 1996, 1998 to 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024
Last Updated: 10 September 2025
Data preview
year
lok_sabha_number
state
party_type
party_name
party_abbreviation
seats_type
value
unit
note
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
National Party
All India Trinamool Congress
AITC
Seats Contested
37
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
National Party
Indian National Congress
INC
Seats Contested
12
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
National Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP
Seats Contested
37
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
Independent
Independent
IND
Seats Contested
180
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
Registered Unrecognised Party
All India Secular Front
AISF
Seats Contested
16
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
National Party
Bahujan Samaj Party
BSP
Seats Contested
35
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
Registered Unrecognised Party
Social Democratic Party of India
SDPI
Seats Contested
4
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
Registered Unrecognised Party
Socialist Unity Centre of India
SUCI
Seats Contested
37
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
Registered Unrecognised Party
Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party
BHRJWNKP
Seats Contested
2
value in Absolute Number
2024
Eighteenth
West Bengal
Registered Unrecognised Party
Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party
BLRP
Seats Contested
3
value in Absolute Number
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Metadata
Number of Rows22760
Number of Columns10
Time Period1951, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984 to 1985, 1989, 1991 to 1992, 1996, 1998 to 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024
The calendar year in which the Lok Sabha election data was recorded.
lok_sabha_number
String
18
22760
The ordinal (written in words) of the Lok Sabha term to which the election record pertains, such as Eighteenth.
state
String
53
22760
The Indian state or union territory where the electoral data was recorded.
party_type
String
4
22760
Classification of the contesting party or candidate, such as National Party, State Party, Registered Unrecognised Party, or Independent.
party_name
String
1894
22760
Full name of the political party or the independent candidate contesting the election.
party_abbreviation
String
1891
22760
Short abbreviation or acronym representing the political party's name.
seats_type
String
4
22760
The type of electoral metric being reported for the party, such as Seats Contested or Seats Won.
value
Float64
270
22760
The numeric figure for the electoral metric indicated by seats_type, expressed as an absolute count.
unit
String
1
22760
The unit of measurement for the reported value, given as an absolute number.
note
String
1
0
Optional remarks or footnotes providing additional context about the record.
Citation
Election Commission of India. (2026). Master Data: State and Political Party-wise data related to Seats Contested, Forfeited Deposit Seats and Seats Won by each party in all the Lok Sabha Elections Conducted in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21385
