Party

Janata Party

JNP

Janata1977–1988

Also seen as: janata party, bjnp
Absorbed: BJS(1977)
Absorbed: SWA(1977)
Absorbed: BLD(1977)

Elections

in the dataset

Seats won

2,115

all-time

Best result

352

UP Assembly 1977

Lok Sabha / Assembly

3 / 83

Election record

Every election where JNP polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.

86 elections


Lok Sabha	1991	0	37,725	0.0%	24	#53
UP Assembly	1991	0	517	0.0%	3	#42
AR Assembly	1990	1	7,952	2.3%	7	#4
BR Assembly	1990	3	4,94,717	1.5%	158	#9
GJ Assembly	1990	0	69,829	0.6%	82	#6
HP Assembly	1990	0	3,769	0.2%	19	#10
MP Assembly	1990	0	37,455	0.2%	78	#11
MH Assembly	1990	0	31,349	0.1%	11	#17
OD Assembly	1990	0	92,405	0.8%	58	#7
PY Assembly	1990	0	1,127	0.3%	15	#10
RJ Assembly	1990	0	47,708	0.3%	44	#10
AP Assembly	1989	0	18,029	0.1%	24	#11
GA Assembly	1989	0	246	0.0%	3	#10
KA Assembly	1989	2	20,70,341	11.3%	217	#5
TN Assembly	1989	4	2,82,647	1.2%	10	#6
UP Assembly	1989	1	2,89,154	0.7%	119	#9
TR Assembly	1988	0	1,138	0.1%	10	#9
HR Assembly	1987	0	51,356	0.8%	17	#8
JK Assembly	1987	0	12,208	0.5%	12	#8
KL Assembly	1987	7	4,82,408	3.8%	12	#6
WB Assembly	1987	0	41,475	0.2%	30	#10
AP Assembly	1985	3	1,74,211	0.8%	5	#7
AS Assembly	1985	0	1,07,077	1.4%	87	#6
BR Assembly	1985	13	17,54,705	7.2%	229	#5
GJ Assembly	1985	14	17,75,338	19.3%	141	#2
HP Assembly	1985	0	34,251	2.1%	7	#5
KA Assembly	1985	139	64,18,795	43.6%	205	#1
MP Assembly	1985	5	5,65,900	4.0%	171	#4
MH Assembly	1985	20	16,18,101	7.4%	61	#4
OD Assembly	1985	21	24,01,566	30.6%	140	#2
PY Assembly	1985	2	25,966	8.6%	17	#4
PB Assembly	1985	1	75,307	1.1%	5	#6
RJ Assembly	1985	10	6,75,103	5.9%	31	#5
SK Assembly	1985	0	913	0.9%	20	#4
UP Assembly	1985	20	16,46,005	5.6%	311	#4
AR Assembly	1984	0	845	0.4%	3	#5
GA Assembly	1984	0	3,013	0.7%	3	#5
Lok Sabha	1984	10	1,62,10,514	6.9%	207	#5
MN Assembly	1984	4	52,530	6.1%	21	#3
TN Assembly	1984	3	4,93,374	2.3%	16	#6
AP Assembly	1983	1	2,03,478	1.0%	43	#6
DL Assembly	1983	1	65,722	3.7%	36	#4
JK Assembly	1983	0	6,065	0.3%	9	#7
KA Assembly	1983	95	42,72,318	33.1%	193	#1
ML Assembly	1983	0	42	0.0%	1	#7
TR Assembly	1983	0	515	0.1%	5	#10
HR Assembly	1982	1	1,57,224	3.2%	59	#5
HP Assembly	1982	2	73,683	4.8%	49	#4
KL Assembly	1982	4	3,86,147	4.0%	13	#9
WB Assembly	1982	0	1,87,513	0.8%	93	#9
BR Assembly	1980	13	16,27,487	7.2%	242	#7
GA Assembly	1980	0	14,431	4.1%	23	#4
GJ Assembly	1980	21	17,71,853	22.8%	152	#2
Lok Sabha	1980	31	3,75,85,695	18.8%	434	#4
KL Assembly	1980	5	7,27,635	7.6%	29	#10
MP Assembly	1980	2	3,48,030	2.9%	124	#4
MH Assembly	1980	17	15,11,042	8.6%	111	#3
MN Assembly	1980	10	1,45,036	19.8%	57	#3
OD Assembly	1980	3	2,62,903	4.1%	31	#5
PY Assembly	1980	3	22,892	9.3%	9	#3
PB Assembly	1980	0	80,805	1.3%	8	#8
RJ Assembly	1980	8	6,79,193	7.3%	76	#4
TN Assembly	1980	2	5,24,976	2.8%	96	#8
UP Assembly	1980	4	7,48,613	2.9%	241	#8
MZ Assembly	1979	2	21,435	13.1%	30	#4
SK Assembly	1979	0	9,534	13.2%	30	#5
AP Assembly	1978	60	58,12,532	28.8%	270	#2
AR Assembly	1978	17	66,906	42.1%	27	#1
AS Assembly	1978	53	14,23,204	27.6%	117	#1
KA Assembly	1978	59	47,54,114	37.9%	222	#2
MH Assembly	1978	99	57,01,399	28.0%	215	#2
BR Assembly	1977	214	74,23,101	42.7%	311	#1
DL Assembly	1977	46	7,83,873	52.6%	56	#1
GA Assembly	1977	3	69,823	23.1%	30	#3
HR Assembly	1977	75	17,65,566	46.7%	90	#1
HP Assembly	1977	53	5,64,635	49.0%	68	#1
JK Assembly	1977	13	4,14,259	23.7%	72	#2
MP Assembly	1977	230	55,35,807	47.3%	319	#1
OD Assembly	1977	110	25,27,787	49.2%	147	#1
PY Assembly	1977	7	59,705	26.5%	28	#2
PB Assembly	1977	25	8,47,718	15.0%	41	#2
RJ Assembly	1977	152	41,60,373	50.4%	200	#1
TN Assembly	1977	10	28,51,884	16.7%	233	#5
TR Assembly	1977	0	78,479	10.5%	59	#7
UP Assembly	1977	352	1,13,51,359	47.8%	422	#1
WB Assembly	1977	29	28,69,391	20.0%	289	#2

Peak: 352 seats at the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1977 — the largest party that year.