Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party

This article is about the election performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

National Elections

Year	Legislature	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes	Vote swing	Outcome	Ref.
1984	8th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	2 / 533	2	7.74%	–	Opposition	[1][2]
1989	9th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	85 / 545	83	11.36%	3.62%	Outside support for NF	[3]
1991	10th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	120 / 545	35	20.11%	8.75%	Opposition	[4]
1996	11th Lok Sabha	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	161 / 545	41	20.29%	0.18%	Government, later opposition	[5]
1998	12th Lok Sabha	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	182 / 545	21	25.59%	5.30%	Government	[6]
1999	13th Lok Sabha	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	182 / 545		23.75%	1.84%	Government	[7]
2004	14th Lok Sabha	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	138 / 543	44	22.16%	1.69%	Opposition	[8]
2009	15th Lok Sabha	Lal Krishna Advani	116 / 543	22	18.80%	3.36%	Opposition	[9]
2014	16th Lok Sabha	Narendra Modi	282 / 543	166	31.34%	12.54%	Government	[10]
2019	17th Lok Sabha	Narendra Modi	303 / 543	21	37.46%	6.12%	Government	[11]

State Elections

West Bengal

Vote share in consecutive assembly elections
2016			10.16%
2011			6.52%
2006			1.93%
2001			5.19%
1996			6.45%
1991			11.34%
1987			0.51%
1982			0.58%

See also

• Election results of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

References

1. "LS Statistical Report : 1984 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 81. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
2. "LS Statistical Report : 1985 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 15. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
3. "LS Statistical Report : 1989 Vol. 1" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
4. Election Commission 1991.
5. Election Commission 1996.
6. Election Commission 1998.
7. Election Commission 1999.
8. Election Commission 2004.
9. Election Commission 2009.
10. "LS 2014 : List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 93. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
11. "LS 2019 : List of successful candidates". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

Bibliography

• "Statistical report on general elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
• "Statistical report on general elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
• "Statistical report on general elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
• "Statistical report on general elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
• "Statistical report on general elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
• "Performance of National Parties" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 May 2014.