Punjab, 2024. 328 candidates from 49 parties contested 13 seats; 4 parties won at least one.
Parties contesting
49
2024 · 4 of them won a seat
Largest party
7seats
Indian National Congress · 26.44% of votes
Deposits lost
88.11%
289 of 328 candidates
Effective parties
5.0
By vote share · lower means more dominant
Candidates per seat
25.2
328 for 13 declared seats
[02]Vote share against seat share
2024 · bar is vote share, marker is seat share
First-past-the-post rarely pays out in proportion. The bar is the share of votes a
party won; the marker is the share of seats it took. A marker to the right of its
bar means the system paid the party more seats than its votes alone would buy.
Indian National Congr…
26.44%7 seats · +27.41 pts
Aam Aadmi Party
26.16%3 seats · -3.08 pts
Independent
7.86%2 seats · +7.53 pts
Shiromani Akali Dal
13.48%1 seat · -5.78 pts
Bharatiya Janta Party
18.65%0 seats · -18.65 pts
Shiromani Akali Dal (…
3.84%0 seats · -3.84 pts
Bahujan Samaj Party
2.5%0 seats · -2.5 pts
[03]Strike rate — candidates who won
2024 · parties fielding 5 or more
Indian National Congr…
53.85%7/13
Aam Aadmi Party
23.08%3/13
Shiromani Akali Dal
7.69%1/13
Independent
1.19%2/168
Bharatiya Janta Party
0.0%0/13
Shiromani Akali Dal (…
0.0%0/12
Bahujan Samaj Party
0.0%0/13
Nationalist Justice P…
0.0%0/7
Bharatheeya Jawan Kis…
0.0%0/5
Jan Sewa Driver Party
0.0%0/5
[04]Deposits lost
Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote · newest first
2024
88.11%289 of 328
2019
89.21%248 of 278
2014
86.56%219 of 253
2009
88.07%192 of 218
2004
78.87%112 of 142
1999
76.67%92 of 120
1998
73.53%75 of 102
1996
88.03%228 of 259
1992
65.43%53 of 81
1991
66.67%54 of 81
[05]How crowded the ballot got
Candidates per seat · newest first
2024
25.2328 candidates
2019
21.4278 candidates
2014
19.5253 candidates
2009
16.8218 candidates
2004
10.9142 candidates
1999
9.2120 candidates
1998
7.9102 candidates
1996
19.9259 candidates
1992
6.281 candidates
1991
6.281 candidates
[06]Independents
Candidates standing without a party · newest first
2024
1682 won
2019
1230 won
2014
1180 won
2009
1130 won
2004
700 won
1999
570 won
1998
491 won
1996
1810 won
1992
320 won
1991
320 won
[07]Computed insights
Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
Indian National Congress took 53.85% of the seats on 26.44% of the votes — a seat bonus of +27.41 pts.
seat share 53.85 - vote share 26.44
Bharatiya Janta Party went the other way: 18.65% of votes returned only 0.0% of seats.
seat share 0.0 - vote share 18.65
88.11% of candidates lost their deposit in 2024 — 289 of 328 polled under a sixth of the valid vote.
289/328 below the one-sixth threshold
168 independents stood and 2 won — a strike rate of 1.19%.
2/168 independents
The field has grown more fragmented since 1952: the effective number of parties moved from 4.1 to 5.0.