Rajasthan, 2023. 1,875 candidates from 81 parties contested 200 seats; 7 parties won at least one.
Parties contesting
81
2023 · 7 of them won a seat
Largest party
115seats
Bharatiya Janta Party · 42.1% of votes
Deposits lost
75.84%
1,422 of 1,875 candidates
Effective parties
2.9
By vote share · lower means more dominant
Candidates per seat
9.4
1,875 for 200 declared seats
[02]Vote share against seat share
2023 · 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.
Bharatiya Janta Party
42.1%115 seats · +15.4 pts
Indian National Congr…
39.96%70 seats · -4.96 pts
Independent
7.48%8 seats · -3.48 pts
Bharat Adivasi Party
2.36%3 seats · -0.86 pts
Bahujan Samaj Party
1.83%2 seats · -0.83 pts
Rashtriya Loktantrik…
2.4%1 seat · -1.9 pts
Rashtriya Lok Dal
0.21%1 seat · +0.29 pts
Communist Party of In…
0.97%0 seats · -0.97 pts
Aazad Samaj Party (ka…
0.9%0 seats · -0.9 pts
[03]Strike rate — candidates who won
2023 · parties fielding 5 or more
Bharatiya Janta Party
57.5%115/200
Indian National Congr…
35.18%70/199
Bharat Adivasi Party
11.11%3/27
Rashtriya Loktantrik…
1.28%1/78
Independent
1.09%8/734
Bahujan Samaj Party
1.08%2/185
Communist Party of In…
0.0%0/17
Aazad Samaj Party (ka…
0.0%0/47
Aam Aadmi Party
0.0%0/86
Bhartiya Tribal Party
0.0%0/17
[04]Deposits lost
Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote · newest first
2023
75.84%1,422 of 1,875
2018
80.08%1,821 of 2,274
2013
78.24%1,640 of 2,096
2008
78.9%1,731 of 2,194
2003
70.15%1,081 of 1,541
1998
68.38%982 of 1,436
1993
81.21%1,979 of 2,437
1990
84.97%2,624 of 3,088
1985
71.88%1,081 of 1,504
1980
67.35%947 of 1,406
[05]How crowded the ballot got
Candidates per seat · newest first
2023
9.41,875 candidates
2018
11.42,274 candidates
2013
10.52,096 candidates
2008
11.02,194 candidates
2003
7.71,541 candidates
1998
7.21,436 candidates
1993
12.32,437 candidates
1990
15.43,088 candidates
1985
7.51,504 candidates
1980
7.01,406 candidates
[06]Independents
Candidates standing without a party · newest first
2023
7348 won
2018
83013 won
2013
7587 won
2008
1,02314 won
2003
55613 won
1998
6047 won
1993
1,50621 won
1990
2,1369 won
1985
99510 won
1980
75012 won
[07]Computed insights
Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
Bharatiya Janta Party took 57.5% of the seats on 42.1% of the votes — a seat bonus of +15.4 pts.
seat share 57.5 - vote share 42.1
Indian National Congress went the other way: 39.96% of votes returned only 35.0% of seats.
seat share 35.0 - vote share 39.96
75.84% of candidates lost their deposit in 2023 — 1,422 of 1,875 polled under a sixth of the valid vote.
1422/1875 below the one-sixth threshold
734 independents stood and 8 won — a strike rate of 1.09%.
8/734 independents
The field has grown more concentrated since 1962: the effective number of parties moved from 4.1 to 2.9.