Assam, 2024. 143 candidates from 27 parties contested 14 seats; 4 parties won at least one.
Parties contesting
27
2024 · 4 of them won a seat
Largest party
9seats
Bharatiya Janta Party · 37.89% of votes
Deposits lost
78.32%
112 of 143 candidates
Effective parties
3.4
By vote share · lower means more dominant
Candidates per seat
10.2
143 for 14 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.
Bharatiya Janta Party
37.89%9 seats · +26.4 pts
Indian National Congr…
37.89%3 seats · -16.47 pts
Asom Gana Parishad
6.55%1 seat · +0.59 pts
United Peoples Party…
2.47%1 seat · +4.68 pts
Bodoland Peoples Front
3.92%0 seats · -3.92 pts
All India United Demo…
3.16%0 seats · -3.16 pts
Independent
2.47%0 seats · -2.47 pts
Assam Jatiya Parishad
2.09%0 seats · -2.09 pts
Aam Aadmi Party
0.86%0 seats · -0.86 pts
Gana Suraksha Party
0.62%0 seats · -0.62 pts
[03]Strike rate — candidates who won
2024 · parties fielding 5 or more
Bharatiya Janta Party
81.82%9/11
Indian National Congr…
23.08%3/13
Independent
0.0%0/54
Voters Party Internat…
0.0%0/8
Bharatiya Gana Parish…
0.0%0/5
Socialist Unity Centr…
0.0%0/6
[04]Deposits lost
Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote · newest first
2024
78.32%112 of 143
2019
78.2%104 of 133
2014
78.4%127 of 162
2009
77.22%122 of 158
2004
69.83%81 of 116
1999
68.7%79 of 115
1998
65.35%66 of 101
1996
74.45%102 of 137
1991
82.64%138 of 167
1985
70.76%75 of 106
[05]How crowded the ballot got
Candidates per seat · newest first
2024
10.2143 candidates
2019
9.5133 candidates
2014
11.6162 candidates
2009
11.3158 candidates
2004
8.3116 candidates
1999
8.2115 candidates
1998
7.2101 candidates
1996
9.8137 candidates
1991
11.9167 candidates
1985
7.6106 candidates
[06]Independents
Candidates standing without a party · newest first
2024
540 won
2019
401 won
2014
581 won
2009
730 won
2004
471 won
1999
441 won
1998
451 won
1996
651 won
1991
721 won
1985
648 won
[07]Computed insights
Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
Bharatiya Janta Party took 64.29% of the seats on 37.89% of the votes — a seat bonus of +26.4 pts.
seat share 64.29 - vote share 37.89
Indian National Congress went the other way: 37.89% of votes returned only 21.43% of seats.
seat share 21.43 - vote share 37.89
78.32% of candidates lost their deposit in 2024 — 112 of 143 polled under a sixth of the valid vote.
112/143 below the one-sixth threshold
54 independents stood and 0 won — a strike rate of 0.0%.