Jharkhand, 2024. 244 candidates from 49 parties contested 14 seats; 4 parties won at least one.
Parties contesting
49
2024 · 4 of them won a seat
Largest party
8seats
Bharatiya Janta Party · 45.07% of votes
Deposits lost
88.12%
215 of 244 candidates
Effective parties
3.7
By vote share · lower means more dominant
Candidates per seat
17.4
244 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
45.07%8 seats · +12.08 pts
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
14.77%3 seats · +6.66 pts
Indian National Congr…
19.47%2 seats · -5.19 pts
Ajsu Party
2.65%1 seat · +4.5 pts
Independent
9.1%0 seats · -9.1 pts
Rashtriya Janata Dal
2.83%0 seats · -2.83 pts
Communist Party of In…
2.43%0 seats · -2.43 pts
Bahujan Samaj Party
0.93%0 seats · -0.93 pts
[03]Strike rate — candidates who won
2024 · parties fielding 5 or more
Bharatiya Janta Party
61.54%8/13
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
60.0%3/5
Indian National Congr…
28.57%2/7
Independent
0.0%0/102
Bahujan Samaj Party
0.0%0/14
Lokhit Adhikar Party
0.0%0/12
Peoples Party of Indi…
0.0%0/12
Ambedkarite Party of…
0.0%0/6
Bahujan Mukti Party
0.0%0/5
Bhagidari Party(p)
0.0%0/6
[04]Deposits lost
Candidates under a sixth of the valid vote · newest first
2024
88.12%215 of 244
2019
88.21%202 of 229
2014
87.08%209 of 240
2009
87.15%217 of 249
2004
83.52%152 of 182
[05]How crowded the ballot got
Candidates per seat · newest first
2024
17.4244 candidates
2019
16.4229 candidates
2014
17.1240 candidates
2009
17.8249 candidates
2004
13.0182 candidates
[06]Independents
Candidates standing without a party · newest first
2024
1020 won
2019
950 won
2014
770 won
2009
1002 won
2004
710 won
[07]Computed insights
Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
Bharatiya Janta Party took 57.14% of the seats on 45.07% of the votes — a seat bonus of +12.08 pts.
seat share 57.14 - vote share 45.07
Independent went the other way: 9.1% of votes returned only 0.0% of seats.
seat share 0.0 - vote share 9.1
88.12% of candidates lost their deposit in 2024 — 215 of 244 polled under a sixth of the valid vote.
215/244 below the one-sixth threshold
102 independents stood and 0 won — a strike rate of 0.0%.
0/102 independents
The field has grown more concentrated since 2004: the effective number of parties moved from 5.2 to 3.7.