Full List of Lok Sabha Constituencies Where By-Elections Were Held After 2014: BJP Won Only 5 Out of 25 Seats Contested
The 5 victories of BJP were retention of seats last represented by their lawmakers. The party failed to wrest any new parliamentary constituency in the bypolls held in the last 4 years.
New Delhi, May 31: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has contested 25 of the 27 Lok Sabha by-elections held over the past five years. The party, however, succeeded in winning only 20 percent of the seats.
Notably, the BJP added no new constituency in the last four years. The five bypoll wins registered by the party came on 13 seats which were vacated either due to the death or resignation of incumbent BJP lawmakers.
The remainder of eight seats were wrested from the party, bringing its tally down in Lok Sabha to 274. The number of BJP MPs slided further to 272 with the resignation of BS Yeddyurappa and B Sriramulu, who were elected to the Karnataka Assembly, earlier in the month.
Full List of Lok Sabha Constituencies Where By-Elections Were Held After 2014: BJP Won Only 5 Out of 25 Seats Contested
In 2014, a total of five Lok Sabha by-elections were held. The BJP contested all the five seats, registering victories in only two of them.
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- Beed, Maharashtra
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after bypoll: BJP
- Kandhamal, Odisha
Winner in 2014: BJD
Winner after bypoll: BJD
- Medak, Telangana
Winner in 2014: TRS
Winner after bypoll: TRS
- Vadodara, Gujarat
- Beed, Maharashtra
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after bypoll: BJP
- Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh
Winner in 2014: SP
Winner after Bypoll: SPIn 2015, a total of 3 Lok Sabha by-elections were contested. The BJP entered the electoral fray in each of the bypoll contests. The party failed to retain the crucial seat of Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh.
- Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2015 Bypoll: Congress
- Warangal, Telangana
Winner in 2014: TRS
Winner after 2015 Bypoll: TRS
- Bangaon, West Bengal
Winner in 2014: Trinamool Congress
Winner after 2015 Bypoll: Trinamool Congress
In 2016, a total of five Lok Sabha by-elections were contested. The BJP contested four among it, retaining the Shahdol seat of Madhya Pradesh and Lakhimpur constituency of Assam.
- Lakhimpur, Assam
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2016 Bypoll: BJP
- Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after Bypoll: BJP
- Coochbehar, West Bengal
Winner in 2014: Trinamool Congress
Winner after 2016 Bypoll: Trinamool Congress
- Tamluk, West Bengal
Winner in 2014: Trinamool Congress
Winner after 2016 Bypoll: Trinamool Congress
In 2017, a total of four Lok Sabha by-elections were contested, with the BJP contesting on three among them. Apart from failing to win any seat, the saffron party lost Gurdaspur, the constituency it had won in the past four Lok Sabha elections.
- Amritsar, Punjab
Winner in 2014: Congress
Winner after 2017 Bypoll: Congress
- Gurdaspur, Punjab
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2017 Bypoll: Congress
- Malappuram, Kerala
Winner in 2014: IUML
Winner after 2017 Bypoll: IUML
In 2018 so far, a total of 10 Lok Sabha by-elections have been contested, featuring the BJP's presence in nine of the electoral battles. The party has suffered maximum setbacks this year, losing eight of the nine bypolls. Notably, six of the eight seats where BJP lost were last represented by its own lawmakers.
- Alwar, Rajasthan
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: Congress
- Ajmer, Rajasthan
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: Congress
- Uluberia, West Bengal
Winner in 2014: Trinamool Congress
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: Trinamool Congress
- Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypolls: SP
- Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: SP
- Araria, Bihar
Winner in 2014: RJD
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: RJD
- Palghar, Maharashtra
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: BJP
- Bhandara-Gondia, Maharashtra
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: NCP
- Kairana, Uttar Pradesh
Winner in 2014: BJP
Winner after 2018 Bypoll: RLD
Reacting to the bypoll losses on Thursday, BJP veteran and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the party would take corrective steps. "To take a giant leap, you will have to take two steps back. We will take a giant leap in future," he said.
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