Political Parties
| Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Efficiency | Vote share | Swing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janata Dal (United) | 141 | 115 | 27 | 81.56% | 22.61% | 2.15% | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 102 | 91 | 36 | 89.22% | 16.46% | .81% | ||||||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 168 | 22 | 32 | 13.10% | 18.84% | -4.61% | ||||||
| Lok Janshakti Party | 75 | 3 | 7 | 4% | 6.75% | -4.35% | ||||||
| Indian National Congress | 243 | 4 | 5 | 1.65% | 8.38% | 2.29% | ||||||
| Communist Party of India | 56 | 1 | 2 | 1.79% | 1.69% | -.40% | ||||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2.44% | ||||||||
| Independent | 1342 | 6 | 4 | ? | ||||||||
| National Democratic Alliance | 243 | 206 | 63 | 84.77% | 39.07% | 2.96% | ||||||
| Total | 243 | |||||||||||
| Turnout: 29,017,537 (52.71%) | ||||||||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||||||||||
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