About & history
- Abbreviation
- RJD
- Founded
- 1997
- Founder(s)
- Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Main base
- Bihar
Founded by Lalu Prasad Yadav in July 1997 after a split in the Janata Dal. It is one of the main parties in Bihar.
Milestones
- 1997 Founded
Election record at a glance
- Contested 7 Lok Sabha general elections under this name, from 1998 to 2024.
- First won Lok Sabha seats in 1998 (17). Best result: 24 seats in 2004. Total seats won across all elections: 60.
- Highest vote share: 2.79% in 1999.
- In 2024 it contested 24 seats in 2 states/UTs and won 4, with 1.57% of all votes polled.
- In Tamil Nadu it has contested 2 Lok Sabha elections without winning a seat.
Lok Sabha record, 1952–2024
In Tamil Nadu
Lok Sabha 2024 — state-wise
Lok Sabha MPs elected in 2024
Rajya Sabha members now
Sources: Election Commission of India (Lok Sabha results 1951–2024); Digital Sansad (Rajya Sabha). Vote share = party votes ÷ all votes polled (incl. NOTA from 2014). Party history is a short summary.