About & history
- Abbreviation
- RLD
- Founded
- 1996
- Founder(s)
- Ajit Singh
- Main base
- Uttar Pradesh
Founded by Ajit Singh, son of former Prime Minister Charan Singh, in 1996. Based in western Uttar Pradesh.
Milestones
- 1996 Founded
Election record at a glance
- Contested 6 Lok Sabha general elections under this name, from 1999 to 2024.
- First won Lok Sabha seats in 1999 (2). Best result: 5 seats in 2009. Total seats won across all elections: 12.
- Highest vote share: 0.63% in 2004.
- In 2024 it contested 2 seats in 1 state/UTs and won 2, with 0.14% of all votes polled.
- In Tamil Nadu it has contested 1 Lok Sabha election 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.