About & history
- Abbreviation
- SHS
- Founded
- 1966
- Founder(s)
- Bal Thackeray
- Main base
- Maharashtra
Founded by Bal Thackeray in Mumbai on 19 June 1966. After a split in 2022, the Election Commission recognised the faction led by Eknath Shinde as the Shiv Sena.
Milestones
- 1966 Founded by Bal Thackeray
- 1995 Leads Maharashtra government with the BJP
- 2022 Party splits
Election record at a glance
- Contested 12 Lok Sabha general elections under this name, from 1971 to 2024.
- First won Lok Sabha seats in 1989 (1). Best result: 18 seats in 2019. Total seats won across all elections: 107.
- Highest vote share: 2.10% in 2019.
- In 2024 it contested 15 seats in 1 state/UTs and won 7, with 1.15% of all votes polled.
- In Tamil Nadu it has contested 4 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.