Despite the high voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir this time and high-profile visits by national leaders, 34 political parties have failed to win any seat, including parties like the BSP and SP.

According to the election authorities, besides the two — the BSP contested on 83 seats and the SP on 34 — the parties that have failed to win any seat include the NCP (contested 19 seats), the RJD (contested 14) the CPI (contested seven), the All India Forward Bloc (contested 21), the Janata Dal (U) (contested six), the Janata Dal (Secular) (contested four), the RLD (contested three ), the Revolutionary Socialist Party (contested two), the Jammu & Kashmir Awami National Conference (contested 56), the Lok Janshakti Party (contested 45), the Samata Party (contested 14), the Jammu State Morcha (Progressive) (contested 14), the Socialistic Democratic Party (contested 12), the Bharatiya Bahujan Party (contested 10), the Backward Classes Democratic Party, J&K (contested seven), the Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party (contested seven), the Bhartiya Chaitanya Party (contested six), the Jammu & Kashmir National United Front (contested six), the Republican Party of India (A) (contested five), the All J&K Kisan Majdoor Party (contested four), the Janata Party (contested three), the Republican Party of India (contested three), the National Lokhind Party (contested three), the Bharatiya Sampuran Krantikari Party (contested two), the United Citizen Party (contested two), the All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist) (contested one), the Rajya Nojawan Shakti Party (contested one), the Kranti Dal (contested one), the National Democratic Party (contested one), the Forward Bloc (Socialist) (contested one), the Jammu And Kashmir Awami League (contested one), the Ambedkar National Congress (contested one) and the Adarsh Political Party (contested one).

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