Parties corner vote share, but fail to win seats

Results coming out of Lok Sabha polls show that parties like Mayawati-led BSP and Tamil Nadu's DMK managed to corner a large number of votes but failed to convert them into seats, while parties with lesser vote share have got seats to show in their kitty.
Even among those having won some seats, given a large majority being cornered by BJP, the number of seats is not in proportion with their respective vote shares.
As per Election Commission figures, BJP has come out with flying colours in these elections winning 282 seats on its own, while it got nearly 17.16 crore votes accounting for 31 per cent vote share.

The Indian National Congress, which has been left with just 44 seats, has managed to get 10.7 crore votes or about 19.3 per cent share.
On the vote share front, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has interestingly come third with 4.1 per cent vote share or 2.3 crore votes, but it has got zero seats in its kitty. Its candidates came second on 34 seats.
Samajwadi Party is also not far behind with 3.4 per cent vote share, although Mulayam Singh Yadav-led party could manage to win only five seats.
On the other hand, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has got 34 seats with about 3.8 per cent vote share.

The number of seats won by Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK is even larger at 37, although vote share stands at 3.3 per cent. At the same time, CPI(M) with a similar 3.3 per cent vote share has managed to win just nine seats.