Vote share throws contrary pictures, 3rd largest BSP gets no

While BJP's countrywide vote share shot up by over 12 per cent at the expense of other parties, the chart throws some contrary pictures as parties like BSP got no seat in spite of third-highest vote share, but TMC and AIADMK clinched over 30 seats each with less than 4 per cent vote share.
An analysis of vote share data between Lok Sabha polls of 2014 and 2009 shows that BJP's vote share at national level has gone up to 31 per cent from less than 19 per cent during last elections. During the same period, Congress' vote share has dipped to nearly 19 per cent from over 28 per cent.

On the other hand, BSP's nationwide vote share has declined from over 6 per cent to 4.1 per cent and still remains third largest party in terms of vote share after BJP and Congress.
Within UP, BSP has got nearly 20 per cent votes -- third largest after BJP (42.3 per cent) and Samajwadi Party (22.2 per cent) -- although it has failed to win a single seat.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has interestingly come third with 4.1 per cent vote share or 2.3 crore votes, but it has no seat 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.

BJP has got 71 seats and its ally Apna Dal has got two seats, while SP has won 5 seats. Congress has won two seats (Sonia and Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Amethi respectively), while its vote share now stands at 7.5 per cent.
In Bihar, Janta Dal United has seen a sharp decline in vote share to 16 per cent, while it could win only two seats.
Even among those having won some seats the number of seats is not in proportion with their respective vote shares.

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) has got 34 seats with about 3.8 per cent vote share.
The number of seats won by 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.
Biju Janta Dal, the fifth largest party in terms of seats after BJP, Congress, AIADMK and TMC, has got 20 seats although it stands much lower on the vote share tally at 14th position with 1.7 per cent share.
DMK has also got 1.7 per cent vote share, but has no seats to show in its kitty.