Election Results 2024: 12 BJP candidates from political families won polls, 18 from Congress

Analysis of 80 young dynasts in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, tracking their wins and notable candidates.

Of the 80 young dynasts who are candidates in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections tracked by the Hindu Data Team, 43 won the polls.

Dynasts are candidates who have or had a close family member who is or was an MLA or an MP, assuming that they leveraged their familial political connections and influence in getting a ticket over the others. We have defined dynasts as those candidates whose relatives (such as siblings, cousins, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, spouse, etc.) are established leaders and have been or are part of a Legislative Assembly or Council, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, or have held a ministerial position.

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For our analysis, we looked at candidates aged between 25 and 45 from the following major parties: BJP, INC, AAP, AITC, BJD, DMK, JD(S), JD(U), LJP(RV), NCP(SP), RJD, Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena (UBT), TDP, YSRCP.

Table 1 | The table shows the total number of dynasts tracked and the number of dynasts who won in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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Of the 35 Congress dynast candidates we tracked, 7 won the elections. Of the 23 dynasts from the BJP we tracked, 17 won.