The BJP's grip on India's politics has tightened significantly since 2021, expanding its reach across the Hindi belt and making inroads in the east.
From 12 states or Union territories with a BJP chief minister and six with an alliance partner in power, the party has made rapid gains in the five years since.
These maps show the constituencies won by each party or political alliance over three assembly elections — in 2016, 2021 and 2026.
