 It had contested 21 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.In the by-elections that took place in 2010 at Domariyaganj and Lakhimpur, it secured more votes than the Samajwadi Party and Indian National Congress.The PP contested around 208 Assembly seats in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, where its obtained 2.35 per cent of the vote and so ranked fifth by percentage of votes gained.