2024 Indian general election

2024 Indian general election

← 2019 19 April – 1 June 2024 (2024-04-19 – 2024-06-01) 2029 →
← outgoing members elected members →
543 seats in the Lok Sabha 272 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	968,821,926[1]( 6.24%)
Turnout	66.33% ( 1.07pp)[a]
First party Second party   Leader Narendra Modi Mallikarjun Kharge Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 12 September 2013 26 October 2022 Leader's seat ‎Varanasi‎ Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) Last election 37.36%, 303 seats 19.49%, 52 seats Seats won 240 99 Seat change 63 47 Popular vote 235,973,935 136,759,064 Percentage 36.56% 21.19% Swing 0.8pp 1.7pp Alliance seats 293 234
Result by Alliance Result by Party Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha.^[b] Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the 18th Lok Sabha.^[2][3]

More than 968 million people out of a population of 1.4 billion people were eligible to vote, equivalent to 70% of the total population.^[4][5][6] 642 million voters participated in the election and 312 million of them were women, making it the highest ever participation by women voters.^[7][8] The legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim were held simultaneously with the general election, along with the by-elections for 25 constituencies in 12 legislative assemblies.

This was the largest-ever election in history, surpassing the previous election, and lasted 44 days, second only to the 1951–52 Indian general election. Incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi, who completed a second term, ran for a third consecutive term. The election was criticised for lack of action on hate speeches by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),^[9] reported Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) malfunctioning,^[10][11] and alleged suppression of political opponents of the BJP.^[12]

The majority in the Lok Sabha is 272 seats. Although the BJP's coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), secured 293 of the house's 543 seats,^[13] the BJP had won only 240 seats and lost the singular majority it enjoyed from the preceding 2019 and 2014 elections. Whereas, the opposition coalition secured a large portion of the seats than initially projected by mainstream media outlets; the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), formed by the Indian National Congress (INC) in 2023 in an attempt to defeat the BJP and NDA, secured 234 seats, 99 of which was won by the Congress, making it the Official Opposition party.^[14][15][16] By 5 June, Modi confirmed the support of his NDA allies to the President of India, paving way for his third term as Prime Minister and his first term heading a coalition government.^[17] After the election one MP from each of the three small parties and seven independents joined NDA alliance, increasing it's seats to 303.^[18]

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).