National Democratic Alliance | |
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Abbreviation | NDA |
Chairperson | Amit Shah (Union Cabinet Minister) |
Lok Sabha Leader | Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) |
Rajya Sabha Leader | Piyush Goyal (Union Cabinet Minister) |
Founder | |
Founded | 1998 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing[a] |
ECI Status | Registered |
Alliance | 40 parties |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 342 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 120 / 245 |
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | 1,924 / 4,036 |
Seats in State Legislative Councils | 181 / 423 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 18 / 31 |
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) (Hindi: Rāṣṭrīya Loktāntrik Gaṭhabandhan) is a right-wing conservative Indian political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 17 Indian states and one Union territory.
Its first chairman was then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014, and Amit Shah has been the chairman since 2014. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%.[3] Its leader Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with combined vote share of 45.43%.[4]
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