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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Seat summary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seat_summary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parties_and_alliances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parties_and_alliances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Parties and alliances</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Parties_and_alliances-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Parties and alliances subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Parties_and_alliances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_Democratic_Alliance_(NDA)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Democratic_Alliance_(NDA)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>National Democratic Alliance (NDA)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Democratic_Alliance_(NDA)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_(INDIA)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_(INDIA)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_(INDIA)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_notable_parties_and_alliances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_notable_parties_and_alliances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Other notable parties and alliances</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_notable_parties_and_alliances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Candidates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Candidates-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Candidates subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Candidates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_Democratic_Alliance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Democratic_Alliance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>National Democratic Alliance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Democratic_Alliance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_election_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_election_issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Major election issues</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Major_election_issues-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Major election issues subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Major_election_issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Unemployment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unemployment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Unemployment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unemployment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ram_Mandir_consecration_ceremony_and_sectarianism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ram_Mandir_consecration_ceremony_and_sectarianism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Ram Mandir consecration ceremony and sectarianism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ram_Mandir_consecration_ceremony_and_sectarianism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_Bonds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_Bonds"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Electoral Bonds</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_Bonds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_Controversies_and_Insensitive_Statements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_Controversies_and_Insensitive_Statements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Other Controversies and Insensitive Statements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_Controversies_and_Insensitive_Statements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Party_campaigns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Party_campaigns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Party campaigns</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Party_campaigns-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Party campaigns subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Party_campaigns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bharatiya_Janata_Party"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Bharatiya Janata Party</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bharatiya_Janata_Party-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Indian_National_Congress" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_National_Congress"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Indian National Congress</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_National_Congress-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Crowdfunding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crowdfunding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1.1</span> <span>Crowdfunding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crowdfunding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Funding_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Funding_issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1.2</span> <span>Funding issues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Funding_issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.2</span> <span>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rashtriya_Janata_Dal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.3</span> <span>Rashtriya Janata Dal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rashtriya_Janata_Dal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aam_Aadmi_Party" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aam_Aadmi_Party"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.4</span> <span>Aam Aadmi Party</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aam_Aadmi_Party-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shiv_Sena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shiv_Sena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.5</span> <span>Shiv Sena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shiv_Sena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Party_manifestos" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Party_manifestos"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Party manifestos</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Party_manifestos-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bharatiya_Janata_Party_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bharatiya_Janata_Party_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1</span> <span>Bharatiya Janata Party</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bharatiya_Janata_Party_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_National_Congress_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_National_Congress_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.2</span> <span>Indian National Congress</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_National_Congress_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Misinformation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Misinformation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Misinformation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Misinformation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Surveys_and_polls" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Surveys_and_polls"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Surveys and polls</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Surveys_and_polls-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Surveys and polls subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Surveys_and_polls-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Opinion_polls" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Opinion_polls"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Opinion polls</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Opinion_polls-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exit_polls" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exit_polls"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Exit polls</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exit_polls-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Voting</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Voting-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Voting subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Voting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Incidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Incidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Incidents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voter_turnout" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voter_turnout"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Voter turnout</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voter_turnout-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Turnout" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Turnout"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Turnout</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Turnout-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Results-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Results subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_alliance_and_party" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_alliance_and_party"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>By alliance and party</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_alliance_and_party-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_region" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_region"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>By region</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_region-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_state_or_union_territory" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_state_or_union_territory"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>By state or union territory</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_state_or_union_territory-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seat_composition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seat_composition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Seat composition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seat_composition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_Wise_Results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_Wise_Results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>State Wise Results</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-State_Wise_Results-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle State Wise Results subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-State_Wise_Results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Andhra_Pradesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Andhra_Pradesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Andhra Pradesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Andhra_Pradesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arunachal_Pradesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arunachal_Pradesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Arunachal Pradesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arunachal_Pradesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Assam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Assam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bihar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bihar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Bihar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bihar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chhattisgarh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chhattisgarh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.5</span> <span>Chhattisgarh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chhattisgarh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gujarat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gujarat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.6</span> <span>Gujarat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gujarat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Haryana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Haryana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.7</span> <span>Haryana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Haryana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Himachal_Pradesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Himachal_Pradesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.8</span> <span>Himachal Pradesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Himachal_Pradesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Karnataka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Karnataka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.9</span> <span>Karnataka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Karnataka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Maharashtra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Maharashtra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.10</span> <span>Maharashtra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Maharashtra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Punjab" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Punjab"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.11</span> <span>Punjab</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Punjab-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tamil_Nadu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tamil_Nadu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.12</span> <span>Tamil Nadu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tamil_Nadu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Telangana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Telangana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.13</span> <span>Telangana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Telangana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uttar_Pradesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uttar_Pradesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.14</span> <span>Uttar Pradesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uttar_Pradesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aftermath" 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<span>International</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stock_markets" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stock_markets"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Stock markets</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stock_markets-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9_2024" title="الانتخابات العامة الهندية 2024 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الانتخابات العامة الهندية 2024" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8" title="২০২৪ৰ ভাৰতৰ সাধাৰণ নিৰ্বাচন – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="২০২৪ৰ ভাৰতৰ সাধাৰণ নিৰ্বাচন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5,_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%AA" title="भारतीय आम चुनाव, २०२४ – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भारतीय आम चुनाव, २०२४" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8,_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AA" title="ভারতের সাধারণ নির্বাচন, ২০২৪ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভারতের সাধারণ নির্বাচন, ২০২৪" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5" title="2024 के भारतीय आम चुनाव – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="2024 के भारतीय आम चुनाव" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleccions_generals_%C3%ADndies_de_2024" title="Eleccions generals índies de 2024 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Eleccions generals índies de 2024" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlamentsvalget_i_Indien_2024" title="Parlamentsvalget i Indien 2024 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Parlamentsvalget i Indien 2024" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlamentswahl_in_Indien_2024" title="Parlamentswahl in Indien 2024 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Parlamentswahl in Indien 2024" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82_(2024)" title="Ινδικές γενικές εκλογές (2024) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ινδικές γενικές εκλογές (2024)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_generales_de_la_India_de_2024" title="Elecciones generales de la India de 2024 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Elecciones generales de la India de 2024" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_(%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B2%DB%B4)" title="انتخابات سراسری هند (۲۰۲۴) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="انتخابات سراسری هند (۲۰۲۴)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lections_l%C3%A9gislatives_indiennes_de_2024" title="Élections législatives indiennes de 2024 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Élections législatives indiennes de 2024" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%EB%85%84_%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84_%ED%95%98%EC%9B%90_%EC%84%A0%EA%B1%B0" title="2024년 인도 하원 선거 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="2024년 인도 하원 선거" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5,_2024" title="भारतीय आम चुनाव, 2024 – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारतीय आम चुनाव, 2024" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemilihan_umum_India_2024" title="Pemilihan umum India 2024 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pemilihan umum India 2024" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elezioni_parlamentari_in_India_del_2024" title="Elezioni parlamentari in India del 2024 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Elezioni parlamentari in India del 2024" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7_%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%94%D7%94_(2024)" title="הבחירות ללוק סבהה (2024) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הבחירות ללוק סבהה (2024)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B3%A8%E0%B3%A6%E0%B3%A8%E0%B3%AA%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95_%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%A3%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ಭಾರತದ ೨೦೨೪ರ ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭಾರತದ ೨೦೨೪ರ ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D_(2024)" title="ഇന്ത്യൻ പൊതു തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് (2024) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്ത്യൻ പൊതു തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് (2024)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">66.10% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.30pp)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FF9933;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait_(crop).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Portrait (crop).png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait_%28crop%29.png/100px-Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait_%28crop%29.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait_%28crop%29.png/150px-Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait_%28crop%29.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Prime_ministerial_candidacy_of_Narendra_Modi" title="Prime ministerial candidacy of Narendra Modi">12 September 2013</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_National_Congress_leadership_election" title="2022 Indian National Congress leadership election">26 October 2022</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Varanasi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency">Varanasi</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka">Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">37.36%, 303 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19.49%, 52 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>240</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">99 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 63 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 47 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>235,973,935</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">136,759,064 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>36.56%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21.19% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.8 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.7 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance seats </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>293</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">234 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>60 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>143 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>42.5%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40.6% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_General_Election_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Indian_General_Election_2024.svg/300px-Indian_General_Election_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="369" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Indian_General_Election_2024.svg/450px-Indian_General_Election_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Indian_General_Election_2024.svg/600px-Indian_General_Election_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="629" /></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Result by Party</span></div><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg/300px-2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="370" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg/450px-2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg/600px-2024_Indian_General_Election_Result_Map_Alliance_Wise.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1380" data-file-height="1700" /></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Result by Alliance</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg/300px-India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg/450px-India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg/600px-India_18th_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Partywise structure</span></div><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg/300px-India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg/450px-India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg/600px-India_General_Election_Lok_Sabha_Alliance_Wise_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Alliance wise structure</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/General_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="General elections">General elections</a> were held in <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">India</a> from <a href="/wiki/2024_elections_in_India" title="2024 elections in India">19 April to 1 June 2024</a> in seven phases, to elect all <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">543 members</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the <a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 June 2024, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> confirmed the support of 293 MPs to <a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked Modi's third term as prime minister and his first time heading a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> emerging as two main allies.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than 968 million people out of a population of 1.4 billion people were eligible to vote, equivalent to 70 percent of the total population.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 642 million voters participated in the election; 312 million of these were women, the highest ever participation by women voters.<sup id="cite_ref-VT1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VT1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VT2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VT2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the largest-ever election, surpassing the <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">previous election</a>, and lasted 44 days, second only to the <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Indian_general_election" title="1951–52 Indian general election">1951–52 Indian general election</a>. The legislative assembly elections in the states of <a href="/wiki/2024_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Arunachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">Odisha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2024_Sikkim_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election">Sikkim</a> were held simultaneously with the general election, along with the <a href="/wiki/2024_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_by-elections" title="2024 elections in India">by-elections</a> for 25 constituencies in 12 legislative assemblies. </p><p>Incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi, who completed a <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">second term</a>, ran for a third consecutive term. His <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) had enjoyed an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_majority" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute majority">absolute majority</a>—a minimum of 272 seats—in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019 elections</a>. The primary opposition was the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a> (INDIA), a coalition formed in 2023 by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) and many regional parties. The election was criticised for lack of action on hate speeches by Modi's BJP,<sup id="cite_ref-u255_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-u255-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reported <a href="/wiki/Electronic_voting_machine" title="Electronic voting machine">electronic voting machine</a> (EVM) malfunctioning,<sup id="cite_ref-h953_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h953-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-e533_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e533-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and suppression of political opponents of the BJP.<sup id="cite_ref-e827_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e827-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Opinion_poll" title="Opinion poll">Opinion surveys</a> of mainstream media outlets projected a decisive victory for the BJP and its coalition, the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA). However, the BJP won 240 seats, down from the 303 it had secured in 2019, and lost its singular majority in the Lok Sabha, although the NDA overall secured 293 of the house's 543 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA coalition</a> outperformed expectations, securing 234 seats, 99 of which were won by the Congress, garnering the party the <a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_(India)" title="Official Opposition (India)">official opposition</a> status for the first time in 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven independents and ten candidates from non-aligned parties also won seats in the Lok Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_politics_and_previous_elections">Contemporary politics and previous elections</h3></div> <p>India has a <a href="/wiki/Multi-party_system" title="Multi-party system">multi-party system</a> with two major parties, namely the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC), that dominate politics at the national level. The BJP has governed the country with <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> at the helm since 2014. The tenure of the <a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> was scheduled to end on 16 June 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Terms_of_the_Houses_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Terms_of_the_Houses-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">previous general election</a> was held in April–May 2019, after which the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA), led by the BJP, formed the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">union government</a>, with Modi continuing as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Narendra_Modi_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Narendra_Modi-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a>, comprising 26 opposition parties, was formed in 2023 to compete against the NDA in the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections in India</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg/220px-Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg/330px-Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg/440px-Chief_Election_Commissioner_announced_the_2024_General_Elections_schedule_for_Lok_Sabha_and_State_Legislative_Assemblies_during_a_press_conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1563" /></a><figcaption>Chief Election Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Kumar_(civil_servant)" title="Rajiv Kumar (civil servant)">Rajiv Kumar</a> announced the schedule for the elections on 16 March 2024.</figcaption></figure> <p>Article 83 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> requires elections to the Lok Sabha to be held once every five years.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 543 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MPs</a> are elected from single-member constituencies using <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post voting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/One_Hundred_and_Fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India">104th amendment</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">constitution</a> abolished the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_reserved_seats_in_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha">two seats that were reserved</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a> community.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indian citizens who are 18 years or older, ordinary residents of the polling area of the constituency and registered to vote (name included in the electoral rolls), possess a valid <a href="/wiki/Voter_ID_(India)" title="Voter ID (India)">voter identification card</a> issued by the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a> or equivalent are eligible to vote.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People convicted of electoral or other offenses and prisoners, are barred from voting.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Citizen_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Citizen of India">Indians</a> holding foreign citizenship are not eligible to vote in India. There is no postal or online <a href="/wiki/Absentee_voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Absentee voting">absentee voting</a> in India; members of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_diaspora" title="Indian diaspora">Indian diaspora</a> are required to travel back to their home constituencies in order to cast a ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the 2024 election, 968 million people were eligible to vote, an increase of about 150 million people from the 2019 election.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, a polling station would be set up for the only registered voter in the village of Malogam, as electoral laws stipulate that voting booths need to be within two kilometres (1.2 mi) of any settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A polling station was also set up inside the <a href="/wiki/Gir_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Gir Forest">Gir Forest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> to cater for a single voter, a priest at a <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polling stations were also set up inside a wildlife sanctuary in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, in a shipping container in Gujarat, and 320 relief camps hosting nearly 59,000 people displaced during <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_Manipur_violence" class="mw-redirect" title="2023–2024 Manipur violence">violence</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> rejected a petition by the Congress party to end the usage of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_voting_in_India" title="Electronic voting in India">electronic voting</a> machines (EVMs) and revert to paper ballots and manual counting, which was the system used in elections until the late 1990s, with the party citing risks of electoral fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly 5.5 million EVMs were utilized in more than one million polling stations with 15 million election workers and security personnel tasked with managing the conduct of the election.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the first time, the Election Commission of India allowed voters with disabilities and those over the age of 85 to cast ballots from their homes.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>, voting in some areas was extended by an hour more to allow voters to come at a more convenient time.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Planning">Planning</h3></div> <p>Key processes during a Lok Sabha election involved monitoring campaign expenditure, preventing the circulation of illicit goods, and ensuring adherence to the <a href="/wiki/Model_Code_of_Conduct" title="Model Code of Conduct">Model Code of Conduct</a>. In the final 48 hours before voting, campaigns are ceased, and measures are implemented to maintain order and prevent disruptions. On polling day, strict rules are enforced to prevent undue influence and ensure a secure and free election process. After the elections, EVMs are sealed and stored under tight security with Booth Level Officers assisting throughout the process.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/Election_schedule_of_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="Election schedule of the 2024 Indian general election">Election schedule of the 2024 Indian general election</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Election_schedule_of_the_2024_Indian_general_election&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Election_schedule_of_the_2024_Indian_general_election&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg/260px-2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg/390px-2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg/520px-2024_Lok_Sabha_Election_Schedule.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="542" /></a><figcaption>2024 Lok Sabha Election Schedule</figcaption></figure> <p>The election schedule for the <a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> was announced by the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a> on 16 March 2024 and with it the <a href="/wiki/Model_Code_of_Conduct" title="Model Code of Conduct">Model Code of Conduct</a> came into effect.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tenure of the <a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> was scheduled to end on 16 June 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_summary">Date summary</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1275448275">.mw-parser-output .defaultleft{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .defaultcenter{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .defaultright{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .col1left td:nth-child(1),.mw-parser-output .col2left td:nth-child(2),.mw-parser-output .col3left td:nth-child(3),.mw-parser-output .col4left td:nth-child(4),.mw-parser-output .col5left td:nth-child(5),.mw-parser-output .col6left td:nth-child(6),.mw-parser-output .col7left td:nth-child(7),.mw-parser-output .col8left td:nth-child(8),.mw-parser-output .col9left td:nth-child(9),.mw-parser-output .col10left td:nth-child(10),.mw-parser-output .col11left td:nth-child(11),.mw-parser-output .col12left 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td:nth-child(17),.mw-parser-output .col18right td:nth-child(18),.mw-parser-output .col19right td:nth-child(19),.mw-parser-output .col20right td:nth-child(20),.mw-parser-output .col21right td:nth-child(21),.mw-parser-output .col22right td:nth-child(22),.mw-parser-output .col23right td:nth-child(23),.mw-parser-output .col24right td:nth-child(24),.mw-parser-output .col25right td:nth-child(25),.mw-parser-output .col26right td:nth-child(26),.mw-parser-output .col27right td:nth-child(27),.mw-parser-output .col28right td:nth-child(28),.mw-parser-output .col29right td:nth-child(29){text-align:right}</style> <table class="wikitable defaultcenter" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Poll event </th> <th colspan="7">Phase </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #FFFACD">1 </th> <th style="background: #87CEFA">2 </th> <th style="background: #7B68EE">3 </th> <th style="background: #E9967A">4 </th> <th style="background: #DB7093">5 </th> <th style="background: #6495ED">6 </th> <th style="background: #9ACD32">7 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Notification date </th> <td>20 March </td> <td>28 March </td> <td>12 April </td> <td>18 April </td> <td>26 April </td> <td>29 April </td> <td>7 May </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last date for filing nomination </th> <td>27 March </td> <td>4 April </td> <td>19 April </td> <td>25 April </td> <td>3 May </td> <td>6 May </td> <td>14 May </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Scrutiny of nomination </th> <td>28 March </td> <td>5 April </td> <td>20 April </td> <td>26 April </td> <td>4 May </td> <td>7 May </td> <td>15 May </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last date for withdrawal of nomination </th> <td>30 March </td> <td>8 April </td> <td>22 April </td> <td>29 April </td> <td>6 May </td> <td>9 May </td> <td>17 May </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Date of poll </th> <td><b>19 April</b> </td> <td><b>26 April</b> </td> <td><b>7 May</b> </td> <td><b>13 May</b> </td> <td><b>20 May</b> </td> <td><b>25 May</b> </td> <td><b>1 June</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Date of counting of votes </th> <td colspan="7"><b>4 June 2024</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">No. of constituencies </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">101<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outer_Manipur-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">87<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outer_Manipur-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>94 </th> <th>96 </th> <th>49 </th> <th>58 </th> <th>57 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seat_summary">Seat summary</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Phase-wise polling constituencies in each state </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">State/Union territory </th> <th rowspan="3">Total constituencies </th> <th colspan="7">Election dates and number of constituencies </th></tr> <tr> <th>Phase 1 </th> <th>Phase 2 </th> <th>Phase 3 </th> <th>Phase 4 </th> <th>Phase 5 </th> <th>Phase 6 </th> <th>Phase 7 </th></tr> <tr> <th class="unsortable">19 April </th> <th class="unsortable">26 April </th> <th class="unsortable">7 May </th> <th class="unsortable">13 May </th> <th class="unsortable">20 May </th> <th class="unsortable">25 May </th> <th class="unsortable">1 June </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>25 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Arunachal_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Assam" title="2024 Indian general election in Assam">Assam</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Bihar" title="2024 Indian general election in Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Chhattisgarh" title="2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Goa" title="2024 Indian general election in Goa">Goa</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Gujarat" title="2024 Indian general election in Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>26 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Haryana" title="2024 Indian general election in Haryana">Haryana</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Himachal_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Jharkhand" title="2024 Indian general election in Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Karnataka" title="2024 Indian general election in Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td> <td>28 </td> <td> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>14 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2024 Indian general election in Kerala">Kerala</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td> </td> <td>20 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Madhya_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6<sup id="cite_ref-Betul_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betul-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>9<sup id="cite_ref-Betul_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betul-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Maharashtra" title="2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td> <td>48 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>13 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Manipur" title="2024 Indian general election in Manipur">Manipur</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outer_Manipur-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outer_Manipur-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Meghalaya" title="2024 Indian general election in Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Mizoram" title="2024 Indian general election in Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Nagaland" title="2024 Indian general election in Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Odisha" title="2024 Indian general election in Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Punjab" title="2024 Indian general election in Punjab">Punjab</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Rajasthan" title="2024 Indian general election in Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>13 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Sikkim" title="2024 Indian general election in Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="2024 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>39 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Telangana" title="2024 Indian general election in Telangana">Telangana</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>17 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Tripura" title="2024 Indian general election in Tripura">Tripura</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td>80 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Uttarakhand" title="2024 Indian general election in Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_West_Bengal" title="2024 Indian general election in West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Indian general election in Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Chandigarh" title="2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="2024 Indian general election in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Delhi" title="2024 Indian general election in Delhi">Delhi</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>7 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1<sup id="cite_ref-Anantnag-Rajouri_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anantnag-Rajouri-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Ladakh" title="2024 Indian general election in Ladakh">Ladakh</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Lakshadweep" title="2024 Indian general election in Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Puducherry" title="2024 Indian general election in Puducherry">Puducherry</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Total constituencies </th> <th>543 </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">101<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">87<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th>94 </th> <th>96 </th> <th>49 </th> <th>58 </th> <th>57 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Total constituencies by end of phase </th> <th>– </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">101<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th>189 </th> <th>284 </th> <th>379 </th> <th>428 </th> <th>486 </th> <th>543 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage complete by end of phase </th> <th>– </th> <th>18.7 </th> <th>34.8 </th> <th>52.3 </th> <th>69.8 </th> <th>78.8 </th> <th>89.5 </th> <th>100 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Outer_Manipur_50-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Polling in <a href="/wiki/Outer_Manipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency">Outer Manipur</a> constituency in Manipur was scheduled in two phases.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Betul-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Betul_52-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Betul_52-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Polling in <a href="/wiki/Betul_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Betul Lok Sabha constituency">Betul</a> constituency in Madhya Pradesh was rescheduled from 26 April 2024 (Phase 2) to 7 May 2024 (Phase 3) due to death of <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">BSP</a> candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Anantnag-Rajouri-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Anantnag-Rajouri_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Polling in <a href="/wiki/Anantnag%E2%80%93Rajouri_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Anantnag–Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency">Anantnag–Rajouri</a> constituency in Jammu and Kashmir was rescheduled from 7 May 2024 (Phase 3) to 25 May 2024 (Phase 6) due to weather conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_and_alliances">Parties and alliances</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">List of political parties in India</a></div> <p>The politics of India became increasingly bipolar in the run-up to the 2024 Indian general elections with two major alliances emerging; the incumbent <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA) and the opposition <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a> (INDIA). Six parties recognized as national parties contested the 2024 Indian general elections: the BJP, the INC, <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)), <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</a> (BSP), <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a> (NPP) and <a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a> (AAP) with all except the BSP being a part of one of the two alliances.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from the national parties, regional parties (who are allotted fixed symbols) and other unrecognized parties and <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independents</a> contested the election.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Democratic_Alliance_(NDA)"><span id="National_Democratic_Alliance_.28NDA.29"></span>National Democratic Alliance (NDA)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a></div> <p>The NDA is a <a href="/wiki/Big_tent" title="Big tent">big tent</a>, mostly <a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">centre-right</a> to <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_group" title="Parliamentary group">political alliance</a> led by the BJP. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Democratic_Alliance_candidates_in_the_2024_Indian_general_election#Seat_sharing_summary" title="List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2024 Indian general election">List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2024 Indian general election#Seat sharing summary</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_National_Democratic_Alliance_candidates_in_the_2024_Indian_general_election&action=edit#Seat_sharing_summary">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_National_Democratic_Alliance_candidates_in_the_2024_Indian_general_election&action=history#Seat_sharing_summary">history</a>)</span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header defaultcenter" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>State/UT </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Contested </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Won </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="33" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="33" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Uttar_Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td>75<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="33">441<sup id="cite_ref-Full_list_of_BJP_candidates_and_their_constituencies_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Full_list_of_BJP_candidates_and_their_constituencies-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>33 </td> <td rowspan="33">240 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#West_Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Madhya_Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td> <td>28 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Tamil_Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Telangana">Telangana</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Kerala">Kerala</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Punjab">Punjab</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Assam">Assam</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Haryana">Haryana</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Delhi">Delhi</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Andhra_Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Himachal_Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Arunachal_Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Goa">Goa</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Jammu_and_Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Tripura">Tripura</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Ladakh">Ladakh</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Manipur">Manipur</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Puducherry">Puducherry</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFED00;" data-sort-value="Telugu Desam Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Andhra_Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td colspan="2">17 </td> <td colspan="2">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #003366;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (United)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> </td> <td><a href="#Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td colspan="2">16 </td> <td colspan="2">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F37020;" data-sort-value="Shiv Sena"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</a> </td> <td><a href="#Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td> <td colspan="2">15 </td> <td colspan="2">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Pattali Makkal Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> </td> <td><a href="#Tamil_Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td colspan="2">10 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #5B006A;" data-sort-value="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)</a> </td> <td><a href="#Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td colspan="2">5 </td> <td colspan="2">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00B2B2;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Congress Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td rowspan="2">5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td rowspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: maroon;" data-sort-value="Bharath Dharma Jana Sena"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharath_Dharma_Jana_Sena" title="Bharath Dharma Jana Sena">Bharath Dharma Jana Sena</a> </td> <td><a href="#Kerala">Kerala</a> </td> <td colspan="2">4 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02865A;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (Secular)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> </td> <td><a href="#Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td> <td colspan="2">3 </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ff8d33;" data-sort-value="Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress_(Moopanar)" title="Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)">Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)</a> </td> <td><a href="#Tamil_Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td colspan="2">3 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #034F38;" data-sort-value="Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Amma_Makkal_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam">Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><a href="#Tamil_Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #27176D;" data-sort-value="Apna Dal (Soneylal)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)" title="Apna Dal (Soneylal)">Apna Dal (Soneylal)</a> </td> <td><a href="#Uttar_Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #99CCFF;" data-sort-value="Asom Gana Parishad"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a> </td> <td><a href="#Assam">Assam</a> </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #e8232a;" data-sort-value="Jana Sena Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jana_Sena_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jana Sena Party">Jana Sena Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Andhra_Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA61;" data-sort-value="National People's Party (India)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006400;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Lok Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal" title="Rashtriya Lok Dal">Rashtriya Lok Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="#Uttar_Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6827B5;" data-sort-value="All Jharkhand Students Union"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_Jharkhand_Students_Union" title="All Jharkhand Students Union">All Jharkhand Students Union</a> </td> <td><a href="#Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F5D62A;" data-sort-value="Hindustani Awam Morcha"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">Hindustani Awam Morcha</a> </td> <td><a href="#Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1717CC;" data-sort-value="Naga People's Front"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">Naga People's Front</a> </td> <td><a href="#Manipur">Manipur</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ED1B24;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ED1E26;" data-sort-value="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">Sikkim Krantikari Morcha</a> </td> <td><a href="#Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #100CA4;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Lok Morcha"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Morcha" title="Rashtriya Lok Morcha">Rashtriya Lok Morcha</a> </td> <td><a href="#Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: yellow;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Samaj_Paksha" title="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha">Rashtriya Samaj Paksha</a> </td> <td><a href="#Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f5d50a;" data-sort-value="Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Suheldev_Bharatiya_Samaj_Party" title="Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party">Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party</a> </td> <td><a href="#Uttar_Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAED09;" data-sort-value="United People's Party Liberal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Party_Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="United People's Party Liberal">United People's Party Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="#Assam">Assam</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="#Tamil_Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th colspan="2">541 </th> <th colspan="2">293 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_(INDIA)"><span id="Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_.28INDIA.29"></span>Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a></div> <p>INDIA is a <a href="/wiki/Big_tent" title="Big tent">big tent</a> bloc of <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_opposition" title="Parliamentary opposition">opposition parties</a>, which came together to contest against the NDA.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_candidates_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election#Seat_sharing_summary" title="List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election">List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election#Seat sharing summary</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_candidates_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election&action=edit#Seat_sharing_summary">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_candidates_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election&action=history#Seat_sharing_summary">history</a>)</span></div> <dl><dt>INDIA parties seat sharing</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header defaultcenter" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Seat sharing under INDIA bloc<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lok_Sabha_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lok_Sabha-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>States/UTs </th> <th colspan="2">Seats contested </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Won </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="36" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00BFFF;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="36" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>28 </td> <td rowspan="36">326 </td> <td>9 </td> <td rowspan="36">99 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td>27 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>23 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>23 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>22 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>20 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td>17 </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td>17 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td>17 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>16 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td>13 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>12 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>11 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td>9 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haryana </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>9 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Himachal Pradesh </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delhi </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arunachal Pradesh </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goa </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manipur </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chandigarh </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ladakh </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lakshadweep </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mizoram </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nagaland </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puducherry </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sikkim </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tripura </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF2222;" data-sort-value="Samajwadi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td colspan="2">62 </td> <td colspan="2">37 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="6" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>23 </td> <td rowspan="6">29 </td> <td>0 </td> <td rowspan="6">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tripura </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #056D05;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>Bihar </td> <td>23 </td> <td rowspan="2">24 </td> <td>4 </td> <td rowspan="2">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0D0D;" data-sort-value="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Tamil Nadu </td> <td>21 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 </td> <td>21 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #17560A;" data-sort-value="Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Kongunadu_Makkal_Desia_Katchi" title="Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi">Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FD7D24;" data-sort-value="Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(Uddhav_Balasaheb_Thackeray)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)">Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Maharashtra </td> <td colspan="2">21 </td> <td colspan="2">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0029B0;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_(Sharadchandra_Pawar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)">Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)</a> </td> <td colspan="2">10 </td> <td colspan="2">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0072B0;" data-sort-value="Aam Aadmi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a> </td> <td>Delhi </td> <td>4 </td> <td rowspan="3">7 </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haryana </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="4">6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="4">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #337316;" data-sort-value="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha</a> </td> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>5 </td> <td rowspan="2">6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="2">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C41301;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a> </td> <td>Bihar </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="2">4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #d84c4c;" data-sort-value="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="2">4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td rowspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ac1313;" data-sort-value="All India Forward Bloc"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="2">3 </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="Indian Union Muslim League"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="2">3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="2">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #fe0000;" data-sort-value="Jammu & Kashmir National Conference"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_National_Conference" title="Jammu & Kashmir National Conference">Jammu & Kashmir National Conference</a> </td> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td colspan="2">3 </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000ff;" data-sort-value="Vikassheel Insaan Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vikassheel_Insaan_Party" title="Vikassheel Insaan Party">Vikassheel Insaan Party</a> </td> <td>Bihar </td> <td colspan="2">3 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E90FF;" data-sort-value="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a> </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0048BA;" data-sort-value="Assam Jatiya Parishad"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Assam_Jatiya_Parishad" title="Assam Jatiya Parishad">Assam Jatiya Parishad</a> </td> <td>Assam </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Bharat Adivasi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Adivasi_Party" title="Bharat Adivasi Party">Bharat Adivasi Party</a> </td> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CC6600;" data-sort-value="Kerala Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FC0000;" data-sort-value="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD42A;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">Rashtriya Loktantrik Party</a> </td> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th colspan="2">541 </th> <th colspan="2">201 </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>INDIA parties under regional coalition/outside the alliance</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header defaultcenter" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Seats contested by INDIA parties outside the alliance </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><b>Parties</b> </th> <th>States/UTs </th> <th colspan="2">Seats contested </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Won </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>42 </td> <td rowspan="3">47 </td> <td>29 </td> <td rowspan="3">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ac1313;" data-sort-value="All India Forward Bloc"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="9" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a> </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td>8 </td> <td rowspan="9">29 </td> <td rowspan="9" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delhi </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f50222;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="9" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td>6 </td> <td rowspan="9">24 </td> <td rowspan="9" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #cc0d0d;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="9" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>Kerala </td> <td>15 </td> <td rowspan="9">23 </td> <td>1 </td> <td rowspan="9">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands </td> <td>1 </td> <td rowspan="8">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Bharat Adivasi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="8" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Adivasi_Party" title="Bharat Adivasi Party">Bharat Adivasi Party</a> </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td>5 </td> <td rowspan="8">21 </td> <td rowspan="8" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0072B0;" data-sort-value="Aam Aadmi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a> </td> <td>Punjab </td> <td>13 </td> <td rowspan="2">15 </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="2">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E90FF;" data-sort-value="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a> </td> <td>Telangana </td> <td>7 </td> <td rowspan="4">11 </td> <td rowspan="4" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF2222;" data-sort-value="Samajwadi Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>7 </td> <td rowspan="3">9 </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #d84c4c;" data-sort-value="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>3 </td> <td rowspan="3">6 </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="2">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td>1 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color:inherit; background-color: #22409A;" data-sort-value="Bahujan Samaj Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="20" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</a> </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td>80 </td> <td rowspan="20">424 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delhi </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goa </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andaman and 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scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen</a> </td> <td>Telangana </td> <td colspan="2">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005747;" data-sort-value="Indian National Lok Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">Indian National Lok Dal</a> </td> <td>Haryana </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #060950;" data-sort-value="Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Panthers_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party">Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party</a> </td> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a> </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td colspan="2">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Bodoland People's Front"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">Bodoland People's Front</a> </td> <td>Assam </td> <td colspan="2">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #348017;" data-sort-value="All India United Democratic Front"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">All India United Democratic Front</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> </td> <td colspan="2">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E3C773;" data-sort-value="Revolutionary Goans Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">Revolutionary Goans Party</a> </td> <td>Goa </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2E5694;" data-sort-value="Mizo National Front"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">Mizo National Front</a> </td> <td>Mizoram </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FBEC5D;" data-sort-value="Sikkim Democratic Front"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">Sikkim Democratic Front</a> </td> <td>Sikkim </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0044FF;" data-sort-value="Voice of the People Party (Meghalaya)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_the_People_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="Voice of the People Party (Meghalaya)">Voice of the People Party</a> </td> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FE0002;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)">United Democratic Party</a> </td> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFF700;" data-sort-value="Zoram People's Movement"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Zoram_People%27s_Movement" title="Zoram People's Movement">Zoram People's Movement</a> </td> <td>Mizoram </td> <td colspan="2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Unrecognised parties </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="14" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="14" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="14"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delhi </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puducherry </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tripura </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B31818;" data-sort-value="Naam Tamilar Katchi"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Naam_Tamilar_Katchi" title="Naam Tamilar Katchi">Naam Tamilar Katchi</a> </td> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>39 </td> <td rowspan="2">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puduchery </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: purple;" data-sort-value="Gondwana Ganatantra Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Gondwana_Ganatantra_Party" title="Gondwana Ganatantra Party">Gondwana Ganatantra Party</a> </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #003597;" data-sort-value="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Azad_Samaj_Party_(Kanshi_Ram)" title="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)">Azad Samaj Party</a> </td> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajsthan </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delhi </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: BLUE;" data-sort-value="Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanchit_Bahujan_Aaghadi" title="Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi">Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi</a> </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0204ef;" data-sort-value="Indian Secular Front"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Secular_Front" title="Indian Secular Front">Indian Secular Front</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td colspan="2">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #000080;" data-sort-value="Republican Party of India (Athawale)"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="8" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a> </td> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manipur </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tripura </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E74C3C;" data-sort-value="Gana Suraksha Party"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Gana_Suraksha_Party" title="Gana Suraksha Party">Gana Suraksha Party</a> </td> <td>West Bengal </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arunachal Pradesh </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E50600;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party of India"> </td> <td scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_India" title="Social Democratic Party of India">Social Democratic Party of India</a> </td> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>2 </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #336666;" data-sort-value="Uttarakhand Kranti Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_Kranti_Dal" title="Uttarakhand Kranti Dal">Uttarakhand Kranti Dal</a> </td> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td colspan="2">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005085;" data-sort-value="Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Conference" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference">Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference</a> </td> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #072a61;" data-sort-value="Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Apni_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party">Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party</a> </td> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td colspan="2">2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2></div> <p>Incumbent <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> Narendra Modi was announced as the prime ministerial candidate of the NDA.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The INDIA bloc announced that the alliance will decide the Prime Minister after the polls.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Democratic_Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Democratic_Alliance_candidates_in_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2024 Indian general election">List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg/310px-2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="382" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg/465px-2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg/620px-2024_NDA_Alliance_Lok_Sabha_Seat_Sharing.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1380" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption>National Democratic Alliance's seat sharing for the election</figcaption></figure> <p>The BJP announced its first list of 195 candidates on 2 March 2024<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the second list of 72 candidates was published in 13 March,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the third list of nine candidates was announced on 21 March.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fourth list of 15 candidates was released on 22 March,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by the declaration of fifth list of 111 candidates on 24 March. Ultimately, the twentieth list of one candidate was released on 10 May.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the first time since <a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a>, the BJP did not field candidates in the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_division" title="Kashmir division">Kashmir division</a>, with analysts and opposition politicians attributing it to popular backlash over the BJP government's revocation of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>'s autonomy enshrined under <a href="/wiki/Article_370" class="mw-redirect" title="Article 370">Article 370</a> of the Indian Constitution in 2019. Despite not having a formal candidate, BJP maintains a presence in the region through their support of local parties <sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_candidates_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election">List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Left_Front_candidates_in_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="List of Left Front candidates in the 2024 Indian general election">List of Left Front candidates in the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <p>The Congress released its first list of 39 candidates on 8 March 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, the twenty-eighth list of one candidate was announced on 7 May.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> (AITC) announced its list of 42 candidates for the <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> parliamentary seats on 10 March.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(West_Bengal)" title="Left Front (West Bengal)">Left Front</a>, the <a href="/wiki/CPI(M)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPI(M)">CPI(M)</a> announced its list first list of 44 candidates contesting from 13 different states on 28 March.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_election_issues">Major election issues</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unemployment">Unemployment</h3></div> <p>The issue of unemployment has been a major problem for the Indian economy, especially affecting the youth.<sup id="cite_ref-Modi_problem_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Modi_problem-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unemployment in India has been at a 45-year old high.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a 2022 <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> report, India's youth unemployment rate stood at 23.2%,<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas the national unemployment hovered around 7%.<sup id="cite_ref-Modi_problem_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Modi_problem-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, 42.3% of graduates were unemployed, showing the lack of job growth needed to accommodate the increasing workforce.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unemployment took a centre stage in the election campaigns, with the opposition <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</a> criticising the BJP government's handling of the Indian economy for rising inflation, inequality and unemployment.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a part of its separate youth manifesto, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a>-led INDIA bloc promised to fill in the 3 million vacancies in government jobs and bring in the "Right to Apprenticeship", in which any diploma and degree holder up to the age of 25 can demand employment for one year and they will get a one-year salary of ₹100,000 for the term of the job.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ram_Mandir_consecration_ceremony_and_sectarianism">Ram Mandir consecration ceremony and sectarianism</h3></div> <p>The BJP prepared a pamphlet for the Ram Mandir Inauguration Programmes to connect with families across the nation. After the <a href="/wiki/Consecration_of_the_Ram_Mandir" title="Consecration of the Ram Mandir">consecration of the Ram Mandir</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a>, a new era of <a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu nationalistic sentiments</a> have dominated the <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_India" title="Politics of India">political sphere in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ModiRidesFT_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ModiRidesFT-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-How_temple_movement_helped_BJP_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-How_temple_movement_helped_BJP-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modi kept a long-standing political pledge of the reconstruction of the Ram Mandir and was seen to have fulfilled the BJP's manifesto to the nation's Hindu population.<sup id="cite_ref-How_temple_movement_helped_BJP_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-How_temple_movement_helped_BJP-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hindu nationalist ideology of Modi and the BJP has also garnered substantial support from Hindu community members.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> productions have been released with themes supporting the Modi government's policies and Hindu nationalist ideologies.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to such concerns, BJP spokesperson <a href="/wiki/Mmhonlumo_Kikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mmhonlumo Kikon">Mmhonlumo Kikon</a> acknowledged the existence of a "level of threat perception", but said that the party was trying to change that.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major controversy was stirred when the opposition Congress Party and its leaders declined an invitation to the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony, saying that the event was politicised into a 'BJP-RSS event'.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assam chief minister <a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a> said that the invitation was an opportunity for the Congress to 'reduce its sin', and that history would continue to judge it as 'anti-Hindu'.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four <a href="/wiki/Shankaracharya" title="Shankaracharya">Shankaracharyas</a> also declined attending the event, stating that the ceremony was politicised as a campaign event at the half-built temple.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a campaign rally in <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> on 21 April, Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of prioritizing Muslim access to national wealth and planning to distribute resources among "those who have more children" and "infiltrators" once it was in power, which reflected stereotypes about Muslims reproducing in greater numbers and conspiracy theories pushed by the BJP that Muslims were planning to outnumber Hindus. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge called Modi's remarks a panic-filled "hate speech" and a ploy to divert attention from the opposition outperforming the BJP during the first phase of the election, while officials in Rajasthan received complaints from the <a href="/wiki/Azad_Adhikar_Sena" title="Azad Adhikar Sena">Azad Adhikar Sena</a> and a non-profit organisation demanding Modi's arrest and for his campaign to be suspended.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera.com_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A complaint letter by the <i>Samvidhan Bacchao Nagrik Abhiyan</i> (Save the Constitution Citizens' Campaign) organisation to the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a>, signed by over 17,400 people, alleged that Modi had violated the <a href="/wiki/Model_Code_of_Conduct" title="Model Code of Conduct">Model Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act,_1951" title="Representation of the People Act, 1951">Representation of the People Act, 1951</a> by making a speech "aiming at not only appealing to 'communal feelings' but also instigating and aggravating hatred in the Hindus against Muslims".<sup id="cite_ref-india.com_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india.com-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scroll.in_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scroll.in-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_Bonds">Electoral Bonds</h3></div> <p>On 15 February 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a> ruled that the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Bond" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral Bond">Electoral Bond</a> system of campaign financing that was introduced by the Modi government in 2017 which allowed individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without limits was unconstitutional, saying that the process allowed donors to assert "influence over policymaking".<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 March, the court ordered the <a href="/wiki/State_Bank_of_India" title="State Bank of India">State Bank of India</a> (SBI) to provide all records regarding the electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India by 21 March in order to match electoral donors with their recipients and rejected a plea by the <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_Indian_Industry" title="Confederation of Indian Industry">Confederation of Indian Industry</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Indian_Chambers_of_Commerce_and_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry">Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Chambers_of_Commerce_and_Industry_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India">Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India</a> from divulging the identities of donors. Initial reports suggest that among the leading donors to political parties were some of India's largest firms such as <a href="/wiki/Vedanta_Limited" title="Vedanta Limited">Vedanta Limited</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharti_Airtel" title="Bharti Airtel">Bharti Airtel</a>, <a href="/wiki/RPSG_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="RPSG Group">RPSG Group</a> and Essel Mining. It also found that the BJP was the recipient of nearly half of all recorded donations.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In total, the top five political parties in terms of electoral bonds received are the BJP, which received Rs 6,060.5 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a>, the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> (TMC), which received Rs 1,609.5 crore, the Congress Party, with Rs 1,421.8 crore, the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a> (BRS), which received Rs 1,214.7 crore, and the <a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a> (BJD), which received Rs 775.5 crore.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The biggest buyer of electoral bonds was found to be Santiago Martin, the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>-based head of the lottery firm Future Gaming and Hotel Services Private Limited, who bought bonds worth 13.68 billion rupees ($163 million) between 2020 and 2024 and made donations to the TMC, the BJP, and the <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (DMK), which rules Tamil Nadu. The biggest single donor to any political party was Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), a construction firm based in <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> that bought electoral bonds worth over 12 billion rupees ($144 million) between 2019 and 2024 and made donations to the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a> (BRS), the BJP, and the Congress Party, who alternated in ruling <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> during that time.<sup id="cite_ref-ajlaundry_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajlaundry-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some politicians from the opposition have termed Electoral Bonds a "scam" and an "extortion racket".<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to allegations regarding the electoral bonds, BJP spokesperson <a href="/wiki/Syed_Zafar_Islam" title="Syed Zafar Islam">Syed Zafar Islam</a> denied that the party had done any wrongdoing and said that its electoral bonds were gained "on merit".<sup id="cite_ref-ajlaundry_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajlaundry-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Indian political observers have reached the conclusion that either Indian businessmen have been regularly bribing their way out of trouble, or that the BJP-controlled government has been using government agencies to extort them. From the data released by the SBI, it was found that companies gave donations around the time they received major government contracts. Close to half of the top 30 corporate donors were facing investigations by government agencies around the time they purchased electoral bonds.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Controversies_and_Insensitive_Statements">Other Controversies and Insensitive Statements</h3></div> <p>Before and during the election, several political leaders made insensitive and disparaging comments for political gains. In September 2023, <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Udhayanidhi_Stalin" title="Udhayanidhi Stalin">Udhayanidhi Stalin</a> was criticized for his controversial statement, stating that Sanatana Dharma should not merely be opposed but must be eradicated, claiming that it opposes social justice and equality, and compared the Sanatana Dharma with malaria and dengue.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2024, Congress leader BK Hariprasad commented that Pakistan is an enemy for the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>, but not them, which were heavily condemned by BJP leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party_campaigns">Party campaigns</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bharatiya_Janata_Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party_campaign_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election">Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <p>The national executive meeting of the BJP held on 16 and 17 January 2023 saw the party reaffirm its faith in Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> and extend the tenure of BJP national president <a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. Nadda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charting out the BJP's strategy for the upcoming polls, Modi said in a speech to party workers that they should reach out to every section of society, including the marginalised and minority communities, "without electoral considerations".<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2023_elections_in_India#State_legislative_assembly_elections" title="2023 elections in India">2023 Legislative Assembly elections</a>, Modi debuted the slogan "Modi Ki Guarantee" for the 2024 polls.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another slogan used was <i>Abki Baar 400 Paar</i> (This Time Surpassing 400),<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> referring to the party's goal of winning more than 400 out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having been used by the BJP in previous elections, including the <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019 general election</a> with some changes,<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> election analysts have said that the path for the BJP to achieve this goal will likely be by winning more seats in the south of India than in previous elections.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party held <a href="/wiki/Political_rallies" class="mw-redirect" title="Political rallies">political rallies</a> in multiple states with national leadership including Modi, <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP President</a> J. P. Nadda and <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> campaigning actively.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a campaign rally, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> chief minister <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a> described the election as a contest between "devotees of <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Ram</a>" and "anti-Ram forces" and urged voters to select the former. Modi also accused the opposition of plotting to raze the Ram Mandir temple once they were in power.<sup id="cite_ref-apphase5_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apphase5-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a campaign rally in <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> on 21 April, Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of prioritizing Muslim access to national wealth and planning to distribute resources among "those who have more children" and "infiltrators" once it was in power, which reflected stereotypes about Muslims reproducing in greater numbers and conspiracy theories pushed by the BJP that Muslims were planning to outnumber Hindus. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge called Modi's remarks a panic-filled "hate speech" and a ploy to divert attention from the opposition outperforming the BJP during the first phase of the election, while officials in Rajasthan received complaints from the <a href="/wiki/Azad_Adhikar_Sena" title="Azad Adhikar Sena">Azad Adhikar Sena</a> and a non-profit organisation demanding Modi's arrest and for his campaign to be suspended.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aljazeera.com_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Modi's speech, the BJP posted an animated video on its official <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> account reiterating Modi's claims and showing Rahul Gandhi holding a copy of the Congress Party's election manifesto that morphs into the symbol of the <a href="/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">All-India Muslim League</a>. After being flagged by multiple users, the video was taken down less than 24 hours after its publication.<sup id="cite_ref-animation_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animation-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar video posted on X towards voters in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> was also ordered taken down by the Electoral Commission and led to police opening cases against senior BJP leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A complaint letter by the <i>Samvidhan Bacchao Nagrik Abhiyan</i> (Save the Constitution Citizens' Campaign) organisation to the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a>, signed by over 17,400 people, alleged that Modi had violated the <a href="/wiki/Model_Code_of_Conduct" title="Model Code of Conduct">Model Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act,_1951" title="Representation of the People Act, 1951">Representation of the People Act, 1951</a> by making a speech "aiming at not only appealing to 'communal feelings' but also instigating and aggravating hatred in the Hindus against Muslims".<sup id="cite_ref-india.com_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india.com-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scroll.in_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scroll.in-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 April 2024, the BJP invited <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_India" title="List of diplomatic missions in India">foreign diplomats</a> posted in the country as well as 25 overseas <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political parties</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> parties of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union of Germany</a> (CDU) and the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party of Germany</a> (SPD) of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">Awami League</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> to observe the party's <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party_campaign_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election">electoral campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This initiative is part of the "Know BJP" campaign, aimed at external outreach and familiarisation with the <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">election process</a>. As part of this program, BJP president <a href="/wiki/J._P._Nadda" title="J. P. Nadda">J. P. Nadda</a> met with envoys from 13 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_2">Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance</h3></div> <p>The bloc's first joint rally was held in <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> on 3 March 2024. The rally saw, among others, Congress president <a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a>, party leader <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> (RJD) chief <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>, former Bihar deputy chief minister <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Akhilesh_Yadav" title="Akhilesh Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</a>, and senior <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Left</a> leaders <a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Yechury" title="Sitaram Yechury">Sitaram Yechury</a> and <a href="/wiki/D._Raja" title="D. Raja">D. Raja</a>. Kharge attacked Kumar for <a href="/wiki/Aaya_Ram_Gaya_Ram" title="Aaya Ram Gaya Ram">frequently changing alliances</a> and criticised the BJP for not fulfilling its promise of jobs and neglecting the country's poor and the majority.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The alliance jointly held a rally at <a href="/wiki/Shivaji_Park" title="Shivaji Park">Shivaji Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> on 17 March, a day after the end of <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra" title="Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra">Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra</a>. The rally was attended by Gandhi, <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">SS(UBT)</a> president <a href="/wiki/Uddhav_Thackeray" title="Uddhav Thackeray">Uddhav Thackeray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_(Sharadchandra_Pawar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)">NCP(SP)</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> leader and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> chief minister <a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. K. Stalin">M. K. Stalin</a>, among many others.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the rally, Gandhi said that he was compelled to launch his yatra due to rising inflation and unemployment in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A few days after arrest of Delhi chief minister <a href="/wiki/Arvind_Kejriwal" title="Arvind Kejriwal">Arvind Kejriwal</a> in connection with the alleged <a href="/wiki/Delhi_liquor_scam" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi liquor scam">Delhi liquor scam</a> on 22 March,<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the opposition alliance held a protest rally against the same in <a href="/wiki/Ramlila_Maidan" title="Ramlila Maidan">Ramlila Maidan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> on 31 March, where opposition leaders alleged the corruption case on him and his subsequent arrest to be a "fabrication with political motives" and a "witch hunt".<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the rally, named "Loktantra Bachao" (Save Democracy), amid current events, the opposition tried to frame the election as being "democracy vs dictatorship".<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_National_Congress">Indian National Congress</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_campaign_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="Indian National Congress campaign for the 2024 Indian general election">Indian National Congress campaign for the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <p>The Congress campaign was launched from <a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a> at a huge rally in which over 1 million people were expected to have attended on 28 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This rally also marked the 138th Congress Foundation Day and was being held to energise party cadres for the 2024 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-Livemint_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Livemint-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party workers from all over the state were called to join the rally.<sup id="cite_ref-Livemint_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Livemint-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg/220px-Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg/330px-Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg/440px-Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra_logo_%26_slogan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra" title="Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra">Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra</a> logo & slogan</figcaption></figure> <p>On 14 January, the party launched its <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra" title="Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra">Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Yatra_2.0_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yatra_2.0-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a sequel to the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Yatra" title="Bharat Jodo Yatra">Bharat Jodo Yatra</a> held the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Yatra" title="Yatra">yatra</a> started in <a href="/wiki/Thoubal" title="Thoubal">Thoubal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> and ended in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> on 16 March 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Yatra_2.0_148-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yatra_2.0-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It covered 6,713 kilometres (4,171 miles) across 14 states.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg/220px-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg/330px-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg/440px-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2774" /></a><figcaption>Attendees display banners at the gathering</figcaption></figure> <p>Rahul Gandhi warned that the whole of India will be on fire if the BJP wins the 2024 parliamentary elections and changes the Constitution, during an address at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.<sup id="cite_ref-Hawk_2024_i967_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hawk_2024_i967-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Khanduri_2024_d940_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khanduri_2024_d940-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bangalore_Mirror_2024_j240_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bangalore_Mirror_2024_j240-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Economic_Times_2024_n319_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economic_Times_2024_n319-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Crowdfunding">Crowdfunding</h5></div> <p>The Congress started a crowdfunding campaign known as <i>Donate for Desh</i> (Donate for the Country) ahead of the general elections. It formally launched the campaign's digital version on 18 December 2023 at a dedicated website. It claimed to be inspired from <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>'s Tilak Swaraj Fund (1920–21). The physical version of the campaign, which be done via door-to-door collection drives, was launched on 28 December.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The campaign received <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1.45 crore</span> (US$170,000) on its first day, with the top five states in amount of donations being <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of 2023, the campaign received around <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>9 crore</span> (US$1.0 million), with 30% of the funds being collected from <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> and Maharashtra alone.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The campaign had collected about <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>20 crore</span> (US$2.3 million) according to the party when on 28 January, it rebranded its crowdfunding campaign to <i>Donate for Nyay</i> (Donate for Justice), in line with Rahul Gandhi's ongoing <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra" title="Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra">Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ensuing crowdfunding campaign collected four crores in 4 days.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Funding_issues">Funding issues</h5></div> <p>On 16 February 2024, the Congress Party alleged that the <a href="/wiki/Income_Tax_Department" title="Income Tax Department">Income Tax Department</a> (IT) ordered the freezing of bank accounts by the Congress Party containing 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3 million) as part of an ongoing legal dispute.<sup id="cite_ref-frozen25m_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frozen25m-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Congress Party's treasurer <a href="/wiki/Ajay_Maken" title="Ajay Maken">Ajay Maken</a> later added that tax authorities imposed a 2.1-billion rupee ($25 million) <a href="/wiki/Lien" title="Lien">lien</a> on 13 February, "virtually sealed" its bank accounts and confiscated 1.1 billion rupees ($14 million). The party's leader <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> complained that the restrictions had rendered the party unable to campaign properly, adding that "Our entire financial identity has been erased." Gandhi also accused Modi and Home Minister <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a> of conducting a "criminal action" against the party, which the BJP denied. His mother and former Congress leader <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a> also alleged that the tax issues are "part of the systemic efforts to cripple" the party. An appeal is currently pending in the Supreme Court.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the IT Department's official sources, it has recovered <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>135 crore from the Congress for breaking the legislation exempting political parties from paying taxes, rather than freezing the party's bank accounts as the opposition party had claimed.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party received notices from the IT department again on 29 March asking it to pay <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1,823.08 crore</span> (US$211 million). The Congress accused the BJP of engaging in "tax terrorism" and alleged that the BJP is in serious violation of <a href="/wiki/Income_tax_in_India" title="Income tax in India">income-tax laws</a> and that the IT department should raise a demand of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>4,617.58 crore</span> (US$534 million) crore from the BJP for such violations.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)"><span id="Communist_Party_of_India_.28Marxist.29"></span>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)_campaign_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist) campaign for the 2024 Indian general election">Communist Party of India (Marxist) campaign for the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> began their election campaign in Kerala after announcing 15 candidates in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rashtriya_Janata_Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</h4></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> began its campaign with its <i>Jan Vishwas Yatra</i> ("People's Trust Yatra") on 20 February 2024. RJD leader <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> launched the yatra from <a href="/wiki/Muzaffarpur" title="Muzaffarpur">Muzaffarpur</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. The yatra lasted until 1 March 2024 and covered 33 districts.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Siwan,_Bihar" title="Siwan, Bihar">Siwan</a> on 23 February, Yadav termed the BJP "a dustbin" which takes in other parties that have become "garbage".<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aam_Aadmi_Party">Aam Aadmi Party</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Arvind_Kejriwal" title="Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal">Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal</a></div> <p>The election period also coincided with investigations by authorities into state officials belonging to opposition parties, such as <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> Chief Minister and <a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Arvind_Kejriwal" title="Arvind Kejriwal">Arvind Kejriwal</a>, who is under investigation for alleged corruption in the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_liquor_scam" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi liquor scam">allocation of liquor licences</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Hemant_Soren" title="Hemant Soren">Hemant Soren</a>, who was arrested in February 2024 for allegedly facilitating an illegal land sale. The <a href="/wiki/Enforcement_Directorate" title="Enforcement Directorate">Enforcement Directorate</a> is also investigating four chief ministers not allied with the BJP on various charges, while investigations have been closed on former opposition politicians who have since joined the BJP. <a href="/wiki/Hartosh_Singh_Bal" title="Hartosh Singh Bal">Hartosh Singh Bal</a>, a journalist for the current affairs magazine <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caravan" title="The Caravan">The Caravan</a></i> told <a href="/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" title="Agence France-Presse">Agence France-Presse</a> that the move by government agencies indicated their behavior as "handmaidens of the ruling party to cow down the political opposition".<sup id="cite_ref-frozen25m_161-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frozen25m-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Arvind_Kejriwal" title="Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal">Kejriwal's arrest</a> on 21 March over the liquor license scam charges, Delhi's finance minister <a href="/wiki/Atishi_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Atishi Singh">Atishi Marlena Singh</a> accused the BJP of orchestrating a "political conspiracy" against Kejriwal.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His arrest also led to clashes between party leaders, supporters and the police on 22 March.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rahul Gandhi, reacting to Kejriwal's arrest, said that a "scared dictator" wants to create a "dead democracy", without naming anyone.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After he was released on bail and allowed to vote, Kejriwal urged citizens to "vote against dictatorship".<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then returned to prison as part of his bail conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The BJP-led government has been known to use Enforcement Directorate raids to target opposition politicians critical of it, with 95% of cases registered being against opposition leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2014, 25 opposition leaders facing corruption charges have joined the BJP, with 23 of them having their inquiries closed or frozen after joining the ruling party.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has led the Congress Party to compare the trend to a "washing machine" in one of its campaign videos.<sup id="cite_ref-animation_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animation-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shiv_Sena">Shiv Sena</h4></div> <p>After an intraparty dispute that led to the splitting of the <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</a> party based in <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, the Supreme Court of India barred the <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">Shiv Sena (UBT)</a> faction which joined the I.N.D.I.A. alliance from using the party's historic bow-and-arrow symbol as its electoral symbol in balloting and awarded it instead to the <a href="/wiki/Balasahebanchi_Shiv_Sena" class="mw-redirect" title="Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena">Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena</a> wing which joined the NDA. This led the UBT faction to adopt a torch as its electoral symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_manifestos">Party manifestos</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bharatiya_Janata_Party_2">Bharatiya Janata Party</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party_campaign_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election#Manifesto" title="Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election">Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election § Manifesto</a></div> <p>The BJP proposed a 'GYAN' formula consisting of four segments – Garib (poor), Yuva (youth), Annadata (farmers) and Nari (women) in its manifesto.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bharatiya Janata Party started a campaign to gather public recommendations and suggestions for the advancement of the State and the country, which will be incorporated into the party's manifesto titled 'Modi ki guarantee' for the 2024 general elections.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam:</b> In order to assure women's representation in the legislatures of the states and the national leadership, the BJP pledged to systematically implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.</li> <li><b>Lakhpati Didi</b>: 30,000,000 rural women are being empowered to become "Lakhpati Didis".</li> <li><b>Free ration:</b> Under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the BJP announced that it would give 800,000,000 citizens free rations for the next five years.</li> <li><b>Increasing MSP:</b> on crops on a periodic basis was pledged in the manifesto. 6,000 rupees in annual financial support under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.</li> <li><b>Free electricity:</b> The PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana's free power for low-income homes was another pledge in the manifesto.</li> <li><b>3 Crore house:</b> In the PM Housing Scheme, the BJP manifesto pledges to build 30,000,000 houses, people with disabilities will now be given priority, and care will be taken to make sure they are housed in accordance with their unique requirements.</li> <li><b>For youngsters:</b> BJP pledge to enact laws to stop the leak of competitive test question papers. Increase the startup ecosystem's reach to encourage youth entrepreneurship. Expanding job prospects in the manufacturing sector. Creating jobs through the development of infrastructure. Creating jobs through growing the tourism industry.</li> <li><b>For truck drivers:</b> Construction of modern buildings with facilities which allows truck drivers to rest, park, and have access to clean drinking water and food on all national highways.</li> <li><b>One Nation, One Election:</b> In its manifesto, or Sankalp Patra, the BJP includes "<a href="/wiki/One_Nation,_One_Election" title="One Nation, One Election">One Nation, One Election</a>," for the general elections. This implies that simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and all the state assemblies may take place in 2029.<sup id="cite_ref-onenation_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onenation-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Uniform Civil Code</b>: The manifesto includes the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Civil_Code" title="Uniform Civil Code">Uniform Civil Code</a> (UCC).<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Free Ayushman for all senior citizens:</b> Under the <a href="/wiki/Ayushman_Bharat_Yojana" title="Ayushman Bharat Yojana">Ayushman Bharat Yojana</a>, all senior citizens would be eligible for free, high-quality healthcare up to Rs 5 Lakhs.</li> <li><b>US$5 trillion economy</b>: The BJP pledges to increase India's GDP to US$5 trillion by 2025 and $10 trillion by 2032. The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Ministry of Finance</a> has predicted that India's economy will rank third overall in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earlier in 2018 and then again in 2019, Modi had stated the goal of the country reaching a GDP of US$5 trillion by 2022 and 2024 respectively, which went unrealized.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>United Nations Security Council:</b> committed to securing India's <a href="/wiki/UN_Security_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Security Council">UN Security Council</a> permanent membership.</li> <li><b>Crack down on terrorism</b>: Initiatives to create partnership to eliminate global terror and crack down on terror funding.</li> <li><b>Left wing extremism</b>: Fighting Left-Wing Extremism by promoting growth and utilizing a variety of approaches.</li> <li><b>Third-largest economic power</b>: India will rank as the country with the third-largest GDP. India's rank rose from the 11th to the 5th largest GDP in the last ten years.</li> <li><b>Man on Moon and Bharatiya Antariksha Station:</b> to establish a permanent <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Antariksha_Station" title="Bharatiya Antariksha Station">Bharatiya Antariksha Station</a> and send a man to the moon.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_National_Congress_2">Indian National Congress</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_campaign_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election#Manifesto" title="Indian National Congress campaign for the 2024 Indian general election">Indian National Congress campaign for the 2024 Indian general election § Manifesto</a></div> <p>The Congress released their group-specific <a href="/wiki/Manifesto" title="Manifesto">manifesto</a> promises for the general election in the month of March.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The manifesto focuses on five major segments of the population and promises them: </p> <ul><li><b>Youth Manifesto</b>: formal employment for a year to under 25 graduate students, filling of 3,000,000 government job vacancies, transparency in government job recruitment, ₹5,000 crore (US$605,000) fund for startups, standardisation of the government recruitment exam process, and social security for gig workers.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Women Manifesto</b>: ₹100,000 in financial assistance to women from poor families, 50% of new government job recruitments to women, double central government's contribution to the salary of <a href="/wiki/Anganwadi" title="Anganwadi">anganwadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accredited_Social_Health_Activist" title="Accredited Social Health Activist">ASHA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Midday_Meal_Scheme" title="Midday Meal Scheme">midday meal workers</a>, legal assistance in every <a href="/wiki/Panchayati_raj" title="Panchayati raj">panchayat</a>, and at least one hostel for working women in district headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Farmers Manifesto</b>: legal guarantee on <a href="/wiki/Minimum_support_price_(India)" title="Minimum support price (India)">MSP</a> for farmers, waiving off of farmers' loans, an import-export policy favourable to them, removal of <a href="/wiki/Goods_and_Services_Tax_(India)" title="Goods and Services Tax (India)">GST</a> from agricultural commodities, and payments directly into farmers' bank accounts within 30 days in case of crop loss.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Labourers Manifesto</b>: Universal healthcare coverage for workers, increasing national minimum wage to ₹400 (US$4.8) per day from the current ₹172 (US$2.1) per day, an urban employment guarantee law similar to <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_National_Rural_Employment_Guarantee_Act,_2005" title="Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005">MGNREGA</a> in the rural areas, life and accident insurance for informal sector workers.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Caste census</b>: The Congress party declared that, if it wins the election, it will conduct a comprehensive census called to survey the population, socio-economic conditions, and representation in governance institutions. It also promised to bring in legislation to eliminate the 50% cap on reservations for SC, ST, and backward classes and to protect tribal forest rights.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rahul Gandhi's call for "jitni abadi, utna haq" (distribution of public resources proportionate to the population) and the combined demands of the opposition parties (SP, RJD, and Congress) for a caste census.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The complete manifesto titled <i>Nyay Patra</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>: <span lang="hi">न्याय पत्र</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Justice Paper') was released on 5 April 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some noticeable points in the manifesto include (apart from above promises released earlier) the: </p> <ul><li>Introduction of a law to recognize civil unions between couples belonging to the <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBTQIA+ community</a>.</li> <li>Implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Gehlot_ministry" title="Third Gehlot ministry">Rajasthan Model</a> of cashless insurance up to 2,500,000 for <a href="/wiki/Universal_health_care" title="Universal health care">universal healthcare</a>.</li> <li>Prohibitions on dumping of effluents into water bodies across India.</li> <li>Increasing of forest cover as India has lost the second – highest forest cover after Brazil between 2015 and 2020.</li> <li>Establishment of community sports centers at every block and municipality level as well as multi – sport center at every district level.</li> <li>Establishment of government medical colleges – cum – hospitals in all districts of India.</li> <li>Abolition of the <a href="/wiki/Agnipath_Scheme" title="Agnipath Scheme">Agnipath Scheme</a> and a return to the normal recruitment processes followed by the Army, Navy and Air Force.</li> <li>Waiving of student education loans as a one – time measure outstanding as of 15 March 2024.</li> <li>Provision of one day in a week to discuss the agenda suggested by the opposition benches in each <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">House of Parliament</a>.</li> <li>Non – intervention with personal choices of food and dress, to love and marry, and to travel and reside in any part of India. All laws and rules that interfere unreasonably with personal freedoms will be repealed.</li> <li>Decriminalisation of the offence of defamation and provide, by law, a speedy remedy by way of civil damages.</li> <li>Rejection of the 'One Nation One Election' idea.</li> <li>Establishment of a National Judicial Commission (NJC) responsible for the selection and appointment of judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court.</li> <li>Amending of the Constitution to create two divisions in the Supreme Court: a Constitutional Court and a Court of Appeal. The Constitutional Court consisting of the seven most senior judges will hear and decide cases involving the interpretation of the Constitution and other cases of legal significance or national importance. The Court of Appeal will be the final court of appeal that will, sitting in Benches of three judges each, hear appeals from the High Court and National Tribunals.</li> <li>Elimination of the "Angel tax" and all other exploitative tax schemes that inhibit investment in new micro, small companies and innovative start-ups.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Misinformation">Misinformation</h2></div> <p>Narendra Modi, on 21 April during an election campaign rally in Rajasthan, falsely claimed that former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> once said "Muslims have the first right on the country's resources". However, Singh's speech also mentioned backward communities, including <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled caste">scheduled castes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled tribe">scheduled tribes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">Other Backward Classes</a>, women, children, and minorities.<sup id="cite_ref-g511_207-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g511-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modi falsely claimed that Rahul Gandhi had not named <a href="/wiki/Gautam_Adani" title="Gautam Adani">Gautam Adani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mukesh_Ambani" title="Mukesh Ambani">Mukesh Ambani</a> throughout the elections. Gandhi had mentioned Adani and Ambani about 25 times.<sup id="cite_ref-w198_208-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w198-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2024, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> reported that <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">AI</a> and deepfake videos were allegedly used by both the BJP and the opposition parties in the 2024 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_DeepFake_209-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_DeepFake-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An alleged doctored video of BJP leader <a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a>’s speech regarding reservations in Telangana on April 23 was posted by Telangana Congress on their social media platform X (formerly Twitter), where Amit Shah was wrongly shown to be announcing the curtailment of reservations granted to the SC, ST, & OBC communities.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amit Shah accused the opposition of tampering with his video, leading to the registration of an <a href="/wiki/First_information_report" title="First information report">FIR</a> and a summons being issued to <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>'s Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Revanth_Reddy" title="Revanth Reddy">Revanth Reddy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The police arrested two people, one from the Congress party, and another from the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in connection with Shah's case.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_DeepFake2_212-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_DeepFake2-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrested Congress worker was associated with its social media unit, and was alleged to have created Shah's fake video.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Congress Party denied the involvement of its worker in this case.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> noted throughout the elections, associates and supporters of the BJP circulated fake news in order to discredit its opponents and spread hatred against religious minorities.<sup id="cite_ref-g369_216-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g369-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surveys_and_polls">Surveys and polls</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election#Seats_and_vote_share_projections" title="Opinion polling for the 2024 Indian general election">Opinion polling for the 2024 Indian general election#Seats and vote share projections</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" 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title="ABP News">ABP News</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>April 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-abpapr_217-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abpapr-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>57,566 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>46.6</b> </td> <td>39.8 </td> <td>13.6 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>6.8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/News18_India" title="News18 India">News 18</a> </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>118,616 </td> <td>±4% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>48</b> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>20 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP News</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>41,762<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>46</b> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>15 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-ETG </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>323,357<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>52</b> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>6 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zee_News" title="Zee News">Zee News</a>-Matrize </td> <td><i>February 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-:45_223-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:45-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>167,843 </td> <td>±2% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>43.6</b> </td> <td>27.7 </td> <td>24.9 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>15.9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>February 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>149,092<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>45</b> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>17 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-ETG </td> <td><i>February 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>156,843<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±2% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>41.8</b> </td> <td>28.6 </td> <td>29.6 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>13.2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP News</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>December 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-ABP-December-2023_228-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABP-December-2023-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>200,000 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>42</b> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>20 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-<a href="/wiki/ETG_Research" title="ETG Research">ETG</a> </td> <td><i>December 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-Times-Now-13-December_229-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-Now-13-December-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Economic_Times-13_December_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economic_Times-13_December-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>147,231<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>44</b> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>17 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_TV" title="India TV">India TV</a>-CNX </td> <td><i>October 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-India-TV-7-October-2023_232-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India-TV-7-October-2023-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-India-TV-8-October-2023_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India-TV-8-October-2023-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>54,250 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>43.4</b> </td> <td>39.1 </td> <td>17.5 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>4.3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-<a href="/wiki/ETG_Research" title="ETG Research">ETG</a> </td> <td><i>October 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-Times-Now-3-October_234-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-Now-3-October-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>135,100<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>42.6</b> </td> <td>40.2 </td> <td>17.2 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>2.4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>August 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times-Now-17-August_237-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-Now-17-August-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>110,662<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>42.6</b> </td> <td>40.2 </td> <td>17.2 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>2.4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>August 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-:46_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:46-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>160,438 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>43</b> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>16 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Formation of the big-tent <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> opposition bloc </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>January 2023<sup id="cite_ref-Mood20230206_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mood20230206-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td> <td>140,917 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>43</b> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>27 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>13</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><i>2019 election results</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>45.3%</b></i> </td> <th><i>27.5%</i> </th> <th><i>27.2%</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>NDA</b></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:16px;"> <caption>Seat projections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Polling agency </th> <th rowspan="2">Date published </th> <th rowspan="2">Sample size </th> <th rowspan="2">Margin of error </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"> </td> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB"> </td> <td bgcolor="grey"> </td> <th rowspan="2">Lead </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><i>2024 election results</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>293</b></i> </td> <th><i>234</i> </th> <th><i>16</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>NDA</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TV9_Bharatvarsh" title="TV9 Bharatvarsh">TV9 Bharatvarsh</a> - People's Insight - Polstrat </td> <td><i>April 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2,500,000 </td> <td>3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>362</b> </td> <td>149 </td> <td>32 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP News</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>April 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-abpapr_217-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abpapr-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>57,566 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>373</b> </td> <td>155 </td> <td>15 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-ETG </td> <td><i>April 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>271,292<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>384</b> </td> <td>118 </td> <td>41 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CNN-News18" title="CNN-News18">News18</a> </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>118,616<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±4% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>411</b> </td> <td>105 </td> <td>27 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP News</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>41,762 </td> <td>±5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>366</b> </td> <td>156 </td> <td>21 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_TV" title="India TV">India TV</a>-CNX </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>162,900<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>378</b> </td> <td>98 </td> <td>67 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-ETG </td> <td><i>March 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>323,357 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>358–398</b> </td> <td>110–130 </td> <td>40–50 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zee_News" title="Zee News">Zee News</a>-Matrize </td> <td><i>February 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-:45_223-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:45-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>167,843 </td> <td>±2% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>377</b> </td> <td>93 </td> <td>73 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>February 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>149,092<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>335</b> </td> <td>166 </td> <td>42 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-ETG </td> <td><i>February 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>156,843 </td> <td>±2% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>366</b> </td> <td>104 </td> <td>73 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>December 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-ABP-December-2023_228-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABP-December-2023-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>200,000 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>295–335</b> </td> <td>165–205 </td> <td>35–65 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-<a href="/wiki/ETG_Research" title="ETG Research">ETG</a> </td> <td><i>December 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-Times-Now-13-December_229-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-Now-13-December-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Economic_Times-13_December_230-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economic_Times-13_December-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>147,231 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>319–339</b> </td> <td>148–168 </td> <td>52–61 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_TV" title="India TV">India TV</a>-CNX </td> <td><i>October 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-India-TV-7-October-2023_232-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India-TV-7-October-2023-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-India-TV-8-October-2023_233-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India-TV-8-October-2023-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>54,250 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>315</b> </td> <td>172 </td> <td>56 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-<a href="/wiki/ETG_Research" title="ETG Research">ETG</a> </td> <td><i>October 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-Times-Now-3-October_234-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-Now-3-October-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>135,100 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>297–317</b> </td> <td>165–185 </td> <td>57–65 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>August 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times-Now-17-August_237-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-Now-17-August-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>110,662 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>296–326</b> </td> <td>160–190 </td> <td>56–64 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>August 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-:46_239-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:46-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>160,438 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>306</b> </td> <td>193 </td> <td>54 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Formation of the big-tent <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> opposition bloc </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a> </td> <td><i>January 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>140,917 </td> <td>±3–5% </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>298</b> </td> <td>153 </td> <td>92 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>NDA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4"><i>2019 election results</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>353</b></i> </td> <th><i>91</i> </th> <th><i>99</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>NDA</b></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exit_polls">Exit polls</h3></div> <p>The Election Commission of India banned the publication of all <a href="/wiki/Exit_poll" title="Exit poll">exit polls</a> starting 48 hours before Phase 1 of the election until the end of Phase 7. This was intended to prevent exit polls from earlier phases affecting voter decisions in later phases. The ban ended after the close of Phase 7 voting at 18:30 IST on 1 June 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;line-height:30px;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" class="wikitable">Polling agency </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"> </td> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB"> </td> <td style="background:grey;"> </td> <th rowspan="2">Lead </th></tr> <tr> <th class="wikitable"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </th> <th class="wikitable"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> </th> <th class="wikitable">Others </th></tr> <tr> <th><i>2019 election results</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>353</b></i> </td> <th><i>91</i> </th> <th><i>99</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>81</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABP_News" title="ABP News">ABP News</a>-<a href="/wiki/CVoter" title="CVoter">CVoter</a><sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>368±15</b> </td> <td>167±15 </td> <td>8±4 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>96</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Agni News Services<sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>242 </td> <td><b>264</b> </td> <td>37 </td> <th>HUNG </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Bhaskar" title="Dainik Bhaskar">Dainik Bhaskar</a><sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>316±34</b> </td> <td>173±28 </td> <td>41±8 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>44</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Deshbandhu_(newspaper)" title="Deshbandhu (newspaper)">DB Live</a><sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>221±20 </td> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB"><b>275±15</b> </td> <td>38±10 </td> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB"><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a>-<a href="/wiki/Axis_My_India" title="Axis My India">Axis My India</a><sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>381±20</b> </td> <td>148±18 </td> <td>14±6 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>109</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_Network_(India)" title="ITV Network (India)">India News</a>-Dynamics<sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>371</b> </td> <td>125 </td> <td>47 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>99</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India_TV" title="India TV">India TV</a>-CNX<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>386±15</b> </td> <td>134±15 </td> <td>33±5 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>96</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NDTV" title="NDTV">NDTV</a>-Jan Ki Baat<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>377±15</b> </td> <td>151±10 </td> <td>15±5 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>105</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Network18_Group" title="Network18 Group">News18</a>-<a href="/wiki/CNBC_TV18" title="CNBC TV18">CNBC</a><sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>362±8</b> </td> <td>132±8 </td> <td>47±5 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>90</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/News_24_(Indian_TV_channel)" title="News 24 (Indian TV channel)">News 24</a>-Today's Chanakya<sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>400±15</b> </td> <td>107-11 </td> <td>36±9 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>128</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/News_Nation" title="News Nation">News Nation</a><sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>360±18</b> </td> <td>161±8 </td> <td>22±1 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>88</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_TV" title="Republic TV">Republic TV</a>-Matrize<sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>360±8</b> </td> <td>126±8 </td> <td>30 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>88</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_TV" title="Republic TV">Republic TV</a>-PMarq<sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>359</b> </td> <td>154 </td> <td>30 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>87</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Times_Now" title="Times Now">Times Now</a>-<a href="/wiki/ETG_Research" title="ETG Research">ETG</a><sup id="cite_ref-:20_257-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:20-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>358</b> </td> <td>152 </td> <td>33 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>86</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TV9_Bharatvarsh" title="TV9 Bharatvarsh">TV9 Bharatvarsh</a> - People's Insight - Polstrat<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>346</b> </td> <td>162 </td> <td>35 </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><b>74</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th><i>2024 election results</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>293</b></i> </td> <th><i>234</i> </th> <th><i>16</i> </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"><i><b>21</b></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting">Voting</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polling_officials_are_carrying_Electronic_Voting_Machine_(EVMs)_and_other_election_related_materials_required_for_the_5th_Phase_of_General_Elections-2024_at_Serampore,_in_West_Bengal_on_May_19,_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Polling_officials_are_carrying_Electronic_Voting_Machine_%28EVMs%29_and_other_election_related_materials_required_for_the_5th_Phase_of_General_Elections-2024_at_Serampore%2C_in_West_Bengal_on_May_19%2C_2024.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Polling_officials_are_carrying_Electronic_Voting_Machine_%28EVMs%29_and_other_election_related_materials_required_for_the_5th_Phase_of_General_Elections-2024_at_Serampore%2C_in_West_Bengal_on_May_19%2C_2024.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Polling_officials_are_carrying_Electronic_Voting_Machine_%28EVMs%29_and_other_election_related_materials_required_for_the_5th_Phase_of_General_Elections-2024_at_Serampore%2C_in_West_Bengal_on_May_19%2C_2024.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Polling officials carrying electronic voting machine (EVMs) and other election related materials for the 5th Phase of the General Elections at <a href="/wiki/Serampore" title="Serampore">Serampore</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> on 19 May 2024.</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg/220px-A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg/330px-A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg/440px-A_senior_citizen_above_80_is_casting_his_vote_from_home_in_Bhopal_-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2662" /></a><figcaption>A senior citizen is casting his vote from home in <a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The Phase 1 voting was conducted on 19 April 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Re-polling in 11 polling stations of <a href="/wiki/Inner_Manipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency">Inner Manipur</a> was held on 22 April due to violence.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Re-polling was conducted for eight polling stations in <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> on 24 April due to reports of violence and EVM damage.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Phase 2 voting was conducted on 26 April 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Re-polling was conducted on 29 April for a polling station in <a href="/wiki/Chamarajanagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency">Chamarajanagar</a> due to violence and EVM damage<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for six polling stations in <a href="/wiki/Outer_Manipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency">Outer Manipur</a> on 30 April due to violence, EVM damage and forced voting allegedly carried out by unidentified armed individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Re-polling was also conducted for a polling station in <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ajmer Lok Sabha constituency">Ajmer</a> on 2 May 2024, due to a misplaced voters' register.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Phase 3 voting was conducted on 7 May 2024. The voter turnout for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections reached 65.68%. In this phase, 17.24 crore (172,400,000) citizens, comprising 8.85 crore (88,500,000) men and 8.39 crore (83,900,000) women, were eligible to cast their votes.<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Phase 4 voting was conducted on 13 May 2024, in which 96 constituencies voted.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Phase 5 voting was conducted on 20 May 2024, in which 49 constituencies voted.<sup id="cite_ref-apphase5_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apphase5-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Phase 6 voting was conducted on 25 May 2024, in which 58 constituencies voted.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Phase 7 voting was conducted on 1 June 2024, in which 57 constituencies voted.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_281-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Repolling at one booth each in the <a href="/wiki/Barasat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barasat Lok Sabha constituency">Barasat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mathurapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency">Mathurapur</a> constituencies of West Bengal was held on 3 June, due to violence.<sup id="cite_ref-282" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incidents">Incidents</h3></div> <p>During Phase 1 of the election, violence broke out outside a polling station in Thamanpokpi in <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-283" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-284" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clashes between <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">TMC</a> party workers were reported in the <a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency">Cooch Behar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alipurduars_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency">Alipurduar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency">Jalpaiguri</a> constituencies of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one <a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">Central Reserve Police Force</a> (CPRF) personnel was found dead in a polling booth in <a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-288" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">CRPF</a> personnel was killed during polling.<sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clashes between <a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">VCK</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> cadres were reported in <a href="/wiki/Chidambaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency">Chidambaram constituency</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, where two VCK cadres and one BJP cadre were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Phase 2 of voting, eight voters in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> died of <a href="/wiki/Heat_stroke" title="Heat stroke">heat stroke</a> while voting.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-294" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Manipur, two CPRF personnel were killed and two more were seriously injured in a militant attack in <a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_district" title="Bishnupur district">Bishnupur district</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a man was killed in a gunfight between two unidentified groups in the <a href="/wiki/Kangpokpi_district" title="Kangpokpi district">Kangpokpi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imphal_East_district" title="Imphal East district">Imphal East</a> districts,<sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and incidents of EVM vandalism, voter intimidation and coercion were reported in two polling stations in <a href="/wiki/Ukhrul" title="Ukhrul">Ukhrul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-299" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A complaint letter by the <i>Samvidhan Bacchao Nagrik Abhiyan</i> (Save the Constitution Citizens' Campaign) organisation to the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a>, signed by over 17,400 people, alleged that Modi had violated the <a href="/wiki/Model_Code_of_Conduct" title="Model Code of Conduct">Model Code of Conduct</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act,_1951" title="Representation of the People Act, 1951">Representation of the People Act, 1951</a> by making a speech "aiming at not only appealing to 'communal feelings' but also instigating and aggravating hatred in the Hindus against Muslims".<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Phase 6 of voting, <a href="/wiki/Mehbooba_Mufti" title="Mehbooba Mufti">Mehbooba Mufti</a>, who is contesting the <a href="/wiki/Anantnag%E2%80%93Rajouri_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Anantnag–Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency">Anantnag–Rajouri constituency</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party">Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party</a>, said several of her party workers were detained by police to prevent them from voting. In West Bengal, TMC workers blocked the car of BJP candidate <a href="/wiki/Agnimitra_Paul" title="Agnimitra Paul">Agnimitra Paul</a> while she was on her way to vote in the <a href="/wiki/Medinipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency">Medinipur constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prashant Jagdev, the BJP candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2024_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election">2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election</a> in <a href="/wiki/Begunia_Assembly_constituency" title="Begunia Assembly constituency">Begunia</a>, was arrested on suspicion of vandalising an EVM.<sup id="cite_ref-v674_304-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-v674-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Phase 7 of voting, a mob looted election material from a polling booth and dumped it into a pond in <a href="/wiki/Kultali" title="Kultali">Kultali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency">Jaynagar</a> in West Bengal. Clashes erupted between BJP and TMC supporters in <a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali" title="Sandeshkhali">Sandeshkhali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, at least 33 election workers, including security and sanitation staff, died of heat stroke, along with a voter waiting in line in <a href="/wiki/Ballia" title="Ballia">Ballia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State election officials subsequently stated that compensation of 1.5 million rupees ($18,000) would be given to the families of the deceased workers.<sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least ten election related deaths were also reported in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> that day.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the ongoing heatwave, ECI chief <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Kumar_(civil_servant)" title="Rajiv Kumar (civil servant)">Rajiv Kumar</a> said they had learned a lesson and "should have completed the election at least one month before".<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instances of EVM malfunctioning and removal of candidates belonging to the opposition were reported throughout the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-o430_310-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-o430-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 April, the Supreme Court asked the ECI to look into reported EVM malfunctioning in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-e533_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e533-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 150 EVMs were replaced in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> after reported malfunctioning.<sup id="cite_ref-m927_311-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m927-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>, about 33 nominations challenging Narendra Modi were rejected, of which eight applicants claimed that the process was rigged in favour of the BJP.<sup id="cite_ref-e827_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e827-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 June, former <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Bhupesh_Baghel" title="Bhupesh Baghel">Bhupesh Baghel</a> said there was a discrepancy in EVM numbers while former <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Akhilesh_Yadav" title="Akhilesh Yadav">Akhilesh Yadav</a> accused the administration of carrying out arrests of his party workers in order to stop them from counting votes.<sup id="cite_ref-49464H_312-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49464H-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_turnout">Voter turnout</h3></div> <p>642 million people voted in the election including 312 million women voters, making it the highest ever participation in a single election.<sup id="cite_ref-VT1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VT1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VT2_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VT2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable sortable defaultcenter col1left" style="font-size: 80%"> <caption>Voter turnout:<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3" class="unsortable">State/UT </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Total </th> <th colspan="14">Voter turnout by phase </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Phase 1 <p>19 April </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Phase 2 <p>26 April </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Phase 3<sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>7 May </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Phase 4 <p>13 May </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Phase 5 <p>20 May </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Phase 6 <p>25 May </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Phase 7 <p>1 June </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Turnout (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td><b>25</b> </td> <td>81.86 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>25 </td> <td>81.86 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arunachal Pradesh </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td>77.68 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>77.68 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td><b>14</b> </td> <td>81.62 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>78.25 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>81.17 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>85.45 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td><b>40</b> </td> <td>56.19 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>49.26 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>59.45 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>59.14 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>58.21 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>56.76 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>57.18 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>53.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td><b>11</b> </td> <td>72.17 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>68.29 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>76.24 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>71.98 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goa </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td>76.06 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>2 </td> <td>76.06 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td><b>26</b> </td> <td>60.13 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>25 </td> <td>60.13 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haryana </td> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td>64.80 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>10 </td> <td>64.80 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Himachal Pradesh </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td>70.90 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>4 </td> <td>70.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td><b>14</b> </td> <td>66.19 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>4 </td> <td>66.01 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>63.21 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>65.39 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>70.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td><b>28</b> </td> <td>70.64 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>14 </td> <td>69.56 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>71.84 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td><b>20</b> </td> <td>71.27 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>20 </td> <td>71.27 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td><b>29</b> </td> <td>66.87 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>67.75 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>58.59 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>66.74 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>72.05 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td><b>48</b> </td> <td>61.29 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>63.71 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>62.71 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>63.55 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>62.21 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>56.89 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manipur </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td>80.47 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td> <td>76.10 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td> <td>84.85 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td>76.60 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>76.60 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mizoram </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>56.87 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>56.87 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nagaland </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>57.72 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>57.72 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td><b>21</b> </td> <td>74.51 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>4 </td> <td>75.68 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>73.50 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>74.45 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>74.41 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td><b>13</b> </td> <td>62.80 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>13 </td> <td>62.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td><b>25</b> </td> <td>61.34 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>57.65 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>65.03 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sikkim </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>79.88 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>79.88 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td><b>39</b> </td> <td>69.72 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>69.72 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td><b>17</b> </td> <td>65.67 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>17 </td> <td>65.67 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tripura </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td>80.92 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>81.48 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>80.36 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td><b>80</b> </td> <td>56.92 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>61.11 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>55.19 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>57.55 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>58.22 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>58.02 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>54.04 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>55.85 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td>57.22 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>57.22 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Bengal </td> <td><b>42</b> </td> <td>79.29 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>81.91 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>76.58 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>77.53 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>80.22 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>78.45 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>82.71 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>76.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andaman and Nicobar Islands </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>64.10 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>64.10 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chandigarh </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>67.98 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>1 </td> <td>67.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td>71.31 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>2 </td> <td>71.31 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Delhi </td> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td>58.69 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>7 </td> <td>58.69 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir </td> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td>58.58 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>68.27 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>72.22 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>1 </td> <td>38.49 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>59.10 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>55.40 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ladakh </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>71.82 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td>1 </td> <td>71.82 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lakshadweep </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>84.16 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>84.16 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puducherry </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td>78.90 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>78.90 </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>Total</b> </th> <th><b>543</b> </th> <th>66.33 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">101<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th>66.14 </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">87<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </th> <th>66.71 </th> <th>93 </th> <th>65.68 </th> <th>96 </th> <th>69.16 </th> <th>49 </th> <th>62.20 </th> <th>58 </th> <th>63.37 </th> <th>57 </th> <th>63.88 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Turnout">Turnout</h2></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>State/UT </th> <th>Total electors<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Total voters </th> <th>Total turnout </th> <th>Total seats </th></tr> <tr> <td>Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) </td> <td>315,745 </td> <td>202,597 </td> <td>64.16% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andhra Pradesh </td> <td>41,401,887 </td> <td>33,858,957 </td> <td>81.78% </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arunachal Pradesh </td> <td>898,442 </td> <td>728,393 </td> <td>81.07% </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam </td> <td>24,572,114 </td> <td>20,118,166 </td> <td>81.87% </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bihar </td> <td>77,259,579 </td> <td>43,480,859 </td> <td>56.28% </td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chandigarh (UT) </td> <td>660,552 </td> <td>449,383 </td> <td>68.03% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chhattisgarh </td> <td>20,678,667 </td> <td>15,083,307 </td> <td>72.94% </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT) </td> <td>417,236 </td> <td>298,073 </td> <td>71.44% </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goa </td> <td>1,179,644 </td> <td>908,178 </td> <td>76.99% </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gujarat </td> <td>48,009,945 </td> <td>29,161,987 </td> <td>60.74% </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haryana </td> <td>20,187,911 </td> <td>13,075,630 </td> <td>64.77% </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Himachal Pradesh </td> <td>5,711,969 </td> <td>4,081,076 </td> <td>71.45% </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu & Kashmir </td> <td>8,802,348 </td> <td>5,162,866 </td> <td>58.65% </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jharkhand </td> <td>25,877,892 </td> <td>17,279,192 </td> <td>66.77% </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Karnataka </td> <td>54,772,332 </td> <td>38,835,377 </td> <td>70.90% </td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala </td> <td>27,807,008 </td> <td>20,033,258 </td> <td>72.04% </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ladakh (UT) </td> <td>190,576 </td> <td>135,662 </td> <td>71.19% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lakshadweep (UT) </td> <td>57,953 </td> <td>49,247 </td> <td>84.98% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madhya Pradesh </td> <td>56,668,852 </td> <td>37,972,368 </td> <td>67.01% </td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maharashtra </td> <td>93,061,760 </td> <td>57,248,402 </td> <td>61.52% </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manipur </td> <td>2,051,357 </td> <td>1,605,769 </td> <td>78.28% </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Meghalaya </td> <td>2,230,451 </td> <td>1,715,027 </td> <td>76.89% </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mizoram </td> <td>861,327 </td> <td>491,828 </td> <td>57.10% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nagaland </td> <td>1,325,383 </td> <td>766,573 </td> <td>57.84% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NCT of Delhi </td> <td>15,214,638 </td> <td>8,943,585 </td> <td>58.78% </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Odisha </td> <td>33,716,965 </td> <td>25,214,359 </td> <td>74.78% </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puducherry (UT) </td> <td>1,024,024 </td> <td>811,432 </td> <td>79.24% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Punjab </td> <td>21,567,196 </td> <td>13,542,849 </td> <td>62.79% </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajasthan </td> <td>53,508,010 </td> <td>33,211,938 </td> <td>62.07% </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sikkim </td> <td>466,643 </td> <td>388,507 </td> <td>83.26% </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tamil Nadu </td> <td>62,404,947 </td> <td>43,769,106 </td> <td>70.14% </td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Telangana </td> <td>33,232,318 </td> <td>22,031,832 </td> <td>66.30% </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tripura </td> <td>2,870,896 </td> <td>2,348,827 </td> <td>81.82% </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttar Pradesh </td> <td>154,403,112 </td> <td>87,997,543 </td> <td>56.99% </td> <td>80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Uttarakhand </td> <td>8,431,101 </td> <td>4,864,181 </td> <td>57.69% </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>West Bengal </td> <td>76,124,780 </td> <td>60,554,535 </td> <td>79.55% </td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td><b>India</b> </td> <td><b>977,965,560</b> </td> <td><b>646,420,869</b> </td> <td><b>66.10%</b> </td> <td><b>543</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="Results of the 2024 Indian general election">Results of the 2024 Indian general election</a></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#F98C1F; width:53.77%;"><b>293</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:42.35%;"><b>234</b> </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; width:3.88%;"><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and 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constituencies won by alliance"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2024_Indian_General_Election.svg/579px-2024_Indian_General_Election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="579" height="600" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2024_Indian_General_Election.svg/869px-2024_Indian_General_Election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2024_Indian_General_Election.svg/1159px-2024_Indian_General_Election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="838" data-file-height="868" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Indian_General_Election.svg" title="File:2024 Indian General Election.svg"> </a></div>Map displaying constituencies won by alliance</div></div></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" 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style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#FF0D0D"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:99.969978165716px 2.4501970423192px 0 0; border-top-color:#04FF21"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#04FF21"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:93.56659409605px 35.288701722577px 0 0; border-top-color:#FF2222"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FF2222"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:70.44360329617px 70.976747985885px 0 0; border-top-color:#00BFFF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#00BFFF"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 262.14865391968px 100px 0; border-right-color:#FF9933"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#FF9933"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p><b>Seat share of parties in the election</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (44.20%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (18.24%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF2222; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">SP</a> (6.82%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#04FF21; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> (5.35%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0D0D; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> (4.06%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFED00; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> (2.21%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#003366; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> (2.95%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FD7D24; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">SS(UBT)</a> (1.66%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0029B0; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_%E2%80%93_Sharadchandra_Pawar" title="Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar">NCP(SP)</a> (1.48%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F37020; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(2022%E2%80%93present)" title="Shiv Sena (2022–present)">SHS</a> (1.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Other (11.74%)</div> </div> </div></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DDDDBB;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 23.675858515503px; border-left-color:#056D05"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#056D05"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#056D05"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 13.463663242716px; border-left-color:#cc0d0d"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#cc0d0d"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#cc0d0d"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 2.3251974704663px; border-left-color:#FF0D0D"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FF0D0D"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#FF0D0D"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:99.585270120519px 9.098020390357px 0 0; border-top-color:#FFED00"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FFED00"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:97.686676367297px 21.384883920913px 0 0; border-top-color:#22409A"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#22409A"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:94.151760301188px 33.696380105105px 0 0; border-top-color:#1569C7"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#1569C7"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:89.014918986558px 45.566919994844px 0 0; border-top-color:#04FF21"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#04FF21"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:73.325534622256px 67.995337872242px 0 0; border-top-color:#FF2222"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FF2222"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:51.012265387422px 86.010166724889px 0 0; border-top-color:#00BFFF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#00BFFF"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 88.83410468329px 100px 0; border-right-color:#FF9933"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#FF9933"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p><b>Vote share of parties in the election</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (36.56%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (21.96%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF2222; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">SP</a> (4.58%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#04FF21; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> (4.37%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1569C7; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> (2.06%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#22409A; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">BSP</a> (2.04%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFED00; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> (1.98%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0D0D; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> (1.82%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cc0d0d; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> (1.76%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#056D05; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> (1.57%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Other (21.3%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>Following the first round, the BJP won its first seat after <a href="/wiki/Mukesh_Dalal" title="Mukesh Dalal">Mukesh Dalal</a>, its candidate for <a href="/wiki/Surat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Surat Lok Sabha constituency">Surat constituency</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, was elected unopposed following rejection and withdrawal of other candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No voting was held in the constituency, as the ECI had certified the results two weeks prior due to the absence of rival candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-321" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-321"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The overall election result was described in several media sources as a "shock" to Narendra Modi,<sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the BJP falling short of its <a href="/wiki/Abki_Baar_400_Paar" class="mw-redirect" title="Abki Baar 400 Paar">expectations of winning 400 seats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though pre-poll predictions were for an overwhelming majority for the BJP, the INDIA bloc performed much better than exit polls had predicted it to,<sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with upset victories in major states such as <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-326" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BJP had to rely on the 28 cumulative seats won by the <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Chandrababu_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrababu Naidu">Chandrababu Naidu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> in order for the NDA to retain its majority in the Lok Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-327" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-327"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-328" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_alliance_and_party">By alliance and party</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="8" style="text-align:center;color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #F8F9FA )"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18th_Lok_Sabha.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/18th_Lok_Sabha.svg/360px-18th_Lok_Sabha.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/18th_Lok_Sabha.svg/540px-18th_Lok_Sabha.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/18th_Lok_Sabha.svg/720px-18th_Lok_Sabha.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="4">Party or alliance</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="27" style="width:0px;background-color:#F98C1F"></td><td rowspan="27"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a></td><td style="background-color:#FF9933"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right">235,974,144</td><td style="text-align:right">38.42</td><td style="text-align:right">240</td><td style="text-align:right">–63</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FFED00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">12,775,270</td><td style="text-align:right">2.08</td><td style="text-align:right">16</td><td style="text-align:right">+13</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#003366"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,039,663</td><td style="text-align:right">1.31</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">–4</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#E37405"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(2022%E2%80%93present)" title="Shiv Sena (2022–present)">Shiv Sena</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,401,447</td><td style="text-align:right">1.21</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">–11</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#5B006A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,810,250</td><td style="text-align:right">0.46</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">+5</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#02865A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,173,701</td><td style="text-align:right">0.35</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#e8232a"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jana_Sena_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jana Sena Party">Jana Sena Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,454,138</td><td style="text-align:right">0.24</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#006400"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal" title="Rashtriya Lok Dal">Rashtriya Lok Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">893,460</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#6827B5"></td><td><a href="/wiki/All_Jharkhand_Students_Union" title="All Jharkhand Students Union">All Jharkhand Students Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">458,677</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#00B2B2"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,059,179</td><td style="text-align:right">0.34</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–4</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FAED09"></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Party_Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="United People's Party Liberal">United People's Party Liberal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">488,995</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#ED1E26"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">Sikkim Krantikari Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">164,396</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#27176D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)" title="Apna Dal (Soneylal)">Apna Dal (Soneylal)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">808,245</td><td style="text-align:right">0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#99CCFF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,298,707</td><td style="text-align:right">0.21</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#F5D62A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">Hindustani Awam Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">494,960</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FFFF00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,879,689</td><td style="text-align:right">0.31</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:maroon"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bharath_Dharma_Jana_Sena" title="Bharath Dharma Jana Sena">Bharath Dharma Jana Sena</a></td><td style="text-align:right">505,753</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#ff8d33"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Maanila Congress">Tamil Maanila Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">410,401</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#034F38"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Amma_Makkal_Munnettra_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam">Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">521,787</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FFCA61"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">417,930</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#1717CC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">Naga People's Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">299,536</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#ED1B24"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">350,967</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#100CA4"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Morcha" title="Rashtriya Lok Morcha">Rashtriya Lok Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">253,876</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:yellow"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Samaj_Paksha" title="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha">Rashtriya Samaj Paksha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">467,282</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#f5d50a"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Suheldev_Bharatiya_Samaj_Party" title="Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party">Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">340,188</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">342,882</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr style="font-style:italic"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic"></td><td style="text-align:right;font-style:italic">–</td><td style="font-style:italic;text-align:right">293</td><td style="text-align:right">–60</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="26" style="width:0px;background-color:#00B7EB"></td><td rowspan="26"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a></td><td style="background-color:#00BFFF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">136,759,064</td><td style="text-align:right">22.27</td><td style="text-align:right">99</td><td style="text-align:right">+47</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF2222"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">29,549,381</td><td style="text-align:right">4.81</td><td style="text-align:right">37</td><td style="text-align:right">+32</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#04FF21"></td><td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">28,213,393</td><td style="text-align:right">4.59</td><td style="text-align:right">29</td><td style="text-align:right">+7</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF0D0D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,754,710</td><td style="text-align:right">1.91</td><td style="text-align:right">22</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,342,553</td><td style="text-align:right">1.85</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#056D05"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">10,107,402</td><td style="text-align:right">1.65</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+4</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FD7D24"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(Uddhav_Balasaheb_Thackeray)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)">Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,567,779</td><td style="text-align:right">1.56</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">+9</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#0072B0"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,147,800</td><td style="text-align:right">1.16</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#0029B0"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_-_Sharadchandra_Pawar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar">Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,921,162</td><td style="text-align:right">0.96</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">+8</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#f50222"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,157,184</td><td style="text-align:right">0.51</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#337316"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,652,955</td><td style="text-align:right">0.43</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#C41301"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,736,771</td><td style="text-align:right">0.28</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#006600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,716,186</td><td style="text-align:right">0.28</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#fe0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Conference">Jammu and Kashmir National Conference</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,147,041</td><td style="text-align:right">0.19</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#1E90FF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a></td><td style="text-align:right">990,237</td><td style="text-align:right">0.16</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Adivasi_Party" title="Bharat Adivasi Party">Bharat Adivasi Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,257,056</td><td style="text-align:right">0.20</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#CC6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">364,631</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FC0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">542,213</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#FFD42A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">Rashtriya Loktantrik Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">596,955</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#d84c4c"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">587,363</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#ac1313"></td><td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a></td><td style="text-align:right">289,941</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#058532"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Peoples_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party">Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">435,980</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#0000ff"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Vikassheel_Insaan_Party" title="Vikassheel Insaan Party">Vikassheel Insaan Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,187,455</td><td style="text-align:right">0.19</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#0048BA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Assam_Jatiya_Parishad" title="Assam Jatiya Parishad">Assam Jatiya Parishad</a></td><td style="text-align:right">414,441</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#F48385"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Mani)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Congress (Mani)">Kerala Congress (Mani)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">277,365</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr style="font-style:italic"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="font-style:italic;text-align:right">234</td><td style="text-align:right">+143</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#1569C7"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSR Congress Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">13,316,039</td><td style="text-align:right">2.17</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">–18</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0F204A"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,814,318</td><td style="text-align:right">0.30</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0c6b4b"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,400,215</td><td style="text-align:right">0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFF700"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Zoram_People%27s_Movement" title="Zoram People's Movement">Zoram People's Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">208,552</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#003597"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Azad_Samaj_Party_(Kanshi_Ram)" title="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)">Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">691,820</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0044FF"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_the_People_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="Voice of the People Party (Meghalaya)">Voice of the People Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">571,078</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#009933"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,952,587</td><td style="text-align:right">1.46</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#22409A"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">13,153,818</td><td style="text-align:right">2.14</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–10</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBD803"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Karnataka Rashtra Samithi">Karnataka Rashtra Samithi</a></td><td style="text-align:right">51,529</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#70A548"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,413,379</td><td style="text-align:right">1.53</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–12</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E3889D"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Uttama_Prajaakeeya_Party" title="Uttama Prajaakeeya Party">Uttama Prajaakeeya Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">40,491</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F84996"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,657,237</td><td style="text-align:right">0.60</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–9</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFCF00"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal_(Amritsar)" title="Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)">Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">521,749</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#005747"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">Indian National Lok Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">226,975</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#71b218"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">113,827</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFFF00"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,128,616</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:purple"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Gondwana_Ganatantra_Party" title="Gondwana Ganatantra Party">Gondwana Ganatantra Party</a></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#348017"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">All India United Democratic Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">625,954</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E3C773"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">Revolutionary Goans Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">64,578</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBEC5D"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">Sikkim Democratic Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">77,171</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6600"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">Bodoland People's Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">777,570</td><td style="text-align:right">0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#2E5694"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">Mizo National Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">140,264</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FE0002"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)">United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">44,563</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#060950"></td><td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Panthers_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party">Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (Bhim)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">23,268</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:white"></td><td colspan="3">Other parties</td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td colspan="3">Independents</td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/None_of_the_above_(India)" title="None of the above (India)">None of the above</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,372,220</td><td style="text-align:right">1.04</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">614,190,359</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">543</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="8" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>638,934,799</td><td>99.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>6,428,646</td><td>1.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>645,363,445</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>968,821,926</td><td>66.61</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="8" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/index.htm">ECI</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_region">By region</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="sortable wikitable defaultcenter col1left" style="font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Region </th> <th rowspan="2">Seats </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"> </td> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB"> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDDDBB"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a> </th> <th>151 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">83 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/West_India" class="mw-redirect" title="West India">West India</a> </th> <th>78 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">45 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Central_India" title="Central India">Central India</a> </th> <th>40 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">39 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East India</a> </th> <th>118 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">72 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a> </th> <th>25 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">16 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a> </th> <th>131 </th> <td>49 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">77 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>543 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">293 </td> <th>234 </th> <th>16 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_state_or_union_territory">By state or union territory</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1275448275"> <table class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left" style="font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State/Union Territory</a> </th> <th rowspan="2">Seats </th> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"> </td> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB"> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDDDBB"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Indian general election in Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </th> <th>25 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">21 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Arunachal_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Assam" title="2024 Indian general election in Assam">Assam</a> </th> <th>14 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">11 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Bihar" title="2024 Indian general election in Bihar">Bihar</a> </th> <th>40 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">30 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Chandigarh" title="2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Chhattisgarh" title="2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> </th> <th>11 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">10 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="2024 Indian general election in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Delhi" title="2024 Indian general election in Delhi">Delhi</a> </th> <th>7 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Goa" title="2024 Indian general election in Goa">Goa</a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Gujarat" title="2024 Indian general election in Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </th> <th>26 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">25 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Haryana" title="2024 Indian general election in Haryana">Haryana</a> </th> <th>10 </th> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Himachal_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </th> <th>4 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a> </th> <th>5 </th> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Jharkhand" title="2024 Indian general election in Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </th> <th>14 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Karnataka" title="2024 Indian general election in Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </th> <th>28 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">19 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2024 Indian general election in Kerala">Kerala</a> </th> <th>20 </th> <td>1 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">19 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Ladakh" title="2024 Indian general election in Ladakh">Ladakh</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; color:white;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Lakshadweep" title="2024 Indian general election in Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Madhya_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </th> <th>29 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">29 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Maharashtra" title="2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </th> <th>48 </th> <td>17 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">30 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Manipur" title="2024 Indian general election in Manipur">Manipur</a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Meghalaya" title="2024 Indian general election in Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Mizoram" title="2024 Indian general election in Mizoram">Mizoram</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; color:white;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Nagaland" title="2024 Indian general election in Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Odisha" title="2024 Indian general election in Odisha">Odisha</a> </th> <th>21 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">20 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Puducherry" title="2024 Indian general election in Puducherry">Puducherry</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Punjab" title="2024 Indian general election in Punjab">Punjab</a> </th> <th>13 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">10 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Rajasthan" title="2024 Indian general election in Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </th> <th>25 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">14 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Sikkim" title="2024 Indian general election in Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="2024 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </th> <th>39 </th> <td>0 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">39 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Telangana" title="2024 Indian general election in Telangana">Telangana</a> </th> <th>17 </th> <td>8 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Tripura" title="2024 Indian general election in Tripura">Tripura</a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </th> <th>80 </th> <td>36 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">43 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Uttarakhand" title="2024 Indian general election in Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> </th> <th>5 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_West_Bengal" title="2024 Indian general election in West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </th> <th>42 </th> <td>12 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; color:white;">30 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>543 </th> <td style="background:#F98C1F; color:white;">293 </td> <th>234 </th> <th>16 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seat_composition">Seat composition</h3></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable" style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.2"> <tbody><tr> <th>Response category </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>INDIA </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Seats by alliance </th></tr> <tr> <td>Urban </td> <td style="text-align:right;background:#F98C1F; color:white;">39 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Semi-Urban and Rural </td> <td style="text-align:right;background:#F98C1F; color:white;">254 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">219 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Seats by reservation </th></tr> <tr> <td>SC </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;background:#00B7EB; color:white;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ST </td> <td style="text-align:right;background:#F98C1F; color:white;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unreserved </td> <td style="text-align:right;background:#F98C1F; color:white;">227 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">174 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_Wise_Results">State Wise Results</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Andhra_Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FFED00; width:64%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>16</b></span> </td> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:12%;"><b>3</b> </td> <td style="background:#e8232a; width:8%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:#1569C7; width:16%;"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#333;"><b>TDP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#e8232a;"><b>JSP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#1569C7;"><b>YSRCP</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#F98C1F; width:84%;"><b>21</b> </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; width:16%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>4</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#F98C1F;"><b>NDA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#333;"><b>Oth</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arunachal_Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:100%;"><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assam">Assam</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:64.29%;"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="background:#99CCFF; width:7.14%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td style="background:#FAED09; width:7.14%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:21.43%;"><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#99CCFF;"><b>AGP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#FAED09;"><b>UPPL</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#F98C1F; width:78.57%;"><b>11</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:21.43%;"><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#F98C1F;"><b>NDA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bihar">Bihar</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:30%;"><b>12</b> </td> <td style="background:#003366; width:30%;"><b>12</b> </td> <td style="background:#5B006A; width:12.5%;"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="background:#F5D62A; width:2.5%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td> <td style="background:#056D05; width:10%;"><b>4</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:7.5%;"><b>3</b> </td> <td style="background:#C41301; width:5%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:#DCDCDC; width:2.5%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#003366;"><b>JD(U)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#5B006A;"><b>LJP(RV)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#F5D62A;"><b>HAM</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#056D05;"><b>RJD</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#C41301;"><b>CPI(ML)L</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#DCDCDC;"><b>IND</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#F98C1F; width:70.3%;"><b>30</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:22.5%;"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; width:2.5%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#F98C1F;"><b>NDA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#333;"><b>Oth</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:90.91%;"><b>10</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:9.09%;"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gujarat">Gujarat</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:96.15%;"><b>25</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:3.85%;"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Haryana">Haryana</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:50%;"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:50%;"><b>5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Himachal_Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:100%;"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karnataka">Karnataka</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:60.71%;"><b>17</b> </td> <td style="background:#02865A; width:7.14%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:32.14%;"><b>9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#02865A;"><b>JD(S)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#F98C1F; width:67.85%;"><b>19</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:32.14%;"><b>9</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#F98C1F;"><b>NDA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:27.08%;"><b>13</b> </td> <td style="background:#F37020; width:18.75%;"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="background:#0029B0; width:16.67%;"><b>8</b> </td> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:18.75%;"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="background:#F37020; width:14.58%;"><b>7</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B2B2; width:2.08%;"><b>1</b> </td> <td style="background:#DCDCDC; width:2.08%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#F37020;"><b>SS(UBT)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#0029B0;"><b>NCP (SP)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#F37020;"><b>SS</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00B2B2;"><b>NCP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#DCDCDC;"><b>IND</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:60.4%;"><b>30</b> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F; width:35.41%;"><b>17</b> </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; width:2.08%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#F98C1F;"><b>NDA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#333;"><b>Oth</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punjab">Punjab</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:53.85%;"><b>7</b> </td> <td style="background:#0072B0; width:23.08%;"><b>3</b> </td> <td style="background:#0F204A; width:7.69%;"><b>1</b> </td> <td style="background:#DCDCDC; width:15.38%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>2</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#0072B0;"><b>AAP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#0F204A;"><b>SAD</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#DCDCDC;"><b>IND</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:76.93%;"><b>10</b> </td> <td style="background:#DDDDBB; width:23.07%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>3</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#333;"><b>Oth</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamil_Nadu">Tamil Nadu</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF0D0D; width:56.41%;"><b>22</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:23.08%;"><b>9</b> </td> <td style="background:#f50222; width:5.13%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:#cc0d0d; width:5.13%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:#1E90FF; width:5.13%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:#006600; width:2.56%;"><b>1</b> </td> <td style="background:#FC0000; width:2.56%;"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF0D0D;"><b>DMK</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#f50222;"><b>CPI</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#cc0d0d;"><b>CPI(M)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#1E90FF;"><b>VCK</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#006600;"><b>IUML</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#FC0000;"><b>MDMK</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:100%;"><b>39</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Telangana">Telangana</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FF9933; width:47.06%;"><b>8</b> </td> <td style="background:#00BFFF; width:47.06%;"><b>8</b> </td> <td style="background:#0c6b4b; width:5.88%;"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#0c6b4b;"><b>AIMIM</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uttar_Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</h3></div> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#FF2222" style="color:white; width:46.25%;"><b>37</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF" style="color:white; width:7.5%;"><b>6</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933" style="color:white; width:41.25%;"><b>33</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#006400" style="color:white; width:2.50%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#27176D" style="color:white; width:1.25%;"><b>1</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#003597" style="color:white; width:1.25%;"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#FF2222;"><b>SP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#00BFFF;"><b>INC</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#FF9933;"><b>BJP</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#006400;"><b>RLD</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#27176D;"><b>AD(S)</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#003597;"><b>ASP(KR)</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#00B7EB" style="color:white; width:53.75%;"><b>43</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F" style="color:white; width:45%;"><b>36</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDDDBB" style="color:white; width:1.25%;"><span style="color:#333;"><b>1</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:#00B7EB;"><b>INDIA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#F98C1F;"><b>NDA</b></span> </td> <td><span style="color:#333;"><b>Oth</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Third Modi ministry</a></div> <p>Narendra Modi called the NDA's lead "a historical feat in India's history", while Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge said the election was a "moral and political loss" for Modi and a "win for democracy" and the public.<sup id="cite_ref-331" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-331"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a speech to his supporters on 4 June, Modi said that the NDA would form a third consecutive government.<sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a meeting with other members of the NDA on 5 June, Modi was formally endorsed to become prime minister again.<sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 June, he was selected as leader of the NDA<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was inaugurated as prime minister on 9 June.<sup id="cite_ref-335" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-335"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 June, Modi unveiled his 71-member cabinet, of which the BJP took 61 portfolios, including foreign affairs, home affairs, finance and defence, while the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> took two ministries each, with the rest going to other members of the NDA.<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BJP's <a href="/wiki/Om_Birla" title="Om Birla">Om Birla</a> was reelected for a second term as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker of the Lok Sabha</a> on 26 June.<sup id="cite_ref-337" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-337"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> MPs from <a href="/wiki/Sangli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sangli Lok Sabha constituency">Sangli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purnia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Purnia Lok Sabha constituency">Purnia</a> <a href="/wiki/Vishal_Patil" title="Vishal Patil">Vishal Patil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pappu_Yadav" title="Pappu Yadav">Pappu Yadav</a>, both of whom are primary members of the Congress party, extended their support to it after the election, effectively increasing the opposition alliance's tally to 236.<sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-339" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-339"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 June, the leadership of the Congress Party unanimously nominated Rahul Gandhi to become <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha" title="Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha">Leader of the Opposition</a>, a position which had been vacant since 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formally assumed the post on 25 June.<sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3></div> <p>Leaders and officials of <a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timor_Leste" class="mw-redirect" title="Timor Leste">Timor Leste</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> congratulated Modi on the victory.<sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-345" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-345"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>343<span 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href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance_candidates_for_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election">INDIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Left_Front_candidates_in_the_2024_Indian_general_election" title="List of Left Front candidates in the 2024 Indian general election">Left Front</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prime ministerial candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> <small>(BJP)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Parties</a> and leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">AAP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Kejriwal" title="Arvind Kejriwal">Kejriwal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">BSP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mayawati" title="Mayawati">Mayawati</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Modi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sitaram_Yechury" title="Sitaram Yechury">Yechury</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Kharge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">NPEP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sangma" title="Conrad Sangma">Sangma</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multiple <br /> states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edappadi_K._Palaniswami" title="Edappadi K. Palaniswami">Palaniswami</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Banerjee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D._Raja" title="D. Raja">Raja</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. K. Stalin">Stalin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JD(S)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">Gowda</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Kumar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">NPF</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCzholuzo_Nien%C3%BC" title="Küzholuzo Nienü">Nienü</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">NCP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Pawar" title="Ajit Pawar">Pawar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_%E2%80%93_Sharadchandra_Pawar" title="Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar">NCP(SP)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Pawar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Yadav</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N._Chandrababu_Naidu" title="N. Chandrababu Naidu">Naidu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Y._S._Jagan_Mohan_Reddy" title="Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy">Reddy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">AIFB</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Debabrata_Biswas" title="Debabrata Biswas">Biswas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">AIMIM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asaduddin_Owaisi" title="Asaduddin Owaisi">Owaisi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">AINRC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N._Rangaswamy" title="N. Rangaswamy">Rangaswamy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">AIUDF</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badruddin_Ajmal" title="Badruddin Ajmal">Ajmal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Jharkhand_Students_Union" title="All Jharkhand Students Union">AJSU</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sudesh_Mahto" title="Sudesh Mahto">Mahto</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)" title="Apna Dal (Soneylal)">AD(S)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anupriya_Patel" title="Anupriya Patel">Patel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">AGP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atul_Bora" title="Atul Bora">Bora</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">BRS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Chandrashekar_Rao" title="K. Chandrashekar Rao">Rao</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">BJD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naveen_Patnaik" title="Naveen Patnaik">Patnaik</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">BPF</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hagrama_Mohilary" title="Hagrama Mohilary">Mohilary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI-ML</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dipankar_Bhattacharya" title="Dipankar Bhattacharya">Bhattacharya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">DMDK</a> <ul><li>Premalatha</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Forward_Party" title="Goa Forward Party">GFP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vijai_Sardesai" title="Vijai Sardesai">Sardesai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Hill State People's Democratic Party">HSPDP</a> <ul><li>Pangniang</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sayed_Hyderali_Shihab_Thangal" title="Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal">Thangal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Front_of_Tripura" title="Indigenous People's Front of Tripura">IPFT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N._C._Debbarma" title="N. C. Debbarma">Debbarma</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">INLD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Chautala" title="Om Prakash Chautala">Chautala</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_National_Conference" title="Jammu & Kashmir National Conference">JKNC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Abdullah" title="Omar Abdullah">Abdullah</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Panthers_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party">JKNPP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhim_Singh_(politician)" title="Bhim Singh (politician)">Singh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party">JKPDP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mehbooba_Mufti" title="Mehbooba Mufti">Mufti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janta_Congress_Chhattisgarh" title="Janta Congress Chhattisgarh">JCC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renu_Jogi" title="Renu Jogi">Jogi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dushyant_Chautala" title="Dushyant Chautala">Chautala</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">JMM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shibu_Soren" title="Shibu Soren">Soren</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KCM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jose_K._Mani" title="Jose K. Mani">Mani</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">LJP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chirag_Paswan" title="Chirag Paswan">Paswan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena" title="Maharashtra Navnirman Sena">Maharashtra Navnirman Sena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Thackeray" title="Raj Thackeray">Thackeray</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Dhavalikar" title="Deepak Dhavalikar">Dhavalikar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">MNF</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zoramthanga" title="Zoramthanga">Zoramthanga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">NDPP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neiphiu_Rio" title="Neiphiu Rio">Rio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Arunachal" title="People's Party of Arunachal">PPA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamen_Ringu" title="Kamen Ringu">Ringu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal" title="Rashtriya Lok Dal">RLD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Chaudhary" title="Jayant Chaudhary">Chaudhary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">RLP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman_Beniwal" title="Hanuman Beniwal">Beniwal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">RGP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Viresh_Borkar" title="Viresh Borkar">Borkar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Bhattacharya" title="Manoj Bhattacharya">Bhattacharya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">SP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhilesh_Yadav" title="Akhilesh Yadav">Yadav</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">SAD</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sukhbir_Singh_Badal" title="Sukhbir Singh Badal">Badal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">SDF</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Kumar_Chamling" title="Pawan Kumar Chamling">Chamling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">SKM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Singh_Tamang" title="Prem Singh Tamang">Tamang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(2022%E2%80%93present)" title="Shiv Sena (2022–present)">SS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eknath_Shinde" title="Eknath Shinde">Shinde</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">SS(UBT)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uddhav_Thackeray" title="Uddhav Thackeray">Thackeray</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Chhattisgarh" title="2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="2024 Indian general election in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Delhi" title="2024 Indian general election in Delhi">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Goa" title="2024 Indian general election in Goa">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Gujarat" title="2024 Indian general election in Gujarat">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Haryana" title="2024 Indian general election in Haryana">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Himachal_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="2024 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Jharkhand" title="2024 Indian general election in Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Karnataka" title="2024 Indian general election in Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2024 Indian general election in Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Ladakh" title="2024 Indian general election in Ladakh">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Lakshadweep" title="2024 Indian general election in Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Madhya_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Maharashtra" title="2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Manipur" title="2024 Indian general election in Manipur">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Meghalaya" title="2024 Indian general election in Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Mizoram" title="2024 Indian general election in Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Nagaland" title="2024 Indian general election in Nagaland">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Odisha" title="2024 Indian general election in Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Puducherry" title="2024 Indian general election in Puducherry">Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Punjab" title="2024 Indian general election in Punjab">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Rajasthan" title="2024 Indian general election in Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Sikkim" title="2024 Indian general election in Sikkim">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="2024 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Telangana" title="2024 Indian general election in Telangana">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Tripura" title="2024 Indian general election in Tripura">Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Uttarakhand" title="2024 Indian general election in Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_West_Bengal" title="2024 Indian general election in West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=India&#124;link=India_Elections_in_India1977" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Indian_elections" 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election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Indian_general_election" title="1989 Indian general election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Indian_general_election" title="Next Indian general election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_legislative_assembly_elections" title="List of Indian state legislative assembly elections">State elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Indian_general_election" title="1920 Indian general election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Indian_general_election" title="1923 Indian general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Indian_general_election" title="1926 Indian general election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Indian_general_election" title="1930 Indian general election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Indian_general_election" title="1934 Indian general election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Indian_provincial_elections" title="1937 Indian provincial elections">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Indian_general_election" title="1945 Indian general election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Indian_provincial_elections" title="1946 Indian provincial elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1951–52 elections in India">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1954 elections in India">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1955 elections in India">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1957 elections in India">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1960 elections in India">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1961 elections in India">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1962 elections in India">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1964 elections in India">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1965 elections in India">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1967 elections in India">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1968 elections in India">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1969 elections in India">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1970 elections in India">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1971 elections in India">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1972 elections in India">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1974 elections in India">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1975 elections in India">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1977 elections in India">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1978 elections in India">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1979 elections in India">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1980 elections in India">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1982 elections in India">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1983 elections in India">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1984 elections in India">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1985 elections in India">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1987 elections in India">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1988 elections in India">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1989 elections in India">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1990 elections in India">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1991 elections in India">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1992 elections in India">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1993 elections in India">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1994 elections in India">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1995 elections in India">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1996 elections in India">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1997 elections in India">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1998 elections in India">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1999 elections in India">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2000 elections in India">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2001 elections in India">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2002 elections in India">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2003 elections in India">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2004 elections in India">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2005 elections in India">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2006 elections in India">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2007 elections in India">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2008 elections in India">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2009 elections in India">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_elections_in_India" title="2010 elections in India">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_elections_in_India" title="2011 elections in India">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_elections_in_India" title="2012 elections in India">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_elections_in_India" title="2013 elections in India">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2014 elections in India">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_elections_in_India" title="2015 elections in India">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_elections_in_India" title="2016 elections in India">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_elections_in_India" title="2017 elections in India">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_elections_in_India" title="2018 elections in India">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_elections_in_India" title="2019 elections in India">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_elections_in_India" title="2020 elections in India">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_elections_in_India" title="2021 elections in India">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_elections_in_India" title="2022 elections in India">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_elections_in_India" title="2023 elections in India">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_elections_in_India" title="2024 elections in India">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_elections_in_India" title="2025 elections in India"><i>2025</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_elections_in_India" title="2026 elections in India"><i>2026</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2027_elections_in_India" title="2027 elections in India"><i>2027</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_elections_in_India" title="2028 elections in India"><i>2028</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: Elections in the <a href="/wiki/Template:Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_elections" title="Template:Andaman and Nicobar Islands elections">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Andhra_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Andhra Pradesh elections">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Arunachal_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Arunachal Pradesh elections">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Assam_elections" title="Template:Assam elections">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Bihar_elections" title="Template:Bihar elections">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Chhattisgarh_elections" title="Template:Chhattisgarh elections">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Chandigarh_elections" title="Template:Chandigarh elections">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Delhi_elections" title="Template:Delhi elections">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Goan_elections" title="Template:Goan elections">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Gujarat_elections" title="Template:Gujarat elections">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Haryana_elections" title="Template:Haryana elections">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Himachal_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Himachal Pradesh elections">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Jammu_and_Kashmir_elections" title="Template:Jammu and Kashmir elections">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Jharkhand_elections" title="Template:Jharkhand elections">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Karnataka_elections" title="Template:Karnataka elections">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kerala_elections" title="Template:Kerala elections">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Madhya_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Madhya Pradesh elections">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Maharashtra_elections" title="Template:Maharashtra elections">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Manipur_elections" title="Template:Manipur elections">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Meghalaya_elections" title="Template:Meghalaya elections">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Mizoram_elections" title="Template:Mizoram elections">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Nagaland_elections" title="Template:Nagaland elections">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Odisha_elections" title="Template:Odisha elections">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Puducherry_elections" title="Template:Puducherry elections">Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Punjab_(India)_elections" title="Template:Punjab (India) elections">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Rajasthan_elections" 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