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This majority group in the Lok Sabha during this period was the National Democratic Alliance, a nationalist group led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 270 seats, 16 more than 12th Lok Sabha. The NDA, under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee completed its term until the next general elections of May 2004 for the next 14th Lok Sabha .
General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War.Results were announced on 6 October 1999. [1] [2]The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 ...
The BJP has previously been the sole party in power in Delhi and Jharkhand. It has also ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab as part of coalition and alliance governments. The NDA has never been in power in 3 states – Kerala, Telangana (between 1999 and 2004 BJP in alliance with TDP ruled a United Andhra Pradesh), and West Bengal.
The party has the same ideology as the president or prime minister. A party which supports the current president without difficulty wins parliamentary elections. After the party leader loses a presidential election, a party of power without coherent ideology, as a rule, ceases to exist. [citation needed]
Changed party March 3, 1995 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) March 3, 1995 Oregon (3) Bob Packwood (R) Resigned September 7, 1995 after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended expulsion 6-0 over Packwood's sexual misconduct. Successor elected January 30, 1996 to the remainder of the term ending on January 3, 1999. Ron Wyden (D) Seated February 6 ...
Concerned about the capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight-year presidency. He was, and remains, the only U.S. president who never affiliated with a political party. [15]
1999 2003 Boston Tea Party: Libertarianism [130] 2006 2012 Independence Party of America: Centrism [131] 2007 2013 Modern Whig Party Conservative liberalism [132] Merged into: Alliance Party [133] 2008 [133] 2019 [133] U.S. Marijuana Party: 2002 2016? Rent Is Too Damn High Party: 2005 2015 Serve America Movement: Big tent [134] Merged into ...
The Constitution Party is a national conservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992 by Howard Phillips. The party's official name was changed to the "Constitution Party" in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names.