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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. [18] The INDIA coalition outperformed expectations, securing 234 seats, 99 of which were won by the Congress, garnering the party the official opposition status ...
The results of India's general elections to constitute 18th Lok Sabha, held in April–June 2024 were announced on 4th and 5th June 2024. [1] The main contenders were two alliance groups of the Incumbent National Democratic Alliance (N.D.A) led by Bharatiya Janata Party; and the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) led by Indian National Congress.
The campaign follows the successful campaign in 2014 and 2019, where the BJP won a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha. The national executive meeting of BJP held on 16 and 17 January 2023 saw the party reaffirm its faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extend the tenure of BJP national president J. P. Nadda. [2] [3]
Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980: 320 310 60 - 3,665,201 30.34 - 1985: 320 312 58 2 4,606,133 32.45 2.11 1990: 320 269 220 162 7,779,942 39.14 6.69 1993: 320 320 117 103 9,188,602 38.82 0.32 1998: 320 320 119 2 10,430,233 39.28 0.46 After the state's bifurcation in 2000 2003: 230 ...
Total seats 1962 Third Lok Sabha: ... BJP 26 26 2024: Eighteenth Lok Sabha: BJP 25 ... 2022 Fourteenth Assembly: BJP 156: INC 17 AAP 5 SP 1,IND 2
The BJP state president Manmohan Samal, under whose leadership the election was fought, lost his election from Chandabali Seat. On 12th June 2024, Mohan Charan Majhi, the MLA from Keonjhar took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of the state, along with Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida as deputy chief ministers.
In terms of members, BJP claims to have over 170 million members [223] [224] as of October 2022, and it's considered to be among the world's largest political parties. [225] In September 2024, PM Modi initiated the BJP membership drive, [226] this campaign has been controversial for deceptive and coercive membership enrollment by BJP workers. [227]
The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 June 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a plurality of seats with 240, followed by the Indian National Congress (INC) with 99 seats [ 1 ] With the required absolute majority being 272 seats, having 293 seats, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition formed the ...