BJP-led National Democratic Alliance wins India’s parliamentary elections; Modi poised for third term as PM
By IAR Desk
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won India’s parliamentary elections which ended on June 2nd. Results were announced on June 4th evening.
The alliance won 283 of the 543 seats.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third consecutive term in a much tighter general election than anticipated.
However, the BJP has fallen short of the 272 majority with final tally of 240 seats in the 543 seat Lok Sabha, or Lower House of the teo-chambered parliament.
The BJP has expected at least 400 seats, however, it faced anti-incumbency after two terms of governance.
The BJP’s tally of 240 seats marks a decrease from previous elections; in 2019 the party had won 303 seats
The party will need to rely on the support of other parties in his coalition – JD (U) and TDP.
The opposition INDIA alliance has sprung a surprise with 223 seats.
Led by the Indian National Congress, India’s grand old party, which had been in decline over the past one decade, it also helped resusciste the party itself which won 99 seats, an increase from its 2019 tally of 52 seats.
The verdict marks a surprising revival for the Congress Party-led INDIA opposition alliance, defying earlier predictions of its decline, and sharply diverging from both exit polls and pre-election surveys.
More than 640 million people voted in a marathon seven-week election, hailed as a “world record” by election authorities. Nearly half of the voters were women.
