National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Indian People’s Party “Bharatiya Dzhanat Party” (BDP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the universal parliamentary elections in India, which lasted about six weeks.
According to the Indian election commission, in the elections that began on April 19 and ended on June 1, the counting of votes ended.
In a country where the number of voters is about 970 million, the winner of the elections determining the members of the lower house of the India Parliament – Lock Sabha (People’s Chamber), led by the Indian People’s Party of Prime Minister Modi.
According to Indian media, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) following the results of the election won 292 out of 543 seats in the Lower House (Lock Sabha) of the India parliament.
In the 2019 elections, NDA received 353 places in parliament, and in the 2014 elections – 336.
According to Modi forecasts, during the election campaign of this year, NDA planned to overcome 400 seats.
In the news of the Associated Press (AP), based on the data of the Indian election commission, it is said that NDA received 286 places
Meanwhile, the BDP, the Party of Modi, received only 240 seats in the elections of this year, while in 2019 this figure was 303.
Contrary to the fact that Modi won the elections with a lesser than expected, an advantage, he stated that “today’s victory is the victory of the largest democracy in the world.”
“People trust NDA for the third time in a row. This is a historical achievement in India,” Modi wrote on the social network x.
The opposition won more votes than expected
Opposition block I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National Inclusive Development Alliance), including more than 30 parties, led by the Indian National Congress (INC), received 231 out of 543. This result exceeds the indicators that appeared in surveys.
In order for the party or block to form a government in India, it is necessary to get 272 out of 543 seats in the People’s Chamber.
The country has about 970 million voters with the population of more than 1.4 billion people. The level of turnout in the elections in 2014 amounted to 66.4 percent, in 2019 – 67.4 percent. About 640 million people voted in universal elections this year.