India Election Results
2024 india election
General elections will be held in India from 19 April 2024 to 1 June 2024 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The elections will be held in seven phases and the results will be announced on 4 June 2024. Stay updated with us.
2024 india election
India is finally counting votes to conclude a mammoth six-week election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking to extend its decade in power by another five years, promising to bolster one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies and advance its Hindu nationalist agenda. He is running against an alliance of opposition groups, led by the Indian National Congress.
India’s politicians are fighting to win 543 seats in the lower house of parliament, known as the Lok Sabha. The party or coalition that wins a majority of seats selects the prime minister. Modi set a high bar for success heading into the election, predicting that his BJP-led National Democratic Alliance would win more than 400 seats in parliament, up from about 350 seats in 2019.
Modi already declared victory on Saturday night after exit polls showed he’s set for a third straight landslide victory, and may even reach that 400-seat target. India’s stock futures jumped on Monday, with analysts expecting the market to reach new highs.
In a bid to oust Modi, more than 20 opposition parties — including the Indian National Congress, which had ruled India for much of its history before Modi took power — formed an alliance. It had sought to woo voters by focusing on issues like joblessness and the high cost of living.
