18th Lok Sabha

18th Lok Sabha
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Lok Sabha chamber, Parliament House
Overview
Legislative body	Indian Parliament
Term	June 2024 – June 2029
Election	2024 Indian general election
Government	Fifth National Democratic Alliance Government
Opposition	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Sovereign
President	Droupadi Murmu
Vice President	Jagdeep Dhankhar
House of the People
Seat Distribution by Party Seat Distribution by Alliance
Members	543
Speaker of the House	Om Birla
Leader of the House	Narendra Modi
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Leader of Opposition	Rahul Gandhi
Party control	National Democratic Alliance

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The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all members from 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 June 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the majority seats with 240, followed by the Indian National Congress (INC) with 99 seats. With the required absolute majority being 272 seats, having 293 seats, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition formed the government.^[1][2][3] Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (BJP) is the Leader of the House and Rahul Gandhi (INC) is the Leader of Opposition.