2019 Indian general election

2019 Indian general election
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543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha[b]
272 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered911,950,734
Turnout67.40% (Increase 0.96pp)
  First party Second party
 
PM Modi Portrait(cropped).jpg
Rahul Gandhi in Shillong (cropped).jpg
Leader Narendra Modi Rahul Gandhi
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Last election 31.00%, 282 seats 19.31%, 44 seats
Seats won 303 52
Seat change Increase 21 Increase 8
Popular vote 229,076,879 119,495,214
Percentage 37.36% 19.49%
Swing Increase 6.36pp Increase 0.18pp
Alliance seats 353 91
Seat change Increase17 Increase31
Alliance percentage 45.3% 27.5%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May.[1][2][3][4] Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter turnout was over 67 per cent – the highest ever, as well as the highest ever participation by women voters until 2024 Indian general election.[5][6][7][c]

The Bharatiya Janata Party received 37% of the vote, the highest vote share by a political party since the 1989 general election, and won 303 seats, further increasing its substantial majority.[9] In addition, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 353 seats.[10] The BJP won 37.76%[11] of votes, while the NDA's combined vote was 45% of the 603.7 million votes that were polled.[12][13] The Indian National Congress won 52 seats, failing to get 10% of the seats needed to claim the post of Leader of the Opposition.[14] In addition, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) won 91 seats, while other parties won 98 seats.[15]

Legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim were held simultaneously with the general election,[16][17] as well as by-elections of twenty-two seats of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[18]


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  15. ^ "Final numbers are in: 300 paar for PM Modi, Congress stuck at 52". India Today. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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  18. ^ "AIADMK Proves it Mettle in Tamil Nadu, Maintains Hold on Govt After Winning 9 Bypoll Seats". 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.