India General Election 2024 Analysis Highlights: As Narendra Modi looks set to return as the Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term after as the NDA bagged 293 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats while the INDIA bloc of Opposition parties settled at a final tally of 232. The BJP, however, finished short of the majority mark, winning 241 seats, making the formation of its government dependent on NDA partners TDP and the JD(U) of Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, respectively. PM Modi on Tuesday claimed a historic mandate for a government that has served two consecutive full terms, INDIA bloc leaders have rushed to Delhi to possibly discuss efforts to form a government.
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A meeting of INDIA bloc leaders is set to begin shortly at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence. The meeting is being watched keenly to know if the Opposition is looking to make any efforts to form a government even as the NDA moves to stake claim. The NDA has won 293 seats, 21 more than the majority mark. The INDIA bloc, on the other hand, has 272 seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met leaders of the NDA parties ahead of staking claim to form a government. The NDA has emerged as the winner with 293 seats.
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Rahul Gandhi has won both the Wayanad and Raebareli Lok Sabha seats. As per rule, he will have to vacate one of them. Will Rahul vacate the seat that backed him while he lost Amethi in 2019? Or will he leave Rae Bareli, the seat that has been a family bastion?
NDA allies like the TDP, JD(U), LJP, Shiv Sena and HAM will now play a crucial role in the formation of a BJP-led government at the Centre. The BJP has fallen short of the halfway mark required to form a government at the Centre and there is every likelihood that the allies could arrive in Delhi with a long list of demands.
TDP: With 16 Lok Sabha seats and an Assembly win in Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu is likely to seek 3 Cabinet ministers and 2 MoS ranks for his party. The TDP may also demand that the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker go to his party.
JD(U): Nitish Kumar, whose party won 12 seats in Bihar, is likely to seek 3 Cabinet and MoS berths each. The party is also likely to raise its longstanding demand for the Centre to accord special category status to Bihar.
LJP (Ramvilas): With wins in 5 Lok Sabha seats, the Lok Janshakti Party of Chirag Paswan is likely to seek 1 Cabinet berth and 1 MoS rank for his party.
HAM: The Hindustan Awam Morcha with a solitary seat is likely to demand that Jitan Ram Manjhi be given a Cabinet post in the Modi3.0 government.
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The formation of the NDA government at the Centre hinges on support from BJP‘s allies including the TDP, the JD(U), and LJP, among others. Ahead of the meeting of NDA partners at PM Narendra Modi‘s residence this evening, the alliance partners are learnt to have put forth their demands before the BJP. These include plum ministerial posts and the Speaker’s post.
Narendra Modi may be sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term on Saturday, June 8. NDA partners are meeting today at his residence where the government formation will be discussed among leaders. On the other hand, the Opposition’s INDIA bloc leaders are also set to go into a huddle to strategise their next move.
Will Nitish Kumar flip again? Despite the election results delivering a clear mandate in favour of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, a slight buzz of uncertainty lingers over Narendra Modi‘s return as Prime Minister. The JD(U), with 12 seats, has positioned itself as an indispensable part of any BJP-headed government alongside Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP which bagged 16 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that he is firmly with the NDA and will be in Delhi for the meeting of NDA leaders. “I am going to New Delhi today to attend the NDA meeting. I am with NDA only. I will let you know if there are any other developments,” Naidu told reporters in his first remarks following the TDP’s stellar performance in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
The TDP-led NDA alliance won 164 of the 175 Assembly seats in the state and 16 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.
The first meeting of the National Democratic Alliance that won a majority in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in Delhi today with top leaders from the alliance parties in attendance. The next few days could see some hectic parleys as alliance parties drive a hard bargain for plum posts in the Modi 3.0 cabinet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the meeting of NDA parties today.
A day after the Lok Sabha election results showed the Bharatiya Janata Party falling short of a clear majority on its own, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was seen boarding an aircraft to Delhi along with his former deputy and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. While Nitish is scheduled to attend a meeting of NDA partners, Tejashwi will attend the INDIA bloc huddle at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence.
After the election results rolled in, showing a formidable rise in the INDIA bloc numbers, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that Opposition parties of the INDIA bloc will meet today where the PM face will be deliberated upon. Short of the majority mark of 272, the INDIA bloc collectively managed to win 232 seats.
The BJP-led NDA, which reached well beyond the majority mark with 292 seats, government formation hinges on the support of two key allies – the TDP of Chandrababu Naidu (16 seats) and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) with 12 seats. Yesterday, sources suggested that both the BJP and the INDIA bloc dialed Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday addressed the growing buzz around the possibility of the INDIA bloc reaching out to NDA partners TDP and JD(U) after the BJP failed to gain a majority in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on its own. Speaking to reporters this evening, Uddhav said that the INDIA bloc had decided that it needed to “end dictatorship in the nation” and save the Constitution the day it was formed.
To a question on whether the INDIA bloc would make efforts to form a government with support from NDA allies, Uddhav said, “We can select the PM’s face later and I feel we will take a decision regarding this tomorrow.” INDIA bloc party leaders are set to meet in Delhi on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to his “friends” Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu in his speech at the BJP headquarters shortly after the NDA emerged as the winner in the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday. The TDP with 16 seats and the JD(U) with 12 seats are key to the formation of an NDA government. The BJP on its own has 240 seats while the majority mark is 272 seats.
Shiv Sena (UBT) supremo Uddhav Thackeray said that Opposition parties of the INDIA bloc will meet on Wednesday where the PM face will be deliberated upon. Notably, the INDIA bloc has collectively won 235 seats, well short of the majority mark of 272 seats. However, the NDA’s government formation hinges on the support of two key NDA constituents – the TDP of Chandrababu Naidu (16 seats) and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) with 12 seats.
Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday cancelled a press conference he was scheduled to address this evening after the TDP stormed back to power in Andhra Pradesh in the Assembly election results. Naidu, whose party also bagged 16 seats in the Lok Sabha, has become central to the BJP‘s plans to form a government at the Centre.
The BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in the Lok Sabha election results, with 240 seats. The Congress, with 99 seats, is the second largest party at the Centre. The Samajwadi Party, with 37 seats is now the third largest party in the country followed by the Trinamool Congress at 30 seats, DMK at 22, TDP at 16 and the JD(U) at 12 seats.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that leaders of the INDIA bloc parties will meet in the capital. “We will discuss any new measures to be taken for the future,” he said.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has won the Vidisha seat. He defeated his nearest Congress contender Pratapbhanu Sharma by a margin of 8,21,408 votes.
The BJP‘s losses in states ‘stronghold’ states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra have left it 30-odd seats short of a majority on its own. With the compulsion of depending on allies a reality now, there are concerns over the continuity of the government if regional parties like Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP decide to pull the plug on NDA again.
The election results have revealed that the JD(U), with 14 Lok Sabha seats, plays a crucial role in the return of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India. This leaves the politician, a man known to make U-turns at whim, in a very privileged situation.
As per EC trends, Rahul Gandhi is leading from the Rae Bareli seat by a margin of over 3.5 lakh votes. For Congress, which has more than doubled its tally from 44 in 2014, the recovery marks the resurgence of a dilapidated party unit. As the trends reveal, the BJP is still far away from the majority mark of 272 which leaves the NDA in a spot.
PM Narendra Modi is expected to visit the BJP headquarters at 7 PM today evening to meet BJP workers after the party emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have called TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu after his party performed well in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Naidu’s role is now crucial for the formation of the NDA government.
The INDIA bloc is currently leading at 233 seats while the NDA is ahead in 293. Of these, the BJP alone is ahead in 241 seats. The trends so far show Others at 17 seats. Within the NDA bloc NDA partners JD(U) and TDP account for 30 seats. If the numbers add up, the NDA could fall short of majority while the INDIA bloc may cross the magic figure of 272.
Amid rumours that the Opposition INDIA bloc is planning to reach out to NDA parties to seek support and form government, TV reports said that Sharad Pawar has reached out to Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu. The JD(U) and the TDP cumulatively account for 30 Lok Sabha seats.
The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) and Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party have emerged as the strong regional forces within the NDA bloc. While JD(U) is leading in 14 seats, the TDP is leading in 16. Both parties cumulatively account for 30 of the NDA’s tally of 299 seats. Their absence could bring their tally down to 269 seats, three short of a majority.
Most exit polls predicted a landslide win, possibly bigger than the tally it received in 2014 and 2019. An average of all exit polls showed the NDA winning between 350 and 365 seats. India Today-Axis MyIndia, Today’s Chanakya and India TV-CNX exit polls predicted that the BJP may even cross the 400-mark.
