2014 Indian General Election

First majority since 1984

7 April 2014 – 12 May 2014 · The Modi era · 543 seats, 272 for a majority

General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 election.

Prime Minister before

Manmohan Singh

INC

Prime Minister after

Narendra Modi

BJP

Largest force

Bharatiya Janata Party

282 of 543 seats

Turnout

66.4%

The result

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Bharatiya Janata Party

Narendra Modi · 31.0% of votes

282

seats

Indian National Congress

Rahul Gandhi · 19.3% of votes

seats

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

3.3% of votes

seats

All India Trinamool Congress

3.8% of votes

seats

Biju Janata Dal

1.7% of votes

seats

Shiv Sena

1.9% of votes

seats

Telugu Desam Party

2.5% of votes

seats

Telangana Rashtra Samithi

1.2% of votes

seats


Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Narendra Modi	282	—	17,16,60,230	31.0%	+12.2
Indian National Congress	UPA	Rahul Gandhi	44	—	10,69,35,942	19.3%	-9.2
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	—	—	37	—	1,81,11,579	3.3%	—
All India Trinamool Congress	—	—	34	—	2,12,62,665	3.8%	—
Biju Janata Dal	—	—	20	—	94,89,946	1.7%	—
Shiv Sena	—	—	18	—	1,02,62,544	1.9%	—
Telugu Desam Party	—	—	16	—	1,40,99,230	2.5%	—
Telangana Rashtra Samithi	—	—	11	—	67,36,270	1.2%	—

81 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.