National Democratic Alliance Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan | |
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Abbreviation | NDA |
Chairman | Amit Shah (Union Minister of Home Affairs) |
Lok Sabha Leader | Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) |
Founder | |
Founded | 15 May 1998 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing[4] Factions: Centre-right[5] |
ECI Status | Registered |
Alliance | 40 parties |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 293 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 121 / 245 |
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | 2,170 / 4,036 |
Seats in State Legislative Councils | 181 / 423 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 20 / 31 |
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan) is an Indian big tent multi-party political alliance, led by country's biggest political party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[6] It was founded on 15 May 1998[7] and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 19 Indian states and one Union territory.
Its first chairman was then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014, and Amit Shah has been the chairman since 2014. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%.[8] Its leader Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with combined vote share of 45.43%.[9] The alliance lost 60 seats in the 2024 general election, but retained enough to form a coalition government, a first in over 10 years. On 7 June 2024, Modi confirmed the support of 293 MPs to Droupadi Murmu, the President of India.[10] This marked Modi's third term as Prime Minister and his first time heading a coalition government,[11] with the Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (United) of Bihar emerging as two main allies.[12][13][14]