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National Democratic Alliance

National Democratic Alliance
Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan
AbbreviationNDA
ChairmanAmit Shah
(Union Minister of Home Affairs)
Lok Sabha LeaderNarendra Modi
(Prime Minister)
Founder
Founded15 May 1998 (1998-05-15)
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[4]
Factions:
Centre-right[5]
ECI StatusRegistered
Alliance40 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]

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  8. ^ "BJP's 31% lowest vote share of any party to win majority". The Times of India. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ^ Ramani, Srinivasan (23 May 2019). "Analysis: Highest-ever national vote share for the BJP". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.
  10. ^ "President invites Narendra Modi to form government, oath ceremony on June 9". 7 June 2024.
  11. ^ "President appoints Narendra Modi as PM-designate; oath on Sunday evening". MSN.
  12. ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (5 June 2024). "Narendra Modi wins backing of allies to form Indian government". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  13. ^ Sinha, Shishir (5 June 2024). "NDA elects Modi as leader, President dissolves Lok Sabha". BusinessLine. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  14. ^ "From 'CEO CM' to kingmaker: You can't write off N. Chandrababu Naidu". The Economic Times. 6 June 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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