✶ Republic of India · 97 crore electors
The world's largestelection.
India elects 543 members of the Lok Sabha, over 4,000 state legislators and more than 30 lakh local
representatives, all by first-past-the-post. Whoever commands a majority in the house governs.
543 steps · one per constituency, raised by its electors ↓
The 18th Lok Sabha · elected June 2024
293 to govern.
No party won a majority in 2024. The BJP took 240 seats, 32 short of 272, and governs with its NDA partners.
293 NDA National Democratic Alliance · governing 234 INDIA Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance 16 Others Unaligned parties and independents Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 Bharatiya Janata Party · 240 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Seats: Election Commission of India ↗ · NDA on the left, INDIA on the right
Latest results · counted 4 May 2026
Five statesvoted. 294 seats · majority 148 West Bengal Chief Minister: Suvendu Adhikari (BJP), sworn in 9 May
Seat by seat → 234 seats · majority 118 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister: C. Joseph Vijay (TVK), TVK–INC coalition, sworn in 10 May
Seat by seat → 140 seats · majority 71 Kerala Chief Minister: V.D. Satheesan (INC), sworn in 18 May
Seat by seat → 126 seats · majority 64 Assam Seat by seat → 30 seats · majority 16 Puducherry Seat by seat → Next
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President's Secretariat · GODL-India President Droupadi Murmu Since 25 July 2022 Elected July 2022 by MPs and MLAs; term ends July 2027 
Vice President's Secretariat · GODL-India Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan Since 12 September 2025 Elected 9 September 2025 by MPs, 452 to 300 
Prime Minister's Office · GODL-India Prime Minister Narendra Modi Since 9 June 2024 Third term; BJP-led NDA coalition (BJP 240 of 543 seats) 
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Himanshu Arya Khowal · CC BY 4.0 Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Since 9 June 2024 Indian National Congress (99 seats) 
Supreme Court of India · GODL-India Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Since 24 November 2025