The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is made up of a number of parties including Prime Minister Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won 289 seats. A total of 272 were needed for a majority in the country's lower house of parliament.
Narendra Modi's coalition has won a parliamentary majority in the country's election, according to official results. The National Democratic Alliance , which is made up of a number of parties including Prime Minister Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party , won 289 seats. A total of 272 were needed for a majority in the country's lower house of parliament. It meant that the BJP remains the biggest party in the country - this time with 240 seats - but it fell short of a majority by itself.
' Milan Vaishnav, from thinktank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said a BJP failure to secure an outright majority would be 'uncharted territory, both for Indians as well as for the prime minister'. He added the party could be left being 'heavily dependent on the goodwill of its allies, which makes them critical players who we can expect will extract their pound of flesh, both in terms of policymaking as well as government formation'.
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