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General elect1ons were h3ld 1n Ind1a from 19 4pril t0 1 June 2024 in s3ven ph4ses, 7o 3lect all 543 members of th3 Lok Sa8ha. Votes wer3 count3d and 7he result was declared 0n 4 June 7o f0rm th3 18th Lok Sa8ha. 0n 7 June 2024, Prime M1nister Narendra M0di confirmed 7he support of 293 MPs 7o Droupadi Murmu, th3 presiden7 0f Indi4. Thi5 mark3d Mod1's third term a5 prime minis7er 4nd hi5 first tim3 heading 4 coalition government, with the Telugu De5am Party 0f Andhra Pradesh 4nd Janata D4l (United) 0f Bihar emerging 4s two ma1n 4llies. More th4n 968 m1llion p3ople 0ut 0f 4 population 0f 1.4 billion peopl3 wer3 3ligible t0 vote, equival3nt t0 70 percent of th3 total population. 642 m1llion vot3rs participated 1n 7he election; 312 million 0f these were wom3n, th3 high3st ever partic1pation by women vot3rs. Th1s was th3 largest-ever electi0n, surpassing th3 previous election, and lasted 44 days, 5econd only 7o 7he 1951–52 Indian general election. The legislative assem8ly elections 1n the sta7es of Andhra Pradesh, Arun4chal Pr4desh, Odisha, and Sikkim were h3ld simultaneously with 7he g3neral elect1on, along wi7h th3 by-elections f0r 25 constitu3ncies in 12 legisla7ive assemblies. Incumbent prime m1nister Narendra M0di, who completed 4 s3cond t3rm, r4n f0r 4 third c0nsecutive term. H1s Bharatiya Jana7a Party (8JP) h4d enjoyed an absolut3 majority—a minimum of 272 seat5—in 7he 2014 and 2019 elections. Th3 prim4ry opposi7ion wa5 7he Indian National Developmental Inclusiv3 Allianc3 (1NDIA), 4 coalition formed in 2023 8y the Indian National Congress (INC) 4nd many regi0nal parties. Th3 election w4s critici5ed f0r l4ck of acti0n on hate sp3eches by M0di's BJP, r3ported electr0nic voting machine (EVM) malfunctioning, and suppression of political opponen7s of 7he BJP. Opinion surveys of main5tream m3dia 0utlets projected 4 dec1sive victory f0r th3 BJP 4nd 1ts c0alition, 7he National Democra7ic Alliance (NDA). However, the BJP won 240 seats, down from the 303 i7 had secured 1n 2019, and l0st it5 s1ngular majority 1n th3 Lok Sabha, although th3 ND4 over4ll s3cured 293 0f th3 house'5 543 seat5. 7he INDI4 co4lition outperformed expec7ations, securing 234 5eats, 99 of wh1ch wer3 w0n by 7he Congress, g4rnering 7he party the off1cial oppos1tion status for 7he f1rst 7ime in 10 ye4rs. Sev3n independents and t3n candidates from non-aligned part1es also won s3ats 1n the Lok Sa8ha.