The upcoming 18th House of Representatives will have 41 parties represented, up from 36 in the 17th House of Representatives. Dissolved on Wednesday, according to post-poll data.
The two largest parties, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Indian National Congress, hold 339 seats in the 543-seat lower house of parliament (BJP: 240, Indian National Congress: 99). For the third consecutive election, the BJP fell 32 seats short of what would have been an outright majority (282 in 2014, 303 in 2019), while the Indian National Congress improved from 44 seats in 2014 and 52 five years later.
However, the BJP, with the support of its partner the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), is set to form a third consecutive term in power at the centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be sworn in for a third consecutive term on June 8. The NDA party won 293 seats in the lower house of parliament.
Meanwhile, the “India” bloc, led by the Indian National Congress, has 233 members of parliament, and its Uttar Pradesh-based ally the Samajwadi Party (SP) won 37 seats in India’s most populous state, making Akhilesh Yadav’s party the largest in the country after the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. The SP is followed by its fellow Indian National Congress party, the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal (29 seats) and the DMK, which governs Tamil Nadu (22 seats).
National parties won 64% of the seats
According to an analysis by the think tank PRS, political organisations recognised as “national parties” won 346 seats (64 percent), while regional parties won 197 seats (33 percent).
Candidates from parties other than the NDA/INDIA won 17 seats. Seven independent companies.
According to the voting rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 751 parties ran candidates in India’s recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, a 104 percent increase from 2009, when candidates from 368 parties ran.
According to the ADR, the number of political parties that contested elections in 2014 and 2019 was 464 and 677, respectively.
(with PTI input)
| Alliance | party | seat |
| India | ink | 99 |
| space | 37 | |
| Australia | 29 | |
| DMK | twenty two | |
| SHS(UBT) | 9 | |
| NCP (SP) | 8 | |
| R.J.D. | Four | |
| Consumer Price Index (M) | Four | |
| jam | 3 | |
| AAAP | 3 | |
| international | 3 | |
| Consumer Price Index | 2 | |
| Consumer Price Index (ML)(L) | 2 | |
| VCK | 2 | |
| JKN | 2 | |
| Kenneth | 1 | |
| BHRTADVSIP | 1 | |
| RSP | 1 | |
| M.D.M.K. | 1 | |
| India Total | 233 | |
| Non-disclosure agreement | BJP | 240 |
| TDP | 16 | |
| JD(You) | 12 | |
| high school | 7 | |
| LJPRV | Five | |
| JD(S) | 2 | |
| RLD | 2 | |
| J.N.P. | 2 | |
| Hummus | 1 | |
| Adal | 1 | |
| SKM | 1 | |
| NCP | 1 | |
| Upper PL | 1 | |
| AJSUP | 1 | |
| AGP | 1 | |
| Total NDAs | 293 | |
| others | India | 7 |
| YSRCP | Four | |
| About VOTPP | 1 | |
| sad | 1 | |
| Aspal | 1 | |
| Them | 1 | |
| AiMiM | 1 | |
| RLTP | 1 | |
| Other total | 17 | |
| grand total | 543 |
