the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 240 seats, far fewer than had been expected, however, prevailing over the Opposition, Congress, which won 99 seats. A meeting of the NDA with its two biggest allies, TDP and JD(U), and the meeting of the INDIA bloc has been scheduled for today to discuss the way forward.

Party-wise breakup; BJP ahead but opposition makes inroads

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured a third term, but the BJP will need to rely on the support of other parties in his coalition – JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP’s chief Chandrababu Naidu, falling 32 seats short of the 272 majority mark – a stunning blow for the PM, who had hoped for a landslide victory ‘400 paar’.

For the first time, since the Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, it did not secure a majority on its own — far fewer than the record 303 it won in the 2019 election.

In the face of the surprising drop in the BJP’s support, the Opposition INDIA bloc claimed they had won a victory of sorts, Congress said that the election had been a “moral and political loss” for PM Modi.

The BJP’s tally of 240 seats marks a decrease from previous elections, while Congress increased its count from 52 seats in 2019 to 99 in 2024.

Party-wise results status

  • Bharatiya Janata Party – 240 seats
  • Indian National Congress – 99 seats
  • Samajwadi Party – SP – 37 seats
  • All India Trinamool Congress – AITC – 29 seats
  • Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – DMK – 22 seats
  • Telugu Desam – TDP – 16 seats
  • Janata Dal (United) – JD (U) 12 seats
  • Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey) – SHSUBT – 9 seats
  • Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar – NCPSP – 8 seats
  • Shiv Sena – SHS – 7 seats
  • Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) – LJPRV – 5 seats
  • Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party – YSRCP – 4 seats
  • Rashtriya Janata Dal – RJD – 4 seats
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPI(M) – 4 seats
  • Indian Union Muslim League – IUML – 3 seats
  • Aam Aadmi Party – AAAP – 3 seats
  • Jharkhand Mukti Morcha – JMM – 3 seats
  • The rest were won by smaller parties