Indian General Election of 2014
The BJP won 282 seats, the first single-party majority in thirty years, as turnout hit a record 66 percent.
Overview
Nine phases over five weeks, 814 million eligible voters, and 66.4 percent turnout made 2014 the largest election in history. Narendra Modi's campaign, centered on development after the Gujarat years and dynasty corruption fatigue, delivered the Bharatiya Janata Party 282 of 543 seats, the first single-party majority since Rajiv Gandhi's 1984, reducing Congress to 44. The result realigned Indian politics around a dominant national party, with state elections and presidential politics following. The mandate produced demonetization, GST, and the Hindu nationalist era of Indian public life.
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