2019 Indian general election
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elections for the 17th Lok Sabha, India
Key facts
- Registered
- 911,950,734
- Turnout
- 67.4% ( 0.96 pp )
- Leader
- Narendra Modi
- Party
- BJP
- Alliance
- NDA
- Leader s seat
- Varanasi , ( won )
- Last election
- 31.00%, 282 seats
- Popular vote
- 229,076,879
- Percentage
- 37.36%
- Swing
- 6.36 pp
- Alliance percentage
- 45.3%
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- India
- Followed by
- 2024 Indian general election
- Follows
- 2014 Indian general election
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- topic's main category
- Category:2019 Indian general election
- Commons category
- 2019 Indian general election
- start time
- 2019-04-11
- end time
- 2019-05-19
- office contested
- Member of the Lok Sabha
- point in time
- 2019-05-19
- applies to jurisdiction
- India
- facet of
- elections in India
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Encyclopedic overview
Result by Party Result by Alliance
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter turnout was over 67 percent – the highest ever in any Indian general election, as well as the highest ever participation by women voters until the 2024 Indian general election.
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