World’s biggest democratic exercise‐
India’s 16th Lok Sabha (Lower House) elections which ran from April, 7 to May
12, 2014 are over and its verdict is out. Of the total 543 seats for which
elections were contested, BJP led NDA achieved a thumping victory on 336 seats,
whereas, Congress led UPA has faced thorough defeat in 6 key states winning
just 59 seats, and the Congress, 44 seats.
TheAam Aadmi Party (AAP) which contested
on 424 seats has faced debacle as it could win just 4 seats. AAP leader and
former Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejrival, who contested against the
Narendra Modi from Varanasi, defeated by a huge margin of more than 3 lakh
votes.
With this NDA victory, BJP’s Prime
Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is all set to be the head of the
newly elected Indian Government.
BJP registered its biggest win in Uttar Pradesh
winning 71 seats despite a big coalition partner, the best performance
by a single party in the state since 1984 when the Congress won 83 of 85 seats.
Results Lok Sabha Polls
2014:
ALLIANCE TALLY
NDA (BJP + Allies) 335
UPA (Congress +Allies) 59
AAP 4
SP 5
BSP 0
AITC 34
JD(U) 2
LEFT 11
ADMK 37
OTHERS 56
TOTAL 543/543
Vote Share:
Alliance Vote Share (%)
NDA 35
UPA 23
LEFT
4
AITC 4
Others 34
