Analysis of General Elections
India- 2024
Grade 8 Indian History
• The Bhartiya Janata Party won 240 seats
• a significant fall from 2019 when it had clinched
303 seats.
• The overall tally of the BJP-led National
Democratic Alliance reached 293 seats.
• In the 2019 general elections, the alliance had
won in 353 constituencies.
• Any party or alliance requires 272 seats in the
543-member Lower House to form a government
at the Centre.
• The Congress won 99 seats, significantly
improving on its 2019 tally when it had managed
to get only 52 seats.
• The Opposition INDIA bloc collectively bagged
232 seats.
WHO SUPPORTED NDA
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction won
seven seats
• N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party emerged as the
single-largest party in Andhra Pradesh, winning 16 out of the state’s
25 Lok Sabha seats.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) won 12 seats
• Chirag Paswan-led faction of the Lok Janshakti Party won five seats
• Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular)
emerged victorious in two seats in Karnataka.
WHAT IS INDIA BLOCK 26 Opposition parties in the country,
including two national and 24 regional
parties, have managed to stitch together a
group to fight the 2024 general elections
against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The alliance, named Indian National
Developmental Inclusive
Alliance (INDIA), has the parties of the
Chief Ministers of seven States and a total
of 142 members in the Lok Sabha.
Region-wise analysis
EASTERN
INDIA
HINDI SPEAKING AREAS
NORTH EAST INDIA
SOUTH INDIA
WESTERN INDIA
Most important states
Promises by INDIA block and its polls
manifesto
•Congress releases manifesto focusing on caste census and jobs
•Promises reservation in jobs and education for Economically
Weaker SectionsThe party will enhance institutional credit to
the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for home-building,
starting businesses and purchasing assets.
•The party has promised to launch a Mahalakshmi scheme across
the country under which it will provide Rs one lakh per year to
every poor Indian family as an "unconditional cash transfer".
•The party guarantees that it will pass a constitutional
amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations for the
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward
Classes.
Key Highlights Of Bhartiya Janata Party
Manifesto
• Ayushman Yojana beneficiaries will now include those who are 70 years of age or
older, and PM Modi has ordered that the loan cap on the Mudra scheme be raised
to 20 lakh rupees.
• Prospective obligations comprise the advancement of 5G and 6G technologies in
addition to attaining energy independence.
• The Ayushman Bharat Yojana will now include transgender people in its fold.
• Women will be trained in the fields of information technology, tourism, healthcare,
and retail. The participation and contributions of women will be given priority over
the next five years.
• Rural women will also have the opportunity to train as drone pilots through the
NaMo Drone Didi Yojana.
• After forming a government at the center, the Bharatiya Janata Party has pledged
to implement the Uniform Civil Code throughout the nation.
• Will provide more employment by developing skill and encouraging start up
ecosystem
Are the parties actually fulfilling the promises
A majority of Indians prefer political leaders from their own
caste, tribe or religion,
43% in Andhra, 57% in Bihar, 65% in MP, 54% in
Maharashtra, 62% in Rajasthan, 52% in Jharkhand, 61% in
Chhattisgarh and 48% in Telangana prefer a political leader
from their own caste and religion.
63% of non-literate, 56% school educated and 47% college
educated voters prefer politicians of their own caste.
