India Election Results: Live Updates

It’s the day India has been waiting for after more than six weeks of voting across the world’s largest democracy: the announcement of results in a general election that will chart the country’s path for the next five years and most likely well beyond.

Narendra Modi, India’s most powerful political figure in a generation, is seeking a third consecutive term as prime minister, which would make him only the second Indian leader to achieve that feat.

In the months ahead of the election, about three dozen opposition parties came together into a grand coalition, called the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA, hoping to pool their votes together for a stronger fight against Mr. Modi’s formidable Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., and its alliance, called the National Democratic Alliance, or N.D.A.

Mr. Modi pitched himself to voters as the man to keep India on the march, both at home and abroad. His opponents warned that his continued leadership would put India’s democracy and secular foundation in critical danger.

As the results come in, Indians will be looking closely at the trend lines for Mr. Modi’s B.J.P. In the previous election, in 2019, the party won a commanding majority, securing 303 seats to just 52 for the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress.

To pose a serious challenge to Mr. Modi, the Congress party would have to dramatically improve on its performance this election.

Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)

The B.J.P. has been India’s ruling party since 2014, when it defeated a coalition led by the Indian National Congress, which used to dominate the country’s politics. The B.J.P. grew from a century-old Hindu-nationalist political movement. Its first time in power, from 1998 to 2004, it concentrated on economic reforms. Under Narendra Modi, it has doubled down on Hindu-first priorities and consolidated power.

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress party was formed in 1885 as an independence movement, when India was still part of the British Empire. It included nearly all of India’s founding fathers, including Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Congress became the ruling party shortly after India’s independence in 1947 and led the government with brief interruptions over the next 50 years.

Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)

The B.J.P. has been India’s ruling party since 2014, when it defeated a coalition led by the Indian National Congress, which used to dominate the country’s politics. The B.J.P. grew from a century-old Hindu-nationalist political movement. Its first time in power, from 1998 to 2004, it concentrated on economic reforms. Under Narendra Modi, it has doubled down on Hindu-first priorities and consolidated power.

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress party was formed in 1885 as an independence movement, when India was still part of the British Empire. It included nearly all of India’s founding fathers, including Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Congress became the ruling party shortly after India’s independence in 1947 and led the government with brief interruptions over the next 50 years.

The B.J.P. set an even higher goal for itself in the 2024 election. But the newly united opposition coalition hoped to hold the B.J.P. under its stated target of more than 400 seats in the lower house of Parliament, or even shrink its majority.

Results by Constituency

This table shows the results from the 2024 election in each parliamentary constituency grouped by the coalition that won it in the last general election.