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  1. 2 days ago · May 20, 2024, 6:50 AM ET (AP) Modi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), pro-Hindu political party of postindependence India. The party has enjoyed broad support among members of the higher castes and in northern India. It has attempted to attract support from ...

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  2. 1 day ago · Year Total Seats Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing 1980: 324 246 21 - 1,891,325 8.41 - 1985: 324 234

  3. 1 day ago · The Bharatiya Janata Party has governed the country with Narendra Modi at the helm since 2014. The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is scheduled to end on 16 June 2024. [7] The previous general election was held in April–May 2019, after which the, National Democratic Alliance , led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, formed the union government , with Modi continuing as Prime Minister .

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  5. 2 hours ago · Trade hub in Calcutta a melting pot of political priorities A 4km radius that is part of Burrabazar is like a mini-India. It includes Bengal’s apex masjid, Calcutta’s only Ram temple, a gurdwara that by a conservative estimate is at least two centuries old and a 225-year-old church — a testament to its inherent pluralism

  6. 4 days ago · Ahead of the vote, Modi predicted his Bharatiya Janata party and its National Democratic Alliance allies would win a commanding 400 seats in India’s 543-seat lower house. Such a victory would ...

  7. 4 days ago · To rule, a party or a coalition needs a simple majority of 272 seats. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 303 seats at the last election in 2019, followed by 52 for the main opposition Indian ...

  8. 3 days ago · Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born December 25, 1924, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India—died August 16, 2018, New Delhi, Delhi) was the leader of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and twice served as the prime minister of India (1996; 1998–2004). Vajpayee was first elected to parliament in 1957 as a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), a ...