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16th Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituencies Election Commission of India General Election in 2009

The Indian general election of 2014 was the largest election in history, with over 814 million eligible voters. It was held over nine phases from April 7th to May 12th to elect members of parliament for India's 543 constituencies. Voter turnout was around 66.38%, the highest ever in Indian general elections. The results on May 16th saw the National Democratic Alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, win a sweeping victory taking 336 seats. The BJP itself won 282 seats.

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16th Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituencies Election Commission of India General Election in 2009

The Indian general election of 2014 was the largest election in history, with over 814 million eligible voters. It was held over nine phases from April 7th to May 12th to elect members of parliament for India's 543 constituencies. Voter turnout was around 66.38%, the highest ever in Indian general elections. The results on May 16th saw the National Democratic Alliance, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, win a sweeping victory taking 336 seats. The BJP itself won 282 seats.

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The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of

parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. Running in nine phases from 7 April to 12
May 2014, this was the longest election in the country's history.[3][4] According to the Election
Commission of India, 814.5 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 100 million voters
since the last general election in 2009,[5] making this the largest-ever election in the world.[6]Around
23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 1819 years. [7] A total of 8,251 candidates
contested for the 543 Lok Sabha seats.[8] The average election turnout over all nine phases was
around 66.38%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections. [8]
The results were declared on 16 May, fifteen days before the 15th Lok Sabhacompletes its
constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014.[9] The counting exercise was held at 989 counting centres.
[8]

The National Democratic Alliance, led by theBharatiya Janata Party, won a sweeping victory, taking

336 seats. The BJP itself won 31.0% of all votes and 282 (51.9%) of all seats. It is the first time since
the 1984 Indian general elections that a party has won enough seats to govern without the support of
other parties.[10] The United Progressive Alliance, led by the Indian National Congress, won 58 seats,
[2]

44 (8.1%) of which were won by the Congress, that won 19.3% of all votes. [1][11] It was the Congress

party's worst defeat in a general election.[12][13] BJP and its allies won a right to form the largest
majority government since 1984 general election.[14] n

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