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	General elections were held in [[India]] in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009 to elect the members of the [[15th Lok Sabha\|fifteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]]. With a registered electorate of 716 million and a turnout of 417 million voters, it was the largest democratic election in the world until being surpassed by the [[2014 Indian general election\|2014 general election]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/16/indian-election-congress-polling\|title=In the Indian election, 700m voters, 28 days, 250,000 police: world's biggest democratic poll begins\|date=16 April 2009\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=13 June 2009\|location=London\|first=Randeep\|last=Ramesh\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906101159/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/16/indian-election-congress-polling\|archive-date=6 September 2013\|url-status=live}}</ref>		General elections were held in [[India]] in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009 to elect the members of the [[15th Lok Sabha\|fifteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]]. With a registered electorate of 716 million and a turnout of 417 million voters, it was the largest democratic election in the world until being surpassed by the [[2014 Indian general election\|2014 general election]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/16/indian-election-congress-polling\|title=In the Indian election, 700m voters, 28 days, 250,000 police: world's biggest democratic poll begins\|date=16 April 2009\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=13 June 2009\|location=London\|first=Randeep\|last=Ramesh\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906101159/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/16/indian-election-congress-polling\|archive-date=6 September 2013\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	{{See also\|Results of the 2009 Indian general election by party\|Results of the 2009 Indian general election by parliamentary constituency}}		{{See also\|Results of the 2009 Indian general election by party\|Results of the 2009 Indian general election by parliamentary constituency}}

			[[File:The Electronic Digital Display Board at the office of the Election Commission of India displaying the results of General Election-2009 for the public, at Nirvachan Sadan, in New Delhi on May 16, 2009.jpg\|thumb\|The Electronic Digital Display Board at the office of the Election Commission of India displaying the results of General Election-2009 for the public, at Nirvachan Sadan, in New Delhi on May 16, 2009]]
	Vote counting took place on 16 May<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8045567.stm\|work=BBC News\|title=India's marathon poll concludes\|date=13 May 2009\|access-date=5 May 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201160531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8045567.stm\|archive-date=1 February 2011\|url-status=live}}</ref> and the result were declared the same day. The EVMs were localised to 1,080 centres across the country and counting started at 08:00 hrs. The [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) took early lead and maintained it to emerge victorious. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) leader [[Rajnath Singh]] said that the BJP's performance in the election was very unexpected and the success of the NDA that had been hoped for had not materialised.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Election09/storypage.aspx?ID=88627c79-02a7-47d6-acf8-55ecd6b173fa&Category=Chunk-HT-UI-Elections-SectionPage-TopStories&Headline=BJPs-performance-very-unexpected-Rajnath-Singh \|title=BJP's performance very unexpected: Rajnath Singh \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=16 May 2009 \|access-date=6 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519095154/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Election09/storypage.aspx?ID=88627c79-02a7-47d6-acf8-55ecd6b173fa&Category=Chunk-HT-UI-Elections-SectionPage-TopStories&Headline=BJPs-performance-very-unexpected-Rajnath-Singh \|archive-date=19 May 2009 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The CPI (M) led third front later said that it was ready to sit in the opposition.		Vote counting took place on 16 May<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8045567.stm\|work=BBC News\|title=India's marathon poll concludes\|date=13 May 2009\|access-date=5 May 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201160531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8045567.stm\|archive-date=1 February 2011\|url-status=live}}</ref> and the result were declared the same day. The EVMs were localised to 1,080 centres across the country and counting started at 08:00 hrs. The [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) took early lead and maintained it to emerge victorious. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) leader [[Rajnath Singh]] said that the BJP's performance in the election was very unexpected and the success of the NDA that had been hoped for had not materialised.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Election09/storypage.aspx?ID=88627c79-02a7-47d6-acf8-55ecd6b173fa&Category=Chunk-HT-UI-Elections-SectionPage-TopStories&Headline=BJPs-performance-very-unexpected-Rajnath-Singh \|title=BJP's performance very unexpected: Rajnath Singh \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=16 May 2009 \|access-date=6 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519095154/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Election09/storypage.aspx?ID=88627c79-02a7-47d6-acf8-55ecd6b173fa&Category=Chunk-HT-UI-Elections-SectionPage-TopStories&Headline=BJPs-performance-very-unexpected-Rajnath-Singh \|archive-date=19 May 2009 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The CPI (M) led third front later said that it was ready to sit in the opposition.

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