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Modi rose within the party and was named a member of the BJP's National Election Committee in 1990, helping organise [[L. K. Advani]]'s 1990 [[Ram Rath Yatra]] in 1990 and [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]'s 1991–92 ''Ekta Yatra'' (Journey for Unity).<ref name="Jose Caravan" />{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|pp=68–69}}{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–63}} However, he took a brief break from politics in 1992, instead establishing a school in Ahmedabad; friction with [[Shankersinh Vaghela]], a BJP MP from Gujarat at the time, also played a part in this decision.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–63}} Modi returned to electoral politics in 1994, partly at the insistence of Advani, and as party secretary, Modi's electoral strategy was considered central to the BJP victory in the 1995 state assembly elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012: Narendra Modi profile|work=[[Zee News]]|location=Gujarat|url=http://zeenews.india.com/slideshow/gujarat-cm-candidates_69.html|url-status=live|access-date=6 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420090836/http://zeenews.india.com/slideshow/gujarat-cm-candidates_69.html|archive-date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Varsha|E|2020d|pp=17–21}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Komireddi|2019|pp=67–69}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|Kochanek|2007|pp=44–49}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Marino|2014|p=49}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Panda|2016|p=95}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Kanrad|2018|pp=87–91}}.</ref> In November of that year Modi was elected BJP national secretary and transferred to New Delhi, where he assumed responsibility for party activities in Haryana and [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mehta|first=Harit|date=1 April 2014|title=Six-year banishment led to Narendra Modi's metamorphosis|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Six-year-banishment-led-to-Narendra-Modis-metamorphosis/articleshow/33040649.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401022501/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Six-year-banishment-led-to-Narendra-Modis-metamorphosis/articleshow/33040649.cms|archive-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> The following year, Shankersinh Vaghela, a prominent BJP leader from Gujarat, defected to the [[Indian National Congress]] (Congress, INC) after losing his parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha elections.<ref name="Jose Caravan" /> Modi, on the selection committee for the [[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1998 Assembly elections in Gujarat]], favoured supporters of BJP leader [[Keshubhai Patel]] over those supporting Vaghela to end factional division in the party. His strategy was credited as key to the BJP winning an overall majority in the 1998 elections,<ref name="Venkatesan Frontline">{{cite news|last=Venkatesan|first=V.|author-link=V. Venkatram|year=2001|orig-year=13–26 October 2001|title=A pracharak as Chief Minister|work=Frontline|location=New Delhi|type=magazine|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405081524/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm|archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> and Modi was promoted to BJP general secretary (organisation) in May of that year.{{Sfnm|1a1=Marino|1y=2014|1pp=78-79|2a1=Mukhopadhyay|2y=2013|2pp=78-95}}
Modi rose within the party and was named a member of the BJP's National Election Committee in 1990, helping organise [[L. K. Advani]]'s 1990 [[Ram Rath Yatra]] in 1990 and [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]'s 1991–92 ''Ekta Yatra'' (Journey for Unity).<ref name="Jose Caravan" />{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|pp=68–69}}{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–63}} However, he took a brief break from politics in 1992, instead establishing a school in Ahmedabad; friction with [[Shankersinh Vaghela]], a BJP MP from Gujarat at the time, also played a part in this decision.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–63}} Modi returned to electoral politics in 1994, partly at the insistence of Advani, and as party secretary, Modi's electoral strategy was considered central to the BJP victory in the 1995 state assembly elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012: Narendra Modi profile|work=[[Zee News]]|location=Gujarat|url=http://zeenews.india.com/slideshow/gujarat-cm-candidates_69.html|url-status=live|access-date=6 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420090836/http://zeenews.india.com/slideshow/gujarat-cm-candidates_69.html|archive-date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Varsha|E|2020d|pp=17–21}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Komireddi|2019|pp=67–69}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Robert|Kochanek|2007|pp=44–49}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Marino|2014|p=49}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Panda|2016|p=95}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Kanrad|2018|pp=87–91}}.</ref> In November of that year Modi was elected BJP national secretary and transferred to New Delhi, where he assumed responsibility for party activities in Haryana and [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mehta|first=Harit|date=1 April 2014|title=Six-year banishment led to Narendra Modi's metamorphosis|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Six-year-banishment-led-to-Narendra-Modis-metamorphosis/articleshow/33040649.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401022501/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Six-year-banishment-led-to-Narendra-Modis-metamorphosis/articleshow/33040649.cms|archive-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> The following year, Shankersinh Vaghela, a prominent BJP leader from Gujarat, defected to the [[Indian National Congress]] (Congress, INC) after losing his parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha elections.<ref name="Jose Caravan" /> Modi, on the selection committee for the [[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1998 Assembly elections in Gujarat]], favoured supporters of BJP leader [[Keshubhai Patel]] over those supporting Vaghela to end factional division in the party. His strategy was credited as key to the BJP winning an overall majority in the 1998 elections,<ref name="Venkatesan Frontline">{{cite news|last=Venkatesan|first=V.|author-link=V. Venkatram|year=2001|orig-year=13–26 October 2001|title=A pracharak as Chief Minister|work=Frontline|location=New Delhi|type=magazine|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405081524/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm|archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> and Modi was promoted to BJP general secretary (organisation) in May of that year.{{Sfnm|1a1=Marino|1y=2014|1pp=78-79|2a1=Mukhopadhyay|2y=2013|2pp=78-95}}
== Chief Minister of Gujarat ==
{{main|Narendra Modi (Chief Minister of Gujarat)}}
== Premiership campaigns ==
===2014 Indian general election===
{{Main|Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2014 Indian general election}}
{{external media| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeKLJuJMp8 BJP announces Shri Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for Loksabha Elections.] Bharatiya Janata Party on [[YouTube]], 13 September 2013}}
In September 2013 Modi was named the BJP's candidate for prime minister ahead of the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha election]].<ref name="Chhibber"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-announces-modi-as-prime-ministerial-candidate/article5124375.ece|title=BJP announces Modi as prime ministerial candidate|work=The Hindu|date=14 September 2013 |location=Chennai, India |first=B. Muralidhar |last=Reddy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017133715/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-announces-modi-as-prime-ministerial-candidate/article5124375.ece |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> Several BJP leaders expressed opposition to Modi's candidature,<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015">{{cite journal|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|year=2015|title=The Modi-centric BJP 2014 election campaign: new techniques and old tactics|url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-modicentric-bjp-2014-election-campaign-new-techniques-and-old-tactics(04c598b8-4a4b-49ae-a08b-e4863265a717).html|journal=Contemporary South Asia|volume=23|issue=2|pages=151–166|doi=10.1080/09584935.2015.1027662|via=|s2cid=142912068}}</ref> including BJP founding member L. K. Advani, who cited concern with leaders who were "concerned with their personal agendas".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advani-grabs-lifeline-meekly-withdraws-resignation/articleshow/20546245.cms?referral=PM|title=Advani grabs lifeline, meekly withdraws resignation|work=The Times of India|date=12 June 2013|access-date=15 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013054344/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advani-grabs-lifeline-meekly-withdraws-resignation/articleshow/20546245.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> Modi played a dominant role in the BJP's election campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Srivastava|first1=Ritesh|title=Election 2009 dissected: How parties cut the vote pie|url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/election-2009-dissected-how-parties-cut-the-vote-pie_532875.html|work=Zee News|date=30 August 2011|access-date=4 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222425/http://zeenews.india.com/home/election-2009-dissected-how-parties-cut-the-vote-pie_532875.html|archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="T&NM 2015" /> Several people who voted for the BJP stated that if Modi had not been the prime-ministerial candidate, they would have voted for another party.<ref name="Chhibber">{{cite journal|last1=Chhibber|first1=Pradeep K.|last2=Ostermann|first2=Susan L.|year=2014|title=The BJP's Fragile Mandate: Modi and Vote Mobilizers in the 2014 General Elections|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023014551870|journal=Studies in Indian Politics|volume=2|issue=2|pages=137–151|doi=10.1177/2321023014551870|issn=0958-4935|via=|s2cid=155080682}}</ref><ref name="Chacko" /><ref name="Srivastava">{{cite journal|last1=Srivastava|first1=Sanjay|s2cid=145367170|title=Modi-Masculinity|journal=Television & New Media|date=April 2015|volume=16|issue=4|doi=10.1177/1527476415575498|pages=331–338}}</ref> The focus on Modi as an individual was unusual for a BJP election campaign.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015"/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Narayan|first1=Badri|date=17 May 2014|title=Modi's Modus Operandi in the 2014 Elections|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/20/commentary/modis-modus-operandi-2014-elections.html|journal=Economic & Political Weekly|volume=49|issue=20|pages=12–14}}</ref> The election was described as a referendum on Narendra Modi.<ref name="Basu 2014">{{cite journal|last1=Basu|first1=Dipankar|last2=Misra|first2=Kartik|date=June 2014|title=BJP's Demographic Dividend in the 2014 General Elections: An Empirical Analysis|url=https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/105783|journal=Economics Department Working Paper Series|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref>
[[File:Narendra Modi meets his mother after winning the 2014 elections.jpg|thumb|left|Modi meets his mother after winning the 2014 elections]]
During the campaign, Modi focused on the corruption scandals under the previous INC government, and played on his image as a politician who had created a high rate of GDP growth in Gujarat.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015"/> Modi projected himself as a person who could bring about "development," without focus on any specific policies.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015"/> His message found support among young Indians and among middle-class citizens. The BJP under Modi was able to downplay concerns about the protection of religious minorities and Modi's commitment to [[secularism]], areas in which he had previously received criticism.<ref name="Basu 2014" /> Prior to the election Modi's image in the media had centered around his role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, but during the campaign the BJP was able to shift this to a focus on Modi's [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] ideology and the Gujarat model of development,<ref name="T&NM 2015" /> although Hindutva remained a significant part of its campaign.<ref name="Ganguly 2014">{{cite journal|last1=Ganguly|first1=Sumit|s2cid=154421269|title=The Risks Ahead|journal=Journal of Democracy|date=October 2014|volume=25|issue=4|pages=56–60|doi=10.1353/jod.2014.0077|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0d1972096ec288e4b0c58679a16bf66172fdb31e}}</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot 2015"/><ref name="Chacko" /> The BJP's campaign was assisted by its wide influence in the media.<ref name="Hariss 2015">{{cite journal|last1=Hariss|first1=John|s2cid=147615034|title=Hindu Nationalism in Action: The Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian Politics|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies|year=2015|volume=38|issue=4|pages=711–718|doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1089826|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1230188}}</ref> Modi's campaign blitz cost approximately {{INRConvert|50|b}},<ref name="Basu 2014" /> and received extensive financial support from corporate donors.<ref name="Hariss 2015" /> In addition to more conventional campaign methods, Modi made extensive use of social media,<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015"/><ref name="Basu 2014" /> and addressed more than 1000 rallies via [[hologram]] appearances.<ref name="Ganguly 2014" />
The BJP won 31% of the vote,<ref name="Stepan" /> and more than doubled its tally in the [[Lok Sabha]] to 282, becoming the first party to win a majority of seats on its own since [[1984 Indian general election|1984]].<ref name="T&NM 2015">{{cite journal|last1=Chakravartty|first1=Paula|last2=Roy|first2=Srirupa|year=2015|title=Mr. Modi Goes to Delhi: Mediated Populism and the 2014 Indian Elections|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1527476415573957|journal=Television & New Media|volume=16|issue=4|pages=311–322|doi=10.1177/1527476415573957|via=|s2cid=145151089}}</ref><ref name="Chacko" /> Voter dissatisfaction with the INC, as well as with regional parties in North India, was another reason for the success of the BJP,<ref name="Chacko" /> as was the support from the RSS.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015"/> In states such as Uttar Pradesh in which the BJP performed well, it drew exceptionally high support from upper-caste Hindus, although the 10 percent of Muslim votes won was more than it had won before. It performed particularly well in parts of the country that had recently experienced violence between Hindus and Muslims.<ref name="Chacko" /> The magnitude of the BJP's victory led many commentators to say that the election constituted a political realignment away from [[progressivism|progressive parties]] and towards the right-wing.<ref name="Chacko">{{cite journal|last1=Chacko|first1=Priya|last2=Mayer|first2=Peter|title=The 'Modi lahar [wave]' in the 2014 Indian national election: A critical realignment?|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10361146.2014.937392|journal=Australian Journal of Political Science|year=2014|volume=49|issue=3|pages=518–528|doi=10.1080/10361146.2014.937392|s2cid=154806289}}</ref><ref name="Basu 2014" /><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Palshikar|first1=S.|last2=Suri|first2=K. C.|title=India's 2014 Lok Sabha elections: Critical shifts in the long term, caution in the short term|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|year=2014|volume=49|pages=39–76}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sridharan|first1=Eswaran|s2cid=154421269|title=Behind Modi's Victory|journal=Journal of Democracy|date=October 2014|volume=25|issue=4|pages=56–60|doi=10.1353/jod.2014.0077|url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0d1972096ec288e4b0c58679a16bf66172fdb31e}}</ref> Modi's tweet announcing his victory was described as being emblematic of the political realignment away from a secular, socialist state towards capitalism and Hindu cultural nationalism.<ref name="Kaur 2015">{{cite journal|last1=Kaur|first1=Ravinder|s2cid=53451635|title=Good Times, Brought to you by Brand Modi|journal=Television & New Media|year=2015|volume=16|issue=4|pages=323–330|doi=10.1177/1527476415575492|url=https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/137464936/Good_Times_Brand_Modi_TVNM.pdf|type=Submitted manuscript}}</ref>
Modi himself was a candidate for the Lok Sabha in two constituencies: [[Varanasi]] and [[Vadodara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vadodara]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/narendra-modi-files-nomination-in-vadodara-after-grand-roadshow-506183|title=Narendra Modi files nomination in Vadodara after grand roadshow|publisher=NDTV|date=9 April 2014|access-date=17 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416204113/http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/narendra-modi-files-nomination-in-vadodara-after-grand-roadshow-506183|archive-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> He won in both constituencies, defeating [[Aam Aadmi Party]] leader [[Arvind Kejriwal]] in Varanasi and [[Madhusudan Mistry]] of the INC in Vadodara by {{formatnum:570128}} votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-s-vadodara-victory-margin-not-highest-ever-114051601712_1.html|title=Modi's Vadodara victory margin not highest-ever|work=Business Standard|date=16 May 2014|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412130937/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-s-vadodara-victory-margin-not-highest-ever-114051601712_1.html|archive-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> Modi, who was unanimously elected leader of the BJP, was appointed prime minister by India's president.<ref name=appointment-prez>{{cite web|title=President appoints Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, Oath taking ceremony on May 26|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/pr200514.html|publisher=Office of President of India |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=26 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032033/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/pr200514.html|archive-date=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=appointment-IE>{{cite news |title=Narendra Modi appointed PM, swearing-in on May 26 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/swearing-in-of-modi-govt-on-may-26/ |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=20 May 2014 |agency=Press Trust of India |access-date=26 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520152512/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/swearing-in-of-modi-govt-on-may-26/ |archive-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref> To comply with the law that an MP cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prime-minister-modi-resigns-as-vadodara-mp-to-retain-varanasi-seat/article1-1224002.aspx | title=Modi thanks Vadodara, looks forward to serve Ganga | work=Hindustan Times | date=29 May 2014 | agency=Press Trust of India | access-date=29 May 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529163731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prime-minister-modi-resigns-as-vadodara-mp-to-retain-varanasi-seat/article1-1224002.aspx | archive-date=29 May 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
===2019 Indian general election===
{{External media|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoORekBf6pE BJP announced manifesto and Shri Narendra Modi as prime minister candidate.] Bharatiya Janata Party on [[YouTube]], 8 April 2019.}}{{Main|Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2019 Indian general election}}
On 13 October 2018, Modi was renamed as the BJP candidate for prime minister for the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Narendra Modi: It's all about Narendra Modi as India prepares for mammoth 2019 election|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/its-all-about-narendra-modi-as-india-prepares-for-mammoth-2019-election/articleshow/67070925.cms?from=mdr|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> The chief campaigner for the party was BJP's president [[Amit Shah]]. Modi launched the [[Main Bhi Chowkidar]] campaign ahead of the general election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 March 2019|title=PM Modi launches 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign for 2019 elections|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-urges-people-to-be-a-proud-chowkidar-of-nation/articleshow/68435831.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106155250/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/its-all-about-narendra-modi-as-india-prepares-for-mammoth-2019-election/articleshow/67070925.cms?from=mdr|archive-date=6 January 2021|access-date=18 November 2020|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}}</ref> In the year 2018, end [[BJP|Party's]], second-biggest alliance [[Telugu Desam Party]] split from [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] over the matter of special-status for [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Setback For Chandrababu Naidu, 4 Lawmakers Of His Party Join BJP|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-of-6-telugu-desam-party-rajya-sabha-mps-say-they-are-joining-bjp-2056491|access-date=11 January 2021|website=[[NDTV]].com}}</ref>
The campaign was started by [[Amit Shah]] on 8 April 2019. In the campaign, Modi was targeted by the opposition on corruption allegations over [[Rafale deal]] with [[France/Government|France government]]. Highlighting this [[Rafale deal controversy|controversy]] the campaign "[[Chowkidar Chor Hai]]" was started, which was contrary to "[[Main Bhi Chowkidar]]" slogan.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Chowkidar Narendra Modi': PM changes Twitter handle name to counter Rahul Gandhi's chor jibe|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chowkidar-narendra-modi-pm-changes-twitter-handle-name-to-counter-rahul-gandhis-chor-jibe/articleshow/68448053.cms|url-status=dead|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417003757/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chowkidar-narendra-modi-pm-changes-twitter-handle-name-to-counter-rahul-gandhis-chor-jibe/articleshow/68448053.cms|archive-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> Modi made defence and national security among the foremost topics for the [[Campaigning in the 2019 Indian general election|election campaign]], especially after [[2019 Pulwama attack|Pulwama attack]], and the retaliatory attack of [[2019 Balakot airstrike|Balakot airstrike]] was counted as an achievement of the [[Premiership of Narendra Modi|Modi administration]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Standard|first=Business|date=30 November 2019|title=Book review: How Pulwama made Modi's Balakot response his 1971 moment|work=[[Business Standard|Business Standard India]]|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/book-review-how-pulwama-made-modi-s-balakot-response-his-1971-moment-119113000964_1.html|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528125841/https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/book-review-how-pulwama-made-modi-s-balakot-response-his-1971-moment-119113000964_1.html|archive-date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=D. K.|date=27 February 2019|title=5 ways Modi's Pakistan air strike 'bombed' opposition's election strategy|url=https://theprint.in/politics/5-ways-modis-pakistan-air-strike-bombed-oppositions-election-strategy/198460/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230215159/https://theprint.in/politics/5-ways-modis-pakistan-air-strike-bombed-oppositions-election-strategy/198460/|archive-date=30 December 2020|access-date=11 January 2021|website=[[ThePrint]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Other topics in the campaign were development and [[Foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government|good foreign relations]] in the first premiership.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bommakanti|first=Kartik|title=Indian national security and defence in 2019: Modi ticks three boxes|url=https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indian-national-security-defence-2019-modi-ticks-three-boxes-59563/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128034740/https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indian-national-security-defence-2019-modi-ticks-three-boxes-59563/|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=11 January 2021|website=ORF|language=en-US}}</ref>
Modi contested the Lok Sabha elections as a candidate from [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]. He won the seat by defeating Shalini Yadav of the [[Samajwadi Party]], who fought on [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]-[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] alliance by a margin of {{formatnum:479505}} votes.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=Election Results 2019: PM Narendra Modi storms to victory in Varanasi|language=en|work=[[India Today]]|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/lok-sabha-elections-2019-prime-minister-narendra-modi-varanasi-1532443-2019-05-23|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029055802/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/lok-sabha-elections-2019-prime-minister-narendra-modi-varanasi-1532443-2019-05-23|archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Narendra Modi secures big lead in Varanasi; Congress' Ajay Rai trails|website=businesstoday.in|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019/news/lok-sabha-election-result-2019-narendra-modi-big-lead-in-varanasi-congress-ajay-rai-trails/story/349240.html|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029051752/https://www.businesstoday.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019/news/lok-sabha-election-result-2019-narendra-modi-big-lead-in-varanasi-congress-ajay-rai-trails/story/349240.html|archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> Modi was unanimously appointed the prime minister for a second time by the [[National Democratic Alliance]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Narendra Modi to be sworn in as PM for 2nd term on May 30|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/narendra-modi-government-to-take-oath-on-may-30/articleshow/69506065.cms|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> after the alliance won the election for the second time by securing 353 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]] with the [[BJP]] alone won 303 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alliance Wise Election Live Results 2019: Lok Sabha Elections Result Live Alliance Wise, Party Wise|url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/alliance-wise-tally-live-results/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111232305/https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/alliance-wise-tally-live-results/|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=13 September 2020|website=[[News18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=24 May 2019|title=BJP wins 302 seats on its own in Lok Sabha election 2019, propels NDA alliance to a final tally of 353 seats in Lower House – Politics News, Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-wins-302-seats-on-its-own-in-lok-sabha-election-2019-propels-nda-alliance-to-a-final-tally-of-353-seats-in-lower-house-6693991.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029041632/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-wins-302-seats-on-its-own-in-lok-sabha-election-2019-propels-nda-alliance-to-a-final-tally-of-353-seats-in-lower-house-6693991.html|archive-date=29 October 2020|access-date=13 September 2020|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>
== Prime Minister ==
{{Main|Premiership of Narendra Modi}}


== Electoral history ==
== Electoral history ==
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* {{Cite book|last=Modi|first=Narendra|title=President Pranab Mukherjee: A statesman|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=978-8192925554|location=|pages=|translator-last=Joshi|translator-first=Varun|author-mask=7|orig-year=2017}}
* {{Cite book|last=Modi|first=Narendra|title=President Pranab Mukherjee: A statesman|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=978-8192925554|location=|pages=|translator-last=Joshi|translator-first=Varun|author-mask=7|orig-year=2017}}
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==See also==
[[Narendra Modi (Chief Minister of Gujarat)]]
[[Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2019 Indian general election]]
[[Premiership of Narendra Modi]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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