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 {{short description|Elections for the 17th Lok Sabha}}
-{{Use Indian English|date = April 2021}}
+{{Use Indian English|date = March 2019}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
 {{Infobox election
 | election_name = 2019 Indian general election
 | country = India
 | type = parliamentary
-| ongoing = no
 | previous_election = 2014 Indian general election
 | previous_year = 2014
-| election_date = 11 April – 19 May 2019
+| election_date = 11 April – 19 May 2019{{efn|The election for the [[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore constituency]] was delayed and took place on 5 August 2019.}}
 | next_election = Next Indian general election
 | next_year = ''Next''
-| seats_for_election = 542{{efn|name=seats|Two seats are reserved for Anglo-Indians and filled through Presidential nomination, while the poll in one constituency was cancelled.}} (of the 545) seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
+| seats_for_election = 543 of the 545 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]{{efn|name=seats|Two seats are reserved for Anglo-Indians and filled through Presidential nomination.}}
 | majority_seats = 272
 | opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2019 Indian general election
 | registered = 911,950,734
-| turnout = '''67.40%''' ({{increase}}0.96%)
+| turnout = '''67.40%''' ({{increase}}0.96pp)
-| image1 = [[File:PM Modi Portrait(cropped).jpg|130x130px]]
+| image_size = 150x150px
+| 1blank = Alliance
+| 2blank = Alliance&nbsp;seats
+| image1 = Official portrait of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, November 2020 (cropped).jpg
 | leader1 = '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
 | party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
-| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
 | leader_since1 = 13 September 2013
 | leaders_seat1 = [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] (''won'')
-| last_election1 = 282
+| last_election1 = 282 seats
-| seats_needed1 =
 | seats1 = '''303'''
 | seat_change1 = {{increase}}21
 | popular_vote1 = '''229,076,879'''
 | percentage1 = '''37.36%'''
-| swing1 = {{increase}}6.02%
+| swing1 = '''{{increase}}6.36pp'''
-| image2 = [[File:Rahul Gandhi (portrait crop).jpg|130x130px]]
+| 1data1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
+| 2data1 = 353
+| image2 = Rahul Gandhi (portrait crop).jpg
 | leader2 = [[Rahul Gandhi]]
 | leaders_seat2 = [[Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Wayanad]] (''won'') and<br />[[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]&nbsp;(''lost'')
 | party2 = Indian National Congress
-| alliance2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
+| leader_since2 = 16 December 2017
-| leader_since2 = 11 December 2017
+| last_election2 = 44 seats
-| last_election2 = 44
 | seats2 = 52
-| seats_needed2 =
 | seat_change2 = {{increase}}8
 | popular_vote2 = 119,495,214
-| percentage2 = 21.01%
+| percentage2 = 19.49%
-| swing2 = {{increase}}1.03%
+| swing2 = {{increase}}0.18pp
-| image3 = [[File:Stalinmk.png|130x130px]]
+| 1data2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
-| leader3 = [[M. K. Stalin]]
+| 2data2 = 91
-| leaders_seat3 = ''Did not contest''
+| map = [[File:Indian_General_Election_2019.svg|350px]]
-| party3 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
+| map_caption = Seat results by constituency. As this is a [[First-past-the-post voting|FPTP]] election, seat totals are not determined proportional to each party's total vote share, but instead by the plurality in each constituency.
-| alliance3 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
-| leader_since3 = 28 August 2018
-| last_election3 = 0
-| seats3 = <!--Do not change to 24. Party won 23 seats in the actual election-->23{{efn|name=DMK}}
-| seats_needed3 =
-| seat_change3 = {{increase}}23
-| popular_vote3 = 13,877,992
-| percentage3 = 2.26%
-| swing3 = {{increase}}0.50%
-| image5 = [[File:YSJaganmohan Reddy.jpg|130x130px]]
-| leader5 = [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]]
-| leaders_seat5 = ''Did not contest''
-| party5 = YSR Congress Party
-| alliance5 = '' None ''
-| leader_since5 = 2011
-| last_election5 = 9
-| seats5 = 22
-| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 13
-| popular_vote5 = 15,537,006
-| percentage5 = 2.53%
-| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.02%
-| image4 = [[File:The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms. Mamata Banerjee.jpg|130x130px]]
-| leader4 = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
-| leaders_seat4 = ''Did not contest''
-| party4 = All India Trinamool Congress
-| alliance4 = [[Federal Front|FF]]
-| leader_since4 = 1998
-| last_election4 = 34
-| seats4 = 22
-| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 12
-| popular_vote4 = 24,929,330
-| percentage4 = 4.07%
-| swing4 = {{decrease}}0.19%
-| image6 = [[File:Uddhav thackeray 20090703 (cropped).jpg|130x130px]]
-| leader6 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
-| leaders_seat6 = ''Did not contest''
-| party6 = Shiv Sena
-| alliance6 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
-| leader_since6 = 2013
-| last_election6 = 18
-| seats6 = 18
-| seat_change6 = {{nochange}}
-| popular_vote6 = 12,858,904
-| percentage6 = 2.10%
-| swing6 = {{decrease}}0.23%
-| image7 = [[File:Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg|130x130px]]
-| leader7 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
-| leaders_seat7 = ''Did not contest''
-| party7 = Janata Dal (United)
-| alliance7 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
-| leader_since7 = 2016
-| last_election7 = 2
-| seats7 = 16
-| seat_change7 = {{increase}} 14
-| popular_vote7 = 8,926,679
-| percentage7 = 1.46%
-| swing7 = {{increase}}0.37%
-| image8 = [[File:Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in October 2014.jpg|130x130px]]
-| leader8 = [[Naveen Patnaik]]
-| leaders_seat8 = ''Did not contest''
-| party8 = Biju Janata Dal
-| alliance8 = '' None''
-| leader_since8 = 2000
-| last_election8 = 20
-| seats8 = 12
-| seat_change8 = {{decrease}} 8
-| popular_vote8 = 10,174,021
-| percentage8 = 1.66%
-| swing8 = {{decrease}}0.07%
-| image9 = [[File:Mayawati.jpg|130x130px]]
-| leader9 = [[Mayawati]]
-| leaders_seat9 = ''Did not contest''
-| party9 = Bahujan Samaj Party
-| alliance9 = [[Mahagathbandhan (2019)|MGB]]
-| leader_since9 = 2003
-| last_election9 = 0
-| seats9 = 10
-| seat_change9 = {{increase}} 10
-| popular_vote9 = 22,246,501
-| percentage9 = 3.63%
-| swing9 = {{decrease}}0.56%
-| previous_mps = List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha
-| elected_mps = List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha
-| next_mps =
-| map = [[File:Indian_General_Election_2019.svg|frameless|upright=1.35]]
-| map_caption = Seat results by constituency. As this is a [[First-past-the-post voting|FPTP]] election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead by the result in each constituency.
-<!-- Lok Sabha seats -->
-[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 2019.svg|350px|center|The 17th Lok Sabha]]
 | title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
 | before_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
-| before_party = [[BJP]]
+| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
-| posttitle = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] after election
+| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
 | after_election = [[Narendra Modi]]
-| after_party = [[BJP]]
+| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
+| ongoing =
 }}
-The '''2019 Indian general election''' was held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. The votes were counted and the result declared on 23 May.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ec-may-announce-lok-sabha-poll-schedule-in-march-first-week-sources/articleshow/67588495.cms|title=EC may announce Lok Sabha election schedule in March first week: Sources – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405132838/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ec-may-announce-lok-sabha-poll-schedule-in-march-first-week-sources/articleshow/67588495.cms|archive-date=5 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/915713/2019-general-elections-voting-to-be-held-in-seven-phases-to-start-on-april-11|title=2019 General Elections: Voting to be held in 7 phases from April 11 to May 19, counting on May 23|work=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507042256/https://scroll.in/latest/915713/2019-general-elections-voting-to-be-held-in-seven-phases-to-start-on-april-11|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/blog/election-dates-2019-schedule-live-updates-lok-sabha-assembly-elections-arunachal-pradesh-andhra-pradesh-odisha-sikkim-jammu-and-kashmir-elections-date-india-elections-schedule-election-commission-model-code-of-conduct-2019-election-2019-dates-declared/184|title=Lok Sabha Election 2019 Dates Schedule LIVE, Assembly Elections Dates For Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, 2019 Election Date Time for Polling, Counting and Results|website=timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003525/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/blog/election-dates-2019-schedule-live-updates-lok-sabha-assembly-elections-arunachal-pradesh-andhra-pradesh-odisha-sikkim-jammu-and-kashmir-elections-date-india-elections-schedule-election-commission-model-code-of-conduct-2019-election-2019-dates-declared/184|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/election-commission-lok-sabha-poll-dates.html|title=Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and polling will be held over seven phases through May 19, followed by counting of votes on May 23. Lok Sabha Election 2019 : Key Dates, Live News Updates, Election Calendar.|website=english.manoramaonline.com|language=en-GB|access-date=13 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003701/https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/election-commission-lok-sabha-poll-dates.html|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> About 911 million people were eligible to vote, and voter turnout was over 67 percent&nbsp;– the highest ever, as well as the highest ever participation by women voters.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-67-1-2019-turnouts-a-record-election-commission/articleshow/69419715.cms At 67.1%, 2019 turnout's a record: Election Commission] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521074334/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-67-1-2019-turnouts-a-record-election-commission/articleshow/69419715.cms |date=21 May 2019}}, The Times of India (20 May 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/world/asia/india-election-results.html Polls Are Closed in India's Election: What Happens Next?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519120903/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/world/asia/india-election-results.html |date=19 May 2019}}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', Douglas Schorzman and Kai Schultz (19 May 2019)</ref>{{efn|In 9 states and union territories of India – such as [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Kerala]] and [[Uttarakhand]] – more women turned out to vote than men in 2019.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/women-turn-out-in-greater-numbers-than-in-previous-elections/articleshow/69405687.cms Women turn out in greater numbers than in previous elections], ''The Economic Times'', Aanchal Bansal (20 May 2019)</ref>}}
-The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] won 303 seats, further increasing its substantial majority<ref>{{cite news |title=India Election Results: Modi and the B.J.P. Make History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/world/asia/india-election-results.html |website=NYT |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523031230/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/world/asia/india-election-results.html |archive-date=23 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won 353 seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48389130|title=Modi thanks India for 'historic mandate'|date=23 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2019|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528223438/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48389130|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP won 37.46% of votes, while the NDA's combined vote was 45% of the 603.7 million votes that were polled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/analysis-highest-ever-national-vote-share-for-the-bjp/article27218550.ece|title=Analysis: Highest-ever national vote share for the BJP|first=Srinivasan|last=Ramani|date=23 May 2019|access-date=22 December 2019|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/61-crore-voted-2019-lok-sabha-elections-66-voter-turnout_in_5ce22bd1e4b00e035b92e395|title=61 Crore Indians Voted In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections; 66% Estimated Voter Turnout|date=20 May 2019|website=HuffPost India|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> The [[Indian National Congress]] won just 52 seats, failing again to get 10% or 55 seats needed to claim the post of leader of the opposition, and the Congress-led [[United Progressive Alliance (India)|United Progressive Alliance]] won 91. Other parties and their alliances won 98 seats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha Election 2019 - Party Alliance Details, General Elections |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/party-alliance-details |website=India Today |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526172433/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/party-alliance-details |archive-date=26 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+'''General elections''' were held in [[India]] in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the [[17th Lok Sabha]]. Votes were counted and the result declared on 23 May.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ec-may-announce-lok-sabha-poll-schedule-in-march-first-week-sources/articleshow/67588495.cms|title=EC may announce Lok Sabha election schedule in March first week: Sources – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405132838/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ec-may-announce-lok-sabha-poll-schedule-in-march-first-week-sources/articleshow/67588495.cms|archive-date=5 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/915713/2019-general-elections-voting-to-be-held-in-seven-phases-to-start-on-april-11|title=2019 General Elections: Voting to be held in 7 phases from April 11 to May 19, counting on May 23|work=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507042256/https://scroll.in/latest/915713/2019-general-elections-voting-to-be-held-in-seven-phases-to-start-on-april-11|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/blog/election-dates-2019-schedule-live-updates-lok-sabha-assembly-elections-arunachal-pradesh-andhra-pradesh-odisha-sikkim-jammu-and-kashmir-elections-date-india-elections-schedule-election-commission-model-code-of-conduct-2019-election-2019-dates-declared/184|title=Lok Sabha Election 2019 Dates Schedule LIVE, Assembly Elections Dates For Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, 2019 Election Date Time for Polling, Counting and Results|website=timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003525/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/blog/election-dates-2019-schedule-live-updates-lok-sabha-assembly-elections-arunachal-pradesh-andhra-pradesh-odisha-sikkim-jammu-and-kashmir-elections-date-india-elections-schedule-election-commission-model-code-of-conduct-2019-election-2019-dates-declared/184|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/election-commission-lok-sabha-poll-dates.html|title=Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and polling will be held over seven phases through May 19, followed by counting of votes on May 23. Lok Sabha Election 2019 : Key Dates, Live News Updates, Election Calendar.|website=english.manoramaonline.com|language=en-GB|access-date=13 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003701/https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/election-commission-lok-sabha-poll-dates.html|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter turnout was over 67 percent&nbsp;– the highest ever, as well as the highest ever participation by women voters.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-67-1-2019-turnouts-a-record-election-commission/articleshow/69419715.cms At 67.1%, 2019 turnout's a record: Election Commission] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521074334/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-67-1-2019-turnouts-a-record-election-commission/articleshow/69419715.cms |date=21 May 2019}}, The Times of India (20 May 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/world/asia/india-election-results.html Polls Are Closed in India's Election: What Happens Next?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519120903/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/world/asia/india-election-results.html |date=19 May 2019}}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', Douglas Schorzman and Kai Schultz (19 May 2019)</ref>{{efn|In 9 states and union territories of India – such as [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Kerala]] and [[Uttarakhand]] – more women turned out to vote than men in 2019.<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/women-turn-out-in-greater-numbers-than-in-previous-elections/articleshow/69405687.cms Women turn out in greater numbers than in previous elections], ''The Economic Times'', Aanchal Bansal (20 May 2019)</ref>}}
-[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative assembly]] elections in the states of [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh]], [[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]], [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]] and [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|Sikkim]] were held simultaneously with the general election,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/assembly-polls-lok-sabha-polls-jammu-and-kashmir.html|title=Assembly polls in 4 states with Lok Sabha elections but not in J&K- Malayala Manorama |website=english.manoramaonline.com |language=en-GB |access-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003833/https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/assembly-polls-lok-sabha-polls-jammu-and-kashmir.html |archive-date=4 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-lok-sabha-elections-2019-congress-mp-favours-more-seats-for-rjd-in-bihar-461365 |title=Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress MP favours more seats for RJD in Bihar |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=29 September 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404044000/https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-lok-sabha-elections-2019-congress-mp-favours-more-seats-for-rjd-in-bihar-461365 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as [[2019–20 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|by-elections]] to twenty-two seats of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/aiadmk-proves-it-mettle-in-tamil-nadu-maintains-hold-on-govt-after-winning-9-bypoll-seats-2157319.html |title=AIADMK Proves it Mettle in Tamil Nadu, Maintains Hold on Govt After Winning 9 Bypoll Seats |access-date=19 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708143002/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/aiadmk-proves-it-mettle-in-tamil-nadu-maintains-hold-on-govt-after-winning-9-bypoll-seats-2157319.html |archive-date=8 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] received 37.36% of the vote, the highest vote share by a political party since the [[1989 Indian general election|1989 general election]], and won 303 seats, further increasing its substantial majority.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Election Results: Modi and the B.J.P. Make History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/world/asia/india-election-results.html |website=NYT |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523031230/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/world/asia/india-election-results.html |archive-date=23 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won 353 seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48389130|title=Modi thanks India for 'historic mandate'|date=23 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2019|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528223438/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48389130|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Indian National Congress]] won 52 seats, failing to get 10% of the seats needed to claim the post of Leader of Opposition, and the Congress-led [[United Progressive Alliance (India)|United Progressive Alliance]] won 91. Other parties and their alliances won 98 seats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha Election 2019 - Party Alliance Details, General Elections |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/party-alliance-details |website=India Today |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526172433/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/party-alliance-details |archive-date=26 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
+[[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative assembly]] elections in the states of [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh]], [[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]], [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]] and [[2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election|Sikkim]] were held simultaneously with the general election,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/assembly-polls-lok-sabha-polls-jammu-and-kashmir.html|title=Assembly polls in 4 states with Lok Sabha elections but not in J&K- Malayala Manorama |website=english.manoramaonline.com |language=en-GB |access-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003833/https://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/lok-sabha-elections-2019/2019/03/10/assembly-polls-lok-sabha-polls-jammu-and-kashmir.html |archive-date=4 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-lok-sabha-elections-2019-congress-mp-favours-more-seats-for-rjd-in-bihar-461365 |title=Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress MP favours more seats for RJD in Bihar |date=4 September 2018 |access-date=29 September 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404044000/https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-lok-sabha-elections-2019-congress-mp-favours-more-seats-for-rjd-in-bihar-461365 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as [[2019–20 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election|by-elections]] to twenty-two seats of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/aiadmk-proves-it-mettle-in-tamil-nadu-maintains-hold-on-govt-after-winning-9-bypoll-seats-2157319.html |title=AIADMK Proves it Mettle in Tamil Nadu, Maintains Hold on Govt After Winning 9 Bypoll Seats |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=19 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708143002/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/aiadmk-proves-it-mettle-in-tamil-nadu-maintains-hold-on-govt-after-winning-9-bypoll-seats-2157319.html |archive-date=8 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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 The elections are held on schedule and as per the [[Constitution of India]] that mandates parliamentary elections once every five years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/general-election-will-be-held-in-2019-as-per-schedule-says-rajnath-singh/article24844428.ece|title=General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|date=1 September 2018|work=The Hindu|access-date=4 January 2019|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
-== Election schedule ==
+==Election schedule==
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+|38<ref name=":12" group="n">Polling in [[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore]] was cancelled, with the election later held on 5 August 2019. ([[#Rescheduled voting, cancellations|see below]])</ref>
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-=== Rescheduled voting, cancellations ===
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 *[[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]]: Over {{INRConvert|11|c}} in cash was seized in Vellore from [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] leaders – a regional party in Tamil Nadu. According to ''[[The News Minute]]'', this cash is alleged to have been for [[Political bribery|bribing]] the voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/election-cancelled-vellore-lok-sabha-seat-after-money-seized-dmk-leaders-100152|title=Election cancelled in Vellore Lok Sabha seat after money seized from DMK leaders|date=16 April 2019|website=The News Minute|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416163437/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/election-cancelled-vellore-lok-sabha-seat-after-money-seized-dmk-leaders-100152|archive-date=16 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Based on the evidence collected during the raids, the Election Commission of India cancelled the 18 April election date in the [[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore constituency]]. The DMK leaders denied wrongdoing and alleged a conspiracy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/tamil-nadu/lok-sabha-polls-in-vellore-cancelled-due-to-use-of-money-power/articleshow/68909824.cms|title=Lok Sabha polls in Vellore cancelled due to use of money power|date=16 April 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606051912/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/tamil-nadu/lok-sabha-polls-in-vellore-cancelled-due-to-use-of-money-power/articleshow/68909824.cms|archive-date=6 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 *[[Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tripura East]], [[Tripura]]: The [[Election Commission of India]] deferred polling from 18 to 23 April due to the law and order situation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/three-tier-security-at-17-counting-centres-in-tripura/article27212155.ece|title=Three-tier security at 17 counting centres in Tripura|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 May 2019|last1=Ali|first1=Syed Sajjad}}</ref> The poll panel took the decision following reports from the Special Police Observers that the circumstances were not conducive for holding free and fair elections in the constituency.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/polling-in-tripura-east-deferred-to-april-23/article26858600.ece|title=Polling in Tripura East deferred to April 23|date=16 April 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 May 2019|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
-== Campaigning ==
+==Campaign==
 {{Main|Campaigning in the 2019 Indian general election}}
-=== Issues ===
+===Issues===
 ====Allegations of undermining institutions====
-The opposition parties accused the NDA government of destroying democratic institutions and processes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mamata-banerjee-tmc-united-opposition-rally-top-quotes-5545979/|title=Mamata's Opposition rally top quotes: 'One ambition — save India, save democracy'|date=19 January 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402043101/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mamata-banerjee-tmc-united-opposition-rally-top-quotes-5545979/|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Modi denied these allegations, and blamed Congress and the communists for undermining institutions including the police, the CBI, and the CAG, and cited the [[Politics of Kerala#The epicenter of violence|murder of BJP activists in Kerala]] and Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/opposition-united-only-for-corruption-undermining-institutions-alleges-pm-modi/articleshow/67712721.cms|title=Opposition united only for corruption, undermining institutions, alleges PM Modi|author=T Ramavarman|date=27 January 2019|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326215021/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/opposition-united-only-for-corruption-undermining-institutions-alleges-pm-modi/articleshow/67712721.cms|archive-date=26 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The Congress party, along with other opposition parties and a group of retired civil servants, accused the ECI of being compromised, and implied that they endorsed the model code of conduct violations by Narendra Modi and other BJP political leaders during their campaigns.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/election-commission-endorsing-modi-violations-congress/cid/1689564 Election Commission endorsing Modi violations: Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506150659/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/election-commission-endorsing-modi-violations-congress/cid/1689564 |date=6 May 2019 }}, The Telegraph (28 April 2019)</ref><ref name="nandini041620192">[https://www.republicworld.com/election-news/indian-general-elections/countering-criticism-of-ec-81-civil-servants-write-counter-letter-to-the-president-reposing-their-faith-in-the-poll-body-read-here Countering Criticism Of EC, 81 Civil Servants Write Counter-letter To The President Reposing Their Faith In The Poll Body. Read Here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506150700/https://www.republicworld.com/election-news/indian-general-elections/countering-criticism-of-ec-81-civil-servants-write-counter-letter-to-the-president-reposing-their-faith-in-the-poll-body-read-here |date=6 May 2019 }}, Republic World (16 April 2019)</ref> Another group of 81 retired civil servants, judges and academics disputed these allegations, made counter-allegations, and stated that the ECI acted fairly and similarly in alleged violations by either side. The group stated that such political attacks on the ECI were a "deliberate attempt to denigrate and delegitimise the democratic institutions".<ref name="nandini041620192" /><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-grand-alliance-bjp-election-commission-evm-machine-tampering-5701521/ In its attack on Modi government, the Opposition has failed to distinguish between political executive and independent institutions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506150659/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-grand-alliance-bjp-election-commission-evm-machine-tampering-5701521/ |date=6 May 2019 }}, The Indian Express (30 April 2019)</ref>
+The opposition parties accused the NDA government of destroying democratic institutions and processes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mamata-banerjee-tmc-united-opposition-rally-top-quotes-5545979/|title=Mamata's Opposition rally top quotes: 'One ambition — save India, save democracy'|date=19 January 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402043101/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mamata-banerjee-tmc-united-opposition-rally-top-quotes-5545979/|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Modi denied these allegations, and blamed Congress and the communists for undermining institutions including the police, the CBI, and the CAG, and cited the [[Politics of Kerala#The epicenter of violence|murder of BJP activists in Kerala]] and Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/opposition-united-only-for-corruption-undermining-institutions-alleges-pm-modi/articleshow/67712721.cms|title=Opposition united only for corruption, undermining institutions, alleges PM Modi|author=T Ramavarman|date=27 January 2019|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326215021/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/opposition-united-only-for-corruption-undermining-institutions-alleges-pm-modi/articleshow/67712721.cms|archive-date=26 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The Congress party, along with other opposition parties and a group of retired civil servants, accused the ECI of being compromised, and implied that they endorsed the model code of conduct violations by Narendra Modi and other BJP political leaders during their campaigns.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/election-commission-endorsing-modi-violations-congress/cid/1689564 Election Commission endorsing Modi violations: Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506150659/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/election-commission-endorsing-modi-violations-congress/cid/1689564 |date=6 May 2019 }}, The Telegraph (28 April 2019)</ref>{{Verification-inline|date=November 2021}} Another group of 81 retired civil servants, judges and academics disputed these allegations, made counter-allegations, and stated that the ECI acted fairly and similarly in alleged violations by either side. The group stated that such political attacks on the ECI were a "deliberate attempt to denigrate and delegitimise the democratic institutions".<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-grand-alliance-bjp-election-commission-evm-machine-tampering-5701521/ In its attack on Modi government, the Opposition has failed to distinguish between political executive and independent institutions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506150659/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-grand-alliance-bjp-election-commission-evm-machine-tampering-5701521/ |date=6 May 2019 }}, The Indian Express (30 April 2019)</ref>{{Verification-inline|date=November 2021}}
 ====Economic performance====
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 ====National security and terrorism====
-{{see|India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)|2019 Balakot airstrike}}In response to the [[2019 Pulwama attack]], the [[Indian Air Force]] conducted [[2019 Balakot airstrike|airstrikes inside Pakistan]] — for the first time since the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pak war]]. The [[India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)|ongoing conflict with Pakistan]] became a significant factor in the election. The opposition parties accused of politicising the army, whilst the BJP countered their accusations by stating that such allegations raised by them were adversely affecting the morale of armed forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/10/india/indias-next-general-deciding-issues-intl/index.html|title=Unemployment a key issue as India's Narendra Modi seeks re-election|author=Kumar, Nikhil|date=14 March 2019|publisher=CNN|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330162529/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/10/india/indias-next-general-deciding-issues-intl/index.html|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+{{see|India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)|2019 Balakot airstrike}}In response to the [[2019 Pulwama attack]], the [[Indian Air Force]] conducted [[2019 Balakot airstrike|airstrikes inside Pakistan]] — for the first time since the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 Indo-Pakistani war]]. The [[India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)|ongoing conflict with Pakistan]] became a significant factor in the election. The opposition parties accused of politicising the army, whilst the BJP countered their accusations by stating that such allegations raised by them were adversely affecting the morale of armed forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/10/india/indias-next-general-deciding-issues-intl/index.html|title=Unemployment a key issue as India's Narendra Modi seeks re-election|author=Kumar, Nikhil|date=14 March 2019|publisher=CNN|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330162529/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/10/india/indias-next-general-deciding-issues-intl/index.html|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 According to the [[Pew Research Center]], both before and after the outbreak of recent India-Pakistan tensions, their 2018 and 2019 surveys suggest that the significant majority of the voters consider Pakistan as a "very serious threat" to their country, and terrorism to be a "very big problem".<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/25/indian-elections-nearing-amid-frustration-with-politics-concerns-about-misinformation/ft_19-03-25_india_beforerecenttensions/ Indian Elections Nearing Amid Frustration with Politics, Concerns about Misinformation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414173047/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/25/indian-elections-nearing-amid-frustration-with-politics-concerns-about-misinformation/ft_19-03-25_india_beforerecenttensions/ |date=14 April 2019}}, Pew Research Center, Washington DC (25 March 2019)</ref><ref name="pewMarch252019a2">[https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/03/25/a-sampling-of-public-opinion-in-india/ A Sampling of Public Opinion in India: Optimism persists, but concerns about terrorism and Pakistan loom large] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414152518/https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/03/25/a-sampling-of-public-opinion-in-india/ |date=14 April 2019}}, 2019 polls, Kat Devlin; [https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/25/indian-elections-nearing-amid-frustration-with-politics-concerns-about-misinformation/ Survey Results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414173053/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/25/indian-elections-nearing-amid-frustration-with-politics-concerns-about-misinformation/ |date=14 April 2019}} Kat Devlin and Courtney Johnson, Pew Research Center, Washington DC (25 March 2019)</ref>
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 ====Dynasty politics====
-The BJP highlighted that the Congress party has relied on Rahul Gandhi for leadership since 2013, its lack of internal party institutions and claimed that whenever Congress has been in power, the freedom of press and Indian government institutions have "taken a severe beating".<ref name="it032020192">[https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/honesty-over-dynasty-vikas-over-vote-bank-politics-pm-modi-presents-govts-report-card-asks-citizens-to-vote-wisely-1482365-2019-03-20 Honesty over dynasty, Vikas over vote-bank politics: PM Modi presents govt's report card, slams Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113541/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/honesty-over-dynasty-vikas-over-vote-bank-politics-pm-modi-presents-govts-report-card-asks-citizens-to-vote-wisely-1482365-2019-03-20 |date=19 April 2019 }}, India Today (20 March 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/prime-minister-narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-congress-dynastic-politics-institutions-casualty-pm-modi-slams-congress-says-indias-institutions-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics/story/329451.html PM Modi slams Congress, says India's institutions biggest casualty of 'dynastic politics'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113538/https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/prime-minister-narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-congress-dynastic-politics-institutions-casualty-pm-modi-slams-congress-says-indias-institutions-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics/story/329451.html |date=19 April 2019 }}, Business Today (20 March 2019)</ref> During the election campaign, its leaders mentioned the Emergency of 1975, the nepotism, corruption and widespread abuses of human rights under the Congress rule in the past.<ref name="it032020192" /><ref>[https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/200319/indias-institutions-have-been-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics-pm-attacks-cong.html India's institutions biggest casualty of dynasty politics: PM attacks Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113539/https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/200319/indias-institutions-have-been-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics-pm-attacks-cong.html |date=19 April 2019 }}, The Asian Age (20 March 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/rahul-priyanka-turned-mahatma-gandhi-s-fear-of-dynasty-politics-into-reality-adityanath-119040800621_1.html Rahul, Priyanka turned Mahatma Gandhi's fear of dynasty politics into reality: Adityanath] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113541/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/rahul-priyanka-turned-mahatma-gandhi-s-fear-of-dynasty-politics-into-reality-adityanath-119040800621_1.html |date=19 April 2019 }}, Business Standard, ANI (8 April 2019)</ref> Congress-led alliance leader [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]] – the son of a former prime minister of India and the former chief minister of Karnataka, countered that "India developed because of dynasty politics", stating that "dynasty politics are not the main issue, rather country's problems are".<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/india-developed-because-of-dynasty-politics-kumaraswamy-counters-bjp/story-77HK1ydSqXtKzkYDB3nY2I.html ‘India developed because of dynasty politics’: Kumaraswamy counters BJP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418070055/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/india-developed-because-of-dynasty-politics-kumaraswamy-counters-bjp/story-77HK1ydSqXtKzkYDB3nY2I.html |date=18 April 2019 }}, The Hindustan Times (18 April 2019)</ref> The Congress alleged hypocrisy by the BJP, claiming that the BJP itself forms alliances with dynasty-based parties such as the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|Akali Dal]] in Punjab, and that family relatives of senior BJP leaders such as [[Rajnath Singh]] and [[Arun Jaitley]] have been in politics too.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-raking-up-dynasty-politics-to-divert-attention-from-real-issues-congress/articleshow/68551735.cms BJP raking up ‘dynasty politics’ to divert attention from real issues: Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404190341/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-raking-up-dynasty-politics-to-divert-attention-from-real-issues-congress/articleshow/68551735.cms |date=4 April 2019 }}, The Times of India (24 March 2019)</ref>
+The BJP highlighted that the Congress party has relied on [[Rahul Gandhi]] for leadership since 2013, its lack of internal party institutions and claimed that whenever Congress has been in power, the freedom of press and Indian government institutions have "taken a severe beating".<ref name="it032020192">[https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/honesty-over-dynasty-vikas-over-vote-bank-politics-pm-modi-presents-govts-report-card-asks-citizens-to-vote-wisely-1482365-2019-03-20 Honesty over dynasty, Vikas over vote-bank politics: PM Modi presents govt's report card, slams Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113541/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/honesty-over-dynasty-vikas-over-vote-bank-politics-pm-modi-presents-govts-report-card-asks-citizens-to-vote-wisely-1482365-2019-03-20 |date=19 April 2019 }}, India Today (20 March 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/prime-minister-narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-congress-dynastic-politics-institutions-casualty-pm-modi-slams-congress-says-indias-institutions-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics/story/329451.html PM Modi slams Congress, says India's institutions biggest casualty of 'dynastic politics'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113538/https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/prime-minister-narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-congress-dynastic-politics-institutions-casualty-pm-modi-slams-congress-says-indias-institutions-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics/story/329451.html |date=19 April 2019 }}, Business Today (20 March 2019)</ref> During the election campaign, its leaders mentioned the Emergency of 1975, the nepotism, corruption and widespread abuses of human rights under the Congress rule in the past.<ref name="it032020192" /><ref>[https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/200319/indias-institutions-have-been-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics-pm-attacks-cong.html India's institutions biggest casualty of dynasty politics: PM attacks Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113539/https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/200319/indias-institutions-have-been-biggest-casualty-of-dynastic-politics-pm-attacks-cong.html |date=19 April 2019 }}, The Asian Age (20 March 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/rahul-priyanka-turned-mahatma-gandhi-s-fear-of-dynasty-politics-into-reality-adityanath-119040800621_1.html Rahul, Priyanka turned Mahatma Gandhi's fear of dynasty politics into reality: Adityanath] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419113541/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/rahul-priyanka-turned-mahatma-gandhi-s-fear-of-dynasty-politics-into-reality-adityanath-119040800621_1.html |date=19 April 2019 }}, Business Standard, ANI (8 April 2019)</ref> Congress-led alliance leader [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]] – the son of a former prime minister of India and the former chief minister of Karnataka, countered that "India developed because of dynasty politics", stating that "dynasty politics are not the main issue, rather country's problems are".<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/india-developed-because-of-dynasty-politics-kumaraswamy-counters-bjp/story-77HK1ydSqXtKzkYDB3nY2I.html ‘India developed because of dynasty politics’: Kumaraswamy counters BJP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418070055/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/india-developed-because-of-dynasty-politics-kumaraswamy-counters-bjp/story-77HK1ydSqXtKzkYDB3nY2I.html |date=18 April 2019 }}, The Hindustan Times (18 April 2019)</ref> The Congress alleged hypocrisy by the BJP, claiming that the BJP itself forms alliances with dynasty-based parties such as the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|Akali Dal]] in Punjab, and that family relatives of senior BJP leaders such as [[Rajnath Singh]] and [[Arun Jaitley]] have been in politics too.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-raking-up-dynasty-politics-to-divert-attention-from-real-issues-congress/articleshow/68551735.cms BJP raking up ‘dynasty politics’ to divert attention from real issues: Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404190341/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-raking-up-dynasty-politics-to-divert-attention-from-real-issues-congress/articleshow/68551735.cms |date=4 April 2019 }}, The Times of India (24 March 2019)</ref>
 According to an IndiaSpend report published by the BloombergQuint, the smaller and regional parties such as the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, Lok Jan Sakti Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, Biju Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party have higher densities of dynasty-derived candidates and elected representatives in recent years.<ref name="bq032920192">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/elections/bjp-is-no-less-dynastic-than-congress-lok-sabha-data-indicates|title=BJP Is No Less 'Dynastic' Than Congress, Lok Sabha Data Indicates|last1=Sanghera|first1=Tisha|date=2019|publisher=BloombergQuint|agency=BloombergQuint|issue=29 March|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426160247/https://www.bloombergquint.com/elections/bjp-is-no-less-dynastic-than-congress-lok-sabha-data-indicates|archive-date=26 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/data-shows-up-india-s-largest-state-elected-most-dynasts-majority-in-bjp-119032900159_1.html Data shows UP, India's largest state, elected most dynasts, majority in BJP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427001219/https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/data-shows-up-india-s-largest-state-elected-most-dynasts-majority-in-bjp-119032900159_1.html |date=27 April 2019 }}, Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend, Business Standard (7 April 2019)</ref>  While both the Congress and the BJP have also nominated candidates from political dynasties, states the report, the difference between them is that in Congress "top party leadership has been handed down from generation to generation within the same [Nehru Gandhi dynasty] family", while there has been a historic non-dynastic diversity in the top leadership within the BJP. According to the report, while BJP has also nominated candidates from political dynasties, its better public relations operation "can leap to its defence when attacked on the same grounds".<ref name="bq032920192" /> In contrast to the IndiaSpend report, analysis of Kanchan Chandra, a prominent professor of Politics, of the 2004, 2009 and 2014 general elections included a finding that the Congress party has had about twice or more dynastic parliamentarians than the BJP at those elections, and higher than all major political parties in India except the Samajwadi Party.<ref name="Chandra2016p152">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbFDAAAQBAJ|title=Democratic Dynasties: State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics|author=Kanchan Chandra|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-316-59212-0|pages=15–18}}</ref>{{efn|According to Chandra: in 2009 after the persistently dynastic Samajwadi party, the larger Biju Janata Dal ranked next, followed by the Congress party. In 2004 and 2014, Congress ranked second.<ref name="Chandra2016p15"/>}} Many of these dynastic politicians in India who inherit the leadership positions have never held any jobs and lack state or local experience, states Anjali Bohlken – a professor and political science scholar, and this raises concerns of rampant nepotism and appointments of their own friends, relatives and cronies if elected.<ref name=Chandra2016p15>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbFDAAAQBAJ|title=Democratic Dynasties: State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics|author=Anjali Bohlken|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-316-59212-0|editor=Kanchan Chandra|pages=240–247, 44, 114–115 (Adam Ziegfeld Chapter)}}</ref> The BJP has targeted the Congress party in the 2019 elections for alleged nepotism and a family dynasty for leadership.<ref name="it032020192" /><ref name="bq032920192" />
-=== Campaign controversies ===
+===Campaign controversies===
 ====Income tax raids====
-In April 2019, raids conducted by the [[Income Tax Department]] found bundles of unaccounted for cash amounting to {{INRConvert|281|c}}, along with liquor and documentary evidence in premises of people with close connections to Madhya Pradesh chief minister [[Kamal Nath]] of the Congress.  Modi has highlighted this evidence to attack the Congress in its election campaign, alleging corruption is part of Congress party's culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/they-say-chowkidar-chor-hai-but-look-where-money-is-found-pm-modi-jabs-congress-over-it-raids/story-PDfS18geveX5w73oJmQd8N.html|title='They say 'chowkidar chor hai' but look where money is found': PM Modi jabs Congress over IT raids|date=9 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409180211/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/they-say-chowkidar-chor-hai-but-look-where-money-is-found-pm-modi-jabs-congress-over-it-raids/story-PDfS18geveX5w73oJmQd8N.html|archive-date=9 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-i-t-raids-on-properties-linked-to-kamal-nath-aides-narendra-modi-turns-corruption-into-chief-poll-plank-6416801.html|title=After I-T raids on properties linked to Kamal Nath aides, Narendra Modi turns corruption into chief poll plank|website=Firstpost|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430214900/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-i-t-raids-on-properties-linked-to-kamal-nath-aides-narendra-modi-turns-corruption-into-chief-poll-plank-6416801.html|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+In April 2019, raids conducted by the [[Income Tax Department]] found bundles of unaccounted for cash amounting to {{INRConvert|281|c}}, along with liquor and documentary evidence in premises of people with close connections to Madhya Pradesh chief minister [[Kamal Nath]] of the Congress.  Modi has highlighted this evidence to attack the Congress in its election campaign, alleging corruption is part of Congress party's culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/they-say-chowkidar-chor-hai-but-look-where-money-is-found-pm-modi-jabs-congress-over-it-raids/story-PDfS18geveX5w73oJmQd8N.html|title='They say 'chowkidar chor hai' but look where money is found': PM Modi jabs Congress over IT raids|date=9 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409180211/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/they-say-chowkidar-chor-hai-but-look-where-money-is-found-pm-modi-jabs-congress-over-it-raids/story-PDfS18geveX5w73oJmQd8N.html|archive-date=9 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-i-t-raids-on-properties-linked-to-kamal-nath-aides-narendra-modi-turns-corruption-into-chief-poll-plank-6416801.html|title=After I-T raids on properties linked to Kamal Nath aides, Narendra Modi turns corruption into chief poll plank|website=Firstpost|date=9 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430214900/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-i-t-raids-on-properties-linked-to-kamal-nath-aides-narendra-modi-turns-corruption-into-chief-poll-plank-6416801.html|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ====Social media abuses and fake news====
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 About 50,000 fake news stories were published during the recent Lok Sabha elections and shared 2 million times, according to a study conducted by fact-checking startup Logically.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/oct/21/fake-news-shared-over-two-million-times-on-social-media-during-lok-sabha-polls-2050676.html|title=Fake news shared over two million times on social media during Lok Sabha polls|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023123837/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/oct/21/fake-news-shared-over-two-million-times-on-social-media-during-lok-sabha-polls-2050676.html|archive-date=23 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
-==== EC actions under Article 324====
+====EC actions under Article 324====
 Election Commission curtailed West Bengal campaigning by one day, after a bust of 19th century Bengali icon [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]] was vandalised during 7th phase poll violence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/west-bengal/ec-invokes-article-324-orders-to-end-campaign-in-west-bengal/articleshow/69345878.cms|title=In an unprecedented action, EC curtails West Bengal campaigning after Kolkata violence|date=15 May 2019|access-date=22 December 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>
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 More than 650 parties contested in these elections. Most of them were small with regional appeal. The main parties are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC). This was the first time that BJP (437) contested more seats than Congress (421) in the Lok Sabha elections.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/a-first-bjp-to-contest-more-seats-than-congress/articleshow/69017165.cms|title=A first: BJP to contest more seats than Congress – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509040529/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/a-first-bjp-to-contest-more-seats-than-congress/articleshow/69017165.cms|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/national-elections-2019-bjp-contests-more-lok-sabha-seats-than-congress-for-the-first-time-2028249|title=BJP Contests More Lok Sabha Seats Than Congress For The First Time|website=NDTV.com|access-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425083920/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/national-elections-2019-bjp-contests-more-lok-sabha-seats-than-congress-for-the-first-time-2028249|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
-=== Candidates ===
+== Candidates ==
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 |-
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-| rowspan="8" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
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-| bgcolor="{{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}" |
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 |Bihar
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-| bgcolor="{{Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/color}} |
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 |-
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 |-
-| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi/meta/color}} " |
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-| bgcolor="{{YSR Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
+| bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" |
 |[[YSR Congress Party|Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
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 |-
 |
-|[[Pravasi Nivasi Party]]
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 |Kerala
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 |-
 |
-|Rashtriya Indepndent Morcha
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 |Odisha
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 ==Voter statistics==
-According to the ECI, 900 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 84.3 million voters since the last election in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/the-three-pillars-of-elections/article26704196.ece|title=The three pillars of elections|last=Sinha|first=Shishir|website=@businessline|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915092658/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/the-three-pillars-of-elections/article26704196.ece|archive-date=15 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/lok-sabha-2019-90-crore-voters-10-lakh-polling-stations-statistics|title=LS Polls 2019 in Numbers: Key Voter Stats You Should Know|date=10 March 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402175019/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/lok-sabha-2019-90-crore-voters-10-lakh-polling-stations-statistics|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> making it the largest-ever election in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/great-indian-elections-1951-2019-the-story-of-how-90-crore-voters-make-and-break-history-2062747.html|title=Great Indian Elections 1951–2019: The Story of How 90 Crore Voters Make and Break History|website=News18|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402174902/https://www.news18.com/news/india/great-indian-elections-1951-2019-the-story-of-how-90-crore-voters-make-and-break-history-2062747.html|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 15 million voters aged 18–19 years became eligible to vote for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1569796/election-commission-to-certify-google-twitter-lok-sabha-poll-ads/|title=15 million teenagers and 38,000 transgender people: How India's 2019 elections are different|last1=Singh|first1=Kuwar|website=Quartz India|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522161657/https://qz.com/india/1569796/election-commission-to-certify-google-twitter-lok-sabha-poll-ads/|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/lok-sabha-2019-more-than-90-crore-voters-register-to-vote/articleshow/68620296.cms|title=Lok Sabha 2019: More than 90 crore voters register to vote – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405012942/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/lok-sabha-2019-more-than-90-crore-voters-register-to-vote/articleshow/68620296.cms|archive-date=5 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 468 million eligible voters were males, 432 million were females and 38325 identified themselves belonging to third gender. Total 71,735 overseas voters also enrolled.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
+According to the ECI, 900 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 84.3 million voters since the last election in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/the-three-pillars-of-elections/article26704196.ece|title=The three pillars of elections|last=Sinha|first=Shishir|website=@businessline|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915092658/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/the-three-pillars-of-elections/article26704196.ece|archive-date=15 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/lok-sabha-2019-90-crore-voters-10-lakh-polling-stations-statistics|title=LS Polls 2019 in Numbers: Key Voter Stats You Should Know|date=10 March 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402175019/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/lok-sabha-2019-90-crore-voters-10-lakh-polling-stations-statistics|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> making it the largest-ever election in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/great-indian-elections-1951-2019-the-story-of-how-90-crore-voters-make-and-break-history-2062747.html|title=Great Indian Elections 1951–2019: The Story of How 90 Crore Voters Make and Break History|website=News18|date=11 March 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402174902/https://www.news18.com/news/india/great-indian-elections-1951-2019-the-story-of-how-90-crore-voters-make-and-break-history-2062747.html|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 15 million voters aged 18–19 years became eligible to vote for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1569796/election-commission-to-certify-google-twitter-lok-sabha-poll-ads/|title=15 million teenagers and 38,000 transgender people: How India's 2019 elections are different|last1=Singh|first1=Kuwar|website=Quartz India|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522161657/https://qz.com/india/1569796/election-commission-to-certify-google-twitter-lok-sabha-poll-ads/|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/lok-sabha-2019-more-than-90-crore-voters-register-to-vote/articleshow/68620296.cms|title=Lok Sabha 2019: More than 90 crore voters register to vote – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405012942/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/lok-sabha-2019-more-than-90-crore-voters-register-to-vote/articleshow/68620296.cms|archive-date=5 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 468 million eligible voters were males, 432 million were females and 38,325 identified themselves belonging to third gender. Total 71,735 overseas voters also enrolled.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
 The residents of the former [[Enclave and exclave|enclaves]] exchanged under the [[India–Bangladesh enclaves|2015 India-Bangladesh boundary agreement]] voted for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/north-bengal-gets-ready-for-epic-mamata-modi-battle-didis-image-vs-dadas-charm/217438/|title=North Bengal gets ready for epic Mamata-Modi battle — Didi's image vs Dada's charm|date=6 April 2019|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406203358/https://theprint.in/politics/north-bengal-gets-ready-for-epic-mamata-modi-battle-didis-image-vs-dadas-charm/217438/|archive-date=6 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 |}
-==Surveys and polls==
+==Opinion polls==
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 {{Main list|Results of the 2019 Indian general election|List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha|17th Lok Sabha}}
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-{| style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
-|+
-|- style="color:white;"
-| style="background:{{National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color}}; width:65.13%;" | '''353'''
-| style="background:{{United Progressive Alliance/meta/color}}; width:16.79%;" | '''91'''
-| style="background:gray; width:18.05%;"| '''98'''
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+|party9=[[Telugu Desam Party]]|votes9=12515345|seats9=3|sc9=–13
-|-
+|party10=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes10=10744908|seats10=3|sc10=–6
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-|-
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+|party13=[[Nationalist Congress Party]]|votes13=8500331|seats13=5|sc13=–1
-|-
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-|bgcolor={{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]||7,830,146||1.28||1||{{decrease}} 36
+|party15=[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]|votes15=7696848|seats15=9|sc15=–2
-|-
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Lok Jan Shakti Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Lok Jan Shakti Party]]||3,206,979||0.52||6||{{Nochange}}
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Apna Dal (Sonelal)/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]||1,039,478||0.17||2||{{Nochange}}
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-|-
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]||500,510||0.08||1||{{increase}} 1
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-|-
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Mizo National Front/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Mizo National Front]]||224,286||0.04||1||{{increase}} 1
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-|-
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-|-
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]{{efn|Contested the seat of [[Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakshadweep]] without pre-poll seat sharing}}||8,500,331||1.39||5||{{decrease}} 1
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-|-
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-|-
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+|party77=Peoples Party of India (Democratic)|votes77=153103|seats77=0|sc77=New
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]||7,696,848||1.26||9||{{decrease}} 2
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+|party81=Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party|votes81=105997|seats81=0|sc81=0
-|bgcolor={{Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]||3,743,560||0.61||0||
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]||2,297,431||0.37||0||
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Jana Sena Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Jana Sena Party]]||1,915,127||0.31||0||
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-|-
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-|-
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-|bgcolor={{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]||1,480,697||0.24||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Rashtriya Lok Samta Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party]]||1,462,518||0.24||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{All India United Democratic Front/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[All India United Democratic Front]]||1,402,088||0.23||1||{{decrease}} 2
-|-
-|bgcolor={{All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]||1,201,542||0.20||2||{{increase}} 1
-|-
-|bgcolor=red| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)]]||956,501||0.16||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]]||929,590||0.15||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Swabhimani Paksha/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Swabhimani Paksha]]||834,380||0.14||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]||750,799||0.12||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Communist Party of India  (Marxist-Leninist)  (Liberation)/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)]]||711,715||0.12||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Vikassheel Insaan Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Vikassheel Insaan Party]]||660,706||0.11||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Jannayak Janta Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Jannayak Janta Party]]||619,970||0.10||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Bharatiya Tribal Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Bharatiya Tribal Party]]||539,319||0.09||0||
-|-
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-|-
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-|-
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-|-
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-|-
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-|-
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-|-
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-|-
-|bgcolor={{Bharath Dharma Jana Sena/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena]]||380,847||0.06||0||
-|-
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-|-
-| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)]]||344,546||0.06||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[All India Forward Bloc]]||322,507||0.05||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party]]||313,925||0.05||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Punjab Ekta Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Punjab Ekta Party]]||296,620||0.05||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor=orange| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha]]||281,578||0.05||0||
-|-
-|
-| colspan="3" |[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]||280,356||0.05||3||{{increase}} 3
-|-
-|bgcolor={{United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]]||267,256||0.04||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[All India N.R. Congress]]||247,956||0.04||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Indian National Lok Dal/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Indian National Lok Dal]]||240,258||0.04||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Tamil Maanila Congress/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]||220,849||0.04||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Gondwana Ganatantra Party/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Gondwana Ganatantra Party]]||210,088||0.03||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)]]||203,369||0.03||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Social Democratic Party of India/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Social Democratic Party of India]]||169,680||0.03||0||
-|-
-|bgcolor={{Sikkim Krantikari Morcha/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Sikkim Krantikari Morcha]]||166,922||0.03||1||{{increase}} 1
-|-
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-|-
-|bgcolor={{Independent/meta/color}}| ||align=left colspan=3|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||16,467,341||2.69||4||{{increase}} 1
-|-
-|align=left colspan=4|[[None of the above (India)|NOTA]]||6,513,355||1.06||–||–
-|-
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-|-
-|align=left colspan=4|'''Total'''||'''613,656,298'''||'''100'''||'''542'''||–
-|-
-|align=left colspan=4|Registered voters/turnout||910,512,091||67.40||–||–
-|-
-|align=left colspan=8|Source: [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10991-2-highlights/ ECI] (totals) [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10929-33constituency-wise-detailed-result/ ECI] (votes), [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10955-20-performance-of-national-parties/ ECI], [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10953-21performance-of-state-parties/ ECI], [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10951-22performance-of-registered-unrecognised-parties/ ECI] (seats)
-|}
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 ===Outgoing Cabinet Minister to lose in the election===
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 {{Excerpt|Second swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi|fragment=lead section}}
-=== Impact ===
+===Impact===
 The benchmark [[Sensex|BSE Sensex]] and [[CNX Nifty|Nifty50]] indices hit intraday record highs and the [[Indian rupee]] strengthened after the exit polls and on the day the election results were announced.<ref>[https://www.zeebiz.com/market-news/news-lok-sabha-election-result-impact-sensex-creates-history-breaches-40000-mark-to-set-record-high-99856 Lok Sabha Election Result Impact: Sensex creates history, breaches 40,000 mark to set record high] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523182145/https://www.zeebiz.com/market-news/news-lok-sabha-election-result-impact-sensex-creates-history-breaches-40000-mark-to-set-record-high-99856 |date=23 May 2019 }}, Zee Business (23 May 2019)</ref>
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 ==External links==
 *{{Commons category-inline|2019 Indian general election}}
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 [[Category:General elections in India]]
 [[Category:May 2019 events in India]]
-{{en-Wikipedia}}