National Democratic Alliance (NDA) () is a

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and

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Indian

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led by the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the

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as well as the government of 15

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, and 1 Union Territories. Its first chairman was Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...

L. K. Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a longtime memb ...

, the former

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, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014, and

Amit Shah Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation of India since 2021. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata P ...

has been the chairman since 2014. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...

was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with combined vote share of 45.43%.

History

Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped)

The NDA was formed in May 1998 as a coalition to contest the

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. The main aim of the NDA was to form an anti-

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

coalition. It was led by the

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, and included several regional parties, including the

Samata Party The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, now led by Uday Mandal its National President. Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar. It was ...

and the

AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory) ...

, as well as

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

, but Shiv Sena broke away from the alliance in 2019 to join the

Maha Vikas Aghadi The Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (English: ''Maharashtra Development Front''), abbreviated as MVA, is a state-level political coalition formed after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election under the leadership of Ud ...

with

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and the

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is also broke away from alliance in 2003 after formation of Janta Dal (United). The Shiv Sena was the only member which shared the

Hindutva Hindutva () is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was formulated as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the ...

ideology of the BJP. After the election, it was able to muster a slim majority with outside support from the

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

, allowing

to return as prime minister. The government collapsed within a year because the AIADMK withdrew its support. After the entry of a few more regional parties, the NDA proceeded to win the

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with a larger majority. Vajpayee became Prime Minister for a third time, and this time served a full five-year term. The NDA called elections in early 2004, six months ahead of schedule. Its campaign was based around the slogan of "India Shining" which attempted to depict the NDA government as responsible for a rapid economic transformation of the country. However, the NDA suffered a defeat, winning only a 186 seats in the Lok Sabha, compared to the 222 of the

United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in India. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party ...

led by the

, with

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

succeeding Vajpayee as prime minister. Commentators have argued that the NDA's defeat was due to a failure to reach out to the rural masses.

Structure

The National Democratic Alliance does not have a formal governing structure such as an

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. It has been up to the leaders of the individual parties to make decisions on issues such as sharing of seats in elections, allocation of ministries and the issues that are raised in Parliament. Given the varied ideologies among the parties, there have been many cases of disagreement and split voting among the allies. Owing to ill health,

George Fernandes George Mathew Fernandes (3 June 1930 – 29 January 2019) was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the 22nd Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. He was a member of Lok Sabha for over 30 years, starting f ...

, who was the NDA convener until 2008, was discharged of his responsibility and replaced by

Sharad Yadav Sharad Yadav (born 1 July 1947) is a politician from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party. He has been elected to Lok Sabha seven times and to Rajya Sabha thrice from JD(U). He was the first national president of Janata Dal (United) since its forma ...

, the then national president of the

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

political party. On 16 June 2013, the JD(U) left the coalition and Sharad Yadav resigned from the role of the NDA convener. Then the CM of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

Chandrababu Naidu Nara Chandrababu Naidu ( born 20 April 1950) is an Indian politician and current leader of opposition of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was also the leader of the opposition of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2004 to ...

was made the NDA convener. On 27 July 2017 JD(U) with the help of BJP formed the government in Bihar. Later, on 19 August 2017 JD(U) formally rejoined the NDA after 4 years.

Strength in parliament

*Source:

Governments

State- and union territory-level parties

The BJP has previously been the sole party in power in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

and

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. It has also ruled

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

as part of coalition and alliance governments. The BJP has never been in power in 3 states -

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

, (between 1999 and 2004 BJP in alliance with TDP ruled a United Andhra Pradesh) and

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. But BJP led NDA has ruled many local governing institutions including corporations, municipalities,

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and has also been elected to many Lok Sabha constituencies, state assembly constituencies and local body divisions and wards in these 3 states.

List of current NDA governments

Strength in legislative assemblies

Strength in state legislative assemblies

List of presidents and vice presidents

Note that it refers to nomination by alliance, as the offices of President and Vice President are apolitical.

Presidents

Vice presidents

List of prime ministers

List of deputy prime ministers

List of current chief ministers

List of deputy chief ministers

Candidates in elections

Lok Sabha general elections

1998 Indian general election General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the 12th Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian Nati ...

1999 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. Results were announced on 6 October 1999. The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win ...

2004 Indian general election General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governm ...

2009 Indian general election 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

2019 Indian general election 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 was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

Current members

Electoral history

Lok Sabha 1998 general election

Lok Sabha 1999 general election

Lok Sabha 2004 general election

Lok Sabha 2009 general election

Lok Sabha 2014 general election

Contested by BJP symbol lotus *

Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK) (translated to Indian democratic party) is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by T. R. Pachamuthu, an academician and the founder of SRM Group of institutions. The main aim of the party is to a ...

Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK) is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party's vote base is mainly concentrated in western districts of Tamil Nadu. It was a splinter party of Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) The party ...

Puthiya Needhi Katchi A. C. Shanmugam is the founder and president of the New Justice Party, a political party of Tamil Nadu, India. A C Shanmugam was born in a Tuluva Vellala (Agamudaya Mudaliar) family. He began his political career as an All India Anna Dravida M ...

Lok Sabha 2019 general election

Contested by

two leaves symbol *

Puthiya Tamilagam Puthiya Tamilagam is a caste political party based in Tamil Nadu, India. Elections The PT contested the 1999 Lok Sabha elections and ten seats in the 2001 state assembly elections, the latter in alliance with the DMK. It won no seats in either ...

Past members

Timeline

2011

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led

Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) Haryana Janhit Congress was a state political party in the state of Haryana, India. It was started as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress by former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal in 2007. The party forged an alliance with t ...

Joined NDA. *

Ramdas Athawale Ramdas Bandu Athawale () (born 25 December 1959) is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He is the president of the Republican Party of India (A), a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and has its roots in the S ...

led

Republican Party of India (A) The Republican Party of India (Athawale) ( RPI(A)) is a political party in India. The party is a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The president of the pa ...

Joined NDA. * Ajit Singh led

Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Ch ...

withdrawn from the NDA.

2012

;Presidential election *NDA nominated

P. A. Sangma Purno Agitok Sangma (1 September 1947 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidentia ...

as its presidential candidate who lost against UPA's

Pranab Mukherjee Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the India ...

. ;Vice-Presidential election *

Jaswant Singh Major Jaswant Singh (; 3 January 193827 September 2020) was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamen ...

was named as the candidate for the post of

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against UPA's

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. Ansari won his second term in office.

2013

*On 16 June 2013,

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unite ...

led

Janta Dal United Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

has withdrawn from NDA. *On 13 September 2013,

declared as PM candidate for

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2014

*On 1 January 2014,

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhhagam The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( 'Renaissance Dravidian Progressive Federation') is a political party active in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra K ...

leader Vaiko has announced that MDMK formally joined back to NDA. *The two small parties viz

Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam (KMK) is a caste based political party representing the Kongu Vellala Gounders, a backward caste in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party's vote base is mainly concentrated in the Kongu Nadu region of Tamil Nadu. ...

and

have also joined NDA. *The BJP would like two more southern parties such as

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (; DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain ...

Pattali Makkal Katchi Paattali Makkal Katchi (; PMK) is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 for the Vanniyars, a caste in northern Tamil Nadu. It is currently part of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). It contests th ...

to also join the alliance. *In

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, two regional political outfits,

Swabhimani Paksha Swabhimani Paksha is a political party in Maharashtra, India, formed by Raju Shetti, as a political wing of the Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana after its split from the Shetkari Sanghatana led by Sharad Joshi in 2004. In 2004, Raju Shetti was el ...

and

Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Rashtriya Samaj Paksha ("National Society Party") is an Indian political party based in Maharashtra, founded in 2003. Mahadev Jankar was the founder and President of the party. Prabodhankar Govindram Shurnar from Nanded has been working as a ...

, joined NDA in January. *The coalition of five parties is termed as ''Mahayuti''. So in Maharashtra now NDA alliance consist of 5 Parties viz BJP,

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and

. *On 23 February 2014,

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (abbreviated as RLSP; translation: ''National People's Equity Party'') was a political party in India led by Upendra Kushwaha. It was launched on 3 March 2013 and was based in the state of Bihar. The party came into exi ...

led by

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Singh Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Council of Bihar assembly. He was the former Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. He is former MP fro ...

joined NDA and will be contesting at 3 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. *On 27 February 2014

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...

led by

Ram Vilas Paswan Ram Vilas Paswan (5 July 19468 October 2020) was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Jansha ...

joined NDA It would contest at 7 Lok Sabha Seats in

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

during

. *

DMDK The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (; DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain ...

will be fighting Lok Sabha Election through an alliance with BJP led NDA. *

led Social Democratic Alliance are the other allies of NDA in

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. *

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; MNS) is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of "Hindutva" and "Marathi" Manus. It was founded ...

: Its President,

Raj Thackeray Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party. Raj wa ...

announced external support to NDA on 9 March 2014 which is marked as Party's formation day, supporting Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial Candidate. *

Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cabin ...

: Its Gen. Sec., Sh.

Ajay Singh Chautala Ajay Singh Chautala (born 13 March 1961) is a former Indian MP and sports administrator. He is elder son of former Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala and father of current Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Dushyant Chautala. Biogra ...

announced external support to NDA, supporting Sh. Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial Candidate. *

Lok Satta Party Lok Satta is a classical liberal political party in India, founded by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, a former I.A.S. officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh. Since 1996, the Lok Satta Movement functioned as a non-governmental ...

: President Shri J P Narayan announced external support to NDA, supporting Sh. Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial Candidate *

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(AINRC) formally joined NDA on 13 March 2014 and will be contesting in

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. *

(TDP) rejoined NDA on 6 April, after breaking alliance in 2004 post general election defeat. *

Though Shiv Sena has quit Mahayuti in Maharashtra, before Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2014, but has decided to remain with NDA at the Centre. *

All Jharkhand Students Union All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. AJSU PARTY was founded on June 22, 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. The founders of AJSU were disillusioned with the previous politica ...

clinched an alliance with BJP for Jharkhand Assembly elections under which its junior partner will contest eight of the 81 seats in the state.

2015

on 27 February 2015 clinched an alliance with

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for

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Formation in

under which its CM will be from PDP. *In the month of November, BJP alliance lost the legislative assembly election in

to the Mahagathbandhan comprising

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

and the

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2016

*In January 2016,

clinched an alliance with

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. *In March 2016, after a meeting with AGP President

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and former Chief Minister

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, BJP formed an alliance with

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for upcoming Assam legislative assembly election 2016. *BJP also aligned with Rabha and Tiwa Tribe outfit Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch and Tiwa Jatiya Aikya Manch. *In March 2016, BJP forged an alliance with Kerala-based

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outfit

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Party for Kerala Elections 2016. *Following BJP's victory in the Assam Legislative Assembly Elections 2016, the party formed an alliance of like-minded non-Congress parties in the Northeast, called the

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, consisting of 11 regional parties of Northeast India. *

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, BJP leader from Assam has been appointed Convener of the regional alliance. *On 21 December 2016, Khandu was suspended from the party by the party president and

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was named as the next likely

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replacing Khandu after

People's Party of Arunachal Peoples Party of Arunachal, a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded in September 1977 by Bakin Pertin, Oken Lego and L. Wanglat as president, Vice President and General Secretary of the party. Tomo ...

suspended Khandu along with 6 other MLAs. *In December 2016, Khandu proved majority on the floor with 33 of the People's Party of Arunachal’s 43 legislators joining the Bharatiya Janata Party as the BJP party increased its strength to 45 and it has the support of two independents. He became second Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh of Bharatiya Janata Party in

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

after the 44 days lead

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government in 2003.

2017

*In January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance partner

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961. In the first elections held after the Annexation of Goa by India, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed in power t ...

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and Shiv Sena in

came together to contest Goa Legislative Assembly election in 2017 against the BJP with another Sangh Pariwar group called

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. *The results of the 2017 Goa Assembly election gave rise to a hung assembly since no political party could achieve a complete majority of 21 in the 40 member

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. *The

emerged the largest party with 17 seats but ultimately, the Bharatiya Janata Party which emerged victorious in 13 constituencies formed the government with the support of the

Goa Forward Party Goa Forward Party ( GFP) is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa, led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial, if controversi ...

, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and independents. *The Goa Forward Party expressed its support to the Bharatiya Janata Party on the condition that the then Union Defence Minister of India

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Parrikar (born Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar; 13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previous ...

would return to Goa as the Chief Minister of Goa. *On 15 March 2017,

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was sworn as the Chief Minister by having coalition with NPP, NPF, LJP and others, the first time that BJP formed a government in

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, though the

emerged as the single largest party. *On 27 July 2017,

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rejoined NDA and formed a coalition government with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar with Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister and Sushil Kumar Modi as the Deputy Chief Minister, and with that BJP completed its domination in

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2018

*On 9 March 2018,

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was sworn as the Chief Minister having a pre-poll alliance with IPFT, the first time that BJP formed a government in Tripura. *

(TDP) withdrew from the NDA on 16 March 2018 due To Andhra Pradesh Special Category Status . *

(RLSP) withdrew from the NDA on 10 December 2018, citing a lack of progress on development in Bihar. *In December 2018's state elections, the NDA lost elections in

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, and

to the INC. In Chhattisgarh, BJP was defeated by the INC with 3/4th majority. It was also defeated by the TRS in

and BJP managed to win only 1 seat out of the 119 constituencies in

2019

*On 7 January 2019, the AGP withdrew from the NDA and also from the

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on the issue of citizenship amendment bill. *On 21 January 2019, the GJM withdrew from the NDA and extended the support to

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. *On 19 February 2019,

and PMK rejoined NDA and BJP announced that "They will contest 5 Lok sabha seats in Tamil Nadu". *On 19 February 2019,

rejoined NDA *BJP announced that "They will contest 5 Lok sabha seats in Tamil Nadu". *On 10 March 2019,

rejoined NDA. *On 8 March 2019 in

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, BJP joined hands with opposition party SKM *On 12 March 2019 in

, BJP joined hands with old ally AGP *On 12 March 2019 in

, Rayat Kranti Sanghatana is a part of NDA *On 25 March 2019 in

is a part of Alliance *On 4 April 2019 in

, BJP joined hands with the RLP *On 5 April 2019 in

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joined hands with NDA *On 23 May 2019 NDA won the

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with record breaking 352 seats with its allys *In May 2019, NDA lost state elections of Andhra Pradesh & Odisha *In May 2019, NDA won the state elections of Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim. *On 25 October 2019 in

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, JJP joined hands with NDA to forming a stable government at Haryana with BJP *On 11 November 2019 in

, Shiv Sena exited from the NDA, as BJP was not willing to agree for Sharing CM Post with Shiv Sena to form government in Maharashtra. *In November 2019, NDA won the state election of Haryana *In November 2019, NDA lost the state election of Maharashtra *On 15 November 2019 in

, BJP, AJSU sever ties in Jharkhand days before Assembly elections 2019. *On 23 November 2019 in Maharashtra, NCP (Ajit Pawar Faction) joined NDA,

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took oath as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister. *On 26 November 2019 in Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar resigns as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister. With immediate effect Devendra Fadnvis also resigns from the post of CM of Maharashtra. His term becomes the shortest term as Maharashtra's Chief Minister. *In December 2019, NDA lost the state election of

2020

*On 16 January 2020

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announced that tying up with

, this decision came after Chief minister

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's intention to decentralise the capital, instead of developing

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. *

Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...

led by

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merged with the

on 17 February 2020, at Jagannathpur Maidan,

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in presence of Union Home Minister

, BJP president

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and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

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and

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from the party for "anti-party activities". Both of them later joined Indian National Congress

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in its Delhi

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headquarters.
* In February 2020, NDA lost the state election of Delhi

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* In August 2020, Hindustani Awam Morcha

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re-joined NDA & granted 7 seats to contest in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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.
* Shiromani Akali Dal

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announced leaving NDA in September 2020.
* In October 2020, the Vikassheel Insaan Party

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which had left the Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)

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joined the National Democratic Alliance and was granted 11 seats to contest.
* In October 2020, The All Jharkhand Students Union

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re-joined NDA.
* In October 2020, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

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broke the alliance ahead of 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

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and allied with All India Trinamool Congress

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.
* In October 2020, Kerala Congress (Thomas) broke the alliance ahead of 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) reta ...
and allied with United Democratic Front.
* In November 2020, BJP had the alliance with Bodoland People's Front

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ahead of 2020 Bodoland Territorial Council election

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* In November 2020, NDA won the state election of Bihar

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.
* In December 2020, United People's Party Liberal

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and Gana Suraksha Party joined the NDA and NEDA as alliance to Executive Committee in Bodoland Territorial Council

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.
* In December 2020, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party

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broken the alliance on the issue of 3 agriculture reforms laws.

2021

* In March 2021, Kerala Congress (Thomas) Has Withdrawn alliance ahead of 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) reta ...
And Joined United Democratic Front.
* In March 2021, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam

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broken the alliance for not issuing demanded number of constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
* In April 2021, Goa Forward Party

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withdrew from the NDA for a variety of reasons, ranging from environmental issues to BJP apathy towards unemployment.
* In May 2021, NDA lost state elections of Tamil Nadu

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, Kerala

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, West Bengal

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* In May 2021, NDA won state elections of Assam

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& Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to:
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.
* In May 2021, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

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led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)

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joined NDA.
* In December 2021, Captain Amrinder Singh led Punjab Lok Congress

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joined NDA.

2022

* In January 2022, Simarjit Singh Bains

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Between 2012 and 2022, Bains represented the Atam Nagar Assembly constituency of Punjab.

Sima ...
led Lok Insaaf Party
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It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on 5 seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party.
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joined NDA.
* In January 2022, Simarjit Singh Bains

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Political career
Between 2012 and 2022, Bains represented the Atam Nagar Assembly constituency of Punjab.

Sima ...
led Lok Insaaf Party
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It contested 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election on 5 seats in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party.
2017 Punjab assembly election
LIP contested 2017 Punjab assembly election on 5 se ...
broken the alliance for not issuing demanded number of constituency in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
* Bodoland People's Front

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rejoined NDA.
* NDA won the state elections of Uttar Pradesh

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, Goa

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, Uttarakhand

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& Manipur

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.
* NDA lost the state elections of Punjab

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.
* After Goa Assembly elections 2022 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

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extended support to NDA.
* On 9 August 2022, Nitish Kumar

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led Janta Dal United

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has withdrawn from NDA.
* On 19 September, Capt. Amrinder Singh led Punjab Lok Congress

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merged with BJP
* NDA won state elections of Gujarat

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.

* NDA lost the state elections of Himachal Pradesh

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.

See also

* North-East Democratic Alliance
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* Coalition government

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* United Progressive Alliance

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* Mahagathbandhan
*Federal Front

The Federal Front (FF) was an Indian political alliance of regional parties formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election led by Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress, K. Chandrashekar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Arvind ...

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External links

lkadvani.innarendramodi.inamitshah.co.in

{{National Democratic Alliance , state=collapsed

1998 establishments in India
Political parties established in 1998}}