National Democratic Alliance (NDA) () is a

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to right-wing and conservative Indian

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led by the right-wing

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

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

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as well as the government of 15 Indian states, and 1 Union Territories. Its first chairman was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former

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

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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 general elections. 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 E ...

coalition. It was led by the BJP, and included several regional parties, including the

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and the AIADMK, as well as Shiv Sena, 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 Udd ...

with

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and the NCP.

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 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 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 1999 elections 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 pa ...

led by the

, with Manmohan Singh 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 executive board or politburo. 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, who was the NDA convener until 2008, was discharged of his responsibility and replaced by Sharad Yadav, 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 Prad ...

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 . I ...

and

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

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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 Ca ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

, (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 fou ...

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

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 governme ...

* 2009 Indian general election *

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 *

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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 ...

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Lok Sabha 2019 general election

Contested by AIADMK two leaves symbol * Puthiya Tamilagam *

Past members

Timeline

2011

* Kuldeep Bishnoi 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 led

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Joined NDA. * Ajit Singh led Rashtriya Lok Dal 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 presidenti ...

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 Indi ...

. ;Vice-Presidential election * Jaswant Singh was named as the candidate for the post of

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against UPA's Hamid Ansari. Ansari won his second term in office.

2013

*On 16 June 2013,

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led Janta Dal United 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 leader Vaiko has announced that MDMK formally joined back to NDA. *The two small parties viz Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam 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 (Ca ...

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 ...

to also join the alliance. *In

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

, two regional political outfits,

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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 s ...

, 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, Shiv Sena,

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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 ex ...

led by

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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 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 ...

during

. * DMDK 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 state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

. *

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: 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 Cab ...

: 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 * All India NR Congress (AINRC) formally joined NDA on 13 March 2014 and will be contesting in Puducherry. *

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

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

Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad ( translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Oct ...

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 Ezhava 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 North-East Democratic Alliance, 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 Takam Pario was named as the next likely Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh replacing Khandu after People's Party of Arunachal 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

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after the 44 days lead Gegong Apang government in 2003.

2017

*In January 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance partner Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party in Goa and Shiv Sena in

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

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, 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 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

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

, though the INC emerged as the single largest party. *On 27 July 2017, Janata Dal (United) 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 Hindi belt.

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, AIADMK 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, DMDK 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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, Nishad Party 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 Jana Sena of Pawan Kalyan announced that tying up with

, this decision came after Chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's intention to decentralise the capital, instead of developing Amaravati. *

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led by

Babulal Marandi Babulal Marandi (; born 11 January 1958) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He was the founder an ...

merged with the

on 17 February 2020, at Jagannathpur Maidan, Ranchi in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

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and

Raghubar Das Raghubar Das (born 3 May 1955) is an Indian politician who served as the sixth Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He was sworn in as the 6th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and has twice served as ...

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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

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) ( translation: ''Indian People's Front''; abbreviated as HAM-S) is an Indian political party having presence in Bihar. HAM(S) got new symbol wok in Bihar Assembly Election 2020.
Formation

It was launched form ...
re-joined NDA & granted 7 seats to contest in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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.
* Shiromani Akali Dal announced leaving NDA in September 2020.
* In October 2020, the Vikassheel Insaan Party 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 re-joined NDA.
* In October 2020, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

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broke the alliance ahead of 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and allied with All India Trinamool Congress

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.
* In October 2020, Kerala Congress (Thomas)

Kerala Congress (Thomas) Or Thomas Group Was a political party since 2015 to 2016 and a Kerala Congress Fraction Led by P. C. Thomas from 2016 to 2021.

After the Permission of using the name as bracket less Kerala Congress in 2016, Thomas d ...
broke the alliance ahead of 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 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.
* In December 2020, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party broken the alliance on the issue of 3 agriculture reforms laws.

2021

* In March 2021, Kerala Congress (Thomas)

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After the Permission of using the name as bracket less Kerala Congress in 2016, Thomas d ...
Has Withdrawn alliance ahead of 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 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.
* In May 2021, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa

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led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) joined NDA.
* In December 2021, Captain Amrinder Singh led Punjab Lok Congress joined NDA.

2022

* 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.

Sim ...
led Lok Insaaf Party 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.

Sim ...
led Lok Insaaf Party 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, 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 extended support to NDA.
* On 9 August 2022, Nitish Kumar

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led Janta Dal United has withdrawn from NDA.
* On 19 September, Capt. Amrinder Singh led Punjab Lok Congress 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
* Coalition government

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* United Progressive Alliance

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* Mahagathbandhan
*Federal Front

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Notes

References

External links

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