‘In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) led by the BJP defeated the
UPA led by the Congress Party and formed the Government at the Centre; Narendra Modi became the Prime
Minister of India. In 2017, elections were held in Delhi’s Rajouri Garden Constituency which had become
vacant; the BJP candidate won the election’.
State which one of these is a general election and which one is a by-election and why. Also state the three
declarations a candidate standing for election has to provide as per directions from the Supreme Court.
Answers
Answer:
Its first chairman was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, 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%.[1] Its leader, Modi, 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%.[2]
Explanation:
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian political alliance made up of center-right and right-wing political parties and led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the Indian union government as well as the government of 18 Indian states.