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India elections 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP won the most seats following in the election, which ran from April 19 to June 1. Though Modi will hold a third consecutive term in office, the party's wins were smaller than projected.

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Reports & Analysis

Indian PM Narendra Modi signing his oath at a ceremony in New Delhi, India

Will India's new coalition government rein in Narendra Modi?

Will India's new coalition government rein in Narendra Modi?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third consecutive term, but coalition politics could leave him with less control.
PoliticsJune 13, 202404:56 min
A worker fixes a flag of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on a hoarding of their leader and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi

What do India's neighbors expect from the new government?

What do India's neighbors expect from the new government?

DW breaks down India's most important regional ties and how they will likely evolve under a new government.
PoliticsJune 7, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is garlanded by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Rajnath Singh, left, party President JP Nadda, right, and Amit Shah, at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024

India election: What's behind the BJP's poll upset?

India election: What's behind the BJP's poll upset?

India's ruling BJP lost its outright majority in parliament after a spirited campaign by opposition parties.
PoliticsJune 5, 2024
Activists protest Narendra Modi, in Muzaffarabad in Kashmir on June 4, 2024

Will Modi's new term ensure India's confidence in Asia?

Will Modi's new term ensure India's confidence in Asia?

India's dispute with Pakistan on Kashmir and close ties with Bangladesh reveal its complex position in the region.
PoliticsJune 5, 202403:36 min
Indien I Narendra Modi reicht seine Wahlvorschläge in Varanasi ein

How can India become a leading industrial nation?

How can India become a leading industrial nation?

We look at the key economic challenges facing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his new term.
BusinessJune 4, 202403:03 min
Indian PM Narendra Modi at an election campaign rally

India election: Can Modi carry out tough economic reforms?

India election: Can Modi carry out tough economic reforms?

A reduced parliamentary majority is likely to make it potentially difficult for Modi to push through major reforms.
BusinessJune 4, 2024
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A group of Indian people, mostly women, at an election rally

India election: Gandhis' last bastion in Uttar Pradesh

DW's Sandra Petersmann went to Raebareli to see whether this election could mark the political end of the Gandhi family.
PoliticsMay 20, 202403:46 min
Long lines form in front of a polling station in the Srinagar constituency in Kashmir

Will Kashmir residents vote in India's general election?

The vote is the first since the Modi government removed the Muslim-majority region's semi-autonomous status in 2019.
PoliticsMay 13, 202404:07 min
Bengaluru residents receive a water delivery

India: Tech hub Bengaluru's water crisis turns political

Bengaluru is running out of drinking water, and the shortages have become a hot-button election issue.
PoliticsApril 30, 2024
A compilation of screenshots of India's President Narendra Modi, a fake photo proporting to be French President Emanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden speaking on the phone.

Fact check: How AI may influence elections in 2024

AI deepfakes could upend elections in a year when more than 40% of the world is voting, including India and the US.
PoliticsApril 26, 202416:32 min
Shaine Soni, a transgender activist in New Delhi, India

India election: Are transgender 'icons' a sign of inclusion?

Ahead of India's general election, officials have been choosing trans people as election "icons."
PoliticsApril 7, 202403:23 min
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