To be sure, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) still has a majority in the Lok Sabha. What is the larger story of these elections? Here are five charts that summarise it. This is the biggest ...

These and similar questions have dominated the analysis of the recent electoral shock. The 10 charts presented here try to answer these questions with the help of the most authoritative post-poll ...

Pin the blame on the scorching heat or political discontent, the Indian voters’ reluctance to exercise their franchise made headlines throughout the recently concluded Lok Sabha election.

with the 17th Lok Sabha sending only 16% of Bills for scrutiny, the lowest in the past four Lok Sabhas (Chart 1). The declining number of sitting days and hours in the Lok Sabha limits the scope ...

The terms of the fourth, sixth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth Lok Sabha were shorter than five years and so the number of sittings was fewer (Chart 1). Among those terms which lasted for at least ...

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, India elected 74 women Members of Parliament (MPs). This is four fewer than in 2019 but significantly more than the mere 22 elected in India’s first general ...

The seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections is set to take place today with 57 constituencies across eight States/Union Territories in the fray. From 7 AM, polling will take place in ...

The final seating chart also leaves some important positions ... Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, representing Wayanad in the 18th Lok Sabha after winning a recent by-election, will be seated in the fourth ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers say that India is now in its "amrit kaal" (golden age) and on course to becoming a developed nation by 2047 - the 100th year of its independence.

Lok Sabha session updates: The Lok Sabha will witness a rare election for the Speaker's post – the first since 1976 – as Congress member Kodikunnil Suresh has been made the opposition ...

With Lok Sabha convening in the new Parliament building for the first time, PM Narendra Modi announced the tabling of the Women's Reservation Bill — which aims to provide a 33 per cent ...

The balance of power within the government will shift in favour of the allies rather than the centralised government which the BJP ran in 2014 and 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP ...