India Election 2024 Live Results: By the Numbers | India Election 2024 News

Al Jazeera details the Lok Sabha results after a seven-week voting process.

After 44 days of elections in seven phases, the Election Commission of India (ECI) began counting more than 600 million votes cast by Indians in choosing their next national government.

Vote counting began at 8 am local time (02:30 GMT), and the final results should be released on June 4th.

At stake are 543 seats in the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

See how the two main alliances are doing, according to the latest updates from ICE.

Map of election results in India

The map below represents the 543 seats in the lower house of India’s Parliament. As results are announced, spots will be shaded to indicate finalized “leading” or “winning” preliminary results.

Why is the map like this?

Each hexagon represents a seat, so densely populated but geographically small constituencies are shown equally with large districts to better reflect democratic power in parliament. The geographic map is shown below for reference.

What are the two major alliances facing each other?

National Democratic Alliance (NDA):

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), comprises more than three dozen parties and is expected, according to exit polls, to win a majority in the general elections. Modi, 73, who has been in power since 2014, is seeking a third term.

Indian National Alliance for Inclusive Development (INDIA):

The INDIA opposition alliance, led by the Indian National Congress (INC) party, is a group of more than two dozen political groups hoping to remove the BJP’s Hindu majority government.

How does vote counting work?

Since 2004, India has been using electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of paper ballots.

These machines, which are not connected to the Internet, were sealed and stored in a strong room in the parliamentary constituency.

On the day of counting, the EVMs are removed and opened in the presence of representatives of all participating political parties.

What time will the vote count begin and end?

Counting for all constituencies will begin at 8am local time (02:30 GMT) on Tuesday 4 June, with the majority of results expected to be released in the early evening.

Seven phases of voting

It is estimated that 969 million people were registered to vote in the largest democratic exercise in the world.

To facilitate the process, voting took place in seven phases, from April 19th to June 1st.

How is the government formed?

There are 543 directly elected seats in the national assembly called the Lok Sabha, and two seats are nominated by the president. To form parliament, the winning party or alliance must have 272 seats. The prime minister is elected by parliament as the leader of the house.

Who is in India’s current parliament?

With 37 percent of the vote in the 2019 elections, the right-wing BJP won 303 of the 543 seats in the lower house of parliament. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 52 seats.