Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PM Modi is likely to equal this record of Nehru, however...
Lok Sabha Elections Results: Most exit polls predicted a third consecutive term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If elected to power again in 2024, PM Modi is likely to equal the record of Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who is the only PM to be elected thrice consecutively. Pandit Nehru served as the Prime Minister for 17 years – from 1947 to 1964.
It is the longest any prime minister has served the nation, according to the Lok Sabha website. The Congress alone had won 371 seats in the 1957 Lok Sabha Elections – when Nehru had returned to power after first elections in 1951, as per the Elections Commission's data. This is the highest number of Lok Sabha seats (371) a one political party has won in Lok Sabha elections so far.
However, exit polls in 2024 Lok Sabha Elections have predicted around 350-370 seats collectively for the BJP and its allies – and not just for the PM Modi-led BJP.All eyes are on the results of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, which will be declared on Tuesday, June 4. The results will reveal which political party or alliance will form the government and whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return for a third term at the Centre.The assembly election results in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh will also be announced on Tuesday. The voting for two state assemblies was held alongside the Lok Sabha polls.
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