2014 Indian general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2014_Indian_general_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:AamAadmiPartySeatsWon 4
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:National_Democratic_Alliance
gptkbp:BJPSeatsWon 282
gptkbp:CongressSeatsWon 44
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Election_Commission_of_India
gptkbp:endDate 2014-05-12
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2014 Indian general election
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Narendra_Modi
gptkbp:mainOppositionAlliance gptkb:United_Progressive_Alliance
gptkbp:majoritySeats 272
gptkbp:newPrimeMinister gptkb:Narendra_Modi
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2019_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:notableFeature first time BJP won majority on its own
highest ever voter turnout in India
largest democratic election in history
use of Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in some constituencies
gptkbp:officeLocation gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkb:Rahul_Gandhi
gptkbp:period 9
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2009_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 543
gptkbp:startDate 2014-04-07
gptkbp:totalVoters 814.5 million
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 66.4%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Bharatiya_Janata_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rashtriya_Lok_Samata_Party
gptkb:2019_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4