Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

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Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Abbreviation	INDIA
Chairman	Mallikarjun Kharge [1]
Lok Sabha  Leader	Rahul Gandhi (LOP)
Rajya Sabha  Leader	Mallikarjun Kharge (LOP)
Founder	List Mallikarjun Kharge (INC) Rahul Gandhi (INC) Nitish Kumar (JD(U)) M. K. Stalin (DMK) Sharad Pawar (NCP(SP)) Lalu Prasad Yadav (RJD) Akhilesh Yadav (SP) Mamata Banerjee (AITC) Arvind Kejriwal (AAP) D. Raja (CPI) Farooq Abdullah (JKNC) Hemant Soren (JMM) Mehbooba Mufti (JKPDP) Sitaram Yechury (CPI(M)) Uddhav Thackeray (SS(UBT))
Founded	17 July 2023;16 months ago (2023-07-17)
Preceded by	UPA UO
Political position	Big tent [a]
Colours	(Official)  (Alternative)
ECI Status	Not Required
Alliance	37 Parties
Seats in  Lok Sabha	238 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha	87 / 245
Seats in  State Legislative Assemblies	1,658 / 4,036
Seats in  State Legislative Councils	96 / 423
Number of states and union territories in government	10 / 31
Politics of India Political parties Elections

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is a big tent multi-party political alliance of several political parties in India led by the country's largest opposition party, the Indian National Congress. ^[2] The alliance is in opposition to the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Indian general elections. ^[3] In the 2024 general election, the alliance won 234 seats, ^[b] gaining more than 100 seats from dissolution, and the majority of seats in states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and West Bengal. The BJP lost its sole majority, with the alliance forcing Modi to govern with his coalition, the NDA.

Etymology

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, commonly known by its backronym I.N.D.I.A. ^[7] is an opposition front announced by the leaders of 28 parties to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The name was proposed during a meeting in Bengaluru and was unanimously adopted by the 28 participating parties. While some sources attribute the suggestion of the name to Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC), ^[8] others mention that it was suggested by Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and chief minister of West Bengal. ^[9]

History

On September 25, 2022, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo Om Prakash Chautala hosted a rally in Fatehabad on the occasion of Former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal's birth anniversary. During this rally, the ideas of a national alliance were first openly called on stage. Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar had said "I'll urge all parties, including Congress, to get together and then they (BJP) will lost badly". ^[10] JD(U) spokesperson K. C. Tyagi had also stated that the foundation of the alliance was during this same rally. ^[11]

The first major Opposition parties' meeting, held in Patna, Bihar, was chaired by Nitish Kumar on 23 June 2023, when the proposal for a new alliance was put on the table. The meeting was attended by 16 Opposition parties. INLD was not included in this meeting. ^[12]

The second meeting, was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 17–18 July. It was chaired by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi when the proposal for an alliance was accepted and ten more parties were added to the list. The alliance's name was finalized and given the name Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. ^[13]

The third meeting was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra from 31 August to 1 September. The meeting was hosted by Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray and saw Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and chief ministers of 5 states in attendance. Over the two-day deliberations, the alliance discussed major electoral issues for the upcoming general elections, carved out the coordination committee, and passed a three-point resolution to fight 2024 Indian general elections together 'as far as possible'. ^{[14] [15]}

The fourth meeting was held in New Delhi on 19 December. The meeting was primarily held to discuss seat-sharing, joint rallies, and the prime ministerial face and/or convenor of the alliance. The alliance adopted a resolution to ensure maximum use of VVPATs in upcoming elections. "To enhance confidence in elections, VVPAT slips should be directly given to voters to self-verify and place in a separate box, instead of them falling into the main box. Eventually, all VVPAT slips must be 100% counted, ensuring truly free and fair elections," read the resolution passed by the alliance at the meeting. Seat sharing was also to be done by either 31 December 2023 or mid-January 2024. It was also decided that protests will be held across the country on 22 December 2023 against the suspensions of opposition MPs in the Indian Parliament. Some leaders said that the alliance would hold a grand joint rally at Patna on 30 January 2024, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, although this was not officially announced. ^[16]

The alliance held its 5th meeting virtually with some leaders not attending. ^[17] Following the meeting, the Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the alliance chairperson. ^[1] Members also had discussions about seat sharing. ^[18] Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, was offered the post of national convenor of the alliance which he declined. ^[19] Kumar went on to join the National Democratic Alliance in the 2024 Bihar political crisis two weeks later. ^[20]

Campaign

The bloc held its first event together on 22 December 2023, when nationwide protests were launched against the suspensions of opposition MPs in the Indian Parliament. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP President Sharad Pawar, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and other leaders held protests against the suspensions of MPs under the banner "Save Democracy" at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. ^{[21] [22]}

The bloc's first joint rally was held in Patna, Bihar on 3 March 2024. The rally saw, among others, Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, and senior Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D. Raja. Kharge attacked Kumar for frequently changing alliances and criticised the BJP for not fulfilling its promise of jobs and neglecting the country's poor and the majority. ^[23]

Member parties

Main article: List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance members

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance comprises a diverse range of political parties from across India. The 37 member parties of the alliance are: ^[24]

	Party			Logo/Flag	Base	Political Position	Leader		Ref.(s)
National Parties
1		INC	Indian National Congress		National Party	Centre [28]		Mallikarjun Kharge	[8] [9]
2		CPI(M)	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		National Party	Left-wing		Prakash Karat	[21]
3		AAP	Aam Aadmi Party		National Party	Centre-left		Arvind Kejriwal	[29]
State Parties
4		SP	Samajwadi Party		Uttar Pradesh	Left-wing		Akhilesh Yadav	[30] [31]
5		AITC	All India Trinamool Congress		West Bengal, Meghalaya	Centre		Mamata Banerjee	[32] [33]
6		DMK	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Puducherry, Tamil Nadu	Centre-left		M. K. Stalin	[34] [3]
7		SHS(UBT)	Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)		Maharashtra	Centre-right to right-wing		Uddhav Thackeray	[14] [13]
8		NCP(SP)	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)		Maharashtra, Kerala	Centre		Sharad Pawar	[35]
9		RJD	Rashtriya Janata Dal		Bihar, Jharkhand	Centre-left to left-wing		Lalu Prasad Yadav	[24] [14]
10		JMM	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		Jharkhand	Regionalism		Hemant Soren	[36]
11		JKNC	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference		Jammu and Kashmir	Regionalism		Farooq Abdullah	[37]
12		CPI	Communist Party of India		Kerala, Bihar, Telangana, Tamil Nadu	Left-wing		Doraisamy Raja	[33]
13		CPI(ML)L	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation		Bihar	Far-left		Dipankar Bhattacharya	[20]
14		RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party		Kerala	Far-left		Manoj Bhattacharya	[32]
15		VCK	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		Tamil Nadu	Syncretic		Thol. Thirumavalavan	[38]
16		IUML	Indian Union Muslim League		Kerala	Centre-right		K. M. Kader Mohideen	[39]
17		MDMK	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		Tamil Nadu	Centre-left		Vaiko	[40]
18		RLP	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party		Rajasthan	Regionalism		Hanuman Beniwal	[41] [42]
19		KMDK	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi		Tamil Nadu	Indigenism		E. R. Eswaran	[43]
20		BAP	Bharat Adivasi Party		Rajasthan	Regionalism		Rajkumar Roat	[44]
21		MMK	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi		Tamil Nadu	Regionalism		M. H. Jawahirullah	[45]
22		KC(M)	Kerala Congress (M)		Kerala	Centre-left to left-wing		Jose K. Mani	[46]
23		KC	Kerala Congress		Kerala	Centre		P. J. Joseph	[47]
24		PDP	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party		Jammu and Kashmir	Regionalism		Mehbooba Mufti	[48]
25		AIFB	All India Forward Bloc		West Bengal	Far-left		G. Devarajan	[32]
26		PWPI	Peasants and Workers Party of India		Maharashtra	Left-wing		Jayant Prabhakar Patil	[49]
27		RD	Raijor Dal		Assam	Left-wing		Akhil Gogoi	[50]
28		AJP	Assam Jatiya Parishad		Assam	Regionalism		Lurinjyoti Gogoi	[50]
29		AGM	Anchalik Gana Morcha		Assam	Regionalism		Ajit Kumar Bhuyan	[50]
30		APHLC	All Party Hill Leaders Conference		Assam	Regionalism		Jonas Ingti Kathar (J. I. Kathar)	[50]
31		MNM	Makkal Needhi Maiam		Tamil Nadu	Centre		Kamal Haasan	[51]
32		GFP	Goa Forward Party		Goa	Regionalism		Vijai Sardesai	[52]
33		VIP	Vikassheel Insaan Party		Bihar	Regionalism		Mukesh Sahni	[53]
34		HP	Hamro Party		West Bengal	Regionalism		Ajoy Edwards	[54]
35		PLP	Purvanchal Lok Parishad		Assam	Regionalism		Charan Chandra Deka
36		JDA	Jatiya Dal Assam		Assam	Regionalism		M.G. Hazarika	[55]
37		SGP	Samajwadi Ganarajya Party		Maharashtra	Regionalism		Kapil Patil (Lok Bharati)	[56]
		IND	Independent	INDEPENDENTS

Organisational structure

Organisational structure of the Alliance

Party Coordination Committee and Election Strategy Committee Campaign Committee Working Group for Media Working Group for Social Media Working Group for Research Aam Aadmi Party Raghav Chadha Sanjay Singh Raghav Chadha Raghav Chadha Jasmine Shah All India Forward Bloc  – G. Devarajan Naren Chatterjee  –  – All India Trinamool Congress Abhishek Banerjee TBD TBD TBD TBD Communist Party of India D. Raja Binoy Viswam Bhalchandran Kango Bhalchandran Kango  – Communist Party of India (Marxist) TBD Arun Kumar Pranjal Pranjal  – Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation  – Ravi Rai Sucheta Di V Arun Kumar  – Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam T R Baalu Tiruchi Siva Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Dayanidhi Maran A Raja Indian National Congress K. C. Venugopal Gurdeep Singh Sappal Jairam Ramesh Pawan Khera Supriya Srinate Amitabh Dubey Indian Union Muslim League  – K. M. Kader Mohideen  –  –  – Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah Hasnain Masoodi Tanvir Sadiq Ifra Ja Imran Nabi Dar Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti Dr Mehboob Beg Mohit Bhan Iltija Mehbooba Ad. Aditya Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Hemant Soren Champai Soren Supriyo Bhattacharya Alok Kumar Avindani Sudivya Kumar Sonu Kerala Congress (M)  – Jose K. Mani  –  –  – Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Sharad Pawar P C Chako Jitendra Ahwad  – Vandana Chavan Rashtriya Janata Dal Tejashwi Yadav Sanjay Yadav Manoj Jha Sumit Sharma Prof. Subodh Mehta Revolutionary Socialist Party  – N. K. Premachandran  –  –  – Samajwadi Party Javed Ali Khan Kiranmoy Nanda Ashish Yadav Rajeev Nigam Ashish Yadav Alok Ranjan Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Sanjay Raut Anil Desai Arvind Sawant  – Priyanka Chaturvedi Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi  – Thirumavalavan  –  –  –

List of current chief ministers

Main article: List of current Indian chief ministers

State	Portrait	Chief Minister		Ministry	Portrait	Deputy Chief Minister		Governing parties
Delhi			Atishi Marlena (AAP)	Marlena I	Vacant			AAP
Himachal Pradesh			Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (INC)	Sukhu I			Mukesh Agnihotri (INC)	INC
Jammu and Kashmir			Omar Abdullah (JKNC)	Omar II			Surinder Kumar Choudhary (JKNC)	JKNC
								INC
								Independents
								AAP
								CPI(M)
Jharkhand			Hemant Soren (JMM)	Soren IV	Vaccant			JMM
								INC
								RJD
								CPI(M-L)L
Karnataka			Siddaramaiah (INC)	Siddaramaiah II			D. K. Shivakumar (INC)	INC
								IND
Kerala			Pinarayi Vijayan (CPI(M))	Vijayan II	Vacant			CPI(M)
								CPI
								KC(M)
								JD(S)
								NCP (SP)
								RJD
								KC(B)
								C(S)
								INL
								NSC
								JKC
								IND
Punjab			Bhagwant Mann (AAP)	Mann I	Vacant			AAP
Tamil Nadu			M. K. Stalin (DMK)	Stalin I			Udhayanidhi (DMK)	DMK
								INC
								VCK
								CPI
								CPI(M)
Telangana			Revanth Reddy (INC)	Revanth Reddy I			Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka (INC)	INC
								CPI
West Bengal			Mamata Banerjee (TMC)	Banerjee III	Vacant			TMC

Strength in parliament

Party-wise strength

The following is the party-wise strength of INDIA parties in the Parliament of India:

Party		Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	Presence
	Indian National Congress (INC) [c]	101 / 543	27 / 245	National Party
	Samajwadi Party (SP)	37 / 543	4 / 245	Uttar Pradesh
	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)	28 / 543	12 / 245	West Bengal
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	22 / 543	10 / 245	Tamil Nadu
	Shiv Sena (UBT) (SHS-UBT)	9 / 543	2 / 245	Maharashtra
	Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) (NCP-SP)	8 / 543	2 / 245	Maharashtra
	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)	4 / 543	5 / 245	Bihar
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	4 / 543	4 / 245	National Party
	Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)	3 / 543	10 / 245	National Party
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)	3 / 543	3 / 245	Jharkhand
	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)	3 / 543	2 / 245	Kerala
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	2 / 543	2 / 245	Tamil Nadu
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L)	2 / 543	–	Bihar
	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)	2 / 543	–	Jammu and Kashmir
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)	2 / 543	–	Tamil Nadu
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)	1 / 543	1 / 245	Tamil Nadu
	Kerala Congress (KEC)	1 / 543	–	Kerala
	Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP)	1 / 543	–	Rajasthan
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP)	1 / 543	–	Rajasthan
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)	1 / 543	–	Kerala
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP (KR))	1 / 245	–	Uttar Pradesh
	Voice of the People Party (VPP)	1 / 543	–	Meghalaya
	Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM)	–	1 / 245	Assam
	Kerala Congress (M) (KCM)	–	1 / 245	Kerala
	IND	1 / 543	1 / 245	–
	Total	238 / 543	87 / 245	India

State-UT-wise Strength

State/UT	Lok Sabha				Rajya Sabha
	Total Seats	INDIA		Overall Tally	Total Seats	INDIA		Overall Tally
Andaman and Nicobar	1	None
Andhra Pradesh	25	None			11	None
Arunachal Pradesh	2				1
Assam	14		INC (3)	3 / 14	7		AGM (1)	1 / 7
Bihar	40		RJD (4)	10 / 40	16		RJD (6)	7 / 16
			INC (4)				INC (1)
			CPI(ML)L (2)
Chandigarh	1		INC (1)	1 / 1	None
Chhattisgarh	10		INC (1)	1 / 11	5		INC (4)	4 / 5
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	2	None
Delhi	7	None			3		AAP (3)	3 / 3
Goa	2		INC (1)	1 / 2	1	None
Gujarat	26		INC (1)	1 / 26	11		INC (3)	3 / 11
Haryana	10		INC (5)	5 / 10	5		INC (1)	1 / 5
Himachal Pradesh	4	None			3	None
Jammu and Kashmir	5		JKNC (2)	2 / 5	4
Jharkhand	14		JMM (3)	5 / 14	6		JMM (2)	3 / 6
			INC (2)				INC (1)
Karnataka	28		INC (9)	9 / 28	12		INC (5)	5 / 12
Kerala	20		INC (14)	19 / 20	9		CPI(M) (4)	9 / 9
			IUML (2)				IUML (2)
			KEC (2)				INC (1)
			CPI(M) (1)				CPI (2)
			KEC (1)
Ladakh	1		IND (1)	1 / 1	None
Lakshadweep	1		INC (1)	1 / 1
Madhya Pradesh	29	None			11		INC (3)	3 / 11
Maharashtra	48		INC (14)	31 / 48	19		SS(UBT) (3)	9 / 19
			SS(UBT) (9)				INC (3)
			NCP-SP (8)				NCP-SP (3)
Manipur	2		INC (1)	2 / 2	1	None
Meghalaya	2		INC (1)	1 / 2	1
Mizoram	1	None			1
Nagaland	1		INC (1)	1 / 1	1
Odisha	21		INC (1)	1 / 21	10
Puducherry	1		INC (1)	1 / 1	1
Punjab	13		INC (7)	10 / 13	17		AAP (7)	7 / 7
			AAP (3)
Rajasthan	25		INC (8)	11 / 25	10		INC (6)	6 / 10
			RLP (1)
			BAP (1)
			CPI(M) (1)
Sikkim	1	None			1	None
Tamil Nadu	39		DMK (22)	39 / 39	18		DMK (10)	12 / 18
			INC (9)
			VCK (2)				INC (1)
			CPI (2)
			CPI(M) (2)				MDMK (1)
			IUML (1)
			MDMK (1)
Telangana	17		INC (8)	8 / 17	7		INC (4)	4 / 7
Tripura	2	None			1	None
Uttar Pradesh	80		SP (37)	43 / 80	31		SP (4)	5 / 31
			INC (6)				IND (1)
Uttarakhand	5	None			3	None
West Bengal	42		AITC (29)	30 / 42	16		AITC (13)	14 / 16
			INC (1)				CPI(M) (1)

Strength in legislative assemblies

State Wise strength in legislative assemblies

State/UT	Total Seats	Last Election	INDIA		Overall Tally	CM from
Andhra Pradesh	175	2024	None			TDP
Arunachal Pradesh	60	2024		INC (1)	1 / 60	BJP
Assam	126	2021		INC (23)	25 / 126	BJP
				CPI(M) (1)
				RD (1)
Bihar	243	2020		RJD (77)	109 / 243	JD(U)
				INC (17)
				CPI(ML)L (11)
				CPI (2)
				CPI(M) (2)
Chhattisgarh	90	2023		INC (35)	35 / 90	BJP
Delhi	70	2020		AAP (62)	62 / 70	AAP
Goa	40	2022		INC (3)	6 / 40	BJP
				AAP (2)
				GFP
Gujarat	182	2022		INC (12)	17 / 182	BJP
				AAP (4)
				SP (1)
Haryana	90	2024		INC (37)	37 / 90	BJP
Himachal Pradesh	68	2022		INC (40)	40 / 68	INC
Jammu and Kashmir	90	2024		JKNC (42)	59 / 90	JKNC
				INC (6)
				JKPDP (3)
				CPI(M) (1)
				AAP (1)
				Independent (5)
Jharkhand	81	2024		JMM (34)	56 / 81	JMM
				INC (16)
				RJD (4)
				CPI(ML)L (2)
Karnataka	224	2023		INC (138)	140 / 224	INC
				Independent (2)
Kerala	140	2021		CPI(M) (61)	138 / 140	CPI(M)
				INC (21)
				CPI (17)
				IUML (15)
				KC(M) (5)
				KEC (2)
				NCP-SP (2)
Madhya Pradesh	230	2023		INC (65)	66 / 230	BJP
				BAP (1)
Maharashtra	288	2024		SS(UBT) (20)	49 / 288	SHS
				INC (15)
				NCP-SP (10)
				SP (2)
				PWPI (1)
				CPI(M) (1)
Manipur	60	2022		INC (5)	5 / 60	BJP
Meghalaya	60	2023		AITC (5)	6 / 60	NPP
				INC (1)
Mizoram	40	2023		INC (1)	1 / 40	ZPM
Nagaland	60	2023	None			NDPP
Odisha	147	2024		INC (14)	15 / 147	BJP
				CPI(M) (1)
Puducherry	33	2021		DMK (6)	8 / 33	AINRC
				INC (2)
Punjab	117	2022		AAP (94)	110 / 117	AAP
				INC (16)
Rajasthan	200	2023		INC (66)	70 / 200	BJP
				BAP (4)
Sikkim	32	2024	None			SKM
Tamil Nadu	234	2021		DMK (133)	159 / 234	DMK
				INC (18)
				VCK (4)
				CPI (2)
				CPI(M) (2)
Telangana	119	2023		INC (75)	76 / 119	INC
				CPI (1)
Tripura	60	2023		CPI(M) (10)	13 / 60	BJP
				INC (3)
Uttar Pradesh	403	2022		SP (108)	110 / 403	BJP
				INC (2)
Uttarakhand	70	2022		INC (20)	20 / 70	BJP
West Bengal	294	2021		AITC (226)	226 / 294	AITC
Total	4036			INDIA	1,658 / 4,036

Strength in legislative councils

State/UT	Total Seats	INDIA		Overall Tally	Party with a plurality/majority
Andhra Pradesh	58	None			TDP
Bihar	75		RJD (15)	20 / 75	JD(U)
			INC (2)
			CPI(ML)L (1)
			CPI (1)
Karnataka	75		INC (35)	35 / 75	INC
Maharashtra	78 (27-vaccant)		INC (7)	17 / 51	SHS
			SS(UBT) (7)
			NCP-SP (3)
Telangana	40		INC (14)	14 / 40	INC
Uttar Pradesh	100		SP (10)	10 / 100	BJP

Electoral Performances

Lok Sabha

Election	Seats won	Change	Total votes	Share of votes	Swing	Status	INDIA Chairman
2024 Lok Sabha Elections	234 / 543	New	TBD	40.6%	New	Opposition	Mallikarjun Kharge

Legislative Assembly

2024 Legislative Assembly elections

Election Seats won Change Total votes Share of votes Swing Status Leadership 2024 Haryana Assembly election 37 / 90 New 5,464,975 39.34% New Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election 49 / 90 New 20,52,447 35.99% New Government Farooq Abdullah Tariq Hameed Karra 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election 49 / 288 107 22,710,220 35.16% {{{1}}} Opposition Sharad Pawar Udhav Thackeray Nana Patole 2024 Jharkhand Assembly election 56 / 81 9 7,911,028 44.33 8.98 Government Hemant Soren Rameshwar Oraon Tejaswi Yadav

Candidates in election

2024 general elections

2024 general election

List of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates for the 2024 Indian general election Seat sharing summary INDIA parties seat sharing Seat sharing under INDIA bloc [57] [58] [59] [60] Party States/UTs Seats contested Seats Won Indian National Congress Karnataka 28 326 9 99 Madhya Pradesh 27 0 Andhra Pradesh 23 0 Gujarat 23 1 Rajasthan 22 8 Odisha 20 1 Maharashtra 17 13 Telangana 17 8 Uttar Pradesh 17 6 Kerala 16 14 Assam 13 3 Punjab 13 7 West Bengal 12 1 Chhattisgarh 11 1 Bihar 9 3 Haryana 9 5 Tamil Nadu 9 9 Jharkhand 7 2 Uttarakhand 5 0 Himachal Pradesh 4 0 Delhi 3 0 Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu 2 0 Goa 2 1 Jammu and Kashmir 2 0 Manipur 2 2 Meghalaya 2 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 0 Chandigarh 1 1 Ladakh 1 0 Lakshadweep 1 1 Mizoram 1 0 Nagaland 1 1 Puducherry 1 1 Sikkim 1 0 Tripura 1 0 Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh 62 37 Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal 23 29 0 3 Tamil Nadu 2 2 Andhra Pradesh 1 0 Bihar 1 0 Rajasthan 1 1 Tripura 1 0 Rashtriya Janata Dal Bihar 23 24 4 4 Jharkhand 1 0 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Nadu 21 22 21 22 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi 1 1 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Maharashtra 21 9 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Maharashtra 10 8 Aam Aadmi Party Delhi 4 7 0 Gujarat 2 Haryana 1 Communist Party of India Tamil Nadu 2 6 2 2 West Bengal 2 0 Andhra Pradesh 1 0 Bihar 1 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand 5 6 3 3 Odisha 1 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Bihar 3 4 2 2 Jharkhand 1 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party West Bengal 3 4 0 1 Kerala 1 1 All India Forward Bloc West Bengal 2 3 0 Madhya Pradesh 1 Indian Union Muslim League Kerala 2 3 2 3 Tamil Nadu 1 1 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Jammu and Kashmir 3 2 Vikassheel Insaan Party Bihar 3 0 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Tamil Nadu 2 2 All India Trinamool Congress Uttar Pradesh 1 0 Assam Jatiya Parishad Assam 1 0 Bharat Adivasi Party Rajasthan 1 1 Kerala Congress Kerala 1 1 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Nadu 1 1 Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Rajasthan 1 1 Total 541 201 INDIA parties under regional coalition/outside the alliance Seats contested by INDIA parties outside the alliance Parties States/UTs Seats contested Seats Won All India Trinamool Congress West Bengal 42 47 29 29 Assam 4 0 Meghalaya 1 0 All India Forward Bloc Maharashtra 8 29 0 Andhra Pradesh 5 Uttar Pradesh 5 Telangana 3 Bihar 2 Delhi 2 Jammu and Kashmir 2 Odisha 1 West Bengal 1 Communist Party of India Uttar Pradesh 6 24 0 Jharkhand 4 Kerala 4 Madhya Pradesh 3 Punjab 3 Assam 1 Chhattisgarh 1 Maharashtra 1 Odisha 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala 15 23 1 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 0 Assam 1 Jharkhand 1 Karnataka 1 Maharashtra 1 Odisha 1 Punjab 1 Telangana 1 Bharat Adivasi Party Madhya Pradesh 5 21 0 Rajasthan 5 Maharashtra 4 Gujarat 2 Jharkhand 2 Andhra Pradesh 1 Chhattisgarh 1 Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu 1 Aam Aadmi Party Punjab 13 15 3 3 Assam 2 0 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Telangana 7 11 0 Karnataka 2 Andhra Pradesh 1 Kerala 1 Samajwadi Party Andhra Pradesh 7 9 0 Gujarat 1 Odisha 1 Revolutionary Socialist Party Andhra Pradesh 3 6 0 Punjab 2 Telangana 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Andhra Pradesh 1 3 0 Odisha 1 West Bengal 1 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party Jammu and Kashmir 3 0 Indian National Congress West Bengal 1 2 0 Rajasthan 1 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Haryana 1 2 0 Lakshadweep 1 Kerala Congress (M) Kerala 1 0 Total 196 33

Results

2024 general election

Party or alliance Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance Indian National Congress 136,759,064 99 +47 Samajwadi Party 29,549,381 37 +32 All India Trinamool Congress 28,213,393 29 +7 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 11,754,710 22 – 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11,342,553 4 +1 Rashtriya Janata Dal 10,107,402 4 +4 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) 9,567,779 9 +9 Aam Aadmi Party 3 +2 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) 5,921,162 8 +8 Communist Party of India 3,157,184 2 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 2,652,955 3 +2 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 1,736,771 2 +2 Indian Union Muslim League 1,716,186 3 0 Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 1,147,041 2 – 1 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 2 +1 Bharat Adivasi Party 1 +1 Kerala Congress 1 0 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 +1 Rashtriya Loktantrik Party 596,955 1 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 0 All India Forward Bloc 289,941 0 0 Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party 435,980 0 0 Vikassheel Insaan Party 0 0 Assam Jatiya Parishad 0 0 Kerala Congress (Mani) 277,365 0 0 Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi 0 0 Independents 2 - Total 236 — Total 236 0 Registered voters/turnout 968,821,926 – Source: ECI

Ideology and objectives

According to the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the alliance's ideology revolves around the principles of developmentalism, inclusivity, and social justice. By combining their efforts, the member parties aim to protect democratic values, promote welfare and progress, and counter what they perceive as an ideology that threatens the idea of India. ^[61] It was formed with the objective of defeating the incumbent BJP led NDA in the 2024 Indian general election.

Resolution

The alliance passed a three-point resolution in its Mumbai meeting on 1 September 2023 to collectively contest 2024 Indian General elections. ^[62]

• We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections together as far as possible. Seat-sharing arrangements in different states will be initiated immediately and concluded at the earliest in a collaborative spirit of give-and-take.
• We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to organize public rallies at the earliest in different parts of the country on issues of public concern and importance.
• We, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to coordinate our respective communications and media strategies and campaigns with the theme Judega BHARAT, Jeetega INDIA in different languages.

Timeline

2024

Seat sharing

Assam

AAP declared candidates for three Lok Sabha seats in Assam after claiming they were tired of negotiations with Congress for seat sharing. ^[29]

Delhi

The AAP is likely to fight on 4 seats whereas the Congress may get 3 seats in Delhi. ^{[63] [64]}

Punjab

The Congress and AAP declared that they will contest separately in Punjab, in what AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal described as a "mutual agreement" with "no bad blood" between the parties. ^[65]

Uttar Pradesh

On 21 February 2024, in a joint press conference, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party announced that the Congress will fight in 17 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, leaving the rest for other alliance members. ^[30] There were also reported to be talks between the Congress and the SP for seat-sharing in Madhya Pradesh, in which the SP may be offered to contest the Khajuraho seat. ^[31]

West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on 24 January 2024 that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party would run alone in the state's forthcoming general elections. ^{[32] [66]} Other members of the alliance will contest as part of there Secular Democratic Alliance.

Past members

Party		Base State	Leader	Year of withdrawal	Notes	Reference(s)
	Janata Dal (United)	Bihar	Nitish Kumar	2024	Joined NDA.	[67] [68]
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	Uttar Pradesh	Jayant Singh	2024		[69]
	Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)	Uttar Pradesh	Pallavi Patel	2024	Allied with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in PDM.	[70]
	Janvadi Party (Socialist)	Uttar Pradesh	Sanjay Chauhan	2024		[71]

Exits

On 28 January 2024, Nitish Kumar resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar and decided to leave the Mahagathbandhan alliance, a part of the INDIA bloc in Bihar, by expressing dissatisfaction with the functioning of the government. He rejoined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). ^[72]

The Rashtriya Lok Dal left the bloc to join the BJP-led NDA on 14 January 2024. ^[73]

See also

• Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)
• Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
• United Democratic Front (Kerala)
• Maha Vikas Aghadi (Maharashtra)
• Manipur Progressive Secular Alliance (Manipur)
• Secular Democratic Forces (Tripura)
• Secular Progressive Alliance (Tamil Nadu & Puducherry)
• Secular Democratic Alliance (West Bengal)
• 2024 Indian general election
• 2025 elections in India

Note

1. Members consists of right-wing to far-left parties.
2. Two more Congress members also fought as independent outside the alliance and supported after elected as MP, taking the tally to 236. Later, one independent MP supported Congress, taking the tally to 237. Later lone MP from each ASP (KR) and VPP extended their suppport in issue based matters, making tally 238.
3. Including two more Congress members also fought as independent outside the alliance.

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