National Democratic Alliance

National Democratic Alliance
National Democratic Alliance
Abbreviation	NDA
Chairperson	Amit Shah
Rajya Sabha Leader	J. P. Nadda
Lok Sabha Leader	Narendra Modi; (Prime Minister)
Founder	Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Lal Krishna Advani; Pramod Mahajan; (Bharatiya Janata Party);
Founded	15 May 1998
Ideology	Majority:; National conservatism; Right-wing populism; Factions:; Hindutva; Preview warning: Page using Template:Plainlist with unknown parameter "2 = [[Hindu nationalism]]<ref>...</ref> "
Political position	Majority:; Right-wing; Factions:; Centre-right; to far-right
ECI Status	Alliance (Not a party)
Alliance	39 parties NEDA (Northeast India); Kutami (Andhra Pradesh); MDA (Meghalaya); MY (Maharashtra); AIADMK+ (Tamil Nadu); PDA (Nagaland);
Seats in Rajya Sabha	134 / 245
Seats in Lok Sabha	293 / 543
Seats in State Legislative Councils	224 / 423
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies	2,315 / 4,126
Number of states and union territories in government	21 / 31
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan) is an Indian multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998. It currently has a majority in both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, and controls the Government of India as well as the governments of 19 out of 28 Indian states and 2 out of 3 Union territories with legislative assemblies.

Its first chairman was then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who served from 1998 until 2004. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014. Amit Shah has been the chairman since 2014.

The NDA controlled a majority in the Indian Parliament from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%. BJP leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014, his party having won 282 of the 520 seats in the lower house. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with a combined vote share of 45.43%. The alliance lost 60 seats in the 2024 general election, but retained sufficient seats to form a coalition government. On 7 June 2024, Modi confirmed the support of 293 MPs to President Droupadi Murmu; he was then asked by her to form a government. This marked Modi's third term as Prime Minister and his first time heading a coalition government, with the Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (United) of Bihar emerging as two main allies.