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India
India
India
Primary executive
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Editorial profile v1
Verified country brief
Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.
- Executive system
- Parliamentary republic · One primary executive function
- Dominant executive office
- Head of government
- Why this office is primary
- The President is the constitutional head of state, while the Prime Minister leads the Council of Ministers and the national executive.
Government
Third Modi ministry
Jun 9, 2024 · De jure
Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP
National Democratic Alliance
NDA
Indian National Congress
INC
Legislature and composition
BicameralParliament of India
Jun 6, 2024
Lok Sabha
543 SeatsBJP240 / 543
INC99 / 543
Rajya Sabha
245 SeatsNext election
Date not scheduledNext Indian general election
Date not scheduled · General election
- Electoral system
- Single-member constituencies elected by first past the post for the Lok Sabha.
Latest election
Completed2024 Indian general election
Jun 1, 2024 · General election
- Electoral system
- Single-member constituencies elected by first past the post for the Lok Sabha.
- Published result
- BJP · 240 Seats; INC · 99 Seats
Current policy issues
- 1Growth and fiscal disciplineGovernment of India - Union Budget 2026-27 summary
- 2Employment and skillsGovernment of India - Union Budget 2026-27 summary
- 3Manufacturing and strategic supply chainsGovernment of India - Union Budget 2026-27 summary
- 4Agriculture and rural inclusionGovernment of India - Union Budget 2026-27 summary
Indexed party landscape
Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.
- Tracked parties
- 53
- Active in source
- 29
- Historical in source
- 24
- parties shown
- 53
- Founded
- 2012
- Founded
- 1972
- Founded
- 1998
- Founded
- 1985
- Founded
- 1984
- Founded
- 1977
- Founded
- 1980
- Ideology
- conservatism, Hindutva, right-wing populism, Hindu nationalism, cultural nationalism, Integral humanism
- Party leadership
- Jagat Prakash Nadda
- Founded
- 1925
- Founded
- 1997
- Founded
- 1964
- Founded
- 1949
- Founded
- 1885
More parties (41)
- Founded
- 1969
- Founded
- 1948
- Founded
- 1932
- Founded
- 1999
- Founded
- 2003
- Founded
- 1999
- Founded
- 1989
- Founded
- 1997
- Founded
- 1957
- Founded
- 1990
- Founded
- 1992
- Founded
- 1994
- Founded
- 1920
- Founded
- 1966
- Founded
- 1996
- Founded
- 1982
- Founded
- 2011
- Founded
- 1906
- Founded
- 1951
- Founded
- 1967
- Founded
- 1974
- Founded
- 1926
- Founded
- 1977
- Founded
- 1934
- Founded
- 1920
- Founded
- 1975
- Founded
- 1910
- Founded
- 1969
- Founded
- 1978
- Founded
- 1988
- Founded
- 1990
- Founded
- 1977
- Founded
- 1979
- Founded
- 1951
- Founded
- 1926
- Founded
- 1985
- Founded
- 1962
- Founded
- 1964
- Founded
- 1989
- Founded
- 1923
- Founded
- 1959
Sources
10
- 1Legislative Department of India - Constitution of Indiacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 2President of India - Profile of President Droupadi Murmucitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 3Prime Minister of India - Narendra Modi takes oath for a third termcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 4Election Commission of India - 2024 general election resultscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 5Rajya Sabha Secretariat - Handbook for Memberscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 6Government of India - Union Budget 2026-27 summarycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 7Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 8Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
- 9WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 10Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
Political world map
Southern Asia
IndiaPrimary executive: Narendra ModiHead of state: Droupadi MurmuPartial
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