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Of the 37 non-BJP parties, including factions of the National Congress Party, Shiv Sena Party and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), who attended the NDA meeting on Tuesday, 10 did not participate in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Of the remaining 23 parties that contested, only eight managed to win at least a seat in the House of Representatives – they won 9 seats between them, garnering more than 2 crore votes, according to the general election results.
The NDA meeting was held on Tuesday chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The caucus is important to the NDA, which in the 2024 elections will face the new opposition coalition – India, or the All-India Alliance for National Development – comprising 26 parties. What explains the BJP’s forging an alliance with smaller parties is their presence across different geographies and demographic groups that they claim to represent.
However, a look at their electoral performance in the 2019 elections shows that with the exception of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the factions of the National Congress Party, Justice and Peace Party and Sina Party, the others did not make any significant difference in terms of seats.
The BJP secured 303 seats, with a nationwide vote share of 37.69%, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Sena party, now joined by Eknath Shinde’s faction with the BJP, contested as part of the NDA and won 18 seats, with a vote share of 23.5%, primarily in Maharashtra.
Similarly, the AKP, which later split into groups led by Chirag Paswan and his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, also contested the last elections as part of the NDA and won 6 seats in Bihar, with a vote share of 8%. The NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar competed as the NCP – then a national party – in alliance with the Congress and won five seats, with an overall vote share of 1.39 across Maharashtra.
Out of the remaining 33 parties, 10 did not contest in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Shiromani Akali Dal (Samyukt), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Jan Surajya Shakti Party, People’s Alliance Kuki, Hill State People’s Democratic Party, Nishad Party, Haryana Lokhet Party. Kerala Kamaraj Congress, Puthia Tamilgam and Gorkha National Liberation Front.
The remaining 23, comprising 12 state-level parties and 11 unrecognized registered parties, contested the elections, and eight of them managed to win at least a seat each — between them winning nine Lok Sabha seats and Rs 2.07 crore.
These eight parties are: Apna Dal (Sunyal), AJSU, AIADMK, Mizo National Front, Naga People’s Front, National People’s Party, National Democratic Progressive Party and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha.
Apna Dal (Sunyal) contested as part of the NDA and won two seats in Uttar Pradesh. The other seven won a seat each.
Of the 38 parties that are now part of the NDA, 15 parties were unable to win a single seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Together, these parties polled nearly 92 lakh votes in 2019.
These 15 parties are: All India NR Congress, Asom Gana Parishad, Indigenous People Front of Tripura, Pattali Makkal Katchi, United Democratic Party, Bharat Dharma Jana Sena, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), Janasena Party, Jannayak Janta Party, Prahar Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Republican Party of India, Swedlev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Tamil Manila Congress (Mopanar) United People, Liberal.
Non-BJP parties at the National Democratic Assembly meeting
Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP (Ajit Pawar), Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (led by Pashupati Kumar Paras), Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas), Apna Dal (Soneylal), AJSU Party, AIADMK, Mizo National Front, Naga Progressive People Front, National People’s Congress Party, National People’s Party. Anna Parishad, Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, Patali Makkal Kachi, United Democratic Party, Bharat Dharma Jana Sena, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), Janasena Party, Janayak Janta Party, Prahar Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, Republican Party of India , Suhildev Bharatiya Sama, Congress Party, Tamaruman, Dalaya Sama. Samyukt), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Jan Surajya Shakti Party, Koki People’s Alliance, Hill State People’s Democratic Party, Nishad Party, Haryana Lokhet Party, Kerala Kamaraj Congress, Puthia Tamilgam, Gorkha National Liberation Front
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