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India 2024 Lok Sabha Election

April 19, 2024

India elected the 18th Lok Sabha in seven polling phases from 19 April through 1 June 2024. The BJP remained the largest party with 240 of 543 elected seats but lost its single-party majority; the Indian National Congress won 99 seats, and Narendra Modi returned as prime minister at the head of an NDA coalition government.

Official results

Certified by Election Commission of India, Atlas 2024 and constituency returnsTurnout 65.8%

Polling ran in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, with counting on 4 June; the date shown is the first polling day. India elects one member in each of 543 constituencies. The percentages below are each party's share of seats, not national vote share; nationally aggregated votes do not directly allocate seats under first-past-the-post. Turnout of 65.79% is the Election Commission's polling-station figure announced on 6 June 2024, before postal ballots were added.

  • Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)44.2%

    240 seats

  • Indian National Congress (INC)18.2%

    99 seats

  • Samajwadi Party (SP)6.8%

    37 seats

  • All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)5.3%

    29 seats

  • Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)4.1%

    22 seats

  • Telugu Desam Party (TDP)3%

    16 seats

  • Janata Dal (United)2.2%

    12 seats

Sources:1

The Integrity Ledger

What the evidence establishes, and what it does not — side by side, each finding sourced and tiered.

What is established

  • Information operationsConfirmed

    OpenAI identified and disrupted a covert STOIC-operated campaign that used AI-generated comments to criticize the BJP and praise the Congress party during the election period; it reported disrupting the India-focused activity less than 24 hours after it began.

    Sources:1

What is not established

  • Information operationsDebunked

    The measured activity did not achieve meaningful authentic engagement. OpenAI detected the India phase less than 24 hours after it began and assigned all disrupted operations a low breakout score.

    More detail

    This is a platform-side reach finding, not proof that no related content existed outside OpenAI's visibility.

    Sources:1
  • Result falsificationAlleged

    No authoritative finding cited here establishes falsification of the count. The influence-operation report concerns online content generation and posting only, and does not address access to EVMs, VVPAT records, constituency counts or the official result; this is a limit of the available sources, not an audit that ruled falsification out.

    Sources:12

Process assessment

The Election Commission's atlas reports the electorate, phased poll, turnout and constituency results. The online influence finding is documented separately from election administration and counting.

Sources:12

Sources2

Official reportElection Commission of IndiaFebruary 14, 2025New
Atlas of the 2024 election to India's Lok Sabha
OriginalArchive pending
Platform reportOpenAIMay 30, 2024New
AI and Covert Influence Operations: Latest Trends
OriginalArchive pending

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