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The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India. Running in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014, it was the longest election in the country's history. According to the Election Commission of India, 814.5 million people were eligible to vote, with an increase of 100 million voters since the last general election in 2009,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=India announces election dates )〕 making it the largest-ever election in the world. Around 23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested for the 543 Lok Sabha seats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/live-lok-sabha-elections-result-2014/1/361949.html )〕 The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.38%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections.〔 The results were declared on 16 May, fifteen days before the 15th Lok Sabha completed its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India )〕 The counting exercise was held at 989 counting centres.〔 The National Democratic Alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 336 seats. The BJP itself won 31.0% of all votes and 282 (51.9%) of all seats, while NDA's combined vote share was 38.5% . It is the first time since the 1984 Indian general elections that a party has won enough seats to govern without the support of other parties.〔(Election results 2014: India places its faith in Moditva – ''The Times of India'' ). Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (17 May 2014). Retrieved on 21 May 2014.〕 The United Progressive Alliance, led by the Indian National Congress, won 58 seats,〔 44 (8.1%) of which were won by the Congress, that won 19.3% of all votes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ )〕 It was the Congress party's worst defeat in a general election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Modi wave wipes out UPA cabinet, Congress records its worst defeat in Lok Sabha polls )〕 BJP and its allies won the right to form the largest majority government since the 1984 general election.〔(Modi's Next Moves ) ''The Wall Street Journal'', 18 May 2014〕 == Background == By requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be held at an interval of five years or whenever parliament is dissolved by the president. The previous election, to the 15th Lok Sabha, was conducted in April–May 2009, and its term would have naturally expired on 31 May 2014. The election to the 16th Lok Sabha was organised and conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and was held in multiple phases, to better handle the large electoral base and security concerns. Since the last general election in 2009, the anti-corruption movement by Anna Hazare, and other similar moves by Baba Ramdev and Arvind Kejriwal (founder of Aam Aadmi Party), gathered momentum and political interest. Kejriwal went on to form a separate political party, Aam Aadmi Party, in November 2012. The 2012 presidential election resulted in Pranab Mukherjee of Indian National Congress becoming the president. Andhra politics was further shaken following the death of its chief minister, Y. S. R. Reddy. His son, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, then broke from the INC and founded the YSR Congress, taking several politicians with him. The final session of parliament started on 6 February and ended on 21 February. Amongst the agenda in the final session was passing the The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013 in tackling corruption and the creation of Telangana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indian general election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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