National Democratic Alliance (India)

The National Democratic Alliance ( NDA, "National Democratic Alliance ") is an alliance of parties in India. It is led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) and had at its founding in 1998 13 member - parties. In addition to the Hindu- nationalist BJP are the only party especially the Shiv Sena ( a regional party from Maharashtra ) and the Janata Dal ( United), the candidate in the states of Bihar and Karnataka, as well as the Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal from Punjab, to.

In the parliamentary elections in October 1999, the parties of the NDA won under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJP ), the absolute majority with 272 of 543 seats. They beat clear the ruling party Indian National Congress, which reached its worst result so far. Prime Minister Vajpayee was. In the following general election in 2004, the NDA was - again under Vajpayee - emerged as the clear favorite in the race, but reached only 186 seats. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was then, the candidate of the United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ), an alliance of parties led by the Indian National Congress. The general election in India in 2009 went for the NDA with 159 seats lost.

Member parties (2008)

• Bharatiya Janata Party (116 deputies)
• Janata Dal ( United) - Bihar and Karnataka (20 MPs)
• Shiv Sena - Maharashtra (11 MPs)
• Rashtriya Lok Dal ( Ajit Singh party leader ) - Uttar Pradesh (5 MPs)
• Shiromani Akali Dal ( Badal faction leaders Parkash Singh ) - Punjab (4 MPs)
• Telangana Rashtra Samithi - Andhra Pradesh (2 MPs)
• Asom Gana Parishad - Assam (1 MP )
• Naga People's Front - Nagaland (1 MP )
• Uttarakhand Kranti Dal - Uttarakhand