After Nehru and Indira, Modi Only Prime Minister to Come Back to Power with Full Majority

After Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi is the third prime minister of the country who has been able to retain power for a second term with full majority in the Lok Sabha.

As counting goes on across the country on 23 May, Thursday, trends show the Modi-led BJP would be easily able to cross the halfway mark of 272 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha elections.

In 2014, the BJP had won 282 seats out of total 543 in Lok Sabha.

Jawaharlal Nehru won around three-fourth of the Lok Sabha seats in the first elections in the country in 1951-52. Subsequently, he was able to win the 1957 elections as well as the 1962 elections with full majority.