TRIBUNNEWS.COM, YOGYA – India is currently an important player in the world. Its economy is developing quite well and it has become a global industrial power in the south, alongside China.

With a population of 1.4 billion (April 2023), this number will soon surpass that of China. India is also proficient in aerospace and space technology, on par with the United States, Russia and China.

Indian rocket and missile technology has also entered the elite category, thanks to its hypersonic missile production capabilities.

As important and strategic as India is, the 2024 elections will once again test the direction and future of the country.

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Narendra Modi, leader of the Indian executive for the last two terms, will test whether he can be elected a third time. If he is selected, what will it mean for India next?

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There will be 969 million voters who will vote on Friday (19/4/2024). The Indian elections will be the largest democratic political event in the world.

Modi will use his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the decision will take place on June 4, 2024, when it will be known how many seats his party will win in Parliament.

During his campaign, Narendra Modi announced an ambitious goal: winning 400 of the 543 parliamentary seats.

The BJP, its main force, can win at least 370 seats. The rest will be added to the coalition parties formed.

The figure of 400 seats is ambitious because, after India's independence, the Indian political power only managed to win so many seats once.

It was then that the Congress Party, now in opposition, won more than 400 seats in the 1984 elections. It gained momentum after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Modi's determination to run for a third term will remind people of the journey of Indian history from 1947 to 2014.

This is the period from India's independence from British colonialists until Modi became prime minister.