The claim
BJP won 282 seats with a 31% vote share in 2014. In 2019, their vote share increased to 37%, resulting in 303 seats. In the 2024 General Elections, BJP won 240 seats with a 39% vote share.
Original review summary
FACTLY reports that the BJP won 282 seats with 31.34% of the vote in 2014 and 303 seats with 37.7% in 2019. For 2024, it reports 240 seats and 36.56% of the vote—not 39%—so the vote share declined from 2019. The review concludes that the claim is misleading.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026