If Nitish and Naidu cooperate, can Congress form the government? Understand the math of seats

Lok Sabha Election Results: Nitish Kumar's party JDU and Chandrababu Naidu's party TDP have performed impressively in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. JDU has won 12 seats in Bihar and TDP has won 16 seats in Andhra Pradesh. This time no party got majority in the elections. However, the BJP-led alliance NDA has crossed the majority mark. Which has got 292 seats. Due to the reduction in BJP's seats, the demand for Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu has increased. Apart from NDA, India is constantly in touch with both the parties regarding the alliance.

Will India form a coalition government?

Now the question is whether India Alliance will be able to form the government after the support of Nitish and Naidu? According to the Election Commission, India Alliance has won 234 seats. Whereas the majority figure is 272. In such a situation, India Alliance needs 38 more seats to form the government. Even if TDP and JDU get seats, it still remains 28. With this, India Alliance will be able to reach 262 seats. To come to power, it will need 10 more seats.

Will India get the support of these MPs?

Others include 17 MPs. Is this important? These include Chandrashekhar Azad, who won from Nagina seat in Uttar Pradesh, Asruddin Owaisi of AIMIM and Pappu Yadav, who won from Purnia in Bihar. Who can support the Bharat Alliance if needed. Still, the Bharat Alliance will not be able to form the government.

Congress background of 4 independent candidates

All the four independent candidates who won are those who have a background in Congress or its allies. These include Mohammad Hanifa who won from Ladakh, Amritpal who won from Khadur Sahib, Sarabjit Singh Khalsa who won from Faridkot. Khalistan supporters Amritpal and Sarabjit Singh cannot join BJP, so they can support the India alliance. Apart from this, other independent candidates can also be kept under watch.

India Alliance needs 1 more MP to form the government

Bharat Gathbandhan 234 + Nitish (12) + Naidu (16) + Pappu Yadav (1) + AIMIM (1) + Chandrashekhar Azad (1) + Sarabjit Singh Khalsa + Amritpal + Engineer Rashid + Mohammad Hanifa + Patel Umeshbhai + Vishal Patil But Bharat Gathbandhan has a total of 271 seats. It will need one more MP to get a majority.