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The heat and dust around the Lok Sabha Election have finally settled. In the crucial battle, the BJP, which had set an ambitious target of 400 seats for the NDA, failed to surpass the magic number on its own, garnering 240 of 543 seats. The saffron party registered a significant dip of 63 seats compared to the 2019 polls. However, NDA amassed 292 seats and a proposal to form the government has been laid out by the alliance partners. Narendra Modi has been unanimously chosen as the leader of the alliance.

The INDIA bloc, much to the surprise of many, pulled out a surprise and accumulated 234 seats. The Congress and the Samajwadi Party performed exceptionally well and their numbers proved as a nightmare for the BJP.

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Now, when Modi is set to be at the helm for the third consecutive term, it's important to know about the procedure of forming a government.

How Many Seats Are Required To Form Government:

The lower house of the Parliament, Lok Sabha, has 543 members, representing as many constituencies across the country. Polling takes place in these 543 seats every five years to elect their representatives. A party should win 272 seats to stake claim to form a government at the centre. In the case of a fractured mandate, the scenario when a single party couldn’t win the aforementioned seats on its own, post-poll alliance is made to surpass the magic number. Now, if the numbers are achieved and a government is formed. It is called a coalition government.

Process Followed After Election Result:

After an election, each winning candidate will be handed over a certificate of election by the Returning Officer of the constituency. The candidate will be asked to sign an acknowledgement of receipt of the certificate, which will then be sent by registered post to the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, as per the Election Commission’s guidelines.

The Election Commission hands over the list of newly-elected MPs to the President, who, as per the protocol, invites the single largest party to stake a claim.

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A letter with signatures of the required number of MPs is given to the President to ensure that the party has sufficient numbers. A person from the list is chosen as the leader of the coalition, who is also their PM candidate. After the President is convinced, the letter gets accepted and the coalition, or the single party if it has sufficient numbers, is approved to form the government. The swearing-in of the PM takes place and he selects the ministers to assume different responsibilities in the cabinet. These ministers are usually from the list given to the President. However, people who haven’t been elected to Lok Sabha can also be ministers or even the Prime Minister. The upper house, Rajya Sabha, facilitates them in this regard.