Indian politics after the 2024 election

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The world’s biggest democracy took to the polls earlier this year with Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party winning the most seats but falling short of a majority—and well short of expectations. Join us for this Policy & Practice event to discuss what the elections mean for the dynamics of India's domestic politics, democracy, economy and foreign policy, and for Modi himself.

Dr Pavithra Suryanarayan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. Her work focuses on state capacity, redistributive politics, and vote choice in ranked ethnic systems like India and the United States. She also focuses on party organisation and party system institutionalisation in the Indian states.

Dr James Chiriyankandath is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He is an expert on Indian politics, especially on elections, nationalism, and the politics of communalism and religious identity. His most recent co-authored book, The Politics of Poverty Reduction in India: The UPA Government, 2004 to 2014, was published in 2020.

Dr Chietigj Bajpaee is Senior Research Fellow for South Asia, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House. Prior to his current role, Bajpaee was the political risk adviser for Asia for various companies and institutions, notably working for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Chair: Dr Aparna Ravi is Lecturer (Teaching) in International Political Economy in the UCL Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy.

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