The 2024 Lok Sabha result in three numbers: 240, 99 and the other 204 seats

This is a historical result, not today’s parliamentary strength. PRS Legislative Research records 543 declared constituency results in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with the BJP winning 240 seats and Congress 99. The government’s June 16–30, 2024 New India Samachar publication reports the same figures. The accompanying chart keeps that original election snapshot intact.

Subtract the two party totals from the full result and 204 seats remain: 543 minus 240 minus 99. This residual is our calculation, not a party named in the source. It combines every other party and all independents. The table and CSV expose the three values so readers can reproduce the total instead of taking an infographic on trust.

The denominator is the essential choice. Dividing each category by 543 gives approximately 44.2% for the BJP, 18.2% for Congress and 37.6% for the combined residual. These are shares of seats in that election result. They are not national vote shares, estimates of present public support or a measure of how many eligible citizens supported each party.

Grouping makes a chart easier to read and easier to misunderstand. The residual exceeds Congress’s individual total, but that does not make it a single bloc with a shared leader or voting position. An alliance analysis would need a separately documented membership rule. This chart deliberately supplies no alliance totals and makes no assertion about subsequent parliamentary alignments.

For a present-day claim, a different dataset is needed: current membership, vacancies and the relevant date. Reusing an election-result chart without its reference period can turn accurate historical numbers into a misleading contemporary statement. The chart below is therefore labelled as the 2024 general-election result; the as-of date records this desk’s source check, not a new election or a claim about current MPs.