Question: when is the next central government election in india
Answer: Indian general election , 2019 ← 2014 April - May 2019 2024 → 543 seats in the Lok Sabha 272 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls First party Second party Third party Leader Narendra Modi Sonia Gandhi Edappadi Palaniswami Party BJP INC AIADMK Alliance NDA UPA Third Front Leader since 7 October 2013 14 March 1998 16 February 2017 Leader 's seat Varanasi Rae Bareli Did not contest Last election 282 44 37 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Mamata Banerjee Naveen Patnaik Uddhav Thackeray Party Trinamool Congress BJD Shiv Sena Alliance NDA Leader since