In 2014 elections, people have voted for a stable government at the Center.

After Independence, Congress party came in power. It ruled over the country as a democratic government till 1977. One after the other the government was represented by the Congress Prime Ministers like Nehru, Shastri and then Mrs. Indira Gandhi. It was due to some political upheaval; a state Emergency was declared in 1975. During Emergency, all the opposition leaders were jailed and their constitutional powers were seized. It made all the opposition leaders unite and form the first united party in the name of Janata Party which came in power in 1977. The general election held soon after the Emergency. Though it couldn’t last long, it started a new concept of the rule in India. One after the other, India saw many governments ruled by alliance group, except a few single-party-led governments. But with the elections of 1989, a long phase of coalition politics began in India. Since then there have been nine governments at the center all of which have either been the coalition government or minority government supported by other parties which did not join the government. The National Front government in 1989, the United Front government in 1996 and 1997, the NDA government in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and then UPA government in 2004 and 2009 and again BJP-led NDA government in 2014 have been the coalition governments in India. In none of these governments, any one single party had the number enough to form the government on its own. 

But in 2014, there was a change in the pattern. BJP could gain 284 seats in the LokSabha election which was sufficient to form the government at its own -which required to only 272. But as the election was fought with a pre-poll alliance by NDA led by BJP. So the present government was formed with Narendra Modi, the leader of BJP. 

This election shows that people are again turning to the single-party government at the center which may be stable. People have experienced the lack of stability, lack of policy decision and lack of proper development in the government ruled by the coalition group.