Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday became the second-longest serving Prime Minister of India in consecutive terms, completing 4,078 uninterrupted days in office. This milestone surpasses the consecutive tenure of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who served 4,077 days from January 24, 1966, to March 24, 1977. Modi will now trail only Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister, in terms of consecutive days in office, a government official familiar with the development said on Thursday.
At 74, Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister born after Independence. He was first sworn into office on May 26, 2014, and assumed his third consecutive term in June 2024. He also holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Prime Minister from a non-Congress party.
On July 25, Modi will mark 4,078 days at the helm across three uninterrupted terms. "On this day, he will officially become India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, moving past Indira Gandhi’s record,” the official stated.
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Indira Gandhi, apart from her 1966–1977 stint, served a second term from January 14, 1980, until her assassination on October 31, 1984. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, remains the longest-serving Prime Minister in Indian history, holding the office for 16 years and 286 days, from August 15, 1947, until his death on May 27, 1964.
Before becoming Prime Minister, Modi was Gujarat’s longest-serving Chief Minister, holding office from 2001 until 2014. “He is the first and only non-Congress Prime Minister to complete at least two full terms and win a third consecutive term. He is also the only non-Congress leader to have secured a single-party majority in a Lok Sabha election,” the official added.
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In 2014, under Modi’s leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a decisive victory with 272 seats, forming a majority government at the Centre. The party improved its performance in 2019, winning 303 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. Though in 2024 the BJP fell short of a simple majority, it emerged as the single largest party and retained power with the support of its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies.
“He is the first sitting Prime Minister since Indira Gandhi in 1971 to be re-elected with a majority, and the only leader after Jawaharlal Nehru to win three consecutive general elections as the head of a party,” the official further noted.
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