On July 26, the Lok Sabha accepted a no-confidence motion submitted by Gaurav Gogoi from the opposition alliance INDIA against the Narendra Modi government. Here, we look at which Prime Ministers faced the most no-confidence motions, the duration these motions were discussed and how close or easy their victories were.
27 no-confidence motions
Since 1952, 27 different no-confidence motions (NCM) have been moved against different governments. All 27 motions were defeated by the government in power, except one in 1979 when the then-Prime Minister Morarji Desai resigned before voting could begin. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi saw the most no-confidence motions in her term (15).
