New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has crossed yet another political milestone, overtaking Indira Gandhi’s record to become India’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister in a single uninterrupted term. The achievement marks a historic chapter in PM Modi’s political journey. Beginning as Gujarat’s Chief Minister in 2001, PM Modi has now headed elected governments — both at the state and national level — for nearly 24 years, a feat unmatched by any other Indian Prime Minister.
Narendra Modi, currently on his United Kingdom and Maldives visit, also holds the unique distinction of being the first and only Prime Minister born after India gained independence in 1947 and remains the longest-serving Prime Minister from a non-Hindi-speaking state. He is India’s longest-serving non-Congress Prime Minister and the first non-Congress leader to complete at least two full terms in office.
He is also the only non-Congress Prime Minister to have secured a clear majority on his own in a Lok Sabha election and the first sitting Prime Minister since Indira Gandhi to be re-elected with a majority. His political track record includes leading his party to three consecutive national election victories — a feat previously achieved only by Jawaharlal Nehru. With 4,078 days in office, Modi has reached a major milestone in a political career spanning nearly a quarter of a century — 24 years at the helm of democratically elected governments at both state and national levels.
Counting his tenure as Chief Minister, PM Modi has won six consecutive elections as the face of his party: three in Gujarat and three at the national level. In 2014, the BJP swept to power at the Centre with a brute majority, securing 272 seats, with Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial face. Five years later, the party bettered its performance, winning 303 out of 543 Lok Sabha seats. Although the BJP fell short of the halfway mark in 2024, it emerged as the single largest party and returned to power for a third consecutive term with the support of its NDA allies.
Today marks a red-letter day in Narendra Modi’s legacy, one on which he is likely to build his personal brand of politics further. Many would argue that Modi may be redefining the benchmarks of political longevity in the country, with his sights set on one day surpassing Nehru’s 6,130 days in office.
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