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Chhattisgarh election result 2024: Will BJP repeat its near-clean sweep?

Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha election result 2024: In the high-stakes battle for Chhattisgarh, BJP has near-clean sweep in state, securing 10 out of 11 seats

Lok Sabha polls 2024: This is what the results look like at 2 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. Early trends suggest a huge victory for the BJP-led NDA, while the INDIA bloc trails

Karnataka election result 2024: BJP win 17 seats, JD(S) 2, Congress 9

Karnataka Lok Sabha election result 2024: In the high-stakes battle for Karnataka, the BJP-led NDA secures 19 seats

India shining to INDIA shines: Why people are remembering BJP's 2004 slogan

Netizens are talking about 'INDIA shining', signalling the better-than-expected performance of the opposition's INDIA bloc

Lok Sabha results 2024: Early trends predict victory for BJP in Rajasthan

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The BJP is leading in 14 constituencies in Rajasthan, while the INDIA bloc is edging closer on 11 constituencies

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Congress leads in 7 seats in Punjab, AAP in 3

The Congress was leading in six Lok Sabha seats, while the AAP in four constituencies in Punjab, according to initial trends. The Congress was leading from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur and Patiala seats and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was leading from Hoshiarpur, Anandpur Sahib, Sangrur and Bathinda seats, the trends showed. Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who was contesting as an independent, was leading from Khadoor Sahib seat, while Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, the son of one of the two assassins of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was leading from Faridkot seat. Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal was trailing from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat against her nearest rival and AAP nominee Gurmeet Singh Khuddian in initial trends, according to the Election Commission. A three-time MP, Harsimrat was trailing by 490 votes, the EC website showed. Counting of votes for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and the lone Chandigarh seat began at 8

LS polls 2024: Election trends show moral defeat for PM Modi, says Congress

With latest trends showing the BJP falling below the majority mark, the Congress on Tuesday said it has become clear that it will be a staggering political and decisively moral defeat for Narendra Modi. Counting of votes are underway for the Lok Sabha elections, with BJP emerging as the single largest party but not getting a majority on its. Exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh in a post on X said the exit polls have been completely exposed for what they were -- "a total sham." "Trends for all 543 seats are now available. The following have become clear: It will be a staggering political and decisively moral defeat for Mr. Narendra Modi," Ramesh said. He said it has also become clear that, "the exit polls that he orchestrated have been completely exposed for what they were--a total sham." Early tren

Lok Sabha polls 2024: This is what the results look like at 1 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. Early trends suggest a huge victory for the BJP-led NDA, while the INDIA bloc trails

Bengal: TMC leading in 28 seats, BJP 11, Congress & CPM 1 each

The TMC raced ahead of its rivals, leading in 28 seats after several rounds of counting, while the BJP led in 11, Congress and CPI(M) in one each, according to the Election Commission website. TMC candidate and sitting MP Abhishek Banerjee is leading in the Diamond Harbour constituency over his nearest rival, BJP's Abhijit Das, by a margin of 115,933 votes. TMC's Hooghly candidate Rachana Banerjee was leading over her nearest BJP rival and sitting MP Locket Chatterjee by a margin of over 12,139 votes. TMC candidate and two-time MP Asit Mal was leading from Bolpur over her nearest rival, BJP's Piya Saha, by 6,010 votes. In Malda Dakshin, Congress candidate Isha Khan Choudhury was leading by 11,733 votes over her nearest BJP rival, Sreerupa Mitra Chowdhury. In Jadavpur, TMC's Sayani Ghosh was leading by over 40,000 votes over her nearest BJP rival, Anirban Ganguly. In Malda Uttar, sitting MP and BJP candidate Khagen Murmu was leading by a margin of 11,119 votes over his nearest riv

INDIA bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats, says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the INDIA alliance has surpassed the numbers predicted by the exit polls and claimed the opposition bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats. Speaking to reporters, Raut said the Congress, which barely got 50 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is now poised to bag 150 seats. Counting of votes was underway across the country on Tuesday for polls to the 543-member Lok Sabha. "The picture is that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will be ahead in Maharashtra and the INDIA alliance will win 295 (seats in the country)," Raut claimed. "The INDIA alliance has crossed the figures predicted by the exit polls and sprinted ahead. It will cross 295 seats," the Rajya Sabha member added. The Congress-led INDIA bloc was leading in 200 seats in the early trends, a performance that appeared much better than what was predicted in the exit polls.

Rape-accused Prajwal Revvana leads from Karnataka's Hassan constituency: EC

The Hassan Lok Sabha constituency was represented by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999 and again from 2004 and 2014

Maharashtra: BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) leading in 11 seats, Cong ahead in 10

The BJP is leading in 11 seats, Shiv Sena in six and NCP in one seat in Maharashtra, while the Congress is ahead in 10, Shiv Sena (UBT) in 11 as per the latest trends of counting for 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) is leading in eight seats. Independent Vishal Patil, who rebelled against the Congress to contest from Sangli, had established a comfortable lead. Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal were leading in the Nagpur and Mumbai North Lok Sabha seats, while their colleague Raosaheb Danve had a slender lead in Jalna. Union ministers Kapil Patil, Bharti Pawar and Narayan Rane were trailing in Bhiwandi, Dindori and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seats, respectively. Maharashtra Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is trailing in Chandrapur. In Baramati, NCP (SP) candidate Supriya Sule, who is in a neck-to-neck fight with NCP's Sunetra Pawar, was leading by 5,770 votes. BJP's Udayanraje Bhosale was trailing in Satara. Shiv Sena is leading in six seats, whi

Sensex plunges over 5,000 points intraday; check factors behind the fall

The sharp drop was primarily driven by uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Lok Sabha 2024 election results

Lok Sabha results: Trends indicate a strong hand for Congress in Haryana

Congress' Varun Chaudhry is leading in Ambala, Kumari Selja in Sirsa, Jai Parkash in Hisar, Satpal Brahmchari in Sonipat, Deepender Singh Hooda in Rohtak and Raj Babbar in Gurgaon

Lok Sabha polls: The biggest winners of 2019 and their current status

BJP candidate from Gujarat's Navsari seat, CR Patil registered the highest victory margin in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, where he defeated his nearest Congress rival DB Patil by a record 6,89,000 votes

BJP ahead in six Lok Sabha seats, Congress in one in Delhi: EC trends

The BJP was leading on six seats and the Congress on one in Delhi on Tuesday, according to Election Commission trends. Congress's Jai Prakash Agarwal was leading by a margin of 624 votes, EC data showed. BJP's North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari, who is pitted against Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar, was leading by a margin of 31,547 votes. West Delhi candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat, up against AAP's Mahabal Mishra, was ahead by a margin of 31,315 votes and North West Delhi candidate Yogender Chandoloya was leading by 42,922 votes, the poll panel's data showed. On East Delhi seat, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar was trailing by a margin of 9,407 votes to BJP's Harsh Malhotra. BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was ahead by a margin of 13,201 votes against AAP's Sahi Ram Pahalwan from South Delhi, while in New Delhi constituency, BJP's Bansuri Swaraj -- daughter of late veteran leader Sushma Swaraj -- was in the lead by a margin of over 12,000 votes. The BJP is in a direct contest with the Congress-AAP ..

LS polls 2024: BJP ahead in 24 seats in Gujarat, Congress leads in 1

The BJP was leading in 22 and the Congress in three Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat as per early trends, an election official said on Tuesday. Counting of votes for the single-phase elections in 25 seats held on May 7 began at 8 am on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party was leading on 22 and Congress on three seats, the Election Commission of India (ECI) data showed. BJP leader Amit Shah is ahead on Gandhinagar seat, while Mansukh Mandaviya is leading from Porbandar. Congress candidate geniben Thakor was ahead on Banaskantha seat, leaving behind her BJP rival Rekha Chaudhary. In Sabarkantha, Congress candidate and tribal leader Tushar Chaudhary was leading in early trends. In the Vadodara seat, BJP's Hemang Joshi was ahead. The BJP candidates were ahead in Ahmedabad (East), Panchmahal, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Bardoli, Valsad, Bhavnagar, Porbandar and Bharuch.

BJP leading in 22 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan, Congress ahead on 3

The BJP was leading in 22 Lok Sabha seats, while the Congress on three in Rajasthan as the counting of postal ballots was taken up first in the 25 constituencies in the state, according to news channels. According to the Election Commission of India, three Congress and as many BJP candidates were leading. Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is trailing in the Bikaner seat with a margin of 2,282 votes. According to the official trends by ECI, Congress candidates Govind Ram Meghwal (Bikaner), Pratap Singh Khachariawas (Jaipur), Anil Chopra (Jaipur Rural) and BJP candidates Mahima Kumari (Rajsamand), Indu Devi (Karauli) and Lumbaram (Jalore) were leading till 9 am. Channels showed that BJP candidates were leading in Jodhpur, Ajmer, Sikar, Pali, Banswara, Kota while RLP's Hanuman Beniwal (Nagaur) and Congress's Murari Lal Meena (Dausa) were leading in their respective seats.

Shashi Tharoor vs Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Who is winning Thiruvananthapuram?

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Thiruvananthapuram has been a stronghold of the Congress and Communist Party of India (CPI)

Lok Sabha polls 2024: This is what the results look like at 10 am on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. Early trends suggest a huge victory for the BJP-led NDA, while the INDIA bloc trails