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Election year reveals deep dissatisfaction among voters in democracies

In a community centre in East London, about 20 men gathered for their regular lunch meeting, sipping coffee and tea from mismatched mugs and engaging in an increasingly popular pastime in the world's democracies: Complaining about their government. They feel estranged from the country's leadership its wealthy prime minister and their members of parliament. It feels like you are second-class people. Our MPs don't represent us people. Political leaders don't understand what we go through, said Barrie Stradling, 65. Do they listen to people? I don't think they do.' In a coffee shop in Jakarta, Ni Wayan Suryatini, 46, bemoaned the results of the recent election, in which the son of Indonesia's former president ascended to the country's vice presidency and the opposition parties seemed to do little to stop him. It is difficult to trust them since they only want to reach their goals. As long as they achieve their goals, they will forget everything else, Suryatini said of politicians. A

Watch: Nitish, Tejashwi head to Delhi on same flight for NDA, INDIA meets

After the surprising 2024 Lok Sabha elections result on June 4, JDU has said that the party will remain in the NDA, dismissing any speculation of a switch to the INDIA bloc

Two jailed candidates won Lok Sabha polls; how will they take oath?

The victory of two candidates who are in jail on terror charges has brought up a unique situation. While the law will keep them away from attending proceedings of the 18th Lok Sabha, they also have a Constitutional right to take oath as members. In the results declared by the Election Commission on Tuesday, jailed Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh has won from the Khadoor Sahib seat, while incarcerated Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, emerged victorious from the Baramulla constituency. Engineer Rashid has been lodged in the Tihar jail since August 9, 2019 on charges of alleged terror financing, while Singh has been booked under the National Security Act and sent to the Dibrugarh jail of Assam. Now the question arises, can these jailed candidates be allowed to take oath, and if yes what is the process involved? Explaining the legalities involved, Constitution expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general PDT Achari emphasised the importance of following the Constitutio

LS elections: Majority of royal family candidates register big victories

Descendants of the royal families, who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on BJP tickets, performed fairly well on Tuesday with a majority of them leading with a huge margin on their respective seats, according to the Election Commission data. Jyotiraditya Scindia, the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Gwalior who severed his 18-year-long ties with the Congress in 2020 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), defeated the Congress' Rao Yadvendra Singh by 5,40,929 votes in the Guna parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh. This is the first time in his political career that Scindia (53) contested as a BJP candidate from Guna, which was earlier represented by the Union civil aviation minister's late father Madhavrao Scindia and late grandmother Vijayaraje Scindia. The BJP made a clean sweep in Madhya Pradesh by securing decent vote margins on all 29 seats. In Rajasthan, Dushyant Singh, Prince of Dholpur state, who has been elected four times in the past, won from the

Poll result doesn't reflect unanimous thoughts of people: AIADMK chief

The Lok Sabha election results do not fully reflect the unanimous thinking of the people but have come out in favour of "those who wield authority and money power and undertook a false campaign", AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Tuesday. Playing down the party's poll debacle, he said the election results have been on expected lines in favour of those who wield authority. "The election results will not discourage us. We have learnt a lesson on how to face the 2026 assembly elections. We will ensure a huge victory in the 2026 assembly polls," Palaniswami said in a statement here. The former chief minister expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the people who voted for the AIADMK candidates and its allies. The party would draw inspiration from its leaders, especially former chief minister M G Ramachandran, and strive for victory in the future, he said.

'INDIA' alliance leaders to meet on June 6, CM Stalin confirms attendance

The DMK chief missed the last meeting of the INDIA bloc, which was held on June 1 after the final phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections concluded

LS polls: Prajwal Revanna, accused in sexual abuse cases, loses election

Suspended Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, lost the Lok Sabha elections to Shreyas M Patel of the Congress by 42,549 votes on Tuesday. Patel secured 6,72,988 votes and Revanna 6,30,339. The 33-year-old Revanna, who is the grandson of former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, was the only one from JD(S) to win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections on April 26, a huge cache of explicit videos went viral showing women being sexually assaulted, allegedly by Prajwal. Soon after the polling, Prajwal left the country and was holed up in Germany for over a month. Taking note of the cases, the Karnataka government formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which arrested him on May 31 as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport here. The police also arrested his father and Holenarasipura MLA H D Revanna on charges of kidnapping a woman who had figured in one of the

LS polls: Amritpal Singh wins from Khadoor Sahib seat by 197,120 votes

Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh won from Khadoor Sahib seat by defeating Congress' Kulbir Singh Zira, according to the Election Commission. Singh, who fought the election as an Independent candidate, won by a margin of 1,97,120 votes. He is the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit and is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act (NSA). Counting of votes for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements.

How are Modi's ministers doing in the 2024 Lok Sabha election results?

Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Rajeev Chandrasekhar are among the ministers contesting these Lok Sabha 2024 elections. This is what trends indicate for their seats

Lok Sabha elections: DMK-led INDIA bloc registers clean sweep in Tamil Nadu

Lok Sabha elections 2024 results: DMK-led INDIA alliance registers win in all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu

Poll results 2024: Tribal party BAP, CPI(M) win one seat each in Rajasthan

Rajkumar Roat, BAP's MLA from Chaurasi, clinched a decisive victory in the Banswara-Dungarpur seat, while CPM's Amra Ram won the Sikar constituency

LS polls: Dimple Yadav wins from Mainpuri seat by margin of 221,639 votes

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav won from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 2,21,639 votes, defeating her nearest rival BJP's Jaiveer Singh. While Dimple got 5,98,526 votes, Singh got 3,76,887 votes. BSP candidate Shiv Prasad Yadav got 66,814 votes. In 2019 general elections, the seat was won by Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav by margin of 94,389 votes. After Mulayam's death, Dimple had won the seat in 2022 by-election by a margin of 2.88 lakh votes, defeating BJP's Raghuraj Shakya. The seat has been with the Samajwadi Party since 1996 and its journey of victories is marked by a series of electoral wins. Mulayam secured a win in 1996, followed by Balram Singh Yadav's victories in 1998 and 1999. Mulayam triumphed again in 2004, with Dharmendra Yadav winning a by-election the same year. Mulayam continued his winning streak in 2009 and 2014, and Tej Pratap securing victory in the 2014 by-election.

Election result 2024: This is what the results look like at 6 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. The NDA was leading on 293 seats, while the INDIA bloc was ahead on 232 seats at 6 pm

Election result 2024: Congress end Gujarat loss streak, wins after a decade

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress' Geniben Thakor from Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency defeated her BJP counterpart Rekha Chaudhary by 30,000 votes

Election result 2024: This is what the results look like at 4 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. The NDA was leading on 296 seats, while the INDIA bloc was ahead on 23o seats at 4 pm

Are coalition governments bad for the markets? Not necessarily; here is why

While market sentiment will no doubt take a sharp hit in the event of a change in government or a weak coalition, analysts said, it's important to remember that there are many good things going well

Election results 2024: How coalition govts have shaped Indian politics

Lok Sabha election results 2024: With a coalition government on cards as neither BJP or Congress seem to be getting a clear majority, here's a look at how such administrations have fared

Election result 2024: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti admit defeat in Kashmir

Abdullah conceded defeat from the Baramulla seat to independent candidate Engineer Rashid, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail under the stringent UAPA on charges of terror funding

Lok Sabha results 2024: Barring UP, BJP racing ahead in Hindi heartland

The BJP-led NDA was comfortably leading in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Bihar till 12 noon

Lok Sabha 2024: As INDIA closes in on NDA in UP, a repeat of 2004 on cards?

While PM Narendra Modi was leading in Varanasi by a margin of 13,000 votes, Smriti Irani in Amethi and Dinesh Pratap Singh were trailing behind Congress' Kishori Lal Sharma and Rahul Gandhi