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'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

Lok Sabha results 2024: Trends defy exit poll predictions as INDIA shines

Twelve prominent exit polls had predicted a clean sweep for the BJP, with a few predicting 400 seats forNDA, while most predicted over 350 seats. Trends at 9:40 am diverged from these predictions

Election results 2024: Counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls begins

Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections began on Tuesday morning across states and Union Territories. While the Lok Sabha has 543 members, counting is being held for 542 seats after the BJP's Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed. Counting of votes is also underway for the assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, where polling was held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Elections to the assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim were also held alongside the Lok Sabha polls. The results of these elections were declared on June 2. According to the Conduct of Election Rules, postal ballots will be counted first and the process of counting of votes recorded in electronic voting machines (EVMs) will begin 30 minutes later. The process of counting votes cast through postal ballots and EVMs will continue simultaneously. Since 2019, VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) slips from five randomly selected polling stations per assembly constituency -- o

Will start process of holding J-K polls very soon: CEC Rajiv Kumar

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday said it will start the process of holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir very soon. Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said the EC was very enthused by the voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir during the Lok Sabha elections, which showed the eagerness of the people to participate in the democratic process. "We will very soon start the process of assembly elections in J&K. We are very enthused. It is one of the most satisfying moments," the CEC said. The voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir during the Lok Sabha elections was 58.58 per cent, the highest in four decades. The voter turnout in Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley was 51.05 per cent, he said. While announcing the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections in March, Kumar had said that holding assembly and parliamentary elections simultaneously was not practical due to logistical and security reasons. Whenever assembly elections are ...

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Date, time, & where to watch poll results

According to the Election Commission of India, the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and the state polls will begin at 8 am on Tuesday, June 4

Delhi election body gears for D-day with over 8,921,000 votes to count

The arrangements for the D-day for counting of over 89.21 lakh votes that will begin at 8 am across the seven constituencies of Delhi have been notched up with the authorities deploying a three-tier security arrangement at the counting centres. The officials at the Delhi poll body said that a total of 7,000 personnel would be deployed at the seven counting centres. "We have made all the necessary arrangements for the counting tomorrow which will start at 8 am sharp. The required security deployment has been made which includes a three-tier security arrangement at the counting centre. The manpower of counting staff is trained and ready," Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P. Krishnamurthy told PTI. "There will be a total of 7,000 personnel and each segment will have about 1,000 personnel, which includes a lot of support staff who will assist in works such as carrying the EVMs from the strong room to counting halls and back," he added. Digital monitors will be set up outside the counting